refresher course on Iraqgate......this should be brought up CONstantly

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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/publications/iraqgate/iraqgate.html#LIST

extensive files; well-documented

there are lots and lots of links, clearly organized into various topics of interest

Iraqgate: Saddam Hussein, U.S. Policy and the Prelude to the Persian Gulf War, 1980-1994 reproduces on microfiche approximately
1,900 documents representing nearly 10,000 pages of rarely-seen documentation from the highest levels of government.

The collection brings together a wealth of materials which trace U.S. policy toward Iraq prior to the Persian Gulf War, as well as U.S. government reactions to revelations about the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL) scandal and the secret arming of Saddam Hussein's regime. The set also focuses on the economic issues at play in the U.S. relationship with Iraq. Documents are derived from virtually every federal agency involved in U.S.-lraq policy and the BNL affair.

Through systematic document searching, use of the Freedom of Information Act, cultivation of an extensive network of government, media and academic contacts, and computer- based cataloging, the National Security Archive has developed an unmatched collection of primary-source materials.

The result is a completely integrated, comprehensive history of Iraqgate covering topics such as:

*The Reagan administration's decision to improve political and economic relations with Iraq

*The U.S. commitment to this policy despite reports of Iraq's use of chemical weapons and Saddam Hussein's nuclear weapons ambitions

*Congressional investigations of the financing of Saddam Hussein through U.S. entities, such as the Export-lmport Bank, as well as private concerns

*The Bush administration's response to congressional and media investigations of the Iraqgate affair

pretty good starting point---10k pages should keep even the most obsessive, Klaymanish sort busy over the holidays

going to print as much of this up at work as I can

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glad I could squeeze in a post

oh........gotta pay for all this stuff

anyway, try this:

BNL

The BNL scandal reveals President George W. Bush’s utter hypocrisy. His own family has been involved in illicit transactions to get weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to Saddam Hussein’s regime. Using WMD as an excuse for war with Iraq is ironic in the extreme.


this deals with Henry Gonzalez' stonewalled BNL/BCCI/Iraq funding investo, which led to his call for the IMPEACHMENT of #41.

remember that one? not many outside of this place do.

http://www.puritans.net/news/bnl021003.htm

you can read lots more if you just do this:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=iraqgate+BNL

a meager 600 hits, but it's a start