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The Oil-for-Food revelations just keep coming.(The Week ...)(Brief Article)
The Oil-for-Food revelations just keep coming. Now we've learned from the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman, that a number of European politicians likely participated in, and profited from, what Iraqi officials called the "Saddam Bribery System." In exchange for their continued support of Hussein, Britain's George Galloway, France's Charles Pasqua, and several high-level Russian officials allegedly received millions of barrels of Iraqi oil that they then sold for a substantial profit. Saddam focused his efforts on his ...
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