Free Iraq

Wayne Madsen Report -
July 2, 2009 -- SPECIAL REPORT. Kurdistan Regional Government, CIA, and China: U.S. military blood for Iraqi oil for China : WMR has learned from a Western intelligence source who spent time in the Kurdish region of Iraq that various groups and contractors affiliated with the CIA conspired with high-ranking officers in the Chinese military and Kurdish Regional Government officials to protect Chinese financial interests in northern Iraq in return for lucrative contracts for American firms for major infrastructure projects in China.

According to WMR's intelligence sources, the CIA is also involved in a major weapons smuggling operation using the Kurdish cities of Irbil and Zakho, on the Iraqi Kurdistan-Turkish border.

WMR has learned from informed sources that there is a great deal of intrigue surrounding the Sandi Group, a major contractor for U.S.-funded Iraqi projects, which is owned by Iraqi businessman Rubar Sandi, a major proponent of U.S. military intervention in Iraq and who counted Washington's most influential Republicans as his friends. On May 1, 2005, Sandi, a fierce opponent of Saddam Hussein, said, "I do pray for President Bush, the Americans and specifically for the U.S. armed forces for their dedication and for them sacrificing their lives to defend freedom."

The Sandi Group, incorporated in the United States, maintains headquarters in Baghdad and Washington, DC. Sandi's hometown also happens to be Zakho.

Sandi is also chief of the Corporate Bank Business Group in Washington and the founder of the Iraq-U.S. Business Council. Earlier this month, TSG Asia, a Sandi Group affiliate, signed a contract for the building of 5,000 housing units in Libya. With the thaw in relations between Tripoli and Washington, foreign oil workers, including Americans, are, once again, flocking to Libya.

Sandi's chief of security at the firm's Baghdad headquarters allegedly ran off with $5 million in cash in 2006. Instead of being handed over to Iraqi authorities for prosecution, the ex-Sandi security chief was exfiltrated from Baghdad to Irbil by the CIA. Sandi had earlier landed a major sub-contract from the U.S. private security firm Dyncorp to provide training for the Iraqi police. Dyncorp's contract was worth $1.2 billion.

In 2007, journalist David Phinney reported that two Sandi employees, Nashat Y. Hamed and Sabah Abdul Waheed Bermos, were charged by Iraqi authorities with pocketing the salaries of hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of Sandi employees. The two Sandi employees happened to hail from Zakho and were considered close to Sandi himself.

Shortly after the exfiltration of the Sandi security chief in Baghdad, WMR has learned from an informed source that a senior Sandi official, several CIA agents, and a colonel in the Kurdistan army who worked for Zakho-based Aster Group flew to China where they were met by several top Chinese military officers. The Sandi/CIA team was, according to our source, working with the Chinese to develop a number of infrastructure projects in China.

In 2006, oil was discovered in the region of Zakho. The Kurdish Regional Government's bid for oil auctions in Kurdistan attracted the interest of China's state-owned oil group Sinopec. However, Iraq's central government awarded contracts for Iraqi-wide oil auctions to a consortium led by British Petroleum, which includes the China National Oil Company (CNOC). Ironically, because the Kurdish government does not recognize the Iraqi oil auctions, Sinopec is competing with CNOC. In any event, China is a major player in the Iraqi Kurdistan oil market. [ . . . ]
 

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