"Tokarev also slammed the United States for its plans to overthrow Hussein, saying the U.S. government was only after access to Iraq's vast supplies of cheap oil."
this may be heavy for survivors
Portugal vows full investigation in child sex scandal 11/29/02 Lisbon, Portugal - "President Jorge Sampaio on Wednesday promised an exhaustive police investigation into allegations of decades-long sexual abuse by staff at a Lisbon boys' home....The child sex scandal has snowballed over the last five days since former pupils began alleging widespread abuse at the home since the late 1970s. Also, a former president, several ex-government members and senior police officers faced public scrutiny over claims they knew of the allegations 20 years ago but ignored them....More than 100 boys suffered abuse, including alleged homosexual rape and pedophile prostitution, according to S.I.C. television channel. " http://www.etaiwannews.com/World/2002/11/29/1038536513.htm
Man Convicted of Sex Abuse Retains Custody of Two Girls By The New York Times Auburn, N.Y., 12/10/02 — "A family court judge ruled today that a man convicted of sexually abusing a child could keep custody of two young girls, over the initial objections of the children's grandparents." http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/11/nyregion/11ADOP.html?ex=1040606356&ei=1&en=fccab2402469e8b0
Abuser admits to 'slick' manipulation By Geri Nikolai, Rockford Register Star "Adults who molest children seldom kidnap a child off the street. They choose their victims based on the child's age, gender and family. Then they go about "grooming" the child to do their bidding, says a Rockford man who served nearly 10 years in prison for sexual abuse." http://www.rrstar.com/specialreports/sexual_abuse/sexabuse3.shtml
Damage from abuse can last a lifetime By Geri Nikolai, Rockford Register Star "While some victims can deal with abuse on their own, others need counseling occasionally or steadily all their lives, she said. One reason is that children can't cope like emotionally-healthy adults. To numb the pain, they may turn to whatever works: withdrawal, drugs, alcohol, eating disorders. As they grow up, those habits lead to dysfunctional lives....Sexual abuse during childhood can scar a person in three ways: self-image, emotions and relationships." http://www.rrstar.com/specialreports/sexual_abuse/sexabuse4.shtml
Convicting abusers tough when it's only the child's word By Geri Nikolai, Rockford Register Star "Experts believe 99 percent of those children were telling the truth, yet only 17 percent of the people they named as abusers were prosecuted....Lee County: 32 cases reported. One physical abuse, 31 sexual abuse. Two cases determined false. Of remaining 29, charges brought in eight. Of 29 cases, all but one involved family friend or family member as perpetrator; only one was stranger." http://www.rrstar.com/specialreports/sexual_abuse/sexabuse2.shtml
Law, 7 Bishops Subpoenaed in U.S. Criminal Probe 12/12/02 - By Greg Frost Boston (Reuters) - "Boston Cardinal Bernard Law was served a subpoena last Friday to appear before a Massachusetts grand jury investigating sex abuse by priests, sources familiar with the probe said on Thursday, and the cardinal apparently left the city the same day." http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20021212_383.html
http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2002/12/11/041.html
Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002. Page 5 Exec: U.S. Blackmailing Russian Firms in Iraq Combined Reports Vedomosti Nikolai Tokarev
"The director of a state-owned oil company with interests in Iraq on Tuesday accused U.S. companies of attempting to blackmail Russian oil majors into financing Iraqi opposition parties in return for contract guarantees from a post-Saddam Hussein regime. "The Americans have tried to discuss the issue, including at a level of [direct negotiations] with companies," said Nikolai Tokarev, head of Zarubezhneft, which has been operating in Iraq since the 1960s. "They even proposed we should finance the Iraqi opposition in return for being able to continue work there," he said in an interview published in Vremya Novostei on Tuesday. The statement reflected growing concern among Russian officials and businessmen that a possible U.S. military operation in Iraq could damage Moscow's economic interests in the country. Russia fears that a new regime in Iraq might renege on Baghdad's obligations to pay off its $7 billion Soviet-era debt to Moscow and award lucrative oil contracts to U.S. and other Western companies, snubbing Russian firms. Tokarev said he had turned down such deals as "dishonorable." Some other Russian companies, however, have accepted similar U.S. proposals and have become involved in a "dirty game," he said, without providing further details....Tokarev also slammed the United States for its plans to overthrow Hussein, saying the U.S. government was only after access to Iraq's vast supplies of cheap oil.
"For the Americans this venture, despite all the political rhetoric, is aimed at gaining control over the oil market," he said. U.S. President George W. Bush has assured President Vladimir Putin that Russia will be a major player in building a postwar Iraq, U.S. officials say, but Tokarev and other Russian businessmen remain distrustful.
A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday, "We are unaware of any such conversations or deals to protect Russian contracts in return for contributions to the Iraqi opposition." According to Iraqi officials, Russian oil companies account for 35 percent to 40 percent of Iraqi oil exported under the UN oil-for-food program. Tokarev said the rigid, UN-prescribed pricing policy had made business difficult
....Meanwhile, Russia warned the United States on Tuesday against using the standoff with Iraq over its alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction as a pretext for attempting to overthrow the regime in Baghdad.
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