Almost all of the oil-for-food oil was sent to the USA. Perhaps if it was evenly distributed then others wouldn't be accused of purchasing on the black market.quote:
Originally posted by ALS:
Let me add two more stories that I found.
Vremya Novostei published last weekend a list of more than 270 people and organizations from 46 countries including Russia, France, China, Italy, Austria, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates, who allegedly took part in a scheme to trade contraband Iraqi oil in breach of the United Nations regulated oil-for-food deal.
A lot of the black market oil probably made its way to the US market also through intermediary countries.