ALISON HARDIE POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
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GEORGE Galloway, the renegade Labour MP, yesterday claimed he was the victim of a conspiracy after a newspaper
apologised for claiming he was in the pay of Saddam Hussein and admitted its story was drawn from forged documents.
The rebel politician said Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, should investigate the forgeries which alleged he took
millions of pounds from the deposed Iraqi dictator.
Mr Galloway also said he rejected the apology by the US-based Christian Science Monitor and said his legal action would
continue against it.
Paul Van Slambrouck, the Monitor editor, said last night: "At the time we published these documents, we felt they were
newsworthy and appeared credible, although we did explicitly state in our article that we could not guarantee their
authenticity.
"It is important to set the record straight: we are convinced the documents are bogus. We apologise to Mr Galloway and
to our readers."
The Daily Telegraph, which has also published allegations that Mr Galloway was paid by Saddam to promote his interests
in the West, said yesterday it stood by its story and would defend it in court if the MP’s legal action goes ahead.
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