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2005-05-13 Europe

Ex-French minister denies Saddam oil bribes

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Posted by Steve 2005-05-13 11:17:45 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Non! Non! Certainment non!"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-05-13 11:48|| 2005-05-13 11:48|| Front Page Top

#2 I think it is a mediatic trap: ensure the wrong guy is accused and when proven innocent the accuser will be paralyzed at investigating the real culprits.

Pasqua is the ideal suspect: he has been involved in secret-services style operations since he was young. In the 60s he created a kind of private secret service for fighting those who wanted to kill De Gaulle in the 60s. He has also the reputation of being quite corruptible and he virtually created Chirac.

Problem is that he broke with Chirac in 1994 and is no longer access to the deciding circles in France while the media more or less boycott him for being right wing. If the Iraki officer in charge in France was remotely competent the last person he would hire would be Pasqua: he has no influence outside his district: why spend money on him?

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-05-13 17:10|| 2005-05-13 17:10|| Front Page Top

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