You too, documenting the Patsies for Bubba Dubbya?

andhowe

This doesn't sound like support for Bush but rather the second shot across the bow as a warning not to really destroy everything with an attack on Iran. Bandar and the king's comments hurt Bushco more than help. Certainly the Saudis knew what was going on -- their people were being used -- and they surely were in touch with U.S. intelligence and swapped warnings. But their bringing up the subject now goes way beyond picking at old sores. They know what happened and are prepared to reveal it.

Did Bush Cut Secret Oil Deal With Saudis Ahead of 2004 Election?

The White House and a top Saudi official are denying allegations that before the invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration made a secret deal with Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar bin Sultan involving oil price fixing ahead of the November presidential elections. [includes rush transcript]

The charge came in an interview Sunday on 60 Minutes with Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward. His new book “Plan of Attack” hit news stands yesterday and has already caused a firestorm of controversy. Here is an excerpt from 60 Minutes Host Mike Wallace’s interview with Bob Woodward.

WALLACE: Prince Bandar enjoys easy access to the Oval Office. His family and the Bush family are close. And Woodward told us that Bandar has promised the president that Saudi Arabia will lower oil prices in the months before the election to ensure the US economy is strong on Election Day.

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/04/20/1410236

Brothers in Arms: Bandar Bush Took a Billion in Bribes to Push UK Weapons Deal

So says the Guardian, which has had a sneak peek at the evidence compiled by Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in its lengthy investigation of vast corruption in a decades-long arms deal between Saudi Arabia and the Anglo-American arms merchant, BAE, Tony Blair's favorite war profiteer. The SFO's probe was preemptorily quashed by Blair's ever quiescent attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, last December. Now the Guardian has learned that BAE paid a quarterly bribe to Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud-- long-time ambassador to the United States, and so intimate with America's ruling family that the president nicknamed him "Bandar Bush." BAE was plying Prince Bush with $30 million every quarter -- for ten years. Nice work if you can get it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/baefiles/story/0,,2097149,00.html

andhowe

Remember the cigars on the Lincoln Balcony, the evacuation ahead of the FBI of the Ss and BLs, the agreement to remove American forces from the kingdom as per OBL's wishes and the oil deal menioned above. Close buddies, indeed, but no cigars this time.