Subject: Christian Science Monitor: Iraqi Papers Used To Slander Galloway Were Forgeries
http://www.ptd.net/webnews/wed/bd/Uiraq-monitor.RmTT_DuJ.html
Iraqi papers deemed forgeries
BOSTON, June 19 (UPI) -- The Christian Science
Monitor aid Thursday it has determined Iraqi
documents it obtained -- and upon which it based a
story -- are forgeries.
The Monitor ran an April story about the documents
that alleged Saddam Hussein's regime paid a British
member of Parliament, George Galloway, $10 million
over 11 years to promote its interests.
The Monitor said it subsequently conducted an
extensive investigation and discovered the papers'
Arabic text is inconsistent with known examples of
Baghdad bureaucratic writing.
And a chemical analysis of the ink showed two
documents dated 1992 and 1993 were actually
written very recently.
Monitor Editor Paul Van Slambrouck said: "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 apologize to Mr. Galloway and to our
readers"
