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USENET INTER PRESS NETWORK NEWS UPDATED TWICE WEEKLY: TUESDAYS AND FFRIDAYS LAST UPDATE: 7-20-93 AT 11:15 A. M. Article: 17235 of soc.culture.african Newsgroups: soc.culture.african From: S0F4000 <S0F4@UNB.CA> Subject: FAX LETTER FOR THE RECOVERY OF MISSING AID WORKER Message-ID: <16JUL93.12874014.0039@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA> Lines: 30 Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1993 15:55:13 GMT First let me say bravo Abdirashid Jabane. Infact it is indeed because of pure racism that the muslim world choose to keep silent about the situation in somalia and Burma. Specialy the case of Somalia the Arab world choose not to accept any Somali refugees while the christian world was offering every thing. In 1988 and 1989 how many Somalis were deported by saudi arabia back to Somalia against their wish, just to to be prosecuted by SIAD BARRE men in the port city of Berbera. Second, i my self am a muslim educated in another muslim country and believe me life was hell and the words nigger, cannible and kunte kinte (from the book ROOTS) were common in the university campus. even to day, the only countries in this world where slavery is still practiced are the Arab world. Second, why all these oppresion,murder and forcefull islamization of the indegenuos Africans in Sudan, while every other muslim country has got its own white christian ommunity, who are living peacefully and running most of the economy. Therefore, you idiots are not practicing what you are breaching! The rich foolish Arabs waste their money in Nicaragua, N.Irland and even indirectly Israel, while their poor brothers in Africa and Asia are starving. It did not take a second for them to help destroy Iraq, but it takes centries and a lot of humilation to help poor muslims. Finnally, why all these tears for BOSNIA, the great KURDISH people are gassed,murdered and destroyed by the so called champions of ISLAM, namely IRAN,IRAQ, TURKEY and syria. Stop lies YOU are no different the them ( fascists) and do not call us when Isreal beats you. AWO From uwvax!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!edison.usask.ca!f54oguocha Tue Jul 20 10:36:07 CDT 1993 Article: 17238 of soc.culture.african Path: uwvax!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!edison.usask.ca!f54oguocha From: f54oguocha@edison.usask.ca Newsgroups: soc.culture.african Subject: SOCCER NEWS: NIGERIAN FA LEAGUE + OTHER NEWS Date: 16 JUL 93 21:13:24 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 73 Message-ID: <16JUL93.21132444@edison.usask.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: edison.usask.ca 1. Description: Nigerian Professional First Division League -------------------------------------------------------- How They Stand ------------------------------------- Team P W SD GLD L GF GA GD PTS ---- --------------------------------------------------- Nationale 16 8 1 4 3 17 8 +9 30 Stores 16 7 1 5 3 12 9 +3 28 Concord 16 8 2 - 6 15 15 0 28 Sharks 16 8 1 1 6 19 13 +6 27 Rangers 16 7 3 - 6 20 17 +3 27 BCC 16 7 2 2 5 13 11 +2 27 Insurance 16 7 2 1 6 18 15 +3 26 Berger 16 6 3 2 5 15 13 +2 26 El-Kanemi 16 6 2 3 5 16 13 +3 25 Plateau 16 5 4 2 5 12 13 -1 25 Udoji United 15 5 2 3 5 12 10 +2 21 Pillars 16 5 1 4 6 7 10 -3 21 3SC 16 4 1 6 5 9 13 -4 20 Rovers 16 4 1 3 8 7 12 -5 17 VIP 15 2 3 3 7 11 17 -6 15 ACB 16 - 3 6 7 7 16 -9 12 N.B. a win = 3pts; a goaless draw(GLD) = 1pt; and a score draw(SD) = 2pts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. WAFU(West African Football Union) CUP ------------------------------------- USFC(Burkina Faso) 1 Bendel Insurance(Nigeria) 1 Scorers: Insurance - Rowland Ewere (47th min) USFC - Mamadou Doumbia 3. The Performance of Nigerian Professionals in Portugal ----------------------------------------------------- i. Rasheed Yekini, Nigeria's deadliest striker as at today, ended the season with 34 goals, making him the highest scorer in the Portuguese league. His performance helped his team, Victoria Setubal, gain promo- tion into the premier division. ii. Richard Owubokiri emerged the second highest goal scorer in the Portu- guese first division football league this year. With 14 goals, this was Richard's second year straight taking of this title. Question: With these hot boys and others around, why is Nigeria feeling shy of US '94? Is it just management problems as we have witnessed recently in the Group C, African zone WC'94 qualif- ying, where former head coaches of Cameroon, Zimbabwe and Guinea abandoned their "lucrative" jobs due to "interference"? 4. African Cup of Nations ---------------------- Sierra Leone joins Ivory Coast(defending champion) and Tunisia(host) as qualifiers for the 1994's African Cup Nations championship. On June 8, CAF disqualified Togo for using an ineligible player in her match against Sierra Leone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ That's all for now. Cheers to all soccer lovers! Malawi(FAM) soccer news will be the next. It will be very explosive. Big upsets in super league. Watchout!! Oguocha. Source: African News Weekly (July 9, 1993, p. 31) From uwvax!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!adx.adelphi.edu!auvax1.adelphi.edu!schmidt Tue Jul 20 10:36:44 CDT 1993 Article: 17240 of soc.culture.african Newsgroups: soc.culture.african Path: uwvax!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!yale.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!adx.adelphi.edu!auvax1.adelphi.edu!schmidt From: schmidt@auvax1.adelphi.edu Subject: Nigerian Elections Message-ID: <1993Jul16.234535.1@auvax1.adelphi.edu> Lines: 35 Sender: news@adx.adelphi.edu (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: auvax1 Organization: Adelphi University, Garden City NY Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1993 04:45:35 GMT The following story came over WBAU's AP wire about 6PM (eastern time) this evening. Military Government Organized Election Debacle, Official Says (Abuja, Nigeria) -- In Nigeria, critics of the country's military ruler (General Ibrahim Babangida) have gotten a boost from a stunning disclosure. A top official with a shadowy organization told reporters that Nigeria's military government had secretly organized a series of lawsuits that derailed the nation's June 12th elections, so that the army could keep power. The official (Abimola Davis) is part of an organization called Association for Better Nigeria that supported continued military rule. The group had filed a series of lawsuits contending that the two candidates seeking the presidency were corrupt. A federal court subsequently found that the elections were illegal and suppressed the release of election returns. The disclosure came just hours after Nigeria's government said new presidential elections would be held on August 14th. (end of story) John -- ******************************************************************************* John H. Schmidt, P.E. |Internet: schmidt@auvax1.adelphi.edu Technical Director, WBAU |Phone--Days (212)456-4218 Adelphi University | Evenings (516)877-6400 Garden City, New York 11530 |Fax-------------(212)456-2424 ******************************************************************************* From uwvax!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!edison.usask.ca!f54oguocha Tue Jul 20 10:38:07 CDT 1993 Article: 17254 of soc.culture.african Path: uwvax!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!edison.usask.ca!f54oguocha From: f54oguocha@edison.usask.ca Newsgroups: soc.culture.african Subject: AFRICAN SOCCER: WC '94 - ALL WEEKEND RESULTS Date: 19 JUL 93 16:56:49 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 75 Message-ID: <19JUL93.16564941@edison.usask.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: edison.usask.ca Description: World Cup Qualifiers' Results ============================== Results of AFRICAN matches played on 18 July: African Group A -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Cote d'Ivoire 1-0 Algeria P W D L F A Pts Maxpts Cote d'Ivoire 3 2 1 0 4 2 5 7 Nigeria 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6 Algeria 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 3 ELIMINATED !!! Cote d'Ivoire only needs a draw in her final game against Nigeria in Lagos to book her USA '94 ticket. Algeria, meanwhile, has been eliminated. For sure, Nigeria has an uphill task at hand. Even if she defeats Cote d'Ivoire, the question is: can she overcome her psychological inferiority against the Desert Warriors in her last match in Algiers next October? It's on record that Nigeria has never defeated Algeria in Algiers. On the other hand, Algeria has disgraced Nigeria in her backyard on few occasions. Well, since soccer is not elementary mathematics, let's keep our fingers crossed. Wonders never cease. Otherwise, I would say, give the US '94 ticket to the Elephants! African Group B -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Senegal 1-3 Morocco P W D L F A Pts Maxpts Morocco 3 2 0 1 5 3 4 6 Zambia 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 8 Senegal 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 4 Well, ladies and gents, the battle is now between the KK lads and the Moroccans. Definitely, it'll be an explosive contest as the KK boys look unstoppable after overcoming the unfortunate air crash in which their best boys perished. But the Moroccans also seem to have found their rythm after failing to make it to Tunis '94. There's no doubt that they will fight like a wounded lion to keep what seems to be a tradition - at worst, one North African team in the WC. African Group C -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Guinea 0-1 Cameroon P W D L F A Pts Maxpts Cameroon 3 2 0 1 4 2 4 6 Guinea 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 4 Zimbabwe 2 1 0 1 1 3 2 6 Well, unless a miracle happens during Cameroon's home match against Zimbabwe, we shall be dancing our Makossa in US next year. Up Cameroon!!! -------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming fixtures -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- August 8, 1993 Africa B Senegal - Zambia Cheers, Oguocha. Source: Harinderpal Singh Grewal harin@iti.gov.sg National Computer Board, Singapore harinder@itivax.bitnet From uwvax!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!ames!sgi!cdp!isolem Tue Jul 20 10:40:16 CDT 1993 Article: 17269 of soc.culture.african Path: uwvax!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!ames!sgi!cdp!isolem From: Ingrid Solem <isolem@igc.apc.org> Newsgroups: soc.culture.african Date: 19 Jul 93 18:31 PDT Subject: Qadhafi & Jesse Jackson: Excerpts Message-ID: <1471700341@igc.apc.org> Sender: Notesfile to Usenet Gateway <notes@igc.apc.org> Lines: 239 EXCERPTS FROM REV. JESSE JACKSON'S INTERVIEW WITH COL. MU`AMMAR AL-QADHAFI TRIPOLI, LIBYA 26 JUNE 1993 JJ: Col. Qadhafi, thanks for joining us tonight for this very special interview. Assuming that President Clinton and his key advisors are watching this program, what message would you like to send to President Clinton and to America tonight? MQ: First of all, I think, to restore relations and normalize relations, and to exchange economic interests between the two countries; and the return of the American oil companies to Libya and the trade and investing in Libya and Libyan money in America. I think it is better than the sanctions and the escalation, the threats, the enmity. My advice to my Democratic friends in America this day is to look at the positive things instead of the negative things, and we open a new chapter. JJ: Are you willing to assist in releasing the two Libyan suspects that are such a big factor in the sanctions now being imposed on Libya? MQ: No, I can't force them to go there, because it is against their human rights and against the law. JJ: Would you encourage them voluntarily to go and face a trial in U.S. courts and British courts? MQ: They are afraid because they are ordinary citizens. They are afraid of America, of England -- these countries are against their country; they bombed their country, they killed the chil- dren and innocent people in 1986. How can they go to these two countries where there are facts such as these? Really, in the view of the ordinary people, the Americans, the Britains, partic- ularly America in the times of the administration of the Republi- cans, they feel it is terrorist, it is a bad place, because they saw how they did here in this country, innocent people killed here by aircraft, American aircraft coming from England. How can they go to these two countries to be tried there? JJ: Col. Qadhafi, assuming that they are afraid of U.S. and British courts, where else would you assist in releasing them and encourage them to go? MQ: It is necessary for Libya to prove that Libya is an innocent country, and not a terrorist country and Libya is against terror- ism absolutely. For us it is very important they be tried as soon as possible. But they are afraid to go, for instance, to America or to Britain; and we can't force them really and we must look for another place, for another country to try them -- a place where they can go and not [be] afraid. JJ: Would you release them, and to whom, and under what condi- tions? MQ: You are a respected person on the level of the world. All peoples know you and respect you and the Libyan people admires you, and we trust you. Our friends in America, of course, trust you. All the world trusts you -- I think from my side I find no one is more suitable to take these people than you. We must all of us -- not Libyans, our friends, our American friends also and the British -- if they agree, I think these two people can hand themselves to you, because they trust you. But they are afraid if they find themselves later on in America or Britain. JJ: So your point is that you would be willing to release them, indeed, release them to me -- MQ: To you, OK. Not to America or to the British, to you. JJ: So to any place other than the U.S. or Britain, you would encourage their release. MQ: No objection. We must do this and solve this problem and normalize our relations and go forward with the future. JJ: Your people took us on a tour of your home which was bombed in 1986 -- an air raid in which more than 200 people were killed. Indeed your own three-year-old daughter died in that bombing attack. And there is a great sense of pain throughout Libya about what happened at 2 o'clock AM on that morning in 1986. Was PanAm 103 your revenge? MQ: I don't think so, but we have to get these two accused people to the court to know the truth. It is important for us to know the truth. JJ: Do you believe, given all the accusations, that Libyans were involved in this act? MQ: I don't think so because it is far from Libya. It is a plane that came from the Far East, through Frankfurt, and crashed on Lockerbie. What is the relation of this accident to Libya? The flight was not from Libya, no Libyan luggage, no Libyan passenger, what is the relation of Libya with this tragic acci- dent? We heard about it in the media, like any other viewer. JJ: So you are saying: to you it was not an act of revenge, not that of any of the Libyan officials. MQ: Of course, of course! I told you, we heard about this accident through the media like any other one heard about it, and we were very sorry that night when we heard about this disaster. JJ: There are real concerns, of course, about the plane that you have addressed in this interview so far. The issue about Libya's strategic role in the world -- are you willing to lead some new, bold initiatives to change how people view Libya in the world? MQ: I think if these two people release themselves to you, for example, and a trial takes place for them [in order] to know the truth about this disaster, and we finish all this hostile climate and atmosphere between the West and East, between Libya and America particularly, and we exchange visits and we meet together -- JJ: Exchange visits? MQ: Yes, between Libya and America, between Clinton and me -- to meet together in America, or in Libya, or in any other place -- it will be a big change. JJ: So you feel that by encouraging the release of these two suspects and having that trial, that represents a bold step in a new direction, and you would be assertive in leading that -- MQ: Yes, of course. And, for me, I am ready to go to America -- JJ: It sounds like Qadhafi going on the offense. MQ: OK -- to solve this problem and to change the world for the better! JJ: There's a peace process under way now that includes Egypt and Israel and Syria and Jordan and the like -- do you support that process? MQ: If it is the way of peace, we support it. But if it is a waste of time, that is another matter. I don't think it is the best way to achieve peace in the Middle East. To achieve peace in the Middle East, we must solve the problem of Palestine radically and historically and finally -- to let the Palestinian people come back to Palestine, and to create a new, democratic state in Palestine for Israelis and Palestinians, like what is going on in South Africa: free elections under the supervision of the United Nations, all blacks and whites together. Palestin- ians and Israelis together, voting in a free election under the supervision of the UN and to create a democratic country: it is the historical and ethical solution. JJ: Back to Libya and your own determination to come out of isolation. One of the accusations levelled at Libya is that you still have terrorist camps inside the country, training people from other countries to engage in warfare. Are there any such camps in Libya today? MQ: First of all, these camps are not terrorist camps. And they finished now, although they are not terrorist camps. These camps were the camps of SWAPO and SWAPO now is an independent country -- JJ: Namibia -- MQ: Sam Ngomo -- is he a terrorist? No! Then what do they mean his camps in Libya were terrorist camps? The camps of President Moussephine of Uganda, they finished because he won the war, and he now is the president. Is he a terrorist? No! The camps of Zimbabwe, of Mugabe, the forces of Mugabe were here -- JJ: There are no more such camps? MQ: Of course not! There are no camps now. JJ: Would you allow the UN to inspect them to satisfy themselves that -- MQ: Yes, yes. We have many times invited the UN to send an international committee from [the] UN to inspect and to see these camps. It is very important for us, and we challenge them: we challenge them to come here and to see these camps. JJ: What about the question of Libya making chemical weapons? MQ: We want the United Nations to form an international commit- tee to inspect all the area, including Libya. JJ: So if the UN formed a committee and came to Libya -- MQ: Not only Libya. All the area. To see where these weapons are and to destroy [them]. JJ: So you are saying, if they were to come to Libya and find such a manufacturing apparatus for chemical warfare, they could destroy it? MQ: Yes, if they come to the area, to inspect all the area: Israelis, Libyans, Egypt, any other countries in the area. JJ: [What do you think of] U.S. President Bill Clinton? MQ: I described him as a bright star coming from the darkness of the middle of the Western Hemisphere. He is good, really, a good man, very acute -- a good man, and no complexes. JJ: What do you think of Libya's maximum leader, Mu`ammar Qadhafi? MQ: [Begins to answer in Arabic] JJ: Talk to me in English, now ... MQ: [laughing] In English? Describe myself in English? JJ: Yes. MQ: Qadhafi is a man who ... The ordinary citizens like him, and he wants to live for them. But the centers of power in the world are against him. His picture has two sides, his image, -- a good one and a distorted one. JJ: So there's a clear picture of Qadhafi, and there's a dis- torted picture. Thank you tonight for sharing your thoughts. * * * * * * * CLOSING THOUGHTS from Rev. Jackson: JJ: Final thoughts from Tripoli. Col. Qadhafi clearly wants the sanctions off. He wants to get PanAm103 behind him. He says 'Take these two Libyans to a court anywhere in the world except Britain or the U.S.' Will the Clinton Administration buy into this? We really do not know. Here in Tripoli, they hope he says 'Yes'. ================================================================ (This is an unofficial transcript. Any errors it may contain are my personal responsibility, and I apologize for them. [I.S.]) From uwvax!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!rzantout Tue Jul 20 10:41:13 CDT 1993 Article: 17274 of soc.culture.african Xref: uwvax talk.politics.mideast:83376 soc.culture.arabic:22729 soc.culture.maghreb:459 soc.culture.afghanistan:2718 soc.culture.pakistan:43783 soc.culture.bangladesh:14478 soc.culture.iranian:26615 soc.culture.indian:139558 soc.culture.indonesia:1333 soc.culture.african:17274 soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna:5775 Path: uwvax!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!rzantout From: rzantout@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Rached N Zantout) Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast,soc.culture.arabic,soc.culture.maghreb,soc.culture.afghanistan,soc.culture.pakistan,soc.culture.bangladesh,soc.culture.iranian,soc.culture.indian,soc.culture.indonesia,soc.culture.african,soc.culture.bosna-herzgvna Subject: Muslim Alert Followup-To: talk.politics.mideast Date: 20 Jul 1993 15:00:49 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Lines: 79 Distribution: world Message-ID: <22h1b1$b5f@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu From: Cheif Editor of The Minaret, Aslam Abdallah To: All Muslims Subject: Muslim Alert. The recent news about the reported involvement of a number of Muslims in the alleged plot to bomb UN offices and other places in New York has left the Muslim community in a state of shock and anger. Opportunists in politics and the media are exploiting the incident portraying the alleged crimes of a few Muslims as the crime of Islam (while not applying the same criterion for crimes committed by the followers of other faiths). Some are suggesting that Islam and the West are1 irreconcilable. Indeed, Muslims are passing through a phase challenging them with layers of darkness and confusion. It is time that we Muslims engage ourselves in a campaign giving an accurate image of Islam and explaining its realities to fellow Americans rather than leaving the job to those who are keen to defame Islam and Muslims. The revelation about the presence of informants in community organizations is seen as a problem. The exposure of a mole among the eight arrested in New York indicated that he is one of many. It must not surprise us that informants have always been used by governments since antiquity. A community that is peace loving and law abiding like the Muslim community must not worry about official methods of gathering information. However, we must be aware of the consequences of the debate about informants in the community. It has the potential of sowing the seeds of doubt and eroding our mutual confidence. This will hurt our cause which is to make the values of Islam known to our fellow Americans and to contribute to the betterment of our society. At these trying times when we are beset with dangers from all sides, we need to outpace our traditional enemies by responding to the situation smartly and objectively. We feel that it is time we focus our energies in areas that are most rewarding: 1. Let us nurture our trust in God and in one another, and avoid suspicion and doubts. The Quran is categorical in this respect: O you who believe, avoid suspicion (as much as possible): for suspicion in some cases is a sin: and spy not on each other, nor speak ill of each other behind their backs....S (49:12) 2. Our communities have nothing to hide and should have nothing to hide. We are proud of being Muslims and Americans. Our religion teaches us to respect our pledges and honor our commitment. We pledged to uphold the constitution and abide by the law of the land. 3. Informants are not our problem. We would rather welcome those who are giving information about us. Our problem comes from Ragent provocateurs.S They are the ones who play the role of holier than thou and who outdo others in rhetoric instigating people and exploiting their despair, anger, and emotions to serve their hidden agenda. The Muslim community is sophisticated enough to do without these people. Although, we don't claim that everyone is out to get us, we should be aware that there are a few who do not want Islam to grow in this country and who are eager to use our own strength against us. We should welcome all those who are keen to participate in our organizations. We should encourage new comers to be actively involved in programs collectively organized. However, we should remember that it is only natural that new comers prove their commitment to the mission of the organization by observing, studying and then serving the community. Through dedicated services people earn their domain of expertise and influence. Some new comers often project themselves as trend setters for the community. They ought to be reminded politely that leadership emerges through a process of evolution and dedication. Moreover, by-laws adopted by the members of the organization serve as the guidelines for Muslim institutions. Members perform their responsibilities and the authority delegated to them according to the roles assigned to them through the approved by-laws of the organization. Anyone who sets aside the organizational rules and works in an authoritarian manner ought to be watched and checked carefully. We must realize that only through maintaining our objectivity and sincerity to our cause we can outwit all those who are there to get the community. We must also realize that America will not change from above downwards but from grass roots upwards. Let us work at the grass roots level. Maher Hathout Fathi Osman Hassan Hathout