U.N. chief Annan angers U.S., Britain
By Nicolas Kralev, Washingting Times
After reading the BBC news article yesterday entitled Row Deepens over UN Oil Scandal, I was wondering how long it would take for a US news media to react. The crux of Anna's complaint was that Saddam's profiteering was "our fault", meaning the US and Britain's, Afterall, we should have been watching closer...
The US and the UK have rejected allegations by UN chief Kofi Annan that they turned a blind eye to oil smuggling by Saddam Hussein's regime. Mr Annan suggested the two had inadequately policed UN sanctions against Iraq, enabling the regime to earn huge amounts in illegal deals.
In today's Washington Times article, he further expounds:
According to Mr. Annan's latest account, most of the money pocketed by Saddam "came out of smuggling outside the oil-for-food program, and it was on the American and British watch."
"Possibly, they were the ones who knew exactly what was going on and that the countries themselves decided to close their eyes to smuggling to Turkey and Jordan, because they were allies."
Oh puleeeze....
Enforcing UN sanctions against Iraq was the task of the UN.... an organization that's proven itself long on words and resolutions but short of resolute action when it came to Saddam's violations. Add to that, any and all exemptions from UN sanctions granted to Turkey and Jordan were done so with the "full knowledge of the U.N. Sanctions Committee and other U.N. bodies and officials."
Considering all of this is old news, what is more readily apparent is that Annan has adopted the very liberal American tactic that when problems arise, scream "victim" at the top of your lungs, and hope the world has a taste for revisionist history.
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