"It is also alleged that Saddam paid foreign journalists and sympathetic foreign officials, as a way of getting them to campaign to get the sanctions lifted."
Pft- a waste of money, with all of the ones around who would do it for free.
Aw C'mon guys! That's classic BBC "mock horror"!
They want you to key in on the UN "knew" ...as if they are naughty innocent bystanders to this mega-scandal.
This may help explain why the scandal has been almost totally suppressed by the UN.
You mystery buffs are already on to the old "Guilty Dog barks first" style employed by our BBC friends.