re: re:schitzy - corruption now admitted on a mass Bit lazy to look it up GZ but, from memory, think higher quality Aussie "hard" wheat was sought after by Iraq as better for making bread than Yankee wheat. It was also likely that preference could have been given to Australian wheat over the U.S. stuff because of the U.S.'s higher profile in the earlier gulf war and its involvement in enforcing the no-fly zones.