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FBIS4-11988_2 | Al-Majali on al-'Aqabah Searches, Jerusalem | Egypt, and the PLO? [Al-Majali] I cannot say so. But in view of our constant coordination, our brothers in Syria have been contacted. [Al-Silawi] The United States says that there are discussions and proposals concerning ship inspections. What are these proposals? Will the Jordanian Government respond to them? [Al-Maja... |
FBIS4-12011_0 | Government Order Closes AL-SUDANI AL-DUWAILI | BFN [Statement issued by the Presidency of the Republic; date not given] [Excerpt] [passage omitted] Brother citizens, the National Salvation Revolution was begun in the defense of this homeland, which had been overwhelmed by the dangers of fragmentation and infighting. National unity was threatened and the economy was... |
FBIS4-12017_0 | PUK Issues Statement on Killing of AFP Reporter | BFN [Excerpt] Nicosia, April 4 (AFP)--An AFP correspondent and her bodyguard in Iraqi Kurdistan were killed instantly when one or more gunmen fired at their car with automatic weapons at short range, UN officials said Monday. Lissy Schmidt, a 35-year-old German, was travelling with her Iraqi Kurdish bodyguard on a road... |
FBIS4-12020_0 | `Thousands' of Kurds Enter Country From Turkey | BFN [By Lissy Schmidt] [Text] Irbil, Iraq, April 1 (AFP) -- At least 2,000 Kurds have trekked across the mountains from Turkey to Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq in the past month, reporting widespread repression by Turkish security forces, officials said. Kurdish customs officers and military personnel said Friday th... |
FBIS4-12038_2 | Country `Not Party' to Israeli Desalination Project | the new "Jordan river," offering water to both sides. According to the report, the plan envisages that about a billion cubic metres of water would flow through the dam annually. The cost of the project was estimated at $3 billion, to be mostly financed by German partners, the report said. Israel experts have also cast ... |
FBIS4-12046_0 | Velayati at Pan-African Congress on Third World Unity | BFN [Text] The seventh Pan-African Congress convened in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, today in the presence of top officials from various countries and representatives of regional and international organizations. According to a Central News Unit correspondent's report Foreign Minister Velayati, who is taking part in ... |
FBIS4-12047_1 | Commentary Examines Saudi Actions on Hajj Pilgrimage | religious duty of world Muslim people? If there really is a disability in the management of the holy sanctuaries and in provision of services to the pilgrims, it would be suitable for this to be announced to Islamic governments so that the affluent and able Islamic countries can come to aid and assist the government of... |
FBIS4-12066_0 | Desalination Project on Jordanian Border Presented | BFN [Report by Yehudit Yehezqeli] [Text] A plan to create a new Jordan River carrying desalinated water from the Mediterranean Sea was presented last Wednesday [23 March] to Prime Minister Yitzhaq Rabin by Dan Shomron, chairman of Israel Military Industries, a co-partner in the project put forth together with a Jordani... |
FBIS4-12118_0 | Transport Agents Protest Iraqi Contract Cancellations | BFN ["Special to The Star" by Bilal Hijawi] [Text] Eight Jordanian transport and clearance agents have protested to the Minister of Transport over a recent Iraqi transport measures, which they say threatens to destroy the Jordanian land transport sector. In a letter sent to the minister early March, the agents said the... |
FBIS4-12142_0 | Minister: U.S. Does Not Want `Islamic State' | BFN [Interview with 'Abd-al-Basit Sabdarat, minister of culture and information, by Kamal Hasan Bakhit in Khartoum; date not given] [Excerpt] [passage omitted] [Bakhit] Sudanese-U.S. relations are facing a continuing crisis. The United States always confronts Sudan at international forums. Indeed, it endorses the Sudan... |
FBIS4-12162_0 | Qatari Parliament Speaker Arrives on Visit Discusses Ties | BFN [Text] 'Ali Bin-Khalifah al-Hatm, the speaker of Qatar's parliament, met and conferred with Majles Speaker 'Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri this afternoon. At this meeting, Mr. al-Hatm referred to the longstanding ties between the two countries and said that the basis for fraternal relations between Iran and Qatar is their co... |
FBIS4-12164_1 | Gulf States Warned Not To `Compromise' With Israel | Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC] member country to host a delegation from the Zionist regime. The following points may be noted with regard to this latest dangerous innovation: 1. It can be conceded without doubt that the convocation of the so-called experts' sessions with the inclusion of the Israeli regime's representa... |
FBIS4-12165_0 | European Islamic Student Group Praises Khamene'i | BFN [Text] The Union of Students Islamic Association in Europe, releasing a statement, congratulated, the April 1, the Islamic Republic Day to the leader of the Islamic revolution and the martyr-nurturing nation of Iran. It has been underlined in the statement that the Muslim people and the world oppressed, adopting th... |
FBIS4-12216_0 | UN Guard `Seriously Wounded' in Ambush | BFN [Text] Nicosia, April 5 (AFP) -- Gunmen shot and seriously wounded a Danish UN guard in an ambush Tuesday [5 April] in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq, security officials in the area said. The guard was shot in the chest as he was driving from al-Sulaymaniyah to Irbil, and later underwent an operation, said the so... |
FBIS4-12223_1 | Habash Affirms Intention To Foil Gaza-Jericho | this phase is the diversion of part of the Palestinian bourgeoisie from the national program. In an exclusive interview with AL-QUDS, Dr. Habash added: We are preparing ourselves and are working on the basis of a program of comprehensive opposition to the Madrid-Oslo program and its numerous and Islamic parties without... |
FBIS4-12252_5 | Political Islam Review: 'AQIDATI 29 Mar | nation might become sick but will never die. After warning that Muslims have become ignorant of Islam and that trivial issues have taken priority over fundamental questions, al-Ghazali says that if the nation's minds and hearts get together and are inspired by the Koran, then the Muslim nation can be qualified to becom... |
FBIS4-12258_0 | Lawyer of Lockerbie Suspects Views Indictment | BFN [Interview with Ibrahim al-Ghuwayl, lawyer for the two suspects in the Pan Am bombing over Lockerbie, by Tal'at Rumayh in Tripoli; date not given] [Excerpt] [passage omitted] [Rumayh] Could you please specify the accusations against the two suspects point by point? [Al-Ghuwayl] The accusations are based on four pie... |
FBIS4-12313_0 | 20 Killed in Intergang Warfare in Kashmir | BFN [Text] In Kashmir valley, 20 militants have been killed in inter-gang warfare during the last fortnight. The group clashes between different militant organizations have spread to almost every district of the valley. Yesterday, a self-styled district commander of the JKLF [Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front] was kil... |
FBIS4-12319_0 | Regime Reportedly Pays Agents To Kill Foreigners | BFN [Text] Iraqi opposition sources in the north of the homeland have accused elements among the Iraqi agents of killing German journalist Lissy Schmidt, who worked for AFP and several German newspapers. The source said that Saddam's bloody regime promised its agents a reward of $10,000 for killing a foreigner in north... |
FBIS4-12372_1 | Political Islam Review: AL-SHA'B 1 Apr | a sweeping victory and all their candidates won in the pharmacists union elections that took place last Tuesday [29 March]." REPENTANT EXTREMIST'S STORY REFUTED Under the headline "The Story of the Investigation's Agent Who has Become a Television Star," AL-SHA'B publishes on pages one and seven a 950-word report comme... |
FBIS4-12379_4 | Ramadan on Embargo, Kurds, South, Foreign Ties | and about their financial losses as a result of implementing the embargo against Iraq. They are demanding that this embargo be reconsidered. Of course, had the Iraqis not held out and continued building and construction, the impact of the blockade on the entire foreign scene would not have been felt. Stopping the econo... |
FBIS4-12394_0 | Demonstrators Call For End to Talks With PLO | BFN [Text] There were demonstrations from Qiryat Shemona in the north to Elat in the south last night, protesting the recent terror attacks and calling on the government to stop peace negotiations with the Palestinians. In 'Afula, three policemen were lightly injured during a violent protest at the site of Wednesday's ... |
FBIS4-12399_0 | Iran's Ruhani Meets Other Officials | BFN [Report by Sana' al-Imam from Damascus] [Excerpt] [passage omitted] The Iranian parliamentary delegation led by Hojjat ol-Eslam Hasan Ruhani, Iranian deputy Majles speaker, held several meetings in Damascus with the pro-Iran Iraqi opposition factions, such as al- Da'wah Party and the Supreme Assembly of the Islamic... |
FBIS4-12407_17 | Ba'th Party 47th Anniversary Statement | memories to nip in the bud the potential for true renaissance demonstrated by Muslims and Arabs, to neutralize them by crippling the forceful role of Iraq, which embodies the Arabs' quest for progress as well as the heroic defense of Arabism and Islam. Hence, the jihad waged in the Mother of Battles was the epitome of ... |
FBIS4-12410_0 | Al-Bashir: U.S. Envoy `Did Not Touch on Anything New' | BFN [Excerpt] Lieutenant General 'Umar al-Bashir, the president of the Republic, has affirmed the cohesion of the internal front and its firm stand against all challenges facing the nation's march. During his meeting today with the leaders of information and press bodies at the general secretariat of the Council of Min... |
FBIS4-12416_0 | Velayati, Yemeni Minister Note Bilateral Ties | BFN [Excerpt] [passage omitted] During a meeting on Thursday evening between the foreign minister of Yemen and Mr. Velayati, our foreign minister, the two parties exchanged views on the historical ties between the two countries and regional and Islamic issues. They also expressed their interest in expanding and strengt... |
FBIS4-12417_0 | Senior Clerics Oppose Resumption of Ties with U.S. | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 7, IRNA -- Ayatollah Musavi-Ardabili and Ayatollah Azari-Qomi in an interview with a daily here Thursday emphasized that the anti-American stance of the Islamic revolution in Iran should continue. Ayatollah Musavi-Ardabili, Tehran's substitute Friday prayer leader and former chief justice, told... |
FBIS4-12419_7 | Foreign Ministry Official Comments on Various Issues | issue more precisely. A number of those countries mentioned that they wanted to have special relations with the Islamic Republic and the Council, as a whole, sometimes acts in a way which is disturbing to bilateral moves. It was in that session that they made the decision to allow every individual member to establish s... |
FBIS4-12423_2 | Clinton's Remarks, U.S. Support of Israel Criticized | the Israeli despots. This provided a conducive background for the overt and covert closeness between the Zionists and Arab echelons and proved to be an important weapon for neutralizing the struggles of the Muslim Palestinian nation for the liberation of their country from the clutches of the despots. Unfortunately, th... |
FBIS4-12424_0 | Paper Examines U.S. Differences With China | BFN [Editorial: "The U.S. Human Rights Vessel Ran Aground in Beijing"] [Text] After three days of talks with the PRC leaders in which he tried unsuccessfully to impose the U.S. version of human rights, the U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher departed Beijing. He failed to bring Washington's and Beijing's viewpoi... |
FBIS4-12482_0 | Qom Second Friday Sermon on Relations With U.S. | BFN [Editorial Report] Tehran IRIB Television Second Program Network in Persian at 1441 GMT on 8 April carries the second Friday prayer from Qom by Ayatollah Haj Ebrahim Amini, lecturer at theological school and member of the Assembly of Experts. The sermon lasts 17 minutes. In the second sermon he speaks, in part, abo... |
FBIS4-12483_4 | Editorial Criticizes Yazdi's Sermon on Hajj | polytheists of the twentieth century and with the modern idols! Therefore, should not the esteemed Friday prayer speaker have clearly referred to this breach of faith and spoken about the "fact" that the Saudi Government has officially trampled on official agreements and accords? C. In another part of his second sermon... |
FBIS4-12488_0 | Editorial Assails U.S. Policy on Fighting Drug Trade | BFN [Editorial: "The U.S. Drug Culture"] [Text] The United States has produced another list of countries that it claims are not cooperating with its anti-drug trafficking efforts. Not surprisingly, Iran is included in the list, and according to U.S. sources, will not be eligible for receiving "U.S. aid" or U.S. support... |
FBIS4-12488_2 | Editorial Assails U.S. Policy on Fighting Drug Trade | cosmetic and were initiated as political ploys for attracting votes just before elections were due to be held. The most ludicrous and useless of these anti-drug campaigns was launched by the former U.S. first lady, Nancy Reagan, who coined the phrase "Just say no" in the naive belief that school children will be able t... |
FBIS4-12492_0 | Majles Speaker Rowhani Meets Lebanon's Islamic Leader | BFN [Text] Majles Deputy Speaker Hasan Rowhani and Shaykh Sa'id Sha'ban, the leader of Lebanon's Islamic Tawhid Movement, held talks in Damascus last night. According to the Central News Unit, in this meeting issues related to the world of Islam, in particular Palestine, were discussed. Shaykh Sa'id Sha'ban said: Under... |
FBIS4-12532_0 | 15 People Reportedly Killed in Kashmir | BFN [Text] In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops have martyred another 15 people in their intensified military crackdowns on Kashmiris. In a vendetta-seeking operation, Indian soldiers resorted to indiscriminate firing, killing three people, including a young woman, Haleema, in Rambagh area of Srinagar. The two others mar... |
FBIS4-12561_1 | Press on Israel's `Military Siege' of Territories | in the face of the Israeli war, aggression, and terrorism machine. Israel has repeatedly resorted to such methods. This is not the first time the occupation authorities seal off the West Bank and Gaza and tighten the siege on them. What is strange, however, while observing the serious, explosive developments in the occ... |
FBIS4-12563_0 | Turkish `Warplanes' Reportedly Attack Kurd Villages | BFN [Excerpts] The day before yesterday a squadron of Turkish warplanes attacked several villages and hamlets inside the Kurdistan region on the pretext that Kurdish Workers Party [PKK] elements are in the area, which is near the Turkish border. [passage omitted] The attacks caused no civilian casualties. |
FBIS4-12573_2 | Al-Sahhaf on Sanctions, U.S., French Ties | The question is one of missing people. We cooperate in accordance with acknowledged procedures to collect any information we might obtain during our invesigation, and search to determine the fate of these missing people. There are also tens of thousands of Iraqis who are reported missing. We will also ask that searches... |
FBIS4-12580_0 | Foreign Ministry Source Cited on New Diplomatic Move | BFN ["Exclusive" report by Ahmad 'Abd-al-Majid from Baghdad] [Text] Iraq will begin a broad diplomatic move in the international arena on 14 April. This move, which takes advantage of the new situation manifested in the Security Council's periodic discussion of the economic blockade on Iraq, is aimed at explaining Bagh... |
FBIS4-12581_0 | Saddam Urges `Nonstop Work' on al-Basrah Water Project | BFN [Article by AL-THAWRAH correspondent Basim 'Atiyah] [Text] Leader President Saddam Husayn has called for the most efficient use of technical, human, and financial resources; continuous hard work; and extraordinary efforts to implement the Wafa' al-Qa'id River project in order to ensure potable drinking water for al... |
FBIS4-12620_0 | Attacks Against Regime Forces in South Reported | BFN [Text] In a swift and urgent retaliation to the brutal operations carried out by the forces of tyrant Saddam in the marshes of southern Iraq, the Islamic resistance forces launched a series of heroic attacks against the regime's forces and oppressive establishments in al-Nasiriyah Governorate late last month. The r... |
FBIS4-12672_0 | Commentary: U.S. Responsible for Failure in Relations | BFN [Unattributed station commentary] [Text] Today, 9th April, coincides with the anniversary of severance of Iran's ties with America. Severance of Iran-U.S. ties 15 years ago on this day is one of those events which took place after the lapse of just a few months following the victory of the Islamic revolution in Ira... |
FBIS4-12673_0 | Daily Says U.S. Remains `Great Satan' | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 9, IRNA -- A Persian daily in an article on the anniversary of the severance of ties with the United States said that the U.S. performance so far has proven that it is still the 'great satan'. 'JOMHURI-YE ESLAMI' wrote that the severance of ties has been to the interest of the Iranian nation si... |
FBIS4-12674_0 | Commentary Assesses U.S.-Iranian Relations | BFN [Commentary by the News Research and Commentaries Group] [Text] On 9 April 1980 the complete severance of Iranian-U.S. diplomatic relations was announced. At first glance, some people who had lost face vis-a-vis the power of the United States as a superpower said that this would weaken and defeat Iran and called fo... |
FBIS4-12718_0 | Official Comments on Solving Crisis, Ties With Iran | BFN [By Faysal Malkawi] [Excerpts] Salim Salih Muhammad, member of the Yemeni Presidential Council and assistant secretary general of the Yemeni Socialist Party, has praised the distinguished Jordanian role aimed at reaching an appropriate formula to implement the Yemeni accord document which was signed in Amman last F... |
FBIS4-12721_10 | Source on Official's `Secret' Meeting With Russian Mafia | in safeguarding the country's unity, and to threaten the region's states with the dangers and repercussions of partitioning Iraq on them. Actually, Saddam has begun to mass his troops in the north to exacerbate the security situation with the Kurds. At the same time, he is preparing for similar operations in the south ... |
FBIS4-12725_0 | Sources Report `Sharp Increase' in Gaza Shootings | BFN [Report by Alon Pinkas] [Excerpt] "The war against terrorism will continue relentlessly, despite high hopes for change in Gaza, but it is important to stress that the total and indefinite closure of the territories could facilitate more incidents, said OC [Officer Commanding] Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Matan Vilna'... |
FBIS4-12734_14 | * Comparative Analysis of Tunisian-Moroccan Economies | 2,160 inhabitants. In Morocco, life expectancy is about 63 years, infant mortality stands at about 57 per 1,000, and there is only one physician for every 4,760 inhabitants. Government spending on health as a percentage of GNP is higher in Morocco, but the kingdom is so far behind that access to health services is stil... |
FBIS4-12738_1 | Paper Notes Western Trade Contacts, Weakened Embargo | Iraq is an indispensable, important, and key regional player in terms of economy--with which cooperation is essential. AL-THAWRAH also notes the impact of the embargo on the domestic front, saying that the past few years have underscored the excellence and superiority of Iraqi expertise, as manifested in its inventive ... |
FBIS4-12771_0 | Turkish Interior Minister Arrives in Damascus Mentese Told PKK Leaders Not in Country | BFN [Text] Damascus, Syria April 12 (AA) -- Interior Minister Nahit Mentese said today that the Turkish delegations told Syrian officials that the separatist terror organization's PKK [Workers Party of Kurdistan] leader Abdullah Ocalan and his friends were instructing their organization, from Syrian and Lebanese soil. ... |
FBIS4-12779_0 | U.S. Charged With Charting Education Policy | BFN [Unattributed report: "Washington Charts Jordanian School Curricula; the U.S. Ambassador Urges Jordanian Educationists To Expedite Change of Curricula] [Excerpt] AL-MAJD has learned that the Ministry of Education is currently implementing a U.S. project for Jordanian curricula, particularly in the subjects of natio... |
FBIS4-12783_1 | Turkish Foreign Ministry Official Pays Visit Economic Issues, Water, Embargo Discussed | and 338. Mr. al-Hassan briefed Mr. Sanberk on the continued siege on the Port of al-'Aqabah and reaffirmed Jordan's call for an end to the damaging inspections of all ships bound for Jordan. In his interview with the JORDAN TIMES, Mr. Sanberk restated his country's stand that Iraq should abide by United Nations Securit... |
FBIS4-12797_4 | Leader of Islamic Fundamentalists Interviewed | towards Islam? "If it does not do so it is up to me to mobilise people to overthrow the government." Was this an eventuality which he felt might arrive in the near future? Al-Ghazali laughed and said: "Why overthrow a government when you can organise elections and do it through the ballot box?" But were there free elec... |
FBIS4-12815_0 | Wrapup of Reports on Visit of Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Condemns U.S. `Arrogance' | BFN [Text] Islamabad, April 12, IRNA -- The speaker of Iran's parliament told a group of Pakistani Shiite and Sunni ulama here Tuesday that what has terrified global arrogance and the U.S. in particular today is the spread of Islamism in Muslim countries. The speaker, Hojjat ol-Eslam 'Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri also said the... |
FBIS4-12818_0 | Wrapup of Reports on Visit of Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Further on Activities in Lahore | BFN [Excerpt] [passage omitted] Our correspondent, Khamene, reports from Islamabad on the activities of the speaker of the Islamic consultative Majlis on the fourth day of his visit to Pakistan: [Khamene] Continuing his visit to Pakistan, Mr. 'Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri, Majlis speaker, arrived in Lahore and attended a cerem... |
FBIS4-12822_0 | Editorial Hails Iran's Support on Nuclear, Kashmir Issues | BFN [Editorial: "Iranian Speaker's Address -- Where Do We Stand?"] [Text] Iranian Parliament Speaker 'Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri addressed the Pakistan National Assembly and has fully and strongly supported Pakistan on its nuclear program and the Kashmir issue. He warned that attempts by any foreign power to influence events... |
FBIS4-12824_3 | Khamene'i Criticizes U.S. in Speech to Military Personnel | a question of America's interests, America's political, economic, and propaganda power, which has been slaughtered here and crushed. That has made them angry. It is true that the struggle has been going on for 200 years, but then before the revolution the fight was against the Iranian nation from a position of strength... |
FBIS4-12833_0 | Regime's `Antipopular' Policy on Kurds Viewed | BFN [Unattributed commentary] [Excerpts] During the past few months, the clerical regime has again limited border transactions in the Iranian-Iraqi border areas and regime officials in the various cities of Kordestan are alleging that this directive has been issued by the National Security Council and should be serious... |
FBIS4-12834_1 | Tehran Notes Peres Visit to Turkey, Ankara's Approach | the defense industry, improving relations in tourism, and supplying water from the Manavgat River to occupied Palestine. The main objective of Peres' visit to Ankara can be described as reaching a final agreement on the two countries' plan to supply water to Israel from the Manavgat River, which is on Turkey's Mediterr... |
FBIS4-12835_0 | Paper Views Status of Relations With Pakistan | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 14, IRNA -- The English daily `KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL' here Thursday commented on Iran-Pakistan ties and said that all the official and flowery expressions of 'concrete fraternal relations' were rich in rhetoric but poor in action. The daily wrote in its editorial that though the two leaderships ... |
FBIS4-12840_0 | Official Talks Begin With Turkish Foreign Ministry Team | BFN [Text] Official talks between Iraq and Turkey began at the Foreign Ministry today. Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Dr. Riyad al-Qaysi led the Iraqi side to the talks, and Foreign Ministry Under Secretary Ozdem Sanberk led the Turkish side. The Iraqi delegation includes a number of officials at the ministries of oi... |
FBIS4-12844_0 | Radio Reports on Operations in South | BFN [Text] A responsible source from the Islamic Resistance forces inside the marshlands of southern Iraq has affirmed that the authorities of tyrant Saddam have reinforced their troops and weapons in the east of al-'Amarah Governorate, especially in the (al-Tshakkah) marshland. The source added in a statement to the m... |
FBIS4-12846_0 | Country To Sign Oil Deals With European Firms in May | BFN [Text] Baghdad, 13 Apr (INA)--Oil Minister Dr. Safa' Hadi Jawad has said that Iraq is making preparations to sign new oil deals with several European firms next month. In a statement to the newspaper AL-JUMHURIYAH published here today, Jawad added that the cooperation talks between Iraq and European oil corporation... |
FBIS4-12876_1 | Possible Results of Rao Visit to Washington in May Analyzed | to come with a better understanding of India's stand on Kashmir, its views on the proposed supply of F-16s to Pakistan, the measures taken in regard to human rights and more crucially the depth of resentment in the country at the anti-India tilt in the statements of Ms. Robin Raphel in the last few months. He is also e... |
FBIS4-12888_1 | Turkish Interior Minister Concludes Talks, Visit Harbah, Mentese Comment on Talks | meeting was attended by Interior Minister Dr. Muhammad Harbah and the Turkish ambassador in Damascus. [passage omitted] Official talks between the Syrian Arab side headed by Interior Minister Dr. Muhammad Harbah and the Turkish side headed by Turkish Interior Minister Nahit Mentese were concluded at the Ministry of Int... |
FBIS4-12890_0 | Turkish Interior Minister Concludes Talks, Visit Outcome of Talks Reviewed | BFN [Report by Sana' al-Imam from Damascus] [Text] Well-informed Syrian sources told Radio Monte Carlo that the talks by the Turkish delegation ked by Interior Minister Nahit Mentese that ended in Damascus yesterday were successful. According to the sources, Damascus has emphasized to the Turkish minister that Kurdish ... |
FBIS4-12939_0 | Gaza Fatah Official on Relations With Hamas | BFN [Interview with Sufyan Abu-Zayidah, "prominent Fatah leader in the Gaza Strip," by Aharon Klein on 13 April; place not given] [Excerpt] [passage omitted] [Klein] How will you deal with Hamas [Islamic Resistance Movement] when you take over control of Gaza and Jericho? [Abu-Zayidah] The Israelis attribute terror att... |
FBIS4-12949_3 | King Interviewed Further | region that is affected directly, and the question of water is an important issue to realize what the share of each participant is going to be, and beyond that, we want to create the conditions, sir, for the world to come out and help us when we can present a state of peace to the world. So, if those who are able can j... |
FBIS4-12949_5 | King Interviewed Further | it true? [Husayn] We have said that any further moves will be contingent on resolving this problem because we would like to know who is causing it. We would like to know under what authority, and for what purpose. If we have moved to enable the peace process to make all the achievement that was possible until now, incl... |
FBIS4-12953_2 | Minister Defends Reasons for Islamists' Detention | detention of illegal Islamist groups. Asked why the IAF deputies decided to publicise this meeting with the prime minister and not the ones before, Mr. Mansur said: "We had received promises of quick releases and ensuring humane and good treatment of the detainees." But, he added, they went to see the prime minister "b... |
FBIS4-12959_0 | Three Policemen Killed by Naga `Extremists' | BFN [Text] In Manipur, three police personnel were killed and one seriously injured when suspected Naga extremists attacked a police station in Ukhrul District early this morning. The extremists also looted some arms and ammunition. Intensive combing operations have been launched to nab the culprits. |
FBIS4-12971_4 | Socialist Front Leader on Conditions for Civil War | we see? The Islamists are getting stronger. Second observation: the dialog is difficult, of course. But it was easier two years ago. The best way of avoiding violence was not to begin it! Every day which passes, every drop of blood which is shed complicates the situation. In the heat of action, we increase the amounts ... |
FBIS4-12997_3 | Article Criticizes Clinton's Policies, `Lies' | attempt to incite the Congress against Iraq, he spoke about investigating Iraq's war crimes and violations of human rights in Iraq. This proves once again that Clinton is not only a liar with double consciences and double standards, but that he also does not have the memory to protect him from saying anything that is e... |
FBIS4-12997_5 | Article Criticizes Clinton's Policies, `Lies' | a result of a shortage of medicine and malnutrition due to the blockade clamped on Iraq. When he speaks about Iraq's Kurds, as the one who defends them, Clinton looks like a circus clown who knows he has become a means to make his viewers laugh. The whole world knows, particularly the Kurds, that the most hideous perse... |
FBIS4-12997_6 | Article Criticizes Clinton's Policies, `Lies' | requires that international observers be appointed at the Pentagon, the U.S. State Department, and CIA headquarters, in Indian reservations, the black cities, and the quarters of Hispanics exposed to ethnic and economic persecution and social discrimination. Clinton told Congress that "the Security Council member state... |
FBIS4-12997_8 | Article Criticizes Clinton's Policies, `Lies' | can Clinton be so sure in his letter? Is this not a kind of falsification and deception of the highest legislative authority in the United States? Has Clinton forgotten that the warlords in northern Iraq, such as Talabani and Barzani, trade accusations about murder, theft, lack of security, and spread of vice? Is the C... |
FBIS4-13000_0 | Editorial Views U.S.-Iranian Relations | BFN [Editorial: "Sow the Wind and Reap the Whirlwind"] [Text] Yesterday marked the 14th anniversary of severing of diplomatic relations between the Islamic Republic and the United States of America. Several occasions arose in the last decade and a half for improving Irano-American relations, but so far there has been n... |
FBIS4-13018_0 | Buwayz Outlines Measures Following Murder of Iraqi | BFN [News conference by Foreign Minister Faris Buwayz with unidentified correspondents at Lebanese Foreign Ministry in Beirut on 14 April--recorded] [Text] [Correspondent] What measure will the Foreign Ministry take if it transpires that the two diplomats from the embassy assassinated Iraqi oppositionist Talib Suhayl? ... |
FBIS4-13024_3 | Saudis, U.S. Intelligence Said Backing Terror | itself. How do you view this issue? [Al-'Ashmawi] I mentioned before in my book Political Islam that the establishment of the State of Israel was one of the most important causes behind the spread of extremism in Egypt and the Arab world. But I hope it is now understood that Islamic extremism serves Israel's goals by d... |
FBIS4-13053_0 | Multilateral Talks on Water Begin in Oman Oman's Bin-'Alawi Addresses Conference | BFN [Text] His Excellency Yusuf Bin-'Alawi Bin-'Abdallah, Omani minister of state for foreign affairs, has opened the fifth meeting of the water committee within the multilateral talks stemming from the Middle East peace conference. The conference, which was opened at the Muscat Intercontinental Hotel this morning, is ... |
FBIS4-13061_1 | `Frivolous' Treatment of Terrorism Examined | were they originally good and later became perverted? The root cause of the problem is ignored and the essential question "why" is not asked, so it follows that no one asks: "What should be done?" To be precise, in this way of addressing the issue we are preoccupied with the sick person while ignoring the sickness. It ... |
FBIS4-13061_5 | `Frivolous' Treatment of Terrorism Examined | that our youths emerge from school with a very shallow religious background that fails to give them a minimum of protection for keeping their balance and straight thinking. As a result, young men become soft and pliable putty for anyone to shape. Regrettably, some of those annoyed by the deviations now apparent in the ... |
FBIS4-13061_11 | `Frivolous' Treatment of Terrorism Examined | make us think again of what we are doing for our young people, who actually live on the margins of society where no one cares about them even though one day they will have to lead the country? Our friend said that his mother gave him 4,000 pounds to start a project and earn a living. She did this after she realized tha... |
FBIS4-13061_12 | `Frivolous' Treatment of Terrorism Examined | worth while. Later on, the legalization of theft was the solution to getting the funds necessary for continuing the "mission." What I mean is that this entire scene we are examining was homegrown, including the ideas, the people, and the money. It means that foreign parties were not part of the picture in the beginning... |
FBIS4-13061_14 | `Frivolous' Treatment of Terrorism Examined | his studies to peddle socks in the streets and the specialist surgeon who abandoned his profession to sell watches. When one examines these images, one realizes that this army of young men are victims of a corrupt cause and a fallacious dream. This raises the puzzling question: Who is responsible for this waste? Is it ... |
FBIS4-13073_0 | Article Reviews PLO Leadership in Gaza | BFN [Article by Tzvi Gilat: "`There Will Be No Civil War in the Gaza Strip'"] [Text] Spirits in the Gaza Strip were markedly low last Wednesday [6 April] compared with the week of euphoria experienced at the sight of the accelerated IDF [Israel Defense Forces] withdrawal from the Strip. The Islamic Jihad called for the... |
FBIS4-13162_0 | Rabin: Choice for Jordan Between U.S., Hamas | BFN [Excerpts] The United States has warned Jordan that unless Hamas [Islamic Resistance Movement] stops operating from its soil, Jordan will join the list of terror-supporting countries. So far Amman has not formally reacted to the warning issued yesterday by Prime Minister Rabin, but Jerusalem is convinced that Husay... |
FBIS4-13183_0 | Reaction to Events in Gorazde, Bosnia Reported Velayati on Efforts To Send Troops | BFN [Text] Dear viewers, as you saw and heard earlier, the town of Gorazde, which has been declared a safe haven by the United Nations, has come under severe attacks from the Serbs in recent days and there is a possibility that the town may fall completely and all the town's residents may be in danger. In view of the i... |
FBIS4-13186_9 | Al-Qadhdhafi Speech on UN, Lockerbie, Other Issues | Malta, they say no; we say in Egypt, they say no; in France, no; in Holland, no. Justice in America and Britain only? This means that all other countries have no justice, and there is justice only in America and Britain. This is another contempt to all peoples. This is not permissible. From the legal point of view the ... |
FBIS4-13198_2 | Talks Called `Most Successful' Yet | the verge of managing their own water resources but lack the technology and experience, the delegates said. "The United States, France, Japan, Germany and other industrial countries have assured us they will extend assistance in all fields pertaining to water", Palestinian chief delegate Riyad al-Khudayri told AFP on T... |
FBIS4-13252_1 | Weekly Views Sharp Deterioration in Ties With Iraq | are accustomed to shedding innocent blood, forgetting that nothing will save them from the wrath of man and God." The killing of Shaykh al-Suhayl, who carried the Jordanian and Saudi nationalities and who is known for his friendship with his majesty the king and the Hashemites in Iraq, has put an end to the Jordanian-I... |
FBIS4-13263_2 | Velayati Comments on Conversation With Butrus-Ghali | his remarks to you last night, he said that the Security Council members are not replying positively to his efforts for a military effort in Gorazde. There is a contradiction in these two stances. In answer, Velayati described the future steps to be taken by our country as far as the Bosnian crisis is concerned: [Begin... |
FBIS4-13290_0 | ICO Group Urges Lifting Arms Embargo on Bosnia | BFN [Text] New York, United Nations, April 19, IRNA -- The Contact Group of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OICCG) here Monday [18 April] called for the lifting of arms embargo on Bosnian Muslims and reaffirmation of their inherent right of self-defense. In its statement issued after an urgent meeting on th... |
FBIS4-13291_8 | Mubarak Interviewed on Regional Events, Other Issues | to safeguard domestic peace. Therefore, the situation must be under their control. We have no concerns in this connection. The problem is that these people are being financed by foreign quarters, probably Egyptians or persons from other states who used to fight in Afghanistan. Many of them are in Yemen at present. [ASA... |
FBIS4-13292_2 | Hamas Official Interviewed on Israeli Threats | They cannot find a place or a Hamas group to retaliate against as they do in Lebanon against the Lebanese and Palestinian resistance. It is also a continuation of the series of pressures against Jordan to compel it to sign a separate peace agreement. [Abu-Marzuq] Israel does not know where to strike at Hamas within its... |
FBIS4-13294_0 | `Source' on Contracts for Oil Exploration | BFN [Article by Randah Taqiy-al-Din in Paris] [Text] An informed French source has told AL-HAYAH that the two French oil companies, Elf Aquitaine and Total, can now sign a contract on oil exploration and development in the Iraqi oil fields of Nahr 'Umar, Total's area of operations, and Majnun, Elf Aquitaine's area of o... |
FBIS4-13317_0 | ICO Head Calls For More Air Strikes in Bosnia | BFN [Text] Jeddah, 19 Apr (SPA) -- Dr. Hamid al-Ghabid, the secretary general of the Islamic Conference Organization [ICO], has pointed out the the Islamic world's concern and great pain over the massacre of innocent civilians in Gorazde. Dr. Hamid al-Ghabid asserted today, in a statement issued by the ICO, that he was... |
FBIS4-13323_3 | Fatah Dissident Explains Program, Attacks 'Arafat | and that is why you are continuing your opposition? [Al-Maqdah] I did not ask anyone's permission when I chose to oppose [the Oslo agreement]. I was convinced, as were all those who agreed with me, that the course pursued by 'Arafat would result in Palestine being sold out. I have not met with any Syrian officials to t... |
FBIS4-13324_0 | PFLP-GC Leader Attacks `Reactionary' Arab Regimes | BFN [Excerpts] Under the slogan of "With Bullets We Fight, With Rocks We Resist, and With Gliders We Fly to Palestine" the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command [PFLP-GC] held a speech rally at al-Yarmuk Camp at 1600 today, 15 April, on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of the front's establi... |
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