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And its people were starving under the watchful eyes of the UN.

REB — 9/27/2004 2:26:43 PM (archived)

Some in the UN were getting rich from the Oil for Food program. Some of this money appears to have its way to Al Qaeda.

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Powell admits things getting worse in Iraq - Donald - 9/27/2004 12:40:31 PM
- re: International Conference on Iraq - Raoul - 9/27/2004 4:46:48 PM
- BTW, this just shows the terrorists do not want a free Iraq. - REB - 9/27/2004 2:43:49 PM
  - Probably the opposite - they DO want a free Iraq. - Bowse4r - 9/27/2004 3:28:03 PM
    - Sure. It really looks like the terrorist are on the side of freedom. - REB - 9/27/2004 3:57:29 PM
    - So foreign Al Qaeda led terrorists have a more worthy cause than the US? - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 3:43:05 PM
- How many ways are you going to repost this? - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 2:36:21 PM
- Only because there are those who are fighting so hard against a free Iraq, and they do not wan the upcoming elections to succeed. - REB - 9/27/2004 2:13:14 PM
  - Before we got there it was a functioning civilization...now it's chaos. - John - 9/27/2004 2:17:13 PM
    - Which John are you? (n/t) - Kerry or Edwards? - 9/28/2004 2:10:05 AM
    - So was Nazi Germany. - ebnelson - 9/27/2004 2:32:17 PM
      - Until the Allies stuck their noses in the Germanâ€™s business. - REB - 9/27/2004 2:36:33 PM
    - And its people were starving under the watchful eyes of the UN. - REB - 9/27/2004 2:26:43 PM
    - re: You've got to be kidding? - Scott Evil - 9/27/2004 2:26:31 PM
    - It was ruled by fear. The South, under Slavery was prosperous and peaceful before the North stuck their nose in it. - REB - 9/27/2004 2:24:10 PM

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