-Caveat Lector- European Commissioner rejects call to investigate illegal use of EU funding by Palestinians ------------------------------------------------------------- DOUGLAS DAVIS Nov. 10, 2002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LONDON -- European Foreign Affairs Commissioner Chris Patten has told a leading European legislator that wants an investigation into alleged illegal use of European Union (EU) aid to the Palestinians like "a hole in the head."
Patten's remark came in response to a question by Charles Tanner, Conservative Foreign Affairs spokesman in the European Parliament, about charges that European aid to the Palestinians - currently running at 10 million euros a month - is being diverted to fund terrorist activity. In a letter to the London Sunday Telegraph , Tanner said that "if there is to be any chance of securing a lasting peace in the Middle East, we must settle beyond all reasonable doubt such serious allegations of fraudulent and violent misuse of EU taxpayers' money." Otherwise, he said, "aggrieved Israelis will feel entitled to sue the EU. Commissioner Patten should be the first to accept that he has all to gain by clearing the air once and for all." He said he and colleagues in the European Parliament have launched a bipartisan bid to obtain the 157 signatures needed to set up an inquiry "to investigate allegations that EU funds are being illegally diverted to fund terrorist activity against Israeli civilians." "Rather unexpectedly," he wrote, "the European Commission [the cabinet of the European parliament] has resisted this initiative. "Commissioner Patten's response to my intervention at Question Time was that he wanted the issue investigated 'like a hole in the head'." http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/Show Full&cid=1036901124443 <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
