April 14, 2005

Texan Bayoil & Saddam kickbacks
A Texas oil tycoon, a Bulgarian and a Briton have been indicted over the UN oil-for-food programme, US federal prosecutors have said. David Chalmers Jr, Ludmil Dionissiev and John Irving are accused of paying bribes to Saddam Hussein's regime. The bribes involved funds otherwise intended for humanitarian relief, attorney David Kelley said.

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