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Violators in Charge

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Saddam’s Swiss Connection At least two Swiss companies have admitted to paying illegal kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s regime in exchange for the right to buy Iraqi oil. Documents show that one Geneva-based firm paid a $60,000 surcharge to the Iraqi oil ministry …

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Battle Tie

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Bush = Big Brother? Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy blasted the president last week for authorizing wiretaps on U.S. citizens without a court order, but said that’s not all the Bush administration is doing to restrict American freedoms. In a Boston Globe op-ed, …

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Relief Efforts Curtailed by Violence in Iraq

WASHINGTON – Security has become so bad in Iraq that many reconstruction, assistance and growth efforts are falling by the wayside. As recently as Tuesday, officials said oil exports to neighboring Turkey have been suspended. Exports are lower now than when former dictator Saddam Hussein (search) was in power and …

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