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April 28, 2003
"Fresh doubts surface over embattled MP"

From the Guardian:

The embattled Labour MP George Galloway acted as the secret 'emissary' for a British-based Islamic dissident who purchased a satellite phone supplied to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
The phone was used by Osama bin Laden and his associates to plan the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya...

A former media adviser to Saudi dissidents in London has told The Observer that Galloway, who last week denied that he had received money from Saddam Hussein's regime, flew to Morocco on 2 February 1996 for a secret meeting to discuss the political situation in Saudi Arabia. Only two others were present: Crown Prince Mohammed (now the King) and a senior Moroccan intelligence official.

The meeting was arranged by the Moroccan embassy in London to explore the possibility of negotiations between the Saudi dissidents in the UK, including al-Fagih and the House of Saud. Galloway has always spoken out against bin Laden and Islamic terrorism and there is no suggestion he supported al-Fagih's relationship with al-Qaeda.

However the disclosure of this secret meeting raises further concerns over his involvement with foreign political interests. Speaking from Portugal, Galloway refused to comment on this trip or his relationship with al-Fagih.

Galloway was unaware that, just months after his trip to Morocco on al-Fagih's behalf, the Saudi purchased an 'Exact-M' satellite phone on behalf of bin Laden's representative in London, Khalid al-Fawaaz...

[Note that this is in the new 'GeorgeGallowayMP' category.]

Posted By Lonewacko at April 28, 2003 05:59 PM | TrackBack
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..kinda makes ya wonder what other kind of slim is crawling around ! THANK GOD FOR TONY BLAIR & GW FOR HAVING THE BALLS TO STAND UP TO THIS CANCER!!

Posted by: Rob..in NC at April 28, 2003 06:13 PM

This is complete speculation on my part. And speculation only in furtherance of future spy novels.

But some folks have speculated that Galloway is MI5/MI6 or even CIA. If so, I wonder if this is the famous sat phone that led the CIA/NSA or whomever to Bin Laden in the 90s, the sat phone that Bin Laden stopped using when he found out we could listen in on it?

Adds a chapter to the conspiracy theory -- Either Galloway or Al Fagih being the MI5/MI6/CIA agent or dupe and planting the phone on Bin Laden.

Posted by: jerry at April 28, 2003 07:16 PM

Galloway is to stupid to be an agent. Self interested and a media hound I would say is the more likely. If he was a british agent I would have expected the goverment to protect him. He is outed now anyway and of little use.

Let's hang him....oooops... let's have an impartial trial first and then hang him.

Posted by: TerryP at April 28, 2003 09:48 PM

Galloway to the Gallows!

Posted by: Original Mark at April 29, 2003 01:19 AM

Jerry

You should work on the basis that Geogie-Boy is an absolute shite.Nothing more sinister than that. He is warped, clever , publicity-seeking, greedy - but basically evil.

regards

Posted by: JohninLondon at April 29, 2003 02:05 AM
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