An independent report on the United Nations ' $ 64 billion oil-for-food program for Iraq shed light Thursday on a circle of political aides and fixers in Russia and France who the report said made company connections , paid kickbacks and reaped benefits through contracts granted by the government of Saddam Hussein .
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