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  • How Saddam hid his dirty money - Billions in oil sales stashed overseas

    05/04/2003 2:04:49 AM PDT · by kattracks · 41 replies · 1,150+ views
    New York Daily News ^ | 5/04/03 | WILLIAM SHERMAN
    In the hunt for Saddam Hussein's billions, investigators have identified five networks of more than 100 companies used to launder money skimmed from Iraqi oil sales. Saddam's gangster regime set up shell companies in Switzerland, Jordan, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg and Panama, according to investigators. Those company networks and their banking affiliations were used to enrich the former Iraqi strongman, his sons Uday and Qusay, and other family members. "Ultimately, the money was stolen from the Iraqi people," said Taylor Griffin, spokesman for the Treasury Department, which is heading the government's laundering probe along with U.S. Customs, the Secret Service and various...
  • As Tour hits mountains, reality hits Discovery team

    07/15/2006 9:05:00 PM PDT · by nutmeg · 6 replies · 264+ views
    ESPN.com ^ | Updated: July 13, 2006, 4:38 PM ET | Andrew Hood
    PLA-DE-BERET, Spain -- For seven consecutive Julys, George Hincapie faithfully toiled for the greater good of Lance Armstrong's seven consecutive Tour de France victories. With Armstrong enjoying retirement, the 33-year-old New Yorker dreamed of stepping out of the Texan's shadow to become America's next breakout star by making his own run at a Tour victory. Those dreams dissolved Thursday in the five-climb, 128-mile 11th stage across the Pyrenees as a dejected Hincapie rolled across the line 46th at more than 20 minutes off the winning pace. While fellow American Floyd Landis was already being anointed as Armstrong's heir apparent as...