Jörg Haider's Neo-Nazi Freedom Party had just won second place (about 27% of the vote) in Austria's October parliamentary elections.
The present. October 2010. Sunday morning, on the flight back to Israel I read a copy of the Financial Times.
The name of Jörg Haider jumped out at me from the pink pages. Haider died in a car crash back in October 2008 but was now big news in October 2010. Apparently the Neo-Nazi had been receiving money from Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi!
The story was headlined Corruption:
"When Jörg Haider was killed in October 2008 after his car veered off a road in Carinthia on the way to a family party, many Austrians quite naturally thought they had heard the last of the populist, anti-immigration politician. But two years on, Mr Haider remains an almost daily talking point in the Austrian media thanks to his alleged links to a series of financial scandals, including the near-bankruptcy of Hypo Group Alpe Adria (HGAA), a Carinthian bank.
In addition to HGAA, investigators are said to be tracking millions of euros in secret bank accounts in Liechtenstein belonging to Mr Haider, including purported donations from Saddam Hussein and Muammer Gaddafi, the Libyan leader."
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