EXTRA! EXTRA! Who was on Saddam's payroll?

The Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-For-Food Programme released a report on Thursday, uncovering a large list of individuals and companies who benefited from Saddam's oil coupons. To the dismay of Middle Eastern leaders, the committee is very explicit and clear in naming the culprits. The list includes a vast array of companies and individuals. Some of the notable inclusions are (numbers are for barrels lifted not allocated):

• Khaled Jamal Abd Al-Nasser, Egypt, 5.8 million barrels
• Al-Dulaimi Group, Qatar, 3.6 million barrels
• Toujan Al-Faisal, Jordan, 1.0 million barrels
• Sheikh Issa Bin Zayed Al-Nahayan, UAE, 1.0 million barrels
• Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa Al-Nahayan, UAE, 1.96 million barrels
• Sheikh Hamad Bin Ali Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Qatar, 8.89 million barrels
• Communist Part, Belarus, 3.44 million barrels
• Liberal Democratic Party, Belarus, 6.56 million barrels
• Socialist Party, Bulgaria, 3.02 million barrels
• Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chad, 1.05 million barrels
• George Galloway, UK Member of Parliament , 6.68 million barrels
• Welfare Party, Hungary, 1.10 million barrels
• Congress PArt, India, 1.01 million barrels
• Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jordan, 1.90 million barrels
• Son of President Lahoud, Lebanon, 2.28 million barrels
• Government of Namibia, 4.07 million barrels
• Ministry of Oil and Gas, Oman, 3.08 million barrels
• Palestine Economic Institute, 3.69 million barrels
• Palestinian Liberation Front, 2.05 million barrels
• Labor Party, Romania, 3.31 million barrels
• Communist Party, Russia, 106.9 million barrels
• Deputy Prime Minister, Russia, 1.50 million barrels
• Peace and Unity Party, Russia, 46.41 million barrels
• Presidential Office, Russia, 16.40 million barrels
• Leith Shbeilat, Jordan, 13.86 million barrels
• Communist Party, Slovakia, 2.52 million barrels
• Faras Mustapha Talas, Syria, 3.06 million barrels
• Communist Party, Ukraine, 7.90 million barrels
• Government of Yemen, 4.71 million barrels
• Radical Party, Yugoslavia, 4.06 million barrels

Companies involved in financing these robberies include:

• Bayoil
• Mitsubishi
• Shell International Trading
• Taurus Petroleum Limited
• VITOL

Sharjah and Kuwait Manufacturing (SKM) was involved in providing air conditioners, medical equipment and appliances, to Iraq. They were paid 6.18 million dollars for three contracts.