British MP Galloway slams US justice

British MP George Galloway angrily rejected charges on Tuesday by the US Congress that he profited from the Iraq oil-for-food program as ‘‘utterly preposterous’’ and blasted it for treating him unfairly. He challenged Republican chairman of the committee, Senator Norm Coleman, of Minnesota, to back up his claims. ‘‘Now I know that standards have slipped over the last few years in Washington, but for a lawyer, you are remarkably cavalier with any idea of justice,’’ Galloway said. —Reuters