Oil for Food - William Safire article
Hat tip to
Instapundit for the link to
this article in NY Times about the Oil for Food corruption:
bq.
Follow-Up to Kofigate
Never has there been a financial rip-off of the magnitude of the U.N. oil-for-food scandal.
bq. At least $5 billion in kickbacks went from corrupt contractors — mainly French and Russian — into the pockets of Saddam and his thugs. Some went to pay off his protectors in foreign governments and media, and we may soon see how much stuck to the fingers of U.N. bureaucrats as well.
It is nice to finally start to see cracks in the facade. This is a bad scandal and it needs to be brought to light. Corruption at the highest levels.
Posted by DaveH at March 29, 2004 11:06 AM