Posted on 09/08/2002 2:27:27 AM PDT by sarcasm
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:08:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
UANDA, Angola - Every year, the government of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos takes in billions of dollars in revenue from Angola's rich offshore oil deposits. And every year, a large chunk of that money mysteriously disappears.
In 2001, for example, the International Monetary Fund estimates that Angola earned $3.2 billion in oil revenues; $1.2 billion of that was, in bank parlance, ''unaccounted for.''
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
I guess the people need to understand that the Mercedes and the champagne, caviar and lobster dinners are all part of the war effort.
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