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To: kristinn
George Galloway, a British Labour Party MP, who, in an April 1st interview for Abu Dhabi TV, urged British soldiers not to follow "illegal orders" to fight in Iraq. He also charged that Bush and Blair were "wolves" who "lied" when they said the war in Iraq would be "quick and easy."

"They attacked Iraq like wolves," he said. "They attacked civilians." He called on Arab countries to stop supplying coalition countries with oil.

Remember, he's saying all this while troops from his own country are on the battlefield, and he's making these comments on Arab TV, channeling them right into the barracks of enemy troops during wartime.

Galloway, some may recall, is the MP whom John Malkovich said he'd like to shoot in May 2002. He's a socialist who believes the greatest catastrophe of his life was the fall of the Soviet Union. He calls John Lennon's Imagine the socialist anthem.

I mention all this because his remarks weren't reported on too much over here, but I recently read they caused quite a sensation in Britain, apparently boomeranging on him and shoring up support for the troops. There is a movement afoot to oust him from Parliament.

He certainly qualifies for the Garofalo Award.

152 posted on 04/18/2003 9:30:48 PM PDT by beckett
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To: beckett
George Galloway, a British Labour Party MP,

Since Galloway is a Brit - he should receive a Fiskie!
165 posted on 04/18/2003 10:46:38 PM PDT by Maynerd
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