3000 U.N. Staffers Probed (Oil-for-food)

From the NY Post:


Investigators probing the United Nations' Iraq oil-for-food program are taking a close look at allegations the scandal-plagued initiative was filled with spies, terrorists and do-nothing bureaucrats earning exorbitant salaries.
The activities of the estimated 3,000 U.N. staffers who were working on the $100 billion humanitarian aid program are emerging as a central focus of the investigations into the mushrooming scandal...

I did the math on the money Saddam pilfered from O4F here, and there's more on how much France would have got from exclusive oil contracts here.

Iraq · Mon, 03/29/2004 - 13:32 · · Importance: 1


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