JokingClown
10th September 2005, 03:49
The largest oil consignment smuggled out of Iraq took place with US approval just weeks before the April 2003 invasion, according to a United Nations report.
The Independent Inquiry Committee has spent the past year examining the now defunct UN oil-for-food program.
The report blamed UN officials and the Security Council for mismanagement that allowed former leader Saddam Hussein to divert more than $10 billion from kickbacks and smuggling.
But it also faulted the United States and other Security Council members for ignoring violations of UN sanctions.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16532126-38201,00.htm
if youll notice, that more-than-10 billion-dollars was SUPPOSED to be used to buy humanitarian goods.
which makes this story all the more believable.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...mesg_id=1765187 (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1765187&mesg_id=1765187)
The Independent Inquiry Committee has spent the past year examining the now defunct UN oil-for-food program.
The report blamed UN officials and the Security Council for mismanagement that allowed former leader Saddam Hussein to divert more than $10 billion from kickbacks and smuggling.
But it also faulted the United States and other Security Council members for ignoring violations of UN sanctions.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16532126-38201,00.htm
if youll notice, that more-than-10 billion-dollars was SUPPOSED to be used to buy humanitarian goods.
which makes this story all the more believable.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...mesg_id=1765187 (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1765187&mesg_id=1765187)