On the Third Hand…

U.N. Oil $$ Linked To Iraqi Terrorists

The network of bankers, front companies, couriers and money-launderers involved in handling Saddam’s oil-for-food kickback schemes still appears to be active, investigators say.

U.S. intelligence officials believe a portion of the funds in these hidden accounts — possibly millions— is now being used to fund the Ba’athist guerrillas responsible for much of the postwar violence against coalition troops, sources said.

“We are still in the early stages of investigating this. But from what we know so far, it’s the same financial system, and we believe there is now some connection between what was left over from the illegal profiteering under the oil-for-food program and the funding of insurgency,” said a U.S. official familiar with the recent intelligence information.

Gee. What a surprise.