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War, War, War See other War, War, War Articles Title: US Oil Companies Offered Five Million Dollar Bribes To Iraqi MP's? 31/01/08 "Roads to Iraq" --- - An Iraqi MP preferred to remain anonymous told the newspaper that highly confidential negotiations took place by representatives from American oil companies, offering $5 million to each MP who votes in favor of the Oil and Gas law. The amount that could be paid to pass the votes do not exceed $150 million dollars in the case of $5 million to each MP, pointing out that the Oil law requires 138 votes to pass, which the Americans want to guarantee in many ways, including vote-buying, intimidation and threats! Focusing on the heads of parliamentary blocs and influential figures in the parliament to ensure the votes, the Americans guaranteed the Kurdish votes in advance but they are seeking enough votes to pass and approve the law as soon as possible. Computer translation of original article. www.akhbar-alkhaleej.com/...558&Sn=WORL&IssueID=10903 Iraqi Deputy of the "Gulf News" American companies offered to pay five million dollars Each deputy bribe Iraqi oil-for-passing for passing law. Baghdad - to Al «Gulf News A deputy from the Iraqi secret overtures by the views are some of the American companies include the granting of an American MPs who voted in favour of the law of oil and gas amount of five million dollars. The deputy said the Iraqi, who preferred to remain anonymous said: The amount that could be paid for the votes of passing the law allow oil and gas to exceed 150 million dollars in the case of an amount of five million dollars to each deputy, and the amount would be negligible compared to the privileges given to American companies, pointing to the The petroleum law requires 138 votes to pass, which is seeking American actors to obtain many ways, including vote-buying, intimidation and carrots! He favored Iraqi deputy to get what it wants American companies from some MPs who will vote in favour of the law in exchange for the said amount but said: that some deputies would not sell their vote at any price and under any pressure whatsoever. And the deputy Iraqi overtures that the American was highly confidential focused on the heads of parliamentary blocs and influential figures in the House of Representatives to ensure access to non of the vote, pointing out that the Americans guarantee existing Kurdish advance votes they are seeking enough votes to pass the law and approval as soon as possible. It is noteworthy that there Technology parliamentary still resolutely refuses to vote in favour of the law of oil and gas blocks other calls by submitting it to popular referendum because it regards the fate of Iraq's oil wealth and the Iraqi people food. (Note that the original article is posted at this site in Arabic.) NOTE How accurate is this source? Answers.com says that Akhbar Al Khaleej is a Bahraini daily with a Left wing/Arab nationalist slant. It’s editor in chief is Anwar Abdulrahman and is the sister paper of the English language, Gulf Daily News. The paper is known to be close to Bahrain’s main leftist opposition party, National Democratic Action and its columnists include some of the country’s most prominent leftists such as Sameera Rajab and Mahmood Al Gassab, who is a leading member of the Jami’at al-Tajammu’ al-Qawmi al-Dimuqrat, one of the four opposition societies to the government. With its Arab nationalist stance, the newspaper has led condemnation of the United States’ invasion of Iraq, and has been particularly critical those Iraqis who have cooperated with the American backed political order: Samira Rajab in 2005 dismissed Iraqi Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani as an ‘American general’. This resulted in death threats towards Ms Rajab from Shia Islamists – who hold the Iraqi cleric in high regard – and brought to the surface political fissures in the alliance of Shia Islamists and ex-Marxists that had come together to oppose the 2002 Constitution. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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