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Anyone following the AWB story?
It looks like the government backed Australian Wheat Board which has a deliberate monopoly over aussie wheat exports payed out $300 million dollars (AUD) to saddam hussein via a trucking compnay as a kickback for accepting aussie wheat, not only that and it looks like the Australian Foregin Minister and the Trade Minister knew at least something about it and they will be appearing before the commision next week...
A royal commission has been set up to decide whether "decisions, actions, conduct or payments by Australian companies mentioned in the Final Report (“Manipulation of the Oil-for-Food Programme by the Iraqi Regime”) of the Independent Inquiry Committee into the United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme breached any Federal, State or Territory law." Development after development and its not looking good for the government... And apparently were also going to be selling uranium to china and india. Not a black and white world out there.... |
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Well here is my view on the issue...
i believe alot of countrys had a hand in saddam at one time or another. i know that the bush family had dealings with bin laden. but to tell yea the true this is the last country besides britain that i expected this from. i can say im very takin aback about this and bothers me alot. but im not gonna make a jugdement about the goverment till more comes out about it. because one bad apple in the goverment can make a whole system look bad. my opinons of the aussie population will not change at all in this matter cuz they had no saying in what happened here. i believe this matter is above our heads and we should let the people who know the facts to deal with it and not judge a country for a goverments mistakes or errors.
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