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| 2003-04-25 | |
| British media exposes Labour MP's Pak connection Labour MP George Galloway possesses two of Pakistan's highest civil awards — one the equivalent of a knighthood — "partly in recognition of his work to promote the Kashmiri cause", according to the Daily Telegraph. It calls the MP, Sir George in a full-page report, including details of his alleged links with the Islamabad regime. The daily, which two days ago, published documents to allege that Galloway, received funds from the Saddam regime, has now recounted his alleged links with the Bhutto Government. Papers concerning the Pak links had been passed on to BBC's Newsnight some time ago. BBC recounted the whole story again following the allegations made by the Telegraph three day ago.
A former journalist with East told Telegraph that the paper was "a shambles" and its greatest coup was securing an interview with Osama bin Laden. "It was revealed, as we had suspected, that a lot of funds for the paper came from the government of Benazir Bhutto. When she was toppled in a coup in 1996, the money dried up." It is said that although a total of £547,000 was earmarked for East, only around £135,000 was paid over. The BBC said the successor government of Nawaz Sharif allocated another £189,000 after an approach from Mr Galloway to keep the paper going until the 1997 election, after which it folded. Mr Galloway called the arrangement a commercial deal."They would give advertisements and purchase newspapers for that money. There is nothing wrong in that. We had similar deals with other governments and even the British Government." The BBC also obtained documents apparently acknowledging the receipt by Galloway of cheques for £60,000 on behalf of the National Lobby of Kashmir. But the MP denied that it was a receipt, claiming it was only a letter he had written outlining how the group had spent its annual budget. He had then accused BBC of "shabby, downmarket journalism". But a Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges which investigated another controversy swirling round the MP, while absolving him of breaking any rules, observed, "Members should act with particular circumspection in any relationship with a foreign organisation or government where financial transactions of any kind are involved." | |
| Posted by:rg117 |
| #4 Telegraph: This is genuine, says Saddam's ex-aide (Filed: 24/04/2003) (more bad news for George) Nicole Martin shows a confidential handwritten memo found in the rubble of the looted Iraqi foreign ministry to the man who used to arrange the dictator's schedule Saddam Hussein's former head of protocol said yesterday that the document found by The Daily Telegraph saying that George Galloway received substantial payments from the Iraqi regime was "100 per cent genuine". Haitham Rashid Wihaib: 'I am 100 per cent certain that this document is genuine' Haitham Rashid Wihaib, who fled to Britain with his family eight years ago after death threats, said he had no doubt that the handwritten confidential memorandum addressed to the dictator's office apparently detailing how the Labour MP benefited from Iraq's oil sales was authentic. Sitting in a cafe in central London, a world away from Saddam's palace where he spent 13 years arranging the dictator's daily schedule, he carefully studied the letter discovered in the looted foreign ministry in Baghdad. As Mr Galloway continued to denounce the letter as a forgery, Mr Wihaib said he recognised the "clear and distinctive" handwriting as that of Tahir Jalil Habbush Al-Tikriti, head of the Iraqi intelligence service, who is number 14 - the jack of diamonds - on America's "most wanted" list. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-25 13:26:30 |
| #3 Since his wife is a niece of Arafat, I bet I know where some of it went. If I were Israeli, I'd sue. That money could have bought explosives. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-25 12:58:01 |
| #2 Galloway, that working class champion, has a large villa complete with swimming pool, in sunny Portugal. That is just reward for being a whore for some of the bloodiest pimps in the world. |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-04-25 12:52:49 |
| #1 The fun should really get going when people find out what Galloway spent the Islamic loot on. Probably paid thousands of pounds for 30 dollar hookers, etc. |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-04-25 12:45:40 |