(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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

[gopwinsin04]

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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.

He will come out of this smelling like roses. Damn, just damn.

[onyx]

YES! GOT IT NOW!

Mike, you are postively thee best!

[cyncooper]

Galloway now answers Coleman's question on his relationship with Tariq Aziz: He's a good friend.

Galloway done.

[Miss Marple]

They have recessed because there is a vote on the Senate floor for the highway bill. Recesses are not uncommon for votes.

[OXENinFLA]

Hey paused worked, I'm a little behind now...........

[Mo1]

It sounded like they were excusing Galloway from questioning at the end..was that it?

I think it was because Galloway wasn't answering the questions

Heck .. Levin is considered friendly and even Galloway managed to tick him off a bit

[roses of sharon]

I would imagine some American comp skirted sanctions, which has been in the news for a decade.

And if laws were broken I'm sure they will be caught.

My point is that I for one, and others in government, (who are now derided as neo-cons), have called the immoral policy of containment that consigned millions to tyranny for a decade, a policy that could not be sustained.

[CasearianDaoist]

They would not let him get away with this sort of evasion and prevaricating in Parliament. He would not dare try it. Even Levin got PO'd for a second. It is obvious that he has something to hide. Much easier to become an MP than it is to become a Senator. He is out of his league here.

If the have real evidence he may face prosecution in the UK. Do not forget that.

Coleman is not a fool, there must be something real there.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Galloway now answers Coleman's question on his relationship with Tariq Aziz: He's a good friend.

Too bad his 'good friend' is spilling the beans on him.

[gopwinsin04]

[Chode]

so... we've gone from "FAKE but accurate" to "REAL but Wrong"!!! wonderful...

[kcvl]

A recess already?

They had to go vote.

[gopwinsin04]

Levin was about ready to cut loose with a can of Senatorial whoop-*ss!

[prairiebreeze]

Tony Snow won't kiss Galloway's butt on his radio show tomorrow. You can bet on that.

[onyx]

Thanks so much for the recap, cyn.

Now I have the link working supplied by mhking.

Carolinamom & Y'all: try mhking's link in # 488 -- worked for me, the computer dunce. :)

[Lijahsbubbe]

Coleman is not a fool, there must be something real there.

You're right. And Galloway knows it.

[Txsleuth]

Did Levin say he agrees with Galloways view re: the war just now during the hearing?

[paul_fromatlanta]

You're right...I must have fast forwarded thorugh the vote announcement.

[ConservativeMan55]

Its coming up and showing only whats on TV.

Its not showing any hearing or anything.