Food for Oil Scandal- US & UK Blamed!

[FightingFat]

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4447165.stm

US Senate investigators have alleged that the Iraqi regime received some $4bn (£2.13bn) in illegal payments from oil companies involved in the programme.
The BBC’s Michael Voss in New York says this figure is dwarfed by the $14bn (£7.5bn) that allegedly came from “sanctions-busting” - illegally selling oil to neighbouring states such as Jordan and Turkey.

“The bulk of the money that Saddam [Hussein] made came out of smuggling outside the oil-for-food programme, and it was on the American and British watch,” Mr Annan said.

On Thursday a Texan, a Briton and a Bulgarian were indicted for bribery. Texan David Chalmers Jr, Bulgarian Ludmil Dionissiev and British oil trader John Irving are accused of paying bribes to Saddam Hussein’s regime.

Ooops!

 

[mjdonnelly]

Mr. Annan, the pot calling the kettle black?

It wasn’t our govenment doing the dealings, but he was.

 

[FightingFat]

BUT…

FightingFat:

On Thursday a Texan, a Briton and a Bulgarian were indicted for bribery. Texan David Chalmers Jr, Bulgarian Ludmil Dionissiev and British oil trader John Irving are accused of paying bribes to Saddam Hussein’s regime.

That’s not Mr. Annan throwing out allegations now is it?

 

[Scott_Lafrance]

FightingFat:

BUT…

That’s not Mr. Annan throwing out allegations now is it?

Seems like Kofi is taking lessons from the Democratic Party, divert attention from yourself by accusing other people of stuff, accuracy and truthfulness notwithstanding.

 

[gilliam]

Also a Korean was named (Tongsun Park - remember him?)

BRENDAN LOY: “The U.N. oil-for-food scandal gets the buried-on-Page-A22 treatment for months… and then a Texas oilman is indicted, and suddenly it’s the top story in the New York Times. Sheesh.” The NYT is nothing if not predictable. Read this, too.
OIL-FOR-FOOD INDICTMENTS: I suspect that there will be more as UNScam unravels.

The Counterterrorism Blog has more, including links to the indictments themselves.

UPDATE: More here, from Austin Bay. And Roger Simon has a Bolton connection.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Tongsun Park also figured in an earlier scandal.

MORE: A reader who asks anonymity emails:

Now that the MSM can write about an TEXAS based OIL company owned by an AMERICAN, it will be saturation bombing time for them. I work for an MSM company, and I can see the froth beginning to churn.

I wonder if that’s the plan . . . .

And Tom Maguire has much more background, including a look at indictee David Chalmers.

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