Web www.englishdaily626.com   [ Movie Reviews | Common Sentences | Glossary of Correct Usage | High School Vocab | Questions & Answers | Sample Letters ] [ Movies Lines | Advertisements | Words Differentiation | Common Errors | Songs | Links ] <<Prev Voa, Cbs, Fox, Cnn Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary   English Daily Conversation   Learn grammar by example   Learn American idioms       Investigators Say Syria Profited Illegally from Iraqi Oil For Food Program Speaking to members of Congress in Washington, government experts outlined an intricate financial scheme that generated billions of dollars in illegal oil revenue. State Department documents released to the committee focus on Syria's role in the oil for food scandal, in which oil profits that were meant to feed Iraqi citizens were funneled into private bank accounts. Committee chair Ileana Ros-Lehtinen says Syrian banks helped launder billions of dollars for Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein. "Far from providing the Iraqi people its intended humanitarian assistance," she said, "the arrangement became astonishingly corrupt, with UN and foreign officials and governments systematically abusing the system and receiving _________ sums of money in ________ from the Iraqi regime. Thus the food for oil program became the biggest ________ in recent history." The Internal Revenue Service has launched a criminal probe. And the State Department's Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Dibble said he investigation has uncovered some startling details.           hefty   heavy, of considerable size or amount       kickback   A return of a percentage of a sum of money already received, typically as a result of pressure, coercion, or a secret agreement.       heist   A robbery                   01   02    03    04    05    06    07    08    09    10    11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26    27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66   67   68   69   70   71  72   73   74   75     Common English mistakes   Ancient Chinese stories   Learn English Proverbs   American Slang expressions

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