[thoughtomator]

I love the NY Post... it never beats around the bush.

[Poodlebrain]

The reason there is no international uproar over this matter is that most nations expect these sorts of practices to occur. They do not want to end such exploitation. They want to get in on it. Right now they think the U.S. is monopolizing the exploitation of Iraq as that is what they would do if given the opportunity.

They have no concept that the U.S. citizens finds such exploitation intolerable and won't tolerate their government sponsoring or allowing such exploitation to flourish under its aegis.

[spodefly]

BTTT

[herkbird]

A day or two ago when this Oil for Food topic with the U.N. Scandal was discussed. I mentioned that some screaming and raising hell needed to be done about this. You replied with a Bump, which I probably should understand by now, but I'm not 100% sure. Although I must say that you have once again brought this U.N. Oil for Food Scandal to the forefront, and done a great job of screaming to bring and keep attention on it. Thanks for the great work. Please let me know if there's more I can help you with. The U.N. must clean its own house before we can trust turning any more major government operations over to it to run. Thanks for taking the ball and running with this project.

[philman_36]

And that is just the >ahem< "legal" oil.
Palaces and Oil Smuggling
Saddam Hussein pays for these palaces with that part of the Iraqi national wealth that he has managed to keep under his control and out of the UN's mandatory oil-for-food program. Through that program, the UN controls how Iraqi oil revenues are spent and compels the regime to invest Iraq's oil wealth for the benefit of its people. But every day that he remains in power, Saddam lets his favored supporters steal hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil from the Iraqi people to enrich themselves, in direct violation of UN resolutions.

And do check out the nice recon photos available at that site.

[philman_36]

And there is a nice little tidbit using the keywords oil for food palaces
There is an old CNN article about a vote on oil-for-food program which contains a very informative quote by Iraqi Ambassador Nizar Hamdoon. Something along the lines of Iraq won't export oil until a distribution plan is approved by Annon himself.
Annon is doing a bang up job of trying to distance himself from the whole thing and deflect attention.
Ain't it a "female dog" to get caught with an arm buried in the cookie jar!

[tkathy]

Kofi Annan's corrupt leadership evidentally has turned the UN, a noble venture, into a disaster. His awful leadership is a prime example of how devastating corrupt governments can be to troubled countries like Palestine and around the world. Honorable government is essential to the success of any country.

[mewzilla]

The Iraqi people ought to get themselves the mother-of-all lawfirms and sue the UN.