Galloway is also known for his vigorous campaigns in favour of the
Palestinians in the
Israeli–Palestinian conflict. He attempted to both overturn
economic sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s and early 2000s and to avert the
2003 invasion. He is also known for a visit to Iraq where he met
Saddam Hussein and delivered a speech, which ended in English with the statement "Sir, I salute your courage, your strength, your indefatigability."
[4] Galloway opposed Saddam's regime until the United States-led
Gulf War in 1991
[5] and has always stated that he was addressing the Iraqi people in the speech.
[6] Galloway is known in the US for his testimony in the Senate in 2005, where he turned a defence of allegations against him into an attack against US foreign policy.
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