George Galloway vs. Norm Coleman

[go west young man]

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The entire video to help remind us all of the complete sham that is the illegal invasion of Iraq. Watching Galloway hand Coleman his ass has got to be one of the best political moments of all time.

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1. Check this out:

On the senate subcommittee website there is a link to this video, but the link has one forward slash changed to a backslash (deliberately?)-- so the link doesn't work.

Website:
http://www.senate.gov/~govt-aff/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=232

Video link listed ("page not found"):
http://www.senate.gov/~govt-aff/audio_video\051705video.ram

Actual video link:
http://www.senate.gov/~govt-aff/audio_video/051705video.ram

Can't think of any reason why Sen. Coleman wouldn't want you to see this video :sarcasm:

[go west young man]

2. Great catch.

Seems like ole Coleman and his corrupt cronies will stoop to any level to keep the truth at bay.

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4. Following the release of the committee follow-up report on Galloway's

....testimony to Coleman's committee report date being October 2005, here is George Galloway's response:

<snip>
George Galloway challenges the U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee to charge him with perjury
by Geoff Staples on Mon 24 Oct 2005 06:06 PM CDT

Note: This is a press release from The New Press, the publisher of Galloway's new book, "Mr. Galloway Goes to Washington: The Brit Who Set Congress Straight about Iraq"

In response to new allegations released tonight by Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) Galloway offers to return to DC to testify.

The Respected MP George Galloway has thrown down a challenge to the US Senate homeland security committee to charge him with perjury and "I'll see you in court".

Galloway said that he was prepared to fly out immediately to the United States if Senator Norm Coleman, who heads the committee, was prepared to bring charges. The MP has just seen a press release from the committee which alleges that he gave "false and misleading testimony" on May 17. "I deny that absolutely. As I've said a thousand times, I've never benefited personally. Let Coleman bring these charges and I'll rebut them totally."

It is understood that senior Iraqi members of the deposed regime have made statements to the committee, including Tariq Aziz, Taha Yasin Ramadan, the former vice-president of the country, and Amer Rashid, the former oil minister. "I've never met Ramadan or Rashid but I do know that they are facing charges which may carry a death sentence. As is Tariq Aziz. He has been held incommunicado for two years - and we know what goes on in US-controlled prisons in Iraq - and we also know from his lawyers that he has been offered a deal to testify," said Galloway. "On the one hand the US government accuses these men of being homicidal maniacs, on the other they assert that their coerced testimony is utterly trustworthy. Well, let SenatorColeman bring them and his unnamed sources to court in a case against me, and we'll see what the world concludes."

Galloway denies soliciting oil allocations or receiving "one thin dime" from the oil-for-food programme. He also denies any knowledge that his estranged wife, Dr Amineh Abu-Zayyad, received approximately $150,000 in connection with oil allocations. "I understand she has made a statement denying this and it certainly came as news to me because it has never been raised."

Galloway added that the fact that the Mariam Appeal, a political campaign, had received more than $446,000 from Jordanian businessman Fawaz Zureikat "cannot be news to anyone. The Charity Commission investigated the Mariam Appeal, it scrutinised every penny in and every penny out and totally exonerated me from benefiting financially through the campaign."

<link> http://blog.radioleft.com/blog/_archives/2005/10/24/1320203.html

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3. Orm Coleman was then is now and always will be a reptilian invertabrete

....congress sanke of the lowest order! This testimony happened back in May 2005 as I recall. Did George Galloway ever sue the U.S. committee for liable against based on this affair?

<snip>
May 18, 2005

"You're a Drink-soaked Former Trotskyist Popinjay!"
Thusly, I Humiliated Norm Coleman (and Christopher Hitchens)
By GEORGE GALLOWAY

Before the hearing began, the independent MP for Bethnal Green and Bow had some scorn to bestow generously upon the pro-war writer Christopher Hitchens. "You're a drink-soaked former Trotskyist popinjay," Mr Galloway informed him. "Your hands are shaking. You badly need another drink," he added later, ignoring Mr Hitchens's questions and staring intently ahead. "And you're a drink-soaked ..." Eventually Mr Hitchens gave up. "You're a real thug, aren't you?" he hissed, stalking away.

--The Guardian

<MORE>

http://www.counterpunch.org/galloway05182005.html


The Senate Committee headed by Norm Coleman further persued its investigations and allogations into Galloway's involement and releaed its findings in a follow-up 64 page report in October of 2005 and you can read that report here:

<snip to p.44>

VI. FINDINGS RELATING TO GALLOWAY AND ZUREIKAT
A. Findings Related to George Galloway
Based on the evidence presented in this Report, the Majority staff of the Subcommittee
finds that:

(1) Galloway knowingly made false or misleading statements under oath to the
Subcommittee; and

(2) Galloway’s political campaign – the Mariam Appeal – received large “donations” from Fawaz Zureikat derived from profits made through oil transactions conducted under the Oil-for-Food Program.205

<MORE>

http://hsgac.senate.gov/_files/PSIREPORTGallowayOct05FINAL.pdf

[TheBaldyMan]

5. Gorgeous George in electrifying form

even when being questioned by Sen. Levin he was outstanding.

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6. WOW! Galloway is so amazing! I heard him at an antiwar march

in DC a couple of years ago and have loved the guy ever since.

[loveable liberal]

7. We call him Norm Coleperson because of his waffling...

[Evergreen Emerald]

8. so...did they ever follow up on the Americans who were involved

in the oil-for-food scandle?

[go west young man]

9. They probably buried it like everything that doesn't fit their agenda.

So much seems to dissipate into the either without any justice these days. Like the Mark Foley congressional page thing. He did commit a crime didn't he? Did he ever recieve any punishment? We live in Bizarro world for real these days.