Volvo driving liberals helped fund Saddam

Remember the Oil for Food scam that was so closely monitored by the UN. The program whereby for a decade Saddam was able to keep money flowing into his personal bank account while his people continued to suffer. It seems to be the gift that just keeps on giving.

AB Volvo has agreed to pay a $7 million penalty as part of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding charges brought in connection with an ongoing investigation related to the U.N. Oil for Food program, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.

So which citizen of Iraq did your Volvo kill? The parent company is Renault, which is Fwench for something I think.

According to the criminal informations and the agreement filed today, between November 2000 and April 2003, employees and agents of Renault Trucks paid a total of approximately $5 million in kickbacks to the Iraqi government for a total of approximately 61 million euros worth of contracts with various Iraqi ministries. To pay the kickbacks, Renault Trucks inflated the price of contracts by approximately 10 percent before submitting them to the United Nations for approval and concealed from the United Nations the fact that the contract prices contained a kickback to the Iraqi government. In some cases, Renault Trucks paid inflated prices to companies that outfitted the chassis and cabs produced by Renault Trucks. Those companies then used the excess funds to pay the kickbacks to the Iraqi government on behalf of Renault Trucks.

So these guys were still working on deals with Saddam and the Iraqi government even while we were going through the country like crap through a goose.
Enjoy your Volvo, everybody buys it for its safety features, unless of course you happened to be an Iraqi citizen.

For some reason Volvos weren't real safe for them.