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Written by Jeremy Chrysler
Published August 26, 2004
Published August 26, 2004
to hear more about the much maligned Oil-for-Food program that was a part of UN sanctions against Iraq. The US has already come out with one report that suggests that somewhere around $10 billion was skimmed or otherwise abused during the roughly 7 years the program was in operation.
If true, that's roughly $1.43 billion / year. That's equal to the per capita GDP (roughly $1600) contributions of nearly 900,000 Iraqis each year. That's a lot of money.
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