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Oil for Scandal
Wall Street Journal ^
| March 18, 2004
| Editorial
Posted on 03/18/2004 5:19:19 AM PST by OESY
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:51:18 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The $100 billion Iraqi Oil for Food program was by far the largest relief operation in the history of the United Nations. By extension, it's rapidly becoming the U.N.'s largest-ever scandal.
After months of stonewalling, Secretary General Kofi Annan conceded Tuesday that the program was worthy of an internal investigation. It's a step forward, but it's not nearly enough for an organization that so far has shown it can't be trusted to police itself. That's why the April hearings by Henry Hyde's House Committee on International Relations will be so important. Oil for Food is a legitimate U.S. concern, for reasons that go well beyond the fact that U.S. taxpayers foot about a quarter of the U.N.'s bills.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afterbash; annan; axisofweasels; bush; france; hagel; helms; iraq; iraqioil; kerry; lugar; oilforfood; oiol; russia; saddam; sevan; soussan; un
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To: OESY
"Ms. Raphael also reported that the company in charge of inspecting goods destined for Iraq under the program was Cotecna,
which employed Mr. Annan's son Kojo. Let us not overlook this little factoid.
To: OESY
Afirmative action in action.
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posted on
03/18/2004 6:47:44 AM PST
by
BIGZ
To: OESY
:) Did we ever expect otherwise? Bush knew that these guys were crooks and the Iraq war helped to expose the sick-disgusting- illegal UN activities. I think the World Court should put these guys in jail.
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posted on
03/18/2004 6:50:18 AM PST
by
Porterville
(Did I spell something wrong? Does that make you mad? Poor baby.)
To: The G Man
What a great idea!
To: kcvl
What is most ridiculous in this whole deal is the statements by the UN officials to the effect "this is the first time we've heard the oil-for-food was corrupt". FReepers were bantering this back and forth for months during the past two to three years, with posted articles from many different news sources.
But they're surprised? ... LOL ... Riiiight...
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03/18/2004 10:47:24 AM PST
by
AFPhys
(My Passion review: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1089021/posts?page=13#13)
To: Porterville
I think the World Court should put these guys in jail. LOL! The Sun will rise in the west before that happens.
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