Paper Tying Lawmaker, Hussein Loses in Court
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From Times Wire Reports
A British lawmaker won $290,000 in libel damages against the Daily Telegraph over the newspaper’s claim that he was financed by Saddam Hussein, the ousted Iraqi president.
George Galloway successfully sued the paper for alleging in 2003 that he received up to $660,000 a year from Hussein’s regime. The lawmaker was a vocal opponent of Western sanctions on Iraq and of the war.
The newspaper said it would appeal.
The Daily Telegraph also was ordered to pay Galloway’s legal costs, which his lawyer estimated at $1.16 million.
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