[Mike Fieschko]

John Batchelor [ http://www.wabcradio.com/showdj.asp?DJID=9178 ] had Claudia Rosett on tonight. She's on frequently, and at the end of the program segment, this article was mentioned.

[Ben Hecks]

Bump for later.

[PA Engineer]

BFLR.

[backhoe]

This is not going away- the petty dictator-enablers kept far too meticulous records of their corruption, and even the oh!-so-dense public understands that theft from the starving is wrong:

-"No Blood for Oil"- Kojo & Kofi: Unbelievable U.N. stories--

[Bilbo Baggins]

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two firms doing business with Saddam through Oil-for-Food were linked to financier Ahmed Idris Nasreddin, now on the UN’s own watchlist of individuals "belonging to or associated with" al Qaeda.

In fact, against the resistance of Russia, France, China, and the UN Secretariat, the U.S. and Britain had been trying to put a halt to the kickbacks through an elaborate system to enforce fairer pricing—but with only limited success.

Explains a lot about their (Russia and France) actions. No doubt Germany was in the mix too, although it isn't mentioned in the article.

This is almost total corruption and the Iraqi people are the ones that got harmed. The UN and Old Europe wanted to keep the status quo. They all seem to like dictators and hate freedom.

[cyncooper]

Long, but bookmarking as the hearings are set to get underway.

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