From Conservative Voice --
Seven Iraqi citizens filed an almost quarter-billion dollar lawsuit. The Iraqi's lawsuit accuses a large European bank and a wheat exporter of corruption in United Nations' oil-for-food program. Both companies have offices in the United States and the lawsuit was filed in New York City.
According to court papers, the lawsuit alleges that the companies BNP Paribas Bank and AWB Limited, the largest goods provider under the oil-for-food program, cheated Iraqi citizens of the Dokuk and Sulaimaniyah areas between1999 and when the US-led coalition toppled Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003.
The Iraqi plaintiffs claim that the residents were denied the full benefits that they were entitled to, accusing the companies of transferring money into Saddam Hussein's government and providing other kickbacks to Iraqi officials.
A 2005 U.N. report found that nearly 2,200 companies paid almost $2 billion in kickbacks to Hussein's Ba'athist government.
The plaintiffs should have also named the corrupt U. N. in the lawsuit.
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