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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 --- 45 days ago http://www.bizzyblog.com/2008/04/01/couldnt-help-but-notice-040108/
| I didn’t miss this item from a week ago, but haven’t blogged on it until now:
Saddam Hussein’s intelligence agency secretly financed a trip to Iraq for three U.S. lawmakers during the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.
The three anti-war Democrats made the trip in October 2002, while the Bush administration was trying to persuade Congress to authorize military action against Iraq. While traveling, they called for a diplomatic solution.
Prosecutors say that trip was arranged by Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a Michigan charity official, who was charged Wednesday with setting up the junket at the behest of Saddam’s regime. Iraqi intelligence officials allegedly paid for the trip through an intermediary and rewarded Al-Hanooti with 2 million barrels of Iraqi oil.
Now that it’s been over a week, I have three questions:
Isn’t it amazing that the duped (Congressmen “Baghdad Jim” McDermott of WA, Thompson of CA, and former Congressman David Bonior of MI) have, as far as I can tell, expressed absolutely no shame or regret over being duped by our enemy into being his puppet-spokesmen?
How typical is it for a congresscritter to just jump on a plane without vetting who is paying for the trip?
Isn’t it remarkable how quickly the story dropped off the radar?
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I did miss this when it was first reported — from the March 22 Toronto Globe and Mail :
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