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FBIS3-13651_2 | Political Islam Review: AL-SHA'B 11 Mar | conference called for opening the door to jihad for the Muslim youths to enable them to join their brother mujahidin in Palestine and in all Islamic countries. At the end of the conference, the report says, the youths of Dumyat burned the Israeli flag amid slogans calling for jihad and revenge against "those killers." ... |
FBIS3-13653_1 | Mubarak Interviewed on Domestic, International Events | them. The issue is not one of friendship, fraternity, and love; that is another issue among the countries of the region. There are mutual and shared interests and we all need to cooperate on them. [Karam] What do you think about the growth of fundamentalism in the region? [Mubarak] Fundamentalism in the region requires... |
FBIS3-13665_0 | `High-Level' Bribery, Negligence Cited in Jailbreak | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Unattributed report: "Algeria: Justice, Interior, and Defense Ministries Trade Accusations Over Tazoult Operation"] [Excerpts] Tazoult (Algeria), AL-HAYAH -- The committee investigating the attack on Tazoult prison in Batna Wilaya completed its field investigations yesterday and retur... |
FBIS3-13686_0 | `Secret' Report Says 11 Dead, 500 Wounded in Clashes | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Report by Safa Ha'eri: "Tehran: Eleven Dead, 500 Wounded in Clashes With Police"] [Excerpt] Paris -- Sources in Tehran, quoting a secret report they obtained, have said that 11 people were killed and over 500 wounded the day before yesterday in large-scale and violent clashes between ... |
FBIS3-13727_0 | Syria, Lebanon Ease Border Activity of Citizens | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] The Syrian Arab side led by Interior Minister Dr. Muhammad Harbah, and the Lebanese side led by Interior Minister Bisharah Mirhij, held a round of talks at noon today attended by members of the two delegations. At the start of the meeting, Dr. Harbah welcomed Mirhij and his dele... |
FBIS3-13767_2 | Further Reports on Clinton's Jerusalem Remarks Paper Suspects Israeli Trap | wedges and laying traps. It is clear from the report published by AL-AHRAM that Clinton did not say this directly to the conference of the American-Israeli Political Action Committee [AIPAC], the largest of the Jewish-American organizations, but to Steven Grossman, the AIPAC chairman, who cited the U.S. President at th... |
FBIS3-13782_0 | Government Stops Fuel Supplies to Kurdistan | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Following the UN Security Council's extension of the sanctions against Iraq, Baghdad has decided to stop supplying the Iraqi Kurdistan area with fuel. This was confirmed by Iraqi radio [not further identified] today. As a result of this decision, the price of one liter of gas ro... |
FBIS3-13783_0 | Kurdish Leader Comments on Situation | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Irbil, Iraq, March 2O (AFP) -- Baghdad cut off fuel supplies to Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, in a move denounced by Kurdish leaders Sunday as revenge for the UN renewing its embargo against Iraq. Kurdish leader Massud Barzani told AFP the Iraqi blockade was causing the reg... |
FBIS3-13784_0 | Prime Minister Reviews Ties With Turkey, Asset Recovery | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Baghdad, 19 Mar (INA)--Iraqi Prime Minister Ahmad Husayn Khudayyir has urged Turkey to adopt a strategic stand on Iraq in light of the fact that Turkey's interest is in cooperation with Iraq. In an interview with AL-JUMHURIYAH published today, he said it is in the Turkish people... |
FBIS3-13785_2 | Saddam Adviser on Moves To `Affect U.S. Interests' | if the economic embargo continues Iraq will be forced to take certain measures, including noncompliance with Security Council resolutions. He added: So long as the Security Council does not abide by its resolutions, Iraq will be free to cooperate unilaterally with a number of countries and can resort to many measures t... |
FBIS3-13788_0 | Radio Says `U.S. Decisions, Dictates' No Longer Endorsed | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Unattributed political analysis from the "Spotlight on News" program] [Text] What is the meaning of the serious split that occurred in the Security Council three and a half years after a blockade was imposed on Iraq; what is the meaning of the three no's that Russia, France, and the P... |
FBIS3-13788_1 | Radio Says `U.S. Decisions, Dictates' No Longer Endorsed | wicked goals that have nothing to do with legitimacy or international law. The second reply is that Iraq has been using its goodwill in handling the premeditated resolutions that have bad goals and that it has met its obligations in accordance with Security Council wishes and mechanism, the latest of which is its appro... |
FBIS3-13789_0 | Motives of `U.S. Embargo,' `Hostility' Analyzed | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN ["Sidelines" column by Sabri Hammadi: "The U.S. Embargo"] [Text] It goes without saying that the U.S. Administration is going too far in its anti-Iraq political attitude and that this hostile stand takes many varied forms. Perhaps the most salient form is the rabid U.S. political campa... |
FBIS3-13790_9 | Velayati Discusses Syrian Ties, Regional Issues | addressed to the United States and other countries. [Shihab] What do you want from the United States? [Velayati] We want the United States to stop interfering in our internal affairs. This is a basic issue. We want the United States to stop besieging our economy, return our frozen money, and provide us with spare parts... |
FBIS3-13846_0 | Khamene'i, President Deliver New Year Messages | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 20, IRNA -- Leader of the Islamic revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed 'Ali Khamene'i, in his New Year message tonight said the Iranian nation is not only thinking of its own salvation but "our historical movement is creating a new civilization". He said: "We are building... |
FBIS3-13885_0 | Clinton's View of Jerusalem Issue Examined | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Editorial: "U.S. Falsehood -- Right"] [Text] We can only wish a long life to U.S. President Clinton, because by the grace of God he is more aware and conscious of the Palestinian problem, especially the issue of Jerusalem, than any of his predecessors. In as much as he is familiar wit... |
FBIS3-13885_1 | Clinton's View of Jerusalem Issue Examined | that the United States would remain committed to international legitimacy and implementation of Security Council resolutions relating to Jerusalem. Instead of adopting a position that renews the desire by the Palestinians to return to the talks and implement the Oslo accord, Clinton, "with his wisdom" and long experien... |
FBIS3-13904_0 | `Dramatic' Military Move Planned To Open Road to Turkey | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Report by Salih Qallab in Amman and unattributed report from London: "Baghdad Planning Military Operation To Open Road to Turkey"] [Text] Amid conflicting reports and mounting speculation about the nature of the action Baghdad is likely to take in implementation of the threats made by... |
FBIS3-13906_0 | Khamene'i Comments on U.S., Other Issues | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Excerpts] His eminence Ayatollah Khamene'i, the great leader of the Islamic revolution, gave a speech this afternoon, on the first day of the New Year, at a gathering of the people of Mashhad and pilgrims to the holy shrine of the eighth Imam, Imam Reza. He described the nature of th... |
FBIS3-13919_3 | Paper Reports `Untold Story' of King's Pilgrimage | following the Gulf war disaster. He chose this year to restore this tradition exploiting the state of relative ease in ties between Riyadh and Amman. 2. To end the deadlock with an initiative that would force the Saudis to shoulder their moral and political responsibilities toward the Jordanian stand, especially since ... |
FBIS3-13934_6 | Hizballah Chief on Muslim Rule, Economy | arose. Today there is an Islamic state with a great government. It is the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was not established by a triumphant family or tribe but by a nation of 40 million. They are 60 million now. This is an Islamic state that can serve as a foundation and pillar of world Islamism. [passage omitted] [C... |
FBIS3-13959_1 | Editorial Criticizes U.S. Reaction to Kashmir Issue | office, and replies to such letters are also prepared in the same manner. It is desirable that the President's signature carry more weight. The President should decide which letters should be selected for replies. He cannot refuse to give a reply to the letter written by Congressman Gary A. Condit who belongs to his ow... |
FBIS3-13967_4 | Dialogue With Kashmiri Militants Urged | on India. This dependence is based on the premise that since the Cold War is over, New Delhi cannot be accused of relying on Moscow. Since the government has also been making a thorough effort to dismantle the Nehruvian legacy of economic self reliance and openly inviting US corporate giants to invest in this country a... |
FBIS3-13972_4 | Editorial Asks if Pakistan Seeks War Over Kashmir | army would have to start a war with Pakistan to get those areas back. This way, two battle fronts will open in Kashmir. In this situation, when the Indian army is not getting cooperation from the Kashmiri people, and Pakistan is getting sympathy at the international level--including the United States of America--the Un... |
FBIS3-13990_1 | U.S. Said Supporting Pakistan Kashmir Position For Own Interests | is that all of Kashmir is disputed territory. Apart from that, recently, the U.S. Government has shed a lot of tears over Kashmir and how the Indian Government has curbed Kashmiri rights and is committing atrocities. Even Clinton is claiming how pained he is over all this. The reason the U.S. Government has suddenly be... |
FBIS3-13997_6 | Openness Urged in Diplomatic War Over Kashmir | places in Pakistan. Even the chairman of Pakistan's own human rights group has listed many incidents of torture in Pakistan. For example, 95 incidents of violence against political activists in police custody and 55 incidents of rapes of innocent women and children were cited by this group. These figures are for the la... |
FBIS3-13998_1 | Nation Said United Against U.S. Kashmir Policy | not been confined to charges of human rights violation by India's security forces in the Kashmir valley. The U.S. administration has called into question the accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India and tried to brand it as a civil war on the lines of Afghanistan. No criticism has been levelled against Pakistan's suppor... |
FBIS3-13999_0 | Article says U.S. `Soft' on Pakistan View of Kashmir | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Article by Bharat Bhushan: "Divergent Discourses"] [Excerpt] Several recent U.S. actions have created an impression bat not only is America not keen on improving relations with India, but that it seeks to play a partisan role on sensitive issues such as Kashmir. Levels of mutual susp... |
FBIS3-13999_1 | Article says U.S. `Soft' on Pakistan View of Kashmir | at Geneva later this month. Pakistan seems adamant on moving the resolution to embarrass India. But it could be embarrassing for the U.S. also, if it were forced to abstain from voting on an issue apparently concerning human rights. If the U.S. persuades Pakistan to desist once again, then it will not be without Pakist... |
FBIS3-14011_3 | Pakistan Strategy on Kashmir Said Well-Planned | organisational strength of fundamentalist parties with cross border affiliations to spread Islamic ideas as an antidote to the secular forces being projected by New Delhi. It began by focussing upon Islamic education. The Jamaat e Islami was useful because of its sway in the madrassas that rapidly spread throughout the... |
FBIS3-14025_0 | International Community's `Silence' Over Kashmir Attacked | Language: Urdu Article Type:CSO [Editorial: "Criminal Silence of the International Community"] [Text] At present, in two regions of the world--occupied Kashmir and Bosnia--a lot of atrocities are being committed, and human rights are being violated. The international community, however, is sitting like a silent spectat... |
FBIS3-14028_1 | U.S. Attitude Towards Kashmir Problem Examined | India and Pakistan to resolve this issue by talks, the whole situation becomes a bit clearer. One reaction would be: God what is going on? Until a few years ago, the United States was not willing to hear anything about Kashmir. Whenever, the issue was brought up, it was tabled by referring to the Shimla Agreement. Now ... |
FBIS3-14030_0 | PML(N) Senator Denounces Bhutto's Kashmir Policy | Language: Urdu Article Type:CSO [Interview with Raja Zafar-ul Haq by Irfan Siddiqui; place and date not given] [Excerpt] [Siddiqui] You keep a very close eyes on foreign affairs, especially those related to the problems of the Islamic world. What is your opinion of the present situation in Kashmir? [Zafar-ul Haq] Brief... |
FBIS3-14086_0 | Report on Kakh Activity Against Arabs, Others | Language: Hebrew Article Type:BFN [Report by Nicole Krau] [Excerpts] Last Sunday [13 March], when the decision to define all right-wing movements as terror organizations was announced, Kakh's Tel Aviv branch closed down. The branch had been located on Hanegev Street in the old Central Bus Station in the past 12 years, ... |
FBIS3-14089_0 | Media Report Serious Incidents, Violent Clashes Arab Woman Tries To Stab Policeman | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] At the entrance to the Shu'fat refugee camp north of Jerusalem, an Arab woman tried to stab a border policeman with a kitchen knife this afternoon. The policeman was not hurt, and others overcame the woman and arrested her. In the Ramallah area, shots were fired at an Israeli c... |
FBIS3-14090_0 | Media Report Serious Incidents, Violent Clashes Two Workers Stabbed by `Terrorists' | Language: Hebrew Article Type:BFN [Text] Two Israeli workers were stabbed a short while ago in Kibbutz Nahal 'Oz by one or several terrorists who infiltrated into the kibbutz. Our correspondent Nisim Qeynan reports that one of the terrorist attacked the two workers with a knife in a trailer on the outskirts of the kibb... |
FBIS3-14091_0 | Media Report Serious Incidents, Violent Clashes Pregnant Woman Killed, Dozens Wounded | Language: Hebrew Article Type:BFN [Text] Numerous serious incidents took place in the territories today. Palestinian sources reported that dozens of people were wounded. At several locations, including Hebron, the clashes took place when the Army removed the curfew for several hours in order to permit local residents t... |
FBIS3-14111_0 | Kurds Accuse Iran of Destroying Villages | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Irbil, Iraq, March 20, (AFP) -- Two villages have been virtually destroyed in recent renewed shelling by Tehran of Iranian Kurds sheltering in northern Iraq, Iranian Kurdish leaders said Sunday. General Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran (KDPI) Mostafa Hejri ac... |
FBIS3-14112_1 | Pro-Government Kurd Party Pledges Support for Saddam | the Political Bureau added that the Kurdistan Democratic Party seizes the opportunity granted by this noble occasion to extend to his excellency the leader president the most sublime, sincere, and heartfelt congratulations, and beseeches God Almighty to go grant him continued good health, to protect him as an asset for... |
FBIS3-14121_2 | Fundamentalism in Egypt, Algeria Compared | all the Islamic movement supports violence. [Al-Mughrabi] What is the dilemma of the Islamic movements in Egypt and Algeria? ['Amarah] The Islamic movement in Algeria will inevitably triumph because all the people support it and the Algerian regime is completely impotent. The situation in Egypt is different. The Egypti... |
FBIS3-14122_0 | Western View of Islam as Antidemocratic Criticized | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Article by 'Atif al-Ghamri: "The West, Islam, and the Democratic Notion"] [Excerpts] Warnings about the danger of Islam that are spreading in the West, particularly in the United States, and the lumping of it together with Nazism and communism remain a method that has its own reasons ... |
FBIS3-14132_0 | * Foreign Ministry Economic Adviser Interviewed on GATT | Language: Persian Article Type:CSO [Text] Economics Division. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was signed by 114 nations on 15 December. Following that the Islamic Republic of Iran's membership in GATT has been seriously considered by our nation's policymakers and officials. Conflicting views and expla... |
FBIS3-14133_0 | Khamene'i To `Tighten Grip' on Foreign Policy | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Unattributed report: "Khamene'i Trying To Tighten Grip on Iran's Foreign Policy"] [Text] Tehran, London, AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT -- Iranian religious leader 'Ali Khamene'i is expected to tighten his grip on Iran's foreign policy by appointing a number of new ambassadors to replace some of t... |
FBIS3-14134_0 | Commentary `Failure' of U.S. Diplomacy | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Commentary by News Research and Commentary Group] The Year 1372 [Year beginning 21 March 1993] was a year replete with success for some of the countries of the world, but for many others, it was a year of failure and defeat. The successes and failures were not all similar and differe... |
FBIS3-14134_1 | Commentary `Failure' of U.S. Diplomacy | of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union continues to be based on continued interference in the internal affairs of all countries and proliferation of this interference. This objective was pursued in the period when the Republicans were in power and has been continued by the Democrats. Regardless of the U.S... |
FBIS3-14145_5 | President Leghari Speaks at Military Parade | normal relations. The only solution to this issue is for the Kashmiri people to exercise the right of self-determination given to them in accordance with the 1947 Indian partition plan, the UN resolutions, and international law. Unfortunately, our neighbor is yet not aware of this reality. However, the Kashmiri people'... |
FBIS3-14149_0 | Tripoli Reportedly Agrees to Trial of Lockerbie Suspects | Language: French Article Type:BFN [Text] For the first time, Libya has announced that it has agreed that the two suspects in the Lockerbie attack be tried by the International Court of Justice of The Hague in the presence of Scottish judges. The two men are accused of involvement in the attack against the Panam plane w... |
FBIS3-14158_0 | Political Islam Review: AL-SHA'B 18 Mar IRAQI MINISTER SAYS ARABS, MUSLIMS TO BLAME FOR SUFFERINGS | Article Type:BFN [Editorial Report] The following review of the 18 March issue of Cairo AL-SHA'B summarizes articles that are Islamic in nature. CONTENTS: 1. Hebron Killings Condemned, Speakers Assail Jews, U.S. 2. Israeli Mosad Accused of Involvement in Monastery Attack 3. Writer Denounces Monastery Attack, Israel, Go... |
FBIS3-14163_8 | Al-Hasan Criticizes PLO Policy, UN Resolution | Executive Committee, or the leading PLO institutions? When you mention the word leadership, what do you mean? If you mean the PLO Executive Committee, four members of this committee have resigned, not to mention those who tendered their resignations earlier, that is, in the immediate aftermath of the Oslo accord. It is... |
FBIS3-14163_10 | Al-Hasan Criticizes PLO Policy, UN Resolution | accord, and the Oslo accord, Yasir 'Abd-Rabbuh has said displaced people will return home immediately. Undoubtedly, 700,000 displaced people were overjoyed when they heard this. Nobody can blame them, because they then thought they would be returning home the next day. Now, it seems no more than 10,000 displaced people... |
FBIS3-14163_11 | Al-Hasan Criticizes PLO Policy, UN Resolution | such ideas, the centerpiece of which is meant to promote Israeli security. This is because agreements should be balanced. Mutual interests must be promoted. Otherwise, there would have been no reason for engaging in negotiations in the first place. Given all this, the Palestinian people and the Fatah Movement are witne... |
FBIS3-14168_4 | Interior Minister Discusses Security Situation | major gains of the Algerian revolution that enabled Algeria to resist colonialism, the killing of veterans and the sons of the martyrs who are one of the major symbols of the recovery of national sovereignty, the assassination of foreign nationals who came to Algeria to help it in its development, the assassination of ... |
FBIS3-14168_6 | Interior Minister Discusses Security Situation | know what would have happened to Algeria had the election process not been stopped at the appropriate time. The leadership of this movement was also on the verge of experiencing an internal explosion under pressure from the armed groups whose hard core was hit abroad when working for the benefit of foreign causes, whic... |
FBIS3-14173_0 | Commentary Assesses Recent Differences With U.S. | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Commentary by T.V. Venkatachalam, associate editor of NATIONAL HERALD: "Indo-U.S. Relations"] [Text] India-U.S. relations have taken some hard knocks of late because of the remarks made by President Bill Clinton and American officials, particularly Ms. Robin L. Raphel, assistant secr... |
FBIS3-14175_0 | Commentary Views Aspects of Relations With Syria | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Unattributed commentary] [Text] Iran's commerce minister, Mr. Yahya ol-Eshaq, met with his Syrian counterpart, Mr. Muhammad al-'Imadi, in Damascus yesterday and discussed bilateral trade relations with him. In the meeting, the need for expansion of trade ties and exchange of goods be... |
FBIS3-14186_0 | Editor on U.S. `Brainwashing,' New Ambassador | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN ["With Life and People" column by Chief Editor Dr. Musa al-Kilani: "A Brainwashing Attempt"] [Text] The arrival of the new U.S. Ambassador Wesley Egan has coincided with a clever [U.S.] propaganda campaign which seeks to change the convictions of the people of this country in favor of ... |
FBIS3-14190_0 | Villages Shelled, Tanks Deployed | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Al-Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, March 24 (AFP) -- The Iraqi Army has shelled villages and deployed 60 tanks near Kurdish lines in northeastern Iraq, Kurdish military officials said Thursday [24 March]. The shelling late Wednesday close to the Kurdish checkpoint of Chamchamal on the road... |
FBIS3-14192_0 | Group Expresses Fear of `Environmental Disaster' | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Paris, 23 Mar (INA) -- Iraq has warned it may be hit by an environmental disaster from the continuing sanctions. A memorandum submitted by the Iraqi parliamentary delegation to the 91st congress of the International Parliamentary Union, now in session in Paris, notes a rising le... |
FBIS3-14193_0 | BABIL Assesses Performance of Foreign Ministry | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Untitled editorial] [Text] In the past, when the government became angry and annoyed with a high-ranking official and wanted to get rid of him, it assigned him to the Foreign Ministry. When that person was a middle-ranking official, he was assigned to the Finance Ministry. When he was... |
FBIS3-14193_1 | BABIL Assesses Performance of Foreign Ministry | and finance men of the Ministry of Finance and the Prime Ministry. As a result of this, the dollar exchange rate increased continuously from 54 dinar until it reached more than 300 dinars. Since the cease-fire -- praise be to God, the Iraqis who sat at the negotiating table with the Americans to reach the cease-fire we... |
FBIS3-14196_1 | Policies of Allied Nations Noted, Analyzed | interference in Iraq's internal affairs in humanitarian garb. They are aware that their interference is unjustifiable and has a devastating impact on regional security and stability. Any attempt to undermine Iraq is in nobody's interest; indeed the last quarter century has shown it to be unavailing. Turkey's assistant ... |
FBIS3-14203_0 | Official: Suspects Willing To Stand Trial | Language: French Article Type:BFN [Text] Let's turn to Libya's dispute with the West. The two suspects in the Lockerbie attack against a Panam plane in 1988 are reported to have agreed to go to The Hague to appear before the International Court of Justice on condition that Scottish judges are present. An official of th... |
FBIS3-14235_0 | U.S. Accused of `Likudist' Stance on Issues | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Article by Bilal al-Hasan: "The U.S. Likudist Stance"] [Text] The Likudist nature of the U.S. position on the Palestinian question is now a public phenomenon. It was manifest in the refusal to have Jerusalem mentioned as an occupied Palestinian city. Likud lost in Israel but it still ... |
FBIS3-14240_0 | Country Agrees to Trial for Lockerbie Suspects | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Paris, 23 Mar (MENA)--Libya has announced that it agrees to hand over two of its citizens suspected in the Lockerbie downing for trial at the International Court of Justice in The Hague with the participation of judges from Scotland. This was announced by Sa'd Mujbir, secretary ... |
FBIS3-14257_2 | Editorial Views Christopher's Remarks on South Asia | and Pakistan equally. It is true that the signals given in recent weeks indicate that the U.S. Administration either intends to totally waive the application of the Pressler Amendment or wants to provide military aid, especially the F-16 aircraft, to Pakistan by finding some exceptional ways even while the Pressler Ame... |
FBIS3-14259_2 | Article Examines Government Actions on Tamil Issue | aggravates the situation in resolving the issue. As the Sinhalese are given a wrong impression about the Tamils and their demands, it amplifies the feeling of animosity and creates a situation which makes it difficult to find a solution. Given this situation, the government resorts to military action to suppress the le... |
FBIS3-14271_0 | Western Countries Effect on UN Analyzed | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tripoli, al-Rabia'a [March] 24 (JAMAHIRIYA NEWS AGENCY) -- In a proposal presented to the United Nations, the United States called for Japan and Germany to be permanent members of the Security Council. The Cable News Network, CNN, said that the American ambassador to the United... |
FBIS3-14275_2 | U.S. `Pressures' for Jordan-Israel Peace Seen | their members. 8. Pursuing the hardline Islamic current that is hostile to U.S. policy, and supporting the moderate Islamists who do not engage in politics. According to the U.S. proposal, this will be a cover for government pursuit of political Islamists. 9. Cooperating with the United States in pursuing international... |
FBIS3-14309_0 | Differences With Saudi Arabia Reiterated | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Political commentary: "What Are the Deep Wounds of the Islamic Ummah?"] [Text] King Fahd of Saudi Arabia disseminated a message in which he has expressed regret at the wounds of the Islamic ummah. He has also expressed concern about the hiatus in the so-called peace talks and hopes o... |
FBIS3-14335_3 | G-15 Countries Hold 3-Day Summit in New Delhi India's Rao Addresses Opening Session | of ours. Our determination to build up intrinsic capacities to expand cooperation among ourselves is firm. Extraneous efforts of developing countries, not least those of the members of this group, to transform and liberalize our economies and to integrate them with the global economy is aimed at charting a new trajecto... |
FBIS3-14391_0 | U.S. Urged To Clarify Stance on Jerusalem | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [The "Closeup" column by Salamah Ahmad Salamah: "A U.S. Explanation Is Required"] [Text] Has the U.S. Government under President Bill Clinton's administration changed its position on Jerusalem without making a candid declaration and without the Arab governments discovering this? Can we... |
FBIS3-14436_3 | Press on Arab Boycott of Israel, Israeli Policy | to a host of impossible conditions that cannot but obstruct the peace process and kill the new opportunities created for it. Concluding its commentary, AL-BA'TH affirms the need to halt Israel's efforts to evade the requirements of peace, particularly since the attainment of just and comprehensive peace has become a re... |
FBIS3-14440_0 | Oil Minister on Achievements, Future Plans | Language: Persian Article Type:BFN [Interview with Gholamreza Aqazadeh, Petroleum minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, by unidentified Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran correspondent in Tehran, date not given; from the "Work, Life" feature--recorded] [Text] [Correspondent] Mr. Aqazadeh, good morning and greeti... |
FBIS3-14444_3 | Emami-Kashani Delivers Friday Sermon | It is a vicious wolf. The crimes it has committed in the world. There is no time now. But I have read in books that even the distortions in the four Bibles, and I found the evidence, were made by Zionists. It was they who distorted the Bible. Whereever they penetrated and whatever political and economic affair they inv... |
FBIS3-14452_31 | Al-Sahhaf Comments on UN Position, Other Issues | against Baghdad? [Salih] After the disappearance of the role of the former Soviet Union, the world now is controlled by a sole superpower, the United States. Therefore, all that is prevailing in international politics does not reflect the true state of affairs. Some fear for their interests, and some even fear their ow... |
FBIS3-14455_1 | Oil Minister on Cooperation With International Oil Firms | field of oil production. In an interview with the newspaper AL-QADISIYAH published here today, the minister said that these international companies, which play a great and effective role in their countries' governments, seek to reemploy their expertise and investments in our oil industry despite the continuation of the... |
FBIS3-14459_0 | Troops Reportedly Massing for New Attacks in Marshes | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Our sources in the south expect tyrant Saddam's troops to launch a new attack against villages and populated areas on the [word indistinct) River, which extends from al-Qurnah district in al-Basrah Governorate to the (al-'Izar) area in the marshes of al- 'Amarah Governorate. In ... |
FBIS3-14473_2 | Rabin Views Syrian Track, Cairo Talks | to a final line, and of course security arrangements and the subsequent U.S. aid. [Talmor] You may have your faith, Sir, but in south Lebanon only this week there were serious terrorist attacks in which Katyusha rockets were fired at Israel. The same al-Asad you pin so many hopes on was supposed to stop this. [Rabin] T... |
FBIS3-14476_0 | Deputy Foreign Minister Assesses Iraqi Ties | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Interview with Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif by Zaki Shihab in Tehran; date not given] [Text] [Shihab] How do you assess the state of Iranian-Iraqi relations in light of recent bilateral contacts? [Zarif] It is a matter of policy for us in Iran to cultivate good relatio... |
FBIS3-14476_7 | Deputy Foreign Minister Assesses Iraqi Ties | state in northern Iraq. But Turkey has often charged that Iran is extending military aid to banned Kurdish groups in Turkey. [Zarif] I have seen such reports, but Turkey and Iran have a complete understanding about the situation in Iraq and the violability of its territorial integrity. We have also reached an understan... |
FBIS3-14496_0 | Aide Urges Linking End to Embargo, Clinton Remark | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Unattributed report: "Palestinian Spokesman Urges Arab States To Lift Embargo Imposed on Iraq and Libya, in Retaliation for Washington's Position"] [Text] Amman, AL-QUDS AL-'ARABI -- A Palestinian spokesman has urged the Arab states to lift the embargo imposed on Iraq and Libya in ret... |
FBIS3-14516_2 | Islamist Dissident Confesses in TV Interview | by force and by any other means. After reading this book, he began carrying out armed robberies of jewelry shops, stealing cars, dismantling them, and selling them as spare parts. He explained that he adopted terrorism after reading a book entitled "Milestones" by Sayyid Qutb. He said the books calls for changing the r... |
FBIS3-14524_0 | Aide Criticizes Economic Embargo, Sanctions | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Unattributed report: "Libyan Official Expects Sanctions To Be Toughened Next Month"] [Excerpt] Cairo, AL-HAYAH -- Dr. Madani Abu-al-Duwayrat, representative of the Libyan Solidarity Committee, has criticized the continuation of the economic embargo imposed on his country. He said that... |
FBIS3-14536_2 | Speaker on Boycott, Ties With Neighbors | that Iraq has implemented many of the resolutions and a new stance must be taken. I believe that this is a good beginning. [Kulayb] What are the obstacles preventing the lifting of the boycott, just so long as Iraq has implemented all or most of the international resolutions? Is it American policy or the economy and Ir... |
FBIS3-14540_0 | Paper Urges Greater Ties With Other Nations | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN ["Standpoint" column by Barzan al-Tikriti: "What is Required From Iraqi Diplomacy Now and in the Future?"] [Text] The Iran-Iraq war imposed a certain method of political action on the Foreign Ministry, represented by its focus on the United Nations while paying less attention to bilate... |
FBIS3-14541_0 | Paper Criticizes OPEC Output Ceiling Decision | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN [Text] Baghdad, 28 Mar (INA)--AL-QADISIYAH has said Iraq is about to reenter the oil market. In an editorial today, the newspaper expresses confidence that Iraq, since it is a heavyweight, will be the decisive factor in the balance between supply and demand in the oil markets in a mann... |
FBIS3-14560_1 | U.S. `Dual Containment' Policy on Iran-Iraq Questioned | trade with the United States is smaller than with the Europeans and the Japanese. It was over $600 million last year, and in 1992 reached some $730 million, which was made up almost entirely of U.S. industrial equipment to Tehran. Iranian exports to the United States were very small, only some $20 million. Israel warne... |
FBIS3-14568_0 | `At Least' 25 Killed | Language: Urdu Article Type:BFN [Text] There has been an escalation of fighting between warring factions in the Afghan capital of Kabul. According to reports, at least 25 persons were killed. Of them, four were killed in cluster bomb attacks launched from aircraft on a popular market. More than 20 persons were also inj... |
FBIS3-14570_0 | Armenians Accused of Downing Iranian Plane Foreign Ministry Comments | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 28, IRNA -- Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed that Armenian troops deployed in Karabakh region had shot down an Iranian plane, killing all 32 passengers and crew members aboard. "This bitter incident is a clear proof of the tense situation in Karabakh wh... |
FBIS3-14573_0 | Velayati To Depart on 6-Nation African Tour | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 28, IRNA -- Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati is to leave here today for Conakry on a six-nation tour of Africa which will take him to Guinea, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Kenya, and Namibia. Political observers deem the visits as "very important" and in lin... |
FBIS3-14576_6 | * Banking Decisions To Control Foreign Exchange Market | up its budget deficit. He answered: This rumor is completely unfounded, because the government has no need to make up its budget deficit in this way. He explained: Rial credits have been allocated to the same extent that we have revenues, and the Plan and Budget Organization has exercised great economy in its rial expe... |
FBIS3-14579_3 | * Khamushi Discusses Foreign Exchange Problems | of any kind on the insertion of floating foreign exchange into the market, without taking into account the extent of market struggle and demand. After some time they realized that no matter how much foreign exchange is injected into the market, there is still a struggle and that doing this is a mistake. He added: Befor... |
FBIS3-14596_0 | Armenians Accused of Downing Iranian Plane Action Criticized | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tehran, March 27 (AFP) -- An Islamic newspaper on Sunday accused Armenians of shooting down the Iranian plane which crashed in war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh killing 34 people and criticised the government for its silence. "All the evidence shows that Armenia is responsible for the ... |
FBIS3-14619_0 | Columnists Highlight UNSC `Split' Over Iraqi Blockade | Article Type:BFN [Editorial report] Baghdad AL-THAWRAH in Arabic on 20 and 21 March 1994 publish a number of articles by Iraqi columnists commenting on the "split" within the UN Security Council during its latest periodic review of the blockade on Iraq. The columnists are unanimous that the split indicates an erosion o... |
FBIS3-14630_0 | Columnist Urges Arabs To Normalize Iraqi Ties | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN ["Closeup" Column by Salamah Ahmad Salamah: "Normalization of Relations With Iraq"] [Text] The Arab countries can no longer escape reconsidering their position on Iraq on a purely realistic, practical, and pragmatic basis free from emotion. The Arab countries should reconsider their st... |
FBIS3-14631_1 | Brotherhood Leader Criticizes Clinton Policy | aimed at changing the status of Jerusalem are invalid? This resolution called on the Zionist enemy to immediately refrain from any action that could lead to a change in the status of Jerusalem. Do we understand from this that the United States has the authority to impose resolutions and cancel resolutions of the Securi... |
FBIS3-14659_1 | Political Islam, Religious Differences Viewed | known as an ideology. Islam is the religion. But the doctrines followed by some groups, especially the political Islam groups, are an ideology, not religion. This is because once politics enters religion, it destroys the latter's concepts, changes its content, and influences its essence. Religion is more noble than a d... |
FBIS3-14660_0 | JANA Notes UK Reaction to Lockerbie Statement | Language: English Article Type:BFN [Text] Tripoli/ al-Rabia'a 29 [29 March] / Jamahiriya News Agency -- The British Government has rejected the Arab League's resolution concerning the trial of Libyan suspects in the (?Lockerbie) incident, with the League totally rejecting a (?trial) if it is to be held in the United St... |
FBIS3-14692_0 | IAF Voices Support for DPRK Nuclear Stance | Language: English Article Type:BFN [By JORDAN TIMES staff reporter] [Text] Amman--The Islamic Action Front (IAF) party Tuesday [29 March] voiced its support for North Korea in the face of what it called U.S. arrogance and attempts to humiliate the North Korean people and tamper with their internal affairs. In a letter ... |
FBIS3-14693_0 | Columnist Attacks UN Embargo Extension on Iraq | Language: Arabic Article Type:BFN ["Highlights" column by Dr. Fahd al-Fanik: "Will We Bend Our Heads to the United States?"] [Text] The UN Security Council's resolution on 17 March 1994, which maintained the blockade on the Iraqi people, was a U.S. decision. This resolution represented the utmost in racial discriminati... |
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