Bye Bye Benon
Benon Sevan resigned today. Don't let the door hit you on the way out...
NEW YORK — The former chief of the Iraqi Oil-for-Food program, Benon Sevan, resigned from the United Nations Sunday — just hours before the results of a probe are expected to accuse him of getting kickbacks from the $67 billion operation.
Sevan resigned in a letter to Kofi Annan, blasting the U.N. secretary-general and accusing him "sacrificing" him for his own political gain.
Sevan is suspected of receiving bribes or kickbacks of $160,000, possibly more. Sevan's attack on Kofi Annan sounds fairly scathing. This may just be deflection rather than genuine bad blood. If there really is bad blood, and Sevan ends up facing further investigation or a subpoena he could turn on Annan. One thing is clear. There is still a lot of digging left to be in the Oil for Blood scandal. Sevan is not the end of trail, and Kofi's problems did not walk out the door with him.
NEW YORK — The former chief of the Iraqi Oil-for-Food program, Benon Sevan, resigned from the United Nations Sunday — just hours before the results of a probe are expected to accuse him of getting kickbacks from the $67 billion operation.
Sevan resigned in a letter to Kofi Annan, blasting the U.N. secretary-general and accusing him "sacrificing" him for his own political gain.
Sevan is suspected of receiving bribes or kickbacks of $160,000, possibly more. Sevan's attack on Kofi Annan sounds fairly scathing. This may just be deflection rather than genuine bad blood. If there really is bad blood, and Sevan ends up facing further investigation or a subpoena he could turn on Annan. One thing is clear. There is still a lot of digging left to be in the Oil for Blood scandal. Sevan is not the end of trail, and Kofi's problems did not walk out the door with him.
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