The Trial of Saddam Hussein and The Fallout of The War

The Trial of Saddam Hussein

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The fallout in the Middle East from the regime change in Iraq

Friday, October 28, 2005

Oil For Food Scandal

It seems that over 2000 international companies, and many well known politicians, had a hand in illegally supporting Saddam Hussein.

This is the conclusion of the final report on the UN oil-for-food programme.

The report runs to 623 pages, and exposes the global scam that allegedly involved such companies as DaimlerChrysler and Siemens.

The report shows that the $64BN programme was used by Saddam to prop up his regime, at the expense of his own people.

The UN and member countries of the UN are blamed for allowing this corruption to go unchecked for years.

Paul Volcker, a former US Federal Reserve chairman who led the investigation, said that the report underscored the urgent need to reform the United Nations.

Companies from Thailand, Malaysia, Russia, Belarus, Syria, Canada and many other places paid illegal kickbacks. Many businesses in the developing world made large payments to get humanitarian contracts.

The question is, will these people be standing trial with Saddam?

I won't be holding my breath.

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