The news is George Galloway is facing extradition to the U.S., accused of having lied under oath. So far as I'm aware, Republican Senators have been trying to nail Mr Galloway due to the fact he humiliated Blair in the recent elections.
Even on many American websites, the story is doing the rounds. Here I found the following comment.
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"GEORGE GALLOWAY should be extradited and put on trial in the US for his "lies under oath" to the Senate Comittee. He should be given fair trial. Since he is a British Citizen and a member of the British Parliament may be Secret Evidence will should not be accepted as in the case of trying Middle Eastern subjects. An open fair trial should be all evidence subject to interrogation and investigation."
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Here are the charges the Senate had managed to come up with. If proven, George Galloway could be imprisoned and his seat lost in his London constituency.
"1) Between 1999 and 2003, Galloway personally solicited and received eight oil "allocations" totaling 23 million barrels, which went either to him or to a politicized "charity" of his named the Mariam Appeal.
2) In connection with just one of these allocations, Galloway's wife, Amineh Abu-Zayyad, received about $150,000 directly.
3) A minimum of $446,000 was directed to the Mariam Appeal, which campaigned against the very sanctions from which it was secretly benefiting.
4) Through the connections established by the Galloway and "Mariam" allocations, the Saddam Hussein regime was enabled to reap $1,642,000 in kickbacks or "surcharge" payments."
Even on many American websites, the story is doing the rounds. Here I found the following comment.
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"GEORGE GALLOWAY should be extradited and put on trial in the US for his "lies under oath" to the Senate Comittee. He should be given fair trial. Since he is a British Citizen and a member of the British Parliament may be Secret Evidence will should not be accepted as in the case of trying Middle Eastern subjects. An open fair trial should be all evidence subject to interrogation and investigation."
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Here are the charges the Senate had managed to come up with. If proven, George Galloway could be imprisoned and his seat lost in his London constituency.
"1) Between 1999 and 2003, Galloway personally solicited and received eight oil "allocations" totaling 23 million barrels, which went either to him or to a politicized "charity" of his named the Mariam Appeal.
2) In connection with just one of these allocations, Galloway's wife, Amineh Abu-Zayyad, received about $150,000 directly.
3) A minimum of $446,000 was directed to the Mariam Appeal, which campaigned against the very sanctions from which it was secretly benefiting.
4) Through the connections established by the Galloway and "Mariam" allocations, the Saddam Hussein regime was enabled to reap $1,642,000 in kickbacks or "surcharge" payments."