Oil for Food Lawsuits

2008-06-30 20:12:22

#1

usmarine2: Banned; +233|6213|Dublin, Ohio

'bout time.

"Other companies named in the lawsuit include European bank BNP Paribas, drug makers GlaxoSmithKline and Roche Holding, and units of drug company Schering-Plough, as well as several units of Switzerland's engineering company ABB Group.

The lawsuit also names AWB Ltd -- Australia's largest wheat exporter. A 2006 Australian government judicial inquiry found the company paid $222 million in kickbacks to Saddam's regime for wheat sales."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080701/wl_ … _oil_un_dc

Now all we need to do is hang coffee anon, and I will be happy.

2008-06-30 20:28:53

#2

Stingray24: Proud member of the vast right-wing conspiracy; +1,060|6867|The Land of Scott Walker

Took long enough. Naughty Swiss and Aussies. Tisk tisk.

2008-06-30 20:48:37

#3

CC-Marley: Member; +407|7250

It is about time. If and when American companies are named in similar lawsuits, then it will really be news.

edit* spelling

Last edited by CC-Marley (2008-06-30 20:49:27)

2008-06-30 21:06:24

#4

ZombieVampire!: The Gecko; +69|6249

Well maybe if you didn't massively subsidise wheat and instead engaged in the free market you so loudly espouse for others we wouldn't have had to.

2008-06-30 23:20:13

#5

BVC: Member; +325|7117

222 million, and the arrangement was still profitable?? Thats a LOT of wheat!

2008-06-30 23:48:26

#6

ZombieVampire!: The Gecko; +69|6249

No, it's not $222 million of wheat. Iraq was paid $222 million to trade their oil for Australian wheat. The money for Australian companies was in the oil.

2008-07-01 19:10:15

#7

usmarine2: Banned; +233|6213|Dublin, Ohio

ZombieVampire! wrote:
Well maybe if you didn't massively subsidise wheat and instead engaged in the free market you so loudly espouse for others we wouldn't have had to.

so you excuse it?

2008-07-01 20:59:42

#8

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6827|North Carolina

usmarine2 wrote:
ZombieVampire! wrote:
Well maybe if you didn't massively subsidise wheat and instead engaged in the free market you so loudly espouse for others we wouldn't have had to.
so you excuse it?

We've excused a lot worse.

2008-07-02 00:58:57

#9

CaptainSpaulding71: Member; +119|6779|CA, USA

about time someone was held accountable. naturally there will be hearings, lots of finger pointing, and nothing actually gets done - because it is the UN.

2008-07-02 00:59:54

#10

Spark: liquid fluoride thorium reactor; +874|7096|Canberra, AUS

Hmmm.... I get the funny feeling you guys are pursuing this so vehemently simply because it's the UN. Not because of anything else.

The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
^{~ Richard Feynman}

2008-07-02 01:11:28

#11

CaptainSpaulding71: Member; +119|6779|CA, USA

Spark wrote:
Hmmm.... I get the funny feeling you guys are pursuing this so vehemently simply because it's the UN. Not because of anything else.

so again, does this excuse the act of kofi and his cronies making millions and sadam starving his people to build more palaces?

2008-07-02 02:13:07

#12

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6833|'Murka

It's America's fault.

And Bush's.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2008-07-02 04:56:07

#13

imortal: Member; +240|7086|Austin, TX

CC-Marley wrote:
It is about time. If and when American companies are named in similar lawsuits, then it will really be news.

edit* spelling

Among the individuals named in the lawsuit are Texas oilmen Oscar Wyatt and David Chalmers, who both admitted to paying millions of dollars in kickbacks to Saddam's regime.

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The U.S. criminal prosecutions found Wyatt and Chalmers, who acted on behalf of his two oil corporations Bayoil Supply and Trading and Bayoil USA Inc. and other companies, including El Paso, complied with the then-Iraqi government's demands to pay secret surcharges, in violation of U.N. sanctions and U.S. law, to front companies and bank accounts controlled by the Saddam's government.

If, eh? I take it you assumed they wouldn't be?

2008-07-02 05:33:40

#14

Mekstizzle: WALKER; +3,611|7043|London, England

Stingray24 wrote:
Took long enough. Naughty Swiss and Aussies. Tisk tisk.

American corporations were involved to, if you had just read the first line of the article........ahh, fuck it.

2008-07-02 05:48:15

#15

Naturn: Deeds, not words.; +311|7027|Greenwood, IN

Turquoise wrote:
usmarine2 wrote:
ZombieVampire! wrote:
Well maybe if you didn't massively subsidise wheat and instead engaged in the free market you so loudly espouse for others we wouldn't have had to.
so you excuse it?
We've excused a lot worse.

We probably don't even know what worse is ether. lol

2008-07-02 16:43:31

#16

usmarine2: Banned; +233|6213|Dublin, Ohio

Mek-Stizzle wrote:
Stingray24 wrote:
Took long enough. Naughty Swiss and Aussies. Tisk tisk.
American corporations were involved to, if you had just read the first line of the article........ahh, fuck it.

Yes, but we NEVER talk about them. Duh.

2008-07-02 16:49:54

#17

usmarine2: Banned; +233|6213|Dublin, Ohio

CaptainSpaulding71 wrote:
Spark wrote:
Hmmm.... I get the funny feeling you guys are pursuing this so vehemently simply because it's the UN. Not because of anything else.
so again, does this excuse the act of kofi and his cronies making millions and sadam starving his people to build more palaces?

Yes. If it was the US...bad. if not, not so bad. I guess. that is why this section is stupid. slanted euros (aussie, canada, w/e) and jaded americans.

Last edited by usmarine2 (2008-07-02 16:50:22)

2008-07-02 16:52:40

#18

m3thod: All kiiiiiiiiinds of gainz; +2,197|7093|UK

usmarine2 wrote:
CaptainSpaulding71 wrote:
Spark wrote:
Hmmm.... I get the funny feeling you guys are pursuing this so vehemently simply because it's the UN. Not because of anything else.
so again, does this excuse the act of kofi and his cronies making millions and sadam starving his people to build more palaces?
Yes. If it was the US...bad. if not, not so bad. I guess. that is why this section is stupid. slanted euros (aussie, canada, w/e) and jaded americans.

cry moar

Blackbelts are just whitebelts who have never quit.

2008-07-02 16:54:09

#19

usmarine2: Banned; +233|6213|Dublin, Ohio

its the truth

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usmarine2 wrote:

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Mek-Stizzle wrote:

Stingray24 wrote:

CaptainSpaulding71 wrote:

Spark wrote:

usmarine2 wrote:

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