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Charge Of Bribing Russia, France With Oil Silly: Annan
indolink.com ^ | Oct. 17, 2004 | NNN

Posted on 10/17/2004 10:49:07 PM PDT by Destro

Charge Of Bribing Russia, France With Oil Silly: Annan

New York, Oct. 17 (NNN): United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has dismissed allegations that France and Russia might have been willing to ease sanctions on Iraq in return for oil.

Kofi Annan told the Jonathan Dimbleby programme on British TV channel ITV1 the claims were "inconceivable". "These are very serious and important governments. You are not dealing with banana republics," he added.

The allegations were made earlier this month in a report by the US-led Iraqi Survey Group.

Chief US weapons inspector Charles Duelfer said he had found evidence in documents that Iraqi intelligence under Saddam Hussein had tried to bribe foreign nationals from a number of countries to obtain the lifting of sanctions. Particular attention was allegedly given to French and Russian nationals due to the fact that the two countries hold permanent seats on the UN Security Council.

But Annan firmly dismissed the claims: "I don't think the Russian or the French or the Chinese government would allow itself to be bought because some of their companies are getting contracts from the Iraqi authorities," he said, adding, "I don't believe it at all.”

In the same interview, being broadcast on Sunday, the UN secretary general also said the US-led war on Iraq had not made the world a safer place. "I cannot say the world is safer when you consider the violence around us, when you look around you and you see the terrorist attacks around the world, and you see what is going on in Iraq, " he said. "We have a lot of work to do as an international community to try and make the world safer."


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: corruptkofi; corruptun; foodforoil; france; idiot; nowarforoil; off; oilforfood; oilforpalaces; un
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I miss Boutros Boutros Ghalli.
1 posted on 10/17/2004 10:49:07 PM PDT by Destro
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To: Destro

And that's saying something!


2 posted on 10/17/2004 10:52:31 PM PDT by endthematrix (Bad news is good news for the Kerry campaign!)
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To: Destro

F*CK Kofi!


3 posted on 10/17/2004 10:52:48 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (These Commies are ruining our country...........WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE)
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Keep whistling past the graveyard, Kofi. But that bony hand will land on your shoulder. Sooner than you think, too.
4 posted on 10/17/2004 10:53:04 PM PDT by thegreatbeast (Quid lucrum istic mihi est?)
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Kofi Annan: The claims were "inconceivable"!

Reminds me of a line from the Princess Bride

5 posted on 10/17/2004 10:55:59 PM PDT by TeleStraightShooter (Kerry plans to graft post-Vietnam policy on Iraq: Kill Allawi and let the Syrian Baathists take over)
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"You are not dealing with banana republics," he added...

Nice talk for a fellow from Ghana. This was the place, recall, where the very unlamented Kwame Nkrumah was deposed by a military coup, which was followed by another, and then another, and then a fellow named Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings held his own, executed half of the government, allowed an election, and shortly thereafter held another coup...

6 posted on 10/17/2004 10:57:03 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Put the blame on Bob Dole who helped Clinton install this guy.


7 posted on 10/17/2004 10:57:56 PM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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Where did they dig this dimwit up !! Time to throw them all the F*ck out of our country and cut off all of their aid. Sit back and watch them cut each other's throat and stab each other in the back (France -- World Leader, what a joke!)They can take the Dims with them too.


8 posted on 10/17/2004 10:59:21 PM PDT by 26lemoncharlie (Defending the USA)
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To: Destro

Ugh. Don't remind me...


9 posted on 10/17/2004 11:00:12 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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We have a lot of work to do as an international community to try and make the world safer."

Fine, you work on making the world safer, we'll work on making the USA safer.

10 posted on 10/17/2004 11:02:50 PM PDT by JPJones ("We'll cross all our tee's and dot all our.....lower case j's")
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Kofi Annan would say "This is un-important to the greater agenda. Now lets talk about this illegal war in Irag."

This guy is a joke and so is the UN.


11 posted on 10/17/2004 11:04:54 PM PDT by saigon
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There's going to be hell to pay at the UN when Bush wins his next term.


12 posted on 10/17/2004 11:07:59 PM PDT by Search4Truth (When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
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To: Destro

And what has Kofi Annan or the UN done lately to make the world safer? Nothing? Kofi's muslim, figures.


13 posted on 10/17/2004 11:09:51 PM PDT by Imperialist
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To: 26lemoncharlie

Clinton and Dole fired Boutro Boutros and installed Annan.


14 posted on 10/17/2004 11:09:55 PM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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Kofi Annan told the Jonathan Dimbleby programme on British TV channel ITV1 the claims were "inconceivable". "These are very serious and important governments. You are not dealing with banana republics," he added.

I laughed out loud when I heard him say this. He offers not ONE item that disproves the charges, just a "My goodness, how could this be" attitude.

Kofi....It IS what it is! Europe is corrupt...had been so for a very long time. If Charac was not president he likely would be in jail from corruption charges from when he was Mayor of Paris. Only problem is that Europe has a get out of jail free card by providing their elected "officials" with immunity from prosecution while in office.

You stupid IDIOT -- you come from a world where corruption is the norm. That's why you can't -- or won't -- own up to it when it's laid out before you.
15 posted on 10/17/2004 11:10:29 PM PDT by Jackson Brown
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To: Destro

Kofi, old pal. This is what we call the "First Rule of Holes." If you find yourself in a deep one, it's best to stop digging.


16 posted on 10/17/2004 11:11:16 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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Hopefully Goofy and his son Kojo will soon be No Mo. Make them pay their NYC parking tickets, and get the hell back to their own little banana republic.


17 posted on 10/17/2004 11:11:25 PM PDT by TaxachusettsMan (Mainstream Media Incest: Why walk across the street when you can walk across the studio?)
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Kofi Annan told the Jonathan Dimbleby programme on British TV channel ITV1 the claims were "inconceivable".

By answering the question, Kofi, you conceived it.

"These are very serious and important governments. You are not dealing with banana republics," he added.

True, they're worse: They're banana social democracies.

18 posted on 10/17/2004 11:13:37 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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So America could take the wild step of starting a war just for oil, but France and Russia would not resist such a war in order to get oil for themselves? Which is more difficult, starting/fighting a war/occupation/rebuilding of a nation or making a few political protests?
19 posted on 10/17/2004 11:13:52 PM PDT by xm177e2 (Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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It is funny when you hear Pres. Bush talk about the UN in his rallies, you hear Booosss. He might not be able to rip the Un but he does not have to.


20 posted on 10/17/2004 11:16:16 PM PDT by Brimack34
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