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To: Terry Maloney who wrote (277892)	2/22/2004 4:45:21 PM
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Inquiry and Analysis Series - No. 164 February 20, 2004 No.164 The Saddam Oil Vouchers Affair By Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli*. Introduction On January 25, 2004, the Iraqi independent daily Al-Mada published a list of approximately 270 individuals and entities who were beneficiaries of Saddam Hussein's oil vouchers. [1] The report evoked reactions from many of those included in the list as well as from the Arab media, among them apologists for Saddam's regime. The fact that so many have opted for silence may give credence to the list's authenticity. A former undersecretary in the Iraqi Ministry of Petroleum, Abd Al-Saheb Salman Qutb, said that the ministry possesses documents proving the authenticity of the list published by Al-Mada. The list was originally the property of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO), which was responsible for marketing Iraqi petroleum. [2] Mr. Qutb also said that the ministry was collecting the information for submission to Interpol, which could then pursue the voucher beneficiaries. [3] The Iraqi Governing Council has focused on 46 foreign individuals and organizations included on the lists, primarily from neighboring countries, to determine appropriate action. [4] Council member Muwwafaq Al-Rabi'i said during a visit to Beirut that the council has "tons of documents" but emphasized that the publication of these documents will be handled in a constructive way and not "for the sake of vengeance and revenge." [5] In describing what it called "the curse of the Iraqi vouchers," the London Arabic-language daily Al-Hayat said that it expects more names and details to be made public in the near future and anticipates the revelation of a scandal of vast dimensions transcending countries and continents, implicating many prominent individuals and organizations. [6] How It Worked: The Voucher Transactions Method In a subsequent article, Al-Mada provides details on the allocation and sale of oil vouchers. In general, the vouchers were given either as gifts or as payment for goods imported into Iraq in violation of the U.N. sanctions. The voucher holder would normally tender the voucher to any one of the specialized companies operating in the United Arab Emirates for a commission which initially ranged from $0.25 to $0.30 per barrel, though it may have declined in later years to as little as $0.10 or even $0.05 per barrel because of oil surplus on the market. [7] In other words, a voucher for 1 million barrels would have translated into a quick profit of $250,000-300,000 on the high side and $50,000-100,000 on the low side – all paid in cash. According to Al-Mada, Jordan will seek to tax the illicit profits of citizens who benefited from the sale of the vouchers. One of the common arguments by recipients of vouchers was that the vouchers paid for goods provided in the framework of the U.N.-administered Oil for Food program. However, under the Memorandum of Understanding governing the program, oil allocations were intended for "end users," meaning those with refineries. Most of the voucher recipients would be considered "non-end users." Moreover, if vouchers were used to pay for goods, it would suggest that these were not authorized by the program and should be considered illicit since all contracts approved by the U.N. were reimbursed from the trust account where the oil revenues were kept, at a French bank, at Iraq's insistence. According to the United Nations: "The oil buyer had to pay the price approved by the Security Council Sanctions Committee into a U.N. escrow account, and the U.N. had to verify that the goods purchased by Iraq were indeed those allowed under the program. But the U.N. had no way of knowing what other transactions might be going on directly between the Iraqi government and the buyers and sellers." [8] This report reviews the Saddam oil vouchers affair, in two parts: Part I: (A) the list of oil vouchers recipients; and (B) reactions by implicated individuals and organizations. Part II: Arab media reactions. The Saddam Oil Vouchers Affair, Part I: A. Complete List of Recipients of Oil Vouchers (in alphabetical order by country) (All numbers for barrels of oil unless indicated otherwise) All names on the list were transliterated from the Arabic. Although every effort was made to be precise, some inaccuracy is inevitable. Algeria 1. Abd Al-Majid Al-Attar 6 million 2. Abd Al-Qadr bin Mussa 6 million Austria 1. Hans Kogler 2 million 2. Arab-Austrian Committee 1 million Bangladesh 1. Mawlana Abd Al-Manan 43.2 million Bahrain 1. Kadhem Al-Darazi Company 2 million 2. Ali Al-Muslim Company 3 million 3. Concrete Contracting Company 2 million Belarus 1. Liberal Party 6 million 2. Belarus Communist Party 7 tons 3. Belminal Company 14.2 million 4. Belfarm Company 4 million 5. Chief of the President's Bureau 6 million 6. Lada Company 2 million Brazil 1. Fuad Sirhan 10 million 2. October 8 Movement (Chavez) 4.5 million Canada 1. Arthur Millholland 9.6 million Bulgaria 1. The Socialist Party of Bulgaria 12 million 2. Arak Paul 2 million Chad 1.Chad Foreign Minister 3 million China 1. Mr. Juan 39.1 million 2. Noresco 17.5 million 3. Zank Ronk 13 million 4. Biorg 13.5 million 5. South Holken 1 million Cyprus 1. Muhammad Al-Hawny 17 million 2. Nefta Petroleum 13.2 million 3. Continental 1 million Egypt 1. Ancom Co. (Muhammad Shatta)14 million 2. Abd Al-Adham Manaf 6 million 3. Khaled Gamal Abd Al-Nasser 16.5 million 4. Imad Al-Jilda 14 million 5. Muhammad Salah 7 million 6. Muhammad Hilmi 4.5 million 7. Arab Company limited 6 million 8. Nile & Euphrates Co. 3 million 9. Mahmoud Mahdi Al-Ma'sarawi 7 million 10. Al-Hami Bashanti Foundation 2 million 11.International MultaqaFoundation 2 million France 1. Adax 8.3 million 2. Trafigure Patrick Maugein 25 million 3. Michel Grimard 17 million 4. Franco-Iraqi Friendship 15.1 million 5. Ayix 47.2 million 6. Charles Pasque 12 million 7. Alias Al-Gharzali 14.6 million 8. IOTC (Claude Caspert) 4 million 9. Bernard Merimee 3 million 10. Bernard Merimee 8 million 11. de Souza 11 million Hungary 1. Hungarian Interest Party 4.7 million India 1. Biham Singh 5.5 million 2. Indian Congress Party 4 million Indonesia 1. Daughter of President Sukarno 2 million 2. Hawa Atlantic 2 million 3. Makram Hakim 3 million 4. Megawati 8 million 5. Muhammad Amin Rayyis 4 million 6. Natuna Oil 2 million Ireland 1. Riyadh Al-Taher 11 million 2. Afro-Eastern 2 million Italy 1. Roberto Frimagoni 24.5 million 2. Salvatore Nicotra 20 million 3. Mr. Feloni 6.5 million 4. Father Benjamin 4.5 million 5. West Petrol 2 tons 6. Hetralk 2 tons 7. IPS (Italian Petroleum Assoc.) 1 million Jordan 1. Leith Shbeilat 15.5 million 2. Fakhri Qa'war 6 million 3. Grand Resource 2 million 4. Al-Rashid International (Ahmad Al-Bashir) 9 million 5. Fawwaz Zuraiqat 6 million 6. Salem Al-Na'ass 3 million 7. Zayyad Al-Ragheb 7 million 8. Mashhur Haditha 4 million 9. Shaker bin Zayd 6.5 million 10. Muhammad Saleh Al-Hourani 4 million 11. Tojan Faisal 3 million 12. Ministry of Energy (Jordan) 5 million 13. Zayyad Yaghmour 2 million 14. Wamidh Hussein 1 million Kenya 1. Muhammad Othman Sa'id 10.5 million Lebanon 1. B.B. Energy 2 million 2. Fadi Al-Alamiyya (International)2 million 3. Haitham Seidani 2 million 4. Plant [Blunt?] Petroleum 1 million 5. George Tarkhaynan 7 million 6. President Lehoud's son 4.5 million 7. Ali To'ma 1 million 8. Al-Hilal Co. (Adnan Al-Hanani) 1 million 9. International Company for Trade and Investment 3 million 10. Faisal Darniqa 3 million 11. Fim Oil Company 1 million 12. Najah Wakim 3 million 13. Osama Ma'rouf 3 million 14. Zuhair Al-Khatib 3.5 million Libya 1. Shukri Ghanem 6 million Malaysia 1. Fa'iq Ahmad Sharif 12.5 million 2. Pitmall Company 4 million 3. Trader Babar 4 million 4. Mastek (Fa'iq Ahmad Sharif0 57 million 5. Hawala 7 million Myanmar Federation [Burma] 1. Minister of Forestry 5 million Morocco 1. Abdallah Al-Sallawi 7.2 million 2. Nadhel Al-Hashemi 5.7 million 3. Muhammad Al-Basri 4.5 million Netherlands 1. Sy Bolt 3 million Nigeria 1. Hayson 7.2 million 2. Raz Company 7.5 million 3. A.A.G. Company (Nigerian Ambassador) 1 million 4. Comeback 4 million Oman 1. Shanfari Group 5 million Palestine 1. Abu Al-Abbas 11.5 million 2. Abdullah Al-Hourani 8 million 3. Wafa Tawfiq Sa'igh 3.5 million 4. Liberation Organization 4 million 5. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 5 million 6. Liberation Organization (Political Bureau) 5 million Pakistan 1. Oil & Gas Group 10 tons 2. Abu Abd Al-Rahman 11.5 tons 3. Sayyed Azzaz 1 ton Panama 1. Sevan 11.5 million Philippines 1. Philippines Production Group 3 million Qatar 1. Hamad bin Ali Al-Thani 14 million 2. The Duleimy Group 4 million 3. Gulf Petroleum 2 million 4. Petrolina Oil 2 million 5. Petroleum Wells Maintenance 2 million Romania 1. Delf Aderlink 1 million 2. Romanian Labor Party 5.5 million Russia 1. The Russian State 1.366 billion 2. Zarubesneft 174.5 million 3. Russneft Ampex 86.9 million (for the office of the president, including 1 million to Mr. Tetzenko, Russian Ambassador to Baghdad) 4. Communist Party Companies 137 million 5. Amircom (Unity Party/ Ministry for Emergencies) 57 million 6. Mishinoimport 1 million 7. Al-Fayco (Russian Foreign Ministry) 128.8 million 8. Yatumin (Russian Foreign Ministry) 30.1 million 9. Slavneft 25.5 million 10. Zan Gaz 49.1 million 11. Rosneft Company 35.5 million 12. Caspian Investment 8.5 million 13. Kamaneft Company 7.5 million 14. Gasprom 26 million 15. Tatneft 1 million 16. LUKoil 63 million 17. Surgut Neftegas 4 million 18. Siberia Oil & Gas company 1 million 19. Nafta Moscow Company 25.1 million 20. Onaco Company 22.2 million 21. Sidanco Company 21.2 million 22. Sibneft 8.1 million 23. Transneft 9 million 24. Yukos 2 million 25. Liberal Democratic Party (Zhirinovsky) 79.8 million 26. Peace and Unity Party 34 million (the list mentions party chairwoman Sazhi Umalatova) 27. Russian Committee of Solidarity with the People of Iraq 6.5 million (its chair, Sergei Rudasev is mentioned) 28. Russian Association for Solidarity with Iraq 12.5 million (its chair, [Zhorafilon] is listed) 29. Russneft-Gazexport 12.5 million 30. Uralinvest (Stroyev) 8.5 million 31. Moscow Science Academy 3.5 million 32. Romain (son of former ambassador to Baghdad) 19.7 million 33. Zarabsneft (Gobkin University) 3.5 million 34. Nordvest Group) 2 million 35. Zarbshneft & Gas (Mr. Hassan) 3 million (only one million delivered) 36. Soyuzneftgaz (Yuri Shafrannik) 25.5 million 37. Nikolayi Ryzhkov 13 million 38. Stroyneftgas 6 million 39. Akht Neft Company 4.5 million 40. Chechna Administration 2 million 41. 'Adel Al-Jablawi (I.N.M. Airways) 6 million 42. Khrozolit 5 million 43. Trader Nafta 3 million 44. Chief of the President's Bureau 5 million 45. Russian Orthodox Church 5 million 46. Russian National Democratic Party 3 million Saudi Arabia 1. Najah Company 3 million 2. Asiss Company 2 million Slovakia 1. Slovak Communist Party 1 million South Africa 1. Imvume Management (Sandy Majali) 9 million 2. Tokyo Saxwele Holdings (MVL) 4 million 3. Montega 4 million 4. Omni Oil 4 million Spain 1. Bassim Qaqish 17.5 million 2. Javier Robert 9.8 million 3. Ali Balutt 8.8 million Sudan 1. Samasu 8 million 2. Petroleum Products Co. 2 tons 3. Oil Plus 2 tons Switzerland 1. Media 2 million 2. Delta Service 2 million 3. Iblom 1 million 4. Sipol 1 million 5. Glencore 12 million 6. Lakia 2 million 7. Elkon [or Elcon] 23 million 8. Taurus 8 million 9. Petrogas 5 million 10. Finar [Holdings] 21 million 11. Napex Company 3 million Syria 1. Awadh Ammura 18 million+ 2. Beshara Nuri 12 million+ 3. Ghassan Shallah 11 million 4. Muhammad Amar Nofel 3.5 million 5. Tamam Shehab 1 million 6. Hamida Na'na' 9 million+ 7. Farras Mustapha Tlass 6 million 8. Salim Al-Toon 3.5 million 9. Lutfi Fawzi 2.5 million 10. Lid Guarantees 3.5 million 11. Ghassan Zacharia 6 million 12. Muhammad Ma'moun Al-Sab'i 4 million 13. Hassan Al-Kayal 2 million 14. Anwar Al-Aqqad 2 million Thailand 1. Thai Rice Trader Jaiporn 1 million Tunisia 1. Madex Petroleum 6.7 million 2. Farnaco 3.7 million 3. Maydor 4 million Turkey 1. Zayn Al-Abideen Ardam 27 million+ 2. Lutfi Dughan 1 million+ 3. Muhammad Aslan 13 million 4. Techfen 15.5 million 5. KCK Company 1.5 million 6. Delta Petroleum 1 million 7. Sita 1 million 8. Ozia 2.5 million 9. Samir 2 million 10. Muhtashem 2 million 11. Maqdar Sarjeen 2 million Ukraine 1. Social Democratic Party 8.5 million 2. Ukraine Communist Party 6 million 3. Energy Resources 2 million 4. Fazmash Ampex 2 million 5. Neftogas 8 million 6. Hugh Company (Sokolov) 5 million 7. Orshansky 4.5 million 8. Fideralty Torkovy 1 million 9. Trans Isko 1 million 10. The Ukranian House 1 million 11. F.T.D. 2 million 12. Socialist Party of Ukraine 2 million United Arab Emirates 1. Fal Petrol 1.8 million 2. Ahmad Mani' Sa'id Al-Utaiba 11 million 3. Jewan Oil 7.5 million 4. Sultan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan 4 million 5. Al-Huda 22.9 million 6. Issa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan 5 million 7. Millenium 2 tons 8. Bony Fiol 1 ton United Kingdom 1. George Galloway/Nawwaf Zuraiqat 19 million 2. Mujahideen Khalq 36.5 million U.S.A. 1. Shaker Al-Khaffaji 7 million 2. Samir Vincent 10.5 million Vietnam 1. Vinapco 1.2 million 2. Darlink Med 2 million 3. Vinafod 6 million 4. O.S.C. 2 tons Yemen 1. Abd Al-Karim Al-Aryani 7.8 million 2. Tawfiq Abd Al-Raheem 1.5 million 3. Shaher Abd Al-Haq 7 million+ Yugoslavia 1. Socialist Party 22 million 2. Left Party 9.5 million 3. Italian Party 16 million 4. Kokostancha Party 9 million B