[mewzilla]

Well, here's something to consider...Oil For Food began in 1996 apparently. Whose idea was it? Who set up the plan? How soon did the theft start? Was theft the real reason for the plan in the first place? And more than oil and money was involved. The humanitarian end was also rife with problems. Cheesy supplies that cost more than they worth. I'd like to know what our pols knew and when. According to Gardiner this morning, there were suspicions about Oil For Food as early as 2000.

[Wolfstar]

Whose idea was it? Who set up the plan? How soon did the theft start?

Don't know whose idea it was, but Kofi Annan and his minions set up the plan. Theft began almost immediately and increased both in scope and brazenness as time went on. It didn't end until Saddam was toppled last year.

[John Lenin]

.Oil For Food began in 1996 apparently

I wonder how much of the money ended up in DNC coffers.

[philman_36]

Oil For Food began in 1996 apparently.
Hmmmm..Oil-for-Food
Agreement: Although established in April 1995, the implementation of the programme started only in December 1996, after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United Nations and the Government of Iraq on 20 May 1996 (S/1996/356). The first Iraqi oil under the Oil-for-Food Programme was exported in December 1996 and the first shipments of food arrived in March 1997.
Security Council Resolutions on Iraq
15 August 1991 - "Oil-for-Food" - Authorizes proceeds of limited sales of Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products to be paid into an escrow account for the purchase of foodstuffs, medicines and materials and supplies for essential civilian needs.
Resolution 706 (1991) on the situation between Iraq and Kuwait

Some good questions you've got there. Good luck in trying to find any answers to them.

[BARLF]

Denis Halliday

He was co-ordinator of the programme that allows Iraq to sell limited amounts of oil to buy food, medicine and other supplies

He resigned his post after 34 years because of the starving children in Iraq.IIRC, he blamed the sanction's imposed by the UN.

[BARLF]

http://www.worldpress.org/specials/iraq/unscr986.htm

UN Resolution 661 & 986(1995) might help.If my link above works that will take you to R986.