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Raid on spy's home 'reveals details of Chirac's secret £30m bank account'
The Scotsman ^
| 23 May 2007
| Susan Bell
Posted on 05/24/2007 10:49:46 AM PDT by burzum
LONG-STANDING rumours that the former French president Jacques Chirac holds a secret multi-million-euro bank account in Japan appear to have been confirmed by files seized from the home of a senior spy.
Papers seized by two investigating magistrates from General Philippe Rondot, a former head of the DGSE, France's intelligence service, show Mr Chirac opened an account in the mid-1990s at Tokyo Sowa Bank, credited with the equivalent of £30 million. It is not known where the money came from, nor whether it is connected to various kick-back scandals to which Mr Chirac's name has been linked over the past decade.
Last year, Mr Chirac "categorically denied" having a bank account in Japan.
The seized documents have been described by the magistrates as "explosive" and are believed to contain copies of the former president's bank statements.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: chirac; corruption; france
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Here is the thread where Chirac denied having the account.
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:49:50 AM PDT
by
burzum
To: burzum
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:50:54 AM PDT
by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: burzum
Le rien, ceci sucent pour lui.
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:52:13 AM PDT
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: burzum
Oil-For-Food and anti-UN sanction arm sales to Iraq lined his pockets.
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:54:20 AM PDT
by
DBCJR
(What would you expect?)
To: massgopguy
Find that old photo of Jack and Sadd and you’ve got it.
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:54:40 AM PDT
by
fishtank
(We have human public servants, not semi-divine potentates.)
To: burzum
Why do socialists always end up with the money?
Kennedy, Kerry, Chirac, Clinton, etc.
What ever happened to living with the masses?
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:55:09 AM PDT
by
Mr. Brightside
(Rudy Giuliani is just another "Empty Dress Republican")
To: burzum
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:55:11 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(the Prophet said, ‘If (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.’ - HADITH Sahih Bukhari [4:52:260])
To: burzum
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:55:22 AM PDT
by
ARE SOLE
(Agents Ramos and Campean are in prison at this very moment..)
To: burzum
No longer President, Chirac lost his legal bodyguard.
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:55:36 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: burzum
Alert. Also check the freezer...
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:56:00 AM PDT
by
BigFinn
(isaiah 32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.)
To: Vicomte13
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:56:12 AM PDT
by
investigateworld
(These Border Patrol guys will do more time than a Jap POW Camp commander,thanks BUSH)
To: fishtank
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:57:15 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(the Prophet said, ‘If (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.’ - HADITH Sahih Bukhari [4:52:260])
To: burzum
Another man o’ the piples.
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:57:16 AM PDT
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: burzum
Hmmmm...why would the President of a major Western country have a need for a secret bank account? One can only wonder if the balance of that account jumped around the time when he declared that he would vote non...non...NON! regarding taking on the butcher of Baghdad.
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:58:20 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
To: fishtank
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:58:41 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(the Prophet said, ‘If (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.’ - HADITH Sahih Bukhari [4:52:260])
To: fishtank
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:59:34 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(the Prophet said, ‘If (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.’ - HADITH Sahih Bukhari [4:52:260])
To: Mr. Brightside
Kennedy inherited it (from his philandering, rum-running, Nazi-loving, stock swindling father); Kerry married it; Chirac was man enough to at least steal it. Each can afford an increase in taxes since his basis is as low as his integrity.
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posted on
05/24/2007 10:59:44 AM PDT
by
MarkT
To: Cincinna
Ping for a new Chirac scandal
It will be interesting to see how Sarkozy handles this.
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posted on
05/24/2007 11:00:10 AM PDT
by
burzum
(None shall see me, though my battlecry may give me away -Minsc)
To: fishtank
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posted on
05/24/2007 11:00:22 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(the Prophet said, ‘If (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.’ - HADITH Sahih Bukhari [4:52:260])
To: fishtank
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posted on
05/24/2007 11:02:30 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(the Prophet said, ‘If (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him.’ - HADITH Sahih Bukhari [4:52:260])
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