May 2005
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May 17, 2005
"OIL FOR INFLUENCE:
HOW SADDAM USED OIL TO REWARD POLITICIANS UNDER THE U.N. OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM"
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Presiding: Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN), Subcommittee Chairman
Witnesses included:
George Galloway, Member of Parliament, Great Britain
Thomas A. Schweich, Chief of Staff, U.S. Mission to the U.N., Department of State
Robert W. Werner, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of Treasury
Peter Reddaway, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Affairs, George
Washington University
"The Hussein regime used these lucrative allocations in its primary political struggle – ending U.N. sanctions. To that end, it primarily favored those individuals and entities from countries on the U.N. Security Council. Senior Hussein regime officials and numerous Ministry of Oil documents confirm that the regime steered a massive portion of its allocations toward Security Council members that were believed by the Hussein regime to support Iraq in its efforts to lift sanctions – namely, Russia, France, and China."
-- From Senator Coleman’s opening remarks
SEE: Full Testimonies from the Hearing
index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=232
"Galloway Takes on US Oil Accusers" (BBC, 5/17/05)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4556113.stm
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