Galloway speaks to the media after arriving Monday at Dulles International Airport outside Washington.
Posted on 05/17/2005 4:37:17 AM PDT by Libloather
British Parliament member to face oil-for-food accusers
From Phil Hirschkorn
CNN
Tuesday, May 17, 2005 Posted: 0746 GMT (1546 HKT)
Galloway speaks to the media after arriving Monday at Dulles International Airport outside Washington.
(CNN) -- British Parliament member George Galloway will face his accusers when he testifies Tuesday before a U.S. Senate panel probing the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq.
Galloway is due to appear before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which stated in a report last week that deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein granted him vouchers for 20 million barrels of oil between 2000 and 2003.
**SNIP**
Galloway is scheduled to appear late Tuesday morning in Washington as the final witness in a hearing that begins at 9:30 a.m. ET.
**SNIP**
Galloway, 51, who met with Saddam several times in the 1990s, has been a leading critic of British Prime Minister Tony Blair and his alliance with U.S. President George Bush in the war with Iraq. He was re-elected on an anti-war platform earlier this month.
**SNIP**
A new report from Democrats on the Senate subcommittee concludes the United States ended up with a majority of the oil lifted from Iraq after vendors paid illicit surcharges of 10 cents to 30 cents a barrel to Saddam.
**SNIP**
The Democratic report found Bayoil shipped a lot of oil allocated to a company called Italtech run by Augusto Giangrandi, a sometime Florida resident with dual Chilean-Italian citizenship.
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They just showed a picture on Fox News of Galloway---if looks could kill, Norm Coleman would be dead already!!!
I can't get Real Player on my computer either folks, so please give a semi-play by play if you can!!!
Thank you
I'm a computer neanderthal , so I had to call my guru FReeper buddy , he helped me
Now Galloway being called for me...am I on some kind of delay?!
He's talking now
Says that he is not an oil bearer
Now he is slamming Coleman
neanderthal... somehow, I wouldn't link that word with you, computer or otherwise.
Hey FOX alert about a diverted plane?
Hear that
oooOOO , Gallows is starting with a spit in the eye
Dang, I wish I could watch it---I even opened a new box of Wheat Thins for the occasion!!!
Wellll isn't he just a snooty Brit....
>>I can't see or hear it!
Real Player causes me nothing but GRIEF.<<
You don't have to use Realplayer
Media player classic is open source, mature and stable and free
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303&package_id=84358
OFF TOPIC: Alitalia flight diverted to Bankgor.
Galloway begins with the "never bought or sold oil" and accuses Coleman of being cavalier with justice. "You traduced my name without ever having asked me single question, and you called that justice."
I cannot believe the cables are not showing this hearing now that Galloway has appeared before it.
Coleman reading a letter sent from Galloway to Saddam. Coleman notes Galloway has since recanted the sentiments in the letter that hailed Saddam.
Coleman proceeds to list the documents they have re the oil allocations.
In my excitement I might have jumped the gun......diverted plane and weather on now.........car chase next? Michael Jackson update? who knows.
OK, I have that, but what do I do next?
Galloway is bringing up Rummy's meetings w/ Saddam...........the left must be having kittens from that.
Galloway says he was trying to convince him to allow Blix back in. (Lie.)
I got that alternative media player install and am watching the stream in about three minutes.
Galloway is going to be a formidable witness. He is eloquent and forceful. I hope Coleman can spring some stuff on him to shoot him down. Let's hope there are some facts.
We're stuck, aren't we? I am deeply saddened by FNC.
I'm watching and listening with Real Player.....
'bout the same as "We never were really alone".
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