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  • Hussein Skimmed Billions from UN Food for Oil Program

    03/01/2004 1:47:39 PM PST · by bukkdems · 46 replies · 1,051+ views
    New York Times ^ | 2/29/2004 | Susan Sachs
    Follow the money. Saddam not only manipulated foreign supporters with profitable oil vouchers, he also skimmed off an average of 10% commision on every product delivered to Iraq through the Oil for Food Program. Much of the stuff was unuseable junk. UN inspectors winked.
  • UN says Iraqi oil stoppage hurts oil, food program

    04/08/2002 3:32:28 PM PDT · by MeekOneGOP · 6 replies · 194+ views
    Reuters ^ | April 8, 2002 | Reuters Staff
    UN says Iraqi oil stoppage hurts oil, food program   By Bernie Woodall UNITED NATIONS, April 8 (Reuters) - U.N. officials feared on Monday that Iraq's suspension of oil flows would curtail the humanitarian oil-for-food program, already suffering from a shortage of funds. "We have a funding shortfall and this will also further complicate the financial situation," said Hasmik Egian, spokeswoman the U.N. oil-for-food program. Iraq stopped oil deliveries last June and slowed them in December after a dispute over pricing. The program is aimed at easing the suffering of ordinary Iraqis, under U.N. sanctions since Baghdad invaded Kuwait in August 1990. Iraq can sell oil to...