OIL FOR FOOD FOR TERRORISM

WHY ARE WE PAYING DUES TO THE UNITED NATIONS? AS THE CORRUPTION OF THE U.N.'S OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAM IN IRAQ IS BEING EXPOSED (SO FAR TO THE TUNE OF $20 BILLION DOLLARS STOLEN) IT'S NOW DISCOVERED THAT SOME OF THE MONEY MISSED KOFI ANNAN'S POCKETS AND ENDED UP IN THE HANDS OF THE FAMILIES OF PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS.

Probe: Iraq U.N. Cash Sent to Bombers’ Kin.
NEW YORK - Saddam Hussein diverted money from the U.N. oil-for-food program to pay millions of dollars to families of Palestinian suicide bombers who carried out attacks on Israel, say congressional investigators who uncovered evidence of the money trail.

The former Iraqi president tapped secret bank accounts in Jordan — where he collected bribes from foreign companies and individuals doing illicit business under the humanitarian program — to reward the families up to $25,000 each, investigators told The Associated Press.

Documents prepared for a Wednesday hearing by the House International Relations Committee outline the new findings about how Saddam funneled money to the Palestinian families.....

The humanitarian program that let Iraq trade oil for goods was set up in 1996 to help Iraqis get food, medicine and other items that had been scarce under strict U.N. economic sanctions imposed after the Gulf War. But investigators say Saddam made more than $21.3 billion in illegal revenue under the program as well as by evading the sanctions for more than a decade....

According to employees of the Iraqi Central Bank and the Rafidain Bank, the former Iraqi ambassador to Jordan, Sabah Yassen, personally withdrew money from the accounts to make payments ranging from $15,000 to $25,000 to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers, Hyde said.