Cosy chat ... beaming Galloway visits Saddam in plush bunker in 2002
Posted on 04/01/2003 4:50:27 AM PST by MadIvan
TREACHEROUS MP George Galloway was branded an enemy of the state last night after he urged the Arab world to rise up and kill British troops in Iraq.
The slimy Saddam supporter also called on brave British soldiers to DISOBEY what he called “illegal orders”.
And he claimed the Allies had attacked Iraq like “wolves”.
In words which could have been uttered by Osama bin Laden, he said: “Iraq is fighting for all the Arabs. Where are the Arab armies?”
Labour MP Galloway - nicknamed the Member for Baghdad Central - also CONDEMNED the rulers of Arab nations like Kuwait and Qatar for aiding the Coalition war effort.
And he called on Gulf states to CRIPPLE the West by cutting off oil supplies.
The Glasgow Kelvin MP’s rant, made in an interview for Abu Dhabi TV, threatens to inflame anti-British anger across the Islamic world.
He said: “Even if it is not realistic to ask a non-Iraqi army to come to defend Iraq, we see Arab regimes pumping oil for the countries who are attacking it.
“We wonder when the Arab leaders will wake up. When are they going to stand by the Iraqi people?”
The interview - broadcast on Friday as Coalition troops died in the desert - was denounced last night by Armed Forces minister Adam Ingram.
He said: “There is a world of difference between being anti-war and inciting war against British troops.
“Are there no depths to which George Galloway will not sink? I am sure such disgraceful comments will be rightly condemned the length and breadth of this country.”
Galloway also accused Mr Bush and Mr Blair of lying about the expected duration of the war. He said:
"They have lied to the British Air Force and Navy when they said the battle of Iraq would be very quick and easy.
"They attacked Iraq like wolves. They attacked civilians. They encountered resistance from Iraqi forces and Iraqi people who are defending their dignity, religion and country.
"According to Tony Blair’s lie machine, they said the war would only last for six days.
"The war will continue. I don’t believe these wolves will be able to enter Baghdad and occupy Iraq.
"They must know this is the beginning of a long war of liberation to be staged by the Iraqis against the occupying forces.
"They must understand they are in the Iraqi quagmire and it will not be easy for them to get out.
Galloway tore into Arab rulers who have allowed Coalition forces to use their land.
He raged: “God curse them for their crimes. They will be tried by their peoples.”
Last night, the MP stood by his comments, saying: “The wolves are Bush and Blair, not the soldiers. The soldiers are lions led by donkeys.
“As for being a traitor, the people who have betrayed this country are those who have been the miserable surrogates of a bigger power for reasons few can understand.”
He added: “Given that I believe this invasion is illegal, the best thing British troops can do is to refuse to obey illegal orders.”
The fawning MP, whose political career has been dogged by sex scandals, recently paid Saddam a visit in his bunker.
And in 1994 he presented the dictator with a pennant from Palestinian youths.
YOU can tell George Galloway what you think of his treachery by emailing him at gallowayg@parliament.uk. You can also phone him on 020 7219 4084 or write to his constituency office at 8a Parkgrove Terrace, Glasgow G3 7ST.
Feel free to add a few salvos from America to the barrage Galloway should get.
Regards, Ivan
He did such a good job as the over-the-edge psycho from In The Line of Fire that I would not go out of my way to pi$$ him off...
MP stunned at actor's outburst
BBC News, Saturday, 4 May, 2002
A Scottish Labour MP is taking legal advice after the Hollywood star John Malkovich allegedly said he would like to shoot the politician.
Malkovich is reported to have said that the Glasgow Kelvin MP, George Galloway, was one of two people he would most like to kill.
The source of Malkovich's anger appears to be Mr Galloway's condemnation of Israel's action against Palestinians and his criticism of the west's policies on Iraq.
The actor was addressing students at the Cambridge union debating society when he was asked who he would most like to "fight to the death".
Malkovich, star of movies including Dangerous Liaisons and the Killing Fields, replied: "I'd rather just shoot them."
He named Mr Galloway and The Independent newspaper's Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk.
Union spokesman Julian Blake said: "He had been speaking to the union president before the event and he mentioned then that he read the British press and had been following George Galloway's comments.
"People were fairly surprised when he brought him up though."
'Terrorism climate'
The actor did not explain exactly why he disliked Mr Galloway. He said only that Mr Galloway did not tell the truth.
Mr Galloway said he was astonished that the actor should have such animosity against him.
The MP said he assumed that his outspoken criticism of American policy in the Middle East, Afghanistan and Iraq was behind the outburst.
"In the current climate of terrorism and violence and so on, if it was a joke it is not very funny and if it wasn't a joke, he will be hearing from my lawyers," he added.
"We can have a high noon at the Old Bailey if he likes.
'Very strange man'
"His comments are especially dangerous because in a couple of days' time, I will be in the Palestinian Authority visiting President Arafat and there are a lot of bullets flying around there."
Malkovich is in the UK filming Johnny English with Rowan Atkinson and Natalie Imbruglia.
Mr Galloway asked: "Who can get inside the head of John Malkovich, a very strange man offering a dangerous liaison - indeed, offering a killing field?"
Last month, Mr Galloway renewed his call for people in Scotland to boycott goods from Israel in response to violence in the Middle East.
The moral of the story is, see Malkovich movies.
Regards, Ivan
That's the problem in a nutshell. These pious lefty moonbats still have no idea of the kind of whirlwind they will reap from going around the world inciting terrorism, genocide, and mass-murder. Galloway was probably especially confused to see this from a Hollywood celebrity, since he, Galloway, is only following the long-standing pop-culture poltical line. Malkovitch should have followed the Fisk pattern: beating Galloway to a pulp, then blaming it on the resentment we feel over British rocket attacks (against Ft. McHenry). The fool would probably buy it and repent.
Can anything be done to Galloway for his remarks?
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