Bald-Faced Lies About The U.N.
By Cliff Kincaid
October 9, 2007
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Think about it: what senator in his or her right mind would vote for giving the U.N. more power and influence over world affairs in light of the still unfolding U.N. oil-for-food scandal? A Texas oil tycoon is the latest to plead guilty in that case.
But the scandals just keep on coming. A former U.N. investigator from Australia has now come forward to allege that the world body is corrupt to the core and that up to $500 million in humanitarian relief for the victims of the December 26, 2004, tsunami has been ripped off. The Sydney Morning Herald originally reported his allegations in stories you can find here (web site) and here. (web site) The former investigator, Francis Montil, also describes investigating a pattern of sexual harassment by a top U.N. official, including the groping of American movie star Angelina Jolie. The report of the investigation was buried.
A Google search found that one or both of the Sydney Morning Herald stories was picked up by WorldNetDaily.com and some other newspapers in Australia, India, and Malaysia. But no major U.S. "mainstream media" outlet has covered these extraordinary allegations. This is the pro-U.N. media bias in action.
However, the Wall Street Journal is reporting (web site) that an anti-fraud unit at the U.N. that has identified more than $610 million in allegedly tainted contracts might be closed down.
You can bet Negroponte and his friends at State are hoping that all of these allegations remain buried or glossed over - at least until after the Senate ratifies the U.N.'s Law of the Sea Treaty. It is then that we might find out that the U.N. institutions created by the treaty have even less ethical oversight and fraud protection than the U.N. itself. There is no requirement, for example, for any of the employees of these new institutions to submit financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest forms. UNCLOS will make the oil-for-food scandal look like peanuts.
Only the power of the people, as talk-show host Laura Ingraham talks about in her new book, can save the U.S. and the world from this latest U.N. power grab and inevitable financial scandal. We need Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh and other radio talk-show hosts to inform the American people and then provide a platform for their rightful anger and outrage. Time is running out. The Senate could vote soon.
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Cliff Kincaid is the Editor of Accuracy in Media, and can be contacted at cliff.kincaid@aim.org.
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