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Antiwar European Politicians Accused of Iraq Corruption

HeadlineMay 12, 2005

Back in this country, a Senate committee report on the so-called Oil-for-Food scandal released last night alleges to have uncovered “significant evidence” that the antiwar British politician George Galloway was allocated millions of barrels of oil from the government of Saddam Hussein. The committee says it based its charges on documents from the Iraqi ministry of oil and interviews with senior officials of Saddam’s government, including former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan. Galloway immediately refuted the allegations. He said “It is merely the repetition of false accusations that have been made and denied before. Something does not become true because it is repeated by George Bush’s Senate majority.” Galloway just won a hotly contested race for parliament against one of Tony Blair’s strongest allies. The Senate investigation is led by Minnesota Republican Norm Coleman. The report also accuses former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua of profiting as well.

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