[Destro]

That's English justice for you.

[Destro]

Asked if he had anything to say about the existence of the documents at the centre of the case, the MP said: "The documents are either forgeries or they have been doctored - but they are in any case false." He said he hoped one day to be able to establish "who was responsible for these documents".

If - if - if forged - then the spotlight falls on Chalabi, IMHO.

[kiwi_hawk]

I still think he's s guilty as hell.

[FredZarguna]

Do I correctly infer that the original trier of fact can deny an appeal under English law?

[ikka]

So how IS Galloway able to afford his high standard of living?

[Fedora]

So he won against the Telegraph under British libel laws. I wonder why he didn't file suit against the Iraqi newspaper that originally published the allegations, though?

The Beneficiaries of Saddam's Oil Vouchers: The List of 270

The following report from MEMRI's Baghdad office is a translation of an article which appeared in the Iraqi daily Al-Mada, [1] whichobtained lists of 270 companies, organizations, and individuals awarded allocations (vouchers) of crude oil by Saddam Hussein's regime.

"And if one happened to know some of the official Ba'athists, who did not hesitate - because of their rural values - to boast and to [assume] moral superiority, one would have heard a lot from them about the ever-increasing number of visitors to Iraq in recent years, and would have understood from them that those visitors who came to defend us also came to cash in the price for that. We can confirm this information because the Ba'athists themselves, in a moment of 'rural pompousness,' propagated the rumors about the Arab and foreign visitors. They mentioned some of the names listed here, among them George Galloway, member of the [British] Labor party.

SNIP

"The case of Mr. Galloway is truly distressing. This man, who defended just Arab causes, became a loser as he got closer to the Iraqi regime. Galloway, who was banished from the party for this reason and who defended himself vehemently, and even attacked Tony Blair's and Bush's policies, will not be able - in my opinion - to refute Iraqi documents that incriminate him conclusively.

[backhoe]

-MP George Galloway- voice cries "peace," hand in Saddam's till...--

[kiwi_hawk]

"Mr Perkins, who rents a council house in Burnage and survives on a basic pension of £75 a week, received a letter from Mr Galloway asking for money to finance his costs in a libel action against the paper".

... more here