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  • Saddam's American Beneficiaries

    04/21/2004 4:02:58 PM PDT · by Checkers · 6 replies · 117+ views
    Shark Blog ^ | April 21, 2004 12:02 PM | Stefan Sharkansky
    As reported by ABC News and others, the American recipients of Saddam's "Oil for Food" bribes were: Samir Vincent: 7 million Shakir Alkhalaji [sic]: 10.5 million (Most other reports spell the second name "Al-Khafaji"). The Seattle Times reported on Saturday that Al-Khafaji had made a (now returned) donation of $5,000 to Congressman Jim McDermott's legal defense fund and also gave an unspecified amount of money to the "charity" that paid for McDermott's 2002 trip to Baghdad. This led me to wonder what other American politicians might have benefited from laundered "Oil for Food" bribes. According to the Center for Responsive...