| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (51 min. 49 sec.) ; 314824571 bytes |
| Summary |
In this documentary from Canadian broadcaster CBC, Terence McKenna investigates the United Nations Oil for Food scandal, now widely referred to as the largest bribery and corruption scandal in history. Started in 1996, the U.N. Oil for Food program was designed to help alleviate starvation and disease in Iraq brought on by international economic sanctions as a result of the 1991 Gulf War. The U.N. plan was to allow Iraq to trade oil for food and humanitarian supplies, but it's now clear that Saddam was able to steal billions of dollars from the program. He used a lot of that money to bribe UN officials, journalists, politicians and diplomats around the world. In this revealing documentary, McKenna interviews many of those accused of stealing from the starving children of Iraq in a scheme designed by Saddam Hussein himself. (From Canada, in English, French and Russian, English subtitles) |
| Event |
Broadcast 2007-06-25 at 13:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
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Corruption investigation.
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Hussein, Saddam, 1937-2006.
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Persian Gulf War (1991)
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Political corruption -- Economic aspects.
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Trials (Bribery)
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United Nations. Oil-for-Food Program.
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Iraq -- Baghdad.
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United States.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
McKenna, Terence, host
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