Cheney/Halliburton Helped Saddam Siphon UN Oil For Food

[KittyWampus]

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0410/S00132.htm

Under Cheney, Halliburton Helped Saddam Hussein Siphon Billions from UN Oil-for-Food Program

By Jason Leopold
When the Iraqi Survey Group released its long awaited report last week that said Iraq eliminated its
weapons programs in the 1990s, President George W. Bush quickly changed his stance on reasons he
authorized an invasion of Iraq. While he campaigned for a second term in office, Bush justified the war by
saying that that Saddam Hussein was manipulating the United Nation's oil-for-food program, siphoning off
billions of dollars from the venture that he intended to use to fund a weapons program.

The report on Iraq's non-existent weapons of mass destruction, prepared by Charles Duelfer, a former U.N.
weapons inspector and head of the Iraqi Survey Group, said Saddam Hussein used revenue from the
oil-for-food program and "created a web of front companies and used shadowy deals with foreign
governments, corporations, and officials to amass $11 billion in illicit revenue in the decade before the US-led invasion last year," reports The New York Times.

.. snip...

But the one company that helped Saddam exploit the oil-for-food program in the mid-1990s that wasn't identified in Duelfer's report was Halliburton, and the person at the helm of Halliburton at the time of the scheme was Vice President Dick Cheney.

http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0410/S00132.htm

[knowbody0]

1. everyone knows this without being told

you can smell cheney everywhere.
cheney's hypnotic monotone words resonate evil

[deckerd]

8. Is that a haiku? LOL

cheney's hypnotic
monotone words
resonate evil

"I think Senator Edwards and myself have more in common than people realize.

"Senator... as President of the senate I must say... I Am Your Father."

[kimpossible]

2. Moving from Latest Breaking News...

Thanks for posting the topic here, since the post I started in the Latest Breaking News forum was locked.

Pointer for reference info from the original:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x898790

[kimpossible]

3. Additional discussion at dailykos

There's discussion and links to related info in this diary at dailykos:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/10/11/19311/208

[henslee]

7. Kick. Last night, during the voter concert Bruuuce did an awesome

evangelical TV preacher shtick between songs... in which he told viewers at home to take off their clothes, put their hands on the TV and say hallyburton! hallyburton! Bruce knows.

[kimpossible]

4. The same article is at ProgressiveTrail

The author also published it in a U.S. newsletter:

http://progressivetrail.org/articles/041011Leopold.shtml

[cthrumatrix]

5. anyplace that there is "foul play & $$$$" Halliburton & Cheney are there

[kimpossible]

6. Sign the petition at ACT!

Halliburton + Iran + Cheney: Add it up!

Demand the truth today by signing your name to the petition to the Justice Department.

John Ashcroft and the Department of Justice:

No more quiet subpoenas!

No more protecting the Vice President!

We demand a full investigation of Halliburton and their ties to Iran.

As we start learning about connections between Iran and al-Qaida - the American people deserve a thorough investigation of this urgent matter.


http://actforvictory.org/act.php/home/petitions/halliburton

[rsmith6621]

9. Cheneys UNDisclosed Location

Do You ever wonder what goes on there???????