Posted on 12/29/2005 6:15:30 PM PST by george76
THE UN Secretary-General has used his end-of-year press conference to lash out at the media in general, and The Times in particular, for their coverage of the Oil-for-Food scandal and his role in it.
Kofi Annan singled out James Bone, New York correspondent of The Times, after he questioned Mr Annan about a Mercedes jeep that his son, Kojo, imported into Ghana using his father’s diplomatic immunity to avoid taxes.
Kojo Annan worked for a Swiss firm, Cotecna, that won a lucrative UN contract to monitor those imports.
Mr Annan told reporters that they had focused unduly on himself and his son, and missed the big story — the thousands of companies and countries that paid kickbacks to Saddam’s Government.
(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...
It's just for show.
Kofi will never be prosecuted, and the Times will always carry the socialist banner.
That's right, Kofi. Draw more attention to yourself.
Yeah, how long do you think it will be before some Times editor publicly flagellates himself for putting too much spotlight on this?
Bone has a good article in the Wall Street Journal. Lays out the goods he has on Kofi & Son in using UN credentials to avoid $20,000 in tax and import fees on a new Mercedes for Jr.
That's why Kofi is after him
Idiot.
"The Mercedes Benz, described as a "sporty green" Jeep-type vehicle, is missing somewhere in Africa, and Mr. Annan, his son Kojo, and their army of spokesmen and lawyers, just don't seem to want to answer questions about:
"What happened to that car? Who owns it? Where is it parked?"
"The question that lingers for us is why such a simple question needs so much attention from lawyers or spokespersons anyway."
"The fact that brilliant advocates like Mr. Craig et al. were unable to craft a simple answer after so many weeks that the issue has been in the limelight, hurting Mr. Annan's image so badly, is bizarre. Either there is some deep dark secret that needs to be protected, or another factor is at work here."
"In October Mr. Annan has publicly told our Mr. Avni that his "world is so small," urging him to "move on" and stop asking oil for food questions."
New York Sun Staff Editorial
December 29, 2005
http://www.nysun.com/pf.php?id=25117
Not to be confused with the Jeep mercedes. Only an idiot reporter from the times could get away with such a childish misuse of the language.
I understand that a website started up bearing that name during the Clinton impeachment. And it's still up today. moveon.org, I believe it's called.
"Please stop misbehaving.”
LOL
I watched Annan's tirade against Bone on Fox News and I gotta say it was pure psychological projection:
Annan was calling Bone childish, and saying his questions were wrong and that he was a disgrace to other journalists. Bone's question was not only very relevant, but not childish at all. His question was actually good journalism. Annan is a piece of crap and if he honestly believed what he was saying he's nuts as well.
"U.N. Chief Bemoans 'Really Difficult' Year and Looks Toward '06"
"New York Times silent on Annan’s Mercedes anger outburst"
December 22, 2005, Thursday
By WARREN HOGE (NYT); Foreign Desk
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C13FA3F540C718EDDAB0994DD404482
The guy asked a good question. Where's the car?
Much like he respected Bush when badmouthing him?
Exactly...
" Who owns it? Where is it parked?"
Kojo was an Annan who was bought by a Swiss "donor"
So they'd win a nice contract.
So Kojo got a "job" with Cotecna as "consultant"
Annan thought the trail would ne'er be tracked.
Get back. I'll take no flack.
Get back to the Times, this Kofi said.
Get back. He pays no tax.
Since he's son of a diplomatic Head.
Back off Kojo. He's my boy.
Don't pry. And don't mess.
Or I just might banish this "free press"
Back off, and don't scoff
Don't be so rude to question me 'bout OFF.
And back off my Kojo.
We should get out of the United Nations and kick the United Nations, and its diapered diplomats, out of the U.S.
How much longer?
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