Wednesday, May 19, 2004

And monkeys might fly out of my butt

An Iraqi delegation will ask the UN today for a reduction in the amount of war reparations it has to pay, because they claim they shouldn't have to pay for wars that Saddam started, and they want all oil revenues turned over to Iraq.  Iraq Net article

At present, any money earned from oil sales is paid into an account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York controlled by the US.

Iraq is expected to take control of the funds after the Coalition hands formal power to Iraqi leaders on 30 June, though the US wants to keep an international board in place to monitor the account.


Maybe brown-skinned people can govern themselves, but they can't handle their money.