The US Senate investigation of the Oil-For-Food scandal has released a report today implicating top Russian officials who possibly got bribes from Saddam. Frankly, given the long history of economic and military ties between Russia and Iraq, it wouldn’t surprise me at all to find that Saddam sent bribes to Russia for favourable treatment. However.. …
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Bad news for Paul Martin and the people of Darfur. The Sudanese government has apparently refused the offer of 100 Canadian soldiers to help the African Union in Darfur. Faiza Hassan Taha, the Sudanese ambassador, said Ottawa didn’t consult her country about the offer. She said Khartoum doesn’t want any non-African troops in the country. …
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This was spurred by the JaneMs’ comments in the comments of the last post. My response ended up being a rather involved rant… so, why not just post it so that everyone sees it! Jane said: Chris, do you think that the UN gets “signalsâ€? The UN seems oblivious even to being hit between the …
