Documents found in Iraq show that Saddam Hussein took steps to protect the reputation of a British legislator

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what was the money for? I wonder.

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Reports: Saddam Protected Anti-War U.K. Lawmaker







Thursday, April 24, 2003

LONDON — Documents found in Iraq show that Saddam Hussein took steps to protect the reputation of a British legislator who vehemently opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq, a British newspaper reported Thursday.





The report in The Daily Telegraph came on top of a story earlier this week by the same paper that sparked investigations into connections between George Galloway and the regime of Saddam Hussein.

Law enforcement officials have begun a preliminary investigation into whether Galloway misused money from an Iraqi aid charity he runs. The governing Labor Party is investigating separate allegations that Galloway also received money from Saddam's regime through the oil-for-food program.

Galloway has dismissed the allegations as lies and has instructed his attorneys to sue the Telegraph for libel.

On its Web site Thursday, the Christian Science Monitor reported that officials of Saddam's regime authorized six payments to Galloway, totaling more than $10 million, between July 1992 and January 2003, according to documents the newspaper obtained.

The Monitor said an Iraqi general had discovered the papers in a house outside Baghdad that was used by Saddam's son Qusay, who it said appeared to have authorized at least one of the payments.

One document, dated January 2003, reportedly authorizes a check of $3 million and says the money was in return for Galloway's "courageous and daring stands against the enemies of Iraq, like [Tony] Blair, the British prime minister, and for his opposition in the House of Commons and Lords against all outrageous lies against our patient people."

In a Baghdad-dated story, The Telegraph reported Thursday it found a letter dated May 6, 2000, in files of the looted Iraqi Foreign Ministry showing Saddam sought to protect Galloway by severing his contacts with Mukhabarat, the Iraqi intelligence and secret police service.

"It is better not to engage the Mukhabarat in the relationship with George Galloway, as he has been a well-known politician since 1990, and discovery of his relationship with the Mukhabarat would damage him very much," Izzat Ibrahim, one of Saddam's deputies, said in the letter reported by The Telegraph.

The newspaper said the memo emerged from a committee that had been established to examine Galloway's alleged request for more money.

In its report Tuesday, The Telegraph produced a memo from a senior Mukhabarat officer that it said suggested Galloway was receiving about $600,000 a year from Saddam's regime.

The newspaper later reproduced a memo allegedly written in response to the request by a senior aide to Saddam. It said Galloway asked for "exceptional support which we cannot afford."

However, the committee agreed that existing arrangements with Galloway about the oil contracts should continue, The Telegraph said. Under U.N. resolutions that followed the 1991 Gulf War, Iraq was allowed to sell some oil to buy humanitarian supplies.

On Thursday, Galloway told the British Broadcasting Corp., "This is a lie of fantastic proportions which only the most credulous would believe. ... The idea that the Iraqi regime was channeling to me, personally, hundreds of thousands of pounds is simply absurd."

Galloway has represented a district in Glasgow, Scotland, since 1987. In 1999, he drove from London to Baghdad in a red double-decker bus, receiving a hero's welcome.

During the Iraq war, Galloway gave an interview with Abu Dhabi TV accusing President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of attacking Iraq "like wolves," and calling on British soldiers to refuse to fight.

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It does seem a little odd that the person running an Iraq Aid Charity would receive 10 million from Iraq.

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It does seem a little odd that the person running an Iraq Aid Charity would receive 10 million from Iraq.

yes I would like to see the books. I find it hard to believe that he raised 10 million for them, let alone raised enouph to earn it. What do you brits think?

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As a non Britt I think that very likely there were documents found indicating that Saddam Hussein took a dump three times a day and that it was toxic.

Sadly enough all the docimentation, including the evidence for the Twin Towers attack is completely classified ergo not true or non existent.

In other words its complete Bull Shit (not to be confused with Red Bull - due to it's color obviously a communist invention)

jraf

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I suspect Oliver North was behind this....or maybe the french, Apparently Rasputin was advising Saddam right up until Baghdad fell, he could have forged some documents with Lee Harvey Oswalds help of course...

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. What do you brits think?

Never trust anything in the media!

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Sadly enough all the docimentation, including the evidence for the Twin Towers attack is completely classified ergo not true or non existent.

so this means everything that is classified is bullshit. I don't think so. I don't follow your logic at all. Maybe you think the girl scouts flew the planes into the towers. Maybe russia, china, france wasn't selling illegal stuff to Iraq. Maybe Salmon Pac was not there at all. Oh and SH never gassed his own people.

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what was the money for? I wonder.

so does i..but about your working alot in this war..im borred about it,couldnt you make 1 Irak tread and then post all your war stuff there?It looks like its the only thing in your mind at this time..
We all look at it,we all have a opinion about it...

Migth just me but i fell like a non skydiver/BASE´´r that has to listen to all about the sport.(just war instead)

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

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Migth just me but i fell like a non skydiver/BASE´´r that has to listen to all about the sport.(just war instead)

I understand what you are saying Faber. I have reduced the number of war threads I start how ever I remind you that Talk back is all about this

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Anything non-skydiving related should be discussed here! Politics, relationships, soap box, etc... Skydiving discussions are welcome but you may have better luck in the General Skydiving Discussions forum. This forum is moderated but expect a noisy bar!

you don;t have to read it, but i do value your input.

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Let it go, man.

[bodypilot90 0]

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Let it go, man.

let what go?

[kallend 2,150]

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Let it go, man.

let what go?

How about you do us all a favor and refrain from posting anything more about Iraq unless validated by two independent sources.

Over the past few weeks you've posted dozens of "reports" that turned out to be bogus.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

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Over the past few weeks you've posted dozens of "reports" that turned out to be bogus.

well I was going to send you a pm but you can't receive them. All I will say is I hope your not a accountant.

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How about you do us all a favor and refrain from posting anything more about Iraq . . .

Kallend, just curious -- do you often think of yourself as speaking for the entire dz com population? It seems to me that you and your anti-US views are in the minority here and with US Americans overall.

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It seems to me that you and your anti-US views

Personally, I think calling someone "anti-U.S." or "anti-American" is a personal attack.

Unless, of course, they have said, "I am against America." Haven't seen anyone say that though.

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Personally, I think calling someone "anti-U.S." or "anti-American" is a personal attack.

Unless, of course, they have said, "I am against America." Haven't seen anyone say that though.

Sorry, but i have to disagree. There are tons of ways to spell yourself out without directly stating the obvious.

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I understand what you are saying Faber. I have reduced the number of war threads I start how ever I remind you that Talk back is all about this

Not asking you to stop so,just to keep them in same place
i think its fine that we have a place were we can talk about stuff but i dont see any idea to make a new tread each time.Call it Irak and post it thereas simple as that.Then when WW3 start then lets make a new tread about that.Just that that i some times feel talk back as a news paper,if i wanted to read it i would go seek thouse sites to see that.
Talk back should(in my world) be a place were you can talk about anythingsas it is now,but i think all this Irak should be under 1 post,thats all...

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i do value your input.

do as you like.I have nothing on you,and dont see anything wrong besides talk back is all about Irak,which i so say to you

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

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Personally, I think calling someone "anti-U.S." or "anti-American" is a personal attack.

I don't dislike kallend. Other than his inabiltity to count I think he's a great guy. He's just wrong on Iraq. I disagree with you Jessica, it's not a personal attack at all, and I don;t think he'd take it as such. I could be wrong :)

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two independent sources

fox news
The Daily Telegraph
the Christian Science Monitor

all ran the story.

good enouph for you?

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I think what people are trying to tell you, BodyPilot, is that you shouldn't post what the media tells you UNLESS it supports THEIR side of the argument. That's the feeling I've gotten over the past couple of months. In short, I think that if you're looking for people who may disagree with your standpoint to have a logical and reasonable discussion here about the news you posted... it ain't gonna happen. They'll just tell you that you shouldn't post this stuff here since they are all clearly in charge.

It woulda been nice to see what people thought about this, that is... if they could get past the fact that they might have been wrong. Oh well...

Oh, hello again!

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It woulda been nice to see what people thought about this, that is... if they could get past the fact that they might have been wrong. Oh well...

Some would rather listen to bagdad bob than the facts. I will post what I see unless banned from here. I live in the USA not in Russia. They just don't get it, they were wrong.

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I live in the USA not in Russia.

Russia has changed,i dont think US has..Take it good or bad way your choise.i think its a mix...

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

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I live in the USA not in Russia.

Russia has changed,i dont think US has..Take it good or bad way your choise.i think its a mix...

Speaking from direct experience of living in the USA...I can tell you without reservation, that the US has changed. Quite a bit.

edit to add: Note, I've never lived anywhere else...

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[Faber 0]

so have russia

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Hold up my wings, you are the sky

damnit dont rely on me,i fart as i get pressure at me,i cant hold anything

Stay safe
Stefan Faber

[Gawain 0]

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so have russia

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Hold up my wings, you are the sky

damnit dont rely on me,i fart as i get pressure at me,i cant hold anything

Hell yeah Russia's changed. Even bad press coverage would admit that.

You and everyone else seems to fart with pressure...

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!