Newspaper apologises for Galloway slur

Suspended British Labour MP George Galloway today attacked the newspaper which has apologised for claiming the anti-war campaigner had taken millions of pounds from Saddam Hussein.

Mr Galloway insisted that he always knew the allegations were based on “malice, fabrication and forgery” and would “soon fall apart”.

The Christian Science Monitor previously reported on its website that Mr Galloway had been given millions of dollars by the deposed Baghdad regime to promote interests in the west.

But it has now reported that an “extensive investigation” had revealed the six papers which formed the basis for the story were forgeries.

Mr Galloway said today: “I said from the beginning that these allegations were based on malice, fabrication and forgery and that they would soon fall apart under scrutiny. That is now beginning to happen.”