AL-QADHDHAFI ON GULF WAR, SYRIAN TIES

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• Publication Date: September 28, 1987
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was speaking at a symposium at the town of Manfalut, in
the Upper Egyptian Governorate of Asyut last night. He
said the government encouraged Islamic banks and fund
employment companies. The authorities were only try-
ing to lay down rules for the operation of these organi-
sations, he said.
Pentagon Asks To Station U.S. Troops on Suez
NC281232 Beirut AL-SAFIR in Arabic
24 Sep 87 pp 1, 9
[Text] Cairo-A/-Safer-The U.S. military attache in
Cairo delivered an urgent message to the Secretariat of
the Egyptian Cabinet on Tuesday, 2 days ago. The
Pentagon had sent a message requesting permission for
what it described as an "airborne unit" from the 77th
Group [as published] of the U.S. Delta Force to be
stationed for purposes of rapid deployment on the east-
ern border of the AI-Suways Governorate, overlooking
the Gulf of Suez. The force's assignment would be both
to prepare for intervention in the Gulf should the situa-
tion there deteriorate and to beef up U.S. military,
presence in the area.
The Pentagon message also requested that the Egyptian
Government answer the message the same day so that
the paratroopers could be transferred to Egypt from
NATO bases once Egyptian approval was received. The
message added that a U.S. aircraft carrier would be put
at the disposal of the paratroopers and that it would
arrive in Port Said within 2 days and then pass through
the Suez Canal to AI-Suways, where the paratroopers
would be stationed. Reliable sources in Cairo have
pointed out that amine-Cabinet meeting was urgently
held at noon the day before yesterday, attended only by
the prime minister and four other ministers, including
the defense minister, to examine the U.S. request. The
sources went on to say that the U.S. request is likely to be
accepted. Evidence of this, the sources added, is that the
meeting had lasted for only 1 hour, after which no
decision was announced.
In another development, Al-Safer has learned that Dr
`Ismat `Abd al-Majid, deputy prime minister and foreign
minister, will hand President Ronald Reagan a message
today, Tuesday, from Egyptian President Husni Muba-
rak. Another message to President Reagan was sent 2
days ago through diplomatic channels. In the first mes-
sage the Egyptian political leadership appeals to the U.S.
Administration to adopt self-restraint in the Gulf and
expresses concern over a possible flare-up in the Gulf
war in wake of the unprecedented military confrontation
between the United States and Iran on Monday.
Al-Safer has also learned that the second message, which
was sent through diplomatic channels and which is
expected to be delivered to President Reagan today
along with the first, expresses the Egyptian leadership's
desire not to get directly involved in the Gulf war. The
message requested that the operations of the paratroop-
ers in the AI-Suways Governorate be confined to routine
training procedures without turning the Al-Suways area
into a bridgehead from which U.S. troops would be sent
to the Gulf. This would make certain that no other force
could intervene in the area, which could possibly lead to
an internationalization of the conflict.
AL-WAFD Notes Deal To Refuel Soviet Warships . .
PM251549 Cairo AL-WAFD in Arabic 21 Sep 87 p 1
[Unattributed report: "Egypt Agrees To Provision Soviet
Warships"]
[Text] Al-Wafd has learned that Egypt has agreed in
principle to refuel Soviet warships at Egyptian ports in
addition to providing essential supplies. The Soviet
Union has recently asked Egypt to provide facilities for
warships at Mediterranean and Red Sea Egyptian ports.
Paper on Discovery of `Secret' Army Group
NC270909 (Clandestine) Radio Free Lebanon in Arabic
0645 GMT 27 Sep 87
[Text] Citing reliable Egyptian sources, the newspaper
Al-Safer has reported that Egyptian Army Chief of'Staff
Ibrahim al-`Urabi ordered the arrest of members of a
secret organization within Egyptian Army ranks last
month. This was carried out in total secrecy. So far, 68
Egyptian Army officers have been arrested. The sources
add that Al-`Urabi has ordered the dismissal of four
officers of the rank of major general and of three others
with the rank of brigadier general.
The sources also note that the Egyptian Interior Ministry
is currently considering a. decision to ban Khalid `Abd
al-Nasir, son of late President Jamal `Abd al-Nasir, and
a number of leaders of the Nasirite Socialist Arab Party
from traveling abroad. This is being considered on the
grounds that their names surfaced during the interroga-
tion of suspects in the.case of Egypt's Revolution [Tha-
wrat Misr] Organization. Some of the suspects were
arrested last week. The interrogation is being conducted
by the Supreme State Prosecution Office in Cairo.
The sources have reported that Egyptian Interior Minis-
ter Zaki Badr has submitted a report to Egyptian Presi-
dent Husni Mubarak on this matter in order to facilitate
a decision from Mubarak to ban Khalid `Abd al-Nasir
from traveling outside Egypt.
.Libya
Al-Qadhdhafi on Gulf War, Syrian Ties
LD281025 Kuwait KUNA in English 0838 GMT
28 Sep 87
[Text] Sharjah, Sept 28 (KUNA)-Libyan leader
Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi was quoted as saying in an
interview Monday that "it is really difficult to determine
who was responsible for the eruption of the Iraq-Iran
war."
AI-Qadhdhafi, who was speaking to Al-Khalij newspaper
said that the information he has do not allow him to give
a definite answer on the side which began the war.
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Saudi Minister Arrives
NC261858 Cairo MENA in Arabic 1845 GMT
26 Sep 87
[Text] Cairo, 26 Sep (MENA}-Saudi Communications
Minister AI-Shaykh Husayn al-Mansuri arrived in Cairo
tonight. His visit, which is expected to last several days,
is in response to an invitation from Transportation
Minister Eng Sulayman Mutawalli. During his stay, the
Saudi minister will attend the celebrations marking the
opening of Cairo's subway system. ?
Interior Minister Warns of Terrorist Acts
NC280702 Beirut Voice of Lebanon in Arabic
OS 15 GMT 28 Sep 87
[Text] Egyptian Interior Minister Zaki Badr has warned
that some parties .might execute actions designed to
harm Egyptian security: He said that Egyptian security
authorities possess information regarding a plan pre-
pared by a terrorist group based in Munich to carry out
operations against Egypt in cooperation with Iran.
`Abd al-Majid Meets PLO's Qaddumi in New York
NC271949 Cairo MENA in Arabic 1818 GMT
27 Sep 87
[Text] New York, 27 Sep (MENA)-Dr `Ismat `Abd
al-Majid, deputy prime minister and foreign minister,
met with Faruq Qaddumi, head of the PLO Political
Department, in New York today. The meeting was part
of Egypt's diplomatic efforts connected with the Pales-
tinian issue and the holding of an international confer-
ence for Middle East peace. The meeting was also a
continuation of the consultations held lately between
Egypt and the PLO in Addis Ababa and Cairo ~ to
coordinate positions in the international arena. The two
officials reviewed 'various developments concerning the
Palestinian issue, the international conference, and 'ways
to promote peace efforts.
Mubarak's Accomplishments Praised at NDP Rally
NC251433 Cairo Domestic Service in Arabic
1230 GMT 25 Sep 87 ~ . .
[Text] In a public rally held at NDP Headquarters in
Alexandria, the citizens of Alexandria voiced their sup-
port for the renomination of President Mubarak for a
second term of office. The rally was attended by Prime
Minister Dr `Atif Sidqi; Dr Yusuf Wali, deputy prime
minister and minister of agriculture; and the ministers of
housing, local government, administrative development,
industry, manpower and training, education, and health.
Dr `Atif Sidqi addressed the rally, saying that. all Egyp-
tians support the renomination. of President Mubarak
for a second term of office and that this support stems
from the many values and principles he has inculcated.
Foremost of these, the prime minister added, are a total
belief in social justice and the conviction that democracy
is the ideal political system. The prime minister affirmed
that increased agricultural and industrial production is
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the only way to raise the citizens' living standards and to
correct the general budget's disorder and the balance of
payments. It also provides the means for adopting an
explicit export policy, after the people's requirements
have been met. Dr Sidqi went on to say that Egypt has
great potential for increasing production. He noted that
President Mubarak believes in individual initiative with
regard to increased production but, at the same time,
believes in, supporting. the, public sector. The prime
minister declared that electric power will reach Egyptian
villages next year.. [sentence as heard] He concluded by
saying that it was President Mubarak who laid down the
policy of radically dealing with problems without resort-
ing to stop-gap measures.' '
Dr Yusuf Wali also spoke at the rally, noting the accom-
plishments during the first 5-year plan and during Pres-
ident Mubarak's first term as president.
Omani Plan on Relations With Cairo Outlined
NC252124 Cairo MENA in Arabic 2031 GMT
25 Sep 87 '
[Text] Cairo; 25 Sep (1VIENAj-`Ali Salim Badr al-
Hana`i, former Omni ambassador to Washington who
has been transferred to Cairo, has revealed that an
Omani initiative proposing the resumption of Egyptian-
Arab relations will be submitted to the Arab summit
conference due to be held in Amman on 8 November.
The new Omani envoy, who will arrive in Cairo next
Wednesday, has told the newspaper Al-Ahram, in a
statement to be published in its Saturday edition, that it
appears that the Omani initiative enjoys strong backing
by other Gulf_countries. '
Commenting on Oman's return of Iran's POW's and
dead in the wake of the attack carried out by a U.S.
helicopter on amine-laying Iranian vessel in the Gulf,
Al-Hana`i said that contacts have already started with
Iran so that. it would receive ,the POW's and dead
soldiers. He added that Washington had asked Oman to
cooperate with the Red Cross in carrying out this task
and Oman had responded for humanitarian reasons.
He noted that Oman has already. expressed the willing-
ness to perform any task that would end the current
situation in the Gulf, saying: We are against any conflict
in the region and always seek to keep the Gulf secure and
peaceful. The conflict.. must . be resolved by peaceful
means, he said. .
Awqaf Head Says Country Applying Shari`ah Law
NC251523 Cairo MENA in English 1455 GMT
25 Sep 87
[Text] Asyut; Upper. Egypt, 25 Sep (MENA)-Awqaf
Minister Dr. Muhammad `Ali Mahjub said that Egypt
was applying shari`ah (Islamic) law and that 95 per cent
of the articles of the civil law concerning business
dealings .conformed with the rules of shari`ah. True
Islamic principles were observed and applied in Egypt
under the guidance of Al-Azhar; he said. The minister
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He explained saying that the Iraqis say that Iran had
started the war by the explosions that took'place in Iraqi
installations, while the Iranians deny their responsibility
for those incidents.
The Libyan leader, whose country backed Iran in the
early stage of the war, then recently resumed contacts
and ties with Iraq, expressed belief that a decisive victory
in the Gulf war is impossible, and stressed that this war
should be immediately stopped.
On the plan recently presented by the Libyan side to the
Iraqi and Iranian leaderships to stop the war, AI-Qadhd-
hafi disclosed that it stipulates for immediate ceasefire,
paying compensations to both Iraq and Iran by the Arab
countries and then comes the step of deciding the side
which began the war.
On the forthcoming extraordinary Arab summit confer-
ence, scheduled to be held in Amman November 8, the
Libyan leader said "I am astonished for holding an
extraordinary summit...seven years have passed for the
Iraq-Iran war until now...and despite the importance of
the subject which the summit is due to deal with, but I
am with holding a summit that discusses all Arab
issues." [as received]
Al-Qadhdhafi said both Iraq and Iran are entangled in
that war and added that "there is a conspiracy against
the Arab nation that is carried out by the Western
imperialist forces and the Zionists."
He expressed belief that "the Iranian revolution has
become a ring in the chain of that conspiracy against the
will of the good brothers in the Iranian revolution."
He further said that "in every revolution, there is a
counter-revolution...and there are Iranian forces which
maintain contact with the imperialism and Zioni-
sm...and the war is in interest of those forces which want
to destroy the Arabs and the Iranian revolution as well."
Answering a question on whether Libya is making efforts
to improve Syrian-Libyan relations, AI-Qadhdhafi said
"We do not seek to improve the relations between Iraq
and Syria [as received], but to declare a unity between
the two countries."
He admitted, however, that there are great differences in
viewpoints between the two countries and obstinacy on
both sides in addition to lack of trust.
Al-Qadhdhafi Summit Stand `Same as Syria's'
JN26092/ Manama WAKH in Arabic 0815 GMT
26 Sep 87
[Text] AI-Sharigah, 26 Sep (WAKH)-Libyan President
Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi has stated that his country's
stand concerning the upcoming emergency Arab summit
is the same as Syria's, which calls for adding other Arab
issues to the summit's agenda. Today Al-Qadhdhafi
informed A!-Khalij in a statement to be published tomor-
row that he does not belittle the issue-the Iraq-Iran
war-to be discussed by the summit. However, he noted
he is surprised that the Arabs insist on convening an
emergency summit that does not discuss all issues in the
Arab arena.
The Libyan leader welcomed Jordan's decision to restore
relations with Libya. He said that Jordan severed rela-
tions with his country but is now restoring these rela-
tions. Libya welcomes this decision, Al-Qadhdhafi add-
ed.
In excerpts from his statement to A!-Khalij, Al-Qadhd-
hafi noted that he prepared a plan to end the Iraq-Iran
war and that Iran responded positively to it. However, he
did not discuss details of this plan. He called on the Arab
countries to compensate Iraq and Iran for their losses in
the war and added that the war was planned to exhaust
the two Islamic countries' potentials.
Attendance Conditions Noted
LD271802 Tripoli ]ANA in Arabic 1740 GMT
27 Sep 87
[Text] Tripoli, 27 Sep (]ANA)-]ANA has learned that
an agreement was reached yesterday during the visit of
Brother `Abd al-Halim Khaddam, vice president of the
Syrian Arab Republic, to the Great Jamahiriyah con-
cerning both the Great Jamahiriyah's and Syria's rejec-
tion of attending the Arab summit-proposed be held in
Amman-should the agenda be confined to one topic:
the Iran-Iraq war.
]ANA has also learned that during this visit it was
emphasized that the summit conference should discuss
all issues of interest to the Arab nation, as well as the
dangers threatening it on occasions.
]ANA Editor on U.S. Sinking of Iranian Ship
LD261620 Tripoli Domestic Service in Arabic
1230 GMT 26 Sep 87
[Text] The U.S. fleet anchored in the Arab Gulf carried
out another act of aggression yesterday against the civil-
ian vessel previously bombed by aircraft of the U.S. fleet
in the same area 2 days ago.
A U.S. Defense Department spokesman boasted that the
vessel was strapped with explosives and blown up by the
U.S. naval forces, thereby destroying and sinking it.
In an act of muscle-flexing, U.S. Defense Secretary
Weinberger declared while overhead one of the U.S.
warships anchored in the Arab Gulf that the United
States had decided to sink the Iranian vessel. This
followed the U.S. Congress' adopting a piracy law per-
mitting the U.S. fleet to intercept Iranian ships.
JANA's international affairs editor commented on this
by saying that the world will not applaud the Yankees,
who possess might but not ethics. He asked: What can
the earth's inhabitants expect from these Yankees other
than this kind of behavior toward small nations? If this
k
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aggressive act has any consequences, he. stated, it will be-
further hatred by all the world's peoples for the Ameri-
can Satan and the outpouring of curses on all those who
shake hands with it and who support it.
The U.S. Senate approved a law authorizing U.S. naval
forces to attack any Iranian vessel. This is a consolida-
tion of terrorism and proves again that the U.S. Admin-
istration has officially adopted a policy of state terrorism
in dealing with the world.
The promulgation by the so-called U.S. Congress of a law
permitting international piracy constitutes an act of
flagrant defiance of international society, thus once
again exposing the grave dimensions and imperialist
intentions inherent in the U.S.-NATO concentration in
the Arab Gulf region.
Chad Termed French Colony, Not Sovereign
LD251432 Tripoli JANA in Arabic 1230 GMT
25 Sep 87
[Text] Tripoli, 25 Sep (JANA}-In the past few days, the
world's information media have carried repeated state-
ments by French Foreign Minister Jean-Bernard Rai-
mond concerning the Aozou oasis. The French minis-
ter's statement at the UN General Assembly has also
centered on the same topic.
JANA's international affairs editor has commented on
these statements, stating that they completely contradict
statements made by the French president to many Afri-.
can heads of state and to the Arab League secretary
general claiming that Aozou is undoubtedly a Libyan
Arab oasis.
Jean-Bernard Raimond's speech at the UN General
Assembly affirmed that he was speaking as a Chadian
foreign minister and as a Chadian spokesman, thus
exposing France's stand to the entire international public
opinion. It also proved that Chad is a French colony,
directly attached to France like the other French colo-
nies: Martinique, Reunion, New Caledonia, and its other
colonies.
The editor added that Raimond's statement emphasized
that Chad is a French colony, and not an independent
state, and that it does not enjoy sovereignty. Conse-
quently, we advise the ad hoc committee [on the Chad-
Libya border conflict] formed by the OAU to negotiate
with France since it is the true owner of Chad. This
committee's members should meet with President Mit-
terrand and his foreign minister, and France should
occupy the seat allocated to Chad at the~United Nations.
The JANA editor spoke of the insolence of French
foreign policy and France's constant interference among
neighbors aimed at creating problems and border dis-
putes, as well as its poking its nose in every big and small
matter in Africa, appointing itself a custodian of the
African countries, and then falsely claiming it is working
to solve the African Continent's problems. France's
policy, he stated, exemplifies the.- policy of. a murderer
who kills and then walks in the funeral procession of his
victim.
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In conclusion, the JANA international affairs editor
affirmed that the hand that is extended toward Africa
with a view to destroying it must be cut. This also applies
to the nose that is stuck into the continent's problems.
Just as the old hag Britain was forced to pack up and go,
so too will France be expelled by the struggle of the
African peoples-and there will be no returning.
Representative Addresses UN Body 25 Sep
LD262035 Tripoli JANA in Arabic /820 GMT
26 Sep 87
[Text] New York, 26 Sep (JANA~The Great Jamahi-
riyah's permanent representative to the United Nations
stressed that Libya, which fought against fascism and
which gave half of its people in defense of its land and
waters, has not and never will concede an inch of its
territory under any circumstances whatsoever.
He stressed in a speech to the UN General Assembly
yesterday evening that the tragedy of the Arab Palestin-
ian people is to be found in the alliance between impe-
rialism and the heir of colonialism-international Zion-
ism, aimed at eliminating the Palestinian people. He
explained that the United Nations was used as a tool to
legitimize the aggressor and to deprive the victims of all
their rights.
He pointed out that the Palestinian people have been
and still are being liquidated, and that their camps have
been and still are being destroyed by U.S. weapons that
have been and still are being used by the Zionist forces.
These weapons' were supplied by U.S. imperialism,
which announced'a strategic alliance with the, Zionist
racist enemy.
He stated that the international body is morally respon-
sible for the creation of the Zionist racist entity in Arab
Palestine and should rectify this historical mistake.
The Great Jamahiriyah's permanent representative
pointed out to the General Assembly's members the need
to implement economic sanctions against the apartheid
regime in South Africa in order to force it to submit to
the will of the international community. He stressed that
the continuous subjection of millions of blacks in South
Africa and Namibia to oppression and the deprivation of
their rights is a mark of shame in the contemporary
history of mankind.
He stated that the imperialist countries' direct support is
the main cause for the continuation of the South African
regime's apartheid policy. They also create obstacles that
hinder Namibia's independence, which must be carried
out quickly and without any delay on the basis of UN
Resolution No 435.
The permanent representative discussed the vicious
campaign. by the United States against small and peace-
ful nations. He noted that many people in all parts of the
world have been and are being subjected to,this imperi-
alist campaign either directly or indirectly? as was the
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