In a story about the French investigating money from the PLO to Yassir Arafat's widow, there is this lovely tidbit:

The investigation follows a European Union probe that found no mishandling by the PLO of the more than USD 500 million (EUR 384 million) the EU donated to the Palestinian Authority from 2000 to 2003. The French inquiry focuses on the legality of the funds passing through Suha Arafat's Paris account.

First, you have to ask yourself if you wanted to investigate wrongdoing, would you ask a French official to do it? I dont' think so. But in light of what we know about the Food-for-oil scam and the Sponsorship Scam in Canada, you really have to wonder if any "donation" by the EU, France or Canada is a ripoff of their citizens. How much did Arafat receive vs. the amounts donated? How many people received "fees" for the transactions? How much of the amount did the donating country or body really, really send out? And how much did the banks in Tunisia and Paris make on the deals?

And Europeans want a constitution written by these people??? Are they completely nuts?