Tony Blair accused of conflict of interests in Middle East
Iraq's latest bloody crisis and its links to the 2003 war brought Tony Blair back into the headlines this week, along with calls for him to step down as a Middle East peace envoy – but new evidence has emerged that his private business interests in the ever-volatile region are expanding.
Aides to the former prime minister confirmed that he was actively considering opening an office in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, which is in the frontline of the struggle against political Islam. But a spokesperson denied suggestions by a leading Arab economist that he was being considered for a job advising Oman on its long-term development, after his controversial £27m consultancy project for the Kuwaiti government in recent years.
Retired diplomats and political enemies united to demand Blair be sacked as the envoy of the Quartet – the UN, US, Russia and EU – after achieving little to promote Israeli-Palestinian peace in seven years.
Blair's Middle Eastern activities cause some irritation in Whitehall, where officials say they are not always aware of what he is doing and exactly who he is representing in meetings abroad – even though he is routinely briefed by British embassies. "He moves in mysterious ways," quipped one senior figure.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/27/tony-blair-conflict-interests-middle-east
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Wall Street/Politicians/Heads of State. The "Crooked" run free to profit and keep destroying what they touch. Truly disgusting...and that they find people willing to listen to they who then will profit off the connection. It becomes "circular" profit for those Blair Advises will be cut into a deal for whatever business interest he's shilling for...while the people in those countries he "advises" are duped into schemes that often end up destroying their country.
Humorous that he's advising "Albanian Socialists." Tony Blair has expertise in Socialism? 
