Posted on 11/06/2006 6:02:14 PM PST by Prime Choice
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -- Iraq, racked by violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, and impoverished Haiti, Myanmar and Guinea are ranked as the most corrupt countries in the world in a new survey.
Finland, Iceland and New Zealand are ranked as the least corrupt, with Denmark, Singapore and Sweden just behind.
Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) ranks 163 countries based on perceived levels of corruption among public officials and politicians in its 2006 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI).
Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, was ranked last, just below Iraq, Myanmar and Guinea, reflecting what TI said was a high correlation between violence, poverty and corruption.
"This survey suggests that corruption in Iraq is very bad," TI Chief Executive David Nussbaum told Reuters.
"When you have high levels of violence, not only does security break down, but so do checks and balances, law enforcement and the functioning of institutions like the judiciary and legislature. If all that is under strain the very system that works to prevent corruption is undermined."
Iraq has suffered rising sectarian violence and bloodshed since the invasion, heaping pressure on U.S. President George W. Bush ahead of congressional elections on Tuesday.
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Hardly fair to include Iraq at this stage of the game.
"Iraq, racked by violence since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, . . . "
Before our invasion, it was a sweet, cozy Kumbayah place, right? The sooner we mothball the MSM dinosaurs, the better for everyone.
It depends what you mean by "corrupt," as clinton might say.
A good argument could be made that Belgium is the most corrupt country, or for that matter, France, which has been playing footsie with terrorists not because it supports them ideologically, but purely for the money.
Iraq is torn by civil strife and Muslim terror, not particularly by corruption.
Who was polled, the French, Germans and Soviets?
Where were Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela and Syria on the list?
From CNN....That says it ALL(Not):
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CBS = Communists BULL Sh*t!
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Where's Zimbabwe?? Oh, please.
Belgium and Nederland vie for "most corrupt" with their system of disposing of their elderly like so much garbage.
Unfairness and lack of context doesn't stop CNN.
Oh...didn't you get the memo? According to the liberals, all of those nations are utopias that every nation on earth should emulate.
The UN is more corrupt than all of the corrupt countries put together!
I'd like to nominate Wisconsin.
Sorry, CNN, I don't believe you.
Well said.
LOL! Yes.. just states alone! NJ has to be first!
Saddam, his family, and his Baathist cohorts were not corrupt? What about using oil-for-food to bribe people? I guess bribing the French is not considered corruption, but business as usual.
Thank You.. It's just amazing how CNN finds these obscure groups surveys to report on.
Here's a list of TI donors.
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