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IRAQ: US Unearths Iraqi Front Companies

Consolidation Debt Mortgage Eight firms and five people have been named by US and UK investigators as fronts used to finance the activities of the former Iraqi regime.

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Consolidation Debt Help The list, the US Treasury said, had been given to the UN to make sure their assets would be frozen worldwide.

Goss added that " coalition activities in Iraq in seeking to influence the future character of the Iraqi state."

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The Iraqi Defence Minister, Hazem Shaalan, announced yesterday that he had fresh information on Iranian and Syrian meddling in Iraq. "I have important information regarding the interference into Iraq by these two countries", Hazem Shaalan said. Arabia satellite TV channel, Shaalan stated, "The Iraqi people will soon see footage of the confessions of one of the perpetrators who has information about the meddling of these two countries in Iraq".

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Consolidation Debt Loan Online The move, the Treasury said, "begins the unveiling of Saddam's financial web around the world", promising an expansion of the list in the coming weeks and months.

Consolidation Debt Home Loan In the 13 months since a move to freeze Iraqi assets, more than $6bn has been seized worldwide with $2.5bn transferred to a fund intended to pay for development efforts in Iraq.

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Agency Consolidation Debt In the late 1990s, a non-governmental organisation hired private corporate investigators Kroll Associates to find out who was looking after the regime's money.

Consolidation Debt Solution Kroll's report, which the BBC has seen, listed more than a dozen people, mostly based in Switzerland, as well as several companies.

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Consolidation Debt Loan Uk Tens of millions is thought to have left bank accounts in Iraq in the first few months of 2003, as the US-led coalition geared up to invade, culminating in a last-minute rush before the regime capitulated on 9 April.

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Consolidation Debt Government The firms now listed by the US include:

Consolidation Debt Firm * Al-Arabi Trading Co, a holding company accused of controlling 99% of two UK firms used for arms procurement in the 1980s

Consolidation Debt Financing * Al-Wasel and Babel General Trading, accused of obtaining kickbacks from the oil-for-food programme and seeking weapons technology

Consolidation Consumer Credit * Al-Huda State Company for Religious Tourism, accused of ripping off Shia pilgrims to the holy cities of Najaf and Karbala to the tune of $500m to fund intelligence operations

Consolidation Debt Free Quote * Logarcheo, accused of acting as a holding company for property in France ultimately owned by Saddam Hussein

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Consolidation Debt Lender * Aviatrans, Midco and Montana Management, holding companies for shares, aircraft and intelligence funds on behalf of senior Iraqi officials.

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