Georg Galloway moves some of his Oiiilll...
U.K. Politician George Galloway was one of the more outspoken critics of the coalition involvement in freeing Iraq. It turned out that he had received quite a bit of dosh from 'ole Saddam himself. The Iraqi government was very much into documentation and a list of beneficiaries including top people in France, Russia and some people in England
came to light late January.
Of course, George claims that he never saw any oil.
The U.K. Newspaper
The Sun decided to 'gift him' with a barrel of his own so that he can see what it looks like.
He let it sit in his driveway for a couple hours and then came out and moved it behind a hedge, out of view of the street. Reporters then tried to interview him:
bq. Angry Mr Galloway, 49, told Sky News yesterday: “I have not benefited by a brass farthing from Iraq, the Iraqi regime or any businessman dealing with Iraq. This is a smear campaign.”
bq. And he was less than a barrel of laughs about The Sun’s gift of oil.
bq. When we asked if he would comment on why his name had appeared on the list put before the US congress, he said: “I don’t have to explain myself to The Sun. I’m not going to talk to you. Why talk to guttersnipes?”
bq. Shall we take that as a No then, George?
Posted by DaveH at April 26, 2004 12:12 AM