Salinger Posted December 14, 2003 Report Share Posted December 14, 2003 Expect the above statement to be issued by "Gorgeous" George Gallagher, very shortly. :lol: :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 I wouldn't be at all surprised, I still say that he is guilty of treason.By the way WELCOME to WF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 I was windering what he was going to say?BTW, :welcome: from me too :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Hi, Salinger, welcome. :) Have a shot of Christmas rye with us. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Hi SalingerIf you want to tell gorgeous George what you think of him here's his detail's Email address:House of Commons: [email protected]Telephone numbers:House of Commons Phone number: 020 7219 4084House of Commons Fax number: 020 7219 2879Constituency Phone number: 0141 357 2073Constituency Fax number: 0141 357 2073George Galloway8a Parkgrove Terrace Glasgow G3 7ST The libel case is on hold... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 I found this quote, from last nightGeorge Galloway MP It might be seized upon by the prime minister as something to laugh about, but I very much doubt if it will be the last laugh, because the truth is the country was taken into the war on the basis of a lie. This will not stop the Iraqi resistance ... if anything, it may set the resistance free, if you like, from the cloud of Saddam Hussein, and transform it into a purely national resistance movement without the charge that it's being controlled from behind by the deposed president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 The Guardian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Strange. There's no mention at all in the relevant press. http://www.accordions.com/index/squ/en_squ_02_07_26.shtml :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir T Fireball Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Was it just me, or did anyone else feel that perhaps (I say perhaps 'cos I ain't 100% sure what I think yet :blink: )it was a little 'off' and 'hypocritical' to show video footage of Saddam being checked over for headlice etc?Don't we always start crying like bitches whenever an allied POW is put on TV? I know it is not as bad as the displaying of his dead kids, but even so......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northamuk Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Unless this murderous tyrant was shown on TV, NONE of the Arabic media and NONE of the Iraqi people would have believed that he had been captured. The added humiliation is just poetic justice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdy Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Have a shot of Christmas rye with us. :DCatcher later moony :P love Franny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurdy Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Fair comment northamuk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 When I'm not 100% sure of what I think I hold a poll. :D I don't think they should have cut the footage of the alimentary examination with the rough end of a pineapple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Later, Hurdy. Still plucking up courage for the DOS. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Technically its against the Geneva war convention , but then so is Guantanamo , and the legal framework for going into Iraq is a bit shaky , so what the hell ...!I'm sure he worried about the legal consequences when he put his foot on the "Gas"It did need to shown to the Arabic press Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 Was it just me, or did anyone else feel that perhaps (I say perhaps 'cos I ain't 100% sure what I think yet :blink: )it was a little 'off' and 'hypocritical' to show video footage of Saddam being checked over for headlice etc?Don't we always start crying like bitches whenever an allied POW is put on TV? I know it is not as bad as the displaying of his dead kids, but even so.........No doubt the lice hunting and dental examination would be passed off by the US military as "concern for Saddam's welfare", not humiliation that it clearly is to everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northamuk Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 and well deserved humiliation it is too for someone who boasted "they'll never take me alive". Funny how self preservation beats the fear of humiliation ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted December 15, 2003 Report Share Posted December 15, 2003 If the freed Iraqis had found him he'd have a pole for a neck by now. I don't think he's a lot worried about saying ' Ah' on telly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir T Fireball Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Double standards :shifty: I'll remind you lot next time you start bitching and bawling about some captured pilot being shown on 'Free Cheshire' tv :sneaky:edit: Seems I missed my vocation :P :rolleyes: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?t...storyID=4000133 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Several points have been missed here. He had to be seen on T.V., otherwise the majority of Iraqi's would not have believed that he had been captured. It did NO harm in my opinion to illustrate that despite his years of barbarity to others, he was given a medical check over by his captors. His mouth had to examined carefully to ensure that he had not hidden a cyanide capsule, although in the event he has turned out to be too much of a coward to commit suicide. It is beyond me how anyone can feel even the remotest compassion or sympathy for such a monster, and a few minutes on TV is NOTHING compared with what he meted out to hundreds of thousands of others. I still maintain that he HAS to be given a fair trial, despite all his sins, but compassion NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO. The Catholic Church has no right to feel compassion for anyone, when you consider the thousands that they have slaughtered in the name of Christianity. Over the years they have been as bad as Muslims for dishing out death and destruction. All man made religions are as bad as far as I can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir T Fireball Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Several points have been missed here. He had to be seen on T.V., otherwise the majority of Iraqi's would not have believed that he had been captured. It did NO harm in my opinion to illustrate that despite his years of barbarity to others, he was given a medical check over by his captors. His mouth had to examined carefully to ensure that he had not hidden a cyanide capsule, although in the event he has turned out to be too much of a coward to commit suicide. It is beyond me how anyone can feel even the remotest compassion or sympathy for such a monster, and a few minutes on TV is NOTHING compared with what he meted out to hundreds of thousands of others. I still maintain that he HAS to be given a fair trial, despite all his sins, but compassion NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO. The Catholic Church has no right to feel compassion for anyone, when you consider the thousands that they have slaughtered in the name of Christianity. Over the years they have been as bad as Muslims for dishing out death and destruction. All man made religions are as bad as far as I can see.So you wouldn't have a problem if one of our boys/girls were captured and put on public display by the other side. Remember, we would be the evil enemy in their eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northamuk Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Fireball, for crying out loud, they are constantly parading our soldiers and airmen on TV when they capture them - the DIFFERENCE is that they usually have been tortured or beaten up beforehand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir T Fireball Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 Are you arguing that the Geneva convention goes out of the window when it is us that find it inconvenient? Thats the point I have difficulty with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest northamuk Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 So you are arguing that the Geneva Convention only applies to us !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir T Fireball Posted December 16, 2003 Report Share Posted December 16, 2003 No, I am arguing that it applies to us all. Because one nation decides to ignore it does not justify our doing so. Especially after we scream 'foul' when the other side does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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