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UN porn

"The case has highlighted the apparently rampant sexual exploitation of Congolese girls and women by the UN’s 11,000 peacekeepers and 1,000 civilians at a time when the UN is facing many problems, including the Iraqi “oil-for-food” scandal and accusations of sexual harassment by senior UN staff in Geneva and New York.

The prospect of the pornographic videos and photographs — now on sale in Congo — becoming public worries senior UN officials, who fear a UN version of the scandal at the American-run Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq. “It would be a pretty big problem for the UN if these pictures come out,” one senior official said. "
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1413501,00.html

[linked from Drudge]

Look on the "bright side" this UN scandel could provide a useful smoke screen to hide Saddam's bribery of the UN to the tune billions of dollars and possibly allowed Saddam to funnel money to global terror networks.
I wonder what the result would be if it was discovered that say Spain's train bombing was funded through the "Oil for Food" program?

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