Al Jazeera runs a long interview with "Baghdad Bob" (Muhammed Said Al-Sahaf), the former "Information" Minister of Iraq. Most of it is the usual nonsense ("We had no weapons of mass destruction, we were just swell guys with a song in our hearts, yadda yadda yadda."), but one comment stands out as what the legal business calls a "statement against interest."
Question: How did Iraq deal with members of the UN Security Council?
Al-Sahaf: We would contact any country which becomes a temporary member of the Council. We would send them delegations and materials to make our positions clear to them. More and continuous contacts were carried out with the three permanent members of the Council, France, Russia, and China. They were also given preference in oil contracts and trade to keep them as close as possible to the Iraqi side.
Emphasis added. No comment necessary.
Hat tip: LGF. |