>Belarussian Presidential Administration, described Leader President Saddam >Husayn, God support him, as a true leader who can provide sound and real >evaluations of what is happening in the world. He noted that his country >would resume air flights between Minsk and Baghdad because there is no law >banning flights to Iraq. > >For his part, Hasan Abd-al-Mun'im Khattab, head of the Planning Commission >and acting finance minister, said that the inauguration of the Belarussian >embassy in Baghdad would open new horizons for the excellent relations >between Iraq and Belarus. He noted that the coming days would witness the >signing of several agreements in various domains in addition to exchanging >visits in the interest of the two friendly peoples. The ceremony was >attended by Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Nuri Isma'il al-Wayyis and a >number of diplomatic corps members in Baghdad. > >VNUKOVSKIYE AVIALINII SEEKS STATUS OF OFFICIAL RUSSIAN OPERATOR OF ROUTES TO >IRAQ. >MOSCOW. Sept 14 (Interfax) - Vnukovskiye Avialinii airline will seek to >become Russia's official operator of routes to Iraq, Andrei Okhotkin, >general director of Vnukovskiye Avialinii-Trading House, a subsidiary of >Vnukovskiye Avialinii, has told Interfax. > >Okhotkin said the airline has the same rights as Aeroflot to fly to Iraq. >Aeroflot became the official operator of routes to Iraq during the Soviet >period, when Vnukovskiye Avialinii was part of that air company. Therefore >the two now have equal grounds for flying to Iraq, he said. "Vnukovskiye >Avialinii airline is on equal footing with Aeroflot," Okhotkin said. >A direct charter flight of Vnukovskiye Avialinii will be made from Moscow to >Baghdad on September 23, he said. It will be the seventh flight of >Vnukovskiye Avialinii to Iraq since 1997. A Tu-154 airplane will fly a large >Russian delegation of the Russian-Iraqi Association of Friendship and >Cooperation and humanitarian cargo to Baghdad. > >US opposes Aeroflot flights to Iraq, cites sanctions. >(AFP)-14Sep2000/742 pm EDT/2342 GMT US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright >said Thursday Washington would oppose plans by Russia's largest airline, >Aeroflot, to resume flights to Iraq and said the United States expected all >UN members to abide by sanctions imposed on Baghdad. "We disagree with those >who wish to fly into Iraq and I will make that clear...I don't think its a >good idea," Albright told reporters here. She said she would raise the issue >at a meeting later with her Russian counterpart, Igor Ivanov. A company >official said the airline would reopen its office in Baghdad within six >weeks and would resume flights as soon as the UN embargo on Iraq is lifted >but stressed that there were conflicting interpretations of whether air >travel to Iraq was covered by the sanctions. > >Iraq to blacklist Jordanian businesses dealing with Israel. >Excerpts from report by 'Jordan Times' web site on 14th September > >Amman: Iraq reiterated that it would not trade with Jordanian firms that >maintain commercial ties with Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, >members of the Jordanian industrial delegation which visited Baghdad this >week said on Wednesday [13th September]. > >Adnan Abu-al-Raghib, member of the Amman Chamber of Industry Council, said >the Iraqi stand was conveyed to the Jordanian delegation during a meeting >with Iraq's Minister of Trade Muhammad Mahdi Salih. > >"The Iraqi minister told us that Iraq will blacklist any Jordanian firm that >trades with the Zionist enemy and the PNA," Abu-al-Raghib told the `Jordan >Times'. > >Sources in the delegation, who asked not to be named, said Salih has told >the delegation that it has the names of 85 Jordanian firms that trade with >Israel. The sources also said that the Iraqi position was also conveyed to a >Jordanian government delegation, headed by Minister of Trade and Industry >Wasif Azar and Minister of Transport Muhammad Kalalidah, which visited >Baghdad last month. > >The Iraqi statement follows Prime Minister Ali Abu-al-Raghib warning to >professional unions a few weeks ago not to trade with Israel by blacklisting >Jordanian firms that trade with the Jewish state... > >Official figures showed that Jordan's annual losses as a result of the >US-spearheaded sanctions on Iraq stand at 1bn dollars. Jordan imports from >Iraq in the first five months of this year amounted to 67.2 per cent of the >kingdom's total imports from Arab states, which stand at 290.2m Jordanian >dinars... > >Iraq to study replacing dollar with euro for trade. >Baghdad (AFP)-14Sep2000/832 am EDT/1232 GMT Iraq has commissioned a study >into replacing the dollar with the euro for foreign trade transactions, the >official Iraqi News Agency reported Thursday. During its weekly meeting, >chaired by President Saddam Hussein, the cabinet commissioned a team of >economists to "prepare a study on the possibility of using the euro or any >other currency in Iraq's trade instead of the dollar," INA said. "This move >comes within the framework of the heroic resistance of the great Iraqi >people against the aggression undertaken by the Americans and Zionists," the >cabinet said in a statement carried by INA. "The use of the dollar is one of >the symbols of the influence and force of our enemy," the cabinet said, >adding it was the "job of Iraq to combat the enemy in all fields possible." >Cabinet meeting decides to continue voluntary combat training for people. >Excerpts from report by Iraqi radio on 14th September > >Leader President Saddam Husayn, may God preserve and protect him, has >chaired the 36th session of the Council of Ministers... The council >discussed issues on its agenda and made the appropriate decisions. It >decided to continue training people well on fighting if they wish so, >because sluggishness is undesirable and our people are required to defend >themselves efficiently. The party is geared up for training. > >Baghdad says U.S., British jets bomb southern Iraq. >BAGHDAD, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Iraq said American and British planes had >struck at targets in the south of the country on Thursday, but reported no >casualties. >An Iraqi military spokesman, quoted by the official Iraqi News Agency INA, >said "enemy formations" had flown over the provinces of Basra, Missan, Dhi >Qar, Muthanna and Qadissiya at 1 p.m. (0900 GMT), attacking civilian and >service installations. >He said Iraqi air defence units had fired on the jets and forced them to >return to their bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. > >There was no immediate comment on the report from the United States or >Britain. >Iraq said on Wednesday that its anti-aircraft defences had hit or shot down >more than 10 Western planes patrolling no-fly zones in southern and northern >Iraq. > > >MISCELLANY++++++++++++++++++ > >Hello,My name is Dr.aljuburi ,I'm an Iraqi-American Physician,who lives in >the washington Metropolitan area with my family. >I'v been reading your almost daily reports on the situation in my lovely >country and lovely people,I would like to say thnak you very much for your >great job and information. >I have a son who is 4 yr old and it happened that he has Leukemia for tha >last few yrs and he has been treated at the Children hospital in washington >and he is in remmision now,thanks God. >So we have been through very hard time dealing with our situation,but >comparing our situation with Mariam's situation,I cant say a word here. >I learned from your last e-mail that Mariam and her Grandmother are heading >to the Usa for treatment,and here I would like with my samll family to have >them in our home which is located in Alexanderia /Virginia if they arrive >here,please convey this invetation to them and you can reach me either by >the e-mail or you can call us at 703 768 9666. >Thank you again. >________________________________________________________________________ > >THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER >August 28, 2000 >Pg. B06 > >Approach to Iraq needs revision > >In a strange sort of way, Iraq has become an indispensable nation. What >would American politicians do without having Saddam Hussein's regime to kick >around? Ten years after the United States pummeled Iraq during the Gulf War, >U.S. leaders from both major parties show no signs of letting up on the >Middle Eastern nation. > >U.S. and British bombing attacks continue along the two "no-fly zones" -- >arbitrary lines designed to protect Shiite minorities in the south and Kurds >in the north. Published reports suggest that more than 20,000 sorties have >flown over Iraq in the past two years. Meanwhile, the United Nations >Security Council hasn't budged from its deadly campaign -- waged at the >insistence of the United States -- of economic sanctions against the Iraqi >people even though UNICEF and other sources say that at least 5,000 Iraqi >children perish each month because of them. Chalk it up to coincidence, >perhaps, but the Iraqi "threat" sometimes raises its head at opportune times >for American politicians. There was the bombing of Iraq just in time to >delay the impeachment vote >of President Clinton. Now, as the 2000 presidential campaign heats up, both >leading candidates >are trying to outdo themselves in showing how tough they are on rogue >regimes. Sure enough, another crisis is emerging -- just as some observers >have been predicting. > >The latest controversy centers around the newly formed U.N. Monitoring, >Verification and Inspection Commission, which has been established to >replace UNSCOM, which had withdrawn from Iraq two years ago under a cloud of >controversy. Although the new inspection group is expected to be less >confrontational than the last one, the Iraqi government has refused to >cooperate. The Clinton administration told the Associated Press that it >will not do anything if the Iraqis resist UNMOVIC. But officials have >issued their strong support for the new U.N mandate. > >While the United States is stuck in the same old "threaten, bomb and >sanction" mode toward Iraq, with neither major presidential candidate >willing to question the approach, more >sensible voices are demanding a change. Seventy members of Congress have >signed a letter asking the administration to end sanctions against Iraq. >Officials who have administered the oil-for-food program and who have been >involved in the inspections process are starting to speak out also. > >Former weapons inspector Scott Ritter is one of the latest officials to >argue that it's time for a new policy. "Ritter says what we've all known, >that Iraq is effectively disarmed," Hussein Ibish told us; he is media >director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in Washington, >D.C. There is no doubt, Mr. Ibish explained, that Iraq had a special weapons >program, and that it may still have biological or chemical weapons stashed >somewhere. "But the question is: Is it militarily significant?" "Special >weapons are not made to be used," Mr. Ibish said. "They are for deterrence. >Which is all the more reason not to panic nor to overstate the case" about >Iraq. Even when the United States led a war against Iraq, he pointed out, >the Iraqi regime did not use its weapons of mass destruction. Which leaves >us wondering what all the fuss is about, given that even Arab nations that >truly are vulnerable to Iraqi attacks want an end to the U.S. sanctions >policy. And given that the United States doesn't insist on never-ending >inspections of other onerous regimes. > > It's time for a new policy toward Iraq. We're sure that U.S. >politicians could find a new way to look tough without posturing about >Saddam. > > >Dear friends: >I am addressing you on behalf of Carlos Varea, co-ordinator of the Spanish >Campaign for Lifting the Sanctions on Iraq. As you know we are organizing >the International Seminar on Depleted Uranium for next 25/26 November, 2000 >in Gij�n (an historic north Spain city) in which Mr. Galloway will >participate. We are kindly requesting you to publish the presentation and >prliminary programe of this Seminar in your Iraq Sanctions Monitor. We are >adjusting herewith the programme. >Looking forward to hearing from you soon, >All the best, >Loles OLiv�n >CELSI > > Mariam Hamza will go shopping in Greensburg on Sunday, September 17 > Courtesy of Kaufman's Department Store September 12, 2000. >Pittsburgh, PA. > >Mariam Hamza, a six-year-old Iraqi child known throughout the Middle East >and much of Europe as a symbol of all Iraqi children suffering under the >sanctions, is scheduled to go shopping at Kaufman's in Westmoreland Mall, >Greensburg. Mariam and her grandmother are in dire need of warm winter >clothing to cope with the climate of western Pennsylvania and Kaufman's has >kindly offered to donate what they need. Mariam and her grandmother arrived >in the United States with no warm clothing and because Mariam will be >staying in the US for follow-up medical appointments she is in urgent need >of warmer clothing. Mariam will be meeting representatives of Kaufman's at >the customer service on lower level at approximately 3:15 pm on Sunday, >September 17. > >Mariam and her grandmother are being hosted by noted pediatrician Dr. Ali >Aboosi of Greensburg, Pennsylvania and by the Bruderhof Communities in >Farmington, Pennsylvania. Dr. Aboosi is donating his services as a doctor >and the Bruderhof Communities are donating transport costs in the United >States and food and lodging expenses. Mariam is receiving physical therapy >at the New Meadow Run Bruderhof in Farmington, PA. She is making good >progress and is gaining strength in her arms and legs. She is also learning >English as she interacts with other children within the Bruderhof Community. > >In 1998, as a four-year-old child suffering from leukemia, Mariam was >brought to the United Kingdom by George Galloway, Member of the British >Parliament. Mr. Galloway is the Senior Vice-Chairman of the Labour Party's >Foreign Affairs Committee. Mariam arrived in London in a blaze of publicity >and was treated for leukemia in a Glasgow Hospital in Scotland. Mariam is >being flown to the United States for medical care and follow-up courtesy of >Royal Jordanian Airlines. This great humanitarian gesture by Royal Jordanian >Airlines has been welcomed and appreciated by Mariam's supporters around the >world. Mariam will travel with her grandmother Umhadiattah Burhan. Also of >note is the fact that the United States Embassy in Amman kindly waived the >visa fees for Mariam and her grandmother. > >Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Dear friends, >Anything that you can do to promote this event would be most appreciated. > >Chris Doyle >Labour Party Conference, Fringe Meeting >27th September 2000 >12.45 >Fringe Meeting >Labour Party Conference >Brighton Pavilion Theatre >29 New Road >Brighton >Organised by the council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding >(CAABU) and Save the Children UK, >supported by the Independent >Speakers >Hans Von Sponeck, >The former UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq will speak about Iraq and >sanctions. >Dr Nadje Al-Ali >Lecturer, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies University of Exeter >Chaired by Rupert Cornwell, Diplomatic Correspondent, The Independent. >All welcome - refreshments available - No conference pass is needed >For further details, please contact Chris Doyle >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >The Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding >21, Collingham Road >London SW5 0NU >Tel: 020 7373 8414 >Fax: 020 7835 2088 > > >Chris Doyle >CAABU >21 Collingham Road >London SW5 0NU >00 44 20 7 373 8414 >Fax 00 44 20 7 835 2088 > >www.caabu.org > >Dear friends, > >Some activists in the Muslim community are organzing a Day of >Silence for the Iraqi people on Nov. 11th. Participants & endorsees >are welcome. The website is still under construction, but has some >good info: > >http://www.dayofsilence.com > >Peace, >Ramsey >-- > > > >tel: +44 (0)20 7403 5200 >fax: +44 (0)20 7403 3823 >email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >web: www.mariamappeal.com > > > > > > >Knowledge is Power! >Elimination of the exploitation of man by man >http://www.egroups.com/group/pttp/ >POWER TO THE PEOPLE! > >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Change Delivery Options: >http://www.egroups.com/mygroups > > _______________________________________________________ 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 anti-imperialist news. 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