Kofi Annan: The claims were "inconceivable"! Reminds me of a line from the Princess Bride
Posted on 10/17/2004 10:49:07 PM PDT by Destro
Charge Of Bribing Russia, France With Oil Silly: Annan
New York, Oct. 17 (NNN): United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has dismissed allegations that France and Russia might have been willing to ease sanctions on Iraq in return for oil.
Kofi Annan told the Jonathan Dimbleby programme on British TV channel ITV1 the claims were "inconceivable". "These are very serious and important governments. You are not dealing with banana republics," he added.
The allegations were made earlier this month in a report by the US-led Iraqi Survey Group.
Chief US weapons inspector Charles Duelfer said he had found evidence in documents that Iraqi intelligence under Saddam Hussein had tried to bribe foreign nationals from a number of countries to obtain the lifting of sanctions. Particular attention was allegedly given to French and Russian nationals due to the fact that the two countries hold permanent seats on the UN Security Council.
But Annan firmly dismissed the claims: "I don't think the Russian or the French or the Chinese government would allow itself to be bought because some of their companies are getting contracts from the Iraqi authorities," he said, adding, "I don't believe it at all.”
In the same interview, being broadcast on Sunday, the UN secretary general also said the US-led war on Iraq had not made the world a safer place. "I cannot say the world is safer when you consider the violence around us, when you look around you and you see the terrorist attacks around the world, and you see what is going on in Iraq, " he said. "We have a lot of work to do as an international community to try and make the world safer."
And that's saying something!
F*CK Kofi!
Kofi Annan: The claims were "inconceivable"! Reminds me of a line from the Princess Bride
Nice talk for a fellow from Ghana. This was the place, recall, where the very unlamented Kwame Nkrumah was deposed by a military coup, which was followed by another, and then another, and then a fellow named Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings held his own, executed half of the government, allowed an election, and shortly thereafter held another coup...
Put the blame on Bob Dole who helped Clinton install this guy.
Where did they dig this dimwit up !! Time to throw them all the F*ck out of our country and cut off all of their aid. Sit back and watch them cut each other's throat and stab each other in the back (France -- World Leader, what a joke!)They can take the Dims with them too.
Ugh. Don't remind me...
Fine, you work on making the world safer, we'll work on making the USA safer.
Kofi Annan would say "This is un-important to the greater agenda. Now lets talk about this illegal war in Irag."
This guy is a joke and so is the UN.
There's going to be hell to pay at the UN when Bush wins his next term.
And what has Kofi Annan or the UN done lately to make the world safer? Nothing? Kofi's muslim, figures.
Clinton and Dole fired Boutro Boutros and installed Annan.
Kofi, old pal. This is what we call the "First Rule of Holes." If you find yourself in a deep one, it's best to stop digging.
Hopefully Goofy and his son Kojo will soon be No Mo. Make them pay their NYC parking tickets, and get the hell back to their own little banana republic.
By answering the question, Kofi, you conceived it.
"These are very serious and important governments. You are not dealing with banana republics," he added.
True, they're worse: They're banana social democracies.
It is funny when you hear Pres. Bush talk about the UN in his rallies, you hear Booosss. He might not be able to rip the Un but he does not have to.
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