From the Conradian Captain Marlow whose LexisNexis searches are providing fascinating Oil-for-Food food these days:
KOFI Annan’s deputy — who many believe will become the scapegoat for the UN Secretary-General over the oil-for-food debacle — has admitted the international body was “not equipped” to manage the controversial program.
Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette, in Melbourne yesterday for a global philanthropy conference hosted by Melbourne University, said the problems that allowed bribery and corruption to infect the UN program were much wider than oil-for-food.
The Captain also points out:
These are the guys who strongly opposed the liberation of Iraq at the Security Council
He’s referring, of course, to the likes of this man:
The former French ambassador to the U.N. security council, Jean-Bernard Merimee, has been ordered jailed by the magistrate investigating French involvement in the oil-for-food scandal, judicial sources said Tuesday.
In case you’re interested, the soi-disant newspaper of record (the NYT) has nothing on Merimee since 1995, at least according to my search. Evidently such stories do not fit their narrative.
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