I have impression I heard about it a lot. Let's try Googling (Google News only):

"oil for food bribes" - around 200 hits
"Al-Qaeda is backed by Israel and Zionism" - one hit

So, it would appear that whe whole Franco-American row about Iraq boils down to "the guy who controls oil exports vs. the guy who wants that control (and then some)"... Sad, but hardly surprising.
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