Oil-for-Food Kickbacks # 2

Here's only a partial list of companies involved in the Oil-for-Food Scandal. The whole idea behind the kickbacks was to gain political support for Iraq, especially from those countries on the Security Council. Iraq was buying political support to influence the decisions of U.N. member states presumably to interfere with decisions holding Iraq accountable with human rights and global security issues. (See preamble)

These were under the heading 'Industrial Companies':

1) Atlas Copco Airpower NV
2) DaimlerChrysler AG
3) Maloney Industries Inc.
4) Siemens Companies
5) Volvo Construction Equipment
6) Weir Group

DaimlerChrysler recieved $5.2 million in sales with Iraq. DaimlerChrysler's MiddleEast Representative Wolfgang Denk fond that when he took the position DaimlerChrysler was blacklisted by Iraq because they had applied for compensation under the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) for compensation arising from damage caused by Iraq during the Gulf War.

In 2001 senior company management including Cort Uebel, Denk's supervisor and Eric Jonscher, President of DaimlerChrysler Overseas decided to withdraw this claim.

Denk also agreed to sign a side kickback agreement associated with one contract for an amoured truck. He agreed to pay the Ministry of Oil 10% of the contract value - which amounted to $13, 589 DM. The total for this side kickback, one out of nine found, was $149, 484.50.

The U.N. Committee obtained documents for the kick backs from the Iraqi Government as DaimlerChrysler did not disclose the above agreement or provide documents in response to the Committee's request, including those documents reflecting the kickbacks.

All information obtained on page 365 - 67of the IIC report