Posted on 10/07/2004 4:56:04 AM PDT by mrplind
Moscow (CNSNews.com) - Russia has pledged to cooperate with investigations into allegations of Iraq-related corruption following the release of a U.S. weapons inspectors' report charging that Saddam Hussein tried to bribe Russian and French officials and firms to win support for Iraq in the U.N. Security Council.
"Russia is interested in impartial investigation of violations within the framework of the U.N. oil-for-food program," foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko told journalists in Moscow Thursday.
"We'd like to have clear information on this issue," he said.
The allegations, contained in the Iraq Survey Group (ISG) report on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, come at a time hen Moscow already is feeling U.S. pressure over Iraq.
A recent U.S. congressional report accused Russia, France and China of blocking U.S. and British efforts to "maintain the integrity" of the U.N.'s oil-for-food program.
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Sounds a lot like the reply that CBS gave all of us after it was uncovered they did something bad, too.
3 words "COFFEE CUP ANNAN".
It would only be an attempt if they NEVER took any of the oil vouchers! Which the list indicates they did take the voucners, and they supported Saddam, so it looks like they were bribed.
Didn't Putin fire his entire cabinet back in February?
I think he has covered his butt with plausable deniability even if he was personally involved.
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