Rezko-Alsammarae-Auchi

21Aug/098

Rezko-Alsammarae-Auchi

One of the most interesting and overlooked examples of Obama's cronyism has to do with disgraced financier and Obama booster Tony Rezko, whose land deal on behalf of Obama raised eyebrows during hte campaign and his contacts with Aiham Alsammarae.

Mr. Alsammarae has led a very interesting life.Â He moved to Chicago in the late seventies, and subsequently returned to Iraq after the Coalition invasion under Bush the Younger.Â He was appointed Minister of Electricity, then tried and jailed by the new Iraqi government--for corruption.Â He somehow escaped from prison in the Green Zone and made his way back to the US, untouched by Interpol.

When Mr. Rezko was indicted on charges of corruption, and subsequently convicted, Alsammarae put up millions of dollars in his own property as security pending appeal.Â Earlier, a company connected with Rezko and Alsammarae had been awarded a $50 million contract to train security workers for electrical facilities.

The case is complicated by the involvement of Iraqi billionaire financier Nadhmi Auchi, convicted in France for corruption.Â Auchi was also a prime beneficiary of Saddam's circumvention of Oil-for-Food, and had procured a weapon for Saddam for his failed 1959 attempt to assassinate Abdul Karim Qassim, with CIA backing.

The best article on this astonishing story is here.

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Edgell McHickfistter
August 21st, 2009 - 10:43

Obama, that’s a funny name. Alsammarae, that’s even funnier.

Those two must be tight.

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Bob Reed
August 21st, 2009 - 18:15

Of course! Obama loves palling around with crooks, liars, terrorists, and America haters of all shades…

Now Reagan…There was a patriotic man; and a great President!

Palin would probably be a great President too!

Whaddaya say?

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Edgell McHickfistter
August 21st, 2009 - 19:35

Actually the deal with Reagan was his balls. Ron Jr. and Patty are liberals so it had to be in Ronnie-boy’s balls where all his hate for America was stored.

If you’re like me then it’s probably hard to believe Ronald Reagan owned any balls at all, especially after the invasion of Grenada and war criminal Contras, but evidently Reagan had huge itchy balls filled with white hot hate for America.

It’s true. Known as anti-red-white-and-blue balls, Reagan had a set of ‘em, and those two dangling terrorists between his legs, they’re probably what killed him.

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Bob Reed
August 24th, 2009 - 21:41

edge, you’re too easily baited! Leave the bitterness and hate behind…

C’mon broheim, yell us all how great these Chicaho cronies of Obama are… Yell us about their great character and integrity…

Especially the, you know, mobbed up ones…

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