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ELECTION 2008
Obama tied to Iraqi government fraud?
Hundreds of millions in deals with candidate's associates
Posted: July 30, 2008
1:00 am Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2008 WorldNetDaily
JERUSALEM – Sen. Barack Obama's
office engaged in six months of negotiations with a company controlled
by convicted criminal Tony Rezko to lobby the U.S. government to push
through a nixed $50 million contact to train Iraqi security personnel
at a site in Chicago.
The contract was awarded to Rezko's company while Aiham Alsammarae,
a long-time, close Rezko friend and a contributor to Obama's campaign,
served as Iraq's U.S.-appointed electricity minister.
Rezko was a major Obama fundraiser and associate for two decades.
Alsammarae also awarded another Rezko-controlled operation as part
of a $150 million contract to construct a 250-megawatt electricity
plant in Iraq.
Alsammarae later was arrested by Iraqi authorities for bilking the
coalition government out of some $650 million. He was sprung from
prison under questionable circumstances in 2006 and escaped from Iraq,
where he is still wanted for questioning with regard to major financial
crimes.