Fresh accusations are flying at two arms of Rupert Murdoch's media empire as the British Parliament accuses the media mogul of offering big bucks to U.S. soldiers in exchange for a photo of ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in his underwear. The new accusations came during a new debate over reforms suggested by the Leveson Inquiry, and how Murdoch's News Corp got their hands on the photo, taken in an Iraqi prison, that showed the dictator in nothing but his skivvies. The image was splashed across the covers of News Corp publications The Sun and the New York Post in May 2005.
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Sun managing editor said it paid 'more than £500' for controversial photos
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But new report claims sum was much greater and money changed hands over in U.S.
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George W. Bush held unsuccessful investigation into how the photos were obtained
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