SADDAM SET ASIDE GOLD BRIBES FOR SCOTT RITTER
The London Telegraph found the details on Saddam's "Scott Ritter Project"
Documents reveal the so-called "Scott Ritter Project" where Iraqi intelligence services bought expensive jewelry intended for Ritter's wife and daughter to encourage him to work closely with Saddam's regime.
The papers found in the bombed headquarters of Iraq's intelligence services, indicate the cost of the gifts was approved at the highest level in an attempt to develop "strong relations with them [Ritter's family] that affect positively on our relations with him."
The documents say the gifts should be offered through an intermediary, named as Shakir al-Khafaji, an Iraqi-American businessman and close associate of Ritter, states the Telegraph.
Signed by the then director-general of Iraqi intelligence, they purport to reveal close links between al-Khafaji and Iraqi intelligence, and suggest the regime was making available substantial funds to offer him. Both Ritter and al-Khafaji have made it clear they never received such gifts or money.
This makes Ritter's documentary for Saddam look more and more like a money laundering project.