[Dog]

Talk about this being a small world..

Mr. Maugein, a billionaire with close ties to Jacques Chirac, is a longtime associate of the trader and former fugitive Marc Rich, who fled to Europe in 1983 to avoid answering charges of racketeering, illegal trading and dodging a tax-bill of $48 million. (Mr. Rich was pardoned by Bill Clinton in his final hours in the White House). Mr. Maugein was also a close contact of Tariq Aziz, with whom he met regularly. He is the non-executive chairman of Soco International Plc., a publicly listed London-based petroleum exploration/production company, which goes into markets the majors tend to skip -- Mongolia, Vietnam, North Korea, Libya and Yemen.

Uh oh...

[CindyDawg]

Think the dominos will start to fall now? I really hope so. Maybe HS should ground ALL flights today though:')

[Cap Huff]

"Uh oh" is right. We could use a few copies of that Analysts Notebook just to keep track of what's on this thread alone. . . . .