Oil for Food update

The Council on Foreign Relations has a sort-of FAQ up about the UN Oil-For-Food scandal. This is easily my favorite part:

What did Iraq buy with the money?
The Duelfer report says that Iraq went to great lengths to build a missile system that exceeded the range limits imposed by the United Nations. Companies from China and Russia sold, or negotiated to sell, missile guidance systems, the report says. A Polish company supplied a propulsion system. An Indian company built and sold Iraq a missile-fuel processing plant. All in all, the report alleges that six governments and private companies from a dozen other nations were willing to ignore sanctions prohibiting arms sales. Among European allies, France’s military industry had extensive contacts with Iraqi officials. The report describes, for example, repeated trips by an executive from the French company Lura, which sold Iraq a tank carrier.

So, basically, we have foreign countries willing to put American troops in harm's way to preserve their business interests. No blood for oil? Et tu, Jacques?
I have to admit, though, that I'm a bit surprised to see Poland in the list. But, then again, they are, literally, a bunch of Polocks.
"But why..." I hear you asking, across these thousands of miles, "why have I not heard of this scandal on my eminently balanced nightly newscast?" Dig this:

Despite nine ongoing investigations into UN corruption, how many full stories have tackled the topic this year on ABC, CBS, and NBC? Four. Three on NBC, one on ABC, and zero on CBS. The debate moderators ignored it, too.

(link via Protein Wisdom)
Hmmm...I wonder why that is???