ugnet_: BAGHDAD A BUNDLE OF CONTRADICTIONS
Baghdad A Bundle Of ContradictionsBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis4-3-3 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A city with a looming battle hanging over its head, Baghdad is bundle of contradictions. Municipality workers clad in orange uniforms methodically cleared pavements on Thursday of broken trees and debris from another round of bombing. At the old Shorga market, more shops selling food and spices reopened. Even the red double-decker buses were running on time. But as night fell on the Iraqi capital the daytime trappings of normality slipped away. The electricity went off for the first time since the war began on March 20, U.S. planes made fresh raids and U.S. forces launched an assault on the city's international airport. After midnight, a series of 20 loud explosions could be heard from the southern outskirts of the city. More than a dozen explosions rocked the city center, as the raids moved closer. Saddam and his entourage have promised invading U.S. and British forces bloody street battles if they try to take the capital by force. But aside from artillery fire near the airport, the Iraqi response in the capital was strangely muted. PREPARATIONS FOR A FIGHT Preparations have been discreet, but there are signs that the city's defenders are bracing themselves for what could be the biggest urban battle since World War II. Pick-up trucks equipped with machine guns and anti-aircraft guns are dotted across the city. Some defenders walk around with rocket-propelled grenade launchers. Four-wheel drive vehicles carry mobile communications systems. But, at the same time, traffic flows normally during the day, with no sign of military checkpoints. Saddam International Airport, the target of a U.S. assault around nightfall, has been shut since U.S. and British forces invaded Iraq on March 20. But a Reuters journalist who visited the airport on Thursday with Iraqi officials said it appeared empty. Two Iraqi planes were parked on the tarmac. Soldiers manned the usual checkpoint at the entrance. At Mansour square on the west bank of the Tigris, a huge bronze statue of Saddam looks toward the horizon. Traffic flowed steadily and all the wide thoroughfares of Baghdad and there are no military checkpoints inside the city. TRAPPINGS OF NORMALITY "We are still selling a lot of ground beans, especially to the paramilitary," Issa, the city's leading coffee distributor, said in Shorga market during a daytime lull. "Our main access to Dubai port is closed, but I have tons of coffee in stock. It should last throughout the war," he adds, blending dark and light ground coffee with cardamom spice. "My main problem is making a hawala (money transfer) to the outside. This has stopped completely now," he says. Elsewhere in Baghdad, most shops are closed. The government says there is enough food to last for a siege lasting months. In the city's markets, shoppers' purchasing patterns reflect their approach to the looming battle. Some buy rope to tie luggage, a prelude to a quick departure. Others buy large plastic containers to store water. Turkish delight, an affordable sweet to keep children happy as they stay at home under bombing, is selling fast. "People are trickling out of the city, but not in vast numbers," says Amran, whose shop at the entrance of Shorga sells colored rope as well as porous bags for storing wheat. Many of those who are staying buy television aerials to catch four Iranian channels beaming into Iraq, including al-Alam (world), a new station that covers the war 24 hours a day. "Al Alam is the best. This will get it perfectly," one shopkeeper said, offering a Chinese-made aerial for $15. It did, until the lights went out in Baghdad. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni Uganda is in Anarchy" Le groupe de transmission de Mulindwas " avec Yoweri Museveni, Ouganda est dans anarchy "
ugnet_: Re: Kony Will Be Out By May, Says Saleh
Mulindwa, It seems these thugs in Kla have never learnt not to give deadlines? No wonder they are in for a (fifth) third term! Gook We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of bad people but also for the appalling silence of good people". M.L.King Original Message Follows From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Kony Will Be Out By May, Says Saleh Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 01:10:02 EST Kony Will Be Out By May, Says Saleh New Vision (Kampala)April 3, 2003 Posted to the web April 3, 2003 Justin Moro Kampala Lt. Gen. Salim Saleh has reassured the Acholi and all Ugandans that by May this year, the 17-year-old northern rebellion of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) would have ended, through peaceful or military means."President Yoweri Museveni understands the sentiments of the people of Acholi. He is preparing himself," said Saleh.He was addressing Gulu residents at Lalogi Internally Displaced People's Camp on Monday."I request you to be patient because your suffering will soon end. I have reasons to believe that we shall not go beyond May this year with this problem of the northern rebellion. The world is waiting for its end," he said.Among the reasons for Saleh's optimism was the President's eight-month stay in Gulu.He said it showed the high level of the President's commitment to ending the conflict.The fact that the Sudanese government had ceased to support the rebel group was another indicator, he said.He blamed the LRA for violating the ceasefire declared on March 1."LRA have violated 70% of their own ceasefire. However, the Presidential Peace Team advised the President to withhold his anger and push on with the peace talks," he said.Saleh is a member of the peace team. Ends "In the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" --George Orwell-- Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*
ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Re: Kony Will Be Out By May, Says Saleh
Gr I saw the posting Matek sent out, but I found it hard to respond to. You see these are statements that the matovu's and Kironde's find to be meaning full, remember last time we had to wait until when the grass grows short then we will finish him? I just hope these thugs find it in their hearts to leave power and real Ugandans show leadership for our people have suffered enough. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni Uganda is in Anarchy" Le groupe de transmission de Mulindwas " avec Yoweri Museveni, Ouganda est dans anarchy " - Original Message - From: gook makanga To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 4:18 AM Subject: [Ugandacom] Re: Kony Will Be Out By May, Says Saleh Mulindwa, It seems these thugs in Kla have never learnt not to give deadlines? No wonder they are in for a (fifth) third term! Gook We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of bad people but also for the appalling silence of good people". M.L.King Original Message Follows From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Kony Will Be Out By May, Says Saleh Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 01:10:02 EST Kony Will Be Out By May, Says Saleh New Vision (Kampala)April 3, 2003 Posted to the web April 3, 2003 Justin Moro Kampala Lt. Gen. Salim Saleh has reassured the Acholi and all Ugandans that by May this year, the 17-year-old northern rebellion of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) would have ended, through peaceful or military means."President Yoweri Museveni understands the sentiments of the people of Acholi. He is preparing himself," said Saleh.He was addressing Gulu residents at Lalogi Internally Displaced People's Camp on Monday."I request you to be patient because your suffering will soon end. I have reasons to believe that we shall not go beyond May this year with this problem of the northern rebellion. The world is waiting for its end," he said.Among the reasons for Saleh's optimism was the President's eight-month stay in Gulu.He said it showed the high level of the President's commitment to ending the conflict.The fact that the Sudanese government had ceased to support the rebel group was another indicator, he said.He blamed the LRA for violating the ceasefire declared on March 1."LRA have violated 70% of their own ceasefire. However, the Presidential Peace Team advised the President to withhold his anger and push on with the peace talks," he said.Saleh is a member of the peace team. Ends "In the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" --George Orwell-- Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
ugnet_: Fw: [rwanda-l] Rwanda Troops Marching To Ituri - New Vision
From: john kagabo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 5:20 AM Subject: [rwanda-l] Rwanda Troops Marching To Ituri - New Vision Rwanda Troops Marching To Ituri Security By Emmy Allio SECURITY sources in Kampala yesterday claimed that two brigades of Rwandan soldiers had taken control of Bunyantenge and Muhanga towns in Lubero zone in North Kivu province. Congolese church leaders, politicians and traders said Rwandan soldiers commanded by officers of the Kigali-backed RCD-Goma rebels were matching northwards to Ituri district and Kasese in Uganda. Over 100,000 people in Butembo and over 20,000 people in Kanyabayonga and Lubero on Wednesday demonstrated against what they said was a Rwandan invasion. The protestors accused the United Nations Observer Mission In Congo (MONUC) of conniving with the Rwandans in the Kigali governments plot to colonise Congo. Bishop Melchisedek Sikuli of Butembo on Wednesday said demonstrators destroyed two vehicles belonging MONUC, damaged a third and destroyed MONUC offices in Lubero and Kanyabayonga. Sikuli said villages occupied by the Rwandans include Kyavingonge, Bingi and the southern parts of Maiko National Parks. He said, I have learnt that the Rwandan army wants to link with UPC near Irumu to fight the UPDF in Ituri. The international community should turn its attention on this Rwandan aggression. He said Rwandan soldiers had been seen last weekend in Kirumba, Kayla and Kanyambayonga in the Lubero area of North Kivu Province on their way back into the DRC. He said thousands of people were fleeing the reported incursion and that 152 internally displaced persons (IDPs) had arrived in Kyimba, having fled Pinga in the Walikale area, where the presence of Rwandan soldiers was first reported. He said another 1,227 IDPs from Pinga had arrived in Kayla on Wednesday. MONUC are liars. We see Rwandan soldiers, but MONUC tells us that the invaders are RCD-Goma. We also know that RCD-Goma has no army. We shall resist the invasion, the source in Butembo said on a Satelite link. MONUC yesterday denounced a spate of attacks against its forces in three locations in North Kivu Province. In a statement from its Kinshasa headquarters, MONUC said demonstrators dressed as students attacked its base at Kanyabayonga on Wednesday, looting equipment from buildings housing MONUC observers. In a similar attack in Lubero, property belonging to the mission was destroyed. On Tuesday, demonstrators took part in an anti-MONUC march in Beni. The statement described such acts of vandalism against the peacekeepers as unacceptable and in violation of international agreements. We have upto-date information that Rwanda sent two brigades recently and disguised them by giving them an RCD-Goma commander. The Rwanda Defence Forces are mixed with the Peoples Redemption Army (PRA), a Ugandan security source said. The sources said the RDF and PRA intend to overrun Butembo and Beni and then confront the UPDF in Kasese and in Ituri where they hope to link with Thomas Lubangas Union for Patriotic Congolese rebels. The pro-Kinshasa government RCD-ML led by Mbusa Nyamwisi and Bishop Sikuli, said Rwandan soldiers numbering 3,000 are headed by an RCD-Goma officer called Bonane. Security sources said Rwanda had moved over 20,000 soldiers from its second and third divisions on the borders with Uganda and Congo and the forces are ready to join those inside the DRC. Sources said RDFs 503rd brigade is in Nyakatare, 201st brigade in Byumba, 205th brigade in south Byumba, 405th brigade in Ruhengeri and 402nd brigade is in Gisengyi. Despite this mounting RDF and PRA presence, the UPDF has not increased its troops by even a soldier. We want the global community to see the true colours of the Rwandans, a military officer said. Defence minister Amama Mbabazi recently condemned the presence of Kinshasa soldiers in Beni and Butembo saying it was a violation of the Lusaka agreement. On Friday, Rwanda denied that its troops had entered the DRC. Rwandan special envoy for the DRC Patrick Mazimpaka told the UN news agency, IRIN, that civilians might have mistaken members of some of the fighting groups in eastern DRC for Rwandans.Ends Published on: Friday, 4th April, 2003 Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
ugnet_: Fw: [rwanda-l] Rda General to be relocated
From: john kagabo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 5:26 AM Subject: [rwanda-l] Rda General to be relocated Habyarimana will not be repatriatedBy Mwanguhya Charles Mpagi April 4, 2003Uganda will not hand over the renegade Rwandan general who defected and fled his country on Sunday morning. Army Spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza told reporters yesterday that Brig. Gen. Habyarimana, the former Rwandan defence minister, would not be extradited back to Rwanda. "The man came to us and said 'I am under threat of my life'. Should we have refused him?" Maj. Bantariza asked during the weekly Cabinet media briefing at Nakasero in Kampala. He said that Gen. Habyarimana and the two other Rwandan officers who fled with him are being "screened" by the ministry for Refugees. The ministry is under Lt. Gen. Moses Ali, the minister for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees. "When such people come, our job is to hand them over to Gen. [Moses] Ali's office for screening. If they qualify for asylum we send them to a third country," Maj. Bantariza said. Brig. Gen. Habyarimana, Col. Ndengeyinka and Lt. Ndayambaje are the latest Rwandan military officers to flee to Uganda. The earlier defectors were Maj. Alphonse Furuma and Maj. Mupende. The latter has since moved to the United States. Maj. Bantariza said that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is negotiating with some Scandinavian countries to take up Maj. Furuma. The UPDF has meanwhile released details of Rwanda's military airdrops to the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) rebels led by Mr Thomas Lubanga in eastern DR Congo. Maj. Bantariza said that in late February and early March the unnamed country (the UPDF's latest reference to Rwanda) supplied large quantities of arms to Mr Lubanga's forces at the Mongbwala airport in eastern Congo. He said the equipment includes 63 anti-tank mines, 310 pieces of explosives, 66 boxes of 81mm bombs, 210 boxes of mine fuses, 18 RPG shells, 51 boxes of ammo (containing 344,500 rounds of ammunition) and six boxes of SMG ammunition. Maj. Bantariza said that the UPDF captured all the equipment and other supplies Rwanda had airlifted for the UPC. The UPDF attacked the Congolese rebels in Bunia on 6 March and threw them out of the town. © 2003 The Monitor Publications Yahoo! Plus - For a better Internet experience Yahoo! Groups Sponsor To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
ugnet_: Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: For Kon-Tiki Theory, Ray of Hope Is Dashed
of interest to those interested in plant animal distribution (biogeography), cultural anthropology, linguistics, etc For Kon-Tiki Theory, Ray of Hope Is Dashed April 1, 2003 By NICHOLAS WADE A team of archaeologists and geneticists have further explored the theory that ancient Incas could have traveled to Polynesia and settled it. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/01/science/life/01THOR.html?ex=1050417335ei=1en=3f99557d3f70f4f1 MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*.
ugnet_: DRC: NGO calls for humanitarian access to South Kivu
8 - DRC: NGO calls for humanitarian access to South Kivu NAIROBI, 4 April (IRIN) - The NGO Action Against Hunger (AAH) said on Thursday that many civilians have been cut off from vital assistance after the NGO's withdrawal from Shabunda in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last month. The agency said it had to evacuate staff from Shabunda in South Kivu Province on 28 March because of deteriorating security. It left one month's supplies to continue supporting 100 patients in its therapeutic feeding centre in Shabunda, and for 600 patients in centres elsewhere in eastern DRC. AAH said these patients, mostly children, "faced certain death" if supplies were not replenished in April. AAH country director in eastern DRC, Banu Altunbas, said the health and nutritional status of people in the area was of "great concern". Last month was the second time in six months the NGO had been forced to withdraw from Shabunda, leaving the civilian population at risk. AAH called on all parties in the DRC to ensure safe access to humanitarian agencies, and specifically to enable safe flights to resume into Shabunda. [ENDS] "In the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" --George Orwell--
ugnet_: U.S.: After Iraq, we'll deal with other radical Mideast regimes
U.S.: After Iraq, we'll deal with other radical Mideast regimes By Aluf Benn A communique received in Jerusalem from the American administration this week says the United States is operating with strong resolution to neutralize the Iraqi threat to Israel. After the war, the message continued, the United States will deal with other radical regimes in the region - not necessarily by military means - to moderate their activities and fight terrorism. These current and future U.S. operations will also serve Israel, the American administration says, but have caused tensions between the United States and the Arab world. Israel, the American message says, must play its part to help ease these tensions by taking action with regard to settlements in the territories. The message from Washington adds that the current U.S. administration has no illusions about peace and a return to the political process, merely a realistic view of how to manage the conflict. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will meet on Sunday with Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom, who returned yesterday from a visit to the United States, and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz to discuss Israel's position on the international "road map" for a resolution of the conflict with the Palestinians. The three will also discuss the recent U.S. communique, which speaks of the importance of dealing with the settlements as a means of bolstering U.S. standing in the region. The heads of the U.S. administration chose not to raise the issue of the settlements in their meetings with Shalom this week. Israeli sources believe the Americans made an effort to ensure the success of the foreign minister's first visit to Washington in his current capacity with the purpose of creating a solid foundation for future talks with him. The principal issue discussed in Shalom's meetings in Washington was the appointment of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Authority prime minister and the importance of Israel taking steps to ensure his success in the position. As is the case in Jerusalem, Washington is not convinced of Abu Mazen's ability to take real powers out of PA Chairman Yasser Arafat's hands. Nor does it know if Abu Mazen will be able to impose his will on the elements of power and terror organizations on the Palestinian side. However, the Americans do expect that Israel will not get in his way and will help Abu Mazen in any way that it can. They reminded Shalom that Abu Mazen's appointment as prime minister suited the U.S. strategy regarding a change in the Palestinian leadership. Shalom's hosts - President George Bush, Vice-President Richard Cheney, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and Powell - did not raise any specific demands for specific steps on the part of Israel. These were passed on in advance of the visit via diplomatic channels and included expectations for the removal of roadblocks and checkpoints in the territories, entrance into Israel for Palestinian workers, the accelerated release of Palestinian funds held by Israel, the evacuation of illegal outposts and the toning down of statements made by Israeli public figures. The foreign minister reminded his American interlocutors that all of Israel's past efforts to ease the humanitarian distress in the territories had paved the way for more terror attacks. Shalom stressed Israel's demand that the process be conducted in a reciprocal manner, beginning with steps by the Palestinians to prevent terror and implement government reforms. Thereafter, Shalom told the Americans, Israel would play its part. He made it clear that Israel was not prepared for a parallel process of mutual steps. The Americans made an effort to convince Shalom that the road map represented an opportunity for progress, sat well with the interests of both the United States and Israel, and that there was no cause to reopen the issue for discussion and amendment. Political sources in Jerusalem said they had been encouraged by Powell's speech to his European counterparts in Brussels yesterday in which he said that the United States would do all in its power to preserve the road map unchanged, but that everyone should understand that the plan would be meaningless if it wasn't accepted by both sides. © Copyright var nYear = new Date();nYear = nYear.getFullYear();document.write (nYear); 2003 2003 Haaretz. "In the time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" --George Orwell--
ugnet_: Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: Behold, the Invisible Man, if Not Seeing Is Believing
Behold, the Invisible Man, if Not Seeing Is Believing March 27, 2003 By JAMES BROOKE Susumu Tachi's invisible raincoat, unlike Hollywood "science fiction," is a "true scientific development." http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/27/international/asia/27INVI.html?ex=1050417216ei=1en=afd75ffca6ca4ca5 MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*.
ugnet_: Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: Aliens Inside Us: A (Mostly Friendly) Bacterial Nation
Aliens Inside Us: A (Mostly Friendly) Bacterial Nation April 1, 2003 By JAMES GORMAN The powerful techniques of genomic research are providing new ways to investigate the lives of the 500 to 1,000 species of microbes within each of us. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/01/health/01GUT.html?ex=1050416665ei=1en=2aad32750a4f42e6 Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.
