WESTERN MEDIA-MANIPULATION EXPOSED
Subject: Re: WESTERN MEDIA-MANIPULATION EXPOSED - Michel COLLON From: Arlene Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] My understanding is about this situation from sources who are more knowledgeable than I am about this region is that Milsosevic was supported by the US but then the US ceased supporting him. So, now, Kostunica was made president. The US controls nearly every election beginning with Italy in 1947 so it is just a matter of course, that the US especially control your election and make it impossible for the people to elect the one that they feel would be better because people's minds are manipulated by my government, the US. If an election takes place such as the recent on in Haiti did in which the best candidate wins, it doesn't take very long before that person is deposed by my government. The last time Jean Bertrand Aristide was elected he lasted in power only a few months. This is the reality right now. However, last night, I provided the password to access my entire periodical online by many people throughout the world because I do not tolerate what my government is doing to people throughout the world. One relatively secret organization wants to make the Balkan states the next Third World region. I suspect that was the reason why the various wars took place. None of us wants that so when we all come together, we will prevent that from happening because no country should be a Third World nation and no country should have war. I will say the password here again because it is vitally important. We have a new regime coming into the White House as everybody knows. The man is a common criminal. Most of you probably realize that his grandfather supported Hitler during the Second World War. You no more want his grandson to be in the White House than you wanted war in the Balkans. The password to my unique periodical is the word "freedom" without the quote marks for the first four quarterly editions. My periodical will hopefully will be available in February, 2001. I will send an Email when it is available so you won't have to wonder. Feel free to provide this password to anyone except the CIA-drugs listserv or the She Who Remembers listserv. I don't trust them. I think that they are diametrically opposed to peace. Peace, Arlene http://truedemocracy.net __ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for geopolitics. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___
Havana Radio Dec 22. More Coups
X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 22 December 2000 . *PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS END IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL *CUBANS CELEBRATE TEACHER'S DAY *CUBAN SCIENTISTS DEVELOP REAGENTS FOR CHOLERA DIAGNOSIS *LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM UNDERWAY IN CUBA . *PARLIAMENTARY SESSIONS END IN THE CUBAN CAPITAL Havana, December 22 (RHC)-- The 6th Ordinary Session of the Cuban Parliament wound up Thursday night after a one-day meeting. The 545 deputies approved the state's budget legislation plus the guidelines of the economic and social project for the year 2001. The state budget includes over 6.2 million dollars for educational and health programs, retirement benefits and social assistance. During the Parliamentary sessions, Cuban Economy and Planning Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez said that despite the unfavorable economic situation in the world, Cuba's Gross Domestic Product has grown to 5.6 of instead of the predicted 4.5. The Cuban Parliament granted recognition to the Cuban people for their battle for Elian Gonzalez' return to Cuba and they agreed to continue in their battle of ideas. The Cuban Parliament's also supported the extradition of terrorist Luis Posada Carriles and his accomplices who are detained in Panama for entering the country with false documents and attempting to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro during last month's Ibero-American Summit. *CUBANS CELEBRATE TEACHER'S DAY Havana, December 22 (RHC)-- Cubans are celebrating, Friday, Teacher's Day in commemoration of the literacy campaign, which was launched by the Cuban government in the early days of the Revolution with the participation of dozens of thousands of young people in the countryside. Meanwhile, Cuban Health Minister Carlos Dotres congratulated the sector's professors for their role in the well being of the Cuban people. The Cuban official presided at the national activity for Teacher's Day at the Victoria de Giron School of Medicine in Havana in which 118 professors from the country's health system took part. He added that despite the lack of resources resulting from Washington's blockade against the island, the people's health is the one of the Cuban government's priority. *CUBAN SCIENTISTS DEVELOP REAGENTS FOR CHOLERA DIAGNOSIS Havana, December 22 (RHC)-- Cuban scientists developed, for the first time, reagents for the laboratory diagnosis of cholera. According to Gilberto Moya Justiz, specialist in microbiology and head of the investigative team, the production of the reagents represents a saving of a quarter million dollars in imports. Speaking to Prensa Latina news agency, Moya Justiz explained that until now Cuba has imported the cholera reagents at a price ranging between 18 and 36 dollars for every milliliter, or about 30 drops. The Cuban reagents will guarantee that the national laboratory network will have enough of the diagnostic materials in the event of a cholera outbreak. *LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM UNDERWAY IN CUBA Havana, December 22 (RHC)-- The Local Human Development Program underway in Cuba was characterized Wednesday in Havana as a cooperation project that has gone beyond expectations during a three party meeting with representatives from Italy, Cuba and the United Nations Development Program. All three parties are attempting to strengthen the mechanisms and instruments for local economic development, particularly with the generation of jobs in Old Havana, western Pinar del Rio and eastern Granma province. Thanks to the Local Human Development Program in the western province of Pinar del Rio local authorities have achieved the restoration of an aqueduct in the region of Minas de Matahambre, while work has been done to combat the drought in the eastern part of the island. In Old Havana, the cooperation project are dedicated to hygiene, medical emergencies and public lighting. (c) 2000 Radio Habana Cuba, NY Transfer News. All rights reserved. = NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] === rhc-eng-234672000-Dec-22 23:49:33 " JC * from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: One Coup follows another: The end of What? Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 02:43:11 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: One Coup Follows Another: the End of WBAI? To: undisclosed-recipients:; One Coup Follows Another: the End of WBAI? Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source: Mitchel Cohen mitchelcohen @ mindspring.com 23 December 00:30 Dear Folks, Just received a call (followed by 20 emails) that Pacifica National Board Director Bessie Wash is right now at WBAI
Havana Radio Dec 23-24. Culture-Information
X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unverified) Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit Radio Havana Cuba - News Update - 23-24 December 2000 . *NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF TEACHER'S DAY IN VILLA CLARA *CONCERT DEDICATED TO THE TRIUMPH OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION *CUBAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES $755 MILLION FOOD SUBSIDY FOR 2001 *CUBAN-ARAB FRIENSHISHIP ASSOCIATION DEMANDS ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL *125th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INGLATERRA HOTEL CELEBRATED IN HAVANA *MORE EMPHASIS IN 2001 ON ACCESS TO CULTURE AND THE FLOW OF INFORMATION . *NATIONAL CELEBRATION OF TEACHER'S DAY IN VILLA CLARA Havana, December 23rd (RHC)- Due to its excellent results in the education sector Villa Clara, in Cuba's central province, will be the site for the national celebration event for Teacher's Day on Saturday. Luis Ignacio Gomez, Cuba's Education Minister, affirmed that this province forged the path leading to quality of education and teaching plus a high level of scholarship with high academic results. In Villa Clara school attendance surpasses 98 percent, and many schools have been restored by the teacher's own efforts. This resulted in classes starting with a maximum of 20 students per class in primary schools and 30 in secondary school classes. It has guaranteed, without doubt, say observers, a better educational process. *CONCERT DEDICATED TO THE TRIUMPH OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION Havana, December 23rd (RHC)-- Today's monthly concert performed by the Elementary School of Music, Manuel Saumell, will be dedicated to the 42nd anniversary of the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution. This traditional musical event will also celebrate the coming of the New Millennium and with it, the end of the year 2000 and the 20th Century. Piano and saxophone students joined by the chorus from the School of Music will give the performance. *CUBAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES $755 MILLION FOOD SUBSIDY FOR 2001 Havana December 23 (RHC)--The Cuban Parliament has approved a 755 million dollar Food Subsidy for the year 2001. In an editorial in today's newspaper Granma, the government's aim is to maintain stable prices for basic food products, it was affirmed. The paper recalls that despite the adverse circumstances and the ever-tightening U.S. economic war against Cuba, the island's government has never abandoned its policy of subsidizing in key sectors, such as the food industry. Granma points out that due to the Helms-Burton Law and other extraterritorial U.S. anti-Cuba legislation preventing U.S. farmers from selling their products to Cuba, the island has to pay over 100 million dollars extra annually to buy food products that could be purchased at significantly lower prices in the United States. Finally, the editorial recalls that 89 percent of calories, as well as 93 percent of proteins and the 80 percent of the fat that Cubans consume every year come from the national market and state subsidies. Other subsidized sectors in Cuba include energy and transportation, while others such education and health are totally free-of-charge. *CUBAN-ARAB FRIENSHISHIP ASSOCIATION DEMANDS ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL FROM OCCUPIED TERRITORIES Havana, December 23 (RHC)-- The President of the Cuban-Arab Friendship Association, renowned Cuban orthopedist Dr. Rodrigo Alvarez Cambras, demanded Israel's compliance with UN resolutions, calling for the withdrawal of all Israeli troops from the occupied Palestinian territories. Speaking to the press in Havana, Alvarez Cambras also condemned the U.S.-led blockade against Iraq. The Cuban-Arab Friendship Association works jointly with Cuba's Arab Association, assisting numerous students from the Middle East who are taking courses here in Cuba. *125th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INGLATERRA HOTEL CELEBRATED IN HAVANA Havana, December 23rd (RHC)--The Inglaterra Hotel, which opened its doors on December 23rd, 1875, will celebrate its 125th anniversary this Saturday with several activities, including the launch of their new winter menu. The hotel, designed and built by Cubans, incorporates many artistic features by top Cuban artists and craftspeople, which reflect the Island's commitment to combine tourism and culture. The four star hotel with 83 rooms is going into its 125th anniversary having fulfilled its main economic projections and contributing the equivalent of more than 100 thousand dollars in hard currency to the Cuban economy. This is the Havana's oldest hotel. It has cultural, historical and architectural value, which won it national monument status in 1982. Viewpoint: *MORE EMPHASIS IN 2001 ON ACCESS TO CULTURE AND THE FLOW OF INFORMATION Cuba's national educational system has been developed to guarantee complete training of all of its citizens, while actively expanding their cultural horizons. The Cuban Revolution began its social endeavors with this as its principal task. And this work, reinforced over the last four decades, has more force and emphasis than ever today. This constant improvement of the level of public
Korean Central News Agency Dec 25
TODAY'S NEWS (December.25.2000 Juche 89) [CONTENTS] * Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit no. 2752 * Kim Jong Il sees art performance of KPA merited choir * Agreement signed between DPRK and Yugoslavia * Yang Hyong Sop meets Chinese state sport delegation * 2001 protocol on sport exchange signed between DPRK and China * Lecture held by Chongryon * New Korean documentary film released * Russian paper on Korean socialism * Evening gala held * Colorful functions held abroad * Wreath laid before Kim Jong Suk's bust * Mammoth sit-in strike in S. Korea * Celebrations held * UN appeal for aid package * Land leveling and rezoning progress apace * Anniversary of Kim Jong Il's work marked Kim Jong Il inspects KPA unit no. 2752 Pyongyang, December 25 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il on December 24 inspected unit no. 2752 of the KPA honored with the title of "O Jung Hup's 7th regiment." Looking round the historic site of the unit twice honored with on-the-spot guidance of the President Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il noted with great satisfaction that soldiers have tended forests in the area they are stationed with good care to create a beautiful landscape. He went to a training ground and a technical lecture room of the unit and saw a drill of its soldiers. Greatly satisfied to see all the soldiers fully prepared as a-match-for-a-hundred combatants capable of reliably defending the socialist homeland by thoroughly carrying out the policy of the Worker's Party of Korea on training, he set forth highly important tasks which would serve as a guideline in further strengthening the people's army into invincible revolutionary armed forces. Then, looking round a servicemen's hall, education and bed rooms, a washroom-cum-bathroom, entertainment and supply service facilities, he took warm care of the living of the soldiers as their fathers would do. He expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the unit has not only built all the supply service facilities needed for the living of the soldiers but also created good conditions for meals through meticulous supply services and highly appreciated their achievements. Saying that the commanding officers of the unit have made signal successes by paying deep attention to managing the unit as those of the anti-Japanese guerrillas did, he told that all the units should follow their example. He gave a pair of binoculars and an automatic rifle to the unit as gifts and had a picture taken with its soldiers. He was accompanied by Jo Myong Rok, director of the general political department of the KPA, Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the KPA, Kim Il Chol, Minister of the People's Armed Forces, and general officers of the KPA. The visiting party also included Ri Yong Chol, Pak Song Bong and Jang Song Thaek, first vice department directors of the WPK Central Committee. Kim Jong Il sees art performance of KPA merited choir Pyongyang, December 25 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il enjoyed an art performance given by the merited choir of the KPA together with KPA officers and men on December 24. Seeing the performance together with him were Jo Myong Rok, director of the general political department of the KPA, Kim Yong Chun, chief of the general staff of the KPA, Kim Il Chol, Minister of the People's Armed Forces, Ri Yong Mu, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission, and general officers of the KPA. Also in the audience were Choe Thae Bok and Kim Kuk Thae, secretaries of the WPK Central Committee, department directors and first vice department directors and other leading officials of the WPK Central Committee, senior officials of the press, senior writers, journalists and editors. The KPA merited choir honored with "Kim Il Sung Order" put on the stage numbers including "Comrade Kim Jong Il Is Our Supreme Commander," "Desire of Soldiers," "March of Soldiers" and "Long March for Army-first Revolution." The performers sang praises of the immortal feats of Kim Jong Il who has ushered in a new era of a great turn in the history of building a prosperous and powerful nation by leading to victory the Juche-based cause of army building and the cause of socialism with his experienced and seasoned revolutionary guidance. He expressed great satisfaction over the fact that the artistes of the merited choir gave an excellent performance of high ideological and artistic value, which represents the faith and will of Korea and the revolutionary spirit of soldiers. Saying that the KPA merited choir has instilled matchless strength and valor into the people's army and people advancing under the uplifted red flag by taking the lead in the march in the era of army-first revolution over the past five years, and thus greatly contributed to accomplishing the revolutionary cause, he highly appreciated their success and expressed thanks to them. Agreement
China. People´s Daily Dec 26
Extracts. Tuesday, December 26, 2000, updated at 13:21(GMT+8) China to Build 18,000 km West Region Rail Network in 5 Years During the "10th Five-year Plan" period, China will invest nearly 100 billion yuan in railway construction in China's west regions and the railway network in these areas will be extended from the current 16,000 km to 18,000 km by 2005, said Sun Yongfu, vice-minister of Railways, at the National Railway Working Conference concluded in Beijing on December 24. Sun pointed out that since the "Eighth Five-year Plan", though rapid development has been made to the railway construction in the west region, the railway network in these areas is still small, technological level is low, the number of lines connected to the eastern regions and to other parts of the world is insufficient. During the "10th Five-year Plan" period, China will invest about 100 billion yuan in the construction of 28 railways in the west area, accounting for 40 percent of the total investment in large and medium-sized capital construction projects nationwide. A total of 2,600-km-long new railways including 1,300-km-long double-track railways and 500-km-long electrified railways will be hopefully completed by 2005 and the railway network in China's west will be expanded to 18,000 km. It's reported that the Ministry of Railways will focus on the following points during the "10th Five-year Plan" period, first, the construction of passageways linking the west with the east of China, including the double-track railways of Baoji-Lanzhou and Zhuzhou-Liupanshui, the Nanjing-Xi'an Railway and the Suining-Chongqing-Huaihua Railway; second, the construction of railway lines in the west region including Neijiang-Kunming Railway, the Shenmu-Yan'an Railway and the Qinghai-Tibet Railway. In addition, the reconstruction to existing railways will also be strengthened. By PD Online Staff Deng Gang Monday, December 25, 2000, updated at 20:18(GMT+8) China, Viet Nam Sign Joint Statement for Future Cooperation China and Viet Nam issued a joint statement in Beijing Monday, December 25. The following is the full text of the statement: Joint Statement on All-round Cooperation in the New Century Between the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam The People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (hereafter referred to as the "two sides") are socialist neighbors with long-standing traditional friendly relations. since the establishment of diplomatic ties 50 years ago, the relations between China and Viet Nam have continued to grow and develop. Since the normalization of relations in 1991 and on the basis of the principles enshrined in the Joint Communiques and Joint Statement issued during the meetings of high-level leaders in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1999 respectively, the traditional friendly relations of mutual trust, equality and mutual benefit between the two counties have developed rapidly in all fields and there have been frequent exchanges between departments at all levels. In February 1999, the General Secretaries of the two Parties set the principle guiding the development of this bilateral relationship in the 21st century, namely, "long-term stability, orientation towards the future, good-neighborliness and friendship and all-round
Vietnam News Dec 26
President Tran Duc Luong welcomed in Beijing President Tran Duc Luong and his entourage arrived in Beijing on December 25 morning, beginning an official friendly visit to China. The visit is being made at the invitation of the Chinese president, Jiang Zemin. President Luong was given a red carpet welcome at the Peoples Great Hall in Beijing and received by President Jiang Zemin who invited him to review the Guard of Honour. The Chinese president then introduced his guest to Deputy Prime Minister Qian Qichen, Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan and other Chinese senior officials at the welcoming ceremony. --- - President holds talks with Chinese leader Talks held between Vietnamese and Chinese delegations. Vietnam's President, Tran Duc Luong, held talks with China's President, Jiang Zemin, in Beijng on December 25. President Tran Duc Luong, who is leading a high-ranking delegation on an official five-day visit to China, had his private meeting with Jiang Zemin soon after arrival. In the friendly, sincere and frank atmosphere, the two Presidents briefed each other about the socio-economic development of their countries, and discussed at length ways to deepen the friendship and comprehensive co-operation between them to a new height of development in the 21st century. President Jiang Zemin welcomed President Tran Duc Luong's official visit to China on behalf of the Chinese Party, State and people, saying it was of significant importance as it would help boost friendship and all-round co-operation between the two countries. In reply, President Tran Duc Luong thanked the Chinese Party and State leaders and people for their warm and friendly welcome. He expressed his delight at visiting a beautiful country, where he had seen with his own eyes the great achievements recorded by the Chinese people since the People's Republic of China was founded 50 years ago, particularly in the 20 years of pursuing the policy of reform and openness. He wished to see the Chinese people, led by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and with President Jiang Zemin playing the core role, successfully complete resolutions mapped out at the CPC's 15th congress, and in so doing, continue to win greater victories in the cause of economic development that would help raise the international role and prestige of China and take great China into the 21st century. President Jiang said that he appreciated the major achievements recorded by the Vietnamese people through Doi Moi, Renovation, industrialisation and modernisation to realise the goal of "a wealthy people, a strong nation, a fair and civilised society" under socialist-oriented line. He wished to see the Vietnamese people, led by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), obtain further major achievements in welcome of the new millennium and the forthcoming CPV 9th congress. The two Presidents noted with satisfaction the strong and deeper development of neighbourly friendship and comprehensive co-operation between their two countries, particularly after the historic meeting between CPV General Secretary Le Kha Phieu and CPC General Secretary Jiang Zemin in Beijing in February 1999. The signing of the joint statement setting the framework for all-round Sino-Vietnam co-operation was the materialisation of the motto "neighbourly friendship, comprehensive co-operation, long-lasting stability and future-oriented thinking" that was creating a driving force taking the friendly and co-operative bilateral ties to a new height. Presidents Luong and Jiang agreed that the signing of the Border Treaty between their countries last December and the Agreement on the Demarcation of the Territorial Waters, Exclusive Economic Zones and Continental Shelves in the Bac Bo (Tonkin) Gulf confirmed during President Luong's visit to Beijing would help create pre-conditions for the making both the land and Gulf borders into borders of peace, friendship and long-lasting stability. This would in turn strengthen mutual trust and understanding, facilitate the development of each country and make an important contribution to the cause for peace, co-operation and development in the region and the world. The two Presidents lauded the new, encouraging steps between the two countries in the development of economic and commercial relations and shared the same important views about detailed orientations for further promoting economic, commercial and investment co-operation commensurate with the aspirations and potentials of both peoples. They reaffirmed continued encouragement and assistance to localities, sectors and the commerce of their countries to accelerate co-operation and joint ventures, particularly in economy, trade, science-technology, tourism, culture and education. The two Presidents reaffirmed the policy to accelerate the trend for peace, co-operation and development in Southeast Asia, the Asia-Pacific and other parts
IRAQ SANCTIONS MONITOR Number 176
IRAQ SANCTIONS MONITOR Number 176 Tuesday, December 26, 2000 A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND EID TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS+ Christmas...EidThe New Year IT'S FRESH FROM ITS INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE... VHS copies of the film 'Big Ben to Baghdad', the epic account of last year's journey in a 37-year-old Routemaster bus from London to the capital of sanctions-engulfed Iraq. The 65-minute-film costs £9.99 from the Mariam Appeal, 13a Borough High Street, London+LATEST Saddam receives Muslim holiday greeting from Iran's Khatami From AFP ENGLISH, December 26th, 2000 BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (AFP) - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has received a message of greetings from his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Khatami, on the eve of the Muslim holidays of Eid al-Fitr, the official news agency INA reported Tuesday. The Iranian president wished for "the unity of all the world's Muslims" in his message to mark the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, it said. Iraq and Iran, which fought a 1980-1988 war that ended in a UN-brokered ceasefire but without a formal peace treaty, have since taken steps to improve relations. Key stumbling blocks remain their support for each other's opposition groups and the release of prisoners from the conflict. Iran airspace not open to Iraq: paper TEHRAN, Dec 26 (AFP) - Iran is still keeping its airspace closed to Iraqi planes in line with the 10-year-old UN air embargo despite claims to the contrary by Iranian officials, a conservative paper reported Tuesday. The Qods daily said the decision to keep upholding the embargo was made after "protests from the foreign ministry and the intervention of the president's office." The transport ministry had suggested last week that Iraqi planes would be welcome to use Iranian airspace, as more and more countries have begun flouting the controversial embargo. Iran and Iraq, whose bitter 1980-1988 war left hundreds of thousands dead on both sides, have been working in recent months to improve relations. More than 80 flights have landed in Baghdad since Saddam International airport reopened four months ago, as Arab countries in particular have queued up to offer their support to the Iraqi regime. In late November, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Tareq Aziz flew to Damascus, becoming the first Iraqi official to fly out of Baghdad since the embargo was put in place in 1990. __ Saddam calls on Christians, Muslims to fight against Israel BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ In a Christmas letter published Monday on the front pages of all Baghdad newspapers, President Saddam Hussein called on Christians and Muslims of the world to rise up against Israel and the ``Zionist conspiracy.'' In his traditional Christmas letter, Saddam praised Christians and other Iraqis for standing up to conspiracies through which ``the United States, Britain and Zionism ... have tried to bend Iraqis' will, bring them to their knees and master their independent decision.'' The president called on Christians and Muslims everywhere to take ``the path of jihad (holy war), without which we cannot attain our aspirations of establishing right, justice and peace and delivering humanity from the evils of aggressors, criminal killers.'' ``The Zionist conspiracy aims at Judaizing (Jerusalem) and other areas of Palestine and annihilating its indigenous population, Muslims and Christians, with the backing of America,'' al-Thawra daily quoted Saddam as saying in his letter. Iraq opposes peace agreements signed between Israel and the Palestinians and those signed with neighboring countries. Since Israeli-Palestinian clashes began in late September, more than 340 people, most Palestinians, have died and thousands have been injured. Earlier this month Iraq pledged to allocate dlrs 881 million worth of oil revenues to support the Palestinian uprising. Hussein's Son Debuts in Iraq Parliament Mideast: Leader's eldest makes his first appearance since his election. He calls for more democracy, criticizes U.S. From LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 25th, 2000 Saddam
ML Update , Vol:3; No.51; 27- 12- 2000. 1/2
: ML Update A CPI(ML) Weekly News Magazine Vol.-3; No.-51; 27-12-2000 Editorial Let the New Year Hasten the Total Rout of the Sangh Parivar If the end of 1999 had been marked by the IC-814 hijack episode, Y2K comes to an end with the stunning strike by a section of Kashmiri militants on the Lal Qila. While the NDA government's Kashmir and Pakistan policies alternate between cold war and hot pursuit, between the so-called soft and hard options ranging from Vajpayee's bus diplomacy through Kargil war to the latest gesture of ceasefire, it is evident that the NDA government remains as clueless regarding Kashmir as ever. Meanwhile, for all the hard/effective state rhetoric of Advani and other Sangh Parivar ideologues, Y2K will also be remembered for the humiliating spectacle of the Indian state being held to ransom by the sandalwood smuggler Veerappan. The saffron regime is, of course, trying hard to project an image of India's growing international stature with displays of strategic proximity to the US. Internally, the might of the Indian state is sought to be demonstrated through systematic persecution of the minorities and bulldozing of the sources of livelihood and other democratic rights of the weak, disadvantaged, toiling masses. The BJP is however desperate to camouflage its barbarity in the guise of benevolence. Having all along denounced the 'individual' cult in the Congress and all other personality-based parties, the BJP now projects the Prime Minister as a benevolent emperor, who celebrates his birthday by doling out welfare schemes for his hapless subjects like rural roads project (Rs. 60,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana), additional food subsidies (Rs. 2,300 crore Antyodaya Anna Yojana) and literacy plans (Netaji Subhash Saksharta Mission). All these 'new clothes' are however only accentuating the emperor's nakedness. The BJP's pretension to be a party with a difference, its claim to liberate the society from terror, hunger and corruption, has all been exposed as a cruel and ugly fraud on the nation. Consequently, resentment runs high among vast sections of the society and in every corner of the country. Faced with all round exposure and resistance, and with Assembly elections round the corner, the BJP has returned to the magic wand of Ayodhya. The VHP and all other Sangh Parivar vandals are readying for yet another bloodbath. Vajpayee of course maintains that his government would abide by whatever the court says. The nation has once paid the price for misreading this deceptive legalism of the fascists. The history of the rise of the Sangh Parivar has been replete with instances of saffron transition from the parliamentary to the extra-parliamentary and vice versa, of combination of independent assertion with united front tactics. If once again the Sangh Parivar is indicating its readiness to hit the streets, the secular-democratic resistance must not lag behind. The RSS has remained banned for several years, often the saffron zealots have been banished to political wilderness. But the Sangh Parivar is yet to be handed over a decisive and comprehensive defeat. Let the new year hasten the process of a total rout of the saffron fascists. Let the nation take a lesson from its biggest enemy within. If the Sangh Parivar has been able to survive periods of isolation and partial defeat, it is because of the opposition's uncritical reliance on legalism, and confinement of popular resistance to narrow parliamentary confines. Beyond the parliamentary world of shadow-boxing and the routine noise of third front, let secular-democracy prevail over the fascists in the battle of the barricades. Let the first year of the new century be a year of more resolute resistance and more resounding victories. Party Launches "Lutera Bhagao, Krishi Bachao" Agitation Party has appealed to all secular democratic forces to thwart the heinous conspiracy of Sangh Parivar commanders like Vajpayee, Advani, Sudarshan, Laxman and Uma Bharati through their web of false and misleading statements and called for country-wide observance of December 31 as "Oust Saffron, Save the Nation" day by burning the effigies of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in every village and every nook and corner of the country. The extension of the ongoing economic reforms to the agricultural arena has landed the country into an unprecedented agrarian crisis. Even as the foodgrains rot in FCI godowns, millions of Indians languish in absolute poverty, malnutrition and even sheer starvation, and large sections of small farmers are being forced into distress sale, the government is effectively subsiding the nexus of traders and millers or the foreign consumer. Against this backdrop CPI(ML) will spearhead a "Lutera Bhagao, Krishi Bachao" (Oust the Looters, Save Agriculture) campaign with a view to forging a militant solidarity of the agrarian labourers and deprived farmers. The Party will press for large-scale introduction of
Turkey. HUNGER STRIKERS CAN DIE
From: Press Agency Ozgurluk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "[Ozgurluk.Org]" HUNGER STRIKERS CAN DIE Selection: ANADOLU AGENCY NEWS 25 DECEMBER 2000 Monday Turkey SABAH ALL PRISONS WILL BE F TYPE Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that amnesty is an opportunity to improve the prison system in Turkey. ''Efforts will be speeded up to transfer the ward system into room system in all prisons,'' said Turk. MILITARY SAYS TURKEY CAN JOIN EU IN 2010 A group of high ranking military officials from France came to Turkey last month. French military officials asked their Turkish counterparts when Turkey will be ready for EU. Turkish military officials said that the preparations can last for 10 years. CUMHURIYET - TURK SPEAKS Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk staged a press conference at the Justice Ministry about the interventions in 20 prisons held between December 19-22 that were called ''Operation Return to Life''. Turk said that the operation would always be mentioned as one of the great successes of cooperation among state units. Turk said that security forces and gendarmerie had successfully concluded this perfectly organized operation by respecting human life. HUNGER STRIKERS CAN DIE Selcuk KozagaclI, a lawyer who visited Sincan F type prison yesterday said that the condition of nearly 70 hunger strikers is very critical. ''Mass deaths are coming,'' he said claiming that some inmates might have died because of the strike and this could have been hided from public. RADIKAL -- NUMBER OF DEATH FASTERS INCREASES Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk called on those who are on hunger strike and death fast to give up their protest. Before the operation return to life was staged, 290 of inmates were on death fast and 800 of them were on hunger strike. Now the former increased to 353 and the latter increased to 2,184. -BOMB ATTACKS STAGED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF ISTANBUL ISTANBUL - The bomb attacks staged on two Automatic Telling Machines (ATMs) of banks caused material damage in Istanbul on Sunday. Unknown assailants placed a bomb in ATM of Pamukbank in Sisli district which later exploded. No casualties were reported, but there is material damage in the ATM. Experts said that the bomb was a hand made, time bomb. A molotov cocktail was put in the ATM of Demirbank branch in Esenler district. The fire that broke out due to the explosion was extinguished by citizens. Police started an investigation in the two districts to capture the assailants. Meanwhile other assailants placed bombs in a bank and in front of the garage gate of a flat in Maltepe district. The explosions caused material damage in both buildings. Officials said that the target of the attack can be the Liberal Democrat Party's Maltepe centre which was beside the garage. Experts said that the bomb was hand made and pipe bomb. ZAMAN - -12 MORE INMATES DISCHARGED FROM HOSPITAL ISTANBUL/KADIKOY - Twelve more inmates who were injured and hospitalized during the operation return to life staged in Umraniye prison were discharged from hospital on Sunday. The inmates who were treated at Haydarpasa Numune Hospital were discharged from hospital and sent to another prison. The treatment of nine other inmates in the prison continues. Tight security measures have been taken by police in Haydarpasa Numune Hospital and relatives of patients are not still allowed to enter the hospital. -NUMBER OF INMATES WHO WERE TRANSFERRED TO F TYPE PRISON IN KOCAELI, INCREASES TO 357 IZMIT - Number of inmates who have been transferred to the F type prison in northwestern Kocaeli province following last week's intervention in prisons, increased to 357. Sources told the A.A correspondent on Monday that transfer of 357 members of terrorist organizations from Bayrampasa, Bursa, Gebze, Canakkale and Umraniye prisons to F type prison in Kocaeli was concluded. The F type prison in Kocaeli has a capacity of 368 inmates. -- Press Agency Ozgurluk In Support of the Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Struggle in Turkey http://www.ozgurluk.org DHKC: http://www.ozgurluk.org/dhkc ___ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for geopolitics. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___
China. People´s Daily Dec 27
Extracts. Wednesday, December 27, 2000, updated at 09:33(GMT+8) Jiang on Anti-corruption Campaign -- Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Tuesday called on governments at all levels to continue to fight against corruption with a firm hand in the new era to safeguard the achievements of reform and development. Jiang, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while addressing the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's fifth plenary session. Wei Jianxing, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, presided over the session. The session was also attended by other senior Chinese Party leaders Li Peng, Zhu Rongji, Li Ruihuan, Hu Jintao and Li Lanqing. Jiang reviewed the country's efforts to fight corruption during the past years, saying that important experience has been obtained. He urged all Party members to bear the awareness of the importance of the anti-corruption campaign and persevere to carry through the drive. He also noted that the endeavor to fight corruption and build a clean government is a long-lasting and arduous task, which should be carried out in the whole process of reform and opening up. He stressed that three major jobs in the drive should be done well, namely, educating officials of self-discipline, investigating major cases and correcting the malpractice in various departments and sectors. Problems which the masses complain about the most should be dealt with in time, Jiang reiterated. Jiang also reviewed the nearly 80 years of the CPC's history. In the first 28 years, the Party led the people to fight for the founding of New China. In the latest more than 50 years, the CPC has played the role of a ruling party, leading the people for socialist construction. Jiang emphasized that the shift of the position and responsibility of the Party and those of Party members have brought up a new task for Party building. Jiang warned that it is more difficult for the party in power to improve Party building and management, and this has been proved by both history and experience. He urged Party members to guard against the negative effect of the shift in position and always adhere to the Party's tenet to maintain the Party's vigor. Jiang noted that the prominent problem for a party in power is how to ensure that Party members and officials have a correct understanding of interests. He said that a qualified Party member should serve the people heart and soul, and never act against the will and benefit of the masses. The Party's anti-corruption drive represents the will of the broad masses. Party committees at all levels should actively seek effective ways and methods to supervise officials and educate them in an effort to prevent the occurrence of corruption from the source, he said. Jiang also called for more stringent enforcement of laws and regulations, pointing out that anti-corruption should be considered during the promulgation of major reform policies, laws and regulations, and the socialist democratic political system and legal system should be strengthened. Tuesday, December 26, 2000, updated at
Korean Central News Agency Dec 26
TODAY'S NEWS (December.26.2000 Juche 89) [CONTENTS] * Bouquets laid before bust of Kim Jong Suk * Kim Jong Il sends gifts to officials of Chongryon * Over 120 works of Kim Jong Il brought out * Sports tournament for Osandok Cup closes * Christmas masses held * Japanese reactionaries' tampering with history * Many publications computerized * Dismantlement of concrete wall urged * County well known to nation * Federal formula, most reasonable way of Korea's reunification * Japan urged to drop its wrong attitude towards its past crimes For Spanish-speaking people * miembros de embajada de cuba depositan ramo de flores ante busto de camarada kim jong suk * editadas mas de 120 obras de dirigente kim jong il Bouquets laid before bust of Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang, December 26 (KCNA) -- Jose Manuel Inclan Embade, Cuban ambassador to the DPRK, and members of the embassy laid bouquets before the bust of the great communist revolutionary fighter Kim Jong Suk at the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery on Mt. Taesong on December 25 on the occasion of her 83rd birth anniversary. After placing bouquets, they paid a silent tribute to her who made an immortal contribution to the sacred struggle for the revolutionary cause of Juche. Kim Jong Il sends gifts to officials of Chongryon Pyongyang, December 24 (KNS-KCNA) -- A meeting was held in Tokyo on December 23 to convey the new year gifts sent by the great leader Kim Jong Il to the officials of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) and the patriotic traders and industrialists. So Man Sul, first vice-chairman of the central standing committee of Chongryon, said in a speech that the gifts are associated with the deepest trust and the greatest expectation of Kim Jong Il for the officials of Chongryon and the patriotic traders and industrialists. He extended the highest glory and the warmest thanks to the leader. Referring to the successes made in the work of Chongryon, he said that they are the result of the devoted services the Chongryon officials, patriotic traders and industrialists and compatriots have made, deeply convinced that they are sure to win if they trust and follow Kim Jong Il only. He called on the officials of Chongryon and compatriots to energetically carry out the patriotic work of Chongryon in the new year Juche 90 as intended and wished by the leader. Over 120 works of Kim Jong Il brought out Pyongyang, December 26 (KCNA) -- The great leader Kim Jong Il published many works indicating the road to be followed by the Korean revolution and the world revolution, a result of his outstanding ideological and theoretical activities in the 1990s. The Worker's Party of Korea Publishing House has brought out at least 120 works out of them. Kim Jong Il clearly proved the inevitable triumph of socialism as a science at a time when socialism collapsed in a number of countries due to renegades of revolution in the early 1990s, taught a historical lesson in building socialism and set out tasks and ways to defend and glorify Korean-style socialism. This was an immortal contribution to saving the cause of socialism from a crisis and triumphantly advancing it. Typical of those works are "Socialism Is a Science", "the Historical Lesson in Building Socialism and the General Line of Our Party", "Abuses of Socialism Are Intolerable", "Our Socialism Centred on the Masses Shall Not Perish" and "Socialism Is Lifeline of Our People." When the President Kim Il Sung demised, the nation's greatest loss, Kim Jong Il published "the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung Is Always With Our People", "Let Us Always Hold the Great Leader in High Esteem and Accomplish His Cause" and other famous works, thus inspiring them to implement his last instructions in order to accomplish the revolutionary cause of Juche. Kim Jong Il also authored many other famous works clearly teaching the truth of the great Juche idea and ways to embody it and giving lucid answers to the issues arising in political, military, economic, cultural and all other fields. Sports tournament for Osandok Cup closes Pyongyang, December 26 (KCNA) -- A sports tournament for Osandok Cup which was opened on December 20 to mark the 83rd birth anniversary of the great communist revolutionary fighter Kim Jong Suk closed. Its participants competed in at least 20 events including basketball, volleyball, table-tennis and marathon in Pyongyang and various local areas. They displayed to the full their own sport methods and high technique. Prizes were awarded to the sports teams and athletes, who distinguished themselves, at a closing ceremony held in Chongjin on December 24. Christmas masses held Pyongyang, December 26 (KCNA) -- Christmas masses was held at Pyongyang Pongsu Church yesterday. Present there were Rev. Kang Yong Sop, chairman of the c.c., the Korean
