The Beneficiaries of Saddam’s Oil Vouchers : The List of 270

MEMRI
The following report from MEMRI’s Baghdad office is a translation of an article which appeared in the Iraqi daily Al-Mada,(1) which obtained lists of 270 companies, organizations, and individuals awarded allocations (vouchers) of crude oil by Saddam Hussein’s regime. The beneficiaries reside in 50 countries : 16 Arab, 17 European, 9 Asian, and the rest from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Only a portion of the 270 recipients are listed and identified.