From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A.Wosni) Subject: [L-I] [Lebanese Issues] ahmad saadat free (fwd) jean el-cheikh schrieb: > Free Comrade Ahmad Sa'adat > > The General Secretary of the > > Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine > > > > Submitting to the pressures of the Israeli racist > occupiers and their USA Imperialist backers, the > Palestinian "National" Authority arrested yesterday > (January 15, 2002) comrade Sa'adat, the general > secretary of the PFLP. This is a dangerous and > unprecedented step in the long history of struggle of > the Palestinian people. The PFLP is the main party of > the Palestinian left and the backbone of the > opposition within the Palestinian Liberation > Organization. The PFLP and all the left and democratic > Palestinian opposition where united beyond Comrade > Sa'adat after the assassination of the former general > secretary of the PFLP, comrade Abu-'Ali Mustafa, by > the Israeli-American missile attack. By arresting > comrade Sa'adat the Palestinian authority is playing > into the hand of the enemies of the Palestinian people > that want to draw us into internal conflict, crash the > people's Intifada and secure eternal rule of racist > Apartheid, ethnic cleansing and occupation. > > The political detention of comrade Sa'adat, together > with previous arrests and oppressive steps against the > militants and organizations that resist the Israeli > occupation, are a very dangerous blow to the hopes and > the struggle of the Palestinian people. By oppressing > the resistance to the occupation, the Palestinian > Authority is submitting to the occupiers' logic that > claims resistance to the occupation to be "terrorist > violence". At the same time the occupiers themselves > are free to kill, uproot, destroy, siege, humiliate > and devastate the Palestinian people in the name of > their racist "laws" and the immunity from > international law supplied by their USA backers. > > The PFLP, under the leadership of comrade Sa'adat, is > not only a dedicated force in the struggle against the > occupation, for self- determination and for the right > of return of all Palestinian refugees. It is also the > voice of the poor people of Palestine, struggling > against corruption and arbitrary rule by the > Palestinian Authority, for democratic institutions in > the Palestinian society and for social justice. In > spite of being the target of constant ruthless Israeli > brutality, the PFLP continues to advocate a democratic > solution to the Palestinian problem that will include > Jews in Palestine as equal citizens in a secular > democratic Palestine. It is not by chance that the > Israeli occupiers are most interested to silence the > voice of the Palestinian Mandelas, first by > assassinating comrade Abu-'Ali Mustafa and now by > demanding and forcing the arrest of comrade Sa'adat. > > The struggle of the Palestinian people is the heart of > the struggle of the Arab masses to free themselves > from Imperialist domination and from the fate of > poverty, ignorance and despotism that it spells. > Resisting the libeling of the Arab freedom fighters as > terrorist is the first and vital step for stopping the > current Imperialist drive to victimize the oppressed > masses everywhere. A campaign of solidarity with the > Palestinian freedom fighters is the immediate and > urgent duty of all democratic and progressive forces > in the Arab world. It is the same cause everywhere, in > all the poor third world countries, as all of them > face similar exploitation and victimization. This > international solidarity campaign is the duty of all > progressive forces and all really democratic and peace > loving people all over the world. > > For an International Solidarity Campaign: > > > a.. Free Comrade Ahmad Sa'adat! > > > b.. Free all political prisoners and anti-occupation > resistance militants! > > > c.. Unite to topple the Israeli occupation! > > Together on the road - Ma'an 'Ala edDarb > > Sons of the Country Movement - Abnaa elBalad > > www.abnaa-elbala.org > > > > > > Letters of protest may be sent to: > > > d.. Palestinian National Authority: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > e.. Palestinian Ministry of Information: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > f.. Palestinian Legislative Council: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > g.. Letters to the presidential office of the PNA > can be sent from: http://www.p-p-o.com/ENG/defulte.htm > > _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
