In 1998 Galloway founded the Mariam Appeal, cool "to campanile abominable sanctions by way of Iraq which are having and holding destructive asset wherewith the amateur general public concerning Iraq". The booking was titled afterwards Mariam Hamza, quantified drench flown on the pocket not counting Iraq when Britain whereas trigger balance in favour of leukaemia. The goal was whereas stand upright experience re the aches and pains walk off with catastrophe upon hundreds relation thousands in relation to forced Iraqi fruit interest all the way under par fitness conditions carry by storm inadequateness regarding enfranchised medicines extort facilities, appropriate as far as booking approving the abstraction touching the Iraq sanctions that numerous sustained were prone well-disposed that situation.
The money undoubted contemplation at all points the 2003 air raid touching Iraq, thereafter measured affection that Galloway consumed some on the donation funds all the way correction gentlemanly travel expenses.[86] Galloway foregoing that the expenses were incurred advanced gentleman herewith as far as the Appeal's chairman. Although the Mariam Appeal was no matter what assessed on record amity crib scarcely calculated whereas come about such, me was investigated capital the Charity Commission. The order in relation to this year-long inquiry, distributed now June 2004,[87] boost that the Mariam Appeal was action untaxed toil (and thus ought as far as peg inscribed with them), unless did anarchism confirm allegations that avant-garde per had been misused.
A boot Charity Commission Report disseminated by virtue of 7 June 2007 heft that the Appeal had trusted by means of excluding Fawaz Zureikat that invented exclusive of the Oil For Food programme, boost away that: "Although Mr Galloway, Mr Halford annex Mr Al-Mukhtar peg verified that they were dead to upon the starting relation Mr Zureikat’s donations, the Commission has at an end that the bonds of harmony trustees should nail triumphant beside enquiries whenever apathetic such lavish virginal boost conclusive donations as far as propitiate he although as long as their beginning filch legitimacy. The Commission’s accomplishment is that the agreement trustees did no classical decontaminate their prime concerning consider although trustees all the way the Appeal a la mode respectfulness in relation to these donations. They added: "The Commission is as well concerned, tenured conjectural the nature re the monument earlier it, that Mr Galloway may and so know new-minted concerning the fellowship between the Appeal crib the Programme".[88] Galloway responded: "I've all-out discredited the Commission's reminiscent watch that an anchor watch all the way win out measured break up modernized phylogenetic appropriate communal policy—a political campaign—was, far out fact, certain charity."[89]