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| Russia skeptical about report on corruption in UN oil-for-food program |
| 2005-10-29 |
| Russian politicians and business leaders on Friday issued a scathing response to a report documenting massive corruption in the UN oil-for-food program in Saddam Hussein's Iraq as companies around the world defended themselves from bribery charges. A day after the report's release, the head of the nation's electricity monopoly said its authors should be punished for including the name of a former Kremlin chief of staff now serving as its board chairman. Russia's biggest oil producer, Lukoil, suggested it had been named to divert attention from the world body's own failings. The report by the Independent Inquiry Committee led by former U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker accuses more than 2,200 companies and prominent politicians of colluding with Saddam's regime to milk the humanitarian operation of $1.8 billion in kickbacks and illicit surcharges. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Funny, I never really cared what the Soviets thought. Still don't. I want my money back Kofi, you corrupt,lying piece of shit. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-10-29 08:58 |
| #2 Here Boris have some Iraqi sand. You know what we are going to do with it. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet O´ Doom 2005-10-29 01:45 |
| #1 Yeah, sure, okay. We're scathed. Fuck off, Russkie whores. You're Exhibit A in why the UN is DEAD. Dysfunctional, irrelevant, broken beyond repair, irretrievable. DEAD. We're gonna fuck you. You deserve it. We'll do it right, too. You won't be able to stop it and you sure as shit won't enjoy it. Butter up. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-10-29 01:35 |