日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

Australian PM seeks apology from US senator on corruption claims
(AFP)
Updated: 2006-02-03 14:26

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard has demanded an apology from US Senator Norm Coleman over his claims that Australian government officials were complicit in illegal bribes paid to the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein.


Australian Prime Minister John Howard, pictured 12 January 2006. The Australian government confirmed that it had lobbied the United States to drop an investigation into allegations that national wheat exporter AWB paid bribes to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. [AFP]

In a letter to Australia's ambassador to the United States, Dennis Richardson, and his predecessor Michael Thawley, the Republican senator said he was angry that officials had told him back in 2004 they were unaware of the kickbacks.

Coleman said that evidence given to an ongoing Australian inquiry into payments made to the Iraqi government under the UN oil-for-food programme by Australia's monopoly wheat exporter AWB suggested that government officials were aware of the corruption.

"I am particularly disturbed by the fact that evidence suggests that, despite Ambassador Thawley's representations to me, officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs were aware of and complicit in the payments of the illegal kickbacks," Coleman wrote.

Coleman ended a US inquiry into allegations that AWB had paid bribes to Saddam's regime after representations from Thawley in 2004.

Howard said Coleman's inference was incorrect.

"I would like an apology from the American senator alleging that evidence had been given implicating government officials in the alleged scandal," Howard told commercial radio. "No such evidence is before the commission."

Senior AWB executives have denied knowingly paying bribes, saying they believed the cash was for transport fees, and have told an Australian commission of inquiry their deals with Iraq were approved by the government.



Ben Bernanke sworn in as 14th Fed chairman
Saddam stands for trial
US, Mexican police find largest ever border drug tunnel
 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

China's oil consumption, imports decreased in 2005

 

   
 

Pentagon seeks to curb China's military might

 

   
 

Gas blast in Shanxi mine kills at least 23

 

   
 

Villagers test negative for H5N1 virus

 

   
 

Yao edges Kobe as top All-Star votegetter

 

   
 

Post-festival rush jams railway stations

 

   
  Australian PM seeks apology from US senator on corruption claims
   
  Iran threatens full-scale enrichment work
   
  Negroponte: Al-Qaida biggest terror threat
   
  Muslim anger unabated over prophet cartoons
   
  Atom agency seen reporting Iran to Security Council
   
  US lawmakers push bill to cut aid to Palestinians
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  Are the Republicans exploiting the memory of 9/11?  
Manufacturers, Exporters, Wholesalers - Global trade starts here.
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美国产高清 | 欧美日韩三级在线观看 | 亚洲国产精品久久 | 偷偷狠狠的日日高清完整视频 | 九九精品视频在线 | 天天草天天干天天 | 欧美一区二区三区免费高 | 久久久亚洲伊人色综合网站 | 大香久久 | 亚洲中午字幕 | 亚洲热视频 | 高潮岳喷我一脸 | 国产精品成在线观看 | 免费国产免费福利视频 | 无遮挡啪啪成人免费网站 | 哪里看毛片 | 全部三片在线观看直播 | 国产精品99久久久久久动医院 | 牛和人交vide○s欧美 | 久久99热久久精品在线6 | 欧美日韩一区二区综合在线视频 | 天天爽天天干天天操 | 欧美aaa级 | 一区二区三区四区免费看 | 中文字幕在线免费观看 | 美味人妻2中文A片 | 热99在线 | 精品国产一区二区在线 | 日韩精品亚洲人成在线播放 | 李旭个人资料及简介 | 国产在线第一区 | 色综合欧美 | 国产成人免费视频网站高清观看视频 | 在线观看a视频 | 成人免费在线电影 | 老美AA片| 精品欧美乱码久久久久久 | 国产精品毛片在线 | 欧美一区二区三区在线观看视频 | 综合久久久久 | 免费一二区 |