The Trial of Saddam Hussein and The Fallout of The War

The Trial of Saddam Hussein

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The fallout in the Middle East from the regime change in Iraq

Thursday, February 23, 2006

AWB Scandal Continues

The scandal hit Australian wheat exporter, AWB, continues to attract the headlines in respect of its alleged kickbacks to Saddam Hussein.

AWB chairman Brendan Stewart told shareholders at yesterday's AGM, that he regrets the damage caused to AWB's reputation, by its role in the Iraqi oil for food program.

However, he refused to answer questions on issues relating to the scandal.

One shareholder demanded that the board be dissolved, another demanded that the directors step aside and another demanded that the election of directors be postponed until after the Cole Commission into the $300M kickback affair has released its findings.

Stewart did not accept these calls, and was re-elected unopposed.

However, there are rumours that Stewart, who is no longer going to Iraq as part of a trade delegation, was dumped after a federal cabinet discussion.

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