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  • Arms Report Targets Oil-For-Food Program (UN CRIME UPDATE)

    10/06/2004 3:26:34 PM PDT · by 11th_VA · 28 replies · 2,152+ views
    AP WIRE via kansas.com ^ | Wed, Oct. 06, 2004 | DESMOND BUTLER
    NEW YORK - The top U.S. arms inspector accused the former head of the $60 billion U.N. oil-for-food program of accepting bribes in the form of vouchers for Iraqi oil sales from Saddam Hussein's government while running the program, according to a report released Wednesday. The report by Charles Duelfer, head of the Iraq Survey Group, alleges the Iraqi government manipulated the U.N. program from 1996 to 2003 in order to acquire billions of dollars in illicit gains and to import illegal goods, including acquiring parts for missile systems. The alleged schemes included an Iraqi system for allocating lucrative oil...