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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: b4its2late

And to have ABC news break the story in the MSM. Will wonders never cease?!


41 posted on 12/02/2004 6:54:15 AM PST by CedarDave (Celebrate November 2, 2004 -- May it always be known as Vietnam Veterans Victory Day!)
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To: montag813

I wouldn't breathe too easy; these people are professional con artists.


42 posted on 12/02/2004 6:55:08 AM PST by madameguinot
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To: mewzilla

Does this mean people are going to start kaking left and right again? Maybe we better have a 'Kak Watch'!


43 posted on 12/02/2004 6:59:15 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: TheRightGuy

Okay, you're a guy, so I understand. But I'm looking at that necklace. Check it out! I wonder how many Iraqis missed lunch over that.


44 posted on 12/02/2004 7:01:08 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Lijahsbubbe
Ummm...kaking? Okay, I'm dense. Is that like the stuned beeber reference that I totally don't get? I'm out of the loop! :(
45 posted on 12/02/2004 7:02:48 AM PST by mewzilla
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To: Lijahsbubbe


Both Elenor Mondale and Denise Rich have the same taste in Tin Foil. Rumor has it that Bill dated both.
46 posted on 12/02/2004 7:14:51 AM PST by jriemer (We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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To: kattracks

Surprised? NOT! Kofi and Kojo, Marc Rich, how many other Clinton buddies can we name?


47 posted on 12/02/2004 7:17:52 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace (Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
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To: mentor2k

Wow, I didn't realize Craig T. Nelson of Coach fame was involved in Oil-for-Food! /facetiousness

48 posted on 12/02/2004 7:18:28 AM PST by Cyclopean Squid (The 80s belonged to the Gipper, the Aughts belong to Dubya!)
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To: kattracks

Hillary and Billy Goat are in this too!


49 posted on 12/02/2004 7:19:32 AM PST by JesseHousman
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To: mewzilla
Is that like the stuned beeber reference that I totally don't get? I'm out of the loop!

LOL. Looks like I spelled it wrong!

Cacked:
murdered or killed, typically in abrupt, uncerimonius manner.

50 posted on 12/02/2004 7:34:43 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: jriemer

LOL. Tinfoil does not become them.

I heard the same, which is why I noted there seems to be a lack of 'closeness' between Hil and Denise.


51 posted on 12/02/2004 7:36:33 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: weegee
If Carter beat Ford because of Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, what do you think this bombshell will do to Hillary's chances in 2008?

Not a damn thing.

52 posted on 12/02/2004 7:36:34 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex and too important to be managed by central planning.)
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To: jriemer
Both Elenor Mondale and Denise Rich have the same taste in Tin Foil. Rumor has it that Bill dated both.

Dated? Oh, is that what they call that now?

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

53 posted on 12/02/2004 7:37:17 AM PST by Mike Bates (If you've been very, very good, Santa may leave a copy of my book under your tree.)
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To: Mo1

Well, maybe the MSM has decided to read FR to find out the truth.


54 posted on 12/02/2004 7:41:49 AM PST by marty60
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To: Mike Bates

Yeah really!!! Only lefties think men having affairs is DATING.


55 posted on 12/02/2004 7:43:01 AM PST by marty60
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To: marty60
Only lefties think men having affairs is DATING.

Or ministering, as in: "Say, Hill, I had a great time ministering to Denise Rich this afternoon."

56 posted on 12/02/2004 7:49:49 AM PST by Mike Bates (If you've been very, very good, Santa may leave a copy of my book under your tree.)
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To: Lijahsbubbe

WOW, is that sapphires and diamonds. That one cost a pretty penny.


57 posted on 12/02/2004 7:57:01 AM PST by marty60
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To: backhoe

bttt


58 posted on 12/02/2004 8:08:20 AM PST by prognostigaator
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To: kattracks

59 posted on 12/02/2004 8:29:53 AM PST by bikepacker67 ("This is the best election night in history." -- DNC chairman Terry McAuliffe 11/2/04 8pm)
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To: montag813
this alone will bury Hillary in '08. Sayonara Ice Queen.

I think this is more a warning shot across her bow if she decides to become serious about a presidential bid.
60 posted on 12/02/2004 8:52:31 AM PST by wasp69 ("You're done, Rather! No more 'Divine Right of Kings'!" - Oliver "Buckhead" Cromwell (sorta)
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