Wheat probe pulls Howard and ministers further into scandal

[NorthernSun]

CANBERRA - The deepening scandal over Australian wheat kickbacks to the regime of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yesterday reached the highest political office in the land, with Prime Minister John Howard asked to explain himself to the inquiry into the affair
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10376913

[maddezmom]

1. kick

[rpannier]

2. Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he will testify at oil-for-food

As reported by CNN-International and Asia-Pacific News.
Anyone think normie coleman will be calling john howard before the senate to testify?

[NorthernSun]

3. Here is link to newspaper story

I posted the link here yesturday
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2219967&mesg_id=2219967

[biggles1]

4. Don't hold your breath waiting for Johnny to say anything

...other than "I can't remember....I have no recollection....Nobody told me......I know nothing....."

[rpannier]

5. That sounds like what the Aussie Labor Minister and Foreugn Minister

have been saying.

[biggles1]

6. Yep. Expect more of the same from our glorious leader....!

[biggles1]

7. Amazing isn't it? Just imagine....

..we secure one of the biggest wheat contracts ever, in a country with very questionable security. Dozens of warnings over an extended period of time were cabled to all three ministers' departments from a variety of international sources....and yet NONE of these three stooges can "recall" ANY of those cables and the warnings they contained! They are either the most corrupt politicians this country has ever spawned, or the most bone-idle lazy, or just plain USELESS!

[Jack Rabbit]

8. BBC Link

From the BBC Online
Dated Wednesday April 12 06:31 GMT (Tuesday 11:31 pm PDT)

Howard faces Iraq probe grilling

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has been summoned to testify in person before an inquiry into alleged bribes paid to Saddam Hussein's government.
It is examining whether AWB paid up to $222m to Iraq between 1997 and 2003 to secure lucrative grain contracts under the UN oil-for-food programme.

Mr Howard has already submitted a written statement but said he was happy to appear at a hearing on Thursday.

He has previously publicly denied knowledge that kickbacks were paid.

Read more.

Oh, no. It can't be that nice Mr. Howard, Bush's partner in the coalition of the killing. It must be George Galloway.