Posted on 08/16/2011 5:41:39 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB
GENEVA - The World Food Program says it has no plans to reduce aid to Somalia following allegations that international food shipments there are being diverted.
WFP spokeswoman Christiane Berthiaume says the agency is investigating alleged fraud but "there won't be any food reduction" after the Associated Press reported that food staples meant for starving Somalis are being stolen and sold in markets around the capital of Mogadishu.
Berthiaume told reporters in Geneva today that the WFP investigation so far has no evidence of a large-scale fraud scheme.
She said WFP brings 5,000 tons a month of food into Somalia, and it would be implausible if half were diverted because "that would be a lot, and that would need a huge logistical operation."
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Correct, and I would bet a lot of it is getting stolen and then sold back to us to supply the ragtags in Libya. Are shipped to Libya and they are claiming it was stolen.
One would have to surmise the war lords are on the UN payroll? /s
Of course not...why should they stop because of a little fraud? It’s not like it is their money they are wasting - it is ours. Get us out of the UN ASAFP!
Yeah keep throwing cash down that hole, its not like its your money.
Liberals - results don’t matter as long as you feel good about it. The road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions.
it would be implausible if half were diverted because “that would be a lot, and that would need a huge logistical operation.”
Yeah like stealing several large ships. LOL These guys never learn do they.
Status quo. Like they keep shoveling money into failing schools, failing ‘stimulus’...
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