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US and British officials have said it is better to lose face by printing 250 dinar notes with Saddam on them for a short period than risk further inflaming public anger.
They say new banknotes will be designed once an interim Iraqi administration is in place. ...
...The head of the interim US administration, Paul Bremer, admitted he was embarrassed by the decision to begin printing notes bearing Saddam's image.
"Since I issued the instrument telling people to do away with images of Saddam Hussein, I guess you could say it's not a joy anyway," Mr Bremer told a news conference.
But he said there was no alternative to help maintain confidence in the money supply.
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Another little detail we forgot to prepare for. In WWII, the Japanese printed up invasion currency for conquered countries, but we couldn't be bothered.
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