Guardian: Galloway rejects senate perjury claims

[norml]

Galloway rejects senate perjury claims

Staff and agencies
Tuesday October 25, 2005



George Galloway addresses the US senate subcommittee for homeland security and governmental affairs in Washington. Photograph: Dennis Cook/AP



A furious George Galloway today challenged US senators to charge him with perjury over claims that he solicited money from Saddam Hussein's oil-for-food programme and lied about it under oath.
The US Senate inquiry into the Bethnal Green and Bow MP's alleged involvement in the saga claims to have discovered $150,000 (£85,000) in Iraqi oil money in his estranged wife's bank account.

Its chairman, the Republican senator Norm Coleman, says this means Mr Galloway lied under oath when giving evidence to the senate permanent sub-committee on investigations on May 17, when he offered a passionate defence against similar claims.

Today Mr Galloway repeated denials that he had ever received any oil cash, and told Mr Coleman to "put up or shut up" by either bringing a prosecution or dropping the allegations. The Respect MP accused Mr Coleman of orchestrating a "sneak revenge attack" motivated by a desire to avenge his "humiliation" at the hearing in May.


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http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1600268,00.html

[stepnw1f]

1. GOP Keeps Messing with the Wrong People

Keep it up. 2006 is looking really great!

[RethugAssKicker]

2. I hope they do charge him...

I'd love to see Galloway kick some more repuke ASS!

[truebrit71]

6. What Sen. Coleman seems to forget is that George has ALREADY won a suit...

...about these charges against a British (right-wing) paper.

Apparently Normy doesn't know when to quit....

Galloway will kick his ass into the middle of next week if they charge him....

[Stockholm]

7. Exact same charges if I am not mistaken

Guess George could do with another 150 k. Hell, I will email him and suggest he donates his future libel money to Cindy Sheehan.

That would be poetic.

[wtmusic]

3. Coleman is a pompous little ass

who needs to be constantly reminded to STFU.

[rmgustaf]

4. Only reason Coleman won

was because of the GOP slime-machine post-Wellstone. That was a sad time.

[Marnieworld]

5. I think they should call Galloway back to explain

That went over really well the last time right? :evilgrin:

[BL611]

8. As usual I will probably get flamed for this, but..

Did anyone see after Coleman questioned him what happened with Levin? Galloway acted like a complete prick to Levin who was giving him an opportunity to prove his innocence (instead he went on & on about the war lecturing one of the most stridently anti-war members of the Senate), I don't know if the footage is available on C-SPAN still, but if it is you might want to take a look before proclaiming his innocence...