Austria: Haider allegedly financed by Gadhafi, Hussein
Via AP:
Austrian authorities are investigating the authenticity of a diary reportedly containing details about alleged money flows between the country's late far-right politician Joerg Haider and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, as well as with Saddam Hussein and his sons.
Haider — who died in a car crash in 2008 — was the head of the far-right Freedom Party before breaking away to form the less successful Alliance for the Future of Austria five years ago.
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According to an advance copy of the Falter article, the diary mentions a euro45 million transfer from Gadhafi, as well as more than euro10 million ($13.3 million) that unidentified individuals brought home from Iraq.
It also references an anonymous Haider confidant who supposedly brought a suitcase filled with euro5 million ($6.6 million) from Switzerland to the German city of Munich for investment purposes. According to the diary, the money came from a Swiss account belonging to the dead sons of Saddam Hussein.
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