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2003-09-18 Iraq

"Baghdad Bob" admits France was given preference in oil contracts

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Posted by Mike 2003-09-18 6:07:50 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Blood for Oil.

Posted by g wiz 2003-9-18 9:19:19 AM|| 2003-9-18 9:19:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Sacre bleu! This is infamous. We shall now adopt the Swedish practice of banning opinions that differ with those of the French government.

Posted by Highlander 2003-9-18 9:23:30 AM|| 2003-9-18 9:23:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Escargots pour l'huile.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-18 11:16:21 AM|| 2003-9-18 11:16:21 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Bomb-a-rama

Huile is the word for edible oil (ie olive oil)
and the supposedely edible erzatz of it (colza, sunflower).

The world for mineral oil is petrole.

Posted by JFM 2003-9-18 1:50:47 PM|| 2003-9-18 1:50:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Well, crap. Cheap-ass English-French dictionary....hehe

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-9-18 3:06:01 PM|| 2003-9-18 3:06:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Listen, we know this is true from other news reports. No need to cite al Sahaf, who has the about the least credibility of basically any source in the world. Note in the article he also says Iraq has no WMDs.

Posted by Nick 2003-9-18 3:25:28 PM|| [http://www.agonist.org] 2003-9-18 3:25:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Honestly, did anyone here not alreadu know about this? Besides Murat and the french guy cowering in the corner.

Posted by Charles 2003-9-18 5:35:55 PM|| 2003-9-18 5:35:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Well duh

Posted by Cheddarhead 2003-9-18 7:05:36 PM|| 2003-9-18 7:05:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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