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October 24, 2005
This morning, the staff of Senator Norm Coleman's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations gave a press briefing to preview a new report on George Galloway's testimony before the subcommittee last May. The announcement of the press briefing said: The briefing will provide a detailed analysis of Galloway’s sworn testimony as it relates to significant new information in the form of interviews, documents, bank account information, and Iraqi documents uncovered by the Subcommittee regarding the Oil-for-Food scandal. The only article I've seen on the report is in Britain's left-wing Independent; the article is titled "Galloway lied over Iraqi oil payments, says Congress report." An excerpt: In a report issued here, Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman and his colleagues on the Senate Subcommittee for Investigations claim to have evidence showing that Mr Galloway's political organisation and his wife received vouchers worth almost $600,000 (£338,000) from the then Iraqi government. Galloway, of course, denies receiving any money from Saddam; he claims to have supported the tyrant for free. UPDATE: Here's more, from a subcommittee press release: Since the May hearing, the Subcommittee has obtained further evidence establishing that the Hussein regime granted oil allocations to Galloway and his political organization, the “Mariam Appeal.” The Subcommittee report reveals that British MP George Galloway made false or misleading statements before the Subcommittee on May 17, 2005. Specifically, evidence gathered by the Subcommittee reveals: Posted by at 8:42 PM
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