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2004-05-07 International-UN-NGOs

UN complains it's already "tried and convicted" over Iraq oil scandal

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Posted by Steve White 2004-05-07 4:50:56 PM|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 'Tried and convicted' in the press doesn't cut much ice with me. I'd feel a lot better if someone started throwing around the phrase 'disgorgement of ~~bribes~~ profits' which, to me, would be the most concrete admission of ~~guilt~~ wrongdoing, which is why it'll never happen.

Posted by Raj 2004-05-07 5:03:12 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-05-07 5:03:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Wouldn't you love to see Coffee Man do a day in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee like Rummy just did?

Posted by Mr. Davis 2004-05-07 5:07:47 PM|| 2004-05-07 5:07:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 *snicker*
Toss the drowning UN people LifeSavers immediately! The Assorted Flavors pkg would be best.

Whining from the UN guys is a new and fascinating phenomenon - they've been given a blanket pass for 50 yrs and are quite unaccustomed to scrutiny and actual expectations to pony-up! This is one of those World's Tiniest Violin moments.

UNloved. UNwanted. UNneeded. UNtrustworthy. UNdead.

Posted by .com 2004-05-07 5:08:27 PM|| 2004-05-07 5:08:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 sounds like the shrill defense of a guilty party....still asking companies not to disclose info to outside parties, too....

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-07 5:09:19 PM|| 2004-05-07 5:09:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Kofi has hired a new press spokesman to improve his image in the current controversy

"It is not true. Kofi Annan and his son had
nothing to do with the disappearance of the
funds to feed the Iraqi people.
Neither does my new Mercedes"

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-07 5:11:56 PM|| 2004-05-07 5:11:56 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 I (heart) Baghdad Bob!
What a great guy! LOL

Posted by Jen 2004-05-07 5:14:15 PM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-05-07 5:14:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The scandal threatens UN credibility in Iraq at a critical time..

Cain't threaten sumthin' you ain't got, son.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-07 5:16:06 PM|| 2004-05-07 5:16:06 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 "We've been essentially tried and convicted . . . on the basis of virtually no evidence."

. . . and this differs from everyday judicial procedure in 60+ of UN member countries . . . uh, how, exactly?

Posted by Mike 2004-05-07 5:31:59 PM|| 2004-05-07 5:31:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 These are the people JFKerry wants to put in charge in Iraq? Is he farking crazy?

I think after a few months of U.N. control the Iraqi's would be begging to have Saddam back.

Posted by CrazyFool 2004-05-07 5:34:23 PM|| 2004-05-07 5:34:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Tried and convicted by the press, eh?

On top of that Kofi has 10,000 grams of gold on his head.

OH, THE PRESSURE MOUNTS!!!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-05-07 5:51:23 PM|| 2004-05-07 5:51:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 If they've been tried and convicted, the only suitable sentence is execution.
Close the UN down and get it the hell out of the US, give it to the Euroweenies they'd appreciate it more.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-05-07 9:05:30 PM|| 2004-05-07 9:05:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Since they've been "tried and convicted," why aren't they swinging from rope yet?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-07 9:20:23 PM|| 2004-05-07 9:20:23 PM|| Front Page Top

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