"US troops crack Iraqi bank safes"
"American soldiers in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk have broken into the vaults of a fire-gutted bank to release money to pay local oil workers.
Employees of the North Oil company collected overdue wages after US army engineers used pneumatic drills to penetrate the vaults - which were damaged when the bank was looted last month.
Heavily-armed American troops provided security, directing thousands of workers towards a charred brick building where cashiers dished out money.
Oil company officials said Thursday's wage distribution was an important step towards reviving the local economy."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2992837.stm