Blair in secret deal over bribery investigation
March 18, 2007
From today’s Sunday Times:
TONY BLAIR struck a secret deal with the king of Saudi Arabia, assuring him that there would be no criminal charges against anyone implicated in bribery in Britain’s biggest arms deal. In July 2005 Blair assured the then crown prince, Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, who is now king, that Britain would abandon an inquiry by the Serious Fraud Office. It concerned a £60m “slush fund” allegedly set up by BAE Systems, Britain’s biggest defence contractor, to support the lifestyle of some members of the Saudi royal family.
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