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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (155702)1/9/2005 4:52:42 PM
From: Sam  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Saddam paid about $200 billion in sanctions penalties for -- nothing? a bluff? Would you believe it?

On the one hand, you say Saddam was suffering under sanctions by paying "$200 billion"; in other posts, you say how corrupted and compromised the sanctions were, and that Saddam was making billions off of it under the table. Which is it? Or does it depend on what point you want to make in that particular post?

I am willing to believe that Saddam was cheating on cheating. I am also willing to believe that it was one of those "open secrets" that happen so often when huge sums of money are involved. I await the Volker report before drawing any real conclusions though.
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