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To: LindyBill who wrote (35147)	3/17/2004 5:36:42 PM
From: rich evans	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793592

Some of those on the take from Saddam oil: Prominent people who supported Saddam Hussein and given oil contracts named: Document discovered in Iraqi Oil Ministry files. "You are looking at a political slush fund that was buying political support for the regime of Saddam Hussein for the last six or seven years,". average profit of about 50 cents a barrel France was the second-largest beneficiary, with 36 mill barrels awarded to Patrick Maugein, a close political associate and financial backer of French President Jacques Chirac. Indonesia President Megawati Sukarnoputri, an outspoken opponent of U.S.-Iraq policy, who received a contract for 10 million barrels of oil — about a $5 million profit. The son of the Syrian defense minister received 6 million barrels, according to the document, worth about $3 million. George Galloway, a British member of Parliament, was also on the list to receive 19 million barrels of oil, a $9.5 million profit. A vocal critic of the Iraq war, Galloway denied any involvement to ABCNEWS earlier this year. Russia Russian Communist Party: 137 million Liberal Democratic Party: 79.8 million Russian Committee for Solidarity with Iraq: 6.5 million and 12.5 million Head of Russian Presidential Cabinet: 90 mill The Russian Orthodox Church: 5 million France Charles Pasqua, former minister of interior: 12 million Patrick Maugein, businessman: 25 mill Ibex: 47.2 million Bernard Merimee, former French ambassador to the UN: 3 million Michel Grimard, founder of the French-Iraqi Export Club: 17.1 million Canada Arthur Millholland, president and CEO of Oilexco: 9.5 million Syria Firas Mostafa Tlass, son of Syria's defense minister: 6 million Palestinian Territories The Palestinian Liberation Organization: 4 million Abu Al Abbas: 11.5 million Italy Father Benjamin, a French Catholic priest who arranged a meeting between the pope and Tariq Aziz: 4.5 million Roberto Frimigoni: 24.5 million United States Samir Vincent: 7 million Shakir Alkhalaji: 10.5 million United Kingdom George Galloway, member of Parliament: 19 million Mujaheddin Khalq: 36.5 million South Africa Tokyo Saxwale: 4 million Jordan Shaker bin Zaid: 6.5 million The Jordanian Ministry of Energy: 5 million Fawaz Zureikat: 6 million Toujan Al Faisal, former member of Parliament: 3 million Lebanon The son of President Lahoud: 5.5 million Egypt Khaled Abdel Nasser: 16.5 million Emad Al Galda, businessman and MP: 14 million Qatar Hamad bin Ali Al Thany: 14 million Libya Prime Minister Shukri Ghanem: 1 million Chad Foreign minister of Chad: 3 million Brazil The October 8th Movement: 4.5 million Myanmar (Burma) The minister of the Forests of Myanmar: 5 million Ukraine The Social Democratic Party: 8.5 mil The Communist Party: 6 million The Socialist Party: 2 million The FTD oil company: 2 million abcnews.go.com/sections/WNT/Investigation/saddam_oil_vouchers_040129-1.html