AL-QADHDHAFI SPEAKS ON U.S. THREAT, RETALIATION

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NORTH AFRICA Q I
Chadli Bendjedid Receives Al-Qadhdhafi
LD281223 Algiers Domestic Service in Arabic
1200 GMT 28 Jan 86
[Excerpt] Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi arrived at Ain Amenes
at 1130 today. He was welcomed by FLN Secretary General and
President Chadli Bendjedid, who this morning continued the tour
he began yesterday to the southern parts of the country.
President Bendjedid Receives Foreign Dignitaries
LD270442 Algiers Domestic Service in Arabic
1900 GMT 26 Jan 86
[Text] Today brother Chadli Bendjedid, president of the Repub-
lic, secretary general of the party, received at the presidency a
delegation from the YSP led by Mr Anis Hasan Yahya, member
of the YSP Politburo. The meeting was attended by brother
Abdelkader Ben Kasi, director of international affairs and
cooperation at the presidency, and the PDRY ambassador to
Algeria.
Brother Chadli Bendjedid also received. a delegation from the
Egyptian Committee for Friendship and Cooperation headed by
Mr Ahmad Hamrush. The meeting was attended by brothers
Abdelkader Ben Kasi, director of international affairs and
cooperation at the presidency, and Mohamed Yazid, member of
the permanent secretariat of the Central Committee charged
with friendship and solidarity with the people.
In addition, the brother president received today Mr Bernardo
Sepulveda Amor, the Mexican secretary of foreign relations, who
conveyed a message to the president of the republic from the
Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid. This meeting was
attended by Dr Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, member of the Politburo
and minister of foreign affairs, and the ambassadors of both
countries.
t LIBYA
A1-Qadhdhafi Speaks on U.S. Threat, Retaliation
LD281224 Tripoli Voice of Greater Arab Homeland in Arabic
2140 GMT 27Jan86
[Speech delivered by Libyan Leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi at
27 January International Communities Congress in Tripoli -
recorded]
[Text] Brothers and sisters: I have come to this encounter to
greet this international gathering which brings together the
communities present on Libyan territory from all parts of the
world - men, women, even children, young people, and old men
from all peoples and from all continents. This internationalist
manifestation in the city of Tripoli crowns a series of inter-
nationalist manifestations held in other towns in the Jamahiriyah
which the world has seen over recent days and weeks. It is [loud
indistinct chants interrupt al-Qadhdhafi] it is an international
gathering proof of which can be seen by observers and reporters.
Fortunately, groups of U.S. reporters are present here to report
to the U.S. people and to report to the governments of Western
Europe and to the U.S. White House [indistinct chants] this
international message, an international message that will be
reported by the world press present here to the U.S. President, to
the U.S. Congress, to the CIA, and to the U.S. Pentagon.
The world press reports that all peoples from all continents
support Libya and are against the United States. [indistinct
chants] We, the sons of the Libyan Jamahiriyah and the sons of
the Arab nation are quite content with this international support.
We do not need to write or hold daily news conferences as the
U.S. White House and the U.S. State Department do. We do not
need to write tons of papers. We do not need to send envoys out
to persuade the world. We are quite content with the world press
reporting these events, these gatherings of the sons of people from
all over the world - from all parts of the world, and from all
continents. The world press is reporting this international gath-
ering to them, this international support, this international con-
sensus against the United States; that is with the Libyan people,
with the palestinian people, and with the Arab nation.
We are quite content - brothers and sisters from all parts of the
world, from all the continents of the world - we are quite content
with this gathering. We are quite content with these inter-
nationalist manifestations which have underlined to the world
that Libya, which so far has been the land of the Arabs, is from
now on the Jamahiriyah of all people, of all the masses. [indistinct
slogans and chanting]
Libya is the state of all the masses. Libya is the Mecca of all free
men in the world. Libya is the world fortress of freedom; it is the
world pillar for all the strugglers for freedom. This means the
peoples of Africa, the peoples of the United States, Australia,
and even the islands dispersed in the oceans are represented in
this international gathering. This gathering gets its strength, its
importance, and it influence from the fact that it is not a
gathering of government representatives. The strength of this
gathering stems from the fact that it represents the masses. These
people support the Libyan people; these masses from the con-
tinents of the world support the Libyan people. This is the cry of
the peoples all over the world against Reagan, against the United
States, against imperialism, and against Zionism. [indistinct
slogans and chants].
If the United States [indistinct slogans and chants interrupt
al-Qadhdhafi] is currently massing dozens of ships of it naval
forces to confront the Libyan people, and massing aircraft carri-
ers, bringing them from other oceans to mass them off the shores
of the Libyan people, here and in random order, the peoples of
the earth are gathering in the Libyan land to declare that they
are confronting the United States. I believe that this gathering
is the strongest of historic gatherings; it is the strongest gathering
of all time.
The forces of the peoples of the earth who cherish freedom,
cherish peace and support the Libyan and Palestinian people and
who support the Arab nation, are stronger than the U.S. concen-
trations, stronger than the U.S. 6th Fleet and stronger than the
U.S. 7th Fleet which sent a number of its units to join the U.S.
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6th Fleet confronting the Libyan people. These concentrations of
the masses, these popular concentrations, these international
concentrations are stronger than the U.S. concentrations. The
U.S. concentrations will evaporate, will be destroyed; this empire
will vanish just at the fascist, Nazi invading and racist empires
vanished before them throughout history. Only peoples will
remain. Immortality is for the peoples; power is for the peoples.
These peoples now on Libyan soil are putting Reagan to shame,
challenging imperialism and challenging Zionism [chanting)
challenging aggression. Does imperialism not learn its lessons?
Are the imperialists and the racists not ashamed of the cries of
the peoples who challenge them and despise them and stand
against them? Is the U.S. President not ashamed and embar-
rassed when he is confronted with the cry of the peoples on
Libyan territory, in front of the international gatherings on
Libyan soil? Do the imperialists not learn their lesson? Do they
no hear the cries of the people from all over the world as they
shame them, as they support the Palestinian people, and call for
the liberation of Palestine? As they support the Libyan people
and challenge the U.S. fleet and challenge the U.S. maneuvers?
Brothers, here we are stronger than the United Nations, stronger
than the UN General Assembly, stronger than the Security
Council. Here are the peoples, here are the masses from all over
the world, without representation, without deceit, without medi-
ation.
Brothers and sisters throughout the world, here is strong support;
here is world Jamahiri support in favor of the Libyan people in
the Gulf of Sidra. These resolutions, which emanate from these
peoples represented on Libyan soil are stronger than the res-
olutions of the International Court of Justice, and stronger than
the resolutions of the UN General Assembly, because the UN
General Assembly consists of the representatives of governments.
However, here we find the world masses, here we find all the
peoples of the earth without representation. Here we find the
resolution of the peoples and the will of the nations from every-
where in the world. This is stronger than any resolution adopted
by the representatives of governments or adopted by elected or
appointed councils. The resolution confirms the right of Libyan
people in the Gulf of Sidra, because all the peoples on earth have
supported the Libyan people in defending the Gulf of Sidra. All
the peoples on earth have expressed their readiness to fight on
the side of the Libyan people for the Gulf of Sidra. Therefore,
the Gulf of Sidra, according to the resolution of the nations, the
resolution of the peoples, the resolution of the international
peoples congresses which are present on Libyan soil and which
represent all the peoples of the world, they announced that the
Gulf of Sidra is a Libyan gulf and that the Libyan people have
the right to defend it, and that all the peoples support the Libyan
people, and will even fight by their side to protect the Gulf of
Sidra. Therefore, we have wrested an international mass res-
olution which has emanated from the will of peoples, from the
will of nations, from every corner on earth.
Brothers: It is supposed that governments are created by peo-
ples, that the United Nations is created by peoples, that the
Security Council is created by peoples, that the International
Court of Justice is created by the nations of the earth. Who is
greater then? What is the source of power? Is it the nations that
have created the International Court of Justice? The United
Nations? The Security Council and all the international and
regional organizations emanating from the UN? Where does
sovereignty lie? And law, and legitimacy? Do they belong to the
nations or to those organizations created by these nations?
Assuredly the source of sovereignty is the peoples, the masses,
who, it is supposed, have created all governments in the world;
they have created the United Nations and the UN Security
Council. So long as these peoples, these nations - the sources of
power - have gathered on Libyan land and declared that the
Gulf of Sidra is a Libyan gulf, an indivisible part of Libyan
territory, and that all these peoples are prepared to fight for the
Gulf of Sidra, then, even if the United Nations, even if the UN
Security Council, even if the International Court of Justice were
to issue any decision, even in the distant future, to the effect that
the Libyan people have no right to it, such a decision would be
null and void, without any value, since, this month we have
elicited these decisions from the international people's congresses
which represent all the peoples of the earth on Libyan soil. They
have declared that they support the Libyan people in its defense
of the Gulf of Sidra, and that they will fight for the Gulf of Sidra.
We have, therefore wrested international ligitimacy to the effect
that the Gulf of Sidra is a Libyan Gulf, that it is part of Libyan
territory, that it is the right of the Libyan people to defend it, and
that all the peoples of the earth support the Libyan people. More
still, they are prepared to volunteer and fight with the Libyan
people to defend the Gulf of Sidra. Therefore, we have wrested
the decision that is above all decisions; We have wrested the
decision of the masses, the decision of the nations of the earth
which is bigger than the United Nations, bigger than the Inter-
national Court of Justice and stronger than the U.S. decisions.
Brothers and sisters from all over the world, I want to say to you,
after the peoples of the earth have affirmed that the Gulf of Sidra
is a Libyan gulf and the Libyan people have the right to defend
it, and that all these peoples are prepared - these international-
ist congresses have also declared - to volunteer and defend the
Gulf of Sidra. Therefore, from an international, internationalist,
and legal point of view we have wrested our right, because the
Gulf of Sidra is an indivisible part of our territory.
On the other hand, I want to tell you, after this, that the issue is
not the Gulf of Sidra. Nor is it the issue of the two incidents at
Rome and Vienna airports. The issue is that of imperialism which
wants to destroy the resistance of people. It wants to destroy the
will of the peoples who aspire to freedom and emancipation.
Imperialism and racism are the enemise of the masses. They want
to dominate man everywhere, to exploit man, to enslave man, to
oppress man. This is the international racism represented by the
United States; this is the international racism represented by
Israel. These are the real enemise of mankind, the enemise of
peoples, the enemies of freedom, the enemies of peace, the
enemies of happiness.
The issue is not an issue of the Gulf of Sidra or the two incidents
at Rome and Vienna airports. The issue is the enmity between
peoples and imperialism, between peoples and racism, between
nations and international tyranny, between the combatants for
freedom and the enemies of freedom.
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and Vienna airports, but the United States and Reagan have
mined the ports of Nicaragua. They have imposed an economic
and military blockade against Nicaragua. When Reagan
imposed the blockade on Nicaragua and mined its territorial
waters with a military and economic blockade, was Nicaragua
accused of the incidents at Rome and Vienna airports? Never.
Was Angola involved in the incidents at Rome and Vienna
airports when the white racists in South Africa were set against
it? Was Cuba involved in the incidents at Rome and Vienna
airports? Was North Korea involved in these same incidents?
Was Iran involved? Were the peoples of Latin America involved?
Was Salvadore Allende involved or accused of the incidents at
Rome and Vienna airports? And Grenade. Maurice Bishop -
was he involved in the incidents at Rome and Vienna? Are the
people of Vietnam involved in the Rome and Vienna incidents?
Are the people of South Africa accused of involvement at Rome
and Vienna airport incidents? Are the people of Namibia
involved? Are the people of Mozambique involved?
These peoples are suffering like the Libyan people from blatant
anti-U.S. defiance - racist, tyrannical, defiance; from
provocation, muscle-flexing, from hatred and rancor [sentence as
heard]. These peoples are not accused of the incidents at Rome
and Vienna airports. How does one explain the economic and
military blockade and the physical liquidations and assassina-
tions perpetrated by the United States and U.S. intelligence
against the peoples I have mentioned, and against [word indis-
tinct] these peoples I have mentioned. Was Lumumba involved
in the incidents at Rome and Vienna airports when he was
physically liquidated? Was Nkrumah involved? Was Ahmed
Sekou Toure Ahmed Sukarno involved in the Rome and Vienna
incidents.when they engineered a fascist coup and toppled him
and toppled Nkrumah? They were physically liquidated but did
not participate in the Rome and Vienna incidents.
All these leaders, all these revolutionaries, were physically liqui-
dated by imperialism and racism. Martin Luther King, did he
participate in the Rome and Vienna incidents?? This entire list
of martyrs from all over the world were physically liquidated by
the United States - were physically liquidated by imperialism
and racism. These revolutions topple some [words indistinct].
These peoples are now being beseiged by the U.S. fleets - a
military and economic blockade, exactly the same as imperialism
and racism are doing with the blacks - Reagan hatched plans
to liquidate me personally. He is a criminal. If there was such a
law in the United States he would have been put on trial for being
a murderer, a criminal, and a violator of the U.S. Constitution
and laws. To hell with you Reagan! To hell with you Reagan! To
hell with you Reagan! [audience chants "To hell with you Rea-
gan!"]
What is taking place against Libya is a true copy of what took
place and is taking place against the free everywhere in the world.
What is taking place against me personally is what took place
against those victims I mentioned all over the world. What is
taking place against the Libyan people is exactly what took place
and.is taking place against the peoples I mentioned. This is
because the issue is now quite clear before the whole world - it
is not the issue of the Gulf of Sidra because the Gulf of Sidra is
a foregone conclusion - we will die for it; it is a gulf inside Libya;
Libyan territorial sovereignty has always covered this gulf. It is
inevitably a historic gulf in the law of sea. It is a vital gulf on
which all Libyan oil terminals are located, as well as the Libyan
petrochemical industries, and the oil and gas fields - all these
are to be found in the Gulf of Sidra - on land and at sea. It
divides the Libyan soil into two parts. Therefore for all these
reasons nobody is permitted - any people whose circumstances
were the same as those of the Libyan people would do this - to
enter this area because this threatens the territorial integrity and
the sensitive areas of this country. For these reasons the Gulf of
Sidra is regarded as part of Libyan soil and we do not allow
anyone to penetrate by sea or by air [words indistinct].
But the issue' is not the issue of this gulf. This is a justification,
but it is an exposed justification; it is a false justification. We can
expose it to the world. The Rome and Vienna incidents [words
indistinct] these were excuses. These.too were used as justifica-
tions but were exposed. Until now the U.S. journalists [words
indistinct] the peoples on earth are stricken by all complexes is
incapable of providing the world with any evidence to show who
carried out the Rome and Vienna operations. Even those Pal-
estinians whose names are being mentioned - we challenge them
to provide one piece of evidence that those Palestinians were the
ones who actually carried out this action. Maybe the Palestinians
were the ones who carried out this action, but which Palestinians?
No one can show who. Those who survived were said to be the
survivors of the Sabra and Shatila massacres which were com-
mitted by Sharon, the Israeli minister. He should be tried as a
criminal and murderer. Reagan is demanding a Palestinian by
the name of Abu Nidal; Reagan wants to put him on trial. Why
doesn't Reagan demand Sharon go on trial? Reagan is a racist!
Reagan is a racist! [chantings]. He uses racism against Arab
nationalism. Who is the murderer? Is it Sharon or Abu Nidal?
Sharon [words indistinct] he massacred (?hundreds of) children
at the Palestinian Sabra and Shatila camps. But until now
Reagan has no evidence to suggest that Abu Nidal carried out
the Rome and Vienna operations.
Reagan accuses (?other peoples) and yet once again he lacks
evidence even regarding the individuals who carried out those
operations. Who are they? These are excuses which we are
exposing to these peoples today - men and women who represent
five or six continents of the world. We are exposing them before
these journalists. The U.S. exercises opposite the Libyan shores
have no connection with the Rome and Vienna incidents because
the latter are unattributed because nobody has admitted to the
world which organization carried out those operations. Further-
more, the acts the United States committed were against other
peoples who are not connected with the Rome and Vienna
incidents. These peoples have no Gulf of Sidra. Nicaragua has
no Gulf of Sidra. Vietnam has no Gulf of Sidra, Korea has no
Gulf of Sidra. Angola has no Gulf of Sidra. Iran has no Gulf of
Sidra. Syria has no Gulf of Sidra. Pakistan has no Gulf of Sidra.
[loud applause here when Pakistan is mentioned by name;
chantings are heard: "To Hell With America!"] Palestine has
No Gulf of Sidra. Therefore the matter concerns a challenge to
the freedom of the Libyan people, and ultimately a challenge to
the freedom of all peoples on earth. It is an imperialist threat to
all the peoples who want liberation.
The United States occupied Grenada because Grenada wanted
to be free. [words indistinct] 100 thousand want to be free.
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Imagine, they show contempt toward peoples and see them as
[word indistinct]. These anti-freedom racists used to enslave the
Africans and sell them throughout the world and used to'evaluate
the African according to'his age, weight, the number of teeth he
has, and not according tQ his human value. [chantings] Brothers,
it suffices that the United States does not recognize that blacks
are human beings. How can we ask it to recognize the Palestinian
people's right, and and how can we ask it to recognize that the
Gulf of Sidra is a Libyan Gulf when it does not recognize that
blacks are human beings? The imperialist, aggressive, racist
mentality is very backward; it is extremely vile; it does not
recognize that blacks are human beings. Imagine, Reagan does
not recognize that a black is a complete human being. Evidence
of this lies in the fact that Reagan leads a state that distinguishes
between a white man and a black. To hell with Reagan and to
hell with the United States! [chantings] Brothers, this is neo-
Nazism - a new Hitler whose mentality we cannot change. This
is because his mentality is extremely backward; extremely reac-
tionary; fanatical, racist, and hostile to all mankind. He wants to
be installed as God; he suffers from the complex of power and
power mania; he suffers from a series of psychological complexes
caused by nuclear power.
He does not want anyone except himself to live on earth. He
shows contempt for Grenada because it has a population of
100,000 people. He said that Grenada does not deserve to live
and does not deserve freedom; he invaded it with his fascist
forces. He said that Angola, Mozambique, Namibia, South
Africa - these blacks - do not deserve to live; they should live
under U.S. imperialist, and racist domination. The people of
Palestine - the same [chantings].
This mentality - this mentality is very petrified. One cannot
negotiate with it or come to an understanding with it. This is
because it lacks all evidence and all proof. It lacks all logic. The
proof of this is that it does not resort in its conduct with the world
and other nations to anything except force.
Reagan does not negotiate with Libya except through the U.S.
6th Fleet, and through an economic blockade. He does not, deal
with the Lebanese people except through the New Jersey and its
huge shells. Look at the imperialist logic! Look at the U.S. logic!
It holds dialogue with Libyan people through the 6th Fleet. It
threatens the nations of Asia with the 7th Fleet.
It has no link or connection with nations except through military
bases. Any nation that wants to walk alongside the United States
must submit to having a U.S. military base. Look at the nations
that befriend the United States. Turkey wanted to be a friend of
the United States, and military bases were set up there. This is
U.S. friendship - military bases. In the past Greece wanted to
be a friend of the United States and join the Atlantic Alliance
- military bases were established there. Nuclear missiles were
stationed in Western Europe. The first nuclear strike in a third
world war will be in Western Europe and its victim will be
Western Europe.
Look at the relations between the United States and the nations
of the world. They are not ethical or cultural relations with joint
benefits and mutual respect. Nuclear missiles, military bases -
just imagine - are these ways to hold dialogue? There is no
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dialogue at the Security Council, the United Staates is unable to
establish its own right and. that of its client Israel in the United
Nations. Consequently each time the United States finds itself
compelled to use the right of veto. The use of veto is'evidence of
its inability. It is proof that. if the United Nations condemns an
action and a resolution is to be adopted against it, the United
States is compelled to use the right of veto. This repreents a
negation of logic and dialogue.and the will of nations.
So the United States lacks logic and lacks proof. It is unable to
negotiate,, nor does it have any intention,of,.negotiating..Con-
he form of military
sequently its negotiations with nations take the-form'
force, military maneuvers, naval fleets, and economic blockades.
This is a historic and international opportunity for me to address
the nations of the world at these international festivals which
have been held on Libyan soil in support of Libyan people and
against U.S. imperialist hegemony, expansion, aggression, and
oppression in alliance with Zionism. Here, we - blacks, whites,
yellows, reds, and greens - are human beings with equal rights;
we are all equals on Libyan soil. [chants] We here constitute a
new world power. These'days a new world power is being born,
a power hostile to U.S. imperialism, to racism, and Zionism. This
power is the power of the peoples, the power of the masses.
In the past, I have called brothers and sisters from all over the
world to form a wide international front of the oppressed and
those, threatened by imperialism and racism to confront this
common, enemy. [chantings;.heard: "Down, down with the
United States"].However, the governments were apprehensive
and afraid. They.faced a U.S. threat against setting up this front,
because the United States was terrified at the establishment of
such a front on. a world level and exerted pressure on many
governments, warning them against setting up this front.
Now, and at this historic opportunity provided to us by imperial-
ism, we the people, we the masses, we the nations have bypassed
the governments and have formed a world masses front compris-
ing all peoples of the globe. And if Libya was the headquarters
of the pan-Arab command of the .Arab nations revolutionary
forces, it is also the headquarters and meeting point for the
international forces fighting against imperialism, fascism, reac-
tion, racism, and Zionism. Now the struggle has materialized
upon the free land of Libya, the only Jamahiriyah on earth, the
only state of the, masses. The struggle on this land has formed,
escalated and been crowned today by the conclusion of a series
of rallies and international people's congresses on Libyan land.
We say.now. or rather ask the secretariat of this international
people's congress to declare, at the conclusion of these interna-
tional rallies on Libyan soil which represent all peoples of the
globe, the birth of the Popular International Front, with its
headquarters, in Libya, to combat.and.,eliminate?imperialism,
Zionism, racism,, reaction, and fascism, all over, the world.
[chanting]
We, brothers from all over the world, we are before all the world
in a state, of.challenge. We are on one side and Reagan and his
empire are on the other. The Jamahiriyah is on one side and
imperialism?is on the other. There are barriers. between us. We
are on one, side of the barriers and they are on the other.
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On this side where I stand, people, nations, and masses stand
alongside me. On the side where Reagan stands are imperialism,
Zionism, fascism, fleets, and military force. On this side there is
the will of peoples; on the other side is the greedy ambition of the
despots, the greedy ambition of the imperialists. So we today
announce from Libyan land the emergence of the World People's
Front with its leadership and headquarters in Libya. It covers all
parts of the world, all the six continents of the world, and the
struggle from now on is stepped up against imperialism every-
where, against racism everywhere, against Zionism everywhere,
against fascism, against reaction, until the victory of freedom on
the six continents of the world is achieved; until peoples are
victorious; until jamahiriyas are set up; until the end of oppres-
sion and exploitation.
To hell with imperialism, racism, Zionism, fascism and reaction
on the six continents of the world. [chantings in English: "Down
down with the United States"] From now on, brothers, and
proceeding from these internationalist manifestations on Libyan
soil, in which all the people's of the earth are represented, we set
up world congresses everywhere in the world; we set up rev-
olutionary committees everywhere in the world. [chantings: "God
is great"] We announce that if Libya is the state of all Arabs, it
is now the state of all the masses, all the strugglers for freedom,
all the fighters against imperialism and racism. [indistinct slo-
gans]
[Following is spoken by Al-Qadhdhafi in English] Brothers, we
have to start everywhere in the world to establish people's con-
ferences and revolutionary committees; we must delcare the birth
of the People's International Front everywhere in the world:
Now! Now! Now! [crowd chants: "Now! Now! Now!"] and we
have to decide that Libya is the center of this People's Interna-
tional Front: Libya is your homeland! Libya is the land [al-
Qadhdhafi's voice drownd out by chanting and slogans
including: "Down, down with the United States"]. Libya is a
state of masses; Libya is a state of masses, masses from all over
the world - blacks, whites, all races, all religions; there is no
difference between us [chants and indistinct slogans].
You have the rights and you must bear the duties toward you
homeland Libya. You must fight with us; we are ready to fight
with you. Our common goal is freedom, dignity, glory [indistinct
slogans]. My brothers, I have to say in front of you, I have to bear
my responsibility to support you, to [word indistinct] the struggle
with imperialism, Zionism, racism everywhere in the world
[chantings].
This day is historical [word indistinct]; this day is a historical
[word indistinct]. It is an historical opportunity to create an
international front against imperialism, against Zionism, against
racism. We must fight against them. Our [Al-Qadhdhafi's voice
is drowned out by chantings].
Our determination, our will, our [word indistinct] is stronger than
the will of imperialism, stronger than Reagan and his fleets
everywhere. We are stronger [chantings heard: "Down, down
with the United States"] You have the right like your brother
Libyans here to join the military forces, the Libyan Air Force,
the Libyan naval force, the anti-aircraft [defense], the infantry.
You have the right to be soldiers, to be officers, to be cadets in
all the military institutions in Libya. You have the same right of
your Libyan brothers, everywhere there must be a people's
committee; everywhere there must be a people's conference, a
revolutionary committee. [chantings and indistinct slogans] It is
the commencement of the advent of the era of the masses. It is
the era of masses, the era of peoples, the era of nations. All masses
must be free everywhere in the world. No difference between
black and white. [chantings] We are brothers on the earth. We
are to fight for freedom, for others, for equality, for justice, we
are to fight shoulder to shoulder.
Down with Reagan! Down with imperialism! Down with Reagan!
Down with [word indistinct]! Down with imperialism! Down with
Zionism! Down with Reagan! Long live the peoples! Long live
freedom! Long live the Palestinian people and may the struggle
continue for ever and ever.
[Al-Qadhdhafi resumes speaking in Arabic] Forward! Forward!
the struggle continues against imperialism and against racism
until the complete liberation of all the masses and all the peoples
all over the world. Forward and the struggle continues. [deafen-
ing shouts]
Uganda's Museveni Cables Al-Qadhdhafi on Kampala Fall
LD271912 Tripoli JANA in English 1832 GMT 27 Jan 86
[Text] Tripoli, Jumada Awal 15, Jan. 27, JAMAHIRIYA
NEWS AGENCY - The leader of the revolution received a
cable from Mr. Yoweri Museveni, the leader of the National
Resistance Army in Uganda. Mr. Museveni informed the leader
that the National Resistance Army has captured the capital
Kampala and toppled the military government there.
Al-Qadhdhafi Remarks to Vienna Paper Reported
A U230945 Vienna KURIER in German 24 Jan 86 p 3
["Third and final part" of "exclusive" interview given by Libyan
revolution Leader al-Qadhdhafi to KURIER reporter Heinz
Nussbaumer in a tent "south of Tripoli," "last weekend"]
[Text] [Nussbaumer] "Colonel, a word about West Europe:
The U.S. sanctions have not been taken over by Europe - thus
the West Europeans are not "puppets" of America. What does
this mean for your policy?"
[Al-Qadhdhafi] "First of all: U.S. policy in the Mediterranean
is characterized by irresponsibility and irrationality. Indeed
America no longer has any interests vis-a- vis Libya - they were
virtually cut off years ago. The Europeans, on the other hand,
are pursuing a policy of respect, rationality, and stability - this
is appreciated by us. Only, the Europeans are in a dilemma:
They have interests in America - and in the Mediterranean
region as well. That is why there are so many conflicts and
contradictions in their policy."
[Nussbaumer] "But what is the meaning of your positive assess-
ment of the Europeans and their policy?"
[Al-Qadhdhafi] "We make a clear distinction between Europe
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and America. We value and foster our relations with the Europe-
ans. Only a few days ago I, myself, suggested to the ambassadors
from Western Europe that we discuss a specific program of
future cooperation."
[Nussbaumer] "But there is a rather ticklish problem between
Libya and Western Europe: By your relentless struggle against
Libyans opposed to your regime you have brought an amount of
violence into the streets of West European cities that is bound to
give many citizens in Europe the impression that Libya's leaer
does not share our views of human rights...."
[Al-Qadhdhafi] "But, first of all, it must be quite clear: Those
people who are hunted are nothing but terrorists. There is one
thing I do not understand: If the Israelis, are hunting in the
sovereign states of Europe for some Palestinians who are fighting
for their fatherland and call this a 'struggle against terrorism,'
then this is absolutely accepted by European public opinion. But
if we hunt those who - as has been clearly established - have
infiltrated our country with hand grenades, then this is obviously
terrorism, forbidden, and bad."
[Nussbaumer] "For Western Europe, there is certainly a dif-
ference: The Israelis do not kill in Western Europe, but Libya
does..."
[Al-Qadhdhafi] "Do you want meto enumerate how many Pales-
tinians have already been liquidated in Europe - let me mention
here only Zuhayr Mushin, the al-Sa'iqah leader; he was killed in
Nice...."
[Nussbaumer]"What interests us most of all: Will the'liquida-
tions' of opposition Libyans continue?"
[Al-Qadhdhafi] "But that is not my responsibility. I would like
West European governments to cooperate with me - whenever
Interpol or we tell them that a particular Libyan in their country
is a terrorist."
[Nussbaumer] "Terrorist and'terrorist' is not always one and the
same thing...."
[Al-Qadhdhafi] "But, yes: If the Europeans tell us that here or
there a terrorist of the Italian 'Red Brigades' of or the 'Bader-
Meinhof people is in Libya, then we will also send such people
back to Europe. I wonder why the Europeans protect pure
terrorists, whom they call 'oppositional."'
[Nussbaumer] "Are they really protecting them?"
[Al-Qadhdhafi] "Yes, certainly, beyond any doubt. We hope that
Europe, too, will understand our position. But why are we talking
here about something involving a mere handful of people..."
[Nussbaumer] "Colonel, many Europeans fear that in view of
your confrontation with the United States you might lean more
than in the past on the Soviet Union. What is your position on
this now?"
[Al-Qadhdhafi] "Let me put it this way: Cuba's Fidel Castro
was not a communist at first. But America turned him into a
communist...."
[Nussbaumer] "Should I draw a parallel regarding Libya?"
[Al-Qadhdhafi] "That was all I have to say on this subject."
Stockholm Correspondent Reports Al-Qadhdhafi Remarks
LD241822 Stockholm Domestic Service in Swedish
1700 GMT 24 Jan 86
[Text] [Announcer] Our correspondent in Libya held an exclusive
interview with Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi, the country's
leader, who said Libya could be forced to confront the U.S. forces
in the Mediterranean: Al-Qadhdhafi even talked of war.
[Begin recording] [Titti Nylander] Libya may be pressed into
military action, Colonel al-Qadhdhafi says in the first Libyan
reaction to the planned U.S. air operations off the Libyan coast.
Al-Qadhdhafi received me outside his Bedouin tent, which stands
in the middle of a large lawn within a huge bunker in Tripoli,
where the Libyan leader resides under guard. The procedures are
simple and friendly; no body searches, and no rough bodyguards.
Some of Al-Qadhdhafi's children play in the sunshine around the
tent. After a while, Colonel al-Qadhdhafi himself appears,
dressed in leisurely clothes. Friday is a holiday, a free day in Arab
countries. We sit down alone with an interpreter under a palm.
Al-Qadhdhafi decides to speak Arabic in reply, even though his
English is good.
We would prefer a confrontation with the United States rather
than have the American threat that the Libyans feel themselves
to be living under, Al-Qadhdhafi says. To the question of how
long Libya could resist the enemy, al-Qadhdhafi answers that
this is not the main issue; it is the desire for defense that counts;
the Libyans' duty to react if, as Al-Qadhdhafi says, the U.S.
provocations exceed a certain boundary. It has been intimated
from Washington that there may be flights over the Gulf of
Sidra, which Libya regards as Libyan territorial waters, but
which the United States regards to some extent as international
waters. In 1981 American maneuvers in the sensitive gulf led to
an aerial confrontation in which two Libyan fighters were shot
down.
I asked Colonel al-Qadhdhafi if he thinks anything similar may
happen this time.
[Question, in English] Could there be some incident like the one
that happened in 1981 ?
[Nylander] If we decide to go into action this time, Colonel
Al-Qadhdhafi says, it will not be a single incident, but a war.
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Further Remarks'
LD271340 Stockholm Domestic Service in Swedish
1130 GMT 27 Jan 86
[Text] Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi does not believe
the U.S. sanctions against Libya will affect the country very
much. It is a big power against a small coutnry, but 'Libya is
almost self-sufficient in food. This is what Mu'ammar Al-
Qadhdhafi said to our correspondent, who met him in a Bedouin
tent in the desert.
[Begin recording][Al-Qadhdhafi, in Arabic, fading into Swedish
translation] [correspondent Titti Nylander] This is Colonel
Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi, leader of a desert land'which is rich
in oil but poor in people. Libya is a developing country, populated
by only 3 million people, but which nevertheless has gained a
place in world politics thanks to the war of nerves between
President Reagan and Colonel Al-Qadhdhafi. This time it began
after the attacks on Rome and Vienna airports, when Washing-
ton accused Colonel Al-Qadhdhafi of being behind and financing
and training the Palestinian terrorists who are operating in
Europe. Al-Qadhdhafi himself has answered ambivalently to
these accusations during recent weeks: He has denied all
responsibility for the attacks on the airports, and to foreign
ambassadors in Tripoli he has said that Libya dissociates itself
from Palestinian actions taking place outside the areas occupied
by Israel. But to his own people Al-Qadhdhafi says that Libya
gives full support to the suicide commandos wherever they are
prepared to attack. When I asked Al-Qadhdhafi how he now
wants to respond to the U.S. accusations, he gave.a somewhat
toned-down reply, which lends itself to various interpretations.
Al-Qadhdhafi answered that he supports the Palestinian liber-
ation movement as such, but that it is up to the Palestinian people
themselves to decide on' each action, on the limited tactical
operations, as Al-Qadhdhafi himself expresses it.
[Al-Qadhdhafi, in Arabic, fading into Swedish translation]
[Nylander] The relations with the outside world have entirely
overshadowed domestic problems in recent times in Libya; pro b-'
lems which are mainly economic. Libya's entire economy is based
on income from oil, and they have decreased in a steep curve. The
man in the street notices this in that imports have been sharply
reduced. I asked Colonel Al-Qadhdhafi how he sees Libya's
economic future.
[Al-Qadhdhafi, in Arabic, fading into Swedish translation]
[Nylander] Libya will not be hit so hard by the economic crisis,
because it is a developing country *based on self-sufficiency,
AI-Qadhdhafi replies. One of his own oft-cited words of wisdom
is that a country which has to import its food lives in slavery.
According to the official version herein Libya, the country has
reduced food imports to spur Libyans to produce more of the food
themselves which are now in short supply. Finally, I asked
Colonel Al-Qadhdhafi if he believes that the u.s. boycott will
affect Libya.
[Al-Qadhdhafi, in Arabic, fading into Swedish translation]
[Nylander] The U.S. economic sanctions might affect the Libyan
economy, replies Al-Qadhdhafi, contrary to what he has said on
earlier occasions. It is a war aged by a big power against a small,
exposed nation, the Libyan leader says, and brings to an end an
interview which took place under a tree outside Al-Qadhdhafi's
home in Tripoli - a Bedouin tent in the middle'of the huge
fortified bunker, Bab al-Azzazia, where the Libyan leader is
entrenched. [end recording)
Arab Peasents Union Official Condemns U.S. Moves
LD251857 Tripoli JANA in English 1751 GMT 25 Jan 86
[Text] Tripoli, Jumada Awal 13, Jan. 25, JAMAHIRIYAH
NEWS AGENCY - Mr Abu al-Hija, assistant secretary of the
Arab Peasants Union, has condemned American-Zionist
provocations and threats against the people of Jamahiriyah. Abu
AI-Hija said at his arrival today in Tripoli said that all Arab
peasants organisations should take a firm and united stance
towards the blockade and threats to which Jamahiriyah is being
subjected as a result of Libya's support for the central Arab
issue-Palestine.
Abu AI-Hija stressed that Jamahiriyah is leading the battle of
the Arab masses from the ocean to the Gulf and consolidating
their constant heroic stands in countering the Zionist enemy and
American imperialism. ,
Students Demonstrate Against U.S. `Provocations'
LD261456 Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic
1330 GMT 26 Jan 86
[Text] The masses of educational congresses of the Al-Fatah
University in Tripoli today marched in a demonstration of indig-
nation and defiance against the U.S. military exercises off the
Libyan Arab shores. The angry student masses marched to the
Belgian Embassy in Tripoli since it looks after U.S. interests in
Libya, shouting revolutionary slogans expressing their indig-
nation and anger against the U.S. provocations and'threats
against the Libyan Arab people.
The masses of educational congresses participating in the dem-
onstration issued a statement affirming their defiance of the U.S.
terroristic maneuvers off the Libyan shores and the students'
readiness to execute the death decision in defense of the Gulf of
Sidra.
Tripoli Cites Indian Envoy on Relations
LD262344 Tripoli Television Service in Arabic
1952 GMT 26 Jan 86
[Excerpts] India and Indians living outside India are celebrating
the 36th anniversary of India's Republic Day. On such a day 36
years ago, India prepared for itself the constitution that turned
it into a democratic socialist and secular republic. On this happy
occasion I have the honor of conveying the greetings and friendly
sentiments of the Indian people to the Jamahiriyyah and the
friendly Libyan Arab people. Personally, I am now completing
the second year of my stay in the Jamahiriyah and with my
Libyan friends. During this time, I have become a great admirer
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