Iraqi govt. papers: Saddam bribed Chirac

[Nie Trink Wasser]

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040128-094014-7323r.htm

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Documents from Saddam Hussein's oil ministry reveal he used oil to bribe top French officials into opposing the imminent U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

The oil ministry papers, described by the independent Baghdad newspaper al-Mada, are apparently authentic and will become the basis of an official investigation by the new Iraqi Governing Council, the Independent reported Wednesday.

"I think the list is true," Naseer Chaderji, a governing council member, said. "I will demand an investigation. These people must be prosecuted."


is any one else reporting this and why not ?

[Jon_in_london]

Originally posted by Nie Trink Wasser


is any one else reporting this and why not ?

PROBABLY BECAUSE everyone are lefties!!

DAMN COMMIE PINKO LEFTIES!!! SANDAl CLOD hippie BASTARDS!!!

[Grammatron]

Another link on this story.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3435319.stm

[Nie Trink Wasser]

thanks Gramma.


no thanks goon in london.

[Nie Trink Wasser]

http://www.adn.com/24hour/world/story/1132022p-7878191c.html

About 270 former Cabinet officials, legislators, political activists and journalists from 46 countries are on the list, suspected of profiting from Iraqi oil sales that Saddam had allegedly offered them in exchange for cultivating political and popular support in their countries.

In Jordan, former parliament member Toujan Faisal, who is on the list, said she never took Iraqi bribes, but had served as an intermediary between the Iraqi government and a Jordan-based oil dealer.

"I wanted to help this dealer who happened to be a good of friend of mine do business in Iraq," she told The Associated Press.

Mrs. Faisal, suspected in the selling of 3 million barrels of Iraqi oil, said the deal was brokered in late 2001 and her friend sold 1 million barrels for a commission that didn't exceed 3 cents for each barrel.

"I had nothing to do with this," said the former lawmaker, who visited Iraq several times after the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and who was known for her support of the Saddam regime. A framed portrait of Saddam hangs in the living room of her Amman apartment. She once told an AP reporter that the Iraqi leader gave the photograph to her daughter.

[Upchurch]

Iraq probes international oil scandal charges (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4088321/)

Another.

[Segnosaur]

I won't believe it until its been verified by FoxNews.

[Hexxenhammer]

Originally posted by Segnosaur
I won't believe it until its been verified by FoxNews. This is the funniest thing I've read all day. Even funnier than the exploding whale.

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by Hexxenhammer
Even funnier than the exploding whale. Speaking of the whale, is any one else reporting this and why not ?

[aerocontrols]

Originally posted by Grammatron
Another link on this story.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3435319.stm

They should have given a picture where the guy didn't look so guilty. D#mn... I think I would believe that he had done nearly anything illegal from that picture.

Shifty...

[Upchurch]

I imagine the reason that the story hasn't hit the front page is that the Iraqi reports haven't been authenticated. Not that that has stopped the major news sources from reporting some stories in the past.

[Grammatron]

Originally posted by Upchurch
I imagine the reason that the story hasn't hit the front page is that the Iraqi reports haven't been authenticated. Not that that has stopped the major news sources from reporting some stories in the past.

You do realize that Fox News is not reporting it while BBC and MSNBC is. Just what kind of bizzaro world is this where Fox is waiting for authentication? :)

[Upchurch]

I dunno. Just putting forth a possible explination. Maybe the story is below the radar.

[Crossbow]

Originally posted by Nie Trink Wasser


is any one else reporting this and why not ?

I was wondering if NTW had left for good, but I see that he has not.

Anyway, I would like to see confirmation before I offer any comments.

[Tmy]

Maybe they havent come up with a clever title for the story yet.

[Upchurch]

Originally posted by Crossbow
I was wondering if NTW had left for good, but I see that he has not.Well, it isn't a perfect world.

[Nie Trink Wasser]

Originally posted by Upchurch
Well, it isn't a perfect world.


newp it isnt

from the looks of it, poor tuxedos are still suffering in the world.