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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mark Konrad who wrote (398369)	4/24/2003 3:21:56 PM
From: Mark Konrad	Respond to of 769670

Excerpt from London Times:"Since the sanctions were imposed on the Iraqis they set up a sophisticated system of recompensing their friends by granting them oil contracts. The main beneficiaries were the Russians, the French and the Chinese - the favoured members of the UN Security Council. "But there were also individuals such as Russian MPs and figures in the Arab world who would be allowed to sell the oil through the UN and get a cut of that sale. It was a way that the Iraqis buy support." I think there is much more to this story than even The Times of London and Telegraph are able to report at this time--MK--