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To: Peach
On May 1, 1998, Iraq threatened "dire consequences" if the U.N. didn't pull out the UNSCOM teams, especially Scott Ritter, then the most aggressive inspector (until Saddam, in an amazing coup de main, successfully bribed him with $400,000 sometime later, as the Weekly Standard revealed).

Hummm...Anyone else heard of this before? This is a first for me on Scott Ritter being bribed. Very interesting information.

22 posted on 11/12/2004 1:27:01 PM PST by LowOiL (Christian and proud of it !)
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To: LowOiL

Yes, Iraqi intelligence agents paid Ritter hundreds of thousands in the late 90s, ostensibly for a project wherein Ritter was to make a film about Iraq. Keep in mind Scott Ritter has ZERO filmmaking experience, and his tune on Saddam did a 180 after receiving this money going from accusing Saddam of obstructing UN inspectors to accusing the US of being big meanies to Saddam. My guess is Iraqi intelligence uncovered info. about Scott Ritter's preference for little girls (he was arrested for soliciting sex from a minor over the Internet) and used that to turn around his position against Saddam's Iraq, making Ritter one of Saddam's foremost p.r. agents. They probably also threw in some cash to sweeten the deal.


31 posted on 11/12/2004 4:33:31 PM PST by MikeA
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