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Monday, July 05, 2004

Bomb kills oil-for-food auditor

BBC
An Iraqi official heading an inquiry into alleged corruption in the UN oil-for-food programme was killed by a bomb on Thursday, it has been revealed.

The official, Ihsan Karim, died in hospital after a bomb placed under one of the cars in his convoy exploded.

The board he headed had been given independence from the government as it investigated commissions paid to members of the former regime. In return, the regime allegedly gave billions of dollars worth of contracts.

The General Accounting Office of the US government has said that former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his associates raised some $4bn in illegal revenue by imposing oil surcharges and commissions on suppliers of goods to Iraq under the programme.

Mr Karim was appointed by the former head of the Coalition Provisional Authority, Paul Bremer, as head of the Finance Ministry audit board in April. The board tasked international accountancy firm Ernst and Young with investigating commissions paid to the former government...
There are a lot of powerful interests intent on preventing the truth about the greatest fraud in history from coming out.

The UN, France and Russia, in complicity with Saddam, were involved in the largest financial scam in history. Over $20 Billion (yes, billion with a 'B') was stolen from the Oil-for-Food program intended to feed and provide health care for poor Iraqi children and their families.

Disgraceful.
Posted by: Zayphar / 7/05/2004 01:45:00 PM
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