AMAN reputed to be a slick dictator like Saddam Hussein certainly has diverse ways of eliminating all trace of his abundant wealth. Where has he hidden the riches? The US Treasury Department is striving resolutely to reveal the whereabouts of his money. "Billions of dollars, now a target of the hunt, haven't been discovered yet," said US treasury official David Aufhauser.

Aufhauser's estimate is not groundless. Since the imposition of United Na