UN hands Iraqi funds to occupying force

DuctapeFatwa

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Thu Jan-01-04 05:02 PM
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UN hands Iraqi funds to occupying force

The world body has transferred $2.6 billion to the Fund for the Development of Iraq, which is managed by the US-British coalition that spearheaded the war on Iraq last year and today occupies the country, an official UN source said on Thursday.

The fund is an evolution of the seven-year-old UN oil-for-food program, whose functions were transferred to the coalition by a UN Security Council resolution last May 22.

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Wwagsthedog

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Thu Jan-01-04 05:29 PM
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1. Wonder why they didn't simply write cheney a check?

n/t

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BenZodiac

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Thu Jan-01-04 06:24 PM
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2. "oil for food"

"Oil for Food" should have been called "Kickbacks for Kofi"

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Voltaire99

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Thu Jan-01-04 07:01 PM
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3. This is shocking. . .shocking!

The UN doing as it is told by Washington? Imagine!

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BenZodiac

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Thu Jan-01-04 07:06 PM
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4. ....

Yes, the UN would be much better off to listen to it's other members, such as North Korea, Syria, Cuba, France and Iran.

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Kathy in Cambridge

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Thu Jan-01-04 08:13 PM
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5. France Has Been Our Ally for Hundreds of Years

Don't you remember when marines died in Lebanon on Reagan's watch in 1983? There were also French peacekeeping forces killed also. Oh, and there are several THOUSAND French troops in Afghanistan as we speak.

Again, your talking points are complete reiteration of the Rush Limbaugh agenda.

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daleo

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Thu Jan-01-04 08:24 PM
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6. Oil for Food Fund to be renamed to

Halliburton spare change jar.

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