POTENTIALLY HUGE: Possible Saddam-Al Qaeda Link Seen in U.N. Oil-for-Food Program

FOX News ^ | Sept. 17, 2004 | Claudia Rosett and George Russell

[West Coast Conservative]

Did Saddam Hussein use any of his ill-gotten billions filched from the United Nations oil-for-food program to help fund Al Qaeda?

Investigations have shown that the former Iraqi dictator grafted and smuggled more than $10 billion from the program that for seven years prior to Saddam’s overthrow was meant to bring humanitarian aid to ordinary Iraqis. And the Sept. 11 Commission has shown a tracery of contacts between Saddam and Al Qaeda that continued after billions of oil-for-food dollars began pouring into Saddam’s coffers and Usama bin Laden declared his famous war on the U.S.

Now, buried in some of the United Nation’s own confidential documents, clues can be seen that underscore the possibility of just such a Saddam-Al Qaeda link — clues leading to a locked door in this Swiss lakeside resort.

[Rennes Templar]

What a seething cauldron of bribes, extortion, embezzlement,
fraud. I pray some day we will know the truth and justice will be done.

[ArmedNReady]

My suggestion for the next step in the war on terror:

Evacuate UN personnel of the members of the current coalition....then bomb the UN building.

[justshutupandtakeit]

Thats a nice insane solution bump.

[twigs]

the cone of silence came down

Kofi Annan must have known this report was coming earlier in the week when he accused the US of starting an illegal war. I thought then a shoe was about to drop.

[Grampa Dave]

Bumping!

This will not surprise most of us.

Lets hope that there is a lot hard proof here.

If true, Annan needs to be arrested and flown to Iraq for crimes against the Iraqis.

[jwalsh07]

BTT

[Carsigliere]

Some of them should be very pithed.

[VOA]

POTENTIALLY HUGE: Possible Saddam-Al Qaeda Link Seen in U.N. Oil-for-Food Program

Hey, when the UN is involved, there's a big enough pie for everyone to get a piece
of the action.

And heartless, murderous thugs get an extra share.

[bandleader]

I guess this is why old Kofi is playing"Rope a Dope"!!!!!!!!!

[kcvl]

Fox News has a SPECIAL on Oil-for-Food Scandal Saturday by Eric Shawn.

[Grampa Dave]

"Why the hell is that guy still there? The UN is so corrupt it's beyond repair."

Because most of the rest of the world are crooks who love crooked despots and their money.

[Mr.Atos]

This deserves a Hewitt Ping, imo. He and Claudia really broke this story. She has been doing tremendous ground work on the story, and Hugh has been giving her the national air time that got this story picked up. It needed to be picked up. Fox deserves a lot of credit for engaging it now. But, let's do credit this as another homerun for the 'New' media. This is potentially Huge! ... or hugh!

... and vey series!

Atos

[rwfromkansas]

This could be very big.

[alpowolf]

I notice that the authors of the article are careful not to get ahead of the known facts (e.g. "In the case of Hayel Saeed, MIGA and the HSA Group, there is no public information available about the precise flow of funds, and no proof that Saddam's money made its way to MIGA."). (Dan Rather should study this; he might learn something.)

Those here eagerly popping the corks on the champagne may want to hold off. And I wouldn't worry about it being "covered up" by the media. Not only because of Rather's little embarrassment, but also because one can be sure that the Bush campaign will be crowing if his handlers think they can sell this one. If they stay silent I suggest everybody else should just let it go.

[Thrusher]

This is hugh and series!

...hmmm, actually, it really is!

[Mr.Atos]

Pardon the ironical Hugh puns! This IS very significant. I agree. UN complicity with terror is somehow more frightening than Islamofascism. One might argue that terrorists at least believe in their own cause. UN and Euro thugs KNOW what they're engaged in is a crime against humanity, and still they continue with their immoral obstinance in complicity with butchers. We can kill the terrorists. What do we do with the thugs?

Atos

[WVNan]

Would you believe that FOX news just reported on this? I didn't catch the whole report, but it had to do with a company called MIGA. Anybody?

[dodger]

The MSM must kill this story since it justifies us going into Iraq.

Truly and, in fact, it justifies us going into the UN. Kofi Annan, international grifter and funder of Islamofascist terrorists ....

[ground_fog]

send to Laura Ingraham!

[dfwgator]

Now, buried in some of the United Nation’s own confidential documents

Ah their forgeries, don'cha know?