UK defense contractor bribed Saudi Prince for jet fighter deal http://www.tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/international/18273-uk-defense-contractor-bribed-saudi-prince-for-jet-fighter-deal.html
British-based defense contractor BAE Systems PLC bribed Saudi officials in return for lucrative arms deals in Saudi Arabia, according to a newly released secret U.S. diplomatic cable.Britain's anti-fraud agency told a private OECD meeting in Paris in 2007 that it had evidence that BAE, Europe's largest defense contractor, paid more than 70 million pounds ($113 million) to a Saudi prince with influence over a series of contracts for fighter jets with Saudi Arabia, said the cable from the U.S. embassy in Paris, released by WikiLeaks website on Friday.

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