Posted on 06/30/2004 1:55:52 PM PDT by Brian Mosely
UNITED NATIONS — United Nations officials apparently knew of specific allegations that bribes were being paid in the oil-for-food program but there's no sign they did anything to change the program, documents obtained by FOX News show.
Nearly two years ago, U.N. official Benon Sevan (search) — the man who ran the oil-for-food program — received a copy of a letter from Lakia (search), a Russian-owned oil company, that was sent to Iraqi authorities.
The Oct. 2, 2002, letter was blunt and direct. It accused the State Oil Marketing Organization (search) of "lying to us."
"It is necessary for us to ask the immediate reimbursement of the sum of $60,000 which was sent to you from us on your request for a so-called necessary advance payment," said the letter, written by Gazi Luguev, Lakia's president.
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I guess $60,000 can buy a lot of hookers and beer for Sevan and Koffi.
Also see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1163264/posts which is linked to the Fox News page that has various links to documents mentioned here.
Its kunny that democrats still don't even want to aknowledge the oil for food scandal. It tells me that Kerrys promise to hand our security over to the UN is the only basic of his campaign they believe in.
Remove that and we have a Bush Nader race.
The UN Oil For Food Scam makes Enron look like pennies.
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