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United Nations: Oil for Food Fiasco?
Newsweek, Inc. ^ | Mark Hosenball and Steve Tuttle

Posted on 10/15/2004 6:47:07 PM PDT by El Oviedo

"But an uncensored copy of the Duelfer report obtained by NEWSWEEK indicates Houston oil mogul Oscar Wyatt got oil allocations from Saddam which could have earned him and Coastal Corp.—a company he founded and ran until 2000—profits of more than $22 million. Wyatt and wife Lynn are major donors to political causes: since 1989 they have given nearly $700,000 in contributions, of which more than $500,000 went to Democrats. Wyatt told NEWSWEEK that his company did buy oil from Saddam but that he never did so personally, and that his company's dealings all complied with U.N. rules."

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: oilfood
Hmmm!
1 posted on 10/15/2004 6:47:07 PM PDT by El Oviedo
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To: El Oviedo
MASTER LIST UN OIL/SEX FOR FOOD SCANDALS
2 posted on 10/16/2004 3:28:59 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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