Saddam’s “Oil-For-Food” Money and The EU Politicians He Greased

Chirac-Saddam-AnnanAP reports: “Two European politicians on Thursday adamantly denied accusations from a U.S. Senate committee that Saddam Hussein’s regime allocated them millions of barrels of Iraqi oil in exchange for their support.

The denials came a day after the committee investigating corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program released new evidence purporting to show that the two politicians, British lawmaker George Galloway and former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua, received vouchers for Iraqi oil in exchange for supporting Saddam’s regime.”

I’ve never seen a barrel of oil, never bought one, never sold one, never traded one,” Galloway said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “I’ve never traded in any commodity of any kind with Iraq. I’ve never profited one cent out of my work with Iraq.

We think he doth protest too much.

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