Talk:Mariam Appeal

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"strong circumstantial evidence" - dramatically out of context

The article cites that the Standards and Priviledges report found "strong circumstantial evidence" etc, this is just factually wrong and out of context. There are two references to "strong circumstantial evidence" and they are not in the context of what is put.

19. The Telegraph documents are important because, if what is in them is true, certain of them provide strong circumstantial evidence that Mr Galloway had solicited financial support from the Iraqi government for the Mariam Appeal, that this support was being delivered through commissions on oil sales under the United Nations Oil for Food Programme and on food contracts with the Iraqi Ministry of Trade, and that Mr Galloway was aware of this and had sought such indirect funding to avoid political difficulties inherent in overt funding of a campaign to lift sanctions against Iraq receiving funding from the government of that country.

Since submitting his memorandum to us, the Commissioner has received through the Ministry of Defence a paper setting out the background to the copy of the alleged meeting record, [103] and we gave Mr Galloway a copy before he gave evidence to us. This was prepared by the Combined Media Processing Centre—Qatar. It provides information on where the document was found, its source, and practice in relation to making records of the President's meetings. The document appears to provide strong circumstantial evidence that Saddam Hussein had many meetings recorded, and that the Press Secretary was required to transcribe them. The inference is that the record of the meeting between Mr Galloway and Saddam Hussein could well have been produced in this manner.

The other reference to "strong circumstantial evidence" is also unrelated to this claim, so I'm removing it completely as it is hugely unfounded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by WobInDisguise (talk • contribs) 21:29, 25 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]