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Cleaning Off a Tarred UN (oil-for-food probe)
The Christian Science Monitors ^
| April 20, 2004
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Posted on 04/20/2004 12:14:27 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Does anyone doubt that one of the money trails leads directly into Chiraq's pocket?
Does anyone doubt - that nothing will come of learning that fact?
Money corrupts...
Billions can corrupt enough to enslave a nation.....
France should be proud...
The French should be proud...
Semper Fi
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posted on
04/20/2004 2:07:18 AM PDT
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek...But I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: BigSkyFreeper
A SUPER Walmart! It certainly would better serve the world.
To: river rat
New book:
The French Betrayal of America by KENNETH TIMMERMAN
He was on Brit Hume's show last night recounting how the Chirac and his minions lied to Bush and Powell about being our allies.
To: All
Writing in Insight mag, Conservative reporter Kenneth R. Timmerman, author of the screed The French Betrayal of America, claims to have a scoop:
Among the revelations at the April 22 hearings [in Congress], Insight has learned from investigators directly working on the case, will be new details of oil vouchers allegedly granted to Patrick Maugein, a prominent crony of French President Jacques Chirac, said to total 72.2 million barrels.
Maugein's involvement in the U.N.-approved oil deals is significant, investigators say, because he is believed to be a conduit for backdoor payments to Chirac and his family. It was Chirac who spearheaded a worldwide coalition last year that opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and tried desperately to keep Saddam in power.
When the allegations of backdoor payments first surfaced in a Paris courtroom in 1998, Maugein swept them aside as "pure fantasy." And in a statement provided to Insight, he denies having raised funds for Chirac, his family or his political campaigns. But as more evidence begins to leak from the archives of Saddam's former oil ministry, such denials may become harder to sustain.
The vouchers were assigned to two trading companies, identified in the Iraqi documents as Trafigura and Ibex, both of which were involved in the Essex incident. Investigators say they believe both companies are tied to Maugein, either through beneficial ownership or contractual arrangement. Vouchers for an additional 11 million barrels were granted to Maugein business partner Cabecadas Rul de Soussa, according to the original Al-Mada list. The ties between de Soussa and Maugein were first revealed by Therese Raphael of the Wall Street Journal Europe.
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
A SUPER Walmart! It certainly would better serve the world.AMEN! A weekly sojourn to the local Wal-Mart is like a trip to Mecca!
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posted on
04/20/2004 2:27:21 AM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Liberalism is Communism one drink at a time. - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: BigSkyFreeper
Yes - the crowds are there.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
You betcha. As I said, I go there once a week, and it's always crammed with shoppers, you'd get the impression it was the day before Christmas. Believe me, I don't live in a big area, and this Wal-Mart I go to is pretty good sized for the town it's located in, which is about 10,000 in total population for the town itself. It's 100 miles one way just to get there.
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posted on
04/20/2004 2:40:38 AM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Liberalism is Communism one drink at a time. - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
"A SUPER Walmart! It certainly would better serve the world"
With Annan and company bagging merchandise.
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posted on
04/20/2004 4:09:12 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(60 Senate seats changes America. Who is your Senator?)
To: BigSkyFreeper
It's 100 miles one way just to get there.Now that's a commercial!
To: EQAndyBuzz
Better yet, as paying customers instead of freeloaders.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
The timing couldn't be worse for a United Nations scandal.Telling opening statement.
I think the timing couldn't be better.
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posted on
04/20/2004 4:29:03 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
To: mewzilla
Bump!
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