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2004-01-27 Iraq

BIG NEWS: French officials had hand in Saddamâs cookie jar say Iraqis

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Posted by Steve White 2004-01-27 7:09:30 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Canada? Turkey? Spain?

Canada = connections to ELF.

Turkey = proximity to Iraq (perhaps why Murat hasn't been heard from :) ...).

Spain = don't know. All the other nations make sense tho, from an influence-buying standpoint.

Posted by Pappy 2004-1-27 7:34:46 PM|| 2004-1-27 7:34:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 ahhhh lies, all lies!

Posted by Frank G 2004-1-27 7:44:38 PM|| 2004-1-27 7:44:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 However, the money that was supposed to go to these traitors may have been stolen by other more clever traitors or by Baathists. This will get very complicated.

Posted by mhw 2004-1-27 8:00:34 PM|| 2004-1-27 8:00:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Did Spain recently have a seat on some influential UN council? Perhaps one of the floating UNSC seats?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-1-27 8:19:00 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-1-27 8:19:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 just curious, given the (reasonably) strict oil export rules for Iraq (admittedly stuff go through to Syria/Jordan), allocations of 79.2mln barrels (for that russian bloke) seem awfully high, this is a shitload of tankers we are talking about. How exactly would you be able to deliver this stuff?

Posted by Igs 2004-1-27 8:21:05 PM|| 2004-1-27 8:21:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Russian oil companies were the largest buyers of Iraqi crude, who then turned around and sold it on the world market. It didn't require they load any crude on there own tankers.

Posted by ed 2004-1-27 8:30:20 PM|| 2004-1-27 8:30:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 This could be fun. Who has the popcorn?
What would be even more interesting would be a table correlating this list with a list of the nations and individuals who objected to intervention in Iraq to depose Saddam.

Wonder if there is a provision for a member reclusing itself from the UNSC decisions when conflict of interest occurs? :)

Posted by Gasse Katze 2004-1-27 8:53:25 PM|| 2004-1-27 8:53:25 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Igs, according to the article the oil was sold (I'm betting "for food and medicine") and the assorted slimebags received a commission on the sale. What percentage? The documents don't say, according to the story, but I'll wager the cut varied depending on how useful the scumbag proved to be. Saddam would just wire the money to a scumbag's numbered Swiss/Caymans/whatever account without having to actually smuggle oil.

Just imagine. If you sell 79.2 million barrels of oil at 15 bucks a barrel and take just a 1% commission, that'd get you $11.88 million. Any bets on whether Saddam was more generous than that?

Posted by Puddle Pirate 2004-1-27 8:54:04 PM|| 2004-1-27 8:54:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Good Lord, this is going to be a mess.

Posted by Patrick Phillips 2004-1-27 9:20:32 PM|| 2004-1-27 9:20:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 When Chavez crashes, I expect a remix of this situation with a latino beat.

Posted by Super Hose 2004-1-27 9:33:37 PM|| 2004-1-27 9:33:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Sha-Zamm...God Damn, does the world really turn so bold.

Posted by Lucky 2004-1-28 12:55:13 AM|| 2004-1-28 12:55:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 Speaking of Murat ... would a "Murat the Dead Troll-turned-Jihadi-turned-Corpse" death pool be inappropriate?

Posted by Lu Baihu 2004-1-28 2:58:32 AM|| 2004-1-28 2:58:32 AM|| Front Page Top

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