U.N. Food-for Oil investigation-What is going on there?

[lowjinks]

This could shake out pretty hard against us.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9367752%255E2703,00.html

SIMULTANEOUS investigations of the former United Nations oil-for-food program aim to expose how Saddam Hussein used Iraq's oil wealth to buy political influence around the world.

The US-appointed Iraqi Governing Council, the US Congress and an independent panel established by the UN have started investigating claims the Hussein regime used oil to bribe politicians, political parties, journalists and a leading UN official.

The inquiries are examining Iraq's system of kickbacks, which Baghdad used to break sanctions, fund his military and sustain his regime.

[Frances]

1. More distraction

This investigation takes the heat off Halliburton which is engaged in corruption and war profiteering TODAY, as well as yesterday

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[Skittles]

2. OK

define US please

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[seabeyond]

3. hey this is valid

and we knew a long time ago, not new, just being checked out and it needs to. the u.n. person running this program was stealing tons of money that should have gone to the poor of iraq. lots of money.

and if we are going to use u.n. this has to be corrected. it is just wrong.

also france and russia were being paid off too

[Killarney]

5. the right-wing is twisting this out of proportion

They are now saying that the reason many countries (including France) didn't want to join us in war against Iraq was that they were bribed by Saddam. And that this is another reason why the UN is a failure, blah blah blah. It's all over talk radio.

[Hav]

7. "This could shake out pretty hard against us."

"against us"

Somehow I am so not surprised that the poster got tombstoned.
Who talks líke this and who argues that something like that is bad for "us"...