The Wire

The Volcker Report released today names three thousand companies and organisations , including Australia’s Wheat Board, that provided kickbacks to Saddam Hussein’s regime when their sales were used to siphon 12.8 billion dollars through the UN’s Oil For Food program. Kathy Kelly from US activist group Voices in the Wilderness says the UN should not be criticised as some of the money at least helped feed Iraqis. Her group is running a four day bell ringing campaign to remember how many people have died in Iraq since US occupation.

Voices In the Wilderness