Posted on 07/17/2002 12:56:04 AM PDT by kattracks
David Pallister, Owen Bowcott and Alex Bellos
Wednesday July 17, 2002
The Guardian
King Fahd's trusts have been run by one of Liechtenstein's most extraordinary figures, the lawyer Herbert Batliner, whose clients have included alleged insider dealers, the son of an African dictator and the pardoned fugitive US financier Marc Rich.
Worth some £250m, the 73-year-old Mr Batliner's opulent home on the Alpine slopes boasts an underground car park and a bronze abstract sculpture on the lawn, while his office hosts a canvas by the surrealist Paul Delvaux.
"We... don't take unannounced clients, or those that show up with suitcases full of cash," Dr Batliner once told a journalist.
In 1999, he was named in German investigations into the funding of Chancellor Kohl's Christian Democrat Party through another trust, called Norfolk. Dr Batliner's office says he did not know his client was a CDU official.
In 1990, an Ecuadorian drug baron's partner approached him to set up a trust. Later, the US tried to confiscate the cash.
Liechtenstein's chief prosecutor, Robert Wallner, said: "Dr Batliner's position was that he had [been] given reassurances that the money was of a legal source." Money laundering was not an offence at that time in Liechtenstein.
Dr Batliner's office said the firm was "fully cleared".
Last year, Brazil began investigating Sanud, a trust allegedly used to transfer cash to the Brazilian football federation chief, Ricardo Teixeira. Further inquiries are likely.
Dr Batliner has been quoted as saying: "I'm not a Father Confessor who has to ask his clients if they have obeyed the laws of their homelands." And he points out that 80% of clients were referred to him by banks.
Your rants and ravings are permitted as long as they remain occasional. However, do not attempt to educate the younger citizens or your Medicare will begin having difficulties and your TV will start getting fuzzy.
Maybe dad's (or his) money is tied up with the Saudis.
Not to fear, though, because THE WHOLE POINT of the next election is to be sure that W gets another term, and that he enjoys it.
The USA, the Constitution, the people, the victims of September 11, etc., none of that stuff matters.
A few good articles on the Bushes, Carlyle, and their clients. Some are from lefty groups but even in those there are some disturbing findings:
Neil Bush says Arab P.R. machine not as good as Israel's
Jan. 24, 2002 | Presidential brother Neil Bush, while giving a speech Monday in Saudi Arabia, condemned the American media for stereotyping the Arab world and urged Arab leaders to hire lobbyists and public relations representatives to combat these negative images as well as to sway public opinion to a more sympathetic view of Arabs in the Arab-Israeli conflict, according to reports in foreign media outlets. Bush implied that Israel has done a better job of getting its message across in the American media.
Carlyle - Founding Partners and Senior Advisors and Managing Directors
Carlyle - The ex-presidents' club
Carlyle's tentacles stretch far
Presidents oil companies funded by Bin Laden family and wealthy Saudis who financed Osama bin Laden
Also details how Grandad Bush (Prescott) got in hot water in WWII:. Much of the Bush family wealth came from supplying needed raw materials and credit to Adolf Hitlers Third Reich. Several business operations managed by Prescott Bush the presidents grandfather - were seized by the US government during World War II under the Trading with the Enemy Act.
On October 20, 1942, the federal government seized the Union Banking Corporation in New York City as a front operation for the Nazis. Prescott Bush was a director. Bush, E. Roland Harriman, two Bush associates, and three Nazi executives owned the banks shares. Eight days later, the Roosevelt administration seized two other corporations managed by Prescott Bush.
US - China Chamber of Commerce (Chairman Prescott Bush Jr.)
China has a special place in my heart. I have been personally involved in China for over 15 years. My brother, George has been instrumental in the development of U.S. and China relations since 1974. I, like many others, strongly believe that China will be the world's largest economy in the next 50 years, and along with America, will play a significant role in shaping the world's peace and economy.
Also check out articles on Carlyle's sister company Dyncorp: DynCorp In Colombia: Outsourcing the Drug War
Also look at writings by Catherine Austin Fitts - served under Bush Sr. as Assistant secretary of Housing/Federal Housing Commmisioner during the first Bush Administration, and is also formerly the head of Hamilton Securities Group Inc. She currently serves as President of Solari Inc., an investment advisory firm. She covers some Dyncorp activities and HUD programs.
Catherine Austin Fitts-Solari, and How the Money Works
Once again, I like and support President Bush. I think he is more genuine than his dad. I simply plead with him to break from his family's globalist deals that often unite the Bushes and very corrupt officials. Come clean Mr. President and we all will give you the adoration that we want to express. Please do not be another Bill Clintoon by dealing with the enemy, covering your tracks, and promoting secret agendas.
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