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Kofi 'Annandersen' - Enron-style accounting at the U.N. Oil-for-Food Program
The Wall Stree Journal ^
| September 25, 2002
| Claudia Rosett
Posted on 09/25/2002 6:53:50 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:04:50 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The United Nations. The same U.N. whose secretary-general, Kofi Annan, stands as one of the chief ditherers over removing Saddam. Here are the ingredients of a conflict of interest.
Under the U.N.'s Office of the Iraq Program, which supervises the six-year-old Oil-for-Food Program, the U.N. has had a hand in the sale of more than $55 billion worth of Iraqi oil. Iraq ships oil out to U.N.-approved buyers under the terms of the sanctions agreement. The U.N. vets the inflow of "humanitarian" imports into Iraq.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: annan; food; hussein; iraq; kofi; oil; un
To: Stand Watch Listen
The conflict of interest involved in this UN program should be public knowledge. I have not heard of this before this article. We are joining UNESCO which has the same reputation of mispending funds and corruption. Why are we covering up UN corruption and fraud?
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posted on
09/25/2002 7:35:35 AM PDT
by
meenie
To: Stand Watch Listen
Who is Saddam Hussein's biggest business partner? The United Nations. BIG BUMP!!! (follow the money...)
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posted on
09/25/2002 7:53:02 AM PDT
by
mhking
To: Stand Watch Listen
France and Russia bump.
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posted on
09/25/2002 8:10:51 AM PDT
by
m1911
To: Stand Watch Listen
UN also has been giving welfare to Arab refugees for 50+ years while all Jews kicked out from Arab lands have long been settled in Israel and elsewhere.
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09/25/2002 8:14:26 AM PDT
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dennisw
To: monkeyshine; ipaq2000; Lent; veronica; Sabramerican; beowolf; Nachum; BenF; angelo; ...
ping
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posted on
09/25/2002 8:15:05 AM PDT
by
dennisw
To: Stand Watch Listen
The UN is corrupt. We need to get out and let it devour itself. One of the major problems of previous inspectors in Iraque was inspectors taking payoffs. Saddam always knew ahead of time where they were going. UN has been taking payoffs all along.
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09/25/2002 3:12:43 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: Stand Watch Listen
To: mhking
To: Stand Watch Listen
This is just sickening. Thanks you for posting it as I didn't know it was so corrupt.
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