[kcvl]

the U.N. Oil-for-Food program began in 1996 (where were you Madeline Albright, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.)

The beneficiary list (found in the archives of the Iraqi Oil Ministry and translated into English by the Middle East Media Research Institute) should be deeply embarrassing to many prominent people. In the United States, those listed include Iraqi American businessman Shaker Al-Khaffaji, who put up $400,000 to produce a film by ex-U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, which aimed to discredit weapons inspections in Iraq. Also, British Labor MP George Galloway, a strident foe of taking action against Saddam, is listed as a recipient or co-recipient of 19.5 million barrels.

Other recipients include: former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua (12 million barrels); Patrick Maugein, CEO of the oil company Soco International and financial backer of French President Jacques Chirac (25 million); former French Ambassador to the United Nations Jean-Bernard Merimee (11 million); Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (10 million); and Syrian businessman Farras Mustafa Tlass, the son of longtime Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass (6 million). Leith Shbeilat, chairman of the anti-corruption committee of the Jordanian Parliament, received 15.5 million.

[AmericanVictory]

Maddy, you will recall, was busy sucking up to Thaci and other terrorist, corrupt thugs, setting the scene for the present well concealed disaster in Kosovo and Bosnia.

[mabelkitty]

Indonesian President.
The Clintons paid a special Easter visit to him last year.
You know, right around the start of the war?
Wonder what changed hands?

[BJClinton]

Leith Shbeilat, chairman of the anti-corruption committee of the Jordanian Parliament, received 15.5 million.

The irony is overwhelming.

[Ben Hecks]

Your knowledge base is amazing. Thanks.