11-08-2005, 04:27 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>19 parties, one Church in scam list </b>
New Delhi, Nov. 7: The Congress is not the only political party named by the UN-ordered Independent Inquiry Committee on the oil-for-food programme: 19 other political parties and four governments find mention in the report.
Also listed are the presidential office and deputy prime minister of Russia, Russian parliamentarian Vladimir Zhir-inovsky, British member of Parliament George Galloway and even the Orthodox Church of Russia.The political parties are accu-sed by the Volcker Committee of being non-contractual beneficiaries in the Iraq oil-for-food programme. Those accused of receiving and/or lifting barrels belong to countries as disparate as Europe and Africa.
The Communist Party of Belarus, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine are included in the Paul Adolf Volcker Committeeâs report as are several individuals and ministries of a host of countries. There is the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus, Socialist Party of Bulgaria, Welfare Party of Hungary, Palestinian Liberation Front of Palestine, Labo-ur Party of Romania and the Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Party of Ukraine.
There are three more Russian parties, National Democratic Party, Peace and Unity Party and the Unity Party; and four parties from Yugoslavia â Kostunica Party, Left Wing Party, Radical Party and the Socialist Party.The governments of Pakistan, Malawi, Namibia and Yemen are mentioned as are Ms Sukarno and Mrs Sukarno from Indonesia, the children of Congo President Joseph Kabila, the son of Lebanon President Lahoud and the son of a Russian ambassador.
Others on the list are the ministries of foreign affairs of Armenia and Chad, ministry of energy and mineral resources of Jordan, ministry of oil and gas of Oman and the minister for forestry of Burma.
According to the findings of the Volcker Committee report, the presidential office of Russia is alleged to have been allocated 21,350,000 barrels of oil, of which it allegedly lifted 16,401,000 barrels. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Majority of them are from east bloc. It means cold war contacts.
New Delhi, Nov. 7: The Congress is not the only political party named by the UN-ordered Independent Inquiry Committee on the oil-for-food programme: 19 other political parties and four governments find mention in the report.
Also listed are the presidential office and deputy prime minister of Russia, Russian parliamentarian Vladimir Zhir-inovsky, British member of Parliament George Galloway and even the Orthodox Church of Russia.The political parties are accu-sed by the Volcker Committee of being non-contractual beneficiaries in the Iraq oil-for-food programme. Those accused of receiving and/or lifting barrels belong to countries as disparate as Europe and Africa.
The Communist Party of Belarus, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Ukraine are included in the Paul Adolf Volcker Committeeâs report as are several individuals and ministries of a host of countries. There is the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus, Socialist Party of Bulgaria, Welfare Party of Hungary, Palestinian Liberation Front of Palestine, Labo-ur Party of Romania and the Social Democratic Party and the Socialist Party of Ukraine.
There are three more Russian parties, National Democratic Party, Peace and Unity Party and the Unity Party; and four parties from Yugoslavia â Kostunica Party, Left Wing Party, Radical Party and the Socialist Party.The governments of Pakistan, Malawi, Namibia and Yemen are mentioned as are Ms Sukarno and Mrs Sukarno from Indonesia, the children of Congo President Joseph Kabila, the son of Lebanon President Lahoud and the son of a Russian ambassador.
Others on the list are the ministries of foreign affairs of Armenia and Chad, ministry of energy and mineral resources of Jordan, ministry of oil and gas of Oman and the minister for forestry of Burma.
According to the findings of the Volcker Committee report, the presidential office of Russia is alleged to have been allocated 21,350,000 barrels of oil, of which it allegedly lifted 16,401,000 barrels. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Majority of them are from east bloc. It means cold war contacts.