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  • Ban Ki-moon Sworn In As Secretary General of UN

    12/14/2006 9:01:32 AM PST · by sonsofliberty2000 · 52 replies · 4,007+ views
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    Ban Ki-moon Sworn In As Secretary General of UN
  • Powell Says U.S. Is Deeply Concerned About Saddam's Reported Diversion of U.N. Oil-for-Food Money

    03/20/2004 9:17:14 AM PST · by Brian Mosely · 11 replies · 413+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Mar 20, 2004 | Diana Elias
    KUWAIT CITY (AP) - America is looking into reports that Saddam Hussein diverted money from a U.N. aid program for Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Saturday during a stopover in Kuwait. U.S. congressional investigators have charged that Saddam's regime amassed $10 billion through oil smuggling, illegal surcharges and kickbacks from the U.N. oil-for-food program. An Iraqi newspaper has published a list of about 270 former Cabinet officials, legislators, political activists and journalists in about 46 countries suspected of profiting from the scam. "We are concerned, deeply concerned, that money that was supposed to be going to help the...