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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
KEYWORDS: accusers; alfaghi; alfagih; alfaqhi; alfaqih; british; face; food; galloway; george; kook; member; oil; oilforfood; panel; parliament; saadalfaghi; saadalfagih; saadalfaqhi; saadalfaqih; senate; us; ussenate
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To: prairiebreeze

Where are we going to watch this? I don't see it on the C-SPAN schedule.


41 posted on 05/17/2005 5:45:06 AM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: Howlin
I plan on doing a lot of "cleaning" right around this bonus room with the TV and computer. I am NOT missing this one!

A lot of us will have very clean computer rooms today!

;-)

42 posted on 05/17/2005 5:45:34 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry ("Harry Reid in stripes, I kinda like that image." -Tagline courtesy of DFU. Thanks!)
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To: Libloather; MadIvan
So who preps Galloway for this session? It can't just be on a lark.
43 posted on 05/17/2005 5:46:54 AM PDT by .cnI redruM (M. Moore + MoveOn.org = MooreOn.Org)
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To: tiredoflaundry

If only there was somewhere online to get my car inspected, I could really get some stuff done today!


44 posted on 05/17/2005 5:47:04 AM PDT by Howlin (North Carolina, where beer kegs are registered and illegal aliens run free.)
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To: Howlin

lol!


45 posted on 05/17/2005 5:47:42 AM PDT by tiredoflaundry ("Harry Reid in stripes, I kinda like that image." -Tagline courtesy of DFU. Thanks!)
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To: All

Watching CSPAN call in , ... FULL LIAR MODE is dialed up again ,... caller saying he's a moderate , "BLAblahblabla , but Clinton had that one little problem,that had nothing to do with...."


46 posted on 05/17/2005 5:50:54 AM PDT by Dad yer funny
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To: Trust but Verify

Dont underestimate Galloway - He may be an asshole but hes an intelligent one and he wont be intimidated


47 posted on 05/17/2005 5:52:35 AM PDT by weegie
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To: All

the music for the Tony Snow Show just came on


48 posted on 05/17/2005 5:53:37 AM PDT by Dad yer funny
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To: weegie
" ... He may be an asshole but hes an intelligent one and he wont be intimidated"


I've seen prisoners spit at firing squads too.

49 posted on 05/17/2005 5:56:47 AM PDT by G.Mason ( Save the Republic from the shallow, demagogic sectarians.)
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To: weegie

yup , ... and there is that odd circumstance where extra-intelligence is ascribed to the accent and diction ,... there'll be some good bytes from this one


50 posted on 05/17/2005 5:57:20 AM PDT by Dad yer funny
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To: Dad yer funny

Shhhh - Dont tell anyone!

His accent and diction are identical to mine (and Im trying to keep 'em fooled)


51 posted on 05/17/2005 6:00:50 AM PDT by weegie
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To: weegie

I just hope he sits there and insults our Senators and shows the world what a jerk he is. I don't care how smart the guy is, he's a first-class British jerk and little would please me more than to see him hauled out of the hearing room by the Capitol Police.


52 posted on 05/17/2005 6:02:22 AM PDT by Trust but Verify (Pull up a chair and watch history being made.)
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To: Dad yer funny

hey ,... get'a'load'a , Rep Sherrod Brown D-Ohio-Bedhead , ...BWAaaahaha-HA


53 posted on 05/17/2005 6:02:59 AM PDT by Dad yer funny
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To: Trust but Verify

yeah , Fleet St would have a blast with such a circus


54 posted on 05/17/2005 6:06:11 AM PDT by Dad yer funny
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To: Trust but Verify

Is Coleman a lawyer and if so is he a good one?


55 posted on 05/17/2005 6:07:36 AM PDT by wildcatf4f3 (whats wrong with a draft?)
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To: Libloather
This guy isn't a U.S. citizen so he can lie up a storm before the Senate.

I have to say, what nonsense.

This is not the only investigation into the matter. There are also inquiries that can be opened in Great Britain. Iraq is also planning to thoroughly look into this.

Yes, he can lie, but to say he may do so with impunity is ridiculous. He does so at his own peril.

56 posted on 05/17/2005 6:07:54 AM PDT by cyncooper
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To: Dad yer funny


I can't turn on the TV til someone leaves for the office. :)


57 posted on 05/17/2005 6:09:19 AM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: Howlin

Thanks for the ping.

I see the current flavor of foolish, shallow and idiotic comments pervade the thread and I only read as far as your helpful ping so far (#10).

Thank YOU for being here or else I'd bail on this site for good.


58 posted on 05/17/2005 6:09:32 AM PDT by cyncooper
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To: Dog

How do you get that webcast to work?

I found the file .. but I'm not seeing a link for a webcast to see


59 posted on 05/17/2005 6:10:24 AM PDT by Mo1 (Hey GOP ---- Not one Dime till Republicans grow a Spine !!)
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To: cyncooper
I see the current flavor of foolish, shallow and idiotic comments pervade the thread

My... my.... aren't we being an arrogant prig this morning.

60 posted on 05/17/2005 6:11:40 AM PDT by bikepacker67
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