Tuesday, January 27, 2004
LGF, Merde in France and Roger L. Simon are all pointing to new allegations that "dozens of officials and businessmen worldwide illegally received oil in exchange for supporting former leader Saddam Hussein."
"I think the list is true. I will demand an investigation. These people must be prosecuted," Naseer Chaderji, a Governing Council member, told Reuters.
The list includes members of Arab ruling families, religious organizations, politicians and political parties from Egypt, Jordan, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Sudan, China, Austria, France and other countries.
Organizations named include the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Communist Party, India's Congress Party and the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Assem Jihad, an oil ministry spokesman, said thousands of documents which were looted from the State Oil Marketing Organization after Baghdad fell to U.S. forces on April 9 may prove that Saddam used bribery to gain support.
"Anyone involved in stealing Iraqi wealth will be prosecuted," Jihad said.
Oil ministry officials say they have stopped selling oil to companies that may have acted as fronts to supporters of the toppled leader...
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