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February 26, 2008 By Fausta

The Obama-Rezko-Auchi-Saddam link

I’ve spent most of the day attending to things other than the internet and blogging, but right before this morning’s podcast Siggy brought to my attention this excellent post from Ed Morrissey,
Did Saddam Figure’s Millions Influence Obama?

The Times of London follows the money in the journalistic tradition of Watergate and finds a strange connection between Tony Rezko, Barack Obama, and Nadhmi Auchi. The latter, one of Britain’s richest men, has a long history of shady financial dealings as well as numerous connections to Saddam Hussein, who he helped to power. According to the Times, Auchi sent a lot of money to Rezko just before his wife bought property adjacent to the Obamas in a land deal that has already raised a lot of eyebrows.

The land deal involved a parcel of land that could only be accessed through the Obama property, therefore making it useless to anyone other than the Obamas.

The Times article is titled Mansion ‘mistake’ piles the pressure on Barack Obama, and, as Flopping Aces puts it,

How the three intertwine is by the fact that Rezko was pretty much owned by Mr. Auchi

Auchi is the thirteenth-richest man in Britain. So much for populism.

Rick Moran explains

Auchi is emerging as a key figure in the corruption trial of Rezko and also played a part in one of Rezko’s attempts to exploit his relationship with Obama. Obama denies he ever did any favors for Rezko or his associates but the crooked Obama fundraiser told prosecutors that after Auchi gave him another “loan,” he asked Obama to intervene with the State Department in order to get a visa for Auchi who was being denied entry into the US

And who is Auchi?

First of all, his business dealings make Rezko’s kickback schemes for political contributions look like the minor leagues of sleaze. Auchi had a hand in the biggest political and corporate scandal in post war Europe, the so-called “Elf Affair” where $2 billion francs up and disappeared from the French state oil company Elf.

Auchi was a long-time Saddam Hussein supporter. There’s a lot more on Rezko and Auchi at Rick’s post.

There’s even a Rezkowatch blog.

What I don’t understand is why this is not getting the publicity the Obama with the silly hat photos got yesterday. The media will bury this story even after Rezko gets convicted.

As Media Lizzy is mentioning in her podcast right now, Obama does not have the transparency issue that Hillary has, even considering this shady deal.

Will this become a non-issue? Very likely.

Or will it be Mansiongate?

We’ll see what part the bloggers will play.

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  1. Media Lizzy says

    March 3, 2008 at 2:21 am

    It’s not the ties to Saddam that bother me – it’s the simple fact that Obama has close dealings with a man that was OWNED by an Arms Dealer & avowed enemy of the United States.

    I’m firing up the FOIA request – if Obama, or anyone in he – or Durbin’s – office lobbied for Auchi to come off the “undesirable alien” list – the American people need to know it.

  2. Anonymous says

    March 7, 2008 at 6:13 pm

    I don’t understand, other than the fact that Senator Obama recieved a political contribution and returned it, what connection Senator Obama has to this person. If you research all the contributions to all candidates, you’ll likely find convicted fellons. In the case of Bill Clinton, some of them recieved pardons.

  3. Anonymous says

    March 10, 2008 at 11:32 am

    Follow the money…see the ties—research–>>

    Obama–>Rezko–>Nadhmi Auchi–>Saddam Hussein & Muammar al-Gaddafi–>(Pastor Wright, Louis Farrakhan, and Raila Odinga)–>Obama–>Bill Ayers & Bernadine Dorhn–>Obama–>Rashid Khalidi–>Obama–>Rezko–>Jabir Herbert Muhammad–>Farrakhan–>Obama–>

    Follow the money…see the ties—>research–>>

  4. Anonymous says

    March 12, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    {This is NO rumor; it’s just not in mainstream media. You can google everything to see it’s true. This is not even half of it}

    BOOM!!

    Obama–>Rezko–>Auchi–>Saddam Hussein & Muammar al-Gaddafi

    -Obama got his money from Tony Rezko who got his 3.5 million from Nadhmi Auchi:

    -Rezko described his friendship with Auchi as “close”

    -Nadhmi Auchi is an Iraqi-born billionaire who was charged along with Saddam Hussein for conspiring to assassinate Prime minister (president) Abdul Karim Qasim and stood trial in 1959. (Auchi gave fellow Baath Party members machine guns from his home for Saddam Hussein.)

    -Auchi protected secret money for Saddam Hussein AND Muammar al-Gaddafi.

    (Remember, Obama’s Trinity church Pastor Wright went with Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakhan in 1993 to visit Libyan socialist leader Gaddafi.)

    -Auchi also financially backed Saddam Hussein’s plan for a pipeline from Iraq to Saudi Arabia.

    -Rezko was also a business partner with Nation of Islam Founder’s son: Jabir Herbert Muhammad.

    Why isn’t the media talking about all of Barack Obama’s scary friends who have ties to the worst people in history?

    *Don’t forget William (Bill) Ayers and Bernadine Dorhn of the Weather Underground.

    *Obama’s cousin Raila Odinga who just became co-President of Kenya this week (after nearly 1,000 Christians were set on fire in churches and machete in the streets) whom Obama is said to be close to: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7176683.stm –calling Odinga a few times a day and even during the New Hampshire primary is a major problem.

    -Odinga signed a secret pact with Muslim jihadists who were to ethnically cleanse Christians in order to enforce Sharia law (Muslim law: ban booze, ban pork, Muslim dress for women, Islamic courts, etc). Portions of NAMLEF agreement is right on the internet. There is also an under the table pact that is worse.

    *Obama’s cousin Raila Odinga was educated in communist E. Germany, and his father, Oginga Odinga led the communist opposition during the Cold War.

    And why does Raila Odinga use Obama’s exact same campaign slogan: CHANGE….Vote for CHANGE: Look at his website:

    http://www.raila07.com/

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