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..There's a little Samuel Pepys in all of us..

Wednesday, March 26, 2003

ArabNews is the only English language daily in Saudi Arabia, and understandably it's going to show a somewhat slanted version of the news.. looking for those analysts and commentators and authorities who back their own particular version of the truth..
This.. at least.. the East has taken from the West..
Now today they've pubished a telephone interview.. conducted with one of Labour's own..
This is what the BBC bio has to say about George..
George Galloway is one of the most visible backbenchers in the House of Commons, with a strong line in fiery oratory and a skill for enthusiastic denunciation.
However, the idiosyncratic uses to which he puts his skill had led to his being almost as detached from the Labour party as from the opposition parties.
His abrasive and intemperate style has left him without a great deal of sympathy in Parliament, but he continues implacably nonetheless.
He is a left wing opponent of privatisation and of nuclear weapons, and has previously been arrested while protesting outside naval bases.
However, his major political interests, and the ones which cause the most controversy, are international, where he is a self-styled friend of oppressed countries and opponent of Western imperialism.
He has fought a long campaign against sanctions on Iraq, and was an adamant opponent of the Gulf War and the military action in Afghanistan.
In 2002, he caused the first ever suspension of Westminster Hall when he refused to withdraw his allegation that Ben Bradshaw was "a liar".
Mr Bradshaw had described him as "a mouthpiece to the Iraqi regime over many years".
Thus endeth the lesson.. on how to choose one's sources..

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