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(Live Thread) British Parliament member George Galloway to face oil-for-food accusers (Live Thread)
CNN.com ^ | 5/17/05 | Phil Hirschkorn

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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To: Miss Marple

my realplayer flew away I've been trying to get it back ,... very FLUStrating


401 posted on 05/17/2005 8:59:18 AM PDT by Dad yer funny
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To: kcvl

Thanks!


402 posted on 05/17/2005 8:59:18 AM PDT by auboy
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To: maggiefluffs

Coleman starts by establishing a man (sorry--I didn't get the name) who was Galloway's best man and Galloway knows him very well.

Galloway belligerent in the face of Coleman's calm style.


403 posted on 05/17/2005 8:59:32 AM PDT by cyncooper
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To: auboy


Exactly -- Galloway got to rant and now when it's Coleman's turn -- CUT AWAY.


404 posted on 05/17/2005 8:59:38 AM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: All

We're only going to hear a one sided argument. Everytime galloway comes on, they'll broadcast it.


405 posted on 05/17/2005 8:59:44 AM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: paul_fromatlanta

Let me get this straight---Coleman has this committee meeting in order to question Galloway and others about the OFF Scandal---

and on the same day, the DEMOCRATS are trying to throw the US on the same crap pile with Galloway?

And also saying this only happened under the Bush Administration????


406 posted on 05/17/2005 8:59:51 AM PDT by Txsleuth ( Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice)
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To: pitinkie

Coleman is referring to "surcharges" from saddam.....Galloway is saying it's preposperous he gave $300 mill to Saddam.....


407 posted on 05/17/2005 8:59:54 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Our military......the world's HEROES!)
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To: TFine80
And a lunatic Anti-Semite...

That was the basis of his [unfortunately] successful election campaign. His opponent was a black jew (she is also an horrendously Blairite toady, but infinitely preferable to Galloway), and he knew that he could exploit the racial/ethnic tensions within the constituency - one of the most grotesque events in British politics to my mind.
408 posted on 05/17/2005 9:00:25 AM PDT by tjwmason (Viva il Papa!)
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To: pbrown

Galloway is filibustering and speechifying each question, I'd have him stick to short yes/no answers


409 posted on 05/17/2005 9:00:43 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: tjwmason

This punk is getting on my last nerve.


410 posted on 05/17/2005 9:00:48 AM PDT by processing please hold (Islam and Christianity do not mix ----9-11 taught us that)
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To: 1066AD

>>This one ?<<

No this one
http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/18682087?source=Evening%20Standard

But I notice they are both British


411 posted on 05/17/2005 9:00:51 AM PDT by paul_fromatlanta (Paul from Atlanta)
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To: tiredoflaundry

Galloway has a problem answering the questions


412 posted on 05/17/2005 9:01:01 AM PDT by Mo1 (Hey GOP ---- Not one Dime till Republicans grow a Spine !!)
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To: goodnesswins

Seems defensive to me.


413 posted on 05/17/2005 9:01:01 AM PDT by rhc2000
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To: goodnesswins

Posted by paul_fromatlanta to onyx
On News/Activism ^ 05/17/2005 10:38:58 AM CDT · 263 of 384 ^


You should be able to just click on this link

http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/livehearing.ram

Thanks


414 posted on 05/17/2005 9:01:08 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: pbrown


I've just called FNC and yelled at the poor gal.

OH< now they're going live again!


415 posted on 05/17/2005 9:01:09 AM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: cyncooper
Norm: I take it Mr. Galloway, you are saying that any contract between Saddam and Miriam appeals is fales.

Galloway goes off on a tangent and again rants about the Iraq war.

416 posted on 05/17/2005 9:01:18 AM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: jayef

"The DUmmies are in LOVE!"

If I were them I would be too. LOL
This guy does speak well. The sad fact is that the loudest does get heard and remembered. He is making me sick, but he holds his ground well.


417 posted on 05/17/2005 9:01:33 AM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (Ronald Reagan is the TRUE "Father Of Our Country".)
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To: onyx

Hasn't he said "DID BETTER THAN THAT" 4 times in the last 5 minutes or so?


418 posted on 05/17/2005 9:01:34 AM PDT by TFine80
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To: Howlin

Will be playing catch up all day and thank you for keeping so many of us alerted!


419 posted on 05/17/2005 9:01:36 AM PDT by BlessedByLiberty (Respectfully submitted,)
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To: onyx

You Go Girl!!


420 posted on 05/17/2005 9:01:43 AM PDT by Mo1 (Hey GOP ---- Not one Dime till Republicans grow a Spine !!)
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