US oilman accused of bribing Jordan official to win contract

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Source: MSNBC

Lawsuit alleges Floridian wired millions to mystery man in Jordanian intelligence agency

A member of Jordan’s royal family is accusing an American oilman and former GOP fundraiser of bribing the Jordanian government to facilitate his fuel shipments through the country to U.S. forces in Iraq.

The allegation emerged in a civil lawsuit pitting the billionaire American businessman, Harry Sargeant III, against an ex-business partner, Mohammad al-Saleh, the brother-in-law of Jordan’s King Abdullah II.

Al-Saleh, the plaintiff in the case first reported by NBC News in May 2008, claims that he was cut out of a lucrative one-third share in Sargeant’s firm, the International Oil Trading Co., based in Boca Raton, Fla., and replaced by an ex-CIA official with deep contacts in the Jordanian government.

The crux of the bribery allegation involves a $9 million wire transfer from Sargeant’s firm, directed to a mysterious figure in Jordan’s intelligence agency identified in court documents only as “Pasha.”

Sargeant’s lawyers acknowledge that “Pasha” was “possibly” Gen. Mohammad Dahabi, then head of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID), Jordan’s intelligence agency. A source inside the Jordanian government confirmed that.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42668435/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

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PB

[liberal N proud]

1. No, that can't be, the oil companies are good people

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2. BP. contibutes to 08 Obama election then skates on Gulf Coast Oil catastrophy...

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3. Oil/Republican/Criminals

Nothing new in that,we know oily criminals are usually republicans ala Bush/Chaney.