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| Iraq oil cash funded British MPs’ campaigns |
| 2004-02-17 |
| EFL - Still no coverage of this by US big media - even FOX TV Money illicitly siphoned from the UN oil-for-food programme by Saddam Hussein was used to finance anti-sanctions campaigns run by British politicians, according to documents that have surfaced in Baghdad. Undercover cash from oil deals went to three businessmen who in turn supported pressure groups involving the ex-Labour MP George Galloway, Labour MP Tam Dalyell, and the former Irish premier Albert Reynolds, it is alleged in documents compiled by the oil ministry... [bet Al Sharpton would have liked to have gotten in on this scam but maybe Saddam thought he was too unreliable]... These files do not implicate Mr Galloway in personal corruption. Nor do they suggest that Mr Dalyell and Mr Reynolds, who always paid their own way, had any knowledge of what was going on...... [some people support mass murder because they are bribed, others do it on principle] |
| Posted by:mhw |
| #5 Gorgeous George has quite a reputation for taking baksheesh from foreign governments, the saga of the pro-Kashmiri paper East being a case in point Give him credit though, if there were gold medals awarded for arse-kissing... "Consequently I now face creditors to the tune of £141,000. Now that Parliament is back, they are literally coming through my door at Westminster demanding money. My dear Prime Minister, if these creditors are not paid they will take me to court on a winding-up petition. This level of debts cannot be quietly forgotten. Events thereafter would be disastrous for me - probably your best friend in the new Parliament - and would badly damage the reputation of Pakistan. I beg you, Sir, to please instruct the High Commission in London to honour the country's commitments. There are literally only days to spare." I think it was Galloway who had Dundee twinned with Nablus, he certainly used to regard Abdur-Ra'uf al-Husseini (aka Yasir) as a good friend, until he found Saddam that is... |
| Posted by: Dave 2004-2-17 1:59:13 PM |
| #4 Actually, I heard someone mention this on Fox and Friends this morning. I think it was one of their Bagdad reporters. |
| Posted by: SamIII 2004-2-17 1:28:33 PM |
| #3 lol i feel another e-mail to gallaways website comin on. Its a real hoot writing to them as some guy who works for slimey Gallaway always writes back trying to defend him, wonder what his defense over this will be? 'Nope nope never happened maybe? |
| Posted by: Jon Shep U.K 2004-2-17 11:55:41 AM |
| #2 some people support mass murder because they are bribed, others do it on principle It seems to me that most politician's principles (if you can even use those 2 words in the same sentence)go out the window when the sack of cash is big enough. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2004-2-17 9:08:39 AM |
| #1 Both Galloway and Dalyell are big time pinko-sleazeballs on the order of Jesse and his ilk. But Reynolds is just a typically misguided PC Irish politician but perhaps a rich one by now! |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-2-17 8:26:46 AM |