Give him what he wants

British Respect Party MP "Gorgeous" George Galloway wants to be charged with perjury by the US Senate. He says he is willing to fly to the US today. What a man of honor! Look at him standing up to the big meanies in Congress.

Apparently new evidence has been uncovered by the Senate. According to this BBC story:

The US Senate committee which accused MP George Galloway of receiving oil money from Saddam Hussein has accused him of lying under oath.

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The committee says it has seen bank records linking Mr Galloway and his wife Dr Amineh Abu-Zayyad with Iraqi government vouchers.

The blog Harry's Place has more:

Ex Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq Tariq Aziz has grassed on George Galloway to the US Senate Subcommittee investigating the oil for favours scandal. Aziz states:

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.

Galloway denied he had reveived a single cent of the money before the Senate back in May..

Ol' Georgie is a slippery fellow, and loves nothing more than a big platform to grandstand. So I hope the Senate does all the dotting and crossing it needs to do before inviting Mr Galloway back.



Tags: Iraq, Galloway, Oil for Food