Posted on 11/17/2004 10:14:07 PM PST by SunkenCiv
Under the program, Russian companies were major recipients of contracts from deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's government for the sale of Iraqi oil and the supply of humanitarian goods to Iraq. Launched in December 1996 to help Iraqis cope with UN sanctions imposed after Saddam's 1990 invasion of Kuwait, the program allowed the Iraqi government to sell unlimited quantities of oil, provided the money went primarily to buy humanitarian goods and pay reparations to victims of the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
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oops. An older one:
Official: Russia Not Cooperating in (Oil for Food) Probe
Associated Press ^ | November 17, 2004 | EDITH M. LEDERER
Posted on 11/17/2004 6:12:17 PM PST by TapTheSource
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Thanks.
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