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| November 10, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From Bulletin Wire)

Byline: Robin Pash

An inquiry with royal commission powers will probe the scandal which saw Iraqi despot Saddam Hussein pocket $300 million from Australia's wheat exporter.

But the federal government's role in the affair will escape scrutiny under the inquiry's narrow terms of reference, leading to opposition claims of a whitewash.

The evasion of international trade sanctions and the former Australian Wheat Board's (AWB) dealings in the corruption-ridden UN oil-for-food program will be investigated by a commission of inquiry headed by former NSW Supreme Court appeal judge Terence Cole.

Mr Cole headed the royal…

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