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2007-02-14 Britain

UK fraud office probes Iraq oil-for-food firms

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Posted by ryuge 2007-02-14 07:09|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Iraqi oil-for-food humanitarian programme that ran from 1996 to 2003

The UN food for peace workers were operating out of the old Canal Hotel in Baghdad prior to 1994. They were not chummy and rather secretive in their communications with the UNSCOM folks. We now know why.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-02-14 09:29|| 2007-02-14 09:29|| Front Page Top

#2 I want to rise an important, at least to me, point. If anybody here is going to post an article about a UN employee who's not a thief or a child molester, please post a warning with the title. There is a limit to the surprise I can take.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-02-14 10:39|| 2007-02-14 10:39|| Front Page Top

#3 It's awfully good of the Serious Fraud Office to finally take notice, after US prosecutors and a few special investigative journalists have been publically making the case for at least two years.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-02-14 20:33|| 2007-02-14 20:33|| Front Page Top

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