Alexander Downer (Mayo, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

but on the Lateline program on Monday night, the Leader of the Opposition said that this money was responsible for funding Saddam Hussein’s research into weapons of mass destruction. So at least we get the concession from the Leader of the Opposition that Saddam Hussein was doing research into weapons of mass destruction. These are profoundly serious allegations to make against the Australian government—

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