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| Galloways Millions |
| 2003-04-24 |
| EFL A fresh set of documents uncovered in a Baghdad house used by Saddam Hussein's son Qusay to hide top-secret files detail multimillion dollar payments to an outspoken British member of parliament, George Galloway. More The most recent — and possibly most revealing — documents were obtained earlier this week by the Monitor. The papers include direct orders from the Hussein regime to issue Mr. Galloway six individual payments, starting in July 1992 and ending in January 2003. The payments point to a concerted effort by the regime to use its oil wealth to win friends in the Western world who could promote Iraqi interests first by lifting sanctions against Iraq and later in blocking war plans. Guess they re-wrote "How to Win Friends and Influence People" The leadership of Hussein's special security section and accountants of the President's secretive Republican Guard signed the papers and authorized payments totaling more than $10 million. The three most recent payment authorizations, beginning on April 4, 2000, and ending on January 14, 2003 are for $3 million each. All three authorizations include statements that show the Iraqi leadership's strong political motivation in paying Galloway for his vociferous opposition to US and British plans to invade Iraq. I personally thought he did it for "the children". The Jan. 14, 2003, document, written on Republican Guard stationary with its Iraqi eagle and "Trust in Allah," calls for the "Manager of the security department, in the name of President Saddam Hussein, to order a gratuity to be issued to Mr. George Galloway of British nationality in the amount of three million dollars only." The document states that the money is in return for "his courageous and daring stands against the enemies of Iraq, like Blair, the British Prime Minister, and for his opposition in the House of Commons and Lords against all outrageous lies against our patient people...." Is it courageous to love bashing your own country while getting paid millions? The document is signed left to right by four people, including Gen. Saif Adeen Flaya al-Hassan, Col. Shawki Abed Ahmed, and what the Iraqi general who first discovered the documents says is the signature of Qusay. The same exact signatures are also found on a vast array of documents from the offices of the president's youngest son. The final authorization appears to be that of Qusay, who notes the accounting department should "issue the check and deliver to Mr. George Galloway," adding, "Do this fast and inform me." Forgeries all around, I'm sure. An Iraqi general attached to Hussein's Republican Guard discovered the documents in a house in the Baghdad suburbs used by Qusay, who is chief of Iraq's elite Guard units. The general, whose initials are "S.A.R.," asked not to be named for fear of retribution from Hussein's assassins. He said he raided the suburban home on April 8 with armed fighters in an effort to secure deeds to property that the regime had confiscated from him years ago. He said he found the new Galloway papers amid documents discussing Kuwaiti prisoners and Hussein's chemical warfare experts, and information about the president's most trusted Republican Guard commanders. Can't wait to see what's in the rest of those papers. The documents appear to be authentic and signed by senior members within Saddam Hussein's most trusted security circle, but their authenticity could not be verified by the Monitor. Can you say CYA? Go read the rest already. That is if you, like me are reveling on this Fifth Columnist being outed. |
| Posted by:Kelvin Zero |
| #6 Any quesses as to who in the US might be "a bit" nervous right now? |
| Posted by: Ralph 2003-04-24 22:49:51 |
| #5 Galloway will never eat a bullet. #1, that implies a sense of shame, and #2, he's not gonna want to mess up his pretty face. (Well, his mama told him he's pretty, so there!) |
| Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-04-24 21:00:20 |
| #4 I think everybody's waiting to see the cancelled checks to Ritter... |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-04-24 19:37:24 |
| #3 Scott Ritter and Tony Benn are my favourites. |
| Posted by: El Id 2003-04-24 18:37:20 |
| #2 Yes! I'll take a stab! Galloway eats a bullet. |
| Posted by: Mike N. 2003-04-24 18:33:35 |
| #1 Sorry for the bad formatting. Did I miss a preview button? Heck of a story this is turning into though. Anyone care to take a stab at what else will be found? |
| Posted by: Kelvin Zero 2003-04-24 18:31:08 |