Bush cronies and family paid oil for food kickbacks to Saddam.

[JohnyCanuck]

Committee documents show Bush political friends and family paid Oil-for-Food kickbacks to Saddam Hussein

by Wayne Madsen

Galloway was correct in criticizing the Coleman committee for not concentrating on U.S. violations of Iraqi sanctions and pay-offs to Saddam in the Oil-for-Food program. The U.S. oil companies involved in the sanctions busting have long-standing connections to the Bush family and their largest corporate benefactors.

The Democratic minority report stated, "From 2000 to 2002, Bayoil (USA), Inc., and its affiliates, operating out of Houston, Texas, became one of the largest importers of Iraqi oil into the United States." The report also states, "Samir Vincent, an Iraq-born American, obtained Iraqi oil allocations through his company Phoenix International LLC (McLean, Virginia), and sold them to Chevron Products Company, a division of Chevron USA, Inc."

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At the same time Enron Chairman Kenneth ("Kenny Boy") Lay was involved in Vice President Dick Cheney's Energy Task Force secret dealings and when he was stuffing hundreds of thousands of dollars into the pockets of George W. Bush and Cheney's political campaign, he also managed to illegally stick $206, 757 into the pockets of Saddam Hussein and his cohorts.

The Iraqi Oil-for-Food scandal also involves one of the Bush children—Dorothy "Doro" Bush Koch, sister of George W. Bush and married to Bobby Koch, reportedly a cousin in the oil industry Koch family, the owner of Koch Industries, which is also one of Bush's largest political donors. The minority committee report indicates that Koch Industries was also a major recipient of illegal Iraqi oil and a huge source of kickbacks to Saddam Hussein:



The total sum in kickbacks from George W. Bush's cousin-in-laws to Saddam's bank accounts: $1,294,620.

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/MAD505B.html

[flordehinojos]

1. WHY ISN'T THE MEANSTREAM MEDIA PICKING UP ON THIS??? AND

WHY ISN'T THE MEANSTREAM MEADIA RUBBING NORM COLEMANS SORRY FACE IN THIS?

[spanone]

2. They are too intent on convincing us a phantom terrorist is injured.

No time for real news.

[flordehinojos]

4. but, do we believe the phantom terrorist is really injured ... or,

is it a smokescreen for whatever it is that they want to cover up this time?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Koch Industries was already involved in a major scandal

When Bush first came to office in 2001, Koch had about $350 million in fines hanging over its head from the Clinton Justice Department, and the potential for about 100 years of federal prison time for its Directors. Koch apparently was not only accused of releasing 90 metric tons of carcinogens into the atmosphere in Texas, but of also covering it up. This was while Bush was Texas Governor. Koch had 97 felony counts facing it.

Just about two months into Bush's first term, he dropped all charges against the company to which his sister is married by relation. Koch is the largest privately-owned energy company in the United States and it is entirely family-owned by the Koch's. Bush levied only a $20 million fine (a slap on the wrist) and dropped all potential prison time for the Koch family.

Koch was a major Bush 2000 campaign contributor. Ari Fleischer danced around press questions as to whether George Bush would return campaign contributions received from a felon. Fleischer's response was that the company broke the law, not the Directors. Again, Koch is entirely family-owned: the company IS the Koch family.

I'm perplexed as to why this never became a major political scandal for George Bush.

[JohnyCanuck]

5. You're kidding, right?

I'm perplexed as to why this never became a major political scandal for George Bush.

[justgamma]

6. Shrub wants Bolton

"to get to the bottom of the oil for food program"

Do you think that he wants Bolton in there to cover up for Shrub's cronies?

Nah, he wouldn't do that.

[Just Me]

7. Can you believe the sick games these evil human scumdwellers play?

:puke: It NEVER freakin' ends!!!