Galloway was given Iraq oil allocations, says Senate report

Timesonline ^ | 05/12/05 | James Bone in New York

[bill1952]

And so the shoe falls and the roaches fly out.

I'll be interested to see just who in England will care to do anything about it.

[Walkingfeather]

Man this guy pulled it over on the press I hope he fries.

[Peach]

Another shoe drops in the Oil for Food scandal.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Oooppps, those crazy self rightous lefty liberals, they just can't help it.

[Mo1]

Mr Galloway is allegedly one of hundreds of politicians and other prominent figures in many countries to whom Iraq is said to have awarded oil allocations, which could be sold to oil traders for up to 30 cents a barrel. The Senate report tracks four of the six oil allocations totalling 20 million barrels allegedly given to Mr Galloway between 2000 and 2003.

"one of hundreds of politicians and other prominent figures in many countries "

Hmmmm .. Gee I wonder just WHO were those other politicians and other prominent figures are ????

Could this be why he Dems want to block Bolton from getting in the UN???

[cyncooper]

Thanks for the ping.

So far that original list that we all saw long ago has been proving to be accurate.

Remember Galloway's initial response? A very clintonian "I never saw a barrel of oil" as if to be a recipient one had to physically handle the thing personally.

[prairiebreeze]

I read that he won over his Labour opponent primarily because of the bloc-vote of Muslims in his district who listened to and voted as they were instructed by their imams.

If Georgie is ever proved to have been on the take, will his Muslim constiutents feel like fools?

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

"Galloway is no liberal.

He is a Stalinist."

Not even a "LEFTY" liberal??

[international american]

Absolutely!

[international american]

Yep

[cyncooper]

The staff report by the Senate Permanent Sub-Committee of Investigations emphasised that its findings were based on documents that had no relation to the “seemingly forged documents” used in the Daily Telegraph piece, noting that the panel was relying on Iraqi Oil Ministry documents from 2001.

I hope the Senate report isn't mixing up documents but it looks like they are.

As noted in this article (which I see does report Galloway's "I've never seen a barrel of oil" denial), the Telegraph is appealing the libel finding because they stand by the documents.

The forged documents were a completely different set given to The Christian Science Monitor.

[Dog Gone]

Hell, even I was offered illegal Iraqi oil and I'm not in the crude oil marketing division of my oil company.

There's not the slightest doubt that Galloway was offered the same deal and accepted it. It was free money to him.

[prairiebreeze]

Oh yes! I do recall that story about him being threatened. He certainly does seem to be quite a glob of pondscum.

[cookcounty]

Is this another case like ChIraq's, in which, in order to avoid prosecution, he got himself re-elected to office?

[general_re]

A US Senate committee published evidence from Iraqi documents and interviews with Iraqi officials that the former Labour MP, re-elected to Parliament for his Respect party, received allocations for millions of barrels of oil.

"Get my solicitor on the phone!" bump.

[Ben Hecks]

Here is a link to the first Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) article in January, 2004, which provided a portion of the list of recipients of oil for food vouchers:

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1067836/posts