U.N. BIG WILL TELL ALL ON OILY SCAM

New York Post ^ | 4/28/04 | Niles Lathem

[kattracks]

April 28, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - A former manager in the scandal-scarred oil for food program will tell Congress today how top U.N. officials running the program deliberately looked the other way, congressional officials said last night.

Frenchman Michael Soussan, a former program coordinator for the $100 billion fund, is expected to be the star witness of a House International Relations Committee hearing looking into Saddam's gigantic $10.1 billion rip-off.

[Thom Pain]

Imagine that! A $100 Billion giveaway and people slimeballs show up and dip their filthy hands claws in.

Get U.S. out of the UN, and get the UN out of the U.S.!!!

[demkicker]

Will have to go to work, but I'm counting on a thread on FR to report all the enlightening tidbits.

[hellinahandcart]

Thanks, I will try to catch it.

[KC Burke]

bump

[Stultis]

Just called C-SPAN and they do NOT have cameras scheduled for this event. FLOOD THE PHONES NOW!!! (202) 737-3220

[evad]

..star witness of a House International Relations Committee hearing looking into Saddam's gigantic $10.1 billion rip-off.

If we're going to have crooks running things let's get our own professional crooks into the fray, the US COngress. We'll call it USCO.

They could have milked it for trillions.

[Stultis]

C-Span NOT Covering Biggest News in Washington Today -- U.N. Oil For Food Bombshell ^
			Posted by Stultis On News/Activism ^ 04/28/2004 7:31:55 AM CDT with 3 comments Henry Hyde's Committee on International Relations has hearings today on the corruption in the Iraq Oil-For-Food program. A former program coordinator well testify that high officials at the U.N. knew about kickbacks and other corruption in the program and did nothing. C-Span is not carrying this hearing live, NOR HAVE THEY SCHEDULED CAMERAS TO BE PRESENT. The only hope to change this is to massively flood their phone lines immediately (politely) demanding they cover this. The hearing starts in less than 3 hours! CAll C-Span at (202) 737-3220

[kcvl]

bttt

[AMNZ]

"We're NOT covering it!" Hung up on me. Didn't even get to ask, why not.

We must be driving them nuts!!!!

[cake_crumb]

I would love it if it came out that J F'n K's or Soros' names are on that list of Saddam's paid agents.

[truth4]

Henry J. Hyde, Chairman is a U.N boy

[cake_crumb]

Yep, this is hugh. Won't miss it.

[adam_az]

"Just called C-SPAN and they do NOT have cameras scheduled for this event. FLOOD THE PHONES NOW!!! (202) 737-3220"

I just called - PLEASE everyone else call too!

The person who answers will say it's a programming decision - ask to leave a message, they will shunt you to a voicemail.

Leave the following information -

Alleged Abuses & Oil-for-Food Program
Hyde Schedules Wednesday Oversight Hearing on Issues
of Accountability and Transparency in U.N. Program

in the

Committee on International Relations
U.S. House of Representatives
Henry J. Hyde, Chairman
CONTACT: Sam Stratman, (202) 226-7875


an amused spectator - PLEASE send the above message to your Media Schadenfreude list!!! We NEED the c-span archive of this!

[adam_az]

Call back and ask to leave a message for the programming staff

[truth4]

Americans sour on U.N.
New poll finds 44% have unfavorable view of global agency

Posted: April 28, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern


WorldNetDaily.com

A new poll shows Americans' view of the United Nations in the last year has taken a significant nosedive.

Just 38 percent of likely voters have a favorable opinion of the U.N., while 44 percent have an unfavorable view, according to a poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports.

Feelings about the U.N. are considerably more negative from a year ago. Leading up to the Iraq war, 48 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of the body, with just 31 percent holding an unfavorable view.

Those describing themselves as liberal voters had the highest opinion of the U.N., with 60 percent giving the agency thumbs-up. Just 20 percent of conservatives had a positive view, while nearly two-thirds, 62 percent, frowned on the global body.

Two-thirds of those who say they'll vote for President Bush in November have a negative impression of the U.N., whereas 59 percent of Kerry supporters view it positively.

The telephone survey of 1,000 likely voters was conducted by Rasmussen Reports April 25-26. The margin of sampling error for the full sample is plus-or-minus 3 percentage points, with a 95 percent level of confidence.

[dfwgator]

I'm telling you if we ever have a second civil war in this country it is going to be over submission to the UN. Instead of "States' Rights" it's going to be "Nations' rights."

[dennisw]

Frenchman Michael Soussan, a former program coordinator for the $100 billion fund, is expected to be the star witness......

He better seek asylum in the USA.

[Lunatic Fringe]

Nothing to see here, we have bigger fish to fry... like ENRON!

Those are the real CROOKS! They gave to Bush!

[dennisw]

Credit to freeper doughty one

[hoosiermama]

Certainly makes a person wonder doesn't if there is a money trail back to the Clintons.