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"Mr President, Mr Solana, Commissioner, I do not believe these reassuring words on the situation in Palestine because, on the one hand, the new appointments in the Palestinian Government do not appear to increase the influence of those working sincerely for peace and, on the other, there is a risk that it is imperative that Europe avoids. I hear talk of very large sums of money that the European Union is about to appropriate in further aid. There needs to be the greatest possible transparency in the distribution of this aid and its management, for the experience of previous situations teaches us that such aid is very often appropriated for specific objectives – and if they are humanitarian objectives I endorse them, we all endorse them – but then it goes off track. The situation of these countries, particularly the ongoing situation in Palestine – a political and social situation in which there are opposing groups and feuds – is such as to suggest that such aid might be used for the activities of groups such as
for example, with the result that funds donated as humanitarian aid end up being aid to terrorism.
As regards Europe’s policy on Iraq, however, I feel that we must not confine ourselves to purely diplomatic measures but, mindful of the commitments made after September 11, exploit all the possibilities offered by intelligence in order to get to the heart of the matter and tackle the roots of terrorism, which are in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. That is where we need to attack the ideological roots of Wahhabi fundamentalism."@en1
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