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By Michael Gawenda, Herald Correspondent in Washington and Marian Wilkinson
February 1, 2006
THE Australian ambassador to the United States lobbied Congress to drop an investigation into allegations that Australia's wheat exporter paid kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime.

The Federal Government confirmed last night that the then ambassador, Michael Thawley, met the chairman of a US Senate investigations committee in late 2004 to head off the planned inquiry.

The AWB investigation was ultimately dropped, despite the US Government having information that an AWB wheat contract might have been inflated to cover kickbacks to Iraq. This information included a report, seen by the Herald, from the US Defence Contract Audit Agency.

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Caroline Overington and Geoff Elliott
February 02, 2006
THE chairman of a powerful US Senate committee is demanding Australian ambassador to Washington Dennis Richardson explain the Howard Government's role in the Iraqi wheat affair, saying he is "deeply troubled" by an apparent attempt to cover up the scandal.

Republican senator Norm Coleman, who is chairing the Senate's inquiry into "illegal, under-the-table" payments to Saddam Hussein's regime, also wrote to former Washington ambassador Michael Thawley, criticising him for making "emphatic denials" about AWB's role.

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Comment: Geez! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

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