Tuesday, May 6, 2003
I'm not sure why the Galloway story hasn't gotten more traction here in the US. It's a great one! The British MP is jetting all over the Middle East taking on every anti-western cause possible, he's married to Arafat's niece and it turns out he's been taking millions from the Iraqi regime and mis-using a charity.
As dapper British Member of Parliament Gorgeous George Galloway continues to fight for his political life in the time he can spare from issuing writs for libel, he has new cause for concern. Inconvenient facts and unanswered questions about his alleged $500,000 a year kickbacks from Iraq, his involvement in the Palestinian cause, his "charity" the Mariam Appeal and how the money was spent, plus the exact nature of his involvement with Palestinian businessman Fawas Zureiket, have been part of the rich tapestry of his life since his Iraqi connections became public. Now the Director of Public Prosecutions is considering pursuing him for comments during the Iraq war when, during an interview on Abu Dhabi TV, he called on British troops not to fight. Lawyers for service personnel claim his call for soldiers to disobey what he called 'illegal orders' amount to a breach of the Incitement to Disaffection Act 1934. The maximum term, if found guilty, is two years, which doesn’t sound so onerous until one remembers that no ex-convict can sit in the Houses of Parliament. And his position as a Member of Parliament is what George Galloway’s career is based on.[...]
Update: Instapundit says he's been suspended from the Labour Party and has several other links on the subject.