Information Clearing House has this entry today:
US Offered USD 75 Million to Iraqi Sunnis for Signature under Constitution, which links to this item and web site:
<http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?catid=138&newsid=71234>
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RIA Novosti: US Offered USD 75 Million to Iraqi Sunnis for Signature under Constitution
30 August 2005 | 10:44 | FOCUS News Agency
Baghdad. The United States have offered to Sunni representatives USD 75 Million to sign the draft Constitution of Iraq, RIA Novosti announced, citing information of source close to the Constitutional Committee of the country, published in the Saudi daily Al Vatan."
I headed over to RIA Novosti, but can't find any such entry. Then I tried Al Vatan which is fully in Arabic.
Do we have any Arabic speakers here to have a look at Al Vatan and confirm or deny this particular democracy-by-payola tidbit?