ABC News - UN Officials Bribed by Saddam?

[LeftCoast]

Monumental Rip-Off?
Allegations of Widespread Corruption Involve Saddam Hussein, U.N. Senior Officials

By Brian Ross


April 20 — At least three senior United Nations officials are suspected of taking multimillion-dollar bribes from the Saddam Hussein regime, U.S. and European intelligence sources tell ABCNEWS.

One year after his fall, U.S. officials say they have evidence, some in cash, that Saddam diverted to his personal bank accounts approximately $5 billion from the United Nations Oil-for-Food program.

In what has been described as the largest humanitarian aid effort ever undertaken, the U.N. Oil-for-Food program began in 1996 to help Iraqis who were suffering under sanctions imposed following the first Gulf War.

The program allowed Iraq to sell limited amounts of oil, under supposedly tight U.N. supervision, to finance the purchase of much-needed humanitarian goods.

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[Borgnine]

1. Oh Jesus...

Here we go. No wonder the U.N. was against Operation Iraqi Freedom... they're a bunch of turrists themselves! :eyes:

[curlyred]

2. more Chalabi intelligence?

That's what I read: I will look for the link.

[ramapo]

3. That explains why the inspectors failed

They didn't find any WMD because they were bribed. Then the weapons were hidden in an undisclosed location, with more bribes to not disclose the secret location which goes undisclosed because it hasn't been found because Saddam bribed everybody who is looking.

[0rganism]

5. Saddam hid WMDs under huge piles of money!

The inspectors had to dig through millions of dollars just to reach the chemical weapons. No wonder they got sidetracked!

[Kadie]

6. Then he bribed bushie too

he can't find them either.

[MichaelHarris]

4. The far right will do anything

to discredit the UN. They should just STFU and go back to their Birch Society meetings and order a new copy of "The Turner Diaries" because they hilighted the old one so much the pages fell apart. Fuckin Idiots.

[tom_paine]

7. I don't believe it. The Pravda Whores are at work here

Not that the UN is morally pure or anything. I just believe ANYONE the Lying Sacks of Human Garbage that are the Imperial Amerikan Family and their Stooges accused of things.

One day, when they are ready to perform their (it will be different) "Final Solution" for liberals and freethinkers, it will be US who are the targets of Bushevik Fabrications and False Allegations.

[annak110]

11. Do try "fascist propaganda",

the "right" is fascist and have numbered the Soviets among their enemies for many years.

The U.N. is the only organization that matches the corporatists world wide reach and so the U.N. has always been dangerous to them.

[tom_paine]

14. Soviets and Nazis are the Left/Right analog of the same thing

Dicatorial Authoritarianism.

I grew up during the Cold War. I've read about the Nazis, but didn;t get to view their handiwork of lies firsthand. I DO know the Soviets in that way, and other than a piffling dispute about economic policies, they are so very much like the Busheviksand their Righty Counterparts, the Nazis.

In other words, I am going to decline your reqwuest to alter my rhetoric. Trust me, I do PLENTY of comapring the Busheviks to the Nazis, because that is also appropriate.

[demdave]

8. Russia, France and George Galloway, the Labour backbencher

What did they all have in common????? Oh, that's right, they were all against the war. I wonder why?


Russia
The Companies of the Russian Communist Party: 137 million
The Companies of the Liberal Democratic Party: 79.8 million
The Russian Committee for Solidarity with Iraq: 6.5 million and 12.5 million (two separate contracts)
Head of the Russian Presidential Cabinet: 90 million
The Russian Orthodox Church: 5 million


France
Charles Pasqua, former minister of interior: 12 million
Trafigura (Patrick Maugein), businessman: 25 million
Ibex: 47.2 million
Bernard Merimee, former French ambassador to the United Nations: 3 million
Michel Grimard, founder of the French-Iraqi Export Club: 17.1 million


United Kingdom
George Galloway, member of Parliament: 19 million
Mujaheddin Khalq: 36.5 million

[Heyo]

9. Those figures are in barrels of oil, right?

I read the article early this morning.... apprently they've found some letters, records, etc..

Saddam's regime were meticulous(sp?) record keepers...

Who knows...

I am never surprised when somebody is on the take.

Heyo

[makhno]

12. Don't worry

That was yesterday. Today:

United States
The Companies of the Republican Party: 87 billion

As an aside, that "companies of the CPRF/LDPR" does undermine the credibility of the whole thing, however. These two parties have two commercial backers in Russia - jack and shit.

[0007]

10. Yawn, this is to be expected. Who are these U.S officals?

Of course we know the anwer to that question.

This is a good sign that the someone have their tit caught in a ringer.

[rustydog]

13. How many MILLIONS did Poland receive from Bush

to become a "coalition of the Willing" member?
Is that not a bribe...?

[Moderator]

15. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=498660