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Marc Rich tied to Iraq oil
New York Daily News ^
| 12/02/04
| Bill Hutchinson
Posted on 12/02/2004 1:28:23 AM PST by kattracks
Ex-fugitive Marc Rich is suspected of having become one of Saddam Hussein's middlemen in Iraq's illegal oil trade just a month after he won a controversial pardon from former President Bill Clinton, a news report said. ABC News reported last night that Rich's alleged role in the growing UN oil-for-food scandal is under investigation by federal officials.
Rich, who was pardoned by Clinton in January 2001, and several other prominent oil traders are suspected of making illegal kickbacks to Iraq to win the lucrative oil contracts, the network reported.
The UN program was set up in 1996 to help Iraqis get food, medicine and other items that had been scarce under sanctions imposed after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. But investigators say Saddam realized more than $21billion under the program through kickbacks and other scams.
Rich fled the U.S. in 1986 while facing tax evasion charges.
Bill Hutchinson
Originally published on December 2, 2004
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: billclinton; breakingnews; bubbaisms; clinton; clintoncronies; clintonista; clintonlegacy; clintonlibrary; clintonpardon; clintonpardons; foodforoilscandal; hillary2008; hillaryclinton; hillaryin2008; marcrich; oilforfood; pardongate; pardonsforsale; richpardon; un; unitednations; unscandals
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To: kattracks
well, well, well ... how will shrillary snake out of this one?
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posted on
12/02/2004 3:51:55 AM PST
by
InvisibleChurch
(Good ol' Coney Island College. Go WhiteFish. / pay no attention to the primedial newscasts)
To: kattracks
The Rich family---what a crowd. As for the wife, they don't call her "Da Knees" for nothing.
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posted on
12/02/2004 3:53:39 AM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: SkyPilot
Freckles here, freckles there, freckles, freckles everywhere.
To: kattracks
Wonder how much OFF money went into the Clinton Library and Trailer Park?
24
posted on
12/02/2004 4:02:31 AM PST
by
deaconjim
(Freep the world!)
To: kattracks
Fox and Friends is on it now!
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posted on
12/02/2004 4:07:45 AM PST
by
noutopia
(Home of the brave,not the spineless.)
To: kattracks
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posted on
12/02/2004 4:18:13 AM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: kattracks
Would the Presidential pardon cover this scandal?
Hmmph. It's good to be a friend of the President.
27
posted on
12/02/2004 4:22:17 AM PST
by
Nataku X
(Lord, please guide President Bush, and please protect our soldiers in Fallujah.)
To: Mia T
Hey Mia T! Are you really Ann Coulter?
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posted on
12/02/2004 4:24:32 AM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(If you want to get it movin' you must learn to doof da bouven.)
To: SkyPilot
they don't call her "Da Knees" for nothing.
I suspect if "Da Boobs" were unleashed
they may reach "Da Knees"!
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posted on
12/02/2004 4:36:55 AM PST
by
TheRightGuy
(ERROR CODE 018974523: Random Tagline Compiler Failure)
To: kattracks
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posted on
12/02/2004 5:20:33 AM PST
by
Republican Red
(A Global Freak'n Test ???????)
To: kattracks
More of Bubba's 'legacy.'
To: kattracks
I knew somehow Rich would turn up in this scandal. Follow the money bet it leads to Clinton in some way.
32
posted on
12/02/2004 5:21:55 AM PST
by
mware
To: All
As the Dems begin to craft their new image before '08, revelations like this are truly a gift!
The "capital" GWB got in November starts to run like Wall Street yesterday and create a nice inheritance for his successor. HillBill and gang continue to make it way too easy!
To: deaconjim
My thoughts exactly - no doubt some of the funds made it to Billy - one way or the other.
I'm of the strong opinion that Klintoon actually "sold" a number of the so called last minute pardons.
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posted on
12/02/2004 5:50:02 AM PST
by
VRWCTexan
(History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
To: kattracks
They stole Florida! They're stealing Ohio! They've hijacked the Justice Department! Rich and the Clintons are being framed by the real villains -- Bush, Cheney and Haliburton!
[/sarc]
To: kattracks
this alone will bury Hillary in '08. Sayonara Ice Queen.
To: kattracks
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posted on
12/02/2004 6:31:01 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Liberals are OK with racism and sexism, as long as it is aimed at a Republican.)
To: kattracks
Ex-fugitive Marc Rich ...Ex?
Isn't he still subject to New York State income tax fraud?
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posted on
12/02/2004 6:33:55 AM PST
by
aculeus
To: kattracks
We believed this here at FR some time ago I think, but it's nice to see it validated and to also see the clinton legacy continues grow in the left direction....
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posted on
12/02/2004 6:42:23 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(Suicidal Blond Twin Kills Sister By Mistake!)
To: SkyPilot
Gee, looks like they feel awkward standing together. Wonder why. ;O
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