Over the weekend, it's come out that Germany had to work various deals.....to ensure the 2006 World Cup came to Germany. The committee had come down to two choices....South Africa and Germany. The decision was roughly 11 to 11, with one vote standing out in the open.....Saudi Arabia.
So, Chancellor Schroeder of Germany made a deal to release various weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. The weapons? Currently, it's listed only as rocket-propelled grenades. I know....it's a odd donation to get the World Cup, but that's the story from the Guardian (a British newspaper).
From the twelve votes that Germany received.....how many were bribed-votes? Unknown. It's possible that all twelve votes were bribed in some way.
Hostility in Germany? No.....mostly just shock. They all thought it was legit, and it's a shocker to sit there and realize the amount of corruption involved in FIFA and the fact that World Cup after World Cup.....probably were deep into bribes.
Within Germany? Well....that would bring up the next discussion over bribes. You see.....twelve sites were chosen for the games. The folks in Berlin, Dortmund, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Koln, Leipzig, Munich, Nuremberg, Gelsenkirchen, Hanover, Kaiserslautern, and Hamburg? Each had individual city and state folks involved in their version of bribes and special deals. It just continued to filter on down to the lowest level.
It's hard to say where this will end.
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