FRANCE REVEALED
UPI report via Washington Times
Documents from Saddam Hussein's oil ministry reveal he used oil to bribe top French officials into opposing the imminent U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
The oil ministry papers, described by the independent Baghdad newspaper al-Mada, are apparently authentic and will become the basis of an official investigation by the new Iraqi Governing Council, the Independent reported Wednesday.
"I think the list is true," Naseer Chaderji, a governing council member, said. "I will demand an investigation. These people must be prosecuted."
Such evidence would undermine the French position before the war when President Jacques Chirac sought to couch his opposition to the invasion on a moral high ground.
Matt's Chat
Hamsters everywhere will be crying... Will we hear about this on the Big Media news programs tonight? I'll not hold my breath...Mark's Remarks
No, we did not, as a matter of fact, Matt. We must protect the French....they make cheese and pastry, and libs can't live without those, along with the whine, er..wine. Hamsters, your favorite nation's true colors are revealed...they took money to oppose the war. How shameful is that? I hope this does come out, but you big media types will squash it, because we do not want to offend those friggin frogs who do nothing but hate us because we had democracy first, and they had to go through two monarchies before they got it right, even though I wouldn't call their current system right, by any stretch.
