Cyprus has no extradition treaty with the U.S. so the indictment’s mostly for show,

This might be the case, but if a warrant were issued, couldn’t Interpol pick him up? I guess that would mean he would have to be traveling, but still….

As for the drive-by media covering it, if they did, would that mean Kofi’s #2 guy would get to bad-mouth middle America again? sniveling about Rush talking bad about the UN with no one to counter him?

…or did Kofi’s #2 get booted when Kofi left?

Here’s to hoping that Sevan turns on others at the UN, including Kofi Annan and his son Kojo along with other diplomats and officials who profited from the oil for food program. However, the indictment faces one huge hurdle. Sevan is currently residi….

darwin on January 16, 2007 at 1:08 PM

hahahahahaha! Sure they will, as soon as they give credit to Bush for the economy.

Benon Sevan, one of the biggest names involved in the notorious oil-for-food scandal, has been indicted in New York. From FOX News (via Hot Air):…

Claudia Rosett, who did more to break the oil-for-food story than any other reporter, knocked on Sevan’s door in Cyprus earlier this year — and much to her surprise, was invited in for Turkish coffee.

Turkish coffee is very good – I’m surprised it wasn’t poisoned. She did an incredible job. Much admired!

No hope for the U.N., which has little to show for the investment in it, both monetary and in human nothingness.

“Oil-for-food kleptocrat Benon Sevan indicted in Manhattan”, writes Allahpundit, although it’s apparently largely for show, as Cyprus has no extradition treaty with the U.S. But still, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy:Benon Sevan was the ma…

The Oil for Palaces program get ZERO play in the MSM. That and the Sandy Burglar story.

BohicaTwentyTwo on January 16, 2007 at 11:53 AM

The MSM aren’t going to hang their friends out to dry. Instead, they will go after the true corrupt menace – BUSH.

The MSM couch every single ’stroy” in the ‘look what we found out for you…aren’t we cool’ mantle.

There are THOUSANDS of stories out their they won’t touch because it will ‘make evil Americans mad’.

Eric Shawn deserves a Pulitzer for his work on this case, but since he works for FNC, he’ll just have to settle for the occasional ogling of Julie Banderas.

Not a bad tradeoff if you ask me.

JammieWearingFool on January 16, 2007 at 11:18 AM

Pulitzer Schmulitzer, I dont’t know if there is anything that tops ogling Julie Banderas (except maybe ogling Banderas, Chetry, and Gomez all at once)

Not a bad tradeoff if you ask me.

It’s about time. Still no link, though I saw it reported a little while ago on Fox News. I emailed HotAir’s AllahPundit and within minutes he’s got a post up, though he doesn’t appear to have found any links to……

The news about Ban Ki-Moon is, of course, disappointing, but not surprising. The UN Diplomatic Club continues to thrive.