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Oz Federal Police drop probe into A$300 million Australian Wheat Board bribes to Saddam
Source: The Age

Now highly unlikely that Oz will pursue criminal charges against the former AWB executives, who helped funnel almost $300 million to Saddam Hussein's regime in breach of United Nations oil for food sanctions.

The Return of the AWB

The right-wing Afrikaner Resistance Movement / Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), has announced its re-activation to combat what it describes as a rapidly-deteriorating situation in South Africa.

AWB executives may face criminal charges
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Former managers and directors of AWB are yet to discover whether they will face criminal charges over the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal.

Thousands of Iraqis could join AWB 'genocide' lawsuit
Source: Australian News Network

HUNDREDS of thousands of Iraqis who lost family members under Saddam Hussein's regime could end up joining a class action against disgraced Australian wheat exporter AWB, a lawyer says.

AWB 'lied about secret deal'
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

The federal government's beleaguered wheat export monitor says AWB lied to it for years about a "horrendous" secret agreement that could expose growers to huge liabilities.

Hold the Trial at My Pub

I don't know why those QCs mentioned in The Age are making bold threats to cut Alexander Downer to shreds in the witness box when and if their clients face trial following the release of the report from the Cole Commission.

Australian Wheat Board paid kickbacks to Suddam Hussein's Iraq
Source: australiatalks.com.au

An inquiry has found Australia's monopoly wheat board paid millions in kicbacks to Suddam Hussein's Iraq Government breaching the United Nations food for aid sanctions

Flugge knew Iraq invasion plans one year earlier
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

One year before the invasion of Iraq, Australia's then ambassador to the United Nations, John Dauth, confidentially told AWB's former chairman, Trevor Flugge, that the Howard Government would participate in military action with the US to overthrow Saddam Hussein, new AWB document …

Australia was planning to go into Iraq in 2002
Source: Australian News Network

A minute from the Australian Wheat Board reveals all.

MP pushes bill to end AWB's monopoly.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

A federal Liberal backbencher has put up a private member's bill which would strip AWB of its monopoly power to stop wheat exports by other companies. Wilson Tuckey, whose electorate covers much of Western Australia's wheat belt, presented the bill to parliamentary clerks on Thu …

Cole Inquiry Legal Costs - wheat costs lotsa dough.
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In response to a question on notice from Labor, the Foreign Affairs Minister, Alexander Downer, said his department had spent more than $1.28 million on external legal advice.

Those investigated by AWB inquiry to learn their fate
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Companies and individuals investigated over the Iraq kickbacks scandal have been sent notices detailing the adverse findings against them, including recommendations for criminal charges.

Files hide fraud on United Nations, says judge
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

A judge has ordered the country's wheat exporter to hand over hundreds of documents to the Cole inquiry into the oil-for-food scandal, including material suggesting it "deliberately and dishonestly" tried to defraud the United Nations.

Secret emails sought AWB inquiry
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian federal government is facing evidence from all angles that it, and its departments, had knowledge of the Australian Wheat Board's kick-back scheme to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein

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