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2005-05-18 Fifth Column
Galloway bluster fails to convince Senate
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Posted by ed 2005-05-18 06:38|| || Front Page|| [11141 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Galloway came to play cricket at a rugby match. He really must develop an understanding and appreciation of cultures other than his own.
Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-18 07:41||   2005-05-18 07:41|| Front Page Top

#2 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by Whomoting Omeaper1433 TROLL 2005-05-18 07:41||   2005-05-18 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by Whomoting Omeaper1433 TROLL 2005-05-18 07:44||   2005-05-18 07:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Comparisons with Braveheart on the BBC evening news last night. I kid you not.
Posted by Howard UK 2005-05-18 07:55||   2005-05-18 07:55|| Front Page Top

#5 The senate now has Galloway testifying under oath. They also have testimony from Taha Yassin Ramadan, Saddam's VP, implicating Galloway in both the oil and charity scams. In addition, we have Iraqi ministry documents detailing amount allocated for Galloway.
1. Indite Galloway for senate perjury using the trove of Iraqi documents, testimony of ex-Iraqi officials, and any Galloway confidants who can be turned.
2. Charge and convicthis underlings that sold the oil and transferred the money to Galloway. Get them to testify againt Galloway.
3. Turn his soon to be ex-wife into testifying about the sources of money and the Miriam charity scam. Probably a tough sell, but as a cousin of Arafat, she most ikely has her own financial skeletons.
4. Trace the money spent and property owned by Galloway and show his spendthrift ways were much more than his reported income. British cooperation will be required to charge his with tax evasion.

Historically, #4 may be the easiest to prove since it does not rely on Galloway's ex-cronies. I may take a wjile, but in his case, it's worth it. The fun will begin when Britain is asked to charge or extradite Galloway.
Posted by ed 2005-05-18 08:42||   2005-05-18 08:42|| Front Page Top

#6 Hey, we owe it to ourselves and Blair to hang this slimeball, figuratively if not literally.
Posted by too true 2005-05-18 08:49||   2005-05-18 08:49|| Front Page Top

#7 We can't indict Galloway. He's an MP and has diplomatic immunity.

Far from indicting him, I'd keep him talking. And talking. And talking.
Posted by Steve White">Steve White  2005-05-18 08:56||   2005-05-18 08:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Seeing how he had no problem throwing his buddy Mr. Zureikat under the bus, you might want to consider getting him in there to testify.
Posted by tu3031 2005-05-18 08:57||   2005-05-18 08:57|| Front Page Top

#9 I don't believe UK MPs have immunity in the UK, why should they have diplomatic immunity in the USA - Galloway is not a registered diplomat, nor does he represent the UK government, the normal criteria for diplomatic immunity.
Posted by phil_b 2005-05-18 09:04||   2005-05-18 09:04|| Front Page Top

#10 Somebody tell W.O. that his attempts to insult someone's intelligence would have a better chance of succeeding if he himself could spell and use correct grammar. How pathetic...
Posted by Dar">Dar  2005-05-18 09:13||   2005-05-18 09:13|| Front Page Top

#11 yay for Senator Levin!!!
Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-05-18 09:42||   2005-05-18 09:42|| Front Page Top

#12 Watched and read live-bloggings -- WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT. Here's hoping the Senate knowingly "took the fall" for making yesterday so lopsided, for tactical reasons - will there be another testimony day? - and is going to call him back at some point to confront him with new evidence, and a stronger response next time.
Posted by Edward Yee">Edward Yee  2005-05-18 09:54|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]  2005-05-18 09:54|| Front Page Top

#13 ed

I agree on putting some effort into the financial investigation approach.

One thing to look into is the Mariam charity finances. My recollection of an earlier investigation into this charity was that virtually none of the funds collected by the charity went to Mariam or to Mariam's treatment. There was, at that time, some obfuscation about the indirect financing of medical services.
Posted by mhw 2005-05-18 10:04||   2005-05-18 10:04|| Front Page Top

#14 AFAICR, all the documentation on the Mariam's Appeal finances have disappeared.
Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford  2005-05-18 10:22|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/]  2005-05-18 10:22|| Front Page Top

#15 How convenient.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-05-18 10:54||   2005-05-18 10:54|| Front Page Top

#16 This lost records thing is SOP for fraudsters using charities and nonprofit entities as a vehicle for concealing their cash flow and it's sources. It's a particular favorite with politicians and their operatives for collecting and disbursing bribes, "campaign contributions", kickbacks and other ill gotten gains.
Posted by Tkat 2005-05-18 11:39||   2005-05-18 11:39|| Front Page Top

#17 Have all the Maryam's Appeal records disappeared from the bank as well? What about the records at the banks to/from which monies were transferred? And the bank records of those who made donations to the cause? A good forensic accountant (and we've got plenty of those in this country!) should have the missing records reconstituted in jig time.

Oh, and Whomoting Omeaper1433: I've seen both games, and I know the difference. Your clever little British MP thinks he is still operating under the polite rules of the British Parliament. The U.S. Senate is not at all interested in his clever word games -- this is a legal trial, and your boyo is gleefully lying under oath to people who have the financial documents in front of them, and some of the best financial people in the world to advise them. Arrest for perjury is only the first of Galloway's worries, had he the brains to realize it. But don't worry, eventually it will be brought to his attention.
Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-18 12:08||   2005-05-18 12:08|| Front Page Top

#18 "My only question is has trust in the press fallen below used car salemen or Michael Jackson?"

I, for one, trust the MSM less than used car salesmen and politicians - at least you know up front they're spreading manure while trying to pick your pocket. With the MSM you have to work at separating the wheat from the chaff.

As for Michael Jackson: he's in a class by himself - certifiably nuts IMO, so trust doesn't really enter into it.
Posted by Xbalanke 2005-05-18 12:54||   2005-05-18 12:54|| Front Page Top

#19 No surer way to turn the normally apathetic, UN-supporting American center into advocates of UN reform than to make Galloway the OFF posterboy. More, please.
Posted by thibaud (aka lex) 2005-05-18 13:18||   2005-05-18 13:18|| Front Page Top

#20 I'm afraid you are all living in a dream world. Coleman was blown to smithereens and was very anxious to draw the proceedings to a close. The so called "evidence" was pathetic.
I don't think Coleman would be brave enough to make these allegations outside the Senate since he would then be subject to libel action.
It's crazy to think that the USA would ask for extradition based on this contrived evidence, not that it would succeed in any case.
Posted by Grearong Elmurong9235 2005-05-18 16:31||   2005-05-18 16:31|| Front Page Top

#21 Wanna know something smartass?

Galloway can be indicted TODAY THIS HOUR activity that falls under RICO, just based on the doucments the US Senate has now.
Posted by BADANOV">BADANOV  2005-05-18 16:46|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org]  2005-05-18 16:46|| Front Page Top

#22 And the best part?

Any federal prosecutor, and any citizen in the land can prosecute a RICO charge against Galloway and the UN. We don't have to wait for the government to shut this enemy organization down.

Even better, the UN can be shut down along with any and every company that EVER did business with Hussein.

You f*cking lewftists want to crow about how cool Galloway is, maybe it's best you all be thankful Galloway got back home with any portion of his Islamist-ass kissing ass intact.
Posted by badanov">badanov  2005-05-18 16:50|| http://www.rkka.org]">[http://www.rkka.org]  2005-05-18 16:50|| Front Page Top

#23 BBC comparision with Braveheart?

How about a comparision with Blowhard
Posted by Captain America 2005-05-18 17:00||   2005-05-18 17:00|| Front Page Top

#24 Galloway did a very good job of executing a very stupid strategy. He could have stayed on his side of the pond, but, for the sake of showing us what a clever fellow he is, crossed to our side and arguably committed perjury on US soil. Further, instead of giving the Senators a straightforward explanation of his side of the story -- which would have been the best thing to do if he could not be dissuaded from testifying to begin with-- he went out of his way to insult (and thereby motivate) two ranking bi-partisan Senators. So be sure to collect your press clippings, GG, you may find that the extra reading material comes in handy. That little show was egotism run amok.
Posted by Matt 2005-05-18 17:38||   2005-05-18 17:38|| Front Page Top

#25 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted]
Posted by Whomoting Omeaper1433 TROLL 2005-05-18 19:01||   2005-05-18 19:01|| Front Page Top

#26 Very well said, Matt.
Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-18 19:48||   2005-05-18 19:48|| Front Page Top

#27 Our buddy was TROLLed because s/he persisted in calling people names rather than engaging in respectful disagreement, or even a good rant.
Posted by rkb 2005-05-18 19:52||   2005-05-18 19:52|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Whomoting Omeaper1434 TROLL 2005-05-18 20:16||   2005-05-18 20:16|| Front Page Top

#29 Comments about Galloway don't need to include wholesale insults to Americans, WO. Or to our commenters here.

And this has nothing to do with free speech. Fred pays for this bandwidth and makes it (and his programming) available to us. We're all guests here.
Posted by rkb 2005-05-18 20:37||   2005-05-18 20:37|| Front Page Top

#30 I think it had to do with persistent use of the word "potato." The items about the inevitability of nuking the US and "carpet napalm" on the settlements might have also tipped the scales a little.
Posted by Asedwich">Asedwich  2005-05-18 20:46||   2005-05-18 20:46|| Front Page Top

#31 TW, thanks.
Posted by Matt 2005-05-18 21:20||   2005-05-18 21:20|| Front Page Top

#32 He came off better than Trafficant in the short blurb I watched. Must be the lack of the pelt of a roadkill stapled to his pate. Michael Moore must have written his address.
Posted by Super Hose 2005-05-18 21:37||   2005-05-18 21:37|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Whomoting Omeaper1433 2005-05-18 07:41||   2005-05-18 07:41|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Whomoting Omeaper1433 2005-05-18 07:44||   2005-05-18 07:44|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Whomoting Omeaper1434 2005-05-18 20:16||   2005-05-18 20:16|| Front Page Top

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