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| 4/4/06 | Corpwatch – Australia Reaps Iraqi Harvest |
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Australia Reaps Iraqi Harvest United Nations sanctions against Saddam Hussein may have failed to end his regime but they succeeded in enriching both the Iraqi dictator and corporations able to manipulate the scandal-ridden world body’s Oil-for-Food program. Among the profiteers was the Australian Wheat Board, a former state-owned monopoly, which funneled over $200 million into Saddam’s coffers even as the ?Coalition of the Willing? was preparing for invasion. www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13453 ENVIRONMENT NIGERIA: Government Investigation Indicts Shell over Toxic Waste US: Toxic sites’ cleanup at risk US: Did a Group Financed by Exxon Prompt IRS to Audit Greenpeace? MEDIA US: Spitzer Criticizes Talks Between FCC, Stations US: Players Big and Small Are Sifting Through Pieces of Knight Ridder TECHNOLOGY US: Growing Worry for Businesses: Old Computers US: Net Neutrality Gets Short Shrift in Congress HEALTH AFRICA: WHO advisers urge drugs firms cut prices for poor US: US lawmakers come to Bhopal gas victims help VIETNAM: Agent Orange Victims Gather to Seek Justice IRAQ: Cut in Food Rations Hurting Poor Iraqis BIOTECH SOUTH AMERICA: Creating a Network Against Biopiracy WATER ARGENTINA: Suez Packs Its Bags and Won’t Be Back LABOR US: Farmers not lovin’ tomato-picking pay US: Delphi Asks Bankruptcy Court to Void Union Deals US: Union says Wal-Mart opposed better US port security CORRUPTION KATRINA: FBI investigating Katrina contracts IRAQ: Documents track Halliburton battle US: Halliburton’s Performance Worsens under Second Iraqi Oil Contract US: Vague Law and Hard Lobbying Add Up to Billions for Big Oil US: Saudi Company Official and Former Halliburton Employee Charged in Kickback KATRINA: House Panel to Review Several Post-Katrina Contracts for Waste and US: Contractor sues Pentagon seeking to keep records secret DONATE TO CORPWATCH! Support CorpWatch’s work to hold corporations accountable on human rights, Help us bring the critical information and resources that tens of thousands of corp-watchers@lists.corpwatch.org corp-watchers-unsubscribe@lists.corpwatch.org For all list information and functions, including changing lists.corpwatch.org/lists/info/corp-watchers =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- CorpWatch — Holding Corporations Accountable 1611 Telegraph Ave, Suite 702 Oakland, CA 94612 USA Tel: 510-271-8080 Fax: 510-271-8083 URL: www.corpwatch.org Also check out www.warprofiteers.com! |
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