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  • UN INVESTIGATORS WANT TO INTERROGATE TAREQ AZIZ ON OIL-FOR-FOOD (Annan's Greatest Fear)

    02/06/2005 9:37:45 AM PST · by Cornpone · 17 replies · 783+ views
    The Tocqueville Connection ^ | 6 Feb 2005 | The Tocqueville Connection
    BAGHDAD, Feb 6 (AFP) - A UN panel investigating corruption in Iraq's oil-for-food programme wants to interrogate one of Saddam Hussein's jailed right-hand men, Tareq Aziz, his lawyer told AFP Sunday. Badie Aref Izzat said he expected to visit the former Iraqi deputy prime minister in the coming days and would advise him to demand he be questioned in a foreign country, possibly France. "I have received many messages over the past 10 days from the head of the panel, Paul Volcker, asking me if Tareq Aziz would accept to be interrogated on the oil-for-food programme," Aref said. A damning...