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Third investigation into leading Palestinian charity <http://www.irna.ir/en/news/menu-234/key-775/> London, Dec 28, IRNA <javascript:history.back();> Britain's Charity Commission is to launch a new investigation into London-based Palestinian charity Interpal, despite being cleared of any wrong-doings in two previous inquiries. The fresh investigation comes after allegations made in a BBC documentary in July that claimed funds from Interpal had helped build support for Hamas resistance movement. It said Thursday it had been told by the commission that this time the most serious form of inquiry was being launched, giving them wide powers of investigation including the freezing of funds even though there was no immediate intention to do this. There are "concerns about the potential for indirect and inappropriate links" between Interpal and organisations or individuals who appear to support activities of Hamas, a spokesman was quoted saying. In its last investigation in 2003, the Charity Commission reported that it was unable to substantiate claimed made by the US Treasury that Interpal was leading a European "funding network" for Hamas. It was followed by the charity winning an apology last December from the British Board of Deputy Jews for branding it as a "terrorist organizations" after lengthy legal proceedings. The charity, which spends around Pnds 5 million (Dlrs 9.5 m) a year, says that it is solely to provide relief and development aid for Palestinians around the world and has no party allegiances. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
