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2008-01-15 Afghanistan

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Posted by gorb 2008-01-15 06:42|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 FoxNews.com has an excellent article regarding the UN's corrupt procurement practices, dealing with the enemy and undermining US interests our military has fought hard for. I am suspicious by nature, but UN officials with immunity always seem to be in the picture. Targeting traffickers of Afghan heroin, and compromising a "safe haven for businessmen" sounds like a Taliban/AQ plot or at least a turf battle. Other FOX articles pertinent to the war on terror:

Fraud and abuse levels stun UN
Did U.N. Program Secretly Funnel Money to North Korea?
Three U.S. Agencies Reviewing Decision to Export High-Tech Support to Syria
Report Details Progress in Battle Against Corruption at U.N. Office
Secret Legal Memo Urges U.N. Development Office to Rehire Whistleblower
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Faces Major Test in Ethics Case

Posted by Danielle 2008-01-15 11:30|| 2008-01-15 11:30|| Front Page Top

#2 You read all those "News" magazines at the checkout countr, don't you?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2008-01-15 13:45|| 2008-01-15 13:45|| Front Page Top

#3 Terrorists don't fight under the Geneva Convention principles. That is one reason why I support special status for the Gitmo detainees. As I write, we are an election away from release of those animals. Frankly, I would like to see laws that allow execution of persons based on mere association - vs probable cause of commission of a crime - with proven and known terrorists.

Posted by Gromosh Forkbeard2610 2008-01-15 17:33|| 2008-01-15 17:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Let me sum those stories up and save everybody some time:

Fraud and abuse levels stun UN

But they don't stun anyone with 2 brains cells. (Too bad the UN wasn't stunned with a cattle prod.)

Did U.N. Program Secretly Funnel Money to North Korea?

Yes.

Three U.S. Agencies Reviewing Decision to Export High-Tech Support to Syria

The ~~CIA and State Department~~ agencies will approve the export if they figure it will harm Bush.

Report Details Progress in Battle Against Corruption at U.N. Office

There is none. (Progress, that is; there's plenty of corruption.)

Secret Legal Memo Urges U.N. Development Office to Rehire Whistleblower

So ~~they can push him~~ he can fall down an elevator shaft.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Faces Major Test in Ethics Case

Projected grade: F-

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