Controversial MP George Galloway has been suspended from the Labour Party over claims he urged Arab nations to fight against British and American soldiers in Iraq. Party chiefs received a series of complaints about remarks Galloway made in an interview to an Arab television station. During the interview he described Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George Bush as "wolves" who had attacked Iraq. The suspension came as the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner begins inquiries into allegations made by the Daily Telegraph that the Glasgow Kelvin MP received money from Saddam Hussein's regime. "He is suspended from holding office or representing the party pending the outcome of internal party investigations," a Labour Party statement said, adding that party General-Secretary David Triesman had written to inform him. The Charity Commission is also looking into the allegations, which Galloway denies and has said he will contest in a libel action against the newspaper. Galloway said the suspension was "completely unjust" and that he had been "silenced and politically destroyed" for speaking out against war in Iraq. His constituency party is standing by him. The interview which led to his suspension was broadcast on Abu Dhabi TV on March 28, as British and US troops were fighting in Iraq. "It makes a bit of a mockery of the idea that we went to war in Iraq for free speech and democracy," Galloway said. "I stand by every word I said on the Abu Dhabi Television interview. I believe that the war was illegal and immoral." He is suspended from holding office as an MP or representing the party in any way. The Labour investigation will also examine remarks made by Mr Galloway where he "appears to say that in certain circumstances he would stand for election against an official Labour candidate". The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Sir Philip Mawer, has launched preliminary inquiries into the Daily Telegraph allegations. Galloway has also threatened to sue the Daily Telegraph for libel over a report that claimed he had received 604,000 US dollars a year in payoffs from the Iraqi government. **PHOTO CAPTION*** Britain's ruling Labour Party suspended leading anti-war politician George Galloway May 6, 2003 over an outspoken attack on Prime Minister Tony Blair and President George W. Bush during the war on Iraq. Galloway called the two leaders 'wolves' for attacking Iraq, in an appearance on a Gulf television station during the military campaign. (Peter Macdiarmid/Reuters)