UN caves in on inquiry into its Iraq oil-for-food 'scandal'
The
UN caves in on inquiry into its Iraq oil-for-food 'scandal' , as originally reported
by Charles Laurence and
Inigo Gilmore
in the U.K. Telegraph on 14 March 04. The inquiry set up to investigate "
claims that UN officials were caught up in a reward system set up by Saddam, which apparently granted proceeds from the sale of million of barrels of oil to friendly politicians, officials and businessmen around the world."
According to wrote Claude Hankes-Drielsma, "It will not come as a surprise if the Oil-for-Food Programme turns out to have been one of the world's most disgraceful scams, and an example of inadequate control, responsibility and transparency, providing an opportune vehicle for Saddam Hussein to operate under the UN aegis to continue his reign of terror and oppression."
Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers
These are the Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers.
Probe to blow lid off massive U.N. Scandal
The pressure is building...More on the "oil for food scam. " Probe to blow lid off massive U.N. Scandal By Kenneth R. Timmerman WorldNetDaily -April 15, 2004
The Oil-for-Food Scam: What Did Kofi Annan Know, and When Did He Know It?
And even more on the "oil for food scam" and its deadly off shoot,"oil for terror" - The Oil-for-Food Scam: What Did Kofi Annan Know, and When Did He Know It? - from the May 2004 Issue of Commentary Magazine by Claudia Rosett. "... Oil-for-Food is not simply a saga of one UN program gone wrong. It is also the tale of a systematic failure on the part of what is grandly called the international community. " In this well written and easy to read, 11 page article, the history of the scheme is outlined. "It was a project in which Annan had a direct hand from the beginning. As Under-Secretary General, he had led the first UN team to negotiate with Saddam over the terms of the sales under Oil-for-Food."
By the same author,Claudia Rosett, in 18 April edition of National Review Online Oil-for-Terror? '... it is high time to focus on the likelihood that Saddam may have fiddled Oil-for-Food contracts not only to pad his own pockets, buy pals, and acquire clandestine arms — but also to fund terrorist groups, quite possibly including al Qaeda.
Oil for Food Sales Seen As Iraq Tie To Al Qaeda
On the same subject-Oil for Food Sales Seen As Iraq Tie To Al Qaeda- by Marc Perelman in forward.com. This was written as early as June 2003 but who cared while the morally anointed were hell-bent on their blinkered"WMD Scandal".