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According to documents discovered in the abandoned Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs a meeting took place between Galloway, Zureikat, and an unnamed officer of the Iraqi Intelligence Service (IIS) on December 26, 1999. The details of the meeting were documented in a letter dated January 3, 2000, written by the head of the IIS and addressed to the Iraqi President's Office ('IIS Letter'). The IIS Letter and a series of documents attached to it.
The IIS Letter had three attachments, one of which was a letter written on Galloway's House of Commons letterhead. The letter, addressed 'To Whom It May Concern,' named Zureikat as Galloway's 'representative in Baghdad on all matters concerning my work with the 'Mariam Appeal' or the Emergency Committee in Iraq.'
Galloway further stated in that letter that 'it would be appreciated if all co-operation could be extended to him [Zureikat] in his dealings on my behalf' and that 'Save for any written permissions from me, no other person should be entertained as acting on my behalf in any circumstances.'
Galloway signed the letter as the chairman of the Mariam Appeal and as the Organizer of the Emergency Committee on Iraq. Galloway has confirmed the authenticity of the 'To Whom It May Concern' letter and that he had appointed Zureikat as his representative in Baghdad on all matters related to the Mariam Appeal.
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