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GAO says Saddam's regime illicitly earned $10.1 billion from oil program
Associated Press ^
| 3-18-04
| MARY DALRYMPLE
Posted on 03/18/2004 9:13:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:46:06 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional investigators said Thursday that Saddam Hussein's government reaped $10.1 billion in illegal revenues related to the United Nations' oil-for-food program -- much more than previous estimates.
The findings by the General Accounting Office come as the United Nations considers expanding its investigation of allegations of corruption in the program.
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The "coalition of the bribed and coerced" was the one we were fighting.
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posted on
03/18/2004 9:26:17 AM PST
by
Dilbert56
To: Dilbert56
How much was paid to Kofi Annans son??
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posted on
03/18/2004 10:29:27 AM PST
by
B4Ranch
(Don't be so close minded your brain refuses to think.)
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