AL-QADHDHAFI ADDRESSES 12 MARCH RALLY

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U.S., world, European, and Arab,public opinion. I do not
believe this method will lead to a comprehensive peace
or settlement. Regional peace and stability is regarded as
a vital matter by the people living in the region and by
the entire world.
The foreign correspondent posed the same question to
the Jordanian king, who replied: I agree with the view
expressed by his excellency the president.
King Husayn Departs
NC112038 Cairo MENA in Arabic 2027 GMT
11 Mar 88
[Excerpt] Cairo, I I Mar (MENA)-His Majesty King
Husayn left Cairo this evening following a brief visit
during which he held important talks with President
Husni Mubarak on intensified Arab and international
efforts to push the peace process forward. [passage
omitted]
UAE President Arrives on Official Visit
NC131220 Cairo MENA in Arabic 1209 GMT
13Mar88
[Excerpt] Cairo, 13 Mar (MENA)-UAE President
Shaykh Zayid ibn Sultan Al Nuhayyan arrived in Cairo
at 1355 today from Abu Dhabi on an official visit, at the
invitation of President Husni Mubarak, who received
him at Cairo airport. [passage omitted)
Ghali `Deeply Regrets' Closure of PLO Office
NC121535 Cairo ?Domestic Service in Arabic
1500 GMT 12 Mar 88
[Text] Dr Butrus Ghali, minister of state for foreign
affairs, deeply regrets the U.S. Administration's decision
to close the PLO office in New York. In a statement to
our radio correspondent, Minister Ghali said that this
decision is bound to weaken the role of the United
Nations and lessen its efficacy. He also stressed this step
will not serve the peaceful efforts to solve the Middle
East and Palestinian issues.
Fourth Libyan Jet Leaves Cairo 11 Mar
NC111610 Cairo MENA in English 1539 GMT
11 Mar 88
ARAB' AFRICA
Libya.
Al-Qadhdhafi Addresses 12 March Rally
LD121543 Tripoli Voice of Greater Arab Homeland
in Arabic 1245 GMT 12 Mar 88
[Speech by Colonel Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi to 12
March rally outside the Passports Department in Tri-
poli-recorded]
[Text) Were you all forbidden from traveling? Anyone
who was forbidden from traveling raise your hand. Were
you all forbidden from traveling? [chanting)
First, I am sorry that a.large number of Libyans were
forbidden from travelling freely. This contradicts a
major principle and a firm right for any free human
being, which is freedom-freedom of every citizen to
choose for himself a suitable job , education, or place of
residence; freedom to travel if the need arises or if he is
able to travel, and to return to his country. This is a
fundamental principle of the third universal theory and
of the revolutionary cause, which we created over many
bitter years. This is also included in the Green Book,
which is the result of the experiences of the people as
they fought for liberation and freedom.
First of all, I am sorry if there were a number of Libyans
deprived of this basic right. Also, I am sorry if you
wronged yourselves and made yourselves slaves-not
just those who were in prison, or imprisoned within the
country. If you cannot leave the country, this means the
country is a prison as far as you are concerned. Small
prison and large prison: There should not be a small and
a large prison in Libya. Libya should be a place of
freedom. Libyans should be proud before the people of
the whole world that their country is a place for freedom,
and that those who are persecuted and those who fight
for freedom come to Libya"to enjoy'freedom.
I am saying I also regret it if you have been. unfair to
yourselves, if you have made yourselves slaves. Why
should you turn yourselves into slaves? This is a country
that has witnessed a revolution to liberate this people, a
country that was shackled with U.S. and British bases,
Italian colonialism, reactionism, expansionist move-
ments, and underdevelopment. Libya was a forgotten
country that nobody talked about and nobody knew
about. We had no pull or value in the world,.despite the
oil we used to have, and despite our strategic position.
We had no dignity or pride regarding our existence on
earth and among the people.
Today, Libya is a leader of the. Arab nation; it leads
movements that are fighting for freedom. Libya has been
targeted by international imperialism and Zionism
because its role in this battle represents a threat to the
future of the enemies of freedom and people.
[Text] Cairo, March 11-4MENA)-The fourth Libyan
MiG-23 jet which had made an emergency landing along
with three other planes at an airfield in the western zone
on March 1, took off after passing inspection and main-
tenance measures by Saudi and Libyan technicians. The
other three planes had. left. for Libya on Wednesday.
Egypt has responded to Saudi King Fahd and a number
of other Arab brothers' mediations to return the Libyan
jets to Libya after conducting necessary inspection and
maintenance.
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How then could you be unfair to yourselves? We find
that such a group was imprisoned, while another group
deprived itself of going abroad. Such attitudes and
behavior do not suit us in our capacity as a free people.
If you have anything to say, say it to the basic people's
congress. There is nobody who will stop you from
expressing your opinions in the basic people's congress
and making political, economic, and administrative
decisions.
This is the meaning of freedom. If a person does not have a
basic people's congress, if he finds himself prevented from
exercising authority, from expressing his opinion or decid-
ing whatever he wishes, he finds himself forced to undertake
clandestine activity. Such secret activity is unjustified in a
country where every street has a basic people's congress,
where in every (?alley) there is a basic people's congress.
There is nobody who can issue a law in Libya if it is not
issued by the basic people's congresses. There is nobody who
can decide any domestic or foreign policy if it is not decided
by the basic people's congresses.
People who voice condemnation in newspapers, or those
who issue clandestine leaflets have been unable to gain
authority. They like to put pressure on authority by
writing articles in newspapers or in leaflets. They like to
dictate to the authority ideas they want the authorities to
carry out. They try to express their opinions through a
piece of paper because they are incapable of implement-
ing their ideas. Anybody who cannot govern [words
indistinct] express his opinion about his country, his
destiny, or his future, resorts to other means and goes on
strike.
The demonstrations that you hear about or see in Europe
and other countries are staged because the people cannot
make their own decisions. Consequently, the people find
themselves compelled to stage street demonstrations to
voice their wishes. Our demonstrations are represented
through the basic people's congresses. Every basic' peo-
ple's congress is a mass demonstration in which we say
whatever we like and decide whatever we want. The
street demonstrations do not make decisions.
Demonstrations decide nothing in the world. Demon-
strations only demonstrate. Angry people express their
opinions, but who will implement them? A demonstra-
tion has no power to implement an opinion. Demonstra-
tions and sit-ins: Workers stage sit-ins and strikes
because their rights are usurped by the employer, the
owner of the factory. The factory in Libya, however, is
run by the workers and partners in production. [words
indistinct] demonstrations and sit-ins at production cen-
ters in relations to Libya.
The one who deprives himself of freedom is a slave and
wants to be a slave. This contradicts the revolution,
which is a cry for freedom, a declaration of freedom, a
breaking of chains. Do we free ourselves from the
Americans, from the English, from the police force, from
reaction, from the agent royal throne, and then imprison
ourselves and prevent ourselves from going abroad? I tell
you this harms your country, your reputation, and even
your honor as a free people, as a jamahiriyah. It should
be an arena for freedom; the oppressed and fighters for
freedom are the ones who come to Libya to enjoy
freedom. Here pan-Arab basic people's conferences are
held. International people's conferences are held in
Libya because their organizers cannot express them-
selves as freely in their countries.
All countries around the world are ruled by an individ-
ual, a king, a family, a party, or a coalition of parties. A
party is just part of the people, and the will of the people
is indivisible. The will of the people is embodied in the
basic people's conferences. In general, it is a shame for
me, as a leader of a liberating revolution and of a people
that should be free, along with my colleagues, to have
worked and endangered ourselves for your sake without
you being aware of it.
All the attempts that took place were attempts to usurp
the revolution that we have built, brick by brick, the
revolution that liberated Libya. After the liberation, the
liberation of the land and of the people, came certain
individuals who conspired against me in an attempt to
usurp the revolution. They have no right to usurp it; this
is their crime. I see it as a shameful thing for us that
Libyans are banned from coming and going.
Before me are lists of thousands of people banned from
traveling abroad by various Libyan bodies. These bodies
that prevent you from going abroad must have had
reasons for doing so. In general, there are bans all over
the world, administrative and social bans: a father not
allowing his young son to go abroad, not allowing his
wife to go abroad because she is still under conditional
repudiation; a wife saying this is my husband, do not
allow him to leave; a bank saying so and so has debts, do
not let him leave unless he settles them; or the national
service saying this group of youths are wanted next
month or the month after, so they should not leave
unless they complete their service.
When you enter national service, after 12 months you
take a month of leave. You can then go abroad. After the
next 12 months, you take annual leave again, and can go
abroad or stay at home; you are free. This happens in
every country around the world.
If we call several thousand in this group, we will not let
them leave until they become soldiers and carry arms.
Then they can take their ordinary vacation. I mean these
are routine matters. When one has an ordinary case
before a court, an ordinary court, regarding personal
status, debts, or a fight, the court can demand that so and
so should not be allowed to leave during this period
because his case is being considered on a certain date.
This is so the case is not delayed and can be dealt with.
Perhaps this case is in his interest. These are routine
matters.
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However, the fact remains that there are unacceptable
and unreasonable excesses in the banning operation that
have harmed us and made Libya like a prison. We do not
accept this at all, no matter what. We do not accept the
plurality of the banning bodies. Now the People's Court
has been formed by the basic people's conferences. It
consists of ordinary people nominated by the basic
people's conferences, nominated by the general people's
congress. In my opinion, any organ that has the right to
ban a person should write to the people's court and say,
for instance, that so and so has a case, has debts, is
wanted for military service, so please do not allow him to
leave during this period.
Once this reason is removed, he becomes free to go. Yet
each of these bodies, which total almost 20, has enslaved
a group of Libyans. This I cannot accept at all. This I do
not accept. [applause and chants]
These are basic principles that I have confirmed before
the general people's congress and the world: the release
of the prisoners and the pardoning of even those sen-
tenced to death and life imprisonment. Only one catego-
ry, as you know, was excluded: those who cooperated
with the outside. There is freedom of expression, free-
dom to issue resolutions, freedom to rule, freedom to
dispose of your wealth, freedom to carry arms to defend
yourselves.
This is a historic opportunity for you. A historic oppor-
tunity is available to us. Why should we miss it? There is
complete freedom for anyone setting up a trade union,
an association, a league, a vocaitonal congress. We do
not want anyone to complain. To whom would he
complain? He should go to the popular vocational con-
gress, the professional 'league, and' say: 'I have been
wronged; I am right; I demand this. He goes to it, and it
defends him. Otherwise, why do we have professional
popular congresses? Why then does anyone belong to a
specified trade that defends his rights and guides him in
discharging his duties to his brothers or to society?
It is not feasible for a woman who has performed a
pilgrimage to come on her own to complain. This should
occur in a professional people's congress. In addition to
our membership in the basic people's congresses, we
have professional people's congresses within the basic
people's congresses . Even a hairdresser has a trade, and
therefore a union, a league he calls what he wants: the
hairdresser's congress or haidresser's union. If one of
them is wronged, they defend him. Everyone should be
protected by his own union, by the association to which
he belongs in addition to the basic people's congress, on
political issues.
If it is a matter of professional or administrative com-
plaints like most of the complaints we hear, then you
have a congress. You must belong to a professional
people's congress so that your administrative, trade, and
social rights can be protected and. defended. The basic
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people's congress is what enables you to exercise power;
it gives you wealth and arms. These are the opportunities
the world is now fighting for everywhere. Yet we have
them here, in our hands.
As a matter of fact, I regret that we have wronged
ourselves. We have tarnished the reputation of our
country and our revolution. We have conspired, we have
entered darkness; we have collaborated with U.S. intel-
ligence, with reaction. We have spirited money out; we
fled with them; we have fled from conscription. Those
who have fled abroad include some fleeing national
service. One stole the people's money and fled with it;
another has stole the people's money and bought a block
of apartments with it. When the people recovered the
block, he said: Take my block of apartments away from
me, take my money, and he left the country.
Someone else has secretly collaborated with foreigners.
There is is absolutely no room in a jamahiriyah, a state of
the masses, for secret activity. All activity must be
conducted in broad daylight, in sunlight. No one can
oppose your views, so express them at your podium, at
the basic people's congress. Convince the people of
them. Free people must agree that secret activity is
unjustified. Anyone who has an idea can submit it to the
basic people's congress, and no one can obstruct him or
prevent this. There can be only a democratic discussion
with him. [applause]
Forced labor should also be forbidden in this society. It
is an act of dictatorship and injustice. You impose
things, which concern only one side, concern you; one
side imposes them on other sides. It is inadmissible in a
free society, in which there is people's power, to think
about using force against an individual, a group, or
society as a whole. That should be one of the forbidden
things which are completely unjustified.
If the people are convinced that it is all right to impose
something by force, that is another matter. We imposed
force on the Americans, the British, the Italians, and the
reactionaries because their was no opportunity to reach
an understanding with them. You cannot talk to them.
Could you have said to them: We would like to make
Libya into a republic, and then a jamahiriyah; we would
like to put the power, wealth, and arms in the hands of
the people-while they were in the hands of the kings,
the Americans, the British, and the Italians? Who could
have said that?
At that time, secret action was justifiable, as were the
secret leaflets and everything, and making a newspaper
inciting the people. But now you can use every means to
incite the people to practice authority. It is your choice.
You can write on the wall behind you, and after the
people read it wipe it out and [word indistinct] and write
your name under it.
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Freedom, is our right,, it. is our right. We were exposed to
death for the sake of freedom. How can we abandon our
freedom and make ourselves into slaves? There are social
patterns and behaviors, conspiratorial ones, which led to
the situation that was inflicted on you. A number of you,
who were .connected [word, indistinct], wronged your-
selves. One conspired with foreigners; and another was
greedy. I read all the lists. For several days I have been
reading the. lists of those forbidden from travelling and
the reasons for this. Naturally, I found some strange
reasons among them-such, as the daughter of a son is
forbidden; so. please do, not let. him travel. However,
from now on, the authority concerned with stopping
travel, should. be one ,authority,
I do not want to decide anything personally, You, in your
basic people's' congresses, should decide the means by
which,you say: such-and-such authority has the right to
say that'such-and-such a person should not be allowed to
travel; we have the right' to stop the one involved in
such-and-such a case from travelling. It should clearly be
a democratic action. He is not a criminal. As I said,
someone who is involved in a court case, instead of
considering it' the following day and concluding it, they
allow him to'travel and he stays for 6 months [words
indistinct]. The court keeps appealing to' him.
No, the court.has the right to say: This person is involved
in a court case, please do not let him travel abroad on
any mission so that we can conclude this case. That is
reasonable. All these-things should be discussed in your
basic people's congresses, and then you can specify the
delegated., authority to stop -travel. [words indistinct]
specify one authority. Every authority which has an
opinion in this matter should send this opinion to the
People's.. Court which you formed,. and the People's
Court will discuss the,matter with this authority because
it might object to this-ban.
But allow every authority to prevent travel! Apart from
me, the administration' of the armed forces can stop it;
the revolutionary courts can stop it; [words indistinct] of
the revolutionary committees can stop it; military intel-
ligence can also stop' it. ,The people's committees can
stop travel; the Jamahiri security authority can stop it;
the revolution security' prosecution bureau can stopit
too, as can the courts and'public prosecution bureau, the
administrative supervision authority, the Libyan Central
bank, police stations, the public labor departments,
criminal investigation and the military police.
This means that, other than military intelligence,. there
are also the. the military police and the staff;office. This
means that there. are three military authorities. There
should only be one authority. There are three military
authorities, and,each, of them publishes a list and say
such-and-such person should not be allowed to travel.
Sometomes there are malicious actions, sometimes acts
of vengeance. A soldier had a quarrel with someone, or
an officier had a quarrel with someone, then he gives the
name of this person and ..says that he should not be
allowed to travel. [applause]..,
We would like the world to understand that what is
taking place is the implementation of the third interna-
tional theory and the sayings of the Green Book. These
are not the property of Libyans alone, but are the
summary of human experiences throughout its long and
bitter journey for final emancipation and happiness.
As Libya becomes a place of freedom, we Libyans should
direct our attention to our greaten homeland, which is a
big prison stretching from the OceaOo the Gulf. We
should call on these people to demolish prisons, smash
the shackles, and break the chains on. the masses of the
Arab nation, who are locked in internal prisons and in
regional prisons. A whole nation is .imprisoned within
regional borders. The. torch of freedom' should shine on
the whole greater Arab nation.,
We in Libya should.raise this promise and unleash this
shout, because we are free and, we. have no , fears. We
should take up this historic mission toward the Arab
nation's sons,. toward- this shackled,. defeated,'and torn
nation. This is 'a nation tied -by colonial;. regional, and
fascist forces which have -weakened the forces of its
masses.
We are better placed than others, arid`deserve more than
others. We have confidence in ourselves because we are
free to call on the Arab, nation, day-and night, until it is
free from internal and external fetters: We should work
for the demolition of jails, not only in'Libya but also in
the whole of the Arab world, ' and - not the ' only small
prisons, but also, regional prisons and the prison of the
greater homeland.
This is our message, brothers. Our freedom will remain
incomplete as long as this freedom remains incomplete
in the arab world, or even throughout the world. It is
inadmissible that a people, on.whom -the masses strug-
gling for freedom are pinning their hopes and which they
consider their focus of attention and interest, should the
same time feel that it is not free.This is a contradiction.
I hope that you will not be,unfair to yourselves and turn
yourselves into slaves again.
I would like you, brothers, to-be sure and, at' ease, and to
know that.
What we have done,. what you'knew we did in' 1969, and
what we did while underground from 1959,to 1960, was
not a military coup. It was not. a case. of some generals
who suddenly decided in the middle of:the.night to do it,
or of a crisis in the country, or of them coming together
and taking control of the country, and; distributing posts
among them. All such experiences have failed.
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We have comeforth'from this people itself; we suffered
what the people were suffering from the police, from the
shackles, from pursuits, from poverty, from deprivation.
Therefore, we do not betray the masses from whom we
came, and we do not,betray our cause for-which we put
ourselves at risk. We cannot betray the deprived masses
.and those aspiring to freedom, from whom we came and
for the sake of whom we put ourselves in danger. As I
have said, who, can engage in one-upmanship over this?
This is an historical action, an action that history has
written down. No one can erase it. You may try to steal it,
but even if you do, you would not be able to erase it. At the
secondary school ' in Misrata, in the 2d year of secondary
education, they said: We want to edit a paper in English to
be put up on walls in the. school, in English. It was St.
Johnson, the ' inspector general, and the Englishmen who
werre ther, e. The point is that they said we want a newspaper
to be put,up on walls. They said: Well, you, this pupil and
that pupil, you do it. I 'and Muhammad Khalil and a group
did it. We called it "The Sun."
Naturally, for the stupid sun means the usual sun. I
meant freedom. [applause and chants] I wrote under the
title "sun" in small letters in English, in English-excuse
me-the sun is brilliant for all [last six words in English].
This means the sun shines for all. [applause]. Freedom
means freedom-for all. Anyone has the right to freedom
as he has right to the sun. The sun cannot change its
course to favor one over another. As the sun shines for
all, freedom is a, right, for all.
This was our dream. when we were pupils. Why should
you wrong, us by .turning us into jailers who prevent
people from.walking out, from living with their families
.or from ruling their, countries? [applause] We , are the
wronged ones. If there was any reasonableness in this
country I would sue you, because you have wronged me
and my colleagues, the liberators and those who fight for
freedom, those who have put themselves at risk for
freedom:
I would pursue you in justice at the people's court,
because you have wronged us. I would then ask for our
rights and reconsideration to be given back to us,
because you have 'turned us into jailers before the world,
while we are liberators and saviors, not only for your-
selves but for all enslaved people.
This newspaper that we see everyday-sometimes we
read it and. sometimes we do not-and that.we use
contains a symbol with meaning, I am glad to have the
opportunity to say it, I have called it: "Al-Fajr al-Jadid,"
and I, was the one who drew up these marks like the sun.
'[applause], - Because' by it I mean something which,
regrettably, we did not understand. We sometimes tread
on this paper without' realizing its meaning. Such sym-
bols are sacred: I had drawn up these marks and called
them Al-Fajr al-Jadid because I wanted the 5th day to be
a new dawn on this land, the Arab land, and in the world.
[applause and chanting]
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We also mean that every day is a new dawn. This means
that every day when you read the news, you read the
news from the new dawn. The new dawn means a dawn
of freedom, it means'liberation, light, the sun rising, the
beginning'of songs by. birds and people, the beginning of
work in the fields, and the start of production and artistic
creations. Every morning; I. mean you should [words
indistinct] this is very sacred for me. You did not
understand. Every morning you read the news of the new
'dawn. There is a new dawn every day. The dawn has
meaning that needs a lecture to explain. You did not
work in the dark, you did not create sunset. Dawn.
This reflects our convictions, our aspirations, and thirst
for freedom. What did you [word indistinct] yourselves?
This is not our crime. This is the charge you are accused
of. You wronged yourselves. This is what put you in
prison and prevented you from traveling. As for me
personally, this is' very easy. [Words indistinct] As for
me, these lists [words indistinct]. As for me personally, I
am doing my duty to liberation and freedom.
Beginning today, you are free to travel and you are
responsible for yourselves. But from now on, organize
your situation in your basic people's congresses and in
your [word indistinct]. As for me personally, these peo-
ple, whom the Jamahiriyah Security Authority considers
dangerous and should not be allowed to travel, I will let
them. I am not afraid of those who were stopped by the
Jamahiriyah Security Authority.
This is the list of those stopped by the Armed Forces.
[applause] This is the list of those stopped by the
revolution security prosecution office. [applause] This is
the list of those stopped' by the military police from
leaving. their country. They are free. [applause] This is
the'list of those stopped by the military intelligence.
[applause] This ' is the list of those stopped by police
stations everywhere in the Jamahiriyah. [applause] This
is the list of those stopped by the revolutionary commit-
tees; the revolutionary committees that fight for freedom
stop the people. Here. [applause] [words indistinct]
This huge dossier is of those stopped by investigators.
[applause] This is the dossier of those stopped by inves-
tigators. [applause] [Words indistinct] new additions
from internal security. [words indistinct] As for this box,
these are the passports detained and if I throw them
away, then they will be lost; let their owners come and
take them. These are the passports and let their owners
come get them. [applause] [words. indistinct]
Forward brothers, let us struggle, let us struggle for
Palestine; 'let us struggle for Arab unity; for the consoli-
dation of freedom on Libyan soil. Forward;' Libyans,
men and women, side by side, shoulder to shoulder,
hand in hand; forward once more in the free Jamahiriyah
to cleanse the area of freedom for all those who are
returning to 'it from everywhere. Forward brothers; the
struggle continues until the achievement of our purposes.
[Words indistinct]
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Al-Qadhdhafi Denies Charges of Terrorism
LD130943 Kuwait KUNA in English 0904 GMT
13 Mar 88
[Text] Kuwait, March 13 (KUNA)-Libyan leader Col.
Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi refused to accept that his coun-
try was a source of terrorism in an interview with three
Arab papers published Sunday. Al-Qadhdhafi also
denied that there was a power struggle in Libya while
calling for comprehensive Arab unity in the interview
conducted with Kuwaiti "AL-WATAN", Egyptian
"SAWT AL-ARAB" and UAE "AL-KHALIJ" newspa-
pers.
Al-Qadhdhafi said that his country does not sponsor
terrorism and added "Libyans do not command diplo-
macy and thus fail to express their stands that they are
not terrorists."
He affirmed that any historic turning point such as that
taking place in Libya is met with misunderstanding and
denied presence of power struggle in Tripoli since all the
people are in control of power.
The rule of the masses will eventually spread to cover the
whole world, the Libyan leader said, adding that what is
going on in Libya is the initiation of the history of the
new man and a turning point in the world's political
history.
The Libyan leader called for comprehensive Arab unity
and supported attaining that goal gradually saying for
example Libya and Algeria could unite and later expand
to include all Arab Maghreb countries.
He hailed his country's relations with Algeria and noted
that a unity draft formula is currently being discussed
between the two countries and said that it is open for
other Maghreb countries to join.
Asked on his country's relations with Syria, he said they
are "very good", elaborating that "we are both in one
trench and noted that the same thing applies to relations
with the Yemen Arab Republic which he said is heading
to the rule of the masses. [no closing quotation mark as
received]
Shifting to relations with Egypt, the Libyan leader said
that his country's media will ignore all news of Egypt
until a change to the better takes place.
He also said that Libya was pursuing efforts with various
PLO factions to achieve Palestinian national unity.
General People's Congress Issues Statement
LD102314 Tripoli JANA in English 1443 GMT
10 Mar 88
[Text] Ra's al-Unuf, Mirrikh [March] 10, JAMAHIRI-
YAH NEWS AGENCY-The General People's Con-
gress issued last night, at the end of its work sessions, the
following final statement:-
The General People's Congress, a vocal point of the
people's committees and congresses, as it gathers at the
city of"Ra's Al-Unuf' on the Gulf of defiance, where the
Arab pride stands tall in front of American challenges,
represent the huge materialistic achievements which are
causing the colonial forces distress.
Add to that what the leader of the revolution outlined at
his opening ceremonial speech, asserting freedom and
taking measures beyond belief, when he destroyed the
prisons and declared the final emancipation of the
human being from all repressing chains.
Today we salute our Arab people in occupied Palestine, as
they confront a created entity supported by American
imperialism. We salute their revolution which flared in
defiance to that arrogant demented power, proving the
pan-Arab pride and the right of Arab people to defend their
legitimate rights at a time when we witness Arab rulers fall
over terms of surrender begging for the rights which could
only be taken forcefully from the colonialists.
This revolution confirmed that the way to liberate Pal-
estine and to regain the Arab legitimate right is through
the armed struggle, by confronting the Zionist enemy
and declaring war against it.
From this place we call upon all Arab regimes, especially the
front line states encircling Palestine, led by the 8th. of
March revolution, to open up their frontiers for the armed
struggle and to consolidate the popular revolution of the
children of stones so as to remove this poisonous blade from
the heart of the Arab nation, in revenge for the martyrs, for
the honour, the dignity and for the Holy Land.
The General People's Congress salutes the steps taken by
the new leadership of Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali in
Tunisia, which gave the country its original Arab iden-
tity and put it on the right track, rich with its history of
struggle and armed with a pan-Arab unitarian accord,
established early with the new dawn in Tunisia, by
burning all the old cards and looking forward to an
integrated Arab effort which will open new horizons for
the eventuality of achieving the pan-Arab goals of liber-
ation, unity and development.
What happened in Tunisia is a blissful start and signs of
hope that planted love in place of hatred and furthered
the pan-Arab consolidation and brotherhood. It enabled
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the brother in Tunisia to regain their role and hence
contribute in the Arab and international endeavour to
expand the pan-Arab struggle on the expense of the
present state of partition.
The General People's Congress, as it witness and appre-
hend this genuine change in the sisterly Tunisia, salutes
with honour and high acclaim President Zine Al Abidine
Ben Ali and Arab nation in Tunisia, for taking that
daring step, and asserts its solidarity with the new era in
Tunisia, giving all the support and helping him in his
efforts to rebuild the new Tunisia on the basis of Arab
integration leading to the establishment of the unified
Arab homeland.
The congress, as it highly appreciates the geniune results
achieved through the leader of the revolution's pan-Arab
mission to Tunisia after it rid itself from the nightmare
that besieged it for so long, approves the measures and
the set of co-operative and integrating programmes
between the Great Jamahiriyah and Tunisia and stresses
the need to enhance and promote the unifying endea-
vours in the Arab Maghreb region leading to the fulfill-
ment of the grand pan-Arab unity, the dream of all Arab
nations and future generations, so as to repel dangers
and bring to an end the state of deterioration and Arab
divisionism.
So carry on from victory to victory, go along and
continue the struggle till the ultimate and total victory
over imperialism, Zionism and reactionary forces could
be attained.
International Peoples Congress Sets Resolutions
LD1 ] 1215 Tripoli JANA in Arabic 0730 GMT
10 Mar 88
[Text] Ra's al-Unuf, 10 Mar, JANA-The International
General Peoples Congress formulated the resolutions of
the masses of the international congresses at the end of
its proceedings in Ra's al-Unuf yesterday evening.
Here is the text of the resolutions formulated by the
congress:
In affirmation of the people's authority and embodying
direct democracy, the international General Peoples
Congress was held 2-9 March. The members of the
congress were very fortunate to be able to witness history
in the making.
The significance of the events taking place in this great
country where tradition and progress meet under the
wise leadership of the great internationalist leader,
Brother Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi, can be better assessed
if we look at the general picture now prevailing in the
world. The forces of evil have met and joined together to
eliminate any human attempt to live in freedom and
peace.
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ARAB AFRICA
The imperialist forces under the leadership of the United
States work for the persecution of downtrodden and
poor people in Nicaragua, Panama, Lebanon, Haiti, and
the countries of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Mean-
while, the racist government in South Africa works for
the destruction and persecution of the black majority,
while the Zionists, under the protection of the United
States, commit the most horrible crimes against women,
children, and youths in Palestine. These crimes are
unique in history.
At this moment, the leader of the Great Al-Fatih Revo-
lution is issuing loud calls urging the people of the world
to awaken and stand together as one against the imperi-
alist forces.
In addition, he is offering his people one achievement
after another. Giant petrochemical groups and industrial
projects, particularly the great man-made river-one of
the marvels of the world-are considered invaluable
gifts, the hope of all people on earth. The basic liberty
practiced through the people's power, the pulling down
of jails and the release of prisoners-both Libyans and
foreigners-are regarded as attempts to create an ideal
state, one that strengthens and consolidates the freedom
and happiness of mankind.
The great leader shows an equal interest in the condition
of the persecuted and downtrodden people in Asia,
Africa, and Latin America. The great Jamahiriyah is the
land of genuine freedom for all the people of the world.
It is yet another step in his firm conviction of the need to
create a free and happy world where peace prevails.
Observing his great, continuous efforts for world peace
and the freedom of man, we, the members of the
International Congress, put ourselves under his wise
leadership, and decide the following:
1) We strongly condemn the imperialist conspiracies
against the Great Jamahiriyah and the great leader
Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi. We believe that the imperial-
ist forces, after suffering failures in their aggression
against the Gulf of Sidra, their raids on peaceful cities,
their hideous crimes, the killing of women and children,
and after their bitter defeat at the northern borders,
hatched their plot to attack the southern border of the
Great Jamahiriyah.
We believe that the Aozou strip is an indivisible part of
Liyan territory. Therefore, the members of the congress
put themselves under the leadership of the great thinker
in order to defend not only the Aozou strip, but all of the
Great Jamahiriyah's interests around the world.
2) We back and support all revolutionary, liberation, and
peace-loving movements in the world concerned with
South Africa's apartheid regime and the states backing it.
We stand with the oppressed states in Latin America and
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