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  • UN knew of Saddam's oil-for-food thefts: BBC

    11/21/2004 9:44:46 PM PST · by Aussie Dasher · 29 replies · 1,654+ views
    The Age ^ | 22 November 2004 | Aussie Dasher
    The United Nations knew that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was stealing from the oil-for-food program - and, by extension, starving his own people - but did little to stop it, according to a special report by the BBC at the weekend. After a six-month investigation, the BBC said it had evidence that Saddam took billions from the oil-for-food program, and that "these abuses were widely known about at the time". The BBC said there was evidence that Saddam demanded a kickback from companies that wanted to do business with Iraq under the oil-for-food program. Since the US-led invasion of Iraq...