Well, we are now aware that the biggest violator of the sanctions was the Australian Wheat Board - standing tall, John Howard- and now they have company.
[quote]Chevron, the second-largest American oil company, is preparing to acknowledge that it should have known kickbacks were being paid to Saddam Hussein on oil it bought from Iraq as part of a defunct United Nations program, according to investigators.
The admission is part of a settlement being negotiated with United States prosecutors and includes fines totaling $25 million to $30 million, according to the investigators, who declined to be identified because the settlement was not yet public.
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According to the Volcker report, surcharges on Iraqi oil exports were introduced in August 2000 by the Iraqi state oil company, the State Oil Marketing Organization. At the time, Condoleezza Rice, now secretary of state, was a member of Chevron’s board and led its public policy committee, which oversaw areas of potential political concerns for the company.[/quote]
nytimes.com/2007/05/08/business/
So, was Condi being corrupt or simply incompetent, in her typical “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in US” fashion?