London Guardian: "Iraq oil cash funded MPs' campaigns"

[Timahoe]

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1149796,00.html

Iraq oil cash funded MPs' campaigns

Businessmen handed on money illicitly siphoned from UN deals to pressure groups run by George Galloway and Tam Dalyell

David Leigh and David Pallister
Tuesday February 17, 2004
The Guardian

Money illicitly siphoned from the UN oil-for-food programme by Saddam Hussein was used to finance anti-sanctions campaigns run by British politicians, according to documents that have surfaced in Baghdad.

Undercover cash from oil deals went to three businessmen who in turn supported pressure groups involving the ex-Labour MP George Galloway, Labour MP Tam Dalyell, and the former Irish premier Albert Reynolds, it is alleged in documents compiled by the oil ministry, which is now under the control of the US occupation regime.

Separately, a dossier from the oil ministry in Baghdad has been handed by the British Foreign Office to Customs and Excise, which has been asked to investigate. They were also referred to the Cabinet Office because of their political sensitivity.

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[Timahoe]

1. Forged documents I bet

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[democracyindanger]

2. Deja vu?

I seem to remember Galloway being accused of this around the start of the war. I think there were documents that proved to be forgeries back then, too.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

3. More smear on George Galloway.

The burden of proof remains with the accusers. Let's see these 'documents'. Does anyone really think Galloway would be so fucking stupid?