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Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/01/28/wirq28.xml
Saddam's Web of Bribery "Went Round the World"
(Telegraph-UK) Philip Delves Broughton and Jack Fairweather - Saddam Hussein bribed his way around the world in 46 countries, buying the support of presidents, ministers, legislators, political parties, and even Christian churches, according to the new Iraqi newspaper al-Mada. The 270 individuals and organizations alleged to be in his pay included the sons of a serving Arab president, Arab ministers, a prominent Indonesian leader, the PLO, the party led by Russian nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and even the Russian Orthodox Church. On Tuesday, Le Monde named several Frenchmen alleged to have been on the list.