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International-UN-NGOs
Annan's Son Took Payments Through 2004
2004-11-27
One of the next big chapters in the United Nations oil-for-food scandal will involve the family of the secretary-general, Kofi Annan, whose son turns out to have been receiving payments as recently as early this year from a key contractor in the oil-for-food program.
Surprise meter time. I know I am as shocked as the rest of you are.
"What other bombshells are out there being hidden from the public and U.N. member governments?" asked an investigator on Rep. Henry Hyde's International Relations Committee, which has held hearings on oil-for-food.
Mr. Investigator, I'll be more than happy to save us all a few tax dollars to help you come up with your next two bombshells. 1) Kofi actually knew what was going on, I know, a really difficult inference to make, and 2) Kofi actually took money himself. Remember, Mr. Investigator, you heard it here first. So hat tip Rantburg on your next report.
Posted by:Ol_Dirty_American

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Re #4 (Phil Fraering): I'm scared to ask what Mike thinks about Edwin Edwards.

I'll comment at more length when I get my next instructions and check from Edwin Edwards in the mail.
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Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-11-27 11:07:33 PM  

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Re #3 (Mrs. Davis): What is illuminating is that you chose to comment in this post instead of the one that links to a post at Belmont Club that links to stories from Reuters, CBC, AP and UPI regarding the payoffs totalling over $125,000 over four years. It may all be innocent. But my experience indicates the innocent try to get as much information out as quickly as possible because it establishes innocence. The guilty do everything they can to withhold evidence because they fear the consequences of its exposure.

I'll comment at more length when I get my next instructions and check from Kojo in the mail.
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Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-11-27 11:06:06 PM  

#6  Huh. I think I might know your B-in-law, but don't want to mention his name here.

Did he know him back when he was a preacher?
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2004-11-27 8:50:45 PM  

#5  My brother-in-law knew Edwards personally in college. He worked on his campaign for Governor for about two weeks before getting totally disgusted and turning his back on Edwards. The man was a low-class faker trying to be another Huey Long. Louisiana had one too many Huey Longs in the original. They weren't interested in another one.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-11-27 8:18:15 PM  

#4  I'm scared to ask what Mike thinks about Edwin Edwards.
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2004-11-27 2:31:35 PM  

#3  It's information but not very illuminating. What is illuminating is that you chose to comment in this post instead of the one that links to a post at Belmont Club that links to stories from Reuters, CBC, AP and UPI regarding the payoffs totalling over $125,000 over four years.

It may all be innocent.

But my experience indicates the innocent try to get as much information out as quickly as possible because it establishes innocence. The guilty do everything they can to withhold evidence because they fear the consequences of its exposure.

Kofi and Kojo are running a cover-up. We may never get Spiro Agnew quality evidence that satisfies you, Mike, but for the average person, this smells the same.
Posted by: Mrs. Davis   2004-11-27 2:20:05 PM  

#2  Here is some more information about this issue.
Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-11-27 12:38:52 PM  

#1  I thought the zero'd-out surprise meter represented the fact Mike S didn't post this.

Minumum: Clean house at the UN and strip Kofi and Kojo of all their ill-gotten gains! Preferred: Snuff the UN and make all these kleptocrats find real work - cancel their visas and send their asses back to the thirld-world hellholes they crawled from!
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-27 9:46:35 AM  

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