CIA: Saddam Bought Off Countries, People with Oil

Reuters ^ | 10/6

[Republican Wildcat]

I'm shocked this was put out on the Reuters wires.

I doubt the newspapers will put it as the front page story as they should. Instead it will be "Bush lied about WMD."

[dasboot]

No1 This was the lead story on NBC Nightly this evening. I'm still stuned!

[mrplind]

First France, ok, now Russia. Funny, those are the ones Bush is getting bashed for not getting them on board for the war. DOES EVERYONE NOW SEE WHY HE HAD SUCH A TOUGH TIME. Now Kerry and Edwards can go _ _ _ _ themselves.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Here is some creative writing:

Saddam Told Interrogators of Iran Fixation~was obsessed with his status in the Arab world

[mrplind]

Who originally broke this story?

Was it FoxNews?

[zr2hammer]

Yup. And Kerry wants us to get a global permission slip from THESE countries? (P.S. Are those twins on the baby screen in your profile??)

[mrplind]

(P.S. Are those twins on the baby screen in your profile??)

nope, just one BIG boy ... :)

[oolatec]

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[ApesForEvolution]

Marker

[K. Smirnov]

Well, if u want an explanation on why Russia is on the list, I can shed some light on it. Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a head of Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR) is the name of the guy who made big friends with Saddam.
Zhirinovsky is quite a guy. He speaks five languages, makes friends with J.-M. Le Pain (another nutter from France). He is very well-educated (lawyer; know why God created snakes before lawyers? just to practice). When his party was elected to Duma (Parliament), he immediately started selling MP aides' mandates. At that time MP aides enjoyed some sort of legal immunity. Just imagine - lots of criminals all of a sudden became MP aides...

He is known to be an author of the most outrageous (to the point of being funny) comments and speeches. At one point, when he was on TV talk show with some other guy, Zhirinovsky splashed the orange juice (which he was quietly sipping a moment before that) right into the face of his opponent!

He is absolutely shameless, arrogant, rude bastard.

However, not all of us (Russians) are like that.
:)

[Freee-dame]

Several U.S. firms were on the list but their names were not released because of privacy laws.

What?

[Artemis Webb]

France?
France accept bribes?
The brave French sell their souls (and others) for a buck?
Gee...I'm shocked.

[HereComesTheGOP]

It'll prolly be on page A-16 and continued into the back of the Lifestyle section...

[piasa]

I'd love to run those names through the search engines and find out if they had made any campaign donations.

[Enduring Freedom]

The media has devolved into a Michael Moore parody.

[EQAndyBuzz]

Is everyone that worked for the UN saying there was no WMD? Boy, these are the same people at the center of the scandal. Why am I not suprised?

[kidd]

But since 1990, Iraq, openly shipped oil by truck to Jordan and Turkey, with the United States and others turning a blind eye.

Let's rephrase this, shall we?

But since 1990, Iraq, openly shipped oil by truck to Jordan and Turkey, with the Clinton Administration and others turning a blind eye.

Now that makes more sense, doesn't it Reuters?

[igoramus987]

Is the list of the bribed company names available anywhere? In particular the MEGA (?) Malaysian company with links to al-Qaeda mentioned on the Fox News report.

[igoramus987]

from link...

Text: U.S. and Italy Designate 25 New Financiers of Terror
Following is the text of his statement, followed by a Treasury Department release listing the 25 individuals and entities affected by the new blocking order:
...
19. Miga-Malaysian Swiss, Gulf and African Chamber
Ahmed Idris Nasreddin is identified as the President of Miga-Malaysian Swiss, Gulf and African Chamber, and exercises sole signatory authority on behalf of the organization.

Fox News already broke the MIGA-Saddam connection. BUT it would be MAJOR if any on the persons or companies named in the CIA report matched any persons or companies officially named as terrorists/terrorist financiers, since this would be virtually stating that Saddam paid terrorists/terrorist financiers (not including the Palestinian bombers).