Saddam's Bribery List is Out!

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Saddam's Bribery List is Out!
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Wed, 01-28-2004 - 8:24pm
1. LeMonde spilled the beans first:

http://www.lemonde.fr/web/article/0,1-0@2-3218,36-350628,0.html

Google translation:

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On a full page, this new slack daily newspaper in its 45 E number, the list of more than 270 known or unknown personalities, companies, members of Parliament, associations, the journalists, the political parties which benefitted from generosities of the deposed raïs. Facsimiled with the support, this newspaper denounces "the greatest operation of corruption" of Ancien Régime. And it affirms that "million oil barrels was offered to individuals who have nothing to do with the oil activities" . On the whole, 16 Arab countries, 17 Europeans, 9 Asian and 4 of North and Africa and South America are concerned with this operation of reward.

Abdel Saheb Salmane Qotob, under-secretary with the ministry for oil, assure us this information specifying that among the implied personalities two Prime Ministers appear, two Foreign Ministers as well as wire of ministers and heads of State. "the ministry will reveal all the names and to prosecute them to recover the money of the Iraqi people" , he indicated, adding that "information necessary was collected to subject them to Interpol and to continue them bus Saddam Hussein bought the consciences and wasted the oil richness of Iraq" .

For France, not less than eleven names are published with the quantity of oil barrels which were allocated to them. Among them, written with a sometimes approximate orthography and including/understanding some uncertainties on the first names or headings of companies and associations, appear the company Adax, Patrick Maugein de Traficor or Travicor, Michel Grimard, the association of friendship arabo-Frenchwoman, Charles Pasqua, Elias El-Ferzeli or Ghazarli of Lebanese origin, Claude Kaspereit, Bernard Mérimée (former ambassador from France to Rome and UNO), Bernard Desmaret and De Souza.

12 million barrels would in particular have been allocated to Charles Pasqua, four other Mr. Kaspereit and three with Mr. Mérimée while Patrick Maugein would have profited from 25 million barrels. No other precision is given. The documents come from the SOMO (State Oil Marketing Organization), company of marketing of oil attached to the ministry for oil.

George Gallaway, former Labour deputy with the Communes, appears in good place in the list. Its name is mentioned in six contracts and the newspaper publishes a letter of the SOMO on December 31, 1999, signed by Saddam Zbin, cousin of Saddam Hussein which managed this company and in which it asks for the ministry for oil of grant contracts to him. Apparently, this British member of Parliament was particularly well treated. But it is not only.

In this very long list appears also Khaled, the son of Egyptian president Nasser, the son of the Syrian Minister for defense, the son of the president of Lebanon, Emile Lahoud, the girl of the president indonésien Sukarno, Megawati, today Prime Minister, the Russian orthodoxe church and the Russian Communist Party.

The Russian ultranationalist Vladimir Jirinovski, it, particularly are also well parcelled out (79,2 million barrels). Swiss companies, Italian nationals, Jordanian deputies, Egyptian politicians, the Popular Front of release of Palestine (FPLP), the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) are quoted. The list is not exhaustive.

Among the quoted countries appear inter alia: South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Bahreïn, Bielorussia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Cyprus, Spain, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Panama, the Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, Yemen and Yugoslavia.

2. BBC follows up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3435319.stm

Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua has denied claims that he received gifts from Saddam Hussein in return for supporting his regime.

Mr Pasqua denies claims he was given 12 million barrels of crude oil.

He told French television: "I have never received any gifts from the Iraqi government and I am not in the habit of making my decisions on the basis of any remuneration I might receive.

Former Interior Minister Charles Pasqua is not involved, but maybe other former ministers are involved

Charles Pasqua

"That is not part of my ethics or my conception of things."

Mr Pasqua denied knowing that any such transactions were taking place in the 1990s but he said it did not surprise him.

"Former Interior Minister Charles Pasqua is not involved, but maybe other former ministers are involved," he said.

3. UPI

Iraqi govt. papers: Saddam bribed Chirac

http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/01280002aaa05619.upi&Sys=rmmiller&Fid=NATIONAL&Type=News&Filter=National%20News

The oil ministry papers, described by the independent Baghdad newspaper al-Mada, are apparently authentic and will become the basis of an official investigation by the new Iraqi Governing Council, the Independent reported Wednesday.

"I think the list is true," Naseer Chaderji, a governing council member, said. "I will demand an investigation. These people must be prosecuted."

4. Iraqi Blogger

http://hammorabi.blogspot.com/

List includes:

1.Syria: 14 individuals total 89 millions barrel. Including the son of minister of defence and Hamiadah Naana.

2.Jordan: Ashanfari Group 5 millions

3.Cyprus: more than 33 millions including Mohammad Alhoni editor of AlArab newspaper who got 17 millions! Plus other 2 companies

4.Turkey: 11 individuals with 82.5 millions

5.Vietnam: 4 with 12.2 millions

6.Sudan: 3 with 12 millions

7.Yemen: 3 with 16.3 millions including AbdAlkarem AlAryani

8.Bangladesh: 43 millions for Molana Abd Almanan!!

9.India: 9.5 millions for Beham Sing and congress party!

10.Pakistan: 3 with 23.5 millions

11.Malaysia: 4 with 84.5 millions

12.Indonesia: 6 with 21 millions including daughter of Sokarno!

13.UAE: 8 with 55.2 millions including Essa Nihian, Sultan Nihian from the ruling family and M Saed Eutiaba

14.Morocco: 3 with 7.4 millions

15.Algeria: 2 for 12 millions

16.Tunisia: 3 for 14.4 millions

17.Italy: 8 for 61.5 millions including church priest and companies

18.Spain: 3 for 36.1 millions

19.Yugoslavia: 4 for 53.5 millions (Socialist party, Left party, Italian party and Kokostontasha party- if wright translation!)

20.Belarusian: 6 for 39.2 millions including communist and liberal parties and the head of the department of presidency

21.Romania: 2 for 6.5 millions including labour party

22.UK: 2 for 55.5 millions including George Galloway MP and Mujahdeen Khleek the Iranian group.

23.Canada: Arthur Mill Holland for 9.6 millions

24.USA: 2 for 17.5 millions including Shaker Khafaji and Samer Finsent

25.Chad: Foreign minister 3 millions

26.Thailand: the rice trader Gay Born 9.5 millions

27.Panama: one for 11.5 millions

28.Hungaria: 4.7 millions for Hungarian Welfare party

29.South Africa: 4 for 21 millions

30.Philippine: 3.5 millions for Philippine producers

31.Nether land: Cypolt! 3 millions

32.France: 11 for 169 millions including French Arab association

33.China: 5 for 84.1 millions

34.Jordan: 14 for 74 millions including Liath Shibilat, Fakhri Gaawar, Tojan Faisal, Fawaz Ziriakat, Salem Naas, Shaker Bin Zaid, M Saleh Horani, Ziad Yaghmor, Wameth hussien, Mashhor Hadethah, Ziad Ragheb, Salim Naas and ministry of Energy!

35.Palestinians: 6 for 37 millions including PLO and Abo Abas

36.Egypt: 11 for 82 millions including Khaled Jamal Abd Al Naser, Emad Eljalda and other companies

37.Lebanon: 14 for 34 millions including the son of president Lahood

38.Bahrain: 3 companies for 7 millions

39.KSA: 2 companies for 5 millions

40.Qatar: 5 for 24 millions including Mohammad Bin Ali Althani

41.Libya: Shokr Ghanem 1 million

42.Brazil: 2 for 14.5 millions including foad Sarhan

43.Ireland: 2 for 13 millions including Riyadh Altaher

44.Nigeria: 5 for 19.7 millions

45.Kenya: Mohammad Othman for 10.5 millions

46.Bulgaria: 2 for 14 millions including socialist party

47.Austria: 2 for 4 millions including hanz Kogglier

48.Swiss: 11 for 81 millions

49.Minemar union: 5 millions for minister of forest

50.Slovakia: 4 millions for communist party

51.Ukraine: 12 for 46 millions including communist parties

52.Russia: the largest. 1 milliard and 366 millions given to the state! And the others are 46 individuals, parties, statesmen, and companies etc, given 1343.5 millions!

Renee

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iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Sun, 02-08-2004 - 12:23pm
<< Strange. It was Iraq's oil. It's their business to give it cheap to people they like. Why behaved like a fox, complain grape is sour because it can't reach it? Maybe Bush started war because he hadn't got that "bribe"?

Even though it was in direct violation of several of the UN resolutions????

Give me a break.

The US didnt break the resolutions, but it seems as though both France and Russia did in a very severe way. I bet that the UN will not do anything to admonish these countries either.

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Registered: 07-25-2003
Sun, 02-08-2004 - 12:44pm
Exactly what is your point here? Are you claiming that Saddam was bribing Halliburton or Dick Cheney?

This is old news about a Hallibutron subsidiary that was operating legally in accordance with the Oil for Food program, so I'm at a loss to figure out what your gripe is.

Renee

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Registered: 01-29-2004
Sun, 02-08-2004 - 10:20pm
Thank you for pointing out your source... TRUTHOUT.ORG

What a load of dung they're preaching there!

Who are those writers anyway? Some little punk in his parent's basement is really making a killing off that site. Maybe he'll make enough for that new bong he's been looking at.

I'll be sure to disregard any reference to that source from now on.

~W IN04~

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