Editing Oil-for-Food Programme (section)

===Oil coupons as bribes===
The US-funded satellite network [[Alhurra|Al Hurra]] broadcast a story on 6 January 2005 detailing allegations that Saddam's regime had bribed news reporters with oil coupons. Reporters named include [[Ahmed Mansour (journalist)|Ahmed Mansour]] of [[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]] and {{Interlanguage link|Hamida Na'na|fr}}, a writer based in France known for her pro-Saddam positions. Two types of oil coupons were used: silver coupons that entitled holders to nine million barrels of oil, and gold coupons worth more.{{vague|date=June 2016}} Hamida Naanaa is said{{who|date=June 2016}} to have received a gold coupon.<ref>[http://townhall.com/opinion/columns/guestcolumns/2005/05/17/15444.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051006111454/http://townhall.com/opinion/columns/guestcolumns/2005/05/17/15444.html|date=6 October 2005}}</ref>