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Report: Annan didn't know of son's ties to firm
CNN ^ | Tuesday, March 29, 2005 | From Richard Roth and Phil Hirschkorn

Posted on 03/29/2005 12:16:36 PM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: anan; kofi; oilforfood; turass; un
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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.....

1 posted on 03/29/2005 12:16:39 PM PST by YoungBlackRepublican
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Isn't this just the opposite of a what we now know from the 2nd interim report?


3 posted on 03/29/2005 12:17:58 PM PST by Mr. K (mwk_14059 on yahoo IM)
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To: YoungBlackRepublican

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


4 posted on 03/29/2005 12:18:07 PM PST by Semper Paratus (:)
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I think Annan should stay, as a shining example of the corruption inherent to gobble grubbamint.
5 posted on 03/29/2005 12:19:00 PM PST by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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To: YoungBlackRepublican

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


6 posted on 03/29/2005 12:19:14 PM PST by FeeinTennessee (This black chick supports Bush!)
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"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


7 posted on 03/29/2005 12:19:52 PM PST by YoungBlackRepublican (90 percent of African Americans Vote Democrat...that's not independent thinking...it's sheep like)
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To: YoungBlackRepublican

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.


8 posted on 03/29/2005 12:20:22 PM PST by Minnesoootan
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To: YoungBlackRepublican

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.


9 posted on 03/29/2005 12:20:40 PM PST by RushCrush (The FReeper formerly known as Alias."If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen" RWR)
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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


10 posted on 03/29/2005 12:20:55 PM PST by cjohnson7771 (Day of Accountability)
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11 posted on 03/29/2005 12:21:02 PM PST by paleocon patriarch ("Never attribute to a conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence.")
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ROFLMAO....I LOVE IT....I WISH HE WOULD TURN AROUND AS WELL...LOL


12 posted on 03/29/2005 12:23:13 PM PST by YoungBlackRepublican (90 percent of African Americans Vote Democrat...that's not independent thinking...it's sheep like)
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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!

13 posted on 03/29/2005 12:23:16 PM PST by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: YoungBlackRepublican

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


14 posted on 03/29/2005 12:23:48 PM PST by inkling
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Annan is a joke!

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

Kofi, carry on.

15 posted on 03/29/2005 12:24:23 PM PST by hobson
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To: YoungBlackRepublican

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.


16 posted on 03/29/2005 12:24:40 PM PST by SpaceBar
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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.
17 posted on 03/29/2005 12:24:42 PM PST by hushpad (There can be no Social Security without Homeland Security.)
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To: YoungBlackRepublican

Riiiiiiiight.


18 posted on 03/29/2005 12:24:58 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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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...


19 posted on 03/29/2005 12:26:40 PM PST by odoso (Millions for charity, but not one penny for tribute!)
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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!"

20 posted on 03/29/2005 12:27:51 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Information is power and power is nothing without control.)
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