AL-QADHDHAFI ADDRESSES TERRORISM CONFERENCE

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• Publication Date: March 20, 1987
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V. 23 Mar 87
NORTH AFRICA Q 1
Ibrahimi, Soviet Counterpart Exchange Greetings
LD22/3S8 Algiers Domestic Service in Arabic
1200 GMT 22 Mar 87
[Text] Twenty-five years have passed since the establishment of
diplomatic relations between Algeria and the Soviet Union. On
this occasion, Dr. Taleb Ibrahimi, member of the Political
Bureau and minister of foreign affairs, exchanged con-
gratulationswith his Soviet counterpart, Eduard Shevardnadze,
member of the CPSU Central Committee Politburo.
Netherlands Foreign Minister Holds Talks
LD2211 / 1 Algiers APS to English 1000 GMT 22 Mar 87
[Text] Algiers, 22/3/87 (APS) - In the frame of the official visit
to Algeria of the Dutch foreign minister, Algerian-Dutch politi-
cal talks started here Sunday. These talks started by a limited
meeting between Foreign Minister Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi and
his Dutch counterpart, Hans van den Brcek. During his working
session, the two sides exchanged views on a large number of
international topical questions.
The Middle East conflict and the Palestinian question were the
subject of a thorough examination particularly in light of the
declaration of the EEC in favour of an international conference
on peace in the Middle East and prospects of the reunification of
the Palestinian resistance and the holding of an Arab summit.
The relaunch of the Euro Arab dialogue was also dealt with by
the two sides which expressed their views on objectives and
modalities of the dialogue.
The Lebanese crisis was also dealt with in light of efforts aimed
at favouring national reconciliation and the restoration of peace
in Lebanon.
The two sides also examined the evolution of the conflict between
Iraq and Iran and initiatives likely to find a political solution for
this conflict.
Concerning regional issues, the two aides examined the Western
Sahara conflict in its political and military dimension and its
consequences on security, stability and construction of the Great
Maghreb.
It is worth recalling that Hans van den Brcek arrived Sunday
here for a three day official visit at the invitation of Foreign
Minister Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi.
Air Transport Agreement Signed
LD2222S4 Algiers Domestic Service in French
2200 GMT 22 Mar 87
[Text] The international energy situation bas been examined in
Algiers by the energy minister and the Netherlands foreign
minister. The two officials spoke about bilateral relations in the
field of energy and the chemical industry and the prospects for
their development.
The Netherlands minister also met the minister of transport
today. An agreement was signed in the field of air transport.
Messaadia Makes `Technical' Stopover in Spain
For coverage of the technical stopover made by Mohamed Cherif
Messaadia, Politburo member and head of the FLN Central
Committee, in Spain on his way to Cuba, including his meeting
with Spanish Socialist Workers Party officials, see the Spain
section of the 23 March Western Europe Daily Report.
AI-Qadhdhafi Addresses Terrorism Conference
LD202248 Tripoli Television Service In Arabic
2056 GMT 20 Mar 87
[Libyan leader Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafl's address to interna-
tional conference on terrorism in Geneva on 20 March 1987 via
Tripoli-Geneva satellite linkup; in Arabic with sentence by sen-
tencetranslation into English byoff-screen translator; translated
from original Arabic -recorded]
[Text] First, I greet Mr (Hans) and the international progressive
organization for the efforts it exerted in organizing this interna-
tionalconference concerning this dangerous phenomenon [words
indistinct] which is terrorism. I greet you and support you and
thank you for this great (?noble) effort, in view of the fact that
my country is a victim of terrorism, and my people have lost their
dear children and some of their women and old people as a result
of the international terrorism practiced by the United States and
Britain, setting out from military bases in America, Britain,
Italy, and Spain. As for Italy and Britain, they are bases for the
American 6t6 Fleet. [passage indistinct] We are very interested
in the success of this conference, because we are victims of
terrorism.
I would like to make some contributions today. First, I would like
to enumerate the victims of terrorism. The first victims of
terrorism in our region are the Palestinian people. They are
international victims of terrorism. As a result of the terrorism
practiced against the Palestinian people by world Zionism, with
the support of imperialism, they have lost more than half of their
sons, and terrorist operations continue to pursue them every-
where. The Palestinian people live in very tragic conditions
because they are pursued by the organized international terror-
ism at the hands of the so-called Jewish state in Palestine which
is backed by the United States.
The Kurdish people are also victims of international terrorism.
The Libyan people are still bleeding because of the (?racist)
military operations conducted by the strongest state in the world.
The Red Indian nation was dispersed and dismembered because
of American terrorism, the terrorism practiced by Americans.
Blacks everywhere suffer from terrorism because of their color.
The people of Northern Ireland suffer from organized terrorism
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In a debate in another security forum, several IDF generals
voiced their vehement opposition to the project, arguing that the
Lavi would come at the expense of more urgent and important
procurement needs. These arguments were pushed aside.
In the political background, Prof Moshe Arens, a former IAI
official, exerted constant pressure to go ahead with and expand
the project. "There was nothing we could do, the game was rigged
in the political arena," a senior IDF officer with whom I dis-
cussed the findings of the report says today.
The Lavi's finest hour came in 1983. Prof Moshe Arens became
defense minister and, based on data provided by IAI, decided to
speed-up the timetable for the supply of the first Lavi's to the Air
Force by 1 year.
However, at the end of 1984 everybody realized this was an
unrealistic goal and the timetable was changed back.
Nevertheless, the development of the Lavi continued without
interruption and according to the original cost estimate. The big
crisis took place in February-March 1985. Under pressure from
the Americans, Defense Minister Yitzhaq Rabin decided to
conduct another thorough analysis of the project's costs and, to
everybody's astonishment, it was revealed for the first time that
the development cost of the Lavi would be double what had been
estimated until then; in other words, $2 billion or even more for
its development, and the price of a single aircraft would be $15
to $16 million (instead of $7 million).
It also emerged that the Air Force would not be able to purchase
the intended number of aircraft, which would further raise the
cost of the entire project. It took heavy U.S. pressure and
worrisome findings about the cost of the project in 1986 and 1987
to convince the government that the project must be reassessed
and a new decision made.
Even the most prominent and devoted advocates of the Lavi
within the defense establishment are very ill at east when they
speak about the State Comptroller's report. Almost all of them
admit that the decisionmaking process was at fault, but many
argue that the criticism over the way the Lavi s cost was esti-
mated is unjust. They claim that at every step of the way the
pertinent ministers were presented with updated data conform-
ing to the economic situation at the time.
"In Israel, it is hard to predict economic developments even from
one day to the next," one of the targets of this criticism regret-
fully says.
The report was supposed to be submitted to the Knesset in
February. A copy of it was sent to the Defense Ministry as early
as January. However, the previous state comptroller, Yitzhaq
Tuniq, decided at the last minute for reasons better known to him
to delay its official publication until the beginning of April. The
timing is purely incidental but quite ominous from the point of
view of the advocates of the Lavi both inside and outside the
government.
Botha Claims U.S. Behind Decision on S. Africa
TA201428 Jerusalem Domestic Service to Hebrew
1400 GMT 20 Mar 87
[Text] South Africa's Embassy in Israel bas conveyed the South
African Foreign Ministry's reaction to the government's decision
not to sign new security contracts with Pretoria. The embassy
also conveyed President Pieter Botha's message claiming that
Israel's decision stems from American pressure. South Africa's
president noted, however, that the Israeli decision does not go
beyond what European governments have decided on this issue.
Air Force Hits `Terrorist' Command Post Near Sidoa
TA230630 Tel Aviv IDF Radio in Hebrew 0600 GMT
23 Mar 87
[Text] Israeli Air Force planes attacked terrorist targets south of
Sidon this morning and returned safely to base. The pilots
reported accurate hits. Our military corcespondent Gay Zohar
has additional details:
At around 0625 [0425 GMT] this morning, Air Force planes
attacked a terrorist command post near Sidon in southern Leba-
non. The two-story building housed the command of one of the
Palestinian terrorist organizations. The attack was short, lasting
several minutes. The pilots reported accurate hits. It seems that
arms were also stored in the command post. Antiaircraft fire was
directed at the planes, but did not pose a danger to the pilots, who
returned safely to base. Lebanon has yet to report casualties. This
is the second Air Force attack within 4 days. A target south of
Sidon was attacked last Friday [20 March].
2 IDF Soldiers Wounded by Bomb in South Lebanon
TA202007 Jerusalem Domestic Service in Hebrew
2000 GMT 20 Mar 87
[Text] Two IDF soldiers sustained slight igjuries when a roadside
bomb exploded in the security zone of southern Lebanon this
afternoon. The bomb was planted on the side of the road east of
Bint Jubayl; it exploded when an IDF unit passed by. Our
correspondent Gabi Zohar notes that this is the second incident
this week in which IDF soldiers have been wounded in the central
sector of the security zone.
2 `Terrorists' Killed by IDF in Security Zone
TA221047 Tel Aviv IDF Radio in Hebrew 1044 GMT
22 Mar 87
[Text] During the night two terrorists were killed in a clash with
an IDF force in the eastern sector of the security strip. Our forces
sustained no casualties. The clash occurced northwest of Has-
bayya and their personal arms and weapons were found beside
the bodies of the terrorists.
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practiced by the United Kingdom. Those are historic victims,
against whom official terrorism is practiced.
As for the tools of terrorism, the first is the nuclear bomb.
Nuclear and chemical weapons have also caused great fear in the
world. The ones responsible for these terrorist weapons are the
states manufacturing and possessing nuclear bombs. There is
another tool which causes great fear to mankind, which comes
after the nuclear bomb: the AIDS virus. I mention this virus
because someone is responsible for it. This virus did not come
from the jungle or from monkeys as the United States claims. I
want to inform you that the United States made this virus. U.S.
intelligence conducted tests on germs with a view to using them
in germ warfare and this virus emerged as a result. U.S. intel-
ligencewas unable to control this virus after playing with genetics
in this regard. The United States is responsible for the spread of
this terror in the world.
Other tools of terror include military bases and fleets, military
fleets all over the world terrorizing the peaceful peoples of the
world. Another tool of state terrorism is the starvation process
carried out by the United States by withholding wheat or buying
the freedom of nations with wheat.
The psychological war currently waged by imperialist and Zion-
ist circles is another instrument of terror and terrorism in the
world. Libya has suffered and paid a price because of official
state terrorism. Many such methods of terrorism have been used
against Libya. American fleets have been used against it as one
of the instruments of international terrorism. Military bases in
Britain, Spain, and Italy have been used against it for this
purpose. Libya is now being terrorized from the south after the
use of terror against it from the north failed --undertaken by two
states which are members of the Security Council and supposed
to be responsible for world peace, by America and France. This
happened after America and Britain, with the help of Spain and
Italy, had conducted terrorism against Libya from the north.
The most notorious terrorists in the world now are the Yankees
and the Israelis. But what is the solution? This is what matters.
Before arriving at a conclusion, in which I will speak about the
attempt to find a solution, there is something I want to say. There
are several forms of terrorism: There is state terrorism against
one's own citizens. Most citizens of the states of the world suffer
from the terrorism of their own governments. For instance, the
British people suffer from the tyranny of the government police,
conducted in a grave terrorist manner. When the British people
stage a demonstration, they are trampled under the feet of the
horses of the police; boiling water is poured over them. This exists
in several Western states.
Regrettably, this is beginning to spread from Western Europe to
other countries in the world. This is state terrorism against states
where there is no Jamahiriyah regime, where there is a govern-
ment and a people, a police in the hands of the government and
an army in the hands of the government, where there are horses
in the hands of the police, boiling water in the hands of the police.
When citizens want to express their feelings in West European
states they are terrified because they know these tools of terror-
ism will be used against them. Western governments are
extremely reactionary and dictatorial. History is repeating itself
in Europe which is witnessing the same thing as in the days of
Austrian Chancellor Metternich. The democracy they talk about
in Western Europe is false and ridiculous. Western Europe ie very
reactionary and very dictatorial, including the United States and
Britain. There is no freedom for the peoples of Western Europe.
These people are living under government terrorism. There is
state terrorism against the weak.
Libya, as a state, was weak against, and a victim of, the United
States and Britain. The Palestinian people and the Lebanese
people are weak against the United States and Israel. The Kurds
are weak against the official states in the Kurdistan area. The
Catholics in Northern Ireland are a weak against the United
Kingdom. Then there is the terrorism of the colonialists against
liberation movements. This is being practiced by the United
States, South Africa, and the Israelis, and by France against its
colonies. France, America, the Israelis and South Africa aro
responsible for the practicing of colonialist terrorism against
liberation movements.
The Western states are now defending terrorism against the
liberated countries of the Middle East. Consequently, this terror-
ism will be transferred to these states. France, Britain, or Italy
complain about terrorist operations carried out by people from
the Middle East. The reason is that these states defend terrorism
against the liberated states in the Middle East. Liberation move
merits, the weak, and citizens are forced to carry out action which
is called confronting terrorism with terrorism. Liberation move-
ments, the weak side, and citizens are compelled to take terrorist
actions against governments, against colonialists and against
state terrorism. Regrettably, the actions of governments, of
colonialists, and the official actions of the state are considered
legal while the actions carried out by the citizens against the
government, the action of the weak against the strong, the actions
of liberation movements against the colonialists are considered
illegal.
There is illegal terrorism and legal terrorism. This classification
is wrong, but it stems from reality. Legal terrorism is the one
carried out by governments, the strong states, the colonialists.
They engage in acts of terrorism, extremely grave acts of terror-
ism which go to the point of exterminating whole peoples. But
they say it is legal because it is undertaken by the strong.
However, when an oppressed citizen rises against a reactionary
dictatorial government, such as a West European citizen, or when
weak states oppose strong states, or when liberation movements
act against their respective colonialists, when they take action
against terrorism, then such action is considered illegal.
The right definition of terrorism is terrorism practised by gov-
ernments and by the superpowers against the weak states, and
terrorism conducted by colonial states against national liberation
movements. At the same time, citizens, liberation movements,
and weak states retaliate against such terrorism directed against
them. Now, when we undertake such retaliation, the latter is
condemned as terrorism, and the cause is ignored; namely, that
terrorism was conducted in the first place by these parties against
weak parties. It is as if West Europe pretends to ignore that it is
defending terrorism against the liberation-sceking Middle East
states and at the same time complains that terrorism is being
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exported from the Middle East to West Europe.
So terrorism will continue in Western Europe as long as Western
Europe defends terrorism against the Middle East. Counter-
terrorism will continue as long as the so-called Israeli state
continues to exist forcibly in Palestine and to carry out official
terrorism against the Palestinians. All the small peoples will
continue to take counteraction against the United States as long
as it practices state terrorism against them.
France will be subjected to terrorism also as long as it exercises
organized terrorism against its colonies. It has occupied Chad by
military force and imposed by military force a government
against the will of the Chadian people. It is occupying Caledonia
and slaying its people and it is occupying Martinque and slaying
its people. It is also occupying Mayotte Island by force and La
Reunion Island. Therefore, it will be the target of terrorism by
the liberation movements in these colonies. France will then
complain about and condemn terrorism forgetting that it is the
cause. If there is to be any possibility of a solution, then all peoples
of the world must struggle against the imperialists. The United
States, as a major terrorist state, should be besieged by all peoples
of the world. It should be boycotted throughout the world and
blacklisted until it stops terrorizing people. All the peace-loving
forces must undertake this mission day and night. Furthermore,
all forces of peace and liberation should unite in support of the
Palestinian people to enable them to defeat Zionism.
As long as Zionism and American imperialism have not disap-
peared, terrorism will prevail over mankind. Therefore, the Zion-
iststate must be ostracized and put on the blacklist by all peoples
on earth. There must be opposition to any link between the racist
Zionist state and any other state in the world. Furthermore,
people must incriminate the states that have the nuclear bomb
and continue to manufacture it. There must be a struggle against
the states that have the nuclear bomb so that they may realize
their terrible crime against humanity.
As for the Western states, they will be subjected to more terror-
ismuntil they stop helping the terrorist groups which oppose the
liberation-seeking regimes in the Middle East. Terrorism in
Europe will end only bu using snore terrorism against it so that
it will realize that Europe itself is the cause. When Western
Europe stops defending the terrorism directed against the
liberation-seeking states in the Middle East, then terrorism in
Western Europe will end. Imperialist, racist, and colonialist
governments and states must realize that practising terrorism
will give rise to more terrorism with more severity and on a wider
scale. The road we are now following will witness more terrorism,
and the liberation movements, citizens, and the weak states
believe that intensifying terrorism against terrorism will per-
suade the world to stop terrorism.
These solutions and these proposals are not impossible. The vital
forces in the world, the forces of the peoples, the humanitarian
organizations, those in existence and the ones which should be
created, can carry out a collective struggle in accordance-with
this guidance which I have presented to you. One day we shall
achieve the indictment of the states which possess the nuclear
bomb, the chemical bomb, and the germ bomb. The colonialist
states and the states which practice state terrorism will find
themsleves in the dock, condemned internationally, and held
criminally responsible by all the vital forces of the world. Only
then will sense return to those tyrants, and the one who does not
recover his senses will pay a high price. The day will come when
these terrorist methods will be banned and held to be barbaric,
like 1Nazism and fascism. Imperialism will be like ]Nazism,
Zionism will be like 1Nazism and fascism, and colonialism will be
regarded as criminal. Only then will we create a new world. And
I am confident that mankind is capable of this.
This spirit exists now and you represent part of the conscience of
the world. As long as there are people like you, the seeds for a
solution exist. We should spread across the continents of the
world and create people like you. We must create an international
opposition in all the continents of the world against the causes of
terrorism which I have mentioned and against the tools of
terrorism being used by the terrorists. I am confident of victory
in the end. The struggle continues. God's peace and prayers be
upon you.
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NC210809 Parts AFP in English 075 GAIT 21 Agar 87
(Text] Geneva, March 21 (AFP) -Libyan leader Colonel
Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi was cut off mid-sentence Friday in a
television link-up between Tripoli and a conference on terrorism
here organised by the International Organisation for Progress.
He had just started to answer the first question from delegates
after his speech when the sound was cut. He sat waiting for it to
be restored and then got up and left the Tripoli studio.
The questioner, an American teacher, bad asked why Libya had
not taken its case to the International Court of Justice after the
U.S. air raids on Tripoli and Banghazi on April 151ast year.
During his speech the colonel called on smaller countries to
boycoit the United States and Israel, the seats of world terrorism,
and accused the U.$. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of
creating the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus
as a biolog}gal weapon.
He warned Europe could expect attacks "as long as it was an
accomplice to terrorist acts In the Middle East, notably against
the Palestinians, the number one victims of terrorism."
fIe also attacked France for its policies in Chad, INew Caledonia,
Martinique, Mayotte and Reunion, warning it "would have to
reckon with the terrorist acts perpetrated by these oppressed
peoples: '
The throe-day conference of some 50 U.S. and European del-
egates was to adopt a final resolution on Saturday.
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LD2211 S~ Tripoli JAVA in English 1109 GAIT 22 Agar 87
[Text] INew York, Al Marikh 22, Jamahiriyah News Agency -
Paul Brummer, the director of the so-called Anti-Terrorist
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