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2023-12-26 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Congressman Waltz sez U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) helping HAMAS

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Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-26 00:17|| || Front Page|| [24 views ] Top
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#1 If I recall correctly, the US is helping some rather unsavory characters in Syria.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-12-26 03:31|| 2023-12-26 03:31|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Comparing ISIS to UNWRA is like comparing George Floyd to Claudine Gay - who's done more damage?

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2023-12-26 05:29|| 2023-12-26 05:29|| Front Page Top

#3 UN Oil-for-Food Programme, 1995, WIKI. Snippets: The programme also suffered from widespread corruption and abuse. Throughout its existence, the programme was dogged by accusations that some of its profits were unlawfully diverted to the government of Iraq and to UN officials. These accusations were made in many countries, including the US and Norway.[9]

Until 2001, the money for the Oil-for-Food Programme went through BNP Paribas, whose main private share-holder is Iraqi-born Nadhmi Auchi, a man whose estimated worth is about $1 billion according to Forbes estimates, the 13th-richest man in Britain according to The Guardian. Auchi received a 15-month suspended sentence for his involvement in the Elf scandal, which the British newspaper called "the biggest fraud inquiry in Europe since the Second World War", saying "Elf became a private bank for its executives who spent £200 million on political favours, mistresses, jewellery, fine art, villas and apartments".[10] Elf, an oil company, merged with TotalFina to become Total S.A. in 2003.

Duelfer Report

The Iraq Survey Group, which was tasked with finding evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, found that OFF saved the Iraqi economy from decline after the imposition of sanctions. Furthermore, the Iraqi regime found that it could corrupt OFF to get hard currency that could be used to manipulate the Iraq Sanctions Committee and undermine sanctions as well as to obtain more weapons.[23]

The final official version of the Iraq Survey Group report, known as the Duelfer Report, cited only France, Russia and China (countries who were also strongly anti-war) as violators who paid kickbacks.[citation needed] According to the report, the top three recipients of oil included Russia (30%), France (15%), and China (10%), which are all members of the UN Security Council.[24] The US received 2–3% of the oil.[25] US recipients included ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco Corp. and the El Paso Corp.[26][verification needed] The list of US companies was originally censored by CIA lawyers, citing privacy issues,[27] but was later leaked.

As you may recall, The-Oil-For-Food programme was initiated under the Bill Clinton administration. Note the legal "censoring" in the para just above.

Posted by Besoeker 2023-12-26 05:38|| 2023-12-26 05:38|| Front Page Top

#4 I almost miss Hans Blix.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-12-26 06:31|| 2023-12-26 06:31|| Front Page Top

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