The Galloway and Saddam meeting. So when is this going to

The_Casual_Observer

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Tue May-17-05 06:05 PM
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The Galloway and Saddam meeting. So when is this going to

become the story? NPR keeps that one alive on about a weekly basis.
I expect it will be the first smear.

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tjdee

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Tue May-17-05 06:07 PM
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1. Let's hear more about the Rumsfeld/Saddam meetings. Or, when Poppy

and Reagan did nothing when he gassed his people....and the NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION!

I don't think they want to be opening up the annals of Saddam history, LOL.

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The_Casual_Observer

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Tue May-17-05 06:10 PM
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4. He did sort of put that one to rest today

However, it isn't my imagination that every time his name comes up, we are reminded of some kind of pre war remark that he supposedly made to Saddam. Shit, how would I know about it if it weren't repeated a million times on NPR?

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whistle

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Tue May-17-05 06:07 PM
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2. NPR has gone to the dark side

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mr blur

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Tue May-17-05 06:09 PM
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3. He doesn't deny meeting Saddam, of course, but

Mr Galloway said he had met Saddam Hussein on two occasions - the same number of times as US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

"The difference is Donald Rumsfeld met him to sell him guns and maps - the better to target those guns. I met him to try to bring about an end to sanctions, suffering and war," he said.

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Canuckistanian

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Tue May-17-05 06:11 PM
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5. Is this about the Christian Science Monitor story?

Man, that thing was debunked long ago and a court awarded damages to Galloway because of its falsehoods.

Oops, sorry, those were facts. Not allowed to mention them when fantasy makes a much better story!

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Cha

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Tue May-17-05 06:12 PM
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6. Send them this..

"Galloway wins damages for Iraq libel

Jamie Wilson
Saturday March 20, 2004
The Guardian

The anti-war MP George Galloway yesterday accepted �50,000 damages and a public apology from an American newspaper over a claim he was paid �10m by Saddam Hussein to oppose the conflict in Iraq.

The high court in London was told the allegation, based on forged documents given to a journalist by an Iraqi general, was "false and without foundation".

Mr Galloway immediately demanded a government inquiry, saying the documents were evidence of a dirty tricks campaign against him and other anti-war campaigners.

According to the article in the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor, the payments pointed to a concerted effort by the regime to win friends in the west who could promote Iraqi interests, first by lifting sanctions against Iraq, and later by blocking war plans."

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12956,1174075,00.html

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