The Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers: The List of 270

The Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers ^

[rotstan]

The following report from MEMRI's Baghdad office is a translation of an article which appeared in the Iraqi daily Al-Mada,(1) which obtained lists of 270 companies, organizations, and individuals awarded allocations (vouchers) of crude oil by Saddam Hussein's regime. The beneficiaries reside in 50 countries: 16 Arab, 17 European, 9 Asian, and the rest from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Only a portion of the 270 recipients are listed and identified.

[Dog]

1.37 BILLION barrels sold on the black market for say $28 a barrel.......wow!

[Howlin]

Putin is an SOB.

When is George W. Bush going to learn?

[Dog]

This could have been when Yeltsin was President..

[William McKinley]

No, I think that this is the guy who is the head of the Palestinian Liberation Front.

[mewzilla]

Wonder if any other Labour MPs made the list. Galloway wasn't the only MP sucking up to Saddamn.

And I'd love to know if there were any other Americans on that list...

[Tailback]

ping to use on lefties!

[Dog]

You're correct I Googled the name..

[Howlin]

And he screamed like a stuck pig when accused last year!

[Dog]

Palestinian Liberation Front

Saddam funded terrorists.

[Little Bill]

The numbers seem high, the pipe line couldn't handle it.

[Neets]

Well, well, well.

[b4its2late]

How the heck could a church (The Russian Orthodox Church received 5 million barrels) receive 5 million barrels of oil? Does someone receive it for them then sell it? I don't get it.... yet anyway. I'm sure some FReeper will know....

[Dog]

This was all done under the OIL FOR FOOD program.

[buwaya]

A question brought up elsewhere - Iraqi production for 1998 was around 750 million barrels. Is this total (looks like over 2 Billion Barrels) for one year or for several years ?

[backhoe]

And he screamed like a stuck pig when accused last year...

I well remember- there's plenty in that link to more links at reply #10.

It's just wonderful to see the torrent of information washing over these phonies and frauds. Including Jf'nK...

[elfman2]

"1.37 BILLION barrels sold on the black market for say $28 a barrel.......wow!"

Sounds like Russia may be in dept to the new Iraq rather than the other way around!

[Dog]

More than likely had a middleman handle the transaction....just got the cash.

[mewzilla]

Click here. for an article dealing with Galloway and the accusations. From the link:

Mr Galloway said: "The idea that such documents have, as if to order, come to light just days after the massive assault on Baghdad, the looting and destruction of ministries and government buildings and the chaos in the country, must be treated as highly suspect.

"I have never solicited nor received money from Iraq for our campaign. I have never seen a barrel of oil, never owned one, never bought one, never sold one."

Busted...

[b4its2late]

OIL FOR FOOD program.

United Nations again......

[elfman2]

"Does someone receive it for them then sell it?"

I presume that’s how it works with every one on the list unless they own a lot of filling stations.