Galloway allegation 'based on lies'(Aziz lawyers comment)

[cal04]

George Galloway has accused a US Senate committee of making allegations based solely on lies and demanded that it clear his name. The Respect MP was accused of pocketing money from Saddam Hussein's oil-for-food programme in two separate reports this week, both citing former Iraqi deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz as a source.

Republican Senator Norm Coleman used interviews with Aziz as evidence that Saddam's regime granted 23 million barrels of oil to Mr Galloway and his Mariam Appeal fund. But the French lawyers representing Aziz told Mr Galloway in Paris that Aziz had never made a single statement incriminating him.

Ron McKay, spokesman for the Bethnal Green and Bow MP, said: "Aziz is denying he made any statement incriminating George to Senator Coleman or anybody else. "Mr Galloway is accusing Senator Coleman of putting together lying testimony and has demanded that his name be cleared." The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has accused the former Labour MP of giving false testimony about the oil allocations under oath.

Aziz allegedly told investigators Mr Galloway had requested oil allocations in the name of his friend, Jordanian businessman Fawaz Zureikat. A separate UN-backed report published on Thursday also alleged the Respect MP received more than 18 million barrels of oil from the regime, and also cited interviews with Aziz.

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2165152005

[bemildred]

1. Normie would lie?

:rofl::rofl:

[rodeodance]

2. Has anyone ever seen the alledged evidence that Coleman says

he has. I did read that his report was going to the Justice Department.

[BillZBubb]

3. Coleman got his information from people just like Chalabi

Dishonest to the core and will say anything to please their American sponsors.

This is the same Repug tactics used by the Swiftliars on Kerry, and by Bush/Cheney on lying about WMDs.

Coleman is one sorry piece of shit. Shame on Minnesota--you folks should have known better.

[MnFats]

20. We did. We had all the goofy-ass right wingers howling...

....like mad after Paul Wellstone was killed and they had a memorial that included maybe 90 seconds of inappropriate political talk. To say they blew it out of proportion is the understatment of the millenium. Most people shrugged and said "he's asking Ramstad to work for Democrats? Yeah, like that's gonna happen." and forgot about it. The thugs hounded us from pillar to post. Fucking thugs.

[daleo]

4. Coleman is a worm

The whole lot of them are cowardly worms.

[Eugene]

5. Second Aziz story his lawyer debunked in two weeks.

Sources reported that Aziz would testify against Saddam.

Obviously, if Aziz wasn't the investigators' source for
verifying the documents against Galloway who was?
Unless the investigators show in a credible way
how Aziz supposedly implicated Galloway, this is propaganda.

Prepare for Galloway's accusers to say that Aziz
is now too afraid of Saddam to stand by his alleged
statements. That's what happened last time.

[maddezmom]

6. kick to combine

[IndianaGreen]

7. Aziz denies Galloway claims (Norm Coleman v. George Galloway)

Aziz denies Galloway claims
By Stephen Khan
Published: 30 October 2005


Tariq Aziz, the former deputy prime minister of Iraq, has denied telling investigators that George Galloway personally profited from the UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq.

Mr Aziz's lawyer, Badia Aref, described claims regarding the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow as "lies". Republican Senator Norm Coleman used interviews with Aziz as evidence that Saddam's regime granted 23 million barrels of oil to Mr Galloway and his Mariam Appeal fund. The US Congressional report said Aziz, under questioning by the subcommittee, had discussed oil allocations with Galloway. "These are lies ... He (Aziz) denied this," Mr Aref said. "It is part of a media campaign aimed at smearing Galloway's reputation," said the lawyer.

Tariq Aziz, the former deputy prime minister of Iraq, has denied telling investigators that George Galloway personally profited from the UN oil-for-food programme for Iraq.

Mr Aziz's lawyer, Badia Aref, described claims regarding the Respect MP for Bethnal Green and Bow as "lies". Republican Senator Norm Coleman used interviews with Aziz as evidence that Saddam's regime granted 23 million barrels of oil to Mr Galloway and his Mariam Appeal fund. The US Congressional report said Aziz, under questioning by the subcommittee, had discussed oil allocations with Galloway. "These are lies ... He (Aziz) denied this," Mr Aref said. "It is part of a media campaign aimed at smearing Galloway's reputation," said the lawyer.

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article323424.ece

[alittlelark]

8. Even rats tell the truth when scared.

I hate this situation. The USA is sooo above this shit ( in my fantasy world).

[daleo]

9. Coleman is a shameless liar.

As are they all, as are they all.

[Esra Star]

11. It seems that Mr Coleman is depending on the Orwellian theory that...

repeating a lie ad nauseum will make it de facto "truth".
I really don't think that even Norm would want to live in that world.
Who the hell do they think they are defending?

[IndianaGreen]

15. Repeating a lie ad infinitum worked well for Bush until

people began to realize that the man never told the truth.

[IndianaGreen]

14. but Coleman has a new ass hole

reamed into him by Galloway during the Senate hearings. Coleman tried to put his best face when he met the media afterwards, but he clearly looked like a boxer that was KO'ed and didn't know what hit him.

[MnFats]

10. Coleman will do ANYTHING to further his career...lying or worse

he is filled with a naked ambition to be on a national ticket. He has to SOMETHing to cover his ass after the after that pounding Galloway gave him in front of Coleman's own subcommitree.

[0007]

12. Coleman's career is over as a U.S. Senator.

junior's butt boys are a long line of Norm Colemans'

[IndianaGreen]

19. Norm Coleman should be sent to Iraq without any military protection

and should be paraded through the streets of Baghdad carrying a sign saying in Arabic "Islam is a false religion!"

[Tempest]

13. Galloway should sue for slander and libel

That's one lawsuit I'd follow closely.

Coleman would go down in flames.

[NashVegas]

16. This Whole Thing Is Just Too Funny - and Here Comes a Talking Point

TP: "Look how far the Bush administration and RW will go to discredit and destroy anyone who disagrees with the junta."

I'm at a loss for names and exact job titles, but let's see. There was the Canadian admistrator, the German minister, and if I'm not mistaken, some Japanese assistant something or other who all publicly ripped Bush a new ass and all got canned.

Galloway was different. When Tony ousted him from the Labour party, it looked like he'd probably be out of the way. But little George Galloway didn't go quietly and instead went to another party, got his ass re-elected.

Galloway can't be fired. So he has to be taken out forcefully. I don't even care anymore whether he took Saddam's money or not. I'm too busy laughing at the RW masters who are so freaked out over anyone standing up to them that they have to drag that person through hell.

[IChing]

17. Agreed crisco, but you may want to laugh at this also

Its time for DU to admit it: Galloway is Guilty
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2196936&mesg_id=2196936

[IndianaGreen]

18. The author of that thread also uses Chalabi as a reliable source

I posted a comment there asking OP if he was a staffer for Norm Coleman.