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Debunking defense of Iraqi billionaire tied to Rezko and Obama
Hawaii Free Press ^ | May 30, 2009 | Andrew Walden

Posted on 05/30/2009 7:07:18 PM PDT by JohnKSmith

The Auchi-Rezko-Obama connection came to public attention with federal marshals pounding on the door of Tony Rezko’s Wilmette Chicago mansion in the early morning of January 28, 2008. They hauled Rezko to jail after his bail was revoked for concealing a $3.5 million Auchi loan from the court. The Times outlines the story in two sentences. It should be of tremendous interest to the American public and the world.

But there is more to this story than run-of-the mill political corruption. Nadhmi Auchi is alleged to have a long affiliation with Iraqi Baathism and Saddam Hussein—which his attorneys deny. How close were they? According to a 1960 US Embassy report, Auchi was convicted along with Saddam by an Iraqi court for his part in a failed 1959 assassination attempt against then-Iraqi Prime Minister Qassim. For his crime, Auchi earned a sentence of “three years rigorous imprisonment.”

(Excerpt) Read more at hawaiifreepress.com ...


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Lots of new details about the Iraqi billionaire behind Tony Rezko...and many other pieces of info which have been almost entirely 'scrubbed' from the internet.
1 posted on 05/30/2009 7:07:18 PM PDT by JohnKSmith
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To: JohnKSmith

bookmark for later.


2 posted on 05/30/2009 7:15:33 PM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: STARWISE

FYI keepin it in the file.


3 posted on 05/30/2009 7:23:11 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: JohnKSmith

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4 posted on 05/30/2009 7:38:01 PM PDT by Free State Four
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To: hoosiermama

Good .. Auchi is one scary rich dude.


5 posted on 05/30/2009 7:41:31 PM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: STARWISE; LucyT; Calpernia; maggief

Go to the link...They have material that has been purged from the orginal source....

Lots of material....Lets get this on several hard drives so it doesn’t get lost. VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION all in one article. WOW!


6 posted on 05/30/2009 7:49:08 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: STARWISE

Surely the FBI and Fitapatrick have put all this information together too.

What’s he doing indicting a rinky-dink alterman when this fish is in the net?


7 posted on 05/30/2009 7:55:52 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: hoosiermama

Saved it ... thanks.


8 posted on 05/30/2009 8:03:20 PM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: penelopesire; BulletBobCo; seekthetruth; television is just wrong; jcsjcm; BP2; Pablo Mac; ...

~~PING!


9 posted on 05/30/2009 8:04:34 PM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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Maybe FItz has finally given the author of the article the OK to report the news. Hope Fitz is ready for more arrests.

“(In 2004) Mr. Auchi traveled by private aircraft to Midway Airport in Chicago and then to a fete at the Four Season Hotel, where he met with his business partner in Chicago real estate, Mr. Rezko, as well as with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Also present that night, according to a fresh report by James Bone and Dominic Kennedy of the London Times, was State Senator Barack Obama, who had recently won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat….”

Jay Stewart of the Better Government Assn. in Chicago told the LA Times: “Everybody in this town knew that Tony Rezko was headed for trouble. When he got indicted, there wasn’t a single insider who was surprised. It was viewed as a long time coming. . . .Why would you be having anything to do with Tony Rezko, particularly if you’re planning to run for president?”


10 posted on 05/30/2009 8:18:38 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: STARWISE
Auchi/Blago/Auchi/Emil Jones.
11 posted on 05/30/2009 8:23:54 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Kozak
It's world wide Kozak....Obama has his own United Nations Chicago style...... With his arrogant self as leader.
12 posted on 05/30/2009 8:24:37 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: hoosiermama

“Chicago, Chicago, that rambling town”

Fitzpatrick - don’t trust him.
The FBI - Eric Holder runs Justice like the KGB. You think that the FBI at the upper levels are going to buck the AG?

Holder has already compromised investigations and indictments, esp. the Black Panther weapons/voter intimidation case in Phila.

PS: Word is that Rezko’s lawyer owns Obama’s house, no the annointed one.

Corruption is so rampant in Chicago politics that even rotting fish no longer are smelled by the people.


13 posted on 05/30/2009 8:29:10 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; hoosiermama

• Mr. Holder was in his role in the Justice Department during many of the controversial pardons issued at the end of the Clinton era. And that includes the pardon of two members of the Weather Underground terrorist group, both of whom were involved in the violent actions which characterized the 1960s group.
One of them, Susan Rosenberg, had been sentenced to 58 years in prison for possession of 700lbs of explosives and other illegal weaponry. She had also participated in a triple-homicide Brinks robbery. Upon hearing of her pardon, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) voiced his opposition, calling it a “terrible injustice.” The other terrorist, Linda Evans, had sentenced to 40 years for her involvement in the robbery. Five more years were added to her sentence for her role in several bombings, including that of the U.S. Capitol.

Of particular note is the fact that Barack Obama himself brought up Bill Clinton’s pardon of the two Weather Underground members when he defended his relationship with Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers in a Democratic primary debate.

http://arkansasgopwing.blogspot.com/2009/01/put-hold-on-eric-holders-nomination.html


14 posted on 05/30/2009 8:37:09 PM PDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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To: Finny

Finny, been trying to think like a newsperson. Why would Walden release this information now....from HI? Why so much at one time?

What is he trying to achieve behind the scene? What’s in it for him?


15 posted on 05/30/2009 8:38:14 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Hey hey! Ho ho! Where's your Birth Certificate/ We've a right to know!)
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To: JohnKSmith

bookmark for later


16 posted on 05/30/2009 8:53:48 PM PDT by Richard from IL
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To: JohnKSmith

He is the money man behind Rezkobama.
http://www.brayincandy.com/id10.html

Pray for America and Our Troops


17 posted on 05/30/2009 9:23:52 PM PDT by bray (Time to Stand Up)
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To: All

Oooops ... wrong thread.


19 posted on 05/31/2009 6:19:48 AM PDT by STARWISE (The Art & Science Institute of Chicago Politics NE Div: now open at the White House)
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To: Liz
FYI
20 posted on 05/31/2009 6:20:29 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Bama and Company are reenacting the Pharaoh as told by Moses in Genesis!!!!!)
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