23.10.05

ONU, Saddam e Al Qaeda

"It now appears that while doing business with the U.N., IHC had links both to Saddam Hussein’s old sanctions-busting networks, and to a Liechtenstein-based businessman, Engelbert Schreiber, Jr., known among other things for his ties to a figure designated by the U.N. itself as a financier of Al Qaeda.
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IHC itself turns out to have a connection with Saddam’s former networks by way of a shipping company based in Jordan, Petra Navigation Group (search), which advertises itself on its Web site as IHC’s agent in the Middle East, and has also been a registered vendor to the U.N. since mid-2003."

As ligações entre Saddam Hussein e Al Qaeda passariam, então, pelas Nações Unidas e o escândalo do programa Petróleo por Alimentos? Qual é o papel desempenhado pela companhia IHC Services nisso tudo? Quem está interessado em varrer toda a história para debaixo do tapete?

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