LIBYA - Apr 27 - Qadhafi In Brussels.

Qadhafi ends a visit to the EU in Brussels (his first trip outside the Arab world in 15 years) by exhorting Europe to get more involved in "the tragedy in Iraq" and criticises Western democracies as phony for having gone to war there in 2003. European officials trade blame for a security breach on Apr 27 that allowed a man to approach Qadhafi, pull a letter out of his pocket and try to force it on the Libyan ruler as he shook hands with an EU official. The man was hustled away by security guards in a crazy scene in the lobby of an EU building as the letter went flying overhead. (Qadhafi, once considered one of the world's most dangerous men for sponsoring terrorism, went to Brussels offering lucrative business deals and an olive branch - along with a veiled threat to return to the "days of explosive belts" if provoked by "evil" from the West. After meeting EU officials on Apr 27 to talk about co-operation in curbing illegal immigration and joining a regional aid and trade programme, Qadhafi spoke with Belgian business leaders and a group of lawmakers at the Belgian Parliament. In a 45-minute discourse on democracy and the Middle East, he was long on analyses of the problems but short on specific suggestions. He argued against a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Europe "should not be on the sidelines" in the peace process. "It's important that Europe raises its voice about the tragedy in Iraq", he said. He spent more time on the decision by the US-led coalition to invade Iraq despite massive street protests in many countries, which he called evidence of the failings of Western-style democracy. "The American people and the English people were against the aggression in Iraq. So, in that case, the representation was false", he said through an interpreter. Then, uttering his first and only phrase in English, he added: "Representation is falsification". The one-time pariah swept into EU headquarters like a movie star in brown Bedouin robes. He gave a clenched fist salute to about 200 supporters outside the building while a smattering of protesters barricaded across the street shouted "Qadhafi, murderer!" The man with the letter, looking like a plainclothes policeman complete with earphone, followed Qadhafi and his entourage inside the building then slipped up next to him, stuck his hand in his pocket and pulled out the letter. Qadhafi ignored the brief chaos and continued shaking hands with European Commission President Romano Prodi).