[Freee-dame]

Wyatt Announced in March 1997 that he would retire and begin lobbying in Washington to lift sanctions against Iraq and Libya.

The Baltimore Sun put its article on this (written by an LA Times writer) on the inside columns of page 9A. They name Wyatt in paragraph 3, but never mention his ties to Democrat Party.

They also name "Samir Vincent who headed a Virginia-based firm called Phoenix International." Have we heard of this organization before?

[mewzilla]

On this UN link, there's a companny called Phoenix International listed as having dealings with the Oil For Food program. But according to the chart, FWIW, it's a Jordanian company. Same company?

[mewzilla]

And I believe Vincent was on the MEMRI list, too, as receiving 7 million barrels/vouchers from Saddamn.

[adam_az]

Interesting blog post about Samir Vincent.

http://silflayhraka.com/archives/003644.html

He's an Iraqi Chaldean Christian who is active in "antiwar" circles, apparently.

[jriemer]

This story is now on NYT Internationale...

[snip] "The 918-page report says that four American oil companies - Chevron, Mobil, Texaco and Bay Oil - and three individuals including Oscar S. Wyatt Jr. of Houston were given vouchers and got 111 million barrels of oil between them from 1996 to 2003. The vouchers allowed them to profit by selling the oil or the right to trade it.

The other individuals, whose names appeared on a secret list maintained by the former Iraqi government, were Samir Vincent of Annandale, Va., and Shakir al-Khafaji of West Bloomfield, Mich., according to the report by the inspector, Charles A. Duelfer."[snip]
Report Cites U.S. Profits in Sale of Iraqi Oil Under Hussein - October 9, 2004

Freepers, we have more names...

[piasa]

They also name "Samir Vincent who headed a Virginia-based firm called Phoenix International." Have we heard of this organization before?

YEs, it came out on the blog "healing Iraq"