FILES DESTROYED AT IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTRY, 2003-04-23 (photo)

A Kurdish soldier with the U.S.-supported Free Iraqi Forces looks through the destroyed archives of the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad April 23, 2003. A British paper published more allegations on Wednesday of links between anti-war politician George Galloway and Saddam Hussein, after the MP dismissed a claim that he had been paid by Iraq as "absolutely ludicrous". The Daily Telegraph newspaper said a document found by one of its reporters in Iraq's looted Foreign Ministry showed that the Iraqi leader had rejected a request for more money from the British member of parliament three years ago. In a similar report on Tuesday, the Telegraph said Galloway had received 375,000 pounds ($587,000) a year in payoffs from the Iraqi government under the U.N.-backed oil-for-food programme. REUTERS/Chris Helgren REUTERS