(Live Thread) British Parliament member George Galloway to face oil-for-food accusers (Live Thread)

CNN.com ^ | 5/17/05 | Phil Hirschkorn

[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.

[Bahbah]

It would be ok with me if Coleman pulled out a gun and shot him.

LOL. I can only read about this here, but that certainly gave me the flavor of the thing.

[roses of sharon]

Another exposure for the leftwing in this country, they are all complete loons.

[onyx]

Shut up David!

Is FNC cutting out too?

Let us hear Norm Coleman!

GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ.

[Mo1]

This Galloway goon is full of himself, ain't he?

Yep

He is toast .. Norm is NOT playing games

[Dad yer funny]

whooaa , realplayer just evaporated

[processing please hold]

Now Fox is interrupting!

I wish they'd shut up so I can hear.

[cyncooper]

Galloway (in my feed) cites "Rightwing newspapers"

"I gave my political life's blood to try and stop the mass killings of innocent Iraqis from the sanctions."

[Carolinamom]

I don't want Fox or anyone else TELL me what Galloway is saying. I want to hezr it for myself. Shut up w/the "explanations."

[pitinkie]

only online

[paul_fromatlanta]

>>particularly with that report coming out today Link?<< Got it now
http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/18682087?source=Evening%20Standard

The Bush administration knew about the illegal oil sales and kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime but did nothing about them, according to a report from Democrats on a Senate committee. The report found that US oil purchases accounted for 52 per cent of kickbacks paid to the regime in return for sales of cheap oil under the UN's food for oil programme - more than the rest of the world put together.

....
It also states that the State Department and the US military agreed to the shipment of nearly eight million barrels of oil bought by Jordan outside the Oil For Food programme. It was not clear whether the Democrats' report would be accepted by the Republicans on the committee. The Pentagon declined to comment

[goodnesswins]

Still have Real Player here....

[onyx]

I am so frustrated. Fox is interviewing their "expert" instead of letting us hear Coleman!

[gopwinsin04]

What a twit this guy is.

[OXENinFLA]

I hate when they do that.......

[tjwmason]

How long will this blowhard speak before coleman gets to counter his remarks?

I can't watch the feed at work, but on the basis of what I've heard Galloway saying on T.V. over here, I'd say a few days before he finally runs out of breath.

[tiredoflaundry]

Galloway is an arrogant pr**k!

[1066AD]

This one ?

[kcvl]

I hate when these television stations try to interpret what I just heard. SHUT UP and play the hearings!!!

[maggief]

Back to realPlayer, (on ready reserve).

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

"only online"

Thank you for the reply. Can you please post the link?