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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (10272)	7/20/2006 5:45:14 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 71588

Liberals won't bring Canadian oil-for-food angle under microscope by Judi McLeod, Canadafreepress.com Thursday, May 19, 2005 Wilmington, N.C. The long known Canadian angle in the UN oil for food scandal will never come under the microscope. That's as far as the Liberal Party of Canada is concerned. The minority-status Liberals, who managed to squeak by a non-confidence vote threatened by the Official Opposition, and now on the proverbial role, seem more than willing to protect Canadian friends. Some Canadians are thought to have played a pivotal if not leading role in the oil-for-food imbroglio. Maurice Strong, caught up in the scandal because of his association with "Koreagate Man" Tongsun Park, charged last month by American authorities, is a senior adviser to both Canada's Prime Minister Paul Martin and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Then there is the Desmarais family of the Montreal-based Power Corporation and their ties to BNP Paris, Saddam Hussein's favourite bank. Both Strong and his protégé Prime Minister Paul Martin once worked for Power Corporation. The Liberals nixed any notion for an examination of Canada's oil-for-food role and also opposed any mention of Canadian companies implicated in the affair. The examination was requested by Stockwell Day, the Official Opposition's Foreign Affairs critic. "It speaks volumes about the Liberal Party, that they aren't willing to directly address the situation and hopefully clear up any suggestions of Canadian involvement in this scandal," said Day. Martin is a part owner of Cordex Petroleum Inc., whose principals accepted $1-million from Saddam Hussein. Those hoping to see chief Kyoto Accord architect Maurice Strong independently investigated for his alleged oil-for-food participation will have to rely on the Americans. canadafreepress.com

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (10272)	9/13/2007 1:09:38 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 71588

No Blood for Oil! Oscar Wyatt, a Texas oilman, is charged with Iraq war profiteering, Reuters reports. But it isn't what you think: Prosecutors promised on Monday to prove that . . . Wyatt paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's government, earning him a privileged position in Iraq. . . . Defense lawyer Gerald Shargel argued the federal case against Wyatt was "entwined" with his opposition to both U.S.-led wars against Iraq. . . . Shargel will set out to prove Wyatt was a patriotic American whose advice was sought by nearly every U.S. president from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton, but not the Bushes. Wyatt, a Democrat, was a "friend and confidant" of Republican presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, but "he was no friend or admirer of the other two presidents," George H.W. Bush and his son George W. Bush, Shargel said. "Mr. Wyatt pleaded with the advisers of George H.W. Bush not to go to war and to resolve this peacefully," Shargel said. "There were (peace) talks and negotiations under way that Oscar Wyatt was involved in." Thank goodness President Bush put the interests of America above those of Texas oilmen. opinionjournal.com