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Kojo Annan Declares His Innocence
Really. Via Drudge:LAGOS, Nigeria, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Insert Nigerian scam e-mail joke here! The son of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Kojo, calls the inquiries into Iraq's oil-for-food program a U.S. Republican "witchhunt," CNN said Tuesday. 'Lies! All lies!!' In a written statement to the network, the 31-year-old said: "I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations." Would you like to make this statement under oath, Kojo? The oil-for-food program, administered by the United Nations, was designed to allow Iraq to sell oil and use the proceeds to buy food and medicine to offset the sanctions' impact on the Iraqi people. Slight design flaw, like that tunnel they just built here in Boston. The younger Annan once worked for Cotecna, a Swiss company that inspects commercial freight shipments. It was hired by the United Nations in 1998 to verify paperwork on imports purchased by Iraq with revenues from its oil exports. There's the first lie - 'indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.' Double or nothing, Kojo? Both Annans have denied any collusion, favoritism or profit-taking. "I mean, all's I did was cash cheques!" "I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political agenda," the younger Annan said in his statement to CNN. Mr. Rather? Ms. Pelosi? Mr. Schumer? Is anyone missing a playbook? A group of Republican legislators has called for Kofi Annan to quit his U.N. post, although the Bush administration has expressed support in his leadership of the 191-nation body. I'd say more than a few citizens agree with that sentiment. Posted by: Raj 2004-12-15 |
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