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| Lebanese 'Karachi Affair' Suspect Probed over Libya Cash |
| 2012-12-07 |
| [An Nahar] Ziad Takieddine, a Franco-Lebanese businessman who has been charged with corruption in the "Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... " kickbacks affair is also being investigated for suspected money laundering after being tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! with 1.5 million euros in cash, it emerged Thursday. Judicial sources said Takieddine, who is allegedly embroiled in a string of illegal political financing scandals in La Belle France, had been caught with the money on a private flight out of Libya in March 2011, prior to the overthrow of Libya's then President Muammar Qadaffy ... one of those little rainstorms from the Arab Spring... The case has been put in the hands of examining magistrates Renaud Van Ruymbeke and Roger Le Loire, the judges who are in charge of the Bloody Karachi investigation. That case centers on allegations that a 2002 bombing in Bloody Karachi was carried out by Pak agents in Dire Revenge™ for the non-payment of bribes promised in relation to a 1994 sale of a French submarine. The bombing killed 14 people, including 11 French naval engineers. It is alleged that some of the cash involved was channeled back to former prime minister Edouard Balladur's campaign to be the French right's candidate in the 1995 presidential election. Takieddine has been charged as acting as an intermediary. The Bloody Karachi affair has also embroiled former president Nicolas Sarkozy ...23rd and current President of the French Republic and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. Sarkozy is married to singer-songwriter Carla Bruni, who has a really nice birthday suit... , who was Balladur's campaign front man and budget minister at the time. Media reports have claimed Sarkozy authorized the creation of a shell company used to channel kickbacks. He has been questioned by the judges but not charged with anything. Two of his former aides have been charged. Sarkozy has also been accused, by the media, of accepting cash from Qadaffy for his own 2007 presidential election campaign. No investigation has been opened into those claims and Sarkozy is pursuing a defamation suit against online news website Mediapart over its reporting. |
| Posted by:Fred |