It is about time. Over a billion paid out to Saddam, bribes flying everywhere - and from these tiny little countries and men, strong moral opposition to the war. And why not - over a billion was at stake. They would lose their place at the table.
So the question - do I really believe that the UN, and its most distinguished members, would act in such an inhuman, uncivilized, undignified, petty, and callous manner - ABSOLUTELY. The facts are clear, the facts, in a court, as was the case already, are enough to convict. And why US courts - because why would you take it to a court riddled with individuals selected by their corrupt governments. Ha ha. That would indeed be a joke.
It should not be the US apologizing Senator, rather it should the world apologizing for its role in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. Unfortunately, in an effort to shift the blame and make themselves feel better, they have created a convoluted world where all the deaths in Iraq are the fault of the US. Amazing world. Pathetic world.
Now, hopefully, the Iraqis will get to re-write what has falsely been written. About time.
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Iraq to file oil-for-food lawsuit in U.S. courts
The legal action will target alleged fraud in the U.N. program under the Hussein regime.
By Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
10:23 AM PDT, June 29, 2008
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi government announced today that it intends to file suit in United States courts to recover funds allegedly embezzled from the United Nations oil-for-food program during Saddam Hussein's rule.
A statement by government spokesman Ali Dabbagh said the lawsuits would target companies and individuals that conspired to corrupt the U.N. program.
Dabbagh did not name any companies or say how much the government hoped to gain by going to court, but his statement cited the findings of a 2005 U.N. inquiry into the program.
That investigation, headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul A. Volcker, concluded that 2,400 companies and individuals participated in fraud that included $1.8 billion in kickbacks to Hussein.
After the inquiry several of those named were prosecuted in the U.S. and Europe, resulting in prison sentences for two Texas oilmen and restitution from several companies totaling 10 of millions of dollars.
But little has been done to recover larger sums from those named in the Volcker report in countries including Russia, China, Yemen, Egypt, Vietnam, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.
The oil-for-food program was intended to allow humanitarian goods to reach Iraq while the country was under international sanctions following its invasion of Kuwait, which precipitated the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
From 1996 through the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, the Iraqi government was allowed to sell oil in exchange for food, medical supplies and essential mechanical equipment.
The Volcker report found that Hussein insisted that kickbacks be paid to secure oil contracts.
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