The money was taken at 4 a.m. on March 18 , hours before the U.S. launched its first air strikes , the newspaper said .
The seizure took place at 4 a.m. on March 18 , just hours before the first American air assault .
The SIA says the DRAM market is expected to grow 2.9 percent to $ 15.7 billion in 2003 and 43 percent to $ 22.5 billion in 2004 .