Here's one way to drum up business.

In 2001, disgraced GOP superlobbyist Jack Abramoff approached the Sudanese government -- the one with a record of terrorism and human rights violations -- and offered to clean up its image in Washington for a few million bucks, the Los Angeles Times reports today.

[Abramoff's] former associate, who did not want to be named out of fear it might damage future business opportunities, said that Abramoff proposed a $16- to $18-million contract -- "a staggering sum" for the destitute nation -- but one that the lobbyist considered reasonable because international disapproval was so costly to Sudan's economy.