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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (395)	5/17/2007 12:14:09 PM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 4152

Can you source that? From my understanding the Russians were the most grievous perpetrator when it came to the OFF scandal. I have on a couple of occasions. It came from a US Senate report. The report also indicated that the US government facilitated illegal shipments from Iraq to US "friends". The US was also aware of kickbacks from an Australian company. But since Australia supported the war they didn't release that. I believe you'll find that Chevron just completed a plea agreement where they agreed to admit they should have known. I'm sure that's all been thoroughly covered on Fox. jttmab

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (395)	5/17/2007 12:24:36 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 4152

Follow up... the trick in finding it is in remembering the exact percentage....it took me a bit to waken those particular neural pathways... Here's one link ... it's easy to find more. dir.salon.com One extract: "... In fact, the Senate report found that U.S. oil purchases accounted for 52 percent of the kickbacks paid to the regime in return for sales of cheap oil -- more than those of the rest of the world put together. "The United States was not only aware of Iraqi oil sales which violated U.N. sanctions and provided the bulk of the illicit money Saddam Hussein obtained from circumventing U.N. sanctions," the report says. "On occasion, the United States actually facilitated the illicit oil sales. ... " jttmab