Thursday, February 09, 2006

"AWB..paying bribes like everyone ...more or less approved by the UN.."

Did AWB really do something wrong? theaustralian.news.com.au
The kickbacks may have been smelly, but selling wheat to Iraq was hardly evil and immoral - Greg Sheridan - February 09, 2006
I think it's time we all took a cold shower on AWB (formerly the Australian Wheat Board) and its participation in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. According to the Volcker inquiry, about 2253 companies from 66 countries were involved in paying kickbacks to the Saddam Hussein regime as part of their trade under oil-for-food.
Naturally, if any law was broken then justice must run its course. However, while paying bribes like everyone else did in a smelly trade clearly more or less approved by the UN may not be very edifying, it's hardly a crime against humanity.

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