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To: jttmab who wrote (195785)	8/8/2006 10:49:54 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Your turn. Fill in what Kofi and his son did in detail and let's compare.....The United States (government) was not only aware of Iraqi oil sales which violated UN sanctions and provided the bulk of the illicit money Saddam Hussein obtained from circumventing UN sanctions. On occasion, the United States actually facilitated the illicit oil sales." Then find out who those US government officials ARE and indict and try them. Pretty simple, isn't it?? That is, unless those officials were possibly part of the Clinton administration, eh? As for Bayoil, which apparently was heavily involved in paying kickbacks, they and their CEO have been indicted. And guess what.. your favorite former UNSCOM inspector, Scott Ritter, received money that was associated via Bayoil (although he claims he had no idea of its origins). mail-archive.com@erols.com/msg00286.html Your turn. Fill in what Kofi and his son did in detail and let's compare. For one.. Annan used/abused his position of trust in order to ILLEGALLY advance the interests of the company his son worked for. Two. He was caught TWICE lying about whether he'd ever met with the CEO of Contectna, claiming he didn't recall any meetings. In fact, the Volcker commission discovered meeting schedules on computer disk that revealed that Annan had two PRIVATE meetings with him. Also discovered were several emails from Contectna indicating that they were using "lobbying" to win these contracts, which remarkably were granted after Annan held meetings with several other countries. Now we have two scenarios here. Either he lied, or he has alzheimers and is unfit to be in the position he holds. en.wikipedia.org A leaked internal U.N. audit, which surfaced on mineweb.com, shows massive discrepancies between Cotecna reports and U.N. agency reports for the value of the shipments into northern Iraq. The audit found that Cotecna did no "value" inspections on nearly US$1 billion worth of aid shipments for the Inter-Agency Humanitarian Programme into northern Iraq. Benon Sevan was briefed in December 2002 on the findings of the audit. en.wikipedia.org In April 2004, the United Nations assigned him to research possible corruption in the Iraqi Oil for Food program. In the report summarising the research, Volcker criticized Kojo Annan, son of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, and the Swiss company Cotecna Inspection SA, Annan's employer, for trying to conceal their relationship. Volcker was a director of the United Nations Association of the United States of America from 2000-2004 prior to being appointed to the Independent Inquiry by Kofi Annan. en.wikipedia.org The report also discloses that Iqbal Riza of Pakistan, Annan's former chief of staff, had approved destruction of his backup computer files covering the first three years of the oil-for-food program. His April 22 decision came one day after the Security Council officially endorsed Annan's decision to appoint Volcker. (note: Coincidence??) Riza said that it was not an attempt to conceal information and that documents were "simply extra copies" of records that U.N. officials typically destroy each year. He said that his own policy was to hold onto the files for five years. "In hindsight, I can say, 'Oh, goodness, I shouldn't have.' " washingtonpost.com Bottom line.. the UN panel might have stated there was "no evidence" that Annan had a role in orchestrating Cotectna's being awarded that contract via the influence of both he and his son, but there sure is a lot of circumstantial evidence that indicates this. The fact that he couldn't remember meeting Cotectna's CEO, but he could remember that they didn't discuss Cotectna bidding for the contract just stretches credulity. You can't remember meeting someone TWICE, IN A PRIVATE MEETING, but you can remember that you didn't discuss business?? Cotecta actually raised the price of its bid after the second meeting with Annan and it STILL WON. Come on now.. Hawk