-"No Blood for Oil"- Kojo & Kofi: Unbelievable U.N. stories.

various FR links | 03-12-04 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

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Oil-for-food probe accuses former chief (Sevan)

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 Oil-for-food probe expected to accuse UN director -- Sixty seven billion dollars. That's quite a haul.

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Oil-for-Food Head Resigns Before Explosive Report

 Head of oil-for-food resigns

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 Oil-for-food chief took kickbacks, immunity should be lifted, investigators say

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 Oil-For-Food Chief Accused of Kickbacks

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 Former U.N. Officer Named in Oil-for-Food Scandal Pleads Guilty

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 Sevan Says He's Likely to Name Names (Oil for Food Scandal Ringleader)

 

 Oil for Fraud

 Sevan Says He's Likely to Name Names (Oil for Food Scandal Ringleader)

 Oil for Fraud

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 Senior Oil-for-Food aide took $1m in bribes

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 Oil-for-Food Arrest Linked to Bolton Arrival at U.N. -- Now we know what the Dim's were afraid of...

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Half oil-food firms said to pay kickbacks (UN Oil-F0R-Food)

 

 Corruption at the heart of the United Nations

 

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 ANOTHER ANNAN IN U.N. OIL SCANDAL

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 Oil for Enron. Guess who was a player in the U.N. scandal -- Since the Oil for Food program came to an end in 2003, it has been described--accurately enough--as oil for palaces, oil for terror and oil for fraud. Now it turns out the U.N. relief program in Iraq was also oil for Enron.

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 Danish company admits oil-for-food bribes

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here some more

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Oil-for-food probe: U.N. failures let Saddam pocket $10.2 billion

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 WSJ: Oil for Food as Usual - The U.N.'s worst critics couldn't invent what Volcker shows.  ...So it was that the largest fraud ever recorded in history came about. Press reports often cite the overall size of Oil for Food at $60 billion, but Mr. Volcker's report makes clear that the real figure was in excess of $100 billion.

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 See No Evil, Say No Evil at the UN Press Corps

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http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/weblog.php

The Internet's Global Test

I suspect very few Americans are aware that the “international community” is preparing a power grab of monumental significance—taking control of the internet’s root servers: Breaking America’s grip on the net. Britain’s al-Guardian rag thinks this is just groovy, of course. link: 161 comments 

There is little the US government can do but acquiesce--

How about pull all US funding from the UN, bring John Bolton home, and kick them out of NYC for starters.

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1. The Man Who Bought the Oil From Iraq (Oscar S. Wyatt Jr.)
   Posted on 10/19/2004 6:08:28 AM PDT by OESY. HOUSTON, Oct. ... was founded by the Texas entrepreneur and oilman Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., is detailed in a formal Iraqi ... again, under the Oil for Food program, Mr. Wyatt and Coastal secured ...
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2. NEWSWEEK: Democrat Donor received $22 million in "Oil for Food" Scandal
   ... participated in alleged oil-for-food scams also may ... oil-for-food favorites. But an uncensored copy of the Duelfer report obtained by NEWSWEEK indicates Houston oil mogul Oscar Wyatt ...
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3. United Nations: Oil-for-Food Fiasco?
   Posted on 10/10/2004 1:39:51 AM PDT by Helms. Oct. 18 issue - Revelations by U.S. WMD sleuth Charles Duelfer about corruption in the U.N. - run Oil-for-Food Program in Iraq could further complicate Bush-administration foreign policy. ... oil-for-food favorites. But an uncensored copy of the Duelfer report obtained by NEWSWEEK indicates Houston oil mogul Oscar Wyatt ...
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4. United Nations: Oil-for-Food Fiasco?
   Posted on 10/11/2004 1:08:32 PM PDT by BushisTheMan. Law-enforcement sources say Americans who participated in alleged oil-for-food scams also may face further investigation. ... oil-for-food favorites. But an uncensored copy of the Duelfer report obtained by NEWSWEEK indicates Houston oil mogul Oscar Wyatt ...
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   ... participated in alleged oil-for-food scams also may ... oil-for-food favorites. But an uncensored copy of the Duelfer report obtained by NEWSWEEK indicates Houston oil mogul Oscar Wyatt ...
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6. New Scrutiny of the Flow of Iraqi Oil to American Consumers
   Posted on 10/11/2004 6:17:18 AM PDT by OESY. As Saddam Hussein pressed the United Nations oil-for-food relief program for more money that he used to buy banned weapons, an unwitting ally may have been the American driver. ... Democrat Donor Oscar Wyatt has received perhaps ... oil-for-food favorites. But an uncensored copy of the Duelfer report obtained by NEWSWEEK indicates Houston oil mogul Oscar Wyatt ...
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7. US firms profited from Iraq oil under Saddam: report
   ... let them buy Iraqi crude under the UN oil-for-food program, The New York Times reported Saturday ... as three US individuals, including Oscar S. Wyatt Jr., were together allotted ...
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8. DUMOCRAT DONOR RECEIVES SADDAMN LARGESS
   ... program . We find the name OSCAR WYATT. Others named were Samir Vincent and Shakir AlKhafaji. ... real problem dums have is the Oil For Food Program at the U.N ...
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   ... American figures in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal worked together to ship humanitarian ... International Relations Committee, Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt and Saddam Hussein's American oil ...
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10. Zhirinovsky named in oil-for-food scandal
    ... Wednesday Russian ultra-nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky profited from the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq. ... Chalmers is an associate of Oscar Wyatt, who also was on the ...
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 The Man Who Bought the Oil From Iraq (Oscar S. Wyatt Jr.)

 

 Texas oilman, two Swiss businessmen charged in U.N. scandal