[piasa]

I neglected to add one more thing about the French Father Flyboy: His name was on the list of people and entities Saddam Hussein had bribed with oil vouchers.

Was he bribed just to write songs and make documentaries or was he paid for something/someone delivered by air in the summer of 2000 or something else?

JANUARY 29, 2004 : (FATHER JEAN-MARIE BENJAMIN DENIES HE TOOK IRAQI OIL-FOR-FOOD BRIBES) "...The list even included a priest who heads the nonprofit Committee for Iraq. Father Benjamin, in Assisi, Italy, ejected allegations he took 4.5 million barrels of oil. "After having dedicated a number of years to dangerous and tiring work to support the Iraqi people, ... to be denigrated in such a fashion, with such vulgar slanders, shows once more how infinite is the wickedness of those who in truth are now interested in Iraqi oil," Father Benjamin said.http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saddam_bribes_5

[Cindy]

Quite an info summary, Piasa.

Thank you.

[maica]

"After having dedicated a number of years to dangerous and tiring work to support the Iraqi people, ... to be denigrated in such a fashion, with such vulgar slanders, shows once more how infinite is the wickedness of those who in truth are now interested in Iraqi oil," Father Benjamin said.

Sounds like a confession to me.

[cyncooper]

I neglected to add one more thing about the French Father Flyboy: His name was on the list of people and entities Saddam Hussein had bribed with oil vouchers.

Oh, my. It had gone through my head late last night to check some of your findings against the list--and here you have. I am not surprised. How sad. How disgusting.

I see your other pings...skimmed over, will read in detail later. Much food for thought.