How Niger Forgeries Started a War - Who's Spooking Who?

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How Niger Forgeries Started a War - Who's Spooking Who?

Postby seemslikeadream » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:08 pm

<!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.newsforreal.com/">www.newsforreal.com/</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>Who's Spooking Who?<br>or<br>How Those Niger Forgeries Started a War<br><br>A Special Report<br><br><br><br>Rocco Martino in one of the reasons I am so thankful that I no longer have to cover intelligence stories. Rocco, in case haven't heard. was the source of those forged documents that allegedly proved "Saddam was acquiring uranium from Africa." <br><br>But, if his name is new to you, it's not new to me. Rocco and I crossed paths twice during the 1980s, and he was peddling documents back then too. At the time I was trying to untangle another Bush-mess, this one by the George Bush The First. An Italian bank, BNL (Banca Nazionale del Lavoro), that had a branch in Atlanta, Georgia, had apparently lent Saddam Hussein $5 billion secured by American taxpayers. It's quite a tale and one of the most audacious and successful cover-ups in American history. But it's too long a tale to tell here. So, here, read about it, and then come back. We'll wait for you.<br>http://www.newsforreal.com/sandbox.html<br>....<br><br>As I promised in the introduction there is more to tell. During the 1992 Presidential campaign I spoke to the folks in the Clinton/Gore campaign in Little Rock. They were fully aware of the BNL scandal having better contacts within the Gonzalez investigation than I had. I asked them why they were not using it in the campaign. Rank and file workers for the campaign, particularly those working in opposition research, were equally baffled, and frustrated. They had presented the materials to the campaign leadership and had received an icy reception. <br><br> <br>The campaign ended with a Clinton/Gore victory and, it was only months later that Republicans were dragging out dirt on Clinton's dealings with Madison Guarantee Savings and loan in Little Rock. Sources I had among savings and loan regulators in Washington assured me that the Bush administration had been fully briefed on Madison Savings and the Clinton loans during the campaign. Why didn't they use them then? <br><br> <br>We move now from what I know to what I believe. I believe that the Bush people got a message to the Clinton/Gore people; "We know about the Madison Savings deals. Use BNL against us and we will use Madison Savings against you. Mutually assured destruction.. political style.<br><br> <br>It's the only explanation that makes any sense to me. The BNL caper was pure dynamite. Clinton could have made plenty of political hay with it had he chosen to. He didn't, I believe, because he blackmailed not to. <br><br><br><br> <p></p><i></i>
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Re: BNL, huh?

Postby starroute » Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:30 pm

I find this in my files:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.counterpunch.org/floyd02152003.html">www.counterpunch.org/floyd02152003.html</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>The Italian bank BNL was one of BCCI's main tentacles. BNL's Atlanta branch was the primary funnel used by the first Bush Administration to send millions of secret dollars to Saddam for arms purchases, including deadly chemicals and other WMD materials supplied by the Chilean arms dealer Cardoen and various politically-connected operators in the United States like, weapons merchant Matrix Churchill.<br><br>As soon as the BNL case broke, President Bush I moved to throttle the investigation. He appointed lawyers from both Cardoen and Matrix to top Justice Department posts--where they supervised the officials investigating their old companies. Meanwhile, White House aides applied heavy pressure on other prosecutors to restrict the range of the probe--especially the fact that Bush cabinet officials Brent Scowcroft and Lawrence Eagleburger had served as consultants for BNL during their pre-White House days as spear-carriers for yet another secretive international front that profits from war, weapons, etc., etc.: Kissinger Associates.<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>Lots of juicy connections there -- probably more interesting than the question of whether or not Clinton was being counter-blackmailed. <p></p><i></i>
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Re:So true starroute thanks for pointing that out

Postby seemslikeadream » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:00 pm

Lots of juicy connections there -- probably more interesting than the question of whether or not Clinton was being counter-blackmailed. <br><br>my bad <!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/aktion/action-smiley-066.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--> <p></p><i></i>
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Postby NoNostalgia » Mon Nov 07, 2005 9:30 pm

Is it any surprise at all that Clinton was being counter blackmailed? I thought it had already been established that the Clintons go back a long way in the banking scam/gun & drug running establishment. <p></p><i></i>
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Postby dbeach » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:25 am

clinton were the gentle version of corporatism and the busheviks are the mean machine version.<br><br>Clintons lulled us to sleep with sexcapades and lots a cash while the busheviks style of rule by fear is divide and conquer and steal your cash [in the form of endless wars and tax cuts for the uber rich ..another tax cut is coming BTW}<br><br>Yes they may appear as rivals but only in a criminal charade each syndicate blackmailing,murdering and extorting thier way to greater power..BUT all have the same sinister goal <br><br>a global police state with the richest elites in charge and the commoners dead or microchipped..<br><br>these satanic hate mongers have planned well for many yrs..their family dynasties are in place and their corprta sponsors who both control and are controlled by them<br><br>ONE big ole party for the creeps and one endless nightmare for the rest. <p></p><i></i>
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