The United Nations. . . .
karra @ Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:11 pm
. . . . a luxury hidey hole for despots and tin hat dictators of the world's banana republics seems to be afflicted with money woes of it's own.
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And so the infamously infamous left wing seebeesea covered the socialist Kofi Annan's predictable speech to the House did it? Big deal.
As usual the ineffectual sock puppet to despots the world over came to yap about not much other than request AS USUAL that Canada could pay more and please write a cheque for $25 Million.
And so the infamously infamous left wing seebeesea covered the socialist Kofi Annan's predictable speech to the House did it? Big deal.
As usual the ineffectual sock puppet to despots the world over came to yap about not much other than request AS USUAL that Canada could pay more and please write a cheque for $25 Million.
He has the nerve to ask for more.
Billions paid by Saddam to elusive shadowy types within the United Nations. Could there have been bought votes on the security council? Could the invasion of Iraq been forced upon the United States by thieves and carpetbaggers within the UN?
Only the shadow nose, for now anyway.
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KOFI PROBES SADDAM OIL 'BRIBES' FOR U.N.
March 17, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - An embarrassed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan confirmed yesterday he has ordered a probe into allegations that top U.N. officials were getting payoffs from Saddam Hussein under the controversial Iraqi oil-for-food program before the war.
March 17, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - An embarrassed U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan confirmed yesterday he has ordered a probe into allegations that top U.N. officials were getting payoffs from Saddam Hussein under the controversial Iraqi oil-for-food program before the war.
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Critics charged that Annan's response to revelations that the oil-for-food program was mismanaged and rife with corruption has been tepid at best and that an outside investigation - possibly by Congress - is needed.
"It looks to me like the U.N is stonewalling and dragging its feet. There's a real credibility problem here that could really hurt the U.N. as an institution," said Nile Gardiner, a U.N. expert with the conservative Heritage Foundation.
Iraq's governing council has already hired the accounting firm KPMG and a German law firm to review thousands of documents found in the Iraqi Oil Ministry and intelligence services that provide detailed information about Saddam's complex bribery scheme.
"It looks to me like the U.N is stonewalling and dragging its feet. There's a real credibility problem here that could really hurt the U.N. as an institution," said Nile Gardiner, a U.N. expert with the conservative Heritage Foundation.
Iraq's governing council has already hired the accounting firm KPMG and a German law firm to review thousands of documents found in the Iraqi Oil Ministry and intelligence services that provide detailed information about Saddam's complex bribery scheme.
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AdamNF @ Wed Mar 17, 2004 4:15 pm
Seems all you do is post about how much you dislike things, do you want a debate or people to respond to all these posts you make?
Rev_Blair @ Wed Mar 17, 2004 5:02 pm
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Could there have been bought votes on the security council? Could the invasion of Iraq been forced upon the United States by thieves and carpetbaggers within the UN?
More likely by thieves and carpetbaggers with connections to the present administration of the US, Karra.
There were lots of shady deals by a lot of countries. Those deals had to have some connection to the UN because of the UN sanctions. Nothing was forced on the US though, and when you start following the numbers things start pointing back towards some very influential people with political connections in their own countries, within the UN, and within the oil industry.
karra @ Wed Mar 17, 2004 6:01 pm
I disagree with your conclusion that nothing was forced on the US. Until a full and proper accounting has been completed - as if it ever will - we won't know the extent of the corruption Saddam bought - right?
The accusing finger could point anywhere.
No surprise really I suppose that Saddam bought the UN.
Wonder who he purchased on the Security Council?
Rev_Blair @ Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:45 pm
The accusing finger could point anywhere, but we aren't talking about people smuggling out a couple quarts of 10w30. You need control of tankers and some major pull with customs around the world. You need contacts in oil, shipping, and politics.
Who fits that description best, Kofi Annan or George Bush?
I'd like to see that French judge who wants to indict Cheney head up the whole thing...he goes after everybody, no matter where they are from or who their friends are.
feeko @ Wed Mar 17, 2004 9:51 pm
maybe that judge should go after those saddam bought first...and nice idea in france...guilty till you prove your innocent...
I would love to see an independant auditor look at the UN BOOKS...
Rev_Blair @ Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:56 pm
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I would love to see an independant auditor look at the UN BOOKS..
Which is exactly why I'm promoting this particular judge, Feeko. He goes after everybody he can and bitches really loud when he can't. The man hates corruption. He'd get to the bottom of the issue no matter who was involved.
If there is anybody better for the job in the US I cannot think of them.
othello @ Thu Mar 18, 2004 2:56 pm
The UN is a bit of a mess.
The Security Council is becoming an anachronism. France has a veto? But Germany doesn't? What about Japan, the second largest economy in the world? Or India, with the second largest population?
That tinpot dictators have a voice in the general assembly is an insult to leaders who work hard to represent the best interests of their consituents.
But, at the same time, the UN serves a valuable purpose in today's world. So, how does one fix it?
Rev_Blair @ Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:10 pm
Kofi Annan has made some suggestions about what needs to be addressed. He started with the Security Council. So far he has gotten no cooperation from the permanent members.
AdamNF @ Thu Mar 18, 2004 5:24 pm
Well the structure on the UN Security Council is that of post World War 2 era, itÂ’s out of date and need to be modernized. Like Othello said, countries like India and Japan are left out when they should have move power.
karra @ Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:44 pm
mmmmm. . . .
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A memorial conference on the 1994 Rwanda genocide began Friday with United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan accepting blame for the slaughter of 800,000 civilians.
"The international community is guilty of sins of omission," Annan told the crowd gathered in New York for the summit.
The head of the UN peacekeeping agency at the time, Annan said he did what he could.
"I believed at the time that I was doing my best. But I realized after the genocide that there was more that I could and should have done to sound the alarm and rally support," he said in his opening speech.
It was 10 years ago that the presidents of Rwandan and Burundi were killed in a mysterious plane crash. Before the wreckage even stopped smoking, the killing began. Spurred on by hateful radio broadcasts, 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in just 100 days.
Close to three million others were left homeless.
"The international community is guilty of sins of omission," Annan told the crowd gathered in New York for the summit.
The head of the UN peacekeeping agency at the time, Annan said he did what he could.
"I believed at the time that I was doing my best. But I realized after the genocide that there was more that I could and should have done to sound the alarm and rally support," he said in his opening speech.
It was 10 years ago that the presidents of Rwandan and Burundi were killed in a mysterious plane crash. Before the wreckage even stopped smoking, the killing began. Spurred on by hateful radio broadcasts, 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in just 100 days.
Close to three million others were left homeless.
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AdamNF @ Fri Mar 26, 2004 2:50 pm
Because someone doesnt do enough to help, doesnt make them guilty of the crime there were trying to stop.
Rev_Blair @ Fri Mar 26, 2004 4:04 pm
France, who was fucking around in Rwanda to protect their interests; and the US, who was fucking around in other countries in the area, most notably Uganda, protecting their interests, should both take at least as much resposibility as the rest of the UN.
karra @ Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:16 am
The leftie in the brown leather jacket must have cried buckets full, tearing himself away from his usual venomous ranting against all things American, long enough to spit out some truth for a change:
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Battered on many fronts, the United Nations must clean up its own act before throwing stones at the United States
The attacks on coalition soldiers left 80 wounded and, among citizens, the death toll reached 28, with some 900 injured. The inter-religious and inter-ethnic riots resulted in damage to 30 mosques and churches while almost 300 houses were destroyed.
All of this wasn't happening in Iraq, though. It was happening in Kosovo. And the blame for the killings and violence rests not with the United States but with those proper multilateral institutions, the United Nations and NATO.
While the Americans have been trying to get Iraq turned around in the right direction for only a year, the U.N. and Atlantic alliance have been at work in the much smaller society of Kosovo for almost five years now.
The attacks on coalition soldiers left 80 wounded and, among citizens, the death toll reached 28, with some 900 injured. The inter-religious and inter-ethnic riots resulted in damage to 30 mosques and churches while almost 300 houses were destroyed.
All of this wasn't happening in Iraq, though. It was happening in Kosovo. And the blame for the killings and violence rests not with the United States but with those proper multilateral institutions, the United Nations and NATO.
While the Americans have been trying to get Iraq turned around in the right direction for only a year, the U.N. and Atlantic alliance have been at work in the much smaller society of Kosovo for almost five years now.
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Nugga_Nu @ Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:18 am
The United nations is a useless organisation. Any organisation that would include murderous dictators as part of its body is pathetic to say the least. To even try to treat such nations as equals to democratic societies is a farce. That's why the UN can never resolve anything.