The new Senate figure is about double the amount estimated by the US Government Accountability Office, which had pegged it at $10.1 billion. Charles Duelfer, the chief US weapons inspector in Iraq, had estimated about the same amount based on Iraqi documents, with $2 billion through the UN program and $8 billion in smuggling by road or sea or in direct illegal agreements with governments.
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Hussein Reaped 21 Billion Underground: US Senate
Saddam Hussein's regime reaped over $21 billion from kickbacks
US Senate probe has found out, that Saddam Hussein's regime reaped over $21 billion from kickbacks and illegal traffic before and during the UN oil-for-food program, it?s twice as much as previous estimates.
''How was the world so blind to this massive amount of influence-peddling?'' asked Republican Sen. Norm Coleman, head of the investigations subcommittee.
The new Senate figure is about double the amount estimated by the US Government Accountability Office, which had pegged it at $10.1 billion. Charles Duelfer, the chief US weapons inspector in Iraq, had estimated about the same amount based on Iraqi documents, with $2 billion through the UN program and $8 billion in smuggling by road or sea or in direct illegal agreements with governments.
The new Senate figure is about double the amount estimated by the US Government Accountability Office, which had pegged it at $10.1 billion. Charles Duelfer, the chief US weapons inspector in Iraq, had estimated about the same amount based on Iraqi documents, with $2 billion through the UN program and $8 billion in smuggling by road or sea or in direct illegal agreements with governments.
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