Thursday, February 23, 2006
UAE Royal Awards UN Head... With Cash
Claudia Rosett, the author of this article for The Weekly Standard, is calling it Cash-for-Kofi, and what sucks is, she's right. Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary-General, accepted an Environmental award in Dubai recently. And wouldn't you know it, that award came with a cool $500,000 in cash. No sweat, right? Wrong. Gotta remember that this is the same guy who let Saddam bribe his way out of the embargo during the Oil For Food scandal. Seems like the UAE Royal Family is going on a shopping spree for world leaders lately... (Link -- via Fark)
