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Saddam ‘bought UN allies’ with oil
The London Times ^ | 10/03/04 | Robert Winnett

Posted on 10/03/2004 10:32:19 AM PDT by mojito

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To: mojito

Sadam broke the code on passing Kerry's international test.


21 posted on 10/03/2004 11:37:36 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: mojito

Looks like what started out as the "Oil-for-food" program, as run by the UN, became the "Food-for-oil" program.


22 posted on 10/03/2004 11:49:07 AM PDT by lancer (If you are not with us, you are against us!)
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To: JRPerry; randog
Fox isn't ignoring it. Check this out.
23 posted on 10/03/2004 11:55:51 AM PDT by lancer (If you are not with us, you are against us!)
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To: mojito

WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS FOR THIS TO BREAK OPEN! THE AIRING OF THIS SCANDAL IS WHAT SOME EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE BLAMING ON BUSH AND WANT HIM OUT OF OFFICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! KERRY WOULD, PRESUMABLY, TRY TO QUASH ALL THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND THUS GAIN ACCEPTANCE TO CHIRAC'S INNER CIRCLE OF POLITICAL CRONIES!!! THIS IS THE REASON WHY THE CORRUPT PRESS IN EUROPE AND IN THE UNITED STATES IS TRYING TO BUMP GEORGE BUSH OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE! KOJI ANNAN AND HIS SON KOJO ARE UP TO THEIR EYEBALLS IN THIS AS WELL! THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL BANKS, SOME IN THE CONTROL OF THE ROTHSCHILD GROUP, WHO WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THIS SCANDAL 'OF THE CENTURY' DISAPPEAR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
THOSE THAT HAVE ACCESS TO O'REILLY SHOULD PUT PRESSURE ON HIM TO CONTINUE TO AIR THIS SCANDAL UNTIL THE BACK OF THE UNITED NATIONS IS BROKEN ONCE AND FOR ALL! AMERICA CANNOT ALLOW THIS SCANDAL, THIS THIEVERY, GO UNPUNISHED! WE SHOULD REPUDIATE THE UNITED NATIONS AND LEAVE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! WE HAVE NO REASON TO FINANCE AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS RIDDLE WITH SO MUCH CORRUPTION! WHY SHOULD BE PASS THE GLOBAL TEST THAT KERRY TALKED ABOUT DURING THE DEBATES? IS HE MAD, OR DRUNK, OR BOTH???

LET'S HIT ON THIS SUBJECT AS MUCH AS WE CAN... THIS IS BEING REPORTED BY THE TIMES OF LONDON, NOT THE NEW YORK TIMES!!! GET HOLD OF YOURSELVES, FREEPERS, AND DENOUNCE THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE PERPETRATORS OF THIS CRIME WHICH IS BEING HIDDEN FROM OUR EYES UNTIL KERRY, (Chirac's acolyte), GETS A CHANCE TO ERASE IT IF HE SHOULD TAKE OVER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES!


24 posted on 10/03/2004 12:00:23 PM PDT by Diogenes
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To: July 4th

Most communists do get along quite well with each other.


25 posted on 10/03/2004 12:12:32 PM PDT by No Surrender No Retreat (These Colors Never Run( 7.62) "See Ya"ll At The VA Clinic" "Xin Loi My Boy")
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To: mojito

self-ping


26 posted on 10/03/2004 12:12:36 PM PDT by Free Vulcan
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For any of you who saw the FNC report on the Oil For Food {OFF} program not long ago, this comes as no suprise. In fact, what has gone unsaid but is clearly deductible from these investigations is that it was not Saddam who made the horrible miscalculation that led to this war, it was the leadership of France, Germany, Russia, and China who did so.

Those countries and very highly conncted individuals in them were profitting immensely from OFF (at the expense of the American taxpayer, I might add). They had a great interest in maintaining the status quo in Iraq -- moreso even than Saddam.

They were urging him to maintain his standoff against the inspectors because they didn't want the world to know he had complied with some of the UN resolutions, because if the world knew, then there would be pressure to ease the sanctions that so proffitted their countries and countrymen. Some of these "peace-loving" nations even continued to help Saddam increase not just his conventional weapons inventory (such as French Roland anti-tank weapons), but his inventory of treaty-breaking weapons as well (North Korea trying to sell Saddam No-dong and SCUD missiles wouldn't happen without China's tacit approval).

Meanwhile they fed us just enough evidence that Saddam was still ACTIVELY pursuing WMD to keep us hounding him -- again to keep the pressure up and maintain the profittable status quo. As several investigations have now revealed, the French even faked some of the Yellow Cake evidence to that end.

So here they were urging Saddam to continue the standoff and urging us to keep up the pressure, all the while making a public display of agonizing over what to do in the UNSC in the interests of peace. The longer this went on the more money they could siphon from our coffers.

But, of course, they miscalculated. They didn't count on an American with Texan sensibilities coming along and saying 'enough'. He decided we didn't need the panty-waists in the UN to do something about 12 treaties' and 13 years' worth of violations. He decided to act. He did something that had the second-order effects of stopping the bleeding to OFF and the additional bleeding to maintaining the military sanctions -- something also predominantly paid for by the US taxpayer for more than a decade. Other second order effects of this operation were to free the Iraqi people from a tyranical despot; to end a threat to all nations in the region; and to end the illegal profiteering by the thugs in France, Germany, Russia, China, and many of the countries in the Middle East.

Does this theory sound Machiavellian? You bet. Does that make it more or less likely to be true? You make the call.

GWB isn't to blame for the miscalculation that led to this war. Nor is Saddam. Our afforementioned greedy UN 'allies' are.

27 posted on 10/03/2004 12:14:49 PM PDT by No Longer Free State
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To: randog

Yes, because the UN mignt be offended for being exposed for all it's corruption. Kick the UN out of NY NY and send it to Dafur.


28 posted on 10/03/2004 12:15:00 PM PDT by No Surrender No Retreat (These Colors Never Run( 7.62) "See Ya"ll At The VA Clinic" "Xin Loi My Boy")
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To: Former Military Chick

ping


29 posted on 10/03/2004 1:10:34 PM PDT by No Longer Free State
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To: mojito; MistyCA

A busy day! This does need to be passed on!


30 posted on 10/03/2004 1:12:36 PM PDT by landerwy
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To: No Longer Free State

Excellent analysis.


31 posted on 10/03/2004 1:15:56 PM PDT by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: landerwy

Bump.


32 posted on 10/03/2004 1:17:09 PM PDT by Stentor
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To: mojito; 06isweak; 0scill8r; 100American; 100%FEDUP; 101st-Eagle; 101stSignal; 101viking; 10Ring; ...

It's about time this is coming to the attention of the American people!


33 posted on 10/03/2004 1:21:49 PM PDT by MistyCA
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To: landerwy

Why aren't Republicans tying UN oils scandal with "resistance" of sKerry's oil buddies to join in coalition? Bring it on!!!


34 posted on 10/03/2004 1:25:19 PM PDT by Leo Carpathian (Vote the RATS out!!!)
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To: mojito

So what happens???? Will this go to the 'World" court, or what...WHO HAS JURISDICTION OVER THE UN????????


35 posted on 10/03/2004 1:31:42 PM PDT by Jewels1091
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To: MamaLucci

thank you


36 posted on 10/03/2004 1:34:46 PM PDT by No Longer Free State
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To: MistyCA

Thanks for the ping!


37 posted on 10/03/2004 1:36:02 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: randog

the MSM will do no reporting about the UNSCAM program until after the election, if at all.


38 posted on 10/03/2004 1:38:45 PM PDT by pierrem15
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To: mojito
Hope the Global Test is graded on a Curve, because the UN is Crooked!!! Sure France/Russia is going to turn down $100 million because Yawn is so charming!

Pray for W and The Truth

39 posted on 10/03/2004 1:41:15 PM PDT by bray (Swifties Rock!!)
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To: mojito
MASTER LIST UN OIL/SEX FOR FOOD SCANDALS
40 posted on 10/03/2004 1:45:28 PM PDT by GailA ( hanoi john, I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, before I impose a moratorium on it.)
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