Chevron Admits Kickbacks to Saddam

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Attorneys for oil giant Chevron are on the verge of a settlement with federal prosecutors after admiting the company gave kickbacks to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Saddam made almost $2 billion in back-door deals with various companies in the United Nation's Oil-for-Food program. Janet Babin of Marketplace talks to Alex Cohen about Chevron's illegal trade activities with Iraq.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10073341&ft=1&f=1001


Way to go Condi....

[BOSSHOG]

1. No doubt limbaugh and hannity will be all over this

Surely they will set the record straight at their first opportunity.

[mudesi]

4. Or O'Reilly

After being such a fighter for the people regarding Geroge Soros, I would expect no less from Mr. O'Reilly.

[Skink]

2. You gotta pay to play.

[bullimiami]

3. a fine means nothing to these people who are swimming in profits.

settlement. what a load of crap. and then back to (dirty) business as usual.

[Initech]

5. Great. Even the oil companies are committing treason and getting away with it.

Of course, this is "light treason" (as my favorite show calls it), but still, this is treason.

[NightWatcher]

6. Oh Chevron.....

Can we get some people thrown in jail for this?
It's all connected...oil, bush, condi, cheney, iraq......

[Javaman]

7. When do we start bombing the chevron facilities...

oh yeah, sorry.

Why does chevron love america?