‘Saddam paid for Congressmen trip’ '萨达姆支付国会议员之旅』
Saddam Hussein’s intelligence agency had secretly financed a trip to Iraq by US lawmakers before the US invasion, federal prosecutors say. 萨达姆的情报机构曾秘密资助了一个访问伊拉克的美国国会议员在美国入侵前，联邦检察官说。
An indictment unsealed in Detroit accuses Muthanna Al-Hanooti, a member of a Michigan nonprofit group, of arranging for three members of Congress to travel to Iraq in October 2002 at the behest of Saddam’s regime.起诉书后启封在底特律指责穆萨纳基地hanooti的一员，密歇根州的一个非盈利组织，安排到三的美国国会议员前往伊拉克，在2002年10月举行的遗志，在萨达姆的政权。
Prosecutors say Iraqi intelligence officials paid for the trip through an intermediary.检察官说，伊拉克情报官员支付此行透过中间人。 In exchange for coordinating the trip, Al-Hanooti allegedly received 2 million barrels of Iraqi oil.作为交换，协调行程，基地hanooti据称收到了200万桶伊拉克石油。
The lawmakers are not named in the indictment but the dates correspond to a trip by Democratic Reps. Jim McDermott, David Bonior and Mike Thompson.立法者有没有点名在起诉书中，但日期对应之旅是由民主报导，麦克得莫特，大卫博尼奥尔和迈克汤普森。
At the time, the Bush administration was trying to persuade Congress to authorize military action against Iraq.在那个时候，布什政府正试图说服国会授权对伊拉克采取军事行动。
During the trip, the lawmakers expressed skepticism about the Bush’s claims that Saddam was stockpiling weapons of mass destruction.访问期间，这些议员表示持怀疑态度，布什声称萨达姆是储存大规模杀伤性武器。 Though such weapons ultimately were never found, the lawmakers drew criticism for their trip at the time.尽管这些武器最终没有发现，立法者提请批评为是行程最后一站的时间。
Sen. Don Nickles, the second-ranking Senate Republican at the time, said the Democrats ’sound somewhat like spokespersons for the Iraqi government’.参议员唐nickles ，排名第二的参议院共和党在那个时候，说民主派'声音有点像代言人，为伊拉克政府' 。
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