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Annan: US, UK Also Bear Blame in Oil, Food Scandal
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Posted on 04/14/2005 12:52:42 PM PDT by Dominick
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday the United States and Britain bore part of the blame in the Iraq oil-for-food debacle by allowing unsupervised oil exports that Saddam Hussein exploited.
Annan, addressing a seminar on the United Nations and the media, said most of the money Saddam earned was by oil sold to Jordan and Turkey outside of the $67 billion U.N. program.
Only countries like the United States and Britain had interdiction forces that could have stopped it. But he said they "decided to close their eyes to Turkey and Jordan because they are allies."
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: annan; blame; deflection; oilforfood; un; uncorruption
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To: cyncooper; prairiebreeze; Mo1
When we try to supervise and get involved we're criticized.
When we don't supervised, we get criticized. Can't win for losing.
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posted on
04/14/2005 1:22:58 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever killed or captured.)
To: Dominick
To: Peach
It's our fault that the UN, Anna Koffee and Saddam were in bed with each other???
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
That is such a Clinton response
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posted on
04/14/2005 1:36:24 PM PDT
by
Mo1
("Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it" ~ Pope John Paul II)
To: Dominick
Nice to see there isn't a single "authority figure" on the planet who accepts responsibility for anything.
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posted on
04/14/2005 1:38:54 PM PDT
by
Darkwolf
(Yankee Agnostic Free-Speech Advocate)
To: Dominick; All
Click this picture & go to the "last" for the latest UN scandals:
If you aren't informed about this stuff, you will be made sick. If you are informed, you will be made mad, all over again.
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posted on
04/14/2005 1:41:01 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: Dominick
To: Peach
Or we could ignore the lot of the idiots and do what we think is right.
Naw too simple never would happen. Its not nuanced enough.
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posted on
04/14/2005 1:42:27 PM PDT
by
An Old Marine
(Freedom isn't Free)
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posted on
04/14/2005 1:43:52 PM PDT
by
oolatec
To: Dominick; All
Check out this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1383820/posts
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posted on
04/14/2005 1:44:12 PM PDT
by
Rummyfan
To: KevinDavis
That's a great graphic for this occasion!
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posted on
04/14/2005 2:24:18 PM PDT
by
Terriergal
(What is the meaning of life?? Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever.)
To: Dominick
Anyone else getting that little gingerbread man graphic on the mortgage ad to the right of the story? Just WHAT is that gingerbread man DOING in there????
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posted on
04/14/2005 2:25:48 PM PDT
by
Terriergal
(What is the meaning of life?? Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever.)
To: Dominick
Only countries like the United States and Britain had interdiction forces that could have stopped it. And then when it's stuff like taking over the country and deposing renegade terrorist leaders and then maintaining order, UN troops can do it. BWAAAHAHAHA!
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posted on
04/14/2005 2:28:03 PM PDT
by
Terriergal
(What is the meaning of life?? Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever.)
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To: Dominick
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posted on
04/14/2005 2:38:42 PM PDT
by
AmishDude
(Join the AmishDude fan club: "You are a wise man." -- Torie; "You rock!" -- TonyRo76)
To: Dominick
"decided to close their eyes to Turkey and Jordan because they are allies." Hey, we are not the world police. I thought we were paying into the UN to do that.
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posted on
04/14/2005 2:54:11 PM PDT
by
Logical me
(Oh, well!!!)
To: KevinDavis
The longer Kofi or the U.N. is treated with "respect", the longer the U.S. is acting the self destructive fool..
We should report what we have learned about ALL the U.N corruptions, demand the resignations of EVERYONE involved, demand an IMMEDIATE restructure - including the removal of France from the Security Council ----- or WITHDRAW..
Then - the U.N. should be invited to relocate to a location they can afford without out contribution..
Semper Fi
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posted on
04/14/2005 3:18:44 PM PDT
by
river rat
(You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: DB
"Summary: It's your fault because you didn't stop us..."
Geez... Kofi sounds awfully like a bank robber...
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posted on
04/14/2005 3:35:53 PM PDT
by
Toidylop
To: Dominick
HUH? Koffi is delusional.
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posted on
04/14/2005 3:38:49 PM PDT
by
Libertina
(Get the UN OUT of the US. Let them eat cake in Uganda.)
To: Rummyfan
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posted on
04/14/2005 3:41:17 PM PDT
by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
To: Dominick
No blaming Germany, France, and Russia for under the table illegal deals with Saddam? How come? What do France, Germany, and Russia have on Kofi?
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posted on
04/14/2005 3:42:40 PM PDT
by
hershey
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