AP: U.N. audits show oil-for-food bilking

Yahoo News ^ | 1/08/05 | DESMOND BUTLER, AP

[kcvl]

Security guard found shot at UN HQ


http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/02/content_286457.htm

[txhurl]

You rock - thanks.

[txhurl]

Gotta find the FR thread - turns out he shot himself.

[Mo1]

There had better not be a cover up of those billions of dollars that amounts to the biggest financial scandal of my lifetime.

If they do try .. it will blow up in their faces

This is way to big to cover up

[txhurl]

They're toast.. the UN is toast once we turn the tide of Islam nations, which is happening.

Which is why they're clamoring for relevancy.

[txhurl]

Being buried - why do you say that..?

[jws3sticks]

Hopefully, Paul Volker's efforts will lead to structures which will prevent the "Tsunami Reliefe Administration" from being just like the "Oil for Food" program.

[CeDex]

"the biggest financial scandal of my lifetime."

Then you can consider yourself lucky indeed, monitoring the UN's books from your living room. My entire family had shares in Enron.

[MEG33]

Bless your heart...You cannot see the difference?

..The pain and the loss is great of investors and employees of Enron..and people are being indicted and tried for their greed and misrepresentation of company financial health..

The UN officials will not be indicted or held responsible..most will still be ordering fine wine on our tab...The UN peacekeepers in Africa will still be hiring 13 year olds for sex, the UN "assessment teams" will be having 24hour service in their 5 star hotels in the disaster areas...and bribes and kickbacks will be tut tutted about .

The UNgrateful will let no good deed by the US go UNpunished.

[prairiebreeze]

Volcker is covering up in typical diplo-style. I hope he doesn't get away with it. Somehow I'm not holding my breath.

Prairie

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Yes,,, shocked, who would have known ? after all ? these guys are angles , they are Saints, there must be some kind of mistake here or miscommunication. I am shocked. ( SARCASEM ).

[Prophet in the wilderness]

Do you think C.B.S , N.B.C , A.B.C and all of the rest of MSM will run this 24/7 over and over again on the hour like they did ABU GRAPES prison scandal in IRAQ ? I DON"T THINK SO.
You are right, they are going to hide this story, and hope the sheeple does not get wind of it.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

I got this feeling, and wonder ? would the liberals have their hands in this scandal also ?

[MEG33]

PS: The only one who died from the Enron scandal was an official who shot himself that I am aware of...Buying stock is a risk and a choice.

There were thousands of children in Iraq who died from Saddam's diverting of "oil for food" funds for his own use(Palaces built, Mercedes for bribes), expired medicines bought, spoiled food bought, bribes paid.

[GOPJ]

bump

[OXENinFLA]

OFF PING...


Now when is our Congress going to get the records they requested?

[MEG33]

soon?/sarcasm

[Peach]

Gee, how many Enron officials raped their shareholders?

How many Enron officials starved and withheld medicine and caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis?

That was a completely inappropriate comparison.

[Bahbah]

"Now when is our Congress going to get the records they requested?"

Perhaps they could withhold all payments to the UN until Coleman gets everything he is asking for. Volcker will not be of any use.

[mewzilla]

...Internal audits conducted by the United Nations (news - web sites) of its oil-for-food program revealed lapses in U.N. oversight that allowed contractors to overcharge by hundreds of thousands of dollars...

Snort.