The U.N's Massive AIDS Scandal

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By Cliff Kincaid
November 27, 2007

A massive 2,800-word article in Monday's Washington Post paying homage to Bono quotes the rock star as saying he puts "flesh and blood on statistics" about AIDS. The problem is that, only six days earlier, the paper noted that the U.N.'s estimate of AIDS cases has been vastly overblown by millions. Which raises the question: The U.S. Government has spent $200 billion on AIDS, based on the figures supplied by the U.N. and other agencies. Where has all the money gone? Does anybody in the media care? Does Bono?

While failing to raise these questions, the article by Sridhar Pappu does disclose some important and interesting information. It notes that left-wing billionaire George Soros is funding Bono's DATA organization (Debt AIDS Trade Africa) and that Bono hangs around with Morton Halperin, one of Soros's top people in Washington, D.C. Halperin also serves on DATA's board.

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