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Speculation: 1) through the covert shipment of oil to Iran; 2) from the approximately $300-million worth of oil the United Nations lets him sell to Jordan each year; 3) by skimming funds from the sanctioned sale of $2 billion in oil that is supposed to buy food for his people; 4) from a secret Swiss bank account; 5) by playing the oil futures market, which he manipulates by creating the impression that the United Nations is about to lift the sanctions in reward for his changed conduct.
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Had Howard or DeSouza been in a movie officially sanctioned by the hip media--a contradiction in terms if ever there was one, they'd have three picture deals with Miramax.
The LAT does: What Clinton signed was a U.N.-sanctioned international treaty.
The roots of the current tax revolt go back to 1993, a recession year in which voters narrowly approved the Republican Party sanctioned Initiative 601.