[dighton]

Bookmarked. Thanks for all the work you put into it.

Here's another David Blair piece, from May of last year: Saddam's friend Galloway keeps odd company in Baghdad.

[MadIvan]

David Blair is also the author of the excelllent book on Zimbabwe, Degrees in Violence. I trust him far more than I trust George Galloway.

Regards, Ivan

[backhoe]

I really appreciate that link- it did not show up in several searches I ran!

[backhoe]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/898214/posts
British antiwar critic denies claims he took aid from Iraq regime
National Post ^ | April 22, 2003 | Kevin Ward - Canadian Press

[backhoe]

More:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/899807/posts
Galloway in £6m riddle
The Sun ^ | 4/25/03 | JUSTIN PENROSE
How does this guy get out of this? Different people have now found papers in two different buildings in Baghdad that document this arrangement. The last batch explicitly authorizes the cutting of checks.


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/899717/posts
Newly found Iraqi files raise heat on British MP**More than $10 million!
The Christian Science Monitor ^ | April 25, 2003 | Philip Smucker
I've been following this intently and there was some fear that some parsing could get him off. But this states it plainly:
It calls the $1 million payment a reward for Galloway's support in trying to repeal the "unjust blockade on our beloved country and for his firm stand against the prime minister of Britain, the criminal Blair."
Treason, plain & simple...


http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/899796/posts
Galloway's a crook - how convenient [Ritter defends Galloway]
The Guardian ^ | 04/25/2003 | Scott Ritter

[backhoe]

 

For future reference, here's a link from June of 2000 to an organization called MiddleEastUK.com. It has an article that mentions Galloway, Scott Ritter, and another guy we may hear more about in the future: a left-wing MP named Tam Dalyell.

All heart or a pain in the neck
Guardian, UK - Apr 22, 2003
... The veteran Labour MP Tam Dalyell, who was with Galloway on the trip to Iraq, insisted the Glasgow Kelvin MP was not in thrall to Saddam.

Lies and the Left
Guardian, UK - Apr 26, 2003
... What, for example, should we make of this question from Tam Dalyell, asked in Parliament
in 1998: 'Is an alternative to Saddam Hussein,' queried the man who ...
US subservience to Israel - By Fauzia Qureshi .
Hi Pakistan, Pakistan - Apr 27, 2003
... Tam Dalyell, a Labour MP and Father of the House of Commons recently remarked, that
'the Prime Minister is a war criminal and should be sent to The Hague.' If ...

 

[backhoe]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/906169/posts
From leaky roofs to secret agents (THE SADDAM FILES)
The Daily Telegraph ^ | May 6, 2003 | David Blair

[backhoe]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/907023/posts
That is a racist slur (British MP anti-Semitic says member of left; Bush not controlled by Jews)
Guardian ^ | Wednesday May 7 | Jonathan Freedland
As I said the other day, Dalyell along with Galloway was accused of treachery and sedition during the Gulf War (Dalyell told British soldiers to disobey orders), and now Dalyell is trying to shift the spotlight of blame from himself and onto history's oldest scapegoat - Jews.