Back in May 2003, The Scotsman recounts that in 1994 George Galloway did an about face. Whereas during the 1970s he protested against Saddam, there was a sudden change
...The televised meeting where he seemed to salute Saddam’s courage, strength and indefatigability (he says he was quoted out of context and was praising the Iraqi people). Shaken by the ensuing furore, he didn’t campaign on Iraq for four years. But in 1998, with war on the horizon and children dying as a result of UN sanctions, he launched the Mariam appeal. Last summer he met Saddam for the second and last time, interviewing him for the Mail on Sunday. Readers learned of the dictator’s gentle handshake, his diffident manner and his admiration for all things British, from Quality Street chocolates to red double-deckers and three-pin plugs.
It turns out his anti-war position is no surprise. His pro-Saddam rhetoric is no surprise. He was being paid.
Sissy Willis points out that George Galloway, his arrogance and denials not withstanding, has been caught lying to the US Senate about those payments
George Galloway, the British MP, was last night accused of lying by a US Congressional committee when he testified earlier this year that he had not received any United Nation food-for-oil allocations from the deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
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.
"We have what we call the smoking gun," said Mr Coleman
Sissy writes
The Kos crowd laughed when Norm Coleman sat down -- one of them sarcastically referrred to our own pro-Norm post, Galloway admits he sold his soul, as "My Personal Fave" and advised readers to "be sure you're not drinking anything" before clicking on over.
It seems so many of the "anti-war" leadership have, um, financial ulterior motives....
