http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=IA16004
The following
report from MEMRI's Baghdad office is a translation of an article which appeared
in the Iraqi daily Al-Mada, [1] which obtained lists of 270 companies,
organizations, and individuals awarded allocations
(vouchers) of crude oil by
Saddam Hussein's regime. The beneficiaries reside in 50 countries: 16 Arab, 17
European, 9 Asian, and the rest from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.Only a
portion of the 270 recipients are listed and identified.
The
List
The following is a partial list and description of individuals and
organizations that MEMRI has been able to identify: [2]
Canada: Arthur
Millholland, president and CEO of the Calgary-based Oilexco company, received 1
million barrels of oil.
United States: Samir Vincent received 10.5
million barrels. In 2000, Vincent, an Iraqi-born American citizen who has lived
in the U.S. since 1958, organized a delegation of Iraqi religious leaders to
visit the U.S. and meet with former president Jimmy Carter. Shaker
Al-Khafaji,the pro-Saddam chairman of the 17th conference of Iraqi expatriates,
received 1 million barrels.
Great Britain: George Galloway received 1
million barrels. Fawwaz Zreiqat received 1 million barrels. Zreiqat also appears
in the Jordanian section as having received 6 million barrels. The Mujahideen
Khalq [3] in Britain received 1 million barrels.
France: The French-Arab
Friendship Association received 15.1 million barrels. Former French Interior
Minister Charles Pasqua received 12 million barrels. [4] Patrick Maugein of the
Trafigura company received 25 million barrels. Michel Grimard, founder of the
French-Iraqi Export Club, received 17.1 million barrels.
Switzerland:
Glenco Re, the largest commodity trader in Switzerland, received 12 million
barrels. Taurus, which has been associated with Iraq for 20 years and was the
first company to renew its business with Iraq after the fall of Saddam, received
1 million barrels. Petrogas, which is listed under three sub-companies -
Petrogas Services, Petrogas Distribution, and Petrogas Resources - and is
associated withthe Russian company Rosneftegazetroy, received 1 million barrels.
Alcon, listed in Lichtenstein and associated with larger oil companies, received
1 million barrels. Finar Holdings, which is listed in Lugano, Switzerland, and
is under liquidation, received 1 million barrels.
Italy: The Italian
Petrol Union received 1 million barrels.West Petrol, an Italian company that
trades crude oil and oil products, received 1 million barrels. Roberto
Formigoni, possibly the president of Lombardia, received 1 million barrels.
Salvatore Nicotra, a former NATO pilot who became an oil merchant, received 1
million barrels.
Spain: Basem Qaqish, a member of the Spanish Committee
for the Defense of the Arab Cause, received 1 million barrels. Ali Ballout, a
pro-Saddam Lebanese journalist, received 1 million barrels. Javier Robert
received 1 million barrels.
Yugoslavia: Four Yugoslav political parties received vouchers: the
Yugoslav Left party received 9.5 million barrels. The Socialist Party received 1
million barrels. The Italian Party received 1 million barrels. A nother party,
whose name in exact transliteration is "kokstuntsha" - possibly Kostunica's
party - received 1 million barrels.
Other
political parties: The Romanian Labor Party received 5.5 million barrels. The
Party of the Hungarian Interest received 4.7 million barrels. The Bulgarian
Socialist Party received 1 2 million barrels. The Slovakian Communist Party
received 1 million barrels.
Austria: The Arab-Austrian Society received 1
million barrels.
Brazil: The 8th of October Movement, a Brazilian
Communist group, received 4.5 million barrels. Fuwad Sirhan received 10 million
barrels.
Egypt: Khaled Gamal Abd Al-Nasser, son of the late Egyptian
president, received 16.6 million barrels. 'Imad Al-Galda, a businessman and a
member of the Egyptian parliament from President Mubarak's National Democratic
Party, received 14 million barrels. Abd Al-Azim Mannaf, [5] editor of the Sout
Al-Arab newspaper, received 6 million barrels. Muhammad Hilmi, editor of the
Egyptian paper Sahwat Misr, [6] received an undisclosed number of barrels. The
United Arab Company received 6 million barrels. The Nile and Euphrates Company
received 3 million barrels. The Al-Multaqa Foundation for Press and Publication
received 1 million barrels. [7]
Libya: Prime Minister Shukri Ghanem
received 1 million barrels.
Sub-Saharan Africa: Chad's foreign minister
received 1 million barrels. [8] Four South Africans are listed: Tokyo Saxville
received 4 million barrels. Montega received 4 million barrels. Both are
associated with the African National Party.
Palestinians: The Palestinian
Liberation Organization (PLO) received 4 million barrels. The PLO Political
Bureau received 5 million barrels. Abu Al-Abbas received 11.5 million barrels.
Abdallah Al-Horani received 8 million barrels. The PFLP received 5 million
barrels. Wafa Tawfiq Al-Sayegh received 4 million barrels.
Oman: The
Al-Shanfari group received 5 million barrels.
Syria: Farras Mustafa
Tlass, the son of Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass, received 6 million
barrels. 'Audh Amourah received18 million barrels. Ghassan Zakariya received 6
million barrels. Anwar Al-Aqqad received 2 million barrels. Hamida Na'Na', the
owner of the Al-Wafaq Al-Arabi periodical, received 1 million
barrels.
Lebanon: The son of Lebanese President Emil Lahoud received 4.5
million barrels. Former MP Najjah Wakim received 3 million barrels. Nasserist
Party head Osama M'arouf received 3 million barrels. National Arabic Club
Chairman Faisal Darnika received 3 million barrels.
Jordan: Former
Islamist MP and head of the Engineers Union Leith Shbeilat [9] received 15.5
million barrels. Former MP and Jordanian Writers Union head Fakhri Qi'war
received 6 million barrels. [10] Former Jordanian chief of staff Mashhour
Haditha received 1 million barrels. Former MP Toujan Al-Faisal received 3
million barrels. [11] The Jordanian Ministry of Energy received 5 million
barrels. Muhammad Saleh Al-Horani, the Amman Stock Exchange head and former
Minister of Supplies, received 4 million barrels. Lawyer Wamidth Hussein
Al-Majali received 6 million barrels. [12]
Qatar: Qatari Horseracing
Association Chairman Hamad bin Ali Aal Thani received 14 million barrels. Gulf
Petroleum received 2 million barrels.
The Indian Congress Party received
1 million barrels.
Indonesia: Indonesian President Megawati received 1
million barrels as "the daughter of President Sukarno," and 1 million barrels as
Megawati.
Myanmar: Myanmar's Forestry Minister received 1 million
barrels.
Ukraine: The Social Democratic Party received 1 million barrels.
The Communist Party received 6 million barrels. The Socialist Party received 1
million barrels. The FTD oil company received 1 million barrels, as did other
Ukrainian companies.
Belarus: The Liberal Party received 1 million
barrels. The Communist Party received 1 ton [sic] of oil. The director of the
Belarussian president's office received 1 million barrels.
Russia: The
Russian state itself received 1,366,000,000 barrels. The list also included the
following:
Companies belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party received
79.8 million barrels - t he list notes the name of party president Vladimir
Zhirinovsky. The Russian Communist Party received 1 million barrels. The Lukoil
company received 63 million barrels. The Russneft company received 35.5 million
barrels. Vladimir Putin's Peace and Unity Party received 34 million barrels -
the list notes the name of party chairwoman Saji Umalatova. The Gazprom company
received 26 million barrels. The Soyuzneftgaz company received 25.5 million
barrels - t he list notes the name Shafrannik. The Moscow Oil Company received
25.1 million barrels. The Onako company received 22.2 million barrels. The
Sidanco company received 21.2 million barrels. The Russian Association for
Solidarity with Iraq received 12.5 million barrels. The Ural Invest company
received 8.5 million barrels. Russneft Gazexport received 12.5 million barrels.
The Transneft company received 9 million barrels. The Sibneft company received
8.1 million barrels. The Stroyneftgaz company received 6 million barrels. The
Russian Committee for Solidarity with the People of Iraq received 6.5 million
barrels - the list notes the name of committee chairman Rudasev. The Russian
Orthodox Church received 5 million barrels. The Moscow Science Academy received
3.5 million barrels. The Chechnya Administration received 2 million barrels. T
he National Democratic Party received 2 million barrels. The Nordwest group
received 2 million barrels. The Yukos company received 2 million barrels. One
Russian company which phonetically reads as Zarabsneft received 174.5 million
barrels. Vouchers were also granted to the Russian foreign ministry, one under
the name of Al-Fayko for 1 million barrels, and one to Yetumin for 30.1 million
barrels. T he Mashinoimport Company received 1 million barrels. The Slavneft
Company received 1 million barrels. The Caspian Invest Company
(Kalika)
received 1 million barrels. The Tatneft Tatarstan company received 1 million
barrels. The Surgutneft company received 1 million barrels. Siberia's oil and
gas company received 1 million barrels.
In addition, the son of the
former Russian Ambassador to Iraq received 19.7 million barrels. Nikolay Ryjkov,
a former prime minister of the USSR, received 13 million barrels. The Russian
President's office director received 5 million barrels.
Oil vouchers were
also distributed to companies and individuals from the Sudan, Yemen, Cyprus,
Turkey, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan, the UAE, Morocco, Algeria,
Tunisia, Panama, Thailand, Chad, China, Nigeria, Kenya, Ireland, Bahrain, and
the Philippines. Two Saudi companies were also
listed.
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