Ok, I'll jump right to the heart of it, this guy is a scumbag. A very loud pompous scumbag. I really hope that the first order of this mornings business is to charge him.
Yep, if you yell and stomp your feet and dare them to charge you, they'll just leave you alone. I especially like the part about his having to have prior notice to being called a liar. He may wish to tone down his snorting and bellowing though. Looks like they have some pretty good evidence according to reports.
If you want more you can read Seixon and Captain's Quarters on topic.
George Galloway has today challenged US senators to file criminal charges against him after they claimed to have tracked $150,000 (£85,000) in Iraqi oil money to his wife'’s bank account in Jordan.
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations will refer the Respect Party MP for possible prosecution today after concluding in a report that he gave "false and misleading" testimony at his appearance before the panel in May.
This morning, Mr Galloway said that he was "completely bemused" by the allegations and demanded that he be charged so he could return to face to the committee, chaired by Senator Norm Coleman, a Republican from Minnesota, and clear his name.
"I did not lie under oath in front of the Senate committee," Mr Galloway told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
"Indeed, it was the power of my truth in front of the Senate committee which has got the Senator so scorned that he has returned to this sneak attack."
"But I'’m still willing to go to the United States and still willing to face any charge of perjury in front of that Senate committee," he said.
"If a Senate committee can go on the international airwaves without putting this to you, without sending me an advance and accuse me of lying under oath in front of a Senate committee, then I demand they charge me with perjury and I'’ll be in the next plane to face it."”
Yep, if you yell and stomp your feet and dare them to charge you, they'll just leave you alone. I especially like the part about his having to have prior notice to being called a liar. He may wish to tone down his snorting and bellowing though. Looks like they have some pretty good evidence according to reports.
The investigators spoke to Tariq Aziz, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, who told them that Mr Galloway asked him for political funding in allocations in the name of Mr Zureikat. The Senate report shows that Mr Zureikat received $740,000 from Taurus Petroleum on July 27, 2000, as commission for its purchase of 2,645,068 barrels of oil.Yeah, theres more, but I can't find myself wasting any more time on this jackass.The report then reproduces money-transfer documents from Citibank showing that Mr Zureikat sent Mr Galloway'’s wife $150,000 on August 3, 2000. They conclude that the amount was "largely" Oil-for-Food money because Mr Zureikat'’s account contained $848,683 at the time, only $38,000 of which did not come from the programme.
Mr Galloway's wife has denied receiving any money from Iraqi oil allocations. In a written reply to the sub-committee, Dr Abu-Zayyad wrote: "I have never solicited or received from Iraq or anyone else any proceeds of any oil deals, either for myself or for my former husband."
If you want more you can read Seixon and Captain's Quarters on topic.
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Nothing short of a heart attack is going to shut up Galloway and his supporters are a pretty pathetic bunch to hitch on to such a weak horse. He's going to go down, but it'll just act as a catalyst for him to proclaim to the world the oppression of the US because he "spoke truth to power" when he was lying in front of the Senate. It'd be sad if it was so damned irritating.
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