UN report says Volvo, DaimlerChrysler among those who paid Saddam kickbacks 12:32 PM EDT Oct 27 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - About half of the 4,500 companies in the UN oil-for-food program, including Volvo and DaimlerChrysler, paid $1.8 billion US in kickbacks and illicit surcharges to Saddam Hussein's government, a UN-backed investigation said in a report released Thursday. The report alleged that Jean-Bernard Merrimee, France's former UN ambassador, received $165...
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