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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy, candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, delivers his speech during a campaign rally in Villepinte, northern Paris.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has denied that former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi gave his 2007 presidential campaign $65 million, the Financial Times reported.
The French investigative site Mediapart reported Monday that it found a document showing that after Sarkozy connected with Gadhafi through a notorious Libyan businessman, he received transfers from Swiss and Panamanian bank accounts. Mediapart was co-founded in 2008 by one of France’s most well-known investigative reporters.
Last year, Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, made a similar allegation during an interview with the Euronews TV Channel, the Guardian reported. Al-Islam, frustrated that Sarkozy supported the opposition to his father's regime, threatened to divulge the details of bank transfers to Sarkozy's campaign.
The Financial Times reported that the document had not been proven to be authentic.
Sarkozy’s opponent in this race, François Hollande, has demanded that Sarkozy explain the document, the Guardian reported.
“Well then the son should just go ahead and produce them,” Sarkozy said on French television, according to the Financial Times.
The businessman, Ziad Takieedine, also denied the allegations.
“There was not one bit of any finance from Libya to France or from Gadhafi to Sarkozy. Nothing,” Takieedine said.
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right ..............
If Gadhafi did, he got a REALLY BAD return on investment!
Sarkozy knows his numbers are very bad when it comes to nearly every poll taken. That's why Sarkozy was so eager to interfere in Libya's internal, civil war. He hoped it improve his numbers.
Just to be safe, Sarkozy manufactured sex related charges against (at the time) his major opponent.
Now, we see the Left, François Hollande resorting to the very same tactics. Talk about dirty politics! François Hollande, echoing Obama, has even told the public that he wants to tax the rich at 75 percent. Obviously François Hollande has learned very well from the Obama Team.
Now the French are flinging poo...just like the Americains..
Why wouldnt Saif make such a comment? After all, it was Sarko who was the leading force in eliminating his Pop.
Lets see if the French are stupid enough to live up to their tradition of normally electing losers by picking the Socialists...Sarkozy is an anomaly for France..
"after Sarkozy connected with Gadhafi through a notorious Libyan businessman, he received transfers from Swiss and Panamanian bank accounts."
It is highly possible.
Gadhafi's son got his PhD from LSE, UK along with a donation of $100 million.
Many politicians in the US, Britain, France and other European nations are on the payrolls of the Saudis, oil companies and their lobbyists.
So there were Iraq wars and the oil prices manipulated from $30 a barrel to $140.
Now they are back in business. So most probably, we will have Iran war. Oil prices manipulated as high as $200.
For inventing Bosnia, Bill Clinton's Arkansas University got huge grant from Saudis.
About proving, who can prove anything against ruling class?
Who are you going to believe a DEAD Libyan or a LYING Frenchman? I'll put my money on the DEAD man. Sarkozy is as phony as a Three Dollar Bill.
now we know why the French acted the way they acted, the French Prez didn't get enough $$