AFTER THE WAR: The Oil-For-Food Scandal (long)

The Wall Street Journal (opinionjournal.com) ^ | 11 March 2004 | Therese Raphael

[Moose4]

"If there is evidence, we would investigate it very seriously," Kofi Annan insisted last month when presented with allegations that U.N. officials knew about and may have benefited from Saddam Hussein's corruption of the U.N.'s Oil-for-Food Program. Fortunately, Saddam appears to have been a stickler for record-keeping.

[Moose4]

This is a long read and a bit complicated to follow, but really shows just how deep the corruption at the UN was regarding the "oil-for-food" program with Iraq. It sheds some light on just why so much of the UN was so against us invading Iraq...they were getting rich off the suffering of the Iraqi people and the paybacks from their friend Saddam.

}:-)4

[oyez]

Why am I not surprised? There is no wonder the UN didn't support a liberation. Its like the little Tennessee County in "Walking Tall". All the people that should be looking out for the law are on the take.

Will this story be on the evening news with Dan Rather and the others? I think I answered my own question.

[MizSterious]

"Discovering" the Oil-For-Food scandal...

[Howlin]

Still.

Now, how far ahead of the curve were we on this one?

We need a talk show. :-)

[Cicero]

There was a lot more last year in the WSJ, in an article titled "Kofi Annanderson." One thing interesting here is that bill clinton was probably in this too:

Mr. Maugein, a billionaire with close ties to Jacques Chirac, is a longtime associate of the trader and former fugitive Marc Rich, who fled to Europe in 1983 to avoid answering charges of racketeering, illegal trading and dodging a tax-bill of $48 million. (Mr. Rich was pardoned by Bill Clinton in his final hours in the White House). Mr. Maugein was also a close contact of Tariq Aziz, with whom he met regularly. He is the non-executive chairman of Soco International PLC, a publicly listed London-based petroleum exploration/production company, which goes into markets the majors tend to skip--Mongolia, Vietnam, North Korea, Libya and Yemen.

Note the countries involved. It wouldn't surprise me if good old John F'n Kerry is involved as well, given his French family and Vietnamese business connections.

[StriperSniper]

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[Shermy]

Good read bump.

[GailA]

btt

[GailA]

MASTER LIST OIL FOR FOOD SCANDAL

[Howlin]

More Oil for Iraq!

[Shermy]

#9 bump.

BTW, the articles I (mostly) archived are at the "foodforoil" key word. I tried to keep it limited to the best articles, IMO.

[Carolinamom]

Please let Fox run that interview w/Raphael as often as they do the Peterson, Jackson, Kobe stuff. I missed it. Drat it.

[Howlin]

Watch Neil Cavuto. He'll run it.

[Bahbah]

"if the U.N.'s credibility is to be restored and its role in Iraq and elsewhere trusted."

Hell will freeze over first.

[backhoe]

Is this the biggest news day in a long time or what?

• Kerry's "gaffe"
• Spain's 3/11
• Demo staffer involved in treason
• Annan's son caught

[Howlin]

And it's only 2 PM EST.

[Bahbah]

"Demo staffer involved in treason"
How did I miss this one?

[PsyOp]

I wonder how many vouchers Blix got.

[hripka]

Also posted at
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095283/posts

[arasina]

"Demo staffer involved in treason"
How did I miss this one?

American Citizen Charged with Spying (for Iraq) - Update: Former Moseley-Braun Aide

It's a great thread. Sure to be a FR Hall-of-Fame classic.