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Germany Said to Have Paid $5 million Ransom for Osthoff
The part that got my attention is
this 2003 story
stating that the German intelligence agency BND had excellent relationships with the Baathists under Saddam.
Posted by: lotp 2006-01-15
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=139813