Several members of the Iraqi Governing Council do not want the United Nations involved in the establishment of its permanent government.
This may come as a surprise since the organization usually carries the legitimacy of international community support. The distrust of IGC representatives grew out of the UN's handling of the Oil for Food program from which Hussein stole billions of dollars to award his friends around the world. Some Iraqis blame the UN for allowing this corruption and possibly even taking bribes in exchange for willful blindness. The UN is considering a full investigation while the IGC has already hired KPMG and Freshfields, an international law firm, to look into the allegations.
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