By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
Baghdad - Australian, United States and other foreign firms paid a secret commission to Saddam Hussein's government to secure contracts under the United Nations oil-for-food programme, Iraqi and occupation officials said on Wednesday.
Iraq demanded a 10 percent payment from suppliers who paid the kick-backs into Arab bank accounts set up by Saddam's administration.
"All oil-for-food contracts from 1998 included 10 percent in 'after-sales services', including a few with US companies," an official from the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) said on condition of anonymity.
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