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Volcker's U.N. Cleanup (Oil-For-Food/Anti-War Payola Program)
Wall Street Journal ^
| April 19, 2004
| Editorial
Posted on 04/19/2004 8:36:47 AM PDT by OESY
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:51:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Meanwhile, back at the United Nations Oil for Food scandal, the news leaked Friday that Secretary-General Kofi Annan has picked Paul Volcker to lead a three-man panel to investigate what we now know was a Saddam Hussein skimming operation. What we'd also like to know is why it is taking so long for the Volcker appointment to be formally announced.
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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: annan; kojoannan; oilforfood; un; unitednations; volcker
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posted on
04/19/2004 8:36:50 AM PDT
by
OESY
To: Senator Kunte Klinte
Introducing the New Weasel: "The Russians are blocking a proper Oil for Food probe".
2
posted on
04/19/2004 8:37:54 AM PDT
by
OESY
To: OESY
Didn't Enron bring him in as a father figure to try to clean them up just before their end?
3
posted on
04/19/2004 8:40:58 AM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Woof, scratch and cover!)
Comment #4 Removed by Moderator
To: OESY
5
posted on
04/19/2004 8:48:59 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(We do what we are meant to do)
To: OESY
Bring the resolution up to a vote and force them to vote against it to block the probe. The "no" votes will be a list of the guilty parties.
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posted on
04/19/2004 8:52:39 AM PDT
by
5by5
To: OESY
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posted on
04/19/2004 9:05:40 AM PDT
by
GailA
(Kerry I'm for the death penalty for terrorist, but I'll declare a moratorium on the death penalty)
To: OESY; All
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posted on
04/19/2004 9:14:17 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Another artifact left over from The Decade of Fraud(s)...)
To: OESY
9
posted on
04/19/2004 10:26:43 AM PDT
by
nothingnew
(The pendulum is swinging and the Rats are in the pit!)
To: jb40
Right, it was the late Arthur Andersen.
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posted on
04/19/2004 10:45:11 AM PDT
by
Thebaddog
(Woof, scratch and cover!)
To: OESY
self^
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posted on
04/19/2004 6:30:21 PM PDT
by
King Prout
(You may disagree with what I have to say... but I will defend to YOUR death MY right to say it.)
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