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2004-04-28 Iraq-Jordan

Annan on defensive over fraud charges in UN Iraq oil scheme

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Posted by tipper 2004-04-28 8:40:57 PM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder if Kofi has fared better with his retirement investments than I have with my 401K...

Posted by .com 2004-04-28 8:44:14 PM|| 2004-04-28 8:44:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 NYPost via LGF, Kofi has much to fear:

WASHINGTON - A former manager in the scandal-scarred oil for food program will tell Congress today how top U.N. officials running the program deliberately looked the other way, congressional officials said last night.

Frenchman Michael Soussan, a former program coordinator for the $100 billion fund, is expected to be the star witness of a House International Relations Committee hearing looking into Saddamâs gigantic $10.1 billion rip-off.

Committee sources said Soussan, now a New York-area writer, is expected to give the first, under oath, public account from an insider about how top U.N. officials were aware of Saddamâs oil smuggling and kickback schemes but chose to let him get away with it.

Allegations surfaced in a Baghdad newspaper earlier this year that Benon Sevan, the director of the program, was among 270 sympathetic international political and financial figures who received sweetheart oil deals from Saddam

Posted by Frank G 2004-04-28 9:09:31 PM|| 2004-04-28 9:09:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Kofi: Hire Johnnie Cochrane now, before someone else does. And remember, the first guy to flip gets the best deal.

Posted by Matt 2004-04-28 9:48:50 PM|| 2004-04-28 9:48:50 PM|| Front Page Top

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