He also was making a movie financed by Saddam I believe.
Yep. Ritter received his funding through this guy, Shakir al Khafaji:
1993 : (SOUTH AFRICA :IRAQI-BORN SHAKIR AL-KHAFAJI FOUNDS FALCON TRADING GROUP IN JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA & DOES BUSINESS WITH IRAQ'S SADDAM HUSSEIN FOR YEARS) - "Saddam's Cash," The Weekly Standard
Shakir al Khafaji also funded some other familiar folks and their endeavors:
1996 : (IRAQ-BORN SHAKIR AL KHAFAJI DONATES TO THE CLINTON/GORE 1996 PRIMARY COMMITTEE)
MAY 2, 1998 : (SHAKIR ALKHAFAJI DONATION TO 'KNOLLENBERG FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE')
MAY 2, 1998 : (SHAKIR ALKHAFAJI DONATION TO 'BONIOR FOR CONGRESS')
NOVEMBER 12, 1999 : (SHAKIR ALKHAFAJI DONATION TO 'BONIOR FOR CONGRESS')
NOVEMBER 16, 1999 : (SHAKIR ALKHAFAJI DONATION TO 'FRIENDS OF JOHN CONYERS')
DECEMBER 16, 1999 : (SHAKIR ALKHAFAJI DONATION TO 'ABRAHAM SENATE 2000')
SEPTEMBER 15, 2000 : (SHAKIR ALKHAFAJI DONATION TO 'BONIOR FOR CONGRESS')
NOVEMBER 8, 2000 : (SHAKIR ALKHAFAJI DONATION TO ARAB AMERICAN LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE aka AAPAC)
SEPTEMBER 2002 : (SHAKIR AL KHAFAJI LEADS DELEGATION OF ANTIWAR CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS -INCLUDING CHUCK HAGEL -ON A LIFE FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT-FUNDED TRIP TO BAGHDAD, IRAQ -- see ALKHAFAJITIMELINE; DETROIT CELL, OIL FOR FOOD, SCOTT RITTER)
2002 fall " (AL KHAFAJI ACCOMPANIES CONGRESSMEN MCDERMOTT, THOMPSON AND BONIOR TO IRAQ)
2002 fall : (IRAQI -AMERICAN AL-KHAFAJI GIVES $5,000 TO THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND OF DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMAN JIM MCDERMOTT, A FUND STARTED TO DEFEND MCDERMOTT FROM A LAWSUIT FILED BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BOEHNER WHOSE PRIVATE PHONE CONVERSATION WITH NEWT GINGRICH HAD BEEN ILLEGALLY TAPED BY DEMOCRAT ACTIVISTS)
OCTOBER 25, 2002 : (MCDERMOTT ACCEPTS CHECK FROM IRAQI-AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN AL-KHAFAJI; CHECK IS FOR HIS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, WHICH HAD BEEN SET UP TO COUNTER A LAWSUIT FILED BY OHIO REPUBLICAN BOEHNER AFTER MCDERMOTT ACCEPTED AN ILLEGAL RECORDING OF PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS DURING A CONFERENCE CALL BETWEEN BOEHNER, GINGRICH AND OTHER REPUBLICANS)
OCTOBER 25, 2002 : (MCDERMOTT RECEIVES CHECK FROM AL-KHAFAJI)
OCTOBER 25, 2002 : (SHAKIR ALKHAFAJI DONATION TO ARAB AMERICAN LEADERSHIP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE aka AAPAC)
JUNE 10, 2004 : (IRAQ : THE IRAQ HQ OF SOUTHFIELD MICHIGAN-BASED "LIFE FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT" [FORMERLY THE INTERNATIONAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION {IAP}] IS RAIDED-----IT HAS OFFICES IN BAGHDAD & FALLUJAH [AND IS PARTLY FUNDED BY SHAKIR AL KHAFAJI--- See GHANIM AL JUMAILY )
He also donated to Senator Carl Levin.