[adam_az]

Kofi Annan's son is also involved with ROBERT MUGABE!!!

http://archives.californiaaviation.org/airport/msg07877.html

Kofi Annan's Son Linked to 75m Harare Airport Deal
Africa News Service


Lagos (This Day, May 8, 2000) - Kojo Annan sounded tetchy. "I want to make
it very clear, to avoid speculation about my father," he said. "When Air
Harbour was awarded airport contract I was not on its board of directors."

The defensiveness of the son of United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan
was understandable. Sunday Business has learnt he is a director of the
offshore company that benefited from what Zimbabwe's opposition alleges is
the country's most notorious act of cronyism.

It is a bizarre tale involving a wayward nephew of president Robert Mugabe,
the son of a former Saudi oil minister, as well as the son of the UN chief.
It is set against the backdrop of a Pounds75 million contract to redevelop
Harare International Airport, the little-known Isle of Man-registered
company that won it, and Mugabe's new mansion.

And it is a story that may yet present the UN secretary-general with
difficulties in dealing with Mugabe as a rising tide of violence sweeps
Zimbabwe.

Last Sunday, Annan's son was keen to emphasis that he did not become a
director of Air Harbour Technologies until ate last year - four years after
its victory in the Harare airport tender caused an outcry in Zimbabwe. But
he was less keen to elaborate on the nature of his involvement with the
company.

Speaking on a mobile phone in his native Ghana, Kojo Annan denied having a
shareholding in Air Harbour, or drawing a salary. He added: "I have
director's fees. I mean, any director of any company gets fees."

But when asked how much he is paid, he said: "Do you really think I'm going
to answer that? I told you I have no further comment. I'm not going to
answer that."

The youngest of Kofi Annan's three children and the son from his first
marriage, Kojo is based in Accra, Ghana, and in Lagos, Nigeria, his mother's
home country. He is a partner in a Lagos firm of consultants called Sutton
Investments, which is involved in development projects. The 26-year-old's
business activities raised eyebrows last year when it emerged that a client
had won the Pounds6 million contract to monitor the UN's "oil-for-food"
programme in Iraq.

Geoffrey Lipman, Air Harbour's chief executive, said: "As a board member,
Kojo passes comment on all of our activities." He stressed that the company
had no relationship with Kofi Annan or the UN.


(SNIP)

[cyncooper]

Thank you...heard this on Fox.

No surprise, except a pleasant one that it is emerging into the open.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Kofi Annan's son works for Halliburton?

[BulletBobCo]

Say it ain't so!

[fortunecookie]

Oh, no, (mock shock and horror and said with a whine) if we don't hear it on ABCNNBCBS it can't, just CAN'T be true.

What a scumbag. And pointing the finger of blame at Bush. While people starve. Yep, he's are perfect for the UN and his son is a chip off the old block. I guess it's true what they say about a guilty conscience.

[Republican Red]

CUJO



or COJO

[Teacher317]

What a great morning! Kofi gets a black eye, the Dems are personally linked to those helping the terrorists in Iraq, and Championship Weekend gets into high gear (St. Joe's down 28!!)

[Ashamed Canadian]

Kofi Annan's son implicated in Oil for food.

Oh, I am sooooo loving it!!!

[miloklancy]

This is very interesting. This along with the fact that Kofi Anan has allowed countries like Syria and Libya on the Human Right's Commission at U.N., is all the more reason why the U.S. needs to call for Anan to resign. His tenure at the U.N. has marginalized the organization, culminating with the Iraq situation. In truth Anan has done far more the marginalize the U.N. than anyone else, including President Bush.

[P.O.E.]

So the anti-war was all about oil, eh?

[knak]

this is so great! Nail 'em all!!!

[mabelkitty]

What a shock!
Bastard.

[backhoe]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095260/posts
Kojo & Kofi: Unbelievable U.N. stories.
NRO ^ | 3/10/2003 | Claudia Rosett


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1095283/posts
The Oil-for-Food Scandal
Wall Street Journal Opinion ^ | March 11, 2004 | THERESE RAPHAEL


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/898147/posts
Master list FR posted articles on UN Food for Oil program
GailA ^ | 4/22/03 | Various

[FairOpinion]

Here are more facts about who benefited from Saddam's bribes in the "oil for food" scam.





The Saddam Oil Vouchers Affair
By: Dr. Nimrod Raphaeli
As Reported at www.Memri.org

http://www.worldthreats.com/middle_east/saddam_vouchers.htm
"On January 25, 2004, the Iraqi independent daily Al-Mada published a list of approximately 270 individuals and entities who were beneficiaries of Saddam Hussein's oil vouchers. [1] The report evoked reactions from many of those included in the list as well as from the Arab media, among them apologists for Saddam's regime. The fact that so many have opted for silence may give credence to the list's authenticity. "


It gives an incredible amount of detail with names and amounts -- it's very long, so I am not posting it, but suggest checking it out -- Saddam's tentacles reached around the world.


Here is just one example:

"France
1. ADDAX 8.3 million
2. Trafigura Patrick Maugein 25 million
3. Michel Grimard 17 million
4. Franco-Iraqi Friendship 15.1 million
5. Ayix 47.2 million
6. Charles Pasqua 12 million
7. Alias Al-Gharzali 14.6 million
8. IOTC (Claude Caspert) 4 million
9. Jean-Bernard Merimee 3 million
10. Jean-Bernard Merimee 8 million
11. de Souza 11 million "

[Destro]

Thanks a lot Bob Dole for imposing Koffi Annan on the world (Dole waged a campaign against Boutro-Ghalli a Coptic Christtian in favor of Muslim Nigerian Annan).

[rudypoot]

Kofi Annan's son implicated in Oil for food.

I wonder what else is in Saddam's little black book...

[Cap Huff]

From a week ago:

“Annan Summons U.K. Envoy Over Spying Allegations, Guardian Says”

“United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan summoned Britain's ambassador to the organization to a meeting today to discuss allegations the U.K. bugged Annan's office before the Iraq war, the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper reported, citing unidentified officials at the UN. “

“Clare Short, who quit her U.K. cabinet post because she objected to the U.S.-led war, last week said British intelligence spied on Annan to gain an edge in talks aimed at gaining a UN endorsement for the invasion. The U.K. is the closest ally of the U.S. in Iraq. “

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http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aIWIBFNxzcTU&refer=uk

[kitkat]

BUMP

[bjcintennessee]

ping

[Ann Archy]

I guess his daddy, Kofi, knows NOTHING about this..../sacasm