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Posted on 12/26/2005 10:16:53 AM PST by george76
After advising his yet-unnamed successor to grow "thick skin," Secretary-General Annan yesterday appeared to have thinned his own, lashing out at reporters who asked about United Nations and Annan family scandals.
Mr. Annan refused to allow a London Times correspondent, James Bone, to ask a question, accusing him of being "an embarrassment" to his profession.
The eruption...reflected frustrations...poor supervision of the oil-for-food program...failed to move on such world events as the Darfur genocide...
none of the U.N. reform ideas championed by Mr. Annan were implemented beyond window-dressing.
Mr. Annan's...remark that the Iraq war was illegal.
The comment did not sit well with Iraqi officials.
"If the United States and its allies had not removed Saddam Hussein, he would still be torturing us" rather than standing accused on trial, Iraq's deputy U.N. ambassador, Feisal Amin al-Istrabadi...
When asked by The New York Sun about the perception among U.N. staffers that there is double standard in firing two high officials while refusing to even address other, more serious, accusations against other officials, Mr. Annan said parts of the question were "libelous."
Speaking specifically about one man, former chief of staff Iqbal Riza, who has shredded reams of documents related to oil for food, Mr. Annan denied that his situation was comparable to that of President Nixon's last days in office.
CNN's Richard Roth asked a recurring question about the whereabouts of a Mercedes-Benz that was bought in Mr. Annan's name by the secretary general's son, Kojo.
The son's childhood friend, Michael Wilson, who is an executive at the Swiss-based Cotecna company, which employed the two, and the secretary-general himself contributed to the car's purchase, and Mr. Annan has been unable to say where the car is now.
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I hate Goofi Anus
This fool is a laughing stock thats not funny
Bill Clinton
Jacques Chirac
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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.
The UN will probably replace one incompetent leader with another just as bad or worse.
Its like election day in Washington DC.or Atlanta Ga.
ROTF.....I wonder how many millions he and his son have actually stolen? : )
Yet, it's only after he slaps down a reporter, do we finally start really hearing about the boondoggle and ineptness known as the U.N.
I hate reporters.(the majority of them)
On a side note, how much MONEY did you and your son make from the Oil for Food program? Huh, Kofi? How much, Richard Cranium?
5.56mm
No,John Gotti Jr.
Well, maybe if Hillary gets elected president.
"Well, maybe if Hillary gets elected president"
Too True !!!
translation:...don't get caught
Doogle
I have a feeling the only real qualification required is ability to cover up scandals and block investigations. I'll bet Bolton is a real thorn in the side over there. At least, I hope he is.
Reporters are like lawyers. There are a few good ones out there, constantly swimming against the stream in pursuit of the truth. They are extraordinarily good men who get tarred with the brush the rest of them deserve.
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