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Head of Oil-for-Food Resigns
Agence France-Presse via News.com.au ^
| August 8, 2005
| staff
Posted on 08/07/2005 4:49:58 PM PDT by gpapa
BENON Sevan, the former head of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq, has resigned from the world body and criticised UN chief Kofi Annan for "sacrificing" him as he faced an inquiry into his role in the scandal-plagued aid scheme, his lawyer said Sunday.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: oilforfood; resignation; scandal; sevan; un
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posted on
08/07/2005 4:49:59 PM PDT
by
gpapa
To: gpapa
Crooks trying to rat each other out.
To: gpapa
What a pity. Is there no honor among thieves?
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posted on
08/07/2005 4:51:19 PM PDT
by
WorkingClassFilth
(NEW and IMPROVED: Now with 100% more Tyrannical Tendencies and Dictator Envy!)
To: gpapa
He's resigning already? Why didn't they boot his bum out of there before this?
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posted on
08/07/2005 4:52:59 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
To: gpapa
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posted on
08/07/2005 4:54:37 PM PDT
by
dennisw
( G_d - ---> Against Amelek for all generations)
To: gpapa
"What a tangled web we weave"...
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posted on
08/07/2005 4:54:51 PM PDT
by
AliVeritas
(Ignorance is a condition. Stupidity is a strategy.)
To: gpapa
I thought this thread was about Kofi.
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posted on
08/07/2005 4:55:41 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
To: gpapa
"Go on take the money and run......"
8
posted on
08/07/2005 4:57:10 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
("When you have to shoot, shoot, don't talk!")
To: Paleo Conservative
It may get to him yet! Bet he will be out in a few months. Or Bolton will drive him out! LOL
To: gpapa
How do we know that Joe Wilson wasn't in for part of the deal?
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posted on
08/07/2005 4:57:59 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Don't Tread on Me; Live Free or Die)
To: gpapa; Grampa Dave
Well, the mother of all scandals is really starting to unravel, now!!!
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posted on
08/07/2005 4:58:19 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(Iraq! Our exit strategy is... VICTORY!!!)
To: gpapa
I am sure this will be an above the fold front page headline in the N.Y. Times
To: gpapa
Ah, geez. I just hate it when crooks resign before the going gets REALLY rough!
To: DoughtyOne
He pulling $ 1.00/year in exchange for his massive legal fees and bloated pension (probably over $120,000.00/year) and is safely in his Cyprus bunker.
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posted on
08/07/2005 5:00:13 PM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: ncountylee
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posted on
08/07/2005 5:05:06 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
To: gpapa
Dam, he's spoiling the fun.
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posted on
08/07/2005 5:11:11 PM PDT
by
Fudd Fan
(fiat voluntas Tua)
To: gpapa
This is a joke, right?
He is just
"resigning" now?
How many years has this scandal been around?
All common trash - every one.
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posted on
08/07/2005 5:14:57 PM PDT
by
bill1952
("All that we do is done with an eye towards something else.")
To: gpapa
Onesy-twosy resignations are all that happens with this. No high-level hearings, no prosecutions, no punishments. The doorman resigned, whoopty-do.
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posted on
08/07/2005 5:17:36 PM PDT
by
Excuse_My_Bellicosity
("A litany of complaints is not a plan." -- G.W. Bush, regarding Sen. Kerry's lack of vision)
To: gpapa
HA ha...
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posted on
08/07/2005 5:51:33 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: gpapa
Great! He's no longer covered by any form of immunity.
20
posted on
08/07/2005 6:00:05 PM PDT
by
McGavin999
("You must call evil by it's name" GW Bush ......... It's name is Terror)
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