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Whats all the this Hubub-Bub?
Saddamâs Exploitation of U.N. Sanctions "Since the deposed regime endorsed the âMemorandum of Understanding,â also known as âoil for food [program],â it turned it into a despicable political and commercial game, and used it to finance its clandestine acquisitions of arms, expensive construction materials for the presidential palaces and mosques, and frivolous luxury items. It turned the oil sales agreements into the greatest bribery operation in history, buying souls and pens, and squandering the nationâs resources. Since then, rumors were abound about vouchers that Saddam gave to certain Arab and foreign dignitaries, providing them with crude oil in exchange for their support to the regime in a period of international isolation, and as a way to finance the campaign to lift the economic sanctions against it and to whitewash its image." whitewash what? Posted by: Lucky 2004-01-30 |
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