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U.N.: Annan's Son Paid 4 Years More Than Believed on Iraqi Oil for Food Contract
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Posted on 11/26/2004 4:28:23 PM PST by Sub-Driver

U.N.: Annan's Son Paid 4 Years More Than Believed on Iraqi Oil for Food Contract By Gerald Nadler Associated Press Writer

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The son of Secretary-General Kofi Annan received payments from a firm with a U.N. Iraqi oil-for-food contract more than four years longer than the world body previously admitted, the U.N. spokesman said Friday. Spokesman Fred Eckhard said the panel investigating alleged corruption in the oil for food program has been told by Kojo Annan's lawyer about the payments.

"There is nothing illegal in this," Eckhard said of the payments from the Swiss firm Cotecna. However, it was an embarrassing moment for the United Nations to have to admit that its earlier information was wrong.

Eckhard said that Kojo Annan's attorney told him that the younger Annan "continued to receive monthly payments beyond the end of 1999, when we previously thought they had ceased, through February 2004."

Eckhard acknowledged that the United Nations previously said that Kojo had stopped receiving monthly payments at the end of 1999.

Eckhard explained that Kojo worked under an open-ended no-compete contract, meaning when an employee leaves a company, he can receive payments to assure he won't set up a competing company doing the same work as the employer.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kojoannan; oilforfood; un
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1 posted on 11/26/2004 4:28:25 PM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Kofi and his criminal son should be locked up right next to Saddam.


2 posted on 11/26/2004 4:31:57 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
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To: Sub-Driver; West Coast Conservative
Click here to order "US out of the UN" products

We must end US involvement in this corrupt organization of tyrants, socialists, and America-haters. Get the United Nations out of the US and get the US out of the United Nations!

3 posted on 11/26/2004 4:43:26 PM PST by SpyGuy (Liberalism is slow societal suicide.)
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To: lepton

bookmark bump


4 posted on 11/26/2004 4:54:22 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: Sub-Driver
However, it was an embarrassing moment for the United Nations to have to admit that its earlier information was wrong.

When has this hot steaming turd of an organization ever been right?

5 posted on 11/26/2004 4:56:18 PM PST by rickmichaels (God Bless America, Land That I Love)
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To: Sub-Driver

Is that like a Bud Beer distibutorship for your sons?


6 posted on 11/26/2004 4:58:00 PM PST by litehaus
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To: Sub-Driver

Placing bets...how long before anything is done about this scandal? Seems that every day there is a new revelation and yet nothing changes. How many people are being bought to keep supporting corruption and unethical procedures of the UN? Why has there been no statement from our Government (besides hearings)? Time to quit talking and start taking action.


7 posted on 11/26/2004 4:58:06 PM PST by Ginifer
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To: Sub-Driver

"There is nothing illegal in this,"

Why is America still dealing with this bunch of scheisters? let alone still giving safe haven to that group of international terrorists?


8 posted on 11/26/2004 5:01:10 PM PST by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: Ginifer
"Time to quit talking and start taking action."

Time for the World Court to exercise its "powers"....;-)

9 posted on 11/26/2004 5:03:51 PM PST by azhenfud ("He who is always looking up seldom finds others' lost change...")
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To: lepton

I'll see your BUMP and raise


10 posted on 11/26/2004 5:05:59 PM PST by Splatter
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To: Splatter

ALL what does that make Jr.'s cut-off date? Last spring or last week??


11 posted on 11/26/2004 5:07:49 PM PST by Splatter
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To: litehaus

No, its more like a robbery for your son.


12 posted on 11/26/2004 5:09:33 PM PST by Splatter
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Allegations of corruption in the program surfaced last January in the Iraqi newspaper Al-Mada and have intensified in recent months, calling into question the U.N.'s credibility and causing what Annan called "a very serious" crisis.

The paper listed about 270 former government officials, activists, journalists and U.N. officials from more than 46 countries suspected of profiting from oil sales.


13 posted on 11/26/2004 5:13:07 PM PST by Splatter
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Really? government officials, activists, journalists and U.N. officials What a suprise! I wonder how many Dems (besides Jim McDermott) got their cut?
14 posted on 11/26/2004 5:18:03 PM PST by Splatter
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To: Sub-Driver

I can't believe I paid money for this outfit.

UN out of US out of UN


15 posted on 11/26/2004 5:29:17 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Who the hell names their son "Kojo"? For some reason, I can't help but think of Cujo, the rabid dog from the Stephen King novel (of the same name).

If Kojo was an "ordinary" Joe, his fellow inmates would no doubt have a lot of fun with his name (and him as well). This is probably too much to hope for. Most likely, he will disappear under the radar for awhile. Maybe he'll stay with Aristide (wherever he is these days).

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16 posted on 11/26/2004 5:29:33 PM PST by rbg81
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To: Sub-Driver

When will the committee that investigates the scandal (Vocker's committee) issue their report?


17 posted on 11/26/2004 5:38:50 PM PST by paudio (Four More Years..... Let's Use Them Wisely...)
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To: SpyGuy

I agree and BUMP


18 posted on 11/26/2004 5:44:50 PM PST by Splatter
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To: Sub-Driver
MASTER LIST UN OIL/SEX FOR FOOD SCANDALS
19 posted on 11/26/2004 6:17:50 PM PST by GailA (Praise GOD and our Lord Jesus that GW won.)
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To: GailA

Thank you for compiling a Master List for the UN/Annan Oil Scandal
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20 posted on 11/26/2004 6:34:00 PM PST by AFPhys ((.Praying for President Bush, our troops, their families, and all my American neighbors..))
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