Scott Ritter taking money from Saddam's son

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[for-q-clinton]

Just heard on Fox news that Scott Ritter was on the Iraqi dole.

[for-q-clinton]

Not sure if this is new or old, but nothing with Scott Ritter in the title over the past few days.

[pgyanke]

I'm shocked! Shocked, I tell you!!

[Glenn]

Never a doubt in my mind Scotty was on the take. The perfect dupe. Stupid, greedy and horny.

[hole_n_one]

#10

[TomGuy]

There are documents that Galloway (British MP) was on Saddam's payroll. I missed the Foxnews report of Ritter being on Saddam's payroll (but wouldn't be surprised if such documents surface). I'm sure Scott isn't the only one outside Iraq who is sweating at what documents might surface. [I'll bet even some of our own "elected" are going through their old records of campaign contributions, etc.]

[for-q-clinton]

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_26-4-2003_pg4_10

George Galloway is a crook — how convenient

By Scott Ritter

The British people need a voice of opposition, because it is from the ranks of the opposition that the matter of policing bad policy will be raised

I was shocked to read about the allegations, ostensibly based upon documents discovered in Iraq, that George Galloway was somehow compensated financially by the Iraqi government for championing its cause. I was shocked because, if these allegations prove to be true, then the integrity and credibility of a man for whom I have great respect would be dramatically undermined.

But I was also shocked because of the timing of these allegations. Having been on the receiving end of smear campaigns designed to assassinate the character of someone in opposition to the powers that be, I have grown highly suspicious of dramatic revelations conveniently timed to silence a vocal voice of dissent.

The charges made against Galloway are serious and they should be thoroughly investigated. Do these charges have any merit? I will continue to operate under the assumption of innocence until proven guilty. I hope the charges against George Galloway are baseless but, to be honest, I simply don’t know.

But I do know a few things about George Galloway and the cause he championed with regards to Iraq. I know that he helped set up the Mariam Appeal, a humanitarian organisation established in 1998 initially to raise funds on behalf of an Iraqi girl who suffered from leukaemia and who, because of economic sanctions, was unable to receive adequate medical care. I met Mariam in 1999, when she was a guest of the Bruderhof Society here in the US, a religious movement that eschews individual wealth and promotes a simple, communal life. She was getting treatment for the onset of blindness caused by medical neglect related to her leukaemia treatment. Mariam is a real person, not some political stunt. Her suffering was genuine. So, too, was the joy of her maternal grandmother, who accompanied Mariam to the US when she realised that while Mariam might be blind, she was going to live, thanks in no small part to the work of people like George Galloway, whose dramatic intervention got Mariam out of Iraq and into the hands of those who could care for her. I know that Galloway helped set up the British-Iraqi friendship association. I know because he invited me to come to London and speak at the association’s inaugural meeting. The message I heard him deliver that night was one of human kindness and compassion. He spoke out against the suffering of the Iraqi people under the effects of a decades-long economic embargo. I heard him decry the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. But I also heard him lambaste the policies of his own country, and those of the US, which were subjecting the innocent people of Iraq to such suffering.

Establishing the friendship association was a politically incorrect thing to do at the time. Galloway’s political opponents could, and did, make political hay from such actions, deriding them as “pro-Saddam”. In the months to come, I’m sure many British people will flock to organisations espousing friendship between Britain and Iraq, now that it is the trendy thing to do. Galloway was a friend of the Iraqi people back when they most needed the friendship and understanding of the British people.

I know that Galloway was a leading, and highly vocal, critic of the war with Iraq. He challenged Tony Blair’s policies and statements about the justification for the war, namely the allegations made by Britain and the US concerning Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction programmes and its failure to comply with its security council-mandated obligations to disarm. I know because I share Galloway’s views about the un-sustained nature of the British-American case against Iraq. He spoke out vociferously against Blair’s policies on Iraq, demanding evidence concerning Iraqi weapons of mass destruction more substantial than the plagiarised dossier and forged documents produced by Whitehall. The case for war, as flimsy as it was in the months before Operation Iraqi Freedom began, has been shown to date to be utterly without merit, as no stockpiles of hidden weapons of mass destruction have been uncovered by the US and British military forces occupying Iraq. If it turns out that there are no weapons of mass destruction or programmes related to their production and concealment in Iraq, the British people for actions carried out in their name must hold Mr Blair and his government accountable. If British policy was sustained on the back of a lie, then those who perpetrated that lie must be called upon to explain themselves. Now, more than ever, the British people need a voice of opposition, because it is from the ranks of the opposition that the matter of policing bad policy will be raised.

To allow George Galloway to be silenced now, when his criticisms of British policy over Iraq have been shown to be fundamentally sound, would be a travesty of democracy. Rather than casting him aside, the British people should reconsider his statements in the light of the emerging reality that it is Blair and not Galloway who have been saying things worthy of investigation. —The Guardiann

Scott Ritter was formerly chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq

[Maigrey]

And this was a surprise? I don't think so...

[Steven W.]

We already knew this & Ritter readily admitted it, no secret where he got his money - he claimed that it had no influence on him.

[for-q-clinton]

Now read what I found that Scott Ritter said in an article (post #6).

Then when you listen to what he said on Foxnews he's saying stuff like what does it matter if it is true? It still doesn't mean it was wrong for us to kill thousands of innocent Iraqi's!

[Darksheare]

I like how he clarifies his pedophilia as a "smear campaign".

[the Real fifi]

You may want to check this out. Snow said Ritter had been given money by a rich Iraqi (old news) and Galloway got money from Qusay (news that's about 2 days old). I think you may have confused the two reports.

[woofie]

I didnt know they had a Burger King at the UN...

[Fitzcarraldo]

Consultant fees for setting up a Burger Shah chain in Iraq?

[for-q-clinton]

But that doesn't jive with what Scott wrote in the article (post #6).

I was shocked because, if these allegations prove to be true, then the integrity and credibility of a man for whom I have great respect would be dramatically undermined.

[doug from upland]

Having been on the receiving end of smear campaigns designed to assassinate the character of someone in opposition
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

You're a pervert, Scotty. You were caught twice by the police. No one made you do it. You weren't set up. You did it of your own perverted free will. You smeared yourself, you lowlife slimebucket. No one assassinated your character expect yourself by your actions. How could this POS have been a Marine?

[SwinneySwitch]

I was shocked to hear Scott was shocked!

[NetValue]

"Just heard on Fox news that Scott Ritter was on the Iraqi dole."

I've been waiting for this. Nothing else explains Ritter's reversal of position on Saddam except money. If true, stand by for espionage and perhaps treason charges.

Tonight he was defending Galloway taking millions from Saddam.

Ritter's lawyer better silence him fast. He is digging a deep hole for himself.

[MadIvan]

I suspect David Blair strikes again. ;)

Regards, Ivan

[for-q-clinton]

I'm pretty sure that shep said he got money from Saddam's son AND so did Galloway.

[Consort]

Yes, Ritter is a great "kidder".