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Iraq war opponents fill oil-for-food 'vouchers' list
Washington Times ^ | 5/03/04 | David R. Sands

Posted on 05/03/2004 12:27:56 AM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:14:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Companies, politicians and pro-Saddam Hussein activists from countries that opposed the war in Iraq figure heavily in a list of about 270 recipients of suspected oil bribes from Iraq under the scandal-plagued United Nations oil-for-food program, investigators say.

The Russian government, a former French ambassador to the United Nations, the son of Syria's defense minister and the U.N. undersecretary charged with running the oil-for-food program were included on the list compiled by Iraq's state oil ministry under Saddam and published by a Baghdad newspaper in late January.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: axisofweasels; georgegalloway; merimee; oilbribes; oilforfood; un

1 posted on 05/03/2004 12:27:56 AM PDT by kattracks
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Iraq war opponents fill oil-for-food 'vouchers' list

Gee, what a strange coincidence! Crosslinking:

Click on the nifty little logo above...

2 posted on 05/03/2004 12:42:26 AM PDT by backhoe (Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the TrackBall into the Sunset...)
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To: backhoe
MASTER LIST OIL/SEX FOR FOOD SCANDALS
3 posted on 05/03/2004 4:14:42 AM PDT by GailA (Kerry I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, but I'll declare a moratorium on the death penalty)
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To: GailA; gaspar; Grampa Dave; cyncooper; Chancellor Palpatine
"The voucher list includes...an adviser to Pope John Paul II"

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4 posted on 05/03/2004 9:37:21 AM PDT by Shermy
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To: Shermy
Is it the guy who met with Tariq Aziz before the beginning of the war, by chance?
5 posted on 05/03/2004 9:41:18 AM PDT by cyncooper
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To: Warlord David
Hey David, here is the Catholic church connection you have been asking about.
6 posted on 05/03/2004 9:42:36 AM PDT by hobson
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To: cyncooper
There is a French Priest named "Father Benjamin" who reportedly arranged the Aziz meeting. And he was on the list.

FB has a website. He's kind of loopy - I bet there's higher connections than he.
7 posted on 05/03/2004 9:57:49 AM PDT by Shermy
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To: kattracks
Mr. Annan, yesterday on NBC's "Meet the Press," said any U.N. staff member found to have participated in corruption "will be dealt with severely."
"Their privileges and immunities will be lifted so that, if necessary, they will be brought before the court of law and dealt with, in addition to being dismissed," he said.

This makes a nice sound bite, but actions speak louder then words.

I will be hugely surprised if anyone significant is touched by investigations into this UN scam, the biggest scam in history.

8 posted on 05/03/2004 10:00:35 AM PDT by RJL
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To: hobson
I new I heard Fox News right, that was two months ago.

Thanks for the ping.
9 posted on 05/03/2004 1:16:30 PM PDT by Warlord David
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To: kattracks
Just curious, but has "the list" of name been published ANYWHERE except in Baghdad?

I'd love to have a copy!
10 posted on 05/03/2004 1:36:14 PM PDT by An.American.Expatriate (A vote for JF'nK is a vote for Peace in our Time!)
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To: kattracks
BMP
11 posted on 05/03/2004 1:37:59 PM PDT by shield (The Greatest Scientific Discoveries of the Century Reveal God!!!! by Dr. H. Ross, Astrophysicist)
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To: RJL
he also kept referring to the program as a "scheme."
12 posted on 05/03/2004 1:38:20 PM PDT by kallisti (you can't look like a sad, hollow tree.)
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To: kidd
Here the brain fart you requested back on 1-28-04

The voucher list includes... advisor to Pope Paul II. He had to be a religious advisor or they would not have mention the pope by name.

Enjoy!!!
13 posted on 05/03/2004 1:48:19 PM PDT by Warlord David
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