$1bn 'slips through' to Iraq - without the formal approval

New York - One billion dollars from the United Nations account for Iraq was transferred last month to the Iraqi fund controlled by the United States-led coalition without the formal approval of the security council, officials said on Thursday.

The money was moved from the United Nations' "oil for food" account to the coalition's Iraqi Development Fund (IDF) on October 31, according to Fred Eckhard, the official spokesman of Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

The payment was the second of its kind from the account set up during the years when Iraq was under UN-mandated sanctions.

"We were only required by the council to pay one billion dollars in advance of the shutdown of the oil-for-food programme.

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where ever they can get it. POW's from Gulf I, Leave No Child Behind, Social Security/Medicare, revenue for cities and states, everywhere. They're grubbing money where ever they can get it or even steal it. Even from the UN.

THEIF!