It was all about oil

02.28.2004

Yes, it sort of was. The Middle East Media Research Institute (and many international newspapers) recently published a list of individuals & companies that benefitted from the Iraqi oil-for-food program in rather ... um ... unusual ways. The list includes French, German, and Russian politicians — including ministers, the French ambassador to the UN Security Council, and personal friends of Chirac, Putin, and others. Basically, politicians from every Security Council country opposing the US were on the list — except for China, which, if you recall, wasn't nearly as vocal as France & Russia. I wonder what that means?

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UPDATE: Here's an in-depth New York Times story on corruption in the UN-run oil-for-food program.

Posted by Miguel at 06:16 PM