The dregs of Iraq’s Oil-for-food

This was an interesting read…
[Oil For Terror]:http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/cRosett/?id=110005011

It’s a look on the UN’s Oil-for-food program for Saddam’s Iraq. Yes, well, um… hm… somehow, it doesn’t seem that the sanctions had as much to do with Iraqi economic difficulties. One of the stories: a shell company setup by senior officials of Saddam’s regime was a UN-authorized purchaser of Iraqi oil. Also, why would the United Arab Emirates purchase oil from Iraq?

I thought it was worth reading…

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