The was told on Friday by a former director of the Middle East branch of the  (DFAT) that she had heard the name "Alia" during her time at DFAT. Alia is the  trucking company used by the (AWB) and alleged to have been paying kickbacks to  's Iraqi regime. Previously, , Australia's foreign minister, insisted that nobody in DFAT knew about Alia until it was named in the  report on kickbacks paid to Iraq under the oil-for-food program.
The was told on Friday by a former director of the Middle East branch of the Australian (DFAT) that she had heard the name "Alia" during her time at DFAT. Alia is the Jordanian trucking company used by the (AWB) and alleged to have been paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein 's Iraqi regime. Previously, , Australia's foreign minister, insisted that nobody in DFAT knew about Alia until it was named in the United Nations report on kickbacks paid to Iraq under the oil-for-food program.
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