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By Peter Allen

[snip] . . .  A document made public in Paris is said to show that the French leader and the former Libyan dictator made an illegal financial deal that propelled Mr Sarkozy to power in 2007.

Written in Arabic and signed by Mussa Kussa, Gaddafi’s intelligence chief, in 2006, it refers to an ‘agreement in principle to support the campaign for the candidate for the presidential elections, Nicolas Sarkozy, for a sum equivalent to €50 million’. . . .

. . .  The money was then allegedly distributed through an arms dealer called Ziad Takieddine, who was acting as a middle man between Arab despots and French politicians.

The news follow claims last year by Gaddafi’s son, Saif-Al Islam Gaddafi, that Libya had financed Sarkozy’s election.

Saif-Al Islam, who is now being held in Libya following the toppling of his father’s regime, said: ‘Sarkozy must first give back the money he took from Libya to finance his electoral campaign. We funded it. . . . (more)

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