▁appeared ▁on ▁the ▁al ▁M ada ▁list , ▁denied ▁wrong do ing ▁but ▁confirmed ▁that ▁illegal ▁sur charg es ▁were ▁being ▁paid ▁to ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁government ▁by ▁contract ors . ▁However , ▁the ▁al ▁M ada ▁list ▁does ▁not ▁discuss ▁b rib es ▁paid ▁to ▁Ira q ▁– ▁it ▁discuss es ▁b rib es ▁paid ▁to ▁individuals ▁to ▁support ▁Ira q . ▁F ew ▁den y ▁that ▁in ▁Ira q , ▁like ▁in ▁many ▁third - world ▁countries , ▁b rib es ▁and ▁kick back s ▁were ▁regularly ▁paid ▁to ▁the ▁leadership ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁get ▁contract s , ▁but ▁some ▁suggest ▁that ▁kick back s ▁would ▁normally ▁not ▁occur ▁in ▁such ▁countries ▁when ▁a ▁UN - run ▁programme ▁was ▁involved . ▁ ▁Operation ▁of ▁the ▁scheme ▁The ▁scheme ▁is ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁have ▁worked ▁in ▁this ▁way : ▁individuals ▁and ▁organizations ▁sympath etic ▁to ▁the ▁Ira qi ▁regime , ▁or ▁those ▁just ▁easily ▁b rib ed , ▁were ▁offered ▁oil ▁contract s ▁through ▁the ▁O il - for - F ood ▁Program me . ▁These ▁contract s ▁for ▁Ira qi ▁oil ▁could ▁then ▁be ▁sold ▁on ▁the ▁open ▁world ▁market ▁and ▁the ▁s eller ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁keep ▁a ▁transaction ▁fee , ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁between ▁$ 0 . 1 5 ▁and ▁$ 0 . 5 0 / bar rel ▁( 0 . 9 4 ▁and ▁ 3 . 1 4 ▁$ / m ³ ) ▁of ▁oil ▁sold . ▁The ▁s eller ▁was ▁then ▁to ▁ref und ▁the ▁Ira qi