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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (124546)	2/9/2004 5:41:04 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

What's wrong with Scott Ritter accepting $100,000 from Saddam or some Iraqi businessman to do a documentary? I think the sum was actually $400,000. Nothing at all wrong with taking moolah from a Mullah, but don't for a second think that anyone who takes cash from Saddam and his ilk will continue to maintain spotless credibility. There's a simple rule at work here: if I pay you big bucks for make-do work [I don't think the documentary was ever made], I'm buying your advocacy or your silence.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (124546)	2/9/2004 5:45:31 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to 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.