Bad news for Kofi Annan.
Investigators of the UN oil-for- food program said Tuesday they are “urgently reviewing” new information that suggests UN Secretary General Kofi Annan may have known more than he revealed about a contract that was awarded to the company that employed his son.
The December 1998 memo from Michael Wilson, then a vice- president of Cotecna Inspections S.A., mentions brief discussions with Annan “and his entourage” at a summit in Paris in 1998 about Cotecna’s bid for a $10-million- a-year contract under oil-for- food.
If accurate, the memo could contradict a major finding of the Independent Inquiry Committee – that there wasn’t enough evidence to show that Annan knew about efforts by Cotecna, which employed his son, Kojo, to win the contract. Cotecna learned it won the contract on Dec. 11, 1998, days after the meeting.
The statement from the Independent Inquiry Committee, led by former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker, said it would “conduct additional investigation regarding this new information.”
That must suck, eh Paul?
To this day, I will never, ever, understand why so many people put their faith the corrupt, nepotist sham that is the United Nations.
Additional investigation by Volcker? That’s hilarious.
Kofi is in trouble.
At what point does the Congressional invesitgation into this thing start digging up the dirt on Desmarais?
Looks like the UN might be needing a new Secretary General soon. I wonder who Maurice Strong will suggest as a replacement?
No! No! It’s a lie! It’s aaaaalllll lies!
Kofi is a saint! The UN is a holy shrine to freedom!
It can’t be! It can’t be!
/brainwashed leftist and typical Canuck citizen
Please, Exiled American, try not to lump the great people of the USA in with the committees that steer the ship. 73s TG
9 OTHER suggestions that Kofi Annan may have been less than truthful when speaking to investigators of the UN Oil for Food scandal*
During a dinner party in Belgium, he let slip that he "really digs the rush" he gets from "ripping off bloated multinationalist bureaucracies that adminster aid for countries ruled by murderous tyrants with sweet-ass mustaches.&qu…
So who exactly has the authority to fire that corrupt thug? Does it have to be a vote by the nation members (most of whom are corrupt thugs)?
I’m guessing Exiled Americano was referring more to the leftist sheep in Canuckistan or the Socialist lemmings in Europa. The average American has way more sense than that, other than the goofy left of course!
Exiled American,
scratching your head? That was a real error on my part. Somehting like my last mistake in 1958. Kate’s great [What I like about Americans] is a Monster eh?
70+ posts and interesting as heck. 73s TG
It will be interesting to see if Volcker reacts like a fireman or a cop.
Abolish the UN.
“So who exactly has the authority to fire that corrupt thug? Does it have to be a vote by the nation members (most of whom are corrupt thugs)?”
It’s not at all clear to me at least from the UN Charter whether ANYONE has the authority to remove the Secretary-General from office. Article 97 simply says that he’s appointed by the General Assembly on recommendation of the Security Council, but it doesn’t provide any mechanism to rescind that appointment…even in the hypothetical situation that either body voted to do so which, given that as you rightly note they are are indeed mostly corrupt thugs seems exceeedingly unlikely.
Like in Canada – nobody can get rid of our Liberal corrup thugs – not even the Governopr General or 4 non confidence votes by the opposition.
Thugs make the rules for self preservation…
we’re stuck with them.
And our leaders(?) prefer the UN to the US.
Hire my friend/relatives for votes/oil/food- hey- sounds like the Canukistani virus is spreading?
“At what point does the Congressional invesitgation into this thing start digging up the dirt on Desmarais?”
Now that would be something. Not sure it’s going to happen though. All the old money, and some new as well, that’s behind the UN, Liberal party, etc. are way too smart to leave themselves open. That’s why they have guys like Martin out front to do their bidding and take the shit when it hits the fan. It will take some digging, either that or some ‘come cleans’ and perhaps some notes kept about meetings with these guys. I bet there’s not too many of them either. Everything at that level is on a ‘needs to know’ basis.
“Hire my friend/relatives for votes/oil/food- hey- sounds like the Canukistani virus is spreading?”
Not a virus, that sounds like the start of a new industry! Maybe even something Canada could export.
Just not south please, we already have more than enough at Turtle Bay.
Boy… the fact the meeting was in paris makes the whole “story” really unbelivable isn’t it. Let france support the north korean nuclear program next. Who cares? Certainly not kofi. Last time I checked Washington kept me free… not new york.
The Six Weeks
Australian hostage Douglas Wood, has been released in Iraq, not through the payment of ransom, but apparently through military action. Here are excerpts from the text of Prime Minister John Howard’s speech to Parliament:
Mr Speaker, I am delighted to inform the House that the Australian hostage in Iraq Mr Douglas Wood is safe from his captors. Mr Wood was recovered a short while ago in Baghdad in a military operation that I�m told was conducted by Iraqi forces, in cooperation in a general way with force elements of the United States. He�s now under the protection of the Australian Emergency Response Team in Baghdad. I understand that he is well. He�s undergoing medical checks at the present time. I know that all Australians will be jubilant at this news. …
I want to place on record the Government�s great appreciation to the officers of the Government who have done such wonderful work. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has displayed superb professionalism throughout this whole incident. The work of Mr Nick Warner who has been the head of the Emergency Response Team has been quite exemplary and I want to pay a special tribute to Nick. He�s an officer who�s known to many of us and he�s done great things for Australia, not only in Iraq, but also in the Solomon Islands. I want of course to thank the Special Forces and the other members of the Emergency Response Team that went to Iraq. Brigadier McCabe and all of the units in Iraq that have been associated with this.
Can I also pay special tribute to the contribution of the Minister for Foreign Affairs who has had the day-to-day carriage of this on behalf of the Government and may I also thank the Opposition, the Leader of the Opposition and the Member for Griffith for their understanding at every stage of the difficulties involved and the need for us to unite to save an Australian and this has brought out some of the best things in our people. I also place on record my appreciation for the efforts of the Australian Islamic community and of Sheik Al Hilaly.
http://www.fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com
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The interesting reading comes in the last paragraph:
So here’s how I think (speculation alert) it happened. Hilaly went to Iraq prepared to ransom Wood and return to Australia the big savior of the helpless kuffar. In good faith. But Hilaly gets dusted down with latest tracking technology upon arrival in Baghdad (“in cooperation in a general way with force elements of the United States”) and leads surveillance to links in the chain. Hilaly leaves Iraq frustrated, but has unwittingly provided key parts of the puzzle, for which John Howard was extremely grateful. Brigadier McCabe, possibly the onsite Aussie crisis manager, makes the judgment that the Coalition knows enough to risk springing Wood and calls Howard, who gives the nod. Or something like that. The Iraqi forces move in and when Howard is told everything went well he gives the big speech in Canberra.
Bravo to Oz.
That’s excellent news, though, regardless of how it was played. I don’t agree with negotiating with terrorists or criminals, but I suspect that’s a much easier stand to take when it’s not anyone related to me.
Who’s Kofi’s heir apparent….who will carry the torch for Powercor global profiteering?…Moe Strong? (has he sold his Ottawa Apt.?)
Maybe the Cretch? ( this is a great way to dodge the witness stand as Gomery opens up prosecution options)
Wet Willie Klinton? (has the backing of the American global socialists and Armand Hammer)
Who will fill in for Kofi and keep up the UN’s established function as a global business broker for global socialist greed.
Jay said: “Additional investigation by Volcker? That’s hilarious.”
Of course we all realize Volker is a current Powercor employee right? He’s investigating his boss’s involvement in laundering the cash flow in the deal….ya right….seems Kofi has been well compensated to take the fall for the corporate/political network involved in this scam.
We have top politicians in Canada and their former corporate soul mates all implicated….and we see Kofi taking the fall….who’s yer daddy Kofi?
Pat Martin, NDP, is borrowing carla parrish/trick mercer’s line: “bastards freeze in the dark”.
Aunty-amuricanism is the lefty shoe of the aunty-amuricans here in the GWN.
The ice worms are invading Pat’s inner child.
The exiled American>>To this day, I will never, ever, understand why so many people put their faith the corrupt, nepotist sham that is the United Nations.
Even more true if you substitute the word “States” for “Nations”.
Funny how memos like the one from #10 Downing Street are unimportant because they implicate Republicans, but anything that implicates someone on the enemies list is pure gold.