Report: Annan didn't know of son's ties to firm

CNN ^ | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | From Richard Roth and Phil Hirschkorn

[YoungBlackRepublican]

An independent committee investigating the now-defunct Iraqi oil-for-food program has found that U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan didn't influence the awarding of a $10 million annual contract to a Swiss company that employed his son.

[YoungBlackRepublican]

This is outrageous. Did anybody see his press conference? A reported asked him if it was in the best interest of the UN if he stepped down and Kofi responded " Hell no" ...please can we get rid of this guy.

I ALMOST WISH BUSH WOULD TELL THE UN...IT'S EITHER US (AMERICA) OR KOFI.....

[Mr. K]

Isn't this just the opposite of a what we now know from the 2nd interim report?

[Semper Paratus]

There's a time to talk and a time to "Dummy Up".

[Carry_Okie]

I think Annan should stay, as a shining example of the corruption inherent to gobble grubbamint.

[FeeinTennessee]

Pfffft! He knew alright!! Annan is a joke!

[YoungBlackRepublican]

"Isn't this just the opposite of a what we now know from the 2nd interim report?

that's what i thought....I think we need to turn up the pressure on our representatives to get the hell out of the UN. I think the time is ripe

[Minnesoootan]

Couple this "Hell no" with the statement a few weeks ago from a UN official about reconstruction of the UN "We are not in the mood",I think they are just asking for a trip to the woodshed.

[RushCrush]

I have a little cat who I have just renamed Kojo because he's always stealing bits and pieces of the other cat's food.

[cjohnson7771]

Of course he didn't know.... come on you guys... he's innocent of all of the allegations and has profitted nothing from all of this.... blah blah blah

[paleocon patriarch]

[YoungBlackRepublican]

ROFLMAO....I LOVE IT....I WISH HE WOULD TURN AROUND AS WELL...LOL

[ScaniaBoy]

Secretary-General Kofi Annan didn't influence the awarding of a $10 million annual contract to a Swiss company that employed his son.

The way I heard it reported was that there was no binding evidence that Annan had influenced....etc. And that the report was quite critical of Annan, even though it couldn't bind him directly to any crimes or misdemeanors.

SPIN ALERT!

[inkling]

Throws his own son under the bus. Thanks, Dad.

[hobson]

Annan is a joke!

That's exactly why he needs to stay. Annan has done a great job discrediting the UN.

Kofi, carry on.

[SpaceBar]

The United Nations is a criminal organisation that brokers deals between dictators and despots and skirts the law by claiming some nebulous humanitarian mission. The War on Terror is meaningless until they get the true facilitators, and the UN qualifies as just that.

[hushpad]

I ALMOST WISH BUSH WOULD TELL THE UN...IT'S EITHER US (AMERICA) OR KOFI.....

Yeah,right. Bush won't even choose United States citizens over illegal invaders from Mexico, much less call the UN in to account. Bush is missing two very important pieces of anatomy for this sort of thing, IMO.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Riiiiiiiight.

[odoso]

If this guy were white, he'd of been gone long ago... If this guy weren't black, he'd of been gone long ago...

Time for Kofi to go? You bet it is...

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

An independent committee...has found that U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan didn't influence the awarding of a $10 million annual contract to a Swiss company that employed his son.

To quote a great line by DeNiro in the great movie "Casino"...

If he knew about it, he's a thief and he's gone. If he didn't know about it, he's too stupid to work here and he's gone. I want him outta here!"