HUGE STORY

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Registered: 04-05-2004
HUGE STORY
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Wed, 04-21-2004 - 8:11am
Monumental Rip-Off

Allegations of Widespread Corruption Involve Saddam Hussein, U.N. Senior Officials

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/Investigation/oil_for_food_ripoff_040420-1.html

Read all four pages, there are links to the other three at the bottom of the story.

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Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 9:51am
The beneficiary list (found in the archives of the Iraqi Oil Ministry and translated into English by the Middle East Media Research Institute) should be deeply embarrassing to many prominent people. In the United States, those listed include Iraqi American businessman Shaker Al-Khaffaji, who put up $400,000 to produce a film by ex-U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, which aimed to discredit weapons inspections in Iraq. Also, British Labor MP George Galloway, a strident foe of taking action against Saddam, is listed as a recipient or co-recipient of 19.5 million barrels.

Other recipients include: former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua (12 million barrels); Patrick Maugein, CEO of the oil company Soco International and financial backer of French President Jacques Chirac (25 million); former French Ambassador to the United Nations Jean-Bernard Merimee (11 million); Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (10 million); and Syrian businessman Farras Mustafa Tlass, the son of longtime Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass (6 million). Leith Shbeilat, chairman of the anti-corruption committee of the Jordanian Parliament, received 15.5 million.


iVillage Member
Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 10:29am
THE BRIBERY LIST of the entire 270 can be found here! This is the biggest scandal in years!

http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=ia&ID=IA16404

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Registered: 03-18-2000
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 10:47am

Wrhen posted about this revelation when it first came to light...........


Saddam's Bribery List is Out!


http://messageboards.ivillage.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=iv-elinthenews&msg=6033.1


 


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Registered: 03-18-2000
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 10:55am

Will be interesting to know who did or did not exercise their options.


 


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Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 12:40pm
Why does it not surprise me that our media would wait until now to pick it up? Were they hoping it would go away? Amazing.
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Registered: 09-05-2003
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 12:48pm

I have seen reports about this before on American press, though I am surprised it hasn't been made a bigger issue earlier on.

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Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 12:52pm
It's supposed to be breaking today, a big scoop for ABC...
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Registered: 04-05-2004
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 12:53pm
It just goes to show me I should have been reading this board back in January.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-18-2000
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 1:04pm

I think the news resurfaced because of the UN link.


>"I should have been reading this board back in January."<


What can I say? ;) Better late than never. I take Time mag. & often come across stories/topics we've discussed here long before they're published.

cl-Libraone~

 


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Registered: 07-25-2003
In reply to: iminnie833
Wed, 04-21-2004 - 1:58pm
This is just going to get bigger and nastier. The UN has been unnaccountable and operating behind closed doors for way too long, and it's time to insist on a thorough transparent investigation and a clean sweep of those who were on the take.

Renee