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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I could spit I'm so angry.
Thanks
Yep. CNN is carrying some kind of demonstration/parade from Havana, MSNBC just went to commercial behind talking about the Newsweek scandal, C-Span is on the House Floor with morning business, C-Span2 is in a vote on an amendment to the highway bill.
Are we going to have the fireworks in teh Senate this afternoon?
That is no excuse.
Yep, you're right -- Clarence Thomas and Ollie, but Ollie got 'em in the end.
>>Looks like a RECESS is taking place for 20 minutes<<
I'm not sure Ive ever seen a recess after the opening statement... damage control maybe?
"Fox on high winds in Utah. I'm blowing a gasket and I'm about to let go w/a Dean scream if they don't start "monitoring" this hearing."
I'm sure we will pick up his lunch in those 20 minutes. What a joke this is turning out to be. Galloway gets to pout out all the DU's talking points and we kiss his A$$!
A recess already?
Galloway have the vapors?
yeah , my realplayer is gone into the ether , I'll be lurkin' here
Agreed. I'm just pointing out that he is only operating by the rules that he gets away with on teh other side of the pond.
It sounded like they were excusing Galloway from questioning at the end..was that it?
OK, 20 minute break... tell me a joke.
A vote is called.
You should be able to just click on this link
http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/livehearing.ram
Possible
They want to get the Highway Bill voted on before the start on the Judges
Not sure. It certainly sounded like it...
Galloway was given a worldwide stage to spout his anti-American venom. You can bet the MSM will play up his remarks on the war and his attacks against Coleman and Bush.
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Levin asks him to answer the original question, Galloway says he just answered what troubled him.
Levin says fine, you've laid out your problems with the sanctions...would it trouble you if Zuricat violated the UN program by paying these kickbacks.
Galloway...that's Zuricat's problem, not mine.
Levin presses...Galloway: It troubles me that he might face prosecution.
Galloway: Please, Senator. You supported the illegal war in Iraq. Levin says he didn't.
Levin presses and Galloway goes on about if they're troubled about illegality they should focus on the illegal war.
Levin returns to the narrow question about money/Marium's Appeal and would Galloway be troubled by source of funds.
Fundraising is seldom pretty, Galloway notes, as many American politicians would recognize.
Long story short, I would say, is no, Galloway would not be troubled. <--that last is my opinion
Thanks, but I get "save" or "cancel" -- each time I have hit "save" it's saved but nothing happens. (I am truly a computer dunce).
That won't do him much good. I recall Norm saying that Aziz is singing like a canary.
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