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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (124546)2/9/2004 5:45:31 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
It's all about the oil. As I've pointed out, the western oil industry profits were enormous and still are

Especially for the French, whose profits from TotalFinaElf's sweetheart deal would have run into billions of Euros had the sanctions been lifted, which - surprise! - Saddam was paying millions to French officials to try to arrange. And as for the Russians, it was billions in bribes.

Sanctions were crumbling, and the US was paying the military and political cost of trying to keep them on, while Syria, Jordan, France and Russia were subverting them, and arranging for their demise.
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