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Remember Mark Rich?
baltimoresun.com ^ | Oct. 8, 2004

Posted on 10/09/2004 6:39:49 PM PDT by blogblogginaway

Food-for-oil deals under Hussein rife with corruption

One of the most prolific purchasers of the oil was Swiss-based Glencore run by onetime fugitive American financier Marc Rich, which the report alleges paid more than $3.2 million in kickbacks to the Iraqi government. Rich, formerly wanted for tax evasion, ..........

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: foodforoil; glencore; iraq; marcrich; markrich; oilforfood; rich
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Pardon me if this has been brought to everyone's attention. This is the first time I've seen this related to FFO.
1 posted on 10/09/2004 6:39:50 PM PDT by blogblogginaway
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another clinton connection....hmmm


2 posted on 10/09/2004 6:42:10 PM PDT by kingattax (FreeRepublic leads...others follow)
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Pardon me

That's punny!!!!

3 posted on 10/09/2004 6:42:12 PM PDT by JrAsparagus
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It would seem all is OK if you are a major Rat and or a friend of Bent Bill.
4 posted on 10/09/2004 6:44:39 PM PDT by Fast1 (Mullah Kerry for an Islamic America..)
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have to register just to read - are there any more jucy details???


5 posted on 10/09/2004 6:44:58 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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wicked clever!


6 posted on 10/09/2004 6:45:41 PM PDT by andyandval
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Have to register just to read article - are there any more jucy details???


7 posted on 10/09/2004 6:46:17 PM PDT by VRWCTexan (History has a long memory - but still repeats itself)
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"It's coming back to me now"!


8 posted on 10/09/2004 6:46:34 PM PDT by Kahuna
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bttt


9 posted on 10/09/2004 6:49:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin (We have low inflation and and low unemployment.)
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Some exception to the supposed link between Marc Rich and Glencore...he was "excused" from the board of directors of that company some years ago, and no longer has any official ties to them.


10 posted on 10/09/2004 6:49:17 PM PDT by wvjim
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bugMeNot.com


11 posted on 10/09/2004 6:49:25 PM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (Kerry plans to graff post-Vietnam policy on Iraq: Cut funding and let the Syrian Baathists take over)
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This was mentioned in the Fox Special on the Oil for Food Scandal a couple of weeks ago. I found it interesting that they also mentioned that Mark Rich helped the South African government violate Apartheid sanctions. I wondered what Nelson Mandela thought about his old pal Bubba pardoning the man who helped keep his fellow countrymen down.


12 posted on 10/09/2004 6:49:46 PM PDT by mass55th (Hey John Boy, I got your global test right here!!!!)
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Everything else in the article I've seen written already. I will do a word search of his name in the document and see what pops up.

BTW..not to fret.I know I spelled his name Mark when it is Marc. Sorry about that.


13 posted on 10/09/2004 6:51:46 PM PDT by blogblogginaway (When will they learn to check and recheck the facts!)
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Not the first time: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1222453/posts


14 posted on 10/09/2004 6:52:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (We have low inflation and and low unemployment.)
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have to register just to read

Tired of pesky registrations? Try BugMeNot.Com

15 posted on 10/09/2004 6:52:11 PM PDT by csvset
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I think we now know what the Bergler was stealing for his friend, Bill.


16 posted on 10/09/2004 6:52:50 PM PDT by bitt (“Kerry believes that if you rob Peter to pay Paul, Paul will vote for you.”)
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In what the report calls "an open secret,"
the Iraqi government demanded illicit surcharges of 25 cents to 30 cents on all barrels of oil bought, which buyers had to secretly pay before the deals were sealed.
They complied because the Iraqis were selling slightly below market prices.

Skimming Scam

17 posted on 10/09/2004 6:54:34 PM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (Kerry plans to graff post-Vietnam policy on Iraq: Cut funding and let the Syrian Baathists take over)
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Oh yea, this was the guy Clinton pardoned on his last eve in office, in exchange for some cashola and the unfettered freedom to feel up the Ex-Mrs Rich's ample bosom.

I love going down memory lane...


18 posted on 10/09/2004 6:56:58 PM PDT by HitmanLV (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.)
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It would appear, at least on the surface, that the international Left has been actively supporting the murderous regime of Saddam Hussein. Their rhetoric about human rights in Iraq was nothing more than a ruse so they could enrich themselves through the exploitation and murder of the Iraqi people.

Leftists really are the most insipid and degenerate swine imaginable.

19 posted on 10/09/2004 6:59:48 PM PDT by Reactionary
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Marc Rich?

Marc Rich of of the wifely Rich babe with the photogenic hooters seeking his pardon? You mean that there may be a connection between him, her, and the krinton free-for-all of the 90's?

Nah, there's lots of other "Rich" left-wing folks out there that are supporting Kerry.


20 posted on 10/09/2004 7:06:40 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (`Three certainties in life: death, taxes and dead people voting for more taxes.)
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