Iraqgate (other)
Iraqgate refers to allegations that Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush built up Iraq's military right up until Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait in 1990. It may also refer to: * Iraq leak * Allegations of misappropriations related to the Iraq War Official investigations In July 2008, the United States Department of Justice investigated around 900 cases of alleged fraud committed by contractors.Barbara Ferguson:Private contractors steal billions from Uncle Sam. ArabNews, 30 July 2008 Simil ...

Iraq Leak
The Iraq leak (also Iraq-gate, or the Iraq scandal) is a series of events that began on 6 March 2003 from a statement given by Anneli Jäätteenmäki, leader of the Finnish Centre Party, in a televised election debate prior to the 2003 parliamentary election. Jäätteenmäki accused Paavo Lipponen, the then Prime Minister of Finland, of attaching Finland to George W. Bush's 'coalition of the willing' that was in preparation for the 2003 war in Iraq. Lipponen had visited Washington on 9 December 2002. According to Jäätteenmäki, Finland had taken part in a meeting where 'those countries that had promised cooperation and aid' had been invited. It was later discovered that Jäätteenmäki had acquired the information from secret foreign ministry documents, which she had received from Martti Manninen, an advisor to the President of Finland and a member of Jäätteenmäki's party. Prime Minister Lipponen's actions were suggested to be influenced by the fact that Finland was abo ...
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