Wednesday, January 28, 2004
GEORGE IN LE MONDE
The French newspaper Le Monde, not exactly a friend of the coalition's overthrow of Saddam Hussein, has published a list of some people it claims were paid by Saddam.
And look who gets a paragraph, all to himself:
Georges Gallaway, ancien député travailliste aux Communes, figure en bonne place dans la liste. Son nom est mentionné dans six contrats et le journal publie une lettre de la SOMO en date du 31 décembre 1999, signée par Saddam Zbin, cousin de Saddam Hussein qui gérait cette société et dans laquelle il demande au ministère du pétrole de lui accorder des contrats. Apparemment, ce parlementaire britannique a été particulièrement bien traité. Mais il n'est pas le seul.
That's right -- former Labour MP and Saddam apologist, George Galloway. Instapundit provides this Google translation -- which isn't fantastic, but it gives one the gist:
George Gallaway, former Labour deputy with the Communes, appears in good place in the list. Its name is mentioned in six contracts and the newspaper publishes a letter of the SOMO on December 31, 1999, signed by Saddam Zbin, cousin of Saddam Hussein which managed this company and in which it asks for the ministry for oil of grant contracts to him. Apparently, this British member of Parliament was particularly well treated. But it is not only.
Presumably, Galloway now has someone else to sue.
Interestingly, British MP Galloway gets no mention in this BBC report on the issue, even though Galloway's name appears prominently in the Le Monde article. The BBC report even links to Le Monde, which itself cites, and as the BBC report states, that the al Mada piece is the original source.
So the BBC report here chooses to emphasize the French former Interior Minister Charles Pasqua without mentioning the British Galloway. But isn't it supposed to be the "British Broadcasting Corporation"? Clearly, there should be an, urrr, inquiry into this. ¶ by Robert, Wednesday, January 28, 2004
The French newspaper Le Monde, not exactly a friend of the coalition's overthrow of Saddam Hussein, has published a list of some people it claims were paid by Saddam.
And look who gets a paragraph, all to himself:
Georges Gallaway, ancien député travailliste aux Communes, figure en bonne place dans la liste. Son nom est mentionné dans six contrats et le journal publie une lettre de la SOMO en date du 31 décembre 1999, signée par Saddam Zbin, cousin de Saddam Hussein qui gérait cette société et dans laquelle il demande au ministère du pétrole de lui accorder des contrats. Apparemment, ce parlementaire britannique a été particulièrement bien traité. Mais il n'est pas le seul.
That's right -- former Labour MP and Saddam apologist, George Galloway. Instapundit provides this Google translation -- which isn't fantastic, but it gives one the gist:
George Gallaway, former Labour deputy with the Communes, appears in good place in the list. Its name is mentioned in six contracts and the newspaper publishes a letter of the SOMO on December 31, 1999, signed by Saddam Zbin, cousin of Saddam Hussein which managed this company and in which it asks for the ministry for oil of grant contracts to him. Apparently, this British member of Parliament was particularly well treated. But it is not only.
Presumably, Galloway now has someone else to sue.
Interestingly, British MP Galloway gets no mention in this BBC report on the issue, even though Galloway's name appears prominently in the Le Monde article. The BBC report even links to Le Monde, which itself cites, and as the BBC report states, that the al Mada piece is the original source.
So the BBC report here chooses to emphasize the French former Interior Minister Charles Pasqua without mentioning the British Galloway. But isn't it supposed to be the "British Broadcasting Corporation"? Clearly, there should be an, urrr, inquiry into this. ¶ by Robert, Wednesday, January 28, 2004
