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2005-03-28 International-UN-NGOs

Annan to save face by saying son misled him

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Posted by Steve 2005-03-28 1:04:12 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Goo-fi could save himself a lot of grief if he just resigned already. Dodging blame and pinning things on other people (even his own son) is only prolonging the pain.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-28 1:28:12 PM|| 2005-03-28 1:28:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 I think Kojo will want to avoid toll bridges, too.

Posted by Sonny Corleone 2005-03-28 1:39:08 PM|| [http://larsonian.blogspot.com] 2005-03-28 1:39:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Damn! Pops be throwin me under the bus! Damn!

Posted by Kojo 2005-03-28 1:39:18 PM|| 2005-03-28 1:39:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Now, now, Fredo...I mean, Kojo. Let's go fishing and sort this out, shall we?

Posted by Kofi 2005-03-28 1:41:19 PM|| 2005-03-28 1:41:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Its too late for saving face. The objective here is saving arse. Like son, like father.

Posted by Grunter 2005-03-28 2:39:16 PM|| 2005-03-28 2:39:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 The UN cashcow is capsizing! Every Annan fer himselbs Kojo!

Posted by Tkat 2005-03-28 2:41:22 PM|| 2005-03-28 2:41:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 The UN is literally eating its own young.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-03-28 2:42:39 PM|| 2005-03-28 2:42:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 doesn't hold water. if he's so concerned with doing the ethical thing, why didn't he get the truth from sonny boy earlier? why didn't he disclose this earlier? why did he go on the defensive? why doesn't he make a big damn deal out of chastizing sonny boy? if he were truly concerned with uncovering the truth, he wouldn't just be trying to get to the bottom of this now - he would have done it all along.

nope. doesn't work for me.

Posted by PlanetDan 2005-03-28 2:46:41 PM|| 2005-03-28 2:46:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 OK. Assume the OFF scandal was worth 12 billion U$D for the sake of argument (some say it was MUCH higher) Divide 365000 by 12 billion, and you find that Kojo's rake off was 3.0416666666666666666666666666667e-5 percent of the whole mess.

So dada Kofi says - It was all the kid's fault...

R-I-G-H-T

Posted by M. Murcek 2005-03-28 3:08:19 PM|| 2005-03-28 3:08:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 "by insisting that his son, Kojo, 29, misled him about payments that Kojo Annan..."

Maybe so, maybe not, but in either event that's exactly why conflict of interest rules extend to close relatives.

Posted by Matt 2005-03-28 4:14:00 PM|| 2005-03-28 4:14:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 This is so sad.
I'm considering forming a rescue Mike Squad..... No! Make that Brigade.

I'll likely need airline tickets and a negliable pure dime.... Figure $500 a day and I won't charge my normal fee..... of $14.00 an hour.
:( Man.... talk about being wrong!

jeeeez.

Posted by Shipman 2005-03-28 4:28:28 PM|| 2005-03-28 4:28:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Leave a loaded revolver on Kofi's desk and perhaps he'll take the honorable way out, do the right thing..... finally

Posted by sea cruise 2005-03-28 7:06:38 PM|| 2005-03-28 7:06:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 All this time I thought the Nigerians were the most corrupt group, with their email spams and stuff. Man the Guinnians (however they spell it) make the Nigerians look like pikers.

Posted by rjschwarz 2005-03-28 7:26:22 PM|| [http://rjschwarz.com] 2005-03-28 7:26:22 PM|| Front Page Top

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