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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