US state department 'funding Blair'

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There are questions emerging over Tony Blair's appointment as the Quartet's Middle East envoy.

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Tony Blair's seemless transition from prime minister to special representative for the Quartet last month was accompanied by raised eyebrows at the UN and within the British foreign office.

It also provoked outright hostility from the Russians.

Now, senior UN and British officials have told Al Jazeera that the US state department has been paying Mr Blair's bills, either directly or indirectly, via a trust fund. The amount remains undisclosed.

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But for some, the involvement of the state department puts Mr Blair too close to the US administration and confuses the role of the Quartet.

And that's hardly the image Tony Blair wants to project

Although there are some who argue that Tony Blair's close relationship with Bush could be beneficial to the Palestinians, there are others who believe that Tony Blair has seriously compromised himself.

They say: 'he who pays the piper, plays the tune'.


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/17AB677F-05D0-43A0-8B63-D607ED8D0F45.htm

[babylonsister]

1. Cripes. A trust fund? nt

[Benhurst]

2. Send the nasty little turd to the Hague. He won't need a trust fund

there since he'll be provided with a jail cell, free of charge.