oil for food?

KennyKenCan

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Yea, well here is some more info.<br /><br />Do you know who is running the food for oil program?<br /><br /> France, South Africa and the Phillipines , all very questionable and unstable countries with direct ties to Iraq .<br /><br />And the books on this program are closed, as in sealed!<br /><br />No one, other than those on the committee and the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, have access to the Iraq oil for food program books!<br /><br />Not even as much as a banana peel has delivered to date.<br /><br />This program was suppose to supply Iraq with necessary things to sustain the life of ordinary Iraqi citizens, like food, water and medicines.<br /><br />But the UN also allowed provisions in this deal for Iraq to get other supplies.<br /><br />It was called " Oil for Food PLUS ", which allowed Iraq to get almost anything they wanted as long as it was not on the list of prohibited items, like AK-47's and Scud Missles.<br /><br />But yet Iraq ordered items like bullets and anti-aircraft ammunition under this provision and they were delivered, yet no food, water or medicine was delivered.<br /><br />I believe that there needs to be a complete and through investigation into the activities that this UN committee was involved in... NOW!<br /><br />Maybe we should not have bombed Baghdad , but rather we should have bombed the U.N. Headquarters , right here in New York City and saved billions of dollars and 140 or so American Soldiers lives!
 

martyscher

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KennyKenCan<br /><br />There is a lot of accusations and conspiracy theory in our post, but can you reveal your sources for this ground-breaking info?<br /><br />Not that they are totally accurate, but the UN DOES publish information on this program, on their web site. Here is some:<br /><br /> http://www.un.org/Depts/oip/background/basicfigures2.html <br /><br />Perhaps the AK47s are listed under the "special allocation" items ;) <br /><br />Marty
 

KennyKenCan

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Hey marty,<br /><br />This is not ground breaking info.<br /><br />CNN, Fox, NBC, ABC and other news agencies, along with the radio gossipers, Rush, Drudge, Savage etc., were reporting this a few days before the war started.<br /><br />Sort of got lost when hostilities broke out.<br /><br />I also have been to the site you posted, but it is inconclusive and not a complete report.<br /><br />The UN posted only what they wanted the public to hear, that they have $12 billion held in escroe for food supplies for Iraq, even though alot more money was collected from Iraqi oil sales, such as the $7 billion paid to Russia and the $4 billion France got, not to mention the 2% the UN collected, yet no food delivered to the Iraqi people.<br /><br />At this time, to the best of my understanding, there is a committee investigating this situation, but I doubt if it will ever be made public.
 

martyscher

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I hear ya now, KennyKenCan<br /><br />Probably the best thing we did in the Iraq war, was to leave out the UN.<br /><br />Maybe the investigation will reveal any truths, if they are undermining any real humanitarian efforts.<br /><br />Marty
 

KennyKenCan

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I really think that the U.N.'s days are numbered, just like Iraq's were.<br /><br />I just hope that this investigation is made public, but I doubt it as it most likly would discredit the UN so badly.<br /><br />You are definitly right about leaving the UN out of the war, we handled it.<br /><br />Now we just have to figure out how it is going to end.
 

mellowyellow

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French delegate to UN surprisingly called for<br />an immediate lift of Iraqi sanctions....<br />back-peddlin?
 

KennyKenCan

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Nothing the French do surprises me, mellowyellow.<br /><br />The only surprise would be, if they just fell off the earth.
 
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