2/20/2008
Nahdmi Auchi, Rezko and Barack Obama
Who is Nahdmi Auchi, who according to the British newspaper TimesOnline may have lent money through a company he controls in Panama to support a fundraiser for U.S. Senator Barack Obama in May 2005?
Who is Mr. Auchi? A British billionaire living in London, born in Iraq in 1937. And why would he, as it is alleged, lend money via a Panama company, Fintrade Services — of which his wife, Ibtisam Auchi, is said to be a director — to a freshmen U. S. senator from Illinois just a few months after he is sworn in as a very junior member of what was then a Democratic minority?
Who is Mr. Auchi, said to be the 279th richest man in the world, that he would provide through his overseas company wire transfers of $3,499,471 in April 2007, and another $200,000 in July 2007, to Antoin “Tony” Rezko, an indicted Chicago developer accused of defrauding Illinois citizens of at least $6 million? Rezko is a successful and veteran fundraiser for, among others, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Senator Barack Obama.
Rezko and Iraq have already come up here, and in other places:
# Chris Fusco, “Iraqi with ties to Rezko escapes Baghdad jail,” Chicago Sun-Times, December 20, 2006.
# B Merry, “Rezko’s power plant in Iraq,”
But Wikipedia, strangely enough, omits this information (sarcasm):
Newspapers have commented about Auchi’s activities before and after the two Gulf Wars; including involvement with the French government Scandals with oil giant Total Fina Elf, long-standing involvement with European Bank BNP Paribas; including allegations of financial links with Saddam Hussein and Colonel Muammar Qaddafi.
If people really knew what was going on, I wonder if it would effect Obama’s cult following.
Auchi was described as a “Saddam guy” from the early days of the Baathists, by a Baghdad political commentator, not trustworthy by the Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein in December 2002 in London, and who today is regarded as no friend of the Iraqi government or people. He has not been back to Baghdad since it was liberated, despite seeking lucrative and controversial communications regarding business opportunities in the new Iraq.
Nadhmi Auchi is another billionaire with a history in politics– which is now crashing into the important question we should all continue asking: who is Barrack Obama? Who indeed?
February 20th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Cao, at great risk of sounding like an “Obama Hater” this financial association Obama has with yet another questionable person makes me wonder. Auchi, a former friend of Saddam and Mohmar Qadaffi handing over such huge sums of money to Obama’s campaign??? Why would a ultra wealthy Iraqi man (that no anti-Saddam person in Iraq trusts!) be so interested in a US election when he lives in London??? That in and of itself is telling. I am soooo sick of the mindless lemmings in our society, running and hugging their Obama dolls, full speed to the cliff!!! Love and Peace Baby! These quacks in our society just never ask questions. Reminds me of pre-Nazi Germany. Those people elected the man who told them what they wanted to hear and they put him in power. How bitter it was for them after they ran off the cliff!!!
February 20th, 2008 at 11:01 am
I wonder if Hitler’s campaign slogan sounded anything like “Yes We Can”… Can What Barrack? Self-distruct?????
February 21st, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Congrats Hoosier mom.. two posts and you’ve already won the reductio ad hitlerum contest. Thanks for showing how big a right-wing crazy you truly are.
February 21st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I don’t know if the Hitler analogies are that far off the mark. I am starting to wonder what the “restoration” is that the website of the church Obama attends speaks of as it promotes black values. http://www.tucc.org/about.htm Hitler emphasized race in his movement. So does Obama.
February 21st, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Awe Franklin, you are so sweet to notice.
Never mind that Michelle Obama is just now feeling proud to be American. I guess all the citizens that rushed to NYC after 9/11 to help from all over the country or all the people that went in after Katrina or went to California after the wildfires to lend a hand, just didn’t fill her with any pride.
And what is all the swooning and fainting among young females in his audience about? He’s a candidate for President, not a Rock Star! Groupies for a President???
February 22nd, 2008 at 5:33 am
There were a lot of similarities between the Nazi socialists and the leftists of today - Hitler was for “peace” and “disarmament”…Hitler was a vegetarian, and Himmler was an animal rights activist…Hitler ate organic vegetables, and of course there was the *** element in their movement which parallels today’s ‘*** rights’ movement on the left…and even the acceptance of **** in our modern-day churches as they were subverted the churches to naziism. There are a lot of parallels between what is happening today and what happened to the Weimar Republic.