[cyncooper]

and for his firm stand against the prime minister of Britain, the criminal Blair

Can you just picture him preening as he discusses this with his Iraqi "friends"? You can bet it was made clear this was why he was getting well-paid.

And the cash is most interesting. Say, I think I'll ping Miss Marple as she's following the cash story. I wonder if he got paid in U.S. $100 bills?

[cyncooper]

From the new Galloway story in the Monitor:

The Iraqi general, who is familiar with financial dealings of Hussein's inner circle, said that checks of several million dollars could have easily been cashed in a bank on the ground floor of one of the President's most important palaces in Baghdad.

Do you suppose metal boxes were recently moved from Saddam Hussein's "most important palace" to say, cottages and dog kennels that were then bricked up?

[Timeout]

One could fit a LOT of $100 bills in a peace activist's double-decker bus!

(And scoot right on by the border security in Switzerland)