US 'approved' oil smuggling (a few wks. before invading Iraq)

[donsu]

http://www.news.com.au/story/print/0,10119,16532126,00.html



The largest oil consignment smuggled out of Iraq took place with US approval just weeks before the April 2003 invasion, according to a United Nations report.


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While US Navy ships were patrolling the Gulf in February 2003, making a show of boarding and searching leaky dhows and small ships, they turned a blind eye to tankers carrying $54 million of Iraqi oil under the scheme on Jordan's behalf, the report said.

A total of 7.7 million barrels of oil was smuggled through the Khor al-Amaya oil terminal in at least seven shipments in February and March 2003, it said.

The sales were arranged by a businessman in Jordan named "Mr Shaheen" who told an Iraqi official he had "the Pentagon in one pocket and the CIA in the other."

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The 1,000-page report showed shipping records from a tanker included instructions for the ship's captain saying the US Navy was "already aware about your passage and itinerary."
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america is a crime scene

[BlueJac]

1. Not shocking news..

business as usual.

:sarcasm:

[NVMojo]

2. however, it's a worthy news story that has probably been trying to

come out for two years and the Bush decided to let a wet one and let it out now ....