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Oil-for-food probe awkward for U.N.
Washington Times ^
| 4/21/04
| Betsy Pisik and David R. Sands
Posted on 04/21/2004 12:33:05 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:14:36 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan and many of the leading U.N. powers face some embarrassing moments as a House panel today begins an expansive probe into the scandal-plagued oil-for-food program in Iraq.
The U.N. Security Council, meanwhile, is about to pass a resolution calling on U.N. officials and member states to offer "full cooperation" to an independent panel investigating accusations that Saddam Hussein and his associates skimmed billions of dollars from the U.N.-run humanitarian program.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: oilforfood; un
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posted on
04/21/2004 12:33:06 AM PDT
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
I just got back from vacation in Europe. No mention of this issue that I heard on BBC or Euronews. Amazing
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posted on
04/21/2004 12:45:19 AM PDT
by
mgist
To: kattracks
Stashing cash in a Kofi can.
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posted on
04/21/2004 1:33:38 AM PDT
by
samtheman
(www.georgewbush.com)
To: kattracks
"Mr. Annan will today appoint an independent panel to examine the oil-for-food program"
OH yeah, that sounds like it is going to be very thorough and non biased too. The UN seems too corrupt to trust...
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posted on
04/21/2004 1:48:08 AM PDT
by
bellas_sister
(" Senator, do you know there's a girl found dead in your car?")
To: kattracks
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posted on
04/21/2004 3:56:07 AM PDT
by
GailA
(Kerry I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, but I'll declare a moratorium on the death penalty)
To: All
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posted on
04/21/2004 5:36:29 AM PDT
by
IPWGOP
('tooning the truth)
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