VOL. XLVII

No 13

29-March-2004

IRAQ

Iraqs Governing Council And UN To Probe Oil-For-Food Corruption Allegations

Iraqs Governing Council (IGC) announced on 23 March that it was to launch a formal inquiry into alleged corruption in the former UN-administered oil-for-food program. According to Intifadh Qanbar, a spokesman for IGC member Ahmad Chalabi, Saddam Husain was able to loot billions of dollars of Iraqi peoples money under the supervision of the UN. He said the council would hire international...