smiles 0 #1 April 22, 2004 Corruption and fraud surrounding the UN's oil-for-food program.....a multibillion dollar financial scandal is alleged. The UN oil-for-food program in Iraq was supposed to be a humanitarian effort. Profits from Iraqi oil sales were to be used exclusively to buy food and medicine for the people of Iraq. Saddam Hussein, senior UN staff members and companies from Security Council member-countries are accused of conspiring together to skim billions from the program.... http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/04/21/world/oilforfood040421 Oil-for-food?? I just cannot believe it SMiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #2 April 22, 2004 Some estimates project $10B being "filtered". This is a prime example of why I wish we would ask the UN to vacate that perfectly good real estate in NYC and go away.So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #3 April 22, 2004 > This is a prime example of why I wish we would ask the UN to vacate >that perfectly good real estate in NYC and go away. Right. We give chemical weapons to Hussein, the UN gives him food - and the UN is the bad guy. Thank god no one from Doctors without Borders volunteered in Iraq - you'd probably be asking for the death penalty. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #4 April 22, 2004 Quote> This is a prime example of why I wish we would ask the UN to vacate >that perfectly good real estate in NYC and go away. Right. We give chemical weapons to Hussein, the UN gives him food - and the UN is the bad guy. Thank god no one from Doctors without Borders volunteered in Iraq - you'd probably be asking for the death penalty. Now that you mention it... j/kSo I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydyvr 0 #5 April 22, 2004 QuoteUN gives him food - and the UN is the bad guy. Would you mind analyzing this a bit further? . . =(_8^(1) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gawain 0 #6 April 22, 2004 Quotethe UN gives him food - and the UN is the bad guy. Um, it appears not. That's why there's a probe into the whole affair. $10B buys a lot of food. That's 20x ADM's Net-Income for any average year in the past five years, or a full third of gross op revenue last year, and a full half from just two years ago. That's a lot of food -- 10B McD Hamburgers; 100B Packets of Ramen Noodles; 1B steaks; 10B lbs of oranges...So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright 'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life Make light! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gravitymaster 0 #7 April 22, 2004 Gives new meaning to "No War for Oil". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tcnelson 1 #8 April 22, 2004 yeah, two wrongs make a right.....the UN sucks big ones anyway;we'd make more revenue in UN parking tickets than anything else the UN proposes so, I think it's time the UN pussies go fix the world in their own way by themselves. oh wait, we are the UN, monetarliy anyway, so fuck ourselves."Don't talk to me like that assface...I don't work for you yet." - Fletch NBFT, Deseoso Rodriguez RB#1329 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheAnvil 0 #9 April 22, 2004 From Boortz this morning: You are not likely to know much about the United Nations Oil For Food program unless you listen to talk radio, or watch Fox News Channel or ABC. That's right, ABC. For some reason known but to God ABC has suddenly decided to pay some attention to this emerging story. Here are your Cliff notes. Under the terms of various UN resolutions, Saddam Hussein was forbidden from selling his oil. The UN allowed him to sell enough oil, however, to get the money he needed to pay for food and medicine to feed his people. As it turns out Saddam, under the watchful eye of the UN, sold that oil to build palaces and to buy protection. Saddam, you see, would give some of his favorite politicians vouchers. These vouchers would allow these individuals to sell Iraqi oil and pocket the profits. Several senior UN officials are implicated, along with more than 270 prominent foreign officials from other countries ... France and Russia included. What is the US position on Iraq's oil? The Bush Administration is determined to see to it that oil profits will be used for the reconstruction of Iraq and the welfare of its people. Prior to the war several top officials in the UN and in many foreign officials were determined to see to it that these oil profits, or a goodly portion of them, went into their pockets. And the leftist protestors in this country say that Bush sent the troops over there for Iraqi oil. Back to the vouchers. These vouchers from Saddam to UN officials, and other officials from countries like France, amounted to bribes. When someone bribes someone else, they expect something in return. What was Saddam expecting in return? Protection? He certainly got that, not only from the UN, but from France and Russia. What happens to these people if Saddam gets overthrown? Easy. They get exposed. Could this possibly be a reason why the governments of France and Russia were so opposed to our actions in Iraq? Better to leave the Iraqi people to live with their cruel dictator than to be exposed as corrupt, I guess. Another question. Why is ABC the only major news organization (other than Fox News) that is covering this? Perhaps it is because they feel the American people wouldn't support turning over the Iraqi reconstruction and the formation of a new government to an organization identified with corruption and scandal.Vinny the Anvil Post Traumatic Didn't Make The Lakers Syndrome is REAL JACKASS POWER!!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #10 April 22, 2004 >yeah, two wrongs make a right..... No, NO amount of wrongs make a right. US sells Iraq chemical weapons - wrong. Halliburton gives Hussein millions for oil - wrong. UN trades food for oil but does not adequately track usage of said food - wrong. Which ones do you investigate, and which ones do you push under the rug as far as possible? If a member of your adminstration was the CEO of Halliburton the answer is clear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trent 0 #11 April 22, 2004 QuoteUN trades food for oil but does not adequately track usage of said food - wrong. Wrong. UN allows sales of Iraqi oil, proceeds supposedly going for food and supplies for the people. Apparently some of the money went to the "honest at all costs, infallible" UN personal pockets of some and was used to build more golden toilets. "UN allows sale of oil for profits to buy food and supplies, but does not enforce it or really care where the money is spent - WRONG."Oh, hello again! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
