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The Cash-bollah money scandal rolls on, with these latest entries, sent in from Aita al-Shaab from AP photographer Sergay Ponomarev. These bills look more "lived in" than the bills in the previous stories. Has Hezbullah learned from their past mistakes? Are these more convincing fakes? Or, as some are wondering, are these bills 100% legit?

As usual, I'll let you decide. View the full story for all of the latest pictures from the wires.

Last updated 16:41 EST (Added photograph by Eric Gaillard/Reuters)
A Lebanese man talks after receiving U.S. dollar bills from Hezbollah in the village of Aita al-Shaab, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006. Hezbollah members have been distributing U.S. dollar bills to those who lost their homes in southern Lebanon during the 34-day long Hezbollah-Israel war. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)


A Lebanese Hezbollah member counts out the U.S. dollar bills during money distribution to the residents of the village Aita al-Shaab, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006. Hezbollah members have been distributing crisp U.S. dollar bills to those who lost their homes in southern Lebanon during the 34-day long Hezbollah-Israel war. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)


A Lebanese Hezbollah member checks the list of residents of the village of Aita al-Shaab, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006. Hezbollah members have been distributing U.S. dollar bills to those who lost their homes in southern Lebanon during the 34-day long Hezbollah-Israel war.(AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)


UPDATE 16:40 EST: Eric Gaillard of Reuters has caught up with Sergey. Nice close-up, Eric! Still no mention of possible counterfeiting, of course.

A man counts U.S hundred dollar bills received from Hizbollah members in a school in Bourj el-Barajneh, a southern suburb of Beirut, August 19, 2006. The Treasury Department on Tuesday moved to freeze U.S. assets of an Islamic fundraising organization it called a key supporter of the militant religious political group Hizbollah. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)
 
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captainfish on 2006-08-30 09:12 #1
*STILL makes one wonder why they are using USA currency and not their own country's? And why $100's? Is it true that the 100's are the most counterfeitted bill? Just very odd.
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