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RELIGIOUS LEADERS UNITE AGAINST HUMAN CLONING LAW
Unprecedented Campaign Under Way in Britain
LONDON, JAN. 15, 2001 (ZENIT.org).-
Eleven religious leaders of different faiths have joined forces in an
unprecedented campaign to halt the legalization of human cloning by the
House of Lords next week, the Telegraph reported today.
The archbishops of Canterbury and York joined the Catholic archbishops of
Westminster and Glasgow, as well as Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Baptist and
evangelical leaders, to urge that the move be postponed, the newspaper said.
Their united campaign follows four failed attempts to discuss the moral and
ethical issues of cloning with Prime Minister Tony Blair. Downing Street said
that "diary commitments" made a meeting impossible.
It is the first time that the faith leaders have overcome their differences to
intervene in a political issue they regard as morally dubious, the London
newspaper said. In a letter to all members of the House of Lords today, they
claim that "the philosophical and ethical implications" of cloning have not
been fully considered, it noted.
Their letter argues that "complex questions" raised by human embryo
cloning cannot be addressed in a brief parliamentary debate and should be
referred to a select committee. With an election in the spring it is unlikely
that the measure would return to Parliament under the Blair government.
The cloning issue is due to come before the Lords as a free vote a week from
today and, if accepted, would make it permissible to clone human embryos
for therapeutic use.
The letter was signed by the archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey; the
archbishop of York, David Hope; Catholic Archbishop Cormac Murphy-
O'Connor of Westminster; and the Catholic archbishop of Glasgow,
Scotland, Cardinal Thomas Winning. Other signatories include the president
of the Muslim College, Zaki Badawi; Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; and the
director of the Network of Sikh Organizations, Indarjit Singh.
Other Christian leaders backing the campaign are the Greek Orthodox
Archbishop Gregorios; the general secretary of the Baptist Union, the Rev.
David Coffey; the moderator of the Free Churches Organization, the Rev.
Anthony Burnham; and the general secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, the
Rev. Joel Edwards. Cardinal Winning has been the most outspoken on the
issue, noting that "therapeutic cloning" is a misnomer for "killing."
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BELGIUM MOVES TOWARD LEGALIZING EUTHANASIA
BRUSSELS, Belgium, JAN. 15, 2001 (ZENIT.org).-
Belgium has taken a decisive step toward the acceptance of euthanasia.
This past weekend, the Senate's Commission of Justice and Social Affairs
approved Article 3 of a draft law, indicating the conditions necessary for
doctors to be able to help a person take his life without being prosecuted.
The issue has been debated for over a year and a half in the Belgian Senate.
The draft law states that the request for euthanasia must be made
voluntarily, after mature reflection, and without external pressures.
According to the draft law, the patient must make his request in writing,
although it is possible to have a witness, who can understand and
communicate the patient's will, should the patient be unable to write.
The text provides for the withdrawal of the request at any time, and requires
the doctor to inform the patient of the possibilities for the palliative care.
The Netherlands already has moved to legalize euthanasia.
ZE01011504
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TALIBAN SEEKS UNITY AGAINST U.N.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, JAN. 15, 2001 (ZENIT.org).- The top leader of the
religious militia that rules most of Afghanistan is appealing to fellow Muslim
nations to join him in opposing new U.N. sanctions, the Associated Press
reported today.
"Right now the Muslim world desperately needs unity and alliance," the
Pakistani News Network International news agency quoted Mullah
Mohammed Omar as saying, according to AP. "The Islamic Emirate of
Afghanistan cannot be threatened by sanctions. These sanctions will be the
shame of those implementing them."
The new U.N. sanctions against the ruling Taliban militia take effect later this
week. They impose an arms embargo on the Taliban but not on the
opposition fighters who are clashing with the Taliban in Afghanistan's north,
the AP said.
The sanctions are being imposed to press the Taliban to hand over
suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden. The Taliban have refused
to hand over bin Laden, calling him a guest and saying there is no proof of
his involvement in terrorist activities.
ZE01011522
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Minister Matan Vilnai gives green light for terror
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Subject: Minister Matan Vilnai gives green light for terror
- only stop talks if can prove PA directly behind terror
Minister Matan Vilnai gives green light for terror - only stop talks if can
prove PA directly behind terror
Aaron Lerner Date: 16 January 2001
Minister Matan Vilnai told Israel Radio this morning that talks with
the PA should stop only when there is terror carried out by the PA.
While Yasser Arafat's Fatah militia, the Tanzim, took credit for the
murder of Roni Tzalach of Kfar Yam on Sunday, this does not qualify
as "terror carried out by the PA".
Vilnai explained that the only way to stop terror is by negotiations.
(While the "talks" officially stopped for one day after the murder of
Tzalach, "secret consultations" continued between Foreign Minister
Shlomo Ben Ami and Palestinian officials)
Vilani also declined to deny the claim by MK Ze'evi that an agreement
may be signed on Thursday, suggesting only that the reporter wait
until Thursday to see what happens.
Israel Radio senior diplomatic correspondent Yoni Ben Menachem
reported this morning that the push by the Barak administration to
put into writing the current positions of Israel and the
Palestinians is exactly what the Palestinians want to achieve: lock
Israel into whatever concessions Barak has offered so that they will
become the STARTING POINT for negotiations after the elections.
Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) ABR News, January 2001
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Subject: ABR News, January 2001
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ABR ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
January 15, 2001
<http://www.christiananswers.net/abr/abrhome.html >
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Dear friends of ABR,
This monthly newsletter has been started for those interested in the
mission and work of the Associates for Biblical Research. This initial
issue is being sent to people who are members of ABR, or who have expressed
an interest in our work by visiting our website. Please let us know if you
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please see the removal information at the end of this issue.
The views and comments made in materials from sources outside of the
Associates for Biblical Research are not necessarily those of ABR. Such
materials are included in these e-mails only insofar as they relate to the
general subjects of archaeology and creation/evolution issues and are
provided for your information only.
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Dr. Wood's speaking schedule:
Jan 17-19, 8 AM-1 PM Introduction to Old Testament Archaeology, Southwest
Institute of Biblical and Theological Studies, Albuquerque NM, (505) 332-4253.
Jan 27, 9 AM-1 PM Old Testament Archaeology, Toronto Baptist Seminary and
Bible College, Toronto ON, (416) 925-3263.
Jan 28, 9:45-10:45 AM New Evidence for Israel in Egypt, Jarvis Street
Baptist Church, Toronto ON, (416) 925-3263.
Jan 31, 12:45-1:00 PM Discovering Joshua's Ai, Rotary Club of Colonial
Park, Harrisburg PA, (717) 540-5980.
Feb 10, 9 AM-1 PM Old Testament Archaeology, Toronto Baptist Seminary and
Bible College, Toronto ON, (416) 925-3263.
Feb 11, 9:45-10:45 AM Uncovering the Truth at Jericho, Jarvis Street
Baptist Church, Toronto ON, (416) 925-3263.
Feb 24, 9 AM-1 PM Old Testament Archaeology, Toronto Baptist Seminary and
Bible College, Toronto ON, (416) 925-3263.
Feb 25, 9:45-10:45 AM The Search for Joshua's Ai, Jarvis Street Baptist
Church, Toronto ON, (416) 925-3263.
Is Mt. Sinai located in Saudi Arabia?
There have been reports in the media in recent months that adventurers
Robert Cornuke and Larry Williams have discovered evidence at Jebel el-Lawz
proving that it is the true site of Mt. Sinai. Get the inside story and the
reasons why Mt. Sinai cannot be in Saudi Arabia in the Fall 2000 issue of
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From Crosswalk.com:
Australia Challenges Out-Of-Africa Evolution Theory
January 09, 2001 By Paul Tait SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists said
on Tuesday they had analyzed the oldest DNA ever taken from human remains,
and that the results challenge the theory that modern humans evolved from
African ancestors alone.
http://news.crosswalk.com/item/0,1875,311704,00.htm
Dinosaurs and Creation: Questions and Answers
Donald B. DeYoung. 2000. Baker Books, 141 pages.
Children, parents, and scientists are fascinated by dinosaurs. But nearly
all discussions of dinosaurs in museums and textbooks assume a distant
evolutionary beginning to the earth. Don DeYoung demonstrates that
evolution is not the only explanation for the existence and death of the
dinosaurs. He uses a question-and-answer format to offer creationist
explanations.
http://www.creationresearch.org/books/dinosaursandcreation.html
ABR in Insight magazine:
Some archaeologists are challenging the veracity of Old Testament histories
such as those of Kings David and Solomon. Can the Bible withstand such
challenges? The Dec 25 issue of Insight magazine is now on the newsstands
with quotes from Dr. Wilbur Fields, Dr. Bryant Wood, and mention of the ABR
excavations.
http://www.insightmag.com/archive/200012250.shtml
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time. Please pray that God will make it clear to the staff at ABR whether
we should commit to another season of work at Kh. el-Maqatir in 2001. We
have to make a decision around February 1, as payments are due to airlines
and hotels shortly thereafter if we do decide to go. Continue to "Pray for
the Peace of Jerusalem".
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From the Jerusalem Post, Internet Edition:
JERUSALEM (January 11) - Israeli officials have confirmed that Israel has
raised the legal designation of the conflict with the Palestinians to one
short of all-out war.
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2001/01/11/News/News.19195.html
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Charles Krauthammer - Middle East Madness
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:16:01 -0500
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Subject: Charles Krauthammer - Middle East Madness
Charles Krauthammer - Middle East Madness
The Washington Post Friday, January 12, 2001 ; Page A25
A lame-duck American president and a dead-duck Israeli prime minister
(opposed by three-quarters of his parliament and
running 28 points behind in preelection polls) are racing to try to change
the Middle East landscape before they are both
consigned to political oblivion. There has not been an exercise of diplomacy
this irresponsible -- a breathtaking mix of
narcissism and self-delusion -- since Munich 1938.
President Clinton and Prime Minister Ehud Barak are leaving the Middle East
closer to a violent explosion than at any point in 30 years. Iraq has moved
an armored division westward to be ready to join a general Arab war against
Israel. Iran has threatened Israel with an "astonishing and unexpected"
response (implying a chemical or biological missile attack) should Israel
retaliate against Lebanese guerrillas who have been launching raids into
Israel (this after Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon). On Jan. 1, Barak
himself advised the Israeli army to begin making preparations for a major
war.
Clinton and Barak call this progress, and are now desperate to codify the
state of ruin they have brought the region so that their successors cannot
escape from it. Except that both Clinton and Barak see not ruin but
progress. The new objective, says a State Department official, "is to get a
new buoy or anchor" -- some official American statement summarizing the
Israeli-Palestinian negotiations -- "that states what we have achieved."
Achieved? These two men have taken a situation that was tense but
nonetheless stable and torched it. Last July, in a desperate search for some
legacy, Clinton tried to force a peace agreement at Camp David. Clinton was
driven by narcissism. Barak was driven by delusion: the belief that if only
he could make enough concessions, Yasser Arafat would sign on the dotted
line and lie down with lambs.
The problem is that Arafat is no fool. He saw weakness, haste and
desperation -- and refused. Barak made astonishing
concessions, giving up the Temple Mount, dividing Jerusalem, relinquishing
the Jordan Valley, which protects Israel from attack from the east. Arafat
not only said no, he never made a counter-offer. Instead, he started a
little war to put even greater pressure on Israel.
Barak's response to subsequent bus bombings and shooting into Israeli
neighborhoods was to make even more concessions. Clinton, hoping for that
Nobel Prize-winning photo-op, traveled from one futile meeting with Arafat
to another begging for a cease-fire. Arafat, leader of a tiny, corrupt
ministate, repeatedly -- and with impunity -- spurned the pleas of the
leader of the supposedly hegemonic power in the Middle East.
The result? Clinton has recklessly devalued the power and prestige of his
office. There was a time when the visit -- and the word -- of an American
president meant something in the Arab world. Today it means nothing.
But while Clinton damaged only American prestige, Barak has irrevocably
damaged Israel's security. And in return for what? Arafat's position is
unchanged from where it was seven years ago when the Oslo accords were
signed: 100 percent of the West Bank, all of East Jerusalem for his capital
and, fatally, the resettlement of 4 million to 5 million Palestinians in
Israel, thus in a single stroke demographically destroying the Jewish state.
No matter. The Clinton-Barak folie {grv}a deux grasps at "private
statements" Arafat made at Camp David and in a White
House meeting. This is madness. For whatever concessions Arafat may have
whispered in private, he not only denies them in public, he has gotten the
entire Arab League to support his unchanging, unyielding maximalist demands.
Barak's concessions did not change the Palestinian position. But they did
change the American position. His legacy is to have single-handedly
undermined three decades of American support for bedrock Israeli principles.
For three decades, the United States supported a united Jerusalem. The
Clinton plan now divides Jerusalem.
For three decades, the United States held that Israel should withdraw to
secure, defensible borders. The Clinton plan has Israel giving up its
critical Jordan Valley buffer zone.
What is astonishing is that these concessions are entirely unreciprocated,
and without any assent from the Palestinians that they would bring peace.
Indeed, the Palestinians are adamant that they will not. Thus, the first
order of business for the Bush administration should be to declare itself
not bound by these desperate eleventh-hour measures and to fire the entire
"peace team" -- Dennis Ross, Aaron Miller and Martin Indyk -- that has
brought American standing in the Middle East so low.
Clinton has indeed left a legacy: the president who has done more to
undermine both American credibility and Israeli security -- albeit with the
collusion of a delusional Israeli prime minister -- than any in American
history.
For peace, perhaps the price might have been worth it. But look at the
region. The blood flows and the cannons are being
readied.
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Sharon reiterates his separation plan
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:16:01 -0500
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Subject: Ha'aretz: Sharon reiterates his separation plan
By Aluf Benn Ha'aretz Diplomatic Correspondent Ha'aretz 16 January 2001
Likud Chair Ariel Sharon believes that Israel should prepare for a
unilateral separation from the Palestinians, but supports implementation of
the plan only in response to a unilateral declaration of independence on the
part of the Palestinian Authority. Sharon presented his plan more than two
months ago, during the course of the negotiations over joining an emergency
government headed by Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Sharon's fundamental
positions have not changed, sources at the Likud leader's headquarters said
yesterday.
The differences between Sharon's proposal and Barak's separation plan are
few and stem from the two leaders' different perceptions of a peace deal
with the Palestinians.
Barak is aiming for a permanent settlement and is, therefore, keen to draw
the separation line around the large settlement blocs that are intended for
annexation to Israel based on the Camp David understandings and the peace
proposal of U.S. President Bill Clinton. In addition to the settlement
blocs, Barak wants to leave a wide security zone in the Jordan Valley and
all the isolated settlements under Israeli control.
Sharon, on the other hand, is opposed to a permanent settlement and proposes
a long-term interim arrangement in which a Palestinian state would be
established in all the areas that are currently under full or partial
Palestinian control (areas A and B), which constitute some 42 percent of the
West Bank.
The separation line proposed by Sharon would leave Israel with control over
area C, as a bargaining chip, a wide security zone in the east (16-20
kilometers in the Jordan Valley and 10 kilometers in the Judean Desert) and
a more narrow buffer zone in the west, on the slopes of the Samarian and
Judean mountains along the Green Line.
A further difference between the two plans lies in their implementation.
Sharon fears a situation in which PA Chairman Yasser Arafat would declare
independence and attempt to take control of area C with the help of
Palestinian or international security forces. In light of this, Sharon
proposes to immediately deploy Israeli forces in the relevant areas so as to
sabotage any Palestinian takeover plans.
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Gov't still promoting building in territories
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Subject: Ha'aretz: Gov't still promoting building in territories
Ha'aretz: Gov't still promoting building in territories
By Nadav Shragai Ha'aretz Correspondent 16 January 2001
The government granted building permits for 1,184 housing units in the
territories during the first 10 months of 2000, MK Mussi Raz (Meretz) said
yesterday.
Raz, who prepared a report based on data from the Central Bureau of
Statistics and the Housing Ministry, said that 529 of these units were in
the greater Jerusalem area.
However, he said, many permits were also granted in settlements far from the
Green Line, and are likely to be evacuated under any agreement with the
Palestinians. These included permits for 59 units in Kedumim, 13 in Talmon
and 18 in Psagot.
During the first 11 months of last year, Raz added, the Housing Ministry
began building 1,626 housing units in the territories, up from 1,367 in all
of 1999.
This does not however include private construction, which represents some 13
percent of all building.
In addition, he said, the population of the settlements rose by 7 percent
during the first nine months of the year, to 196,800 people.
This compares to a 1.7 percent increase in the population inside the Green
Line during this period.
Raz also said that the Israel Lands Administration (ILA) sold 2,804 lots for
building in the territories in 2000, or 12.5 percent of the total number of
lots it sold that year.
Raz said that such data was incompatible with the government's stated
efforts to reach a peace agreement and therefore demanded that the
government put an immediate halt to all construction in the settlements.
In response, the Yesha Council of Settlements said that Raz's data merely
proves that many people are still interested in living in the territories,
despite the diplomatic and security risks.
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Subject: [bprlist] Infobeat News items (1/16/01)
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*** 'Ten Commandments Judge' sworn in
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Pledging to "restore and preserve the moral
foundation" of the law, Roy Moore - known around the country as the
"Ten Commandments Judge" - was sworn in as Alabama's chief justice
on Monday. Moore gained recognition in the mid-1990s when he
embarked on a crusade to display the Old Testament laws in his
Etowah County courtroom, inspiring Christians to fight for similar
displays in other states. Although his famous plaque wasn't on
display on Monday, he said it would be unveiled in due time. "God's
law will be publicly acknowledged in our court," Moore promised.
Outgoing Chief Justice Perry Hooper Sr. administered the oath of
office to Moore in a packed chamber of the Supreme Court, which now
has an 8-1 GOP majority. A West Point graduate and Vietnam veteran,
Moore supports prayer in school and opposes abortion and
homosexuality as sins. He has written verse in his free time
referring to the United States as a nation that has become a "moral
slum" as it banished God from public view.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=405841334
*** Israeli army to prosecute soldiers
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli army said Monday that it will prosecute
soldiers who fired toward the car of a senior Roman Catholic bishop
at a roadblock in the West Bank. On Jan. 9, two soldiers fired
warning shots toward the car of Bishop Boulos Marcuzzi, the
second-ranking Catholic prelate in the Holy Land, as the vehicle
passed through an army checkpoint. The bishop was on his way to
visit a sick priest in the Palestinian village of Zababde in the
West Bank. The bishop's car had diplomatic license plates and was
flying the Vatican flag. His chauffeur, Father Elie Kurzum, said he
didn't see a stop sign, but slowed down before he zigzagged between
the concrete blocks at the checkpoint. It was then that the soldiers
fired one shot in the air and two which passed close to the car, he
said, adding that one of the soldiers threatened to put a bullet in
his head.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=405842200
*** Sharon: Land deal will never happen
KEMEHIN, Israel (AP) - Standing on a barren swath of desert in
southern Israel that Prime Minister Ehud Barak is offering to give
away to the Palestinians, hard-line opposition leader Ariel Sharon
swore that the deal will never happen. "I'm going to guard this area
here...from being handed to the Palestinian Authority," Sharon
pledged. To make his point, Sharon took his election campaign Monday
to Kemehin, a tiny farming village on the edge of the Halutsa Sands,
an empty expanse of scrub, rock and dust near the Egyptian border,
dotted with dried-out trees, Bedouin shanty towns and flocks of
sheep. As farmers applauded, Sharon promised that one of his first
steps as prime minister would be to create a series of new
settlements to connect isolated Negev Desert villages with each
other.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=405842201
*** Aziz finds friendly audience
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - For veteran Iraqi politician Tariq Aziz it was
the rarest of occasions: As he denounced U.S. policy toward Iraq, a
roomful of appreciative Americans nodded in agreement and applauded
his pronouncements. They even laughed at his jokes. With the 10th
anniversary of the start of the Persian Gulf War on Wednesday, Aziz
spoke to about 70 American activists who have come to Iraq to
deliver aid and urge the lifting of international sanctions against
the Arab nation. "Although the Iraqis are very mad at the policy of
the U.S. government, they are not mad at the people of the United
States," Aziz, Iraq's deputy prime minister, said Monday evening.
For much of the past decade, Aziz has been the Iraqi official who
has gone before the cameras whenever there's a crisis brewing in
Iraq. Standoffs with U.N. weapons inspectors, U.S. bombing raids and
U.N. debates over sanctions have regularly brought a forest of
microphones and tough questions addressed to Aziz.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=405842187
*** Kurds still dependent on outsiders
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - Kurdish militiamen walk patrols armed with assault
rifles and cruise the streets in pickup trucks mounting heavy
machine guns. Local officials, and not Baghdad, make the decisions
on what gets done. Foods and goods in short supply elsewhere in Iraq
are abundant. Ten years after the Persian Gulf War, Iraqi Kurds have
realized their dream of governing themselves in a largely
independent area of northern Iraq. But the undeclared state is
divided, fragile and dependent on the United Nations for food and
the U.S. Air Force for protection. Kurds know their fighting men are
no match for Iraqi helicopters and tanks just 20 miles from Irbil,
whose 750,000 people make it the area's biggest city. They worry
about losing the U.S. air patrols that have kept Saddam Hussein's
troops at bay since a failed Kurdish uprising a decade ago.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=405842177
*** N. Korean leader said visiting China
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is making a
secret visit to China - his second in less than eight months, South
Korean media reported Tuesday. Kim arrived in Beijing by train on
Monday for what is expected to be a weeklong visit, the JoongAng
Ilbo newspaper reported, quoting unidentified Chinese sources in
Beijing. China is North Korea's only remaining major communist ally.
JoongAng quoted its sources as saying that Kim was to meet with
President Jiang Zemin and other top Chinese leaders and tour
industrial facilities in Shanghai. The trip to China, if confirmed,
would be Kim's second since he made a three-day visit to China last
May. China kept that trip secret until after Kim returned home.
South Korean station SBS-TV, also quoting unidentified Chinese
sources, reported from Beijing that a special train carrying Kim was
spotted Monday passing through Dandung, a Chinese city near the
border with North Korea. Both media outlets said Kim is being
accompanied on the trip by high-ranking military and economic
officials.
*** Scientists wager on theory of aging
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - Two researchers have bet $500 million on what
the world record will be for a human life span - a jackpot payable
long after they're gone. S. Jay Olshansky and Steven Austad
established a trust fund this year with $150 each. The fund will
grow until Jan. 1, 2150, when the bet is up and payable to the heirs
of the winner. Austad believes someone already born will win him the
wager, living to 150. Olshansky bet that 130 is the top end of the
human life span. The wager coincides with the release of a book
Olshansky wrote with Bruce Carnes called "The Quest for Immortality:
Science at the Frontiers of Aging." Austad, a University of Idaho
zoology professor, is the author of 1997's "Why We Age: What Science
Is Discovering About the Body's Journey Through Life." He contends
that technology will stretch life to 150. The scientists agreed that
simply being alive for 150 years does not count. To win, Austad's
150-year old must be aware of his or her surroundings.
Full article at: http://www.infobeat.com/fullArticle?article=405840084
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1. Delays in distribution of email news bulletins=09
2. Histadrut threatening general strike on Wednesday=09
3. Israeli aid arrives in El Salvador=09
4. Microsoft calls upon Hizbullah to remove website ad=09
5. No injuries in shooting attack against Number 160 bus 3
6. Grenade attack in southern Gaza Tuesday morning=09
7. Over 20 injured in pre-dawn arson blaze in Rishon=09
8. Shooting attacks continued through the night in Gaza=09
9. Pedestrian seriously injured in Netanya=09
10. Large explosive device neutralized in Gush Etzion area Monday night=09
11. IDF declares roadway near Bituniya a =91closed military zone=92=09
12. Soldiers fired upon inside Sinjel=09
13. Two Arabs injured in northern Samaria stone-throwing attack=09
14. Soldiers at Halhoul Checkpoint fire upon=09
15. TA store robbed on NIS 8,000=09
16. One person moderately wounded in Taiba stabbing attack=09
17. No injuries in shooting attacks near Neve Dekalim=09
18. Jewish Gaza resident arrested by soldiers=09
19. Pedestrian seriously injured in Petah Tikvah=09
20. Arab man shot and killed near Shchem (Nablus)=09
21. Man proclaiming himself as the messiah attempt to enter Temple Mount =
=09
22. Four persons believed involved in terror attack apprehended=09
23. Truck thefts continue=09
24. =93Deri=94 Law prepared for third reading in the Knesset=09
25. Police investigating rioting and unrest by Jewish residents of Gaza=09
26. Minister Matan Vilnai gives green light for terror - only stop talks
if Israel can prove PA directly behind terror=09
27. A call for prayer=09
***********************************************************************
16-JAN-01 =96 9:30am =96 Monday evening/night recap and more
***********************************************************************
1. Delays in distribution of email news bulletins
(BNI-JAN.16) As a result of computer failure, the news distributed over
the past two days did not arrive in a timely fashion. In addition, this
issue contains news in a digest, rather than timely format, to minimize
the back up of email bulletins being distributed by computers until the
problem is corrected.=20=20
++++
2. Histadrut threatening general strike on Wednesday
(BNI-JAN.16) Negotiations to date have not removed a threat from the
Histadrut Labor Union to call a general strike in Israel on Wednesday
morning.
A general strike of the public sector would result in the closing down of
Israel Electric, Bezeq Telephone, sea ports, air ports, banks, and much
more.
Labor leaders are calling for a reevaluation of wages and implementation
of agreements. Histadrut leader MK Amir Peretz stated that if the
differences were not worked out in time, the nation would be brought to a
halt.=20=20
++++
3. Israeli aid arrives in El Salvador
(BNI-JAN.16) The Israeli disaster relief team, including emergency
physicians and other medical personnel and the IDF=92s Home Front Command
search and rescue team arrived in El Salvador during the night. Ten Home
Front Command officers were among the team.
=20=20
Officials report of 600 were killed and many are still buried under the
ruble of the earthquake which registered 7.6 on the Richter scale. There
have also been hundreds of aftershocks.
++++
4. Microsoft calls upon Hizbullah to remove website ad
(BNI-JAN.16) Officials of the Microsoft Company have once again called
upon the Hizubllah terror organization to remove a Microsoft ad from a
Hizbullah affiliated website.
Microsoft has been targeted for the placement of the ad which corporate
officials insist was unauthorized, explaining the company would never
contemplate placing an ad on a site such as Hizbullah.
=20=20
++++
5. No injuries in shooting attack against Number 160 bus
(BNI-JAN.16) There were no injuries in a shooting attack on Monday evening
against an Egged 160 bus traveling from Jerusalem to Kiryat Arba. The bus
was fired upon while traveling on the Halhoul bypass road.=20=20
IDF soldiers who responded to the attack and were investigating the scene
were fired upon as well. No injuries.
++++
6. Grenade attack in southern Gaza Tuesday morning
(BNI-JAN.16) There were no injuries in an early-morning grenade attack in
southern Gaza. A hand grenade was hurled at the IDF=92s southern DCO
(District Coordinating Office). Soldiers at another Gaza position also
came under gunfire. No injuries.=20=20
++++
7. Over 20 injured in pre-dawn arson blaze in Rishon
(BNI-JAN.16) Over 20 persons were injured, two moderately, in a pre-dawn
arson attack in Rishon L=92Tzion. A building on Jerusalem Street was
overcome by flames after an arsonist set a fire in a store that is located
at the bottom of the residential dwelling.=20
Firefighters brought the blaze under control after about two hours.=20
Police on Tuesday morning announced a suspect is in custody who has
admitted to his actions, explaining he only planned to burn the store
following an argument with the owner and did not want to cause any harm or
injury to the residents of the building.=20=20
++++
8. Shooting attacks continued through the night in Gaza
(BNI-JAN.16) Soldiers stationed in the community of Gadid came under fire
during the night. There were also reported attacks against military
positions in Neve Dekalim as well as sporadic exchanges of gunfire. There
were no injuries to IDF forces in any of the attacks.=20=20
++++
9. Pedestrian seriously injured in Netanya
(BNI-JAN.16) A 45-year-old woman was seriously injured at about midnight
when she was struck by a motor vehicle on Sprinzak Street in Netanya. She
was transported to Beilinson Hospital. Police are investigating.=20=20
++++
10. Large explosive device neutralized in Gush Etzion area Monday night
(BNI-JAN.16) A large explosive device was found and subsequently
neutralized south of the Gush Etzion area on Monday night near the Arab
village of el-Aroub. As a result, the Carmei Tzur/Gush Etzion road was
closed for some time.=20=20
++++
11. IDF declares roadway near Bituniya a =91closed military zone=92
(BNI-JAN.16) An IDF commander late Monday night declared the area near
the Arab village of Bituniya a =91closed military zone,=92 after protesting
Jewish area resident were blocking Arab motorists from driving on the road.
Residents of the Talmonim area of the Benjamin Regional Council region of
Samaria on Monday night took to the streets in protest of the daily
attacks against Israeli motorists, refusing to comply with IDF demands to
evacuate the roadway.
Eventually, the IDF commander closed the area and the demonstrators were
distanced from the scene.=20=20
++++
12. Soldiers fired upon inside Sinjel
(BNI-JAN.16) IDF troops operating in the Arab village of Sinjel, in the
Gush Shilo area of Samaria, were fired upon on Tuesday night. There were
no reported casualties.
A large suspicious object was placed on Route 60; the main road in the
area, opposite Sinjel that resulted in the road being closed down until a
bomb demolition team could determine the object was not a real explosive
device. In past weeks, there have been numerous real explosive devices
placed on roads in the Gush Shilo area.=20=20
NOTE: Sinjel is under total Israeli security control.
++++
13. Two Arabs injured in northern Samaria stone-throwing attack
(BNI-JAN.16) Two Arab motorists on Monday night were injured in a
stone-throwing attack near the Jewish community of Kedumim. The two were
transported to a PA hospital by a Red Crescent ambulance. IDF personnel
investigating the attack indicated they believed area Jewish residents
hurled the stones. (Kol Rina =96 formally Kol M=92Hashetach)=20=20
=20
++++
14. Soldiers at Halhoul Checkpoint fire upon
(BNI-JAN.16) A military vehicle traveling near the Halhoul Checkpoint in
Judea was fired upon from an Arab vehicle positioned on the other side of
the road which is under total PA control. There were no injuries in the
Monday night attack. Soldiers did return fire, striking the vehicle.=20
++++
15. TA store robbed on NIS 8,000
(BNI-JAN.16) Three masked persons on Monday night made off with NIS=20
8,000
during a robbery at knifepoint. They entered the =93City Bingo=94 store nea=
r
Tel Aviv=92s Rabin Square and demanded money. They made a clean getaway.=20
=20
++++
16. One person moderately wounded in Taiba stabbing attack
(BNI-JAN.16) A 23-year-old resident of the Arab municipality of Taiba was
wounded moderately in his back as a result of a knife attack. The wounded
man made it to a local medical clinic for assistance. From there, he was
taken to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.=20
Police investigators have learned the identity of the attacker. The motive
for the attack was not reported.=20
++++
17. No injuries in shooting attacks near Neve Dekalim
(BNI-JAN.16) A bus was fired upon on Monday night near Neve Dekalim in
Gaza. In subsequent shooting attacks, terrorists targeted motor vehicles,
civilian and military. There were no reported injuries.=20=20
++++
18. Jewish Gaza resident arrested by soldiers
(BNI-JAN.16) A Jewish resident of Gaza was stopped when IDF forces at a
military checkpoint fired warning shots in the air. The resident
reportedly attempted to run a checkpoint between Gush Katif and the PA
autonomous area. It is believed the man was trying to attack an Arab in
retribution for continued attacks against Jews in Gaza.=20=20
The man was arrested by soldiers and turned over to local police.
++++
19. Pedestrian seriously injured in Petah Tikvah
(BNI-JAN.16) A pedestrian was seriously injured while crossing Orloff
Street in Petah Tikvah on Monday night. The pedestrian was struck by a
motor vehicle. The victim was transported to Beilinson Hospital.
=20=20
++++
20. Arab man shot and killed near Shchem (Nablus)
(BNI-JAN.16) A Arab man in his twenties was shot in his chest and killed
in the village of Salim on Monday night. No additional information is
available at this time.
On Monday morning, IDF forces surrounded a home in Salim in an effort to
apprehend a terrorist who fired at several Jewish vehicles in an early
morning attack in the area, wounding one motorist in his hand with
gunfire. The terrorist managed to evade Israeli forces.=20
++++
21. Man proclaiming himself as the messiah attempt to enter Temple Mount
(BNI-JAN.16) A Jewish man in a white shirt, riding a donkey, on Monday
afternoon attempted to enter the Temple Mount complex, proclaiming he was
the messiah. Police placed the man under arrest.=20=20
++++
22. Four persons believed involved in terror attack apprehended
(BNI-JAN.16) Shai District police on Monday afternoon arrested four Arabs
from a village in northern Jerusalem, including a 17-year-old female,
suspected of participating in terrorist and criminal attacks.
A search of the suspects and their premises revealed a Kalashnikov AK-47
assault rifle and two handguns.=20=20
Police believe the four were involved in recent nail gun attacks in
Jerusalem. Police report in recent weeks, there were 15 such attacks in
the capital.=20=20
A Jerusalem court remanded three of the suspects.
++++
23. Truck thefts continue
(BNI-JAN.16) Police are working to apprehend a ring of thieves who over
the past three months have successfully stolen at least thirty trucks,
heavy equipment and tractors.
According to police, the thieves respond to ads for the sale of trucks in
the newspapers and arrange to meet with the unsuspecting owners in an area
that borders areas under Israeli and PA control. Then at gunpoint, the
driver is usually threatened and thrown aside while they make off with the
truck into the PA autonomous areas.
The latest such theft occurred on Monday near the entrance to the
autonomous city of Tul Qarem.
Police report the identities of the thieves are known but they cannot
apprehend them without the cooperation of PA security forces.
++++
24. =93Deri=94 Law prepared for third reading in the Knesset
(BNI-JAN.16) Following a heated debate of the Knesset Law Committee on
Monday, the committee voted to prepare the =93Deri=94 Law for its third and
final reading in the Knesset, possibly as soon as next week.
According to the sponsor of the bill, Likud MK Ruby Rivlin, the bill was
introduced twelve years ago, in 1988, rejecting the =93Deri=94 label attach=
ed
to the legislation that many are certain is intended to release the former
Shas Party kingpin Rabbi Aryeh Deri from prison.
The bill is designed to permit the system to release convicted criminals
from prison after they have completed one-half of their sentences under
certain conditions. Rivlin explained that each case would be reviewed and
receive personal attention but it would permit convicted criminal who are
rehabilitated to get on with their lives. Defending his legislation, he
explained that the current system was flawed since prisoners automatically
received a reduction of one-third in their sentences for =91good behavior=
=92
without a review while his bill would deal with each case based on its own
merits. The bill would be retroactive, permitting the release of Deri,
stirring much of the controversy among opponents and proponents.
State Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein expressed strong opposition
against the bill, adding that if it passed the Knesset, it would be a sad
day for Israel. State Prosecutor Edna Arbel also expressed strong
opposition to the bill. The two promised that if the Knesset passed it,
they would take legal action to block the implementation of the law.=20=20
++++
25. Police investigating rioting and unrest by Jewish residents of Gaza
(BNI-JAN.16) Police have promised that the guilty persons would be placed
under arrest and face criminal prosecution following rioting in Gaza on
Tuesday by area Jewish residents.
Following the terrorist murder of Kfar Yam resident Roni Tzalach, area
Jewish residents entered the Al-Mawassi Camp and began destroying Arab
agricultural fields and equipment, setting fires and firing weapons in the
area.=20
The body of the 30-year-old victim was found next to the camp, only meters
from his own greenhouses. The angry residents stated they would no longer
tolerate the daily attacks while the government failed to take action to
protect them. The rioters tore our irrigation lines, smashed windows and
set fields ablaze.
Police detained some of the persons involved in the rampage. Police added
that they will review news footage of the event and persons involved in
firing weapons and other criminal acts would be brought to justice.=20=20
The funeral of Roni Tzalach took place without incident. He was laid to
rest in Gush Katif at 3:00pm.
++++
26. Minister Matan Vilnai gives green light for terror - only stop talks
if Israel can prove PA directly behind terror
(BNI-JAN.16) Minister Matan Vilnai told Israel Radio on Tuesday morning
that talks with the PA should stop only when there is terror carried out
by the PA.
While Yassir Arafat's Fatah militia, the Tanzim, took credit for the
murder of Roni Tzalach of Kfar Yam on Sunday, this does not qualify as
"terror carried out by the PA".
Vilnai explained that the only way to stop terror is by negotiations.
(While the "talks" officially stopped for one day after the murder of
Tzalach, "secret consultations" continued between Foreign Minister Shlomo
Ben Ami and PA officials)
Vilani also declined to deny the claim by MK Ze'evi that an agreement may
be signed on Thursday, suggesting only that the reporter wait until
Thursday to see what happens.
Israel Radio senior diplomatic correspondent Yoni Ben Menachem reported=20
on
Tuesday morning that the push by the Barak administration to put into
writing the current positions of Israel and the PA is exactly what the PA
want to achieve: lock Israel into whatever concessions Barak has offered
so that they will become the starting point for negotiations after the
elections. (IMRA - Independent Media Review & Analysis,
imra@netvision.net.il - http://www.imra.org.il)=20=20=20=20
++++
27. A call for prayer
(BNI-JAN.16) Last week, BNI published an article on behalf of an effort
being undertaken by Shilo resident Ester Silvers, who was seeking to
establish lists of the names of victims of Islamic terror attacks to
permit persons around the world to pray on their behalf.=20
This week, BNI publishes the first list of names of such persons, victims
of terrorism who are in need of prayer. BNI hopes to publish the list once
a week. Persons with knowledge of others injured in attacks who should be
added to the list are encouraged to write to silvers@netvision.net.il
1. MORDECHAI ELIMELECH BEN ESTHER, a father of four who has been=20
involved
with building homes in Israel and is still in intensive care.
2. RACHEL PESSIA BAT BINA, the Rabbanit (wife of community rabbi) of=20
her
community and a mother of eight, has devoted her life to the community.
She is now in a rest home recuperating from problems with concentration,
dizziness, and eyesight.
3. TEHILLA BAT NOGA, age eight, has had both legs amputated. She will=20
need
our prayers for quite some time.=20
4. ORIT BAT NOGA, age eleven, lost her foot.
5. YISROEL ZWEI BEN NOGA, aged seven, lost one leg.
6. NURIT BAT BATYA, a mother of seven, was injured in her leg.
7. LEORA BAT SHLOMIT, a mother of four, was seriously injured in her leg.
8. SHLOMO PEREL BEN SHLOMIT, the father of three, was shot in his=20
spine.
9. YOSEF BEN ESTHER was shot in the head and remains comatose.
10. AHARON BEN JANA, an immigrant who was shot in the chin and=20
remains in
serious condition.=20
11. TZIVIA BAT TALIA, four years old, was seriously injured in the car
accident that occurred when her parents were both murdered by terrorist
gunfire. There is noted improvement but she still needs our prayers.
12. Although he still has bullets in his body, Pincus Eliyahu Ben Chana is
no longer in need of our Tehillim (Psalms), according to the Rabbi of his
community.=20
Following are the names of the IDF soldiers in captivity:
1. Ron Ben Batia
2. Zacaria Shlomo Ben Yona and Miriam
3. Yevtial Yehuda Nachman Ben Yosef and Sara
4. Zwei Ben Avraham and Pnina
5. Guy Ben Dolina Chavar
6. Binyamin Ben Edna=20
7. Adi Ben Zipporah
8. Emar Ben Suyaid
=20=20=09=09=09
---------------
1. Mitchell Committee personnel visit Temple Mount without Israeli
presence=09
2. Lebanese infiltrator apprehended by police=09
3. State AG discussing possibility of suspending cabinet secretary
4. Informant found shot to death near Jenin=09
5. Ashrawi: PA formed new committee against Israel assassinations
6. President Katzav calls for restraint=09
7. Court extends remand of Gaza residents=09
8. Hamas joins PA effort to kill informants=09
9. PA newspaper: Ben-Ami met with Abu Ala=09
******************************
16-JAN-01 =96 12:40pm
******************************
1. Mitchell Committee personnel visit Temple Mount without Israeli presence
(BNI-JAN.16) Waqf Authority officials have confirmed that members of the
Mitchell Committee did visit the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and were not
accompanied by Israeli representatives as dictated by the mandate for the
US-led committee of investigation.
Israel Radio senior diplomatic correspondent Yoni Ben Menachem reported=20
on
the 5:00pm news program that senior officials in Israel's Foreign Ministry
are very concerned and shocked to learn from the technical team now
visiting Israel for the Mitchell Committee investigating the disturbance
that the team visited the Temple Mount without escort in gross violation
of the understandings between the team and Israel.
There was an explicit understanding that the team would only visit the
Temple Mount with Israeli escort. The team cancelled an escorted visit
when PA representatives from the Waqf refused to meet with them under
those conditions.
The team then made the visit without informing Israel.
The senior officials explained to Ben Menachem that this move, made behind
the backs of the Israelis, represented a serious challenge to Israel=92s
control of the Temple Mount.
The officials are concerned that since the team did not honor its word in
this case that there is no telling what they will do in the future.
(Portions from IMRA)=20=20
++++
2. Lebanese infiltrator apprehended by police
(BNI-JAN.16) A man who told police he is a Lebanese citizen was placed in
custody by Netanya police after he explained he infiltrated into Israel
across the northern border.=20=20
The man in custody, who was not carrying any identification, is being
interrogated by police and the General Security Service (GSS/Shin Bet).
Security officials are looking into the possibility that the man planned
to perpetrate a terror attack.
According to a Jerusalem Post on-line report, the man in the past was
employed in a local hotel and he was seeking his old job back. When he
discovered the hotel was no longer open for business, he turned himself
over to police.=20=20
++++
3. State AG discussing possibility of suspending cabinet secretary
(BNI-JAN.16) State Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein is meeting on
Tuesday morning with Civil Service Commissioner Shmuel Hollander. The two
are discussing the possibility of suspending Cabinet Secretary Yitzhak
Herzog who is under investigation by police for alleged campaign
fundraising violation pertaining to the 1999 Barak for prime minister
election campaign.
Herzog has refused to answer questions posed by police interrogators
pertaining to the allegations against him. Two petitions were filed with
the High Court of Justice last week, one by the Movement for Quality
Government in Israel, calling for the dismissal of the senior civil
servant. Petitioners explained that such a senior civil servant may not
continue in his current position in light of his refusal to cooperate with
the ongoing police investigation.=20=20
++++
4. Informant found shot to death near Jenin
(BNI-JAN.16) The lifeless body of an Arab man who worked in the past as an
informant for Israeli security services was found on Tuesday morning near
the PA autonomous area of Jenin.=20
40-year-old Murshied Rashid Tawfiq Qassim, a resident of Ajar, was
murdered and his body dumped near Jenin.=20
The discovery comes following the weekend execution of two informants by a
PA firing squad and at a time when another 15-20 suspects await trial or
sentencing for what the PA considers a capital offence.
PA officials defended the executions that were decried by human rights
activists, explaining they cannot tolerate the passing of intelligence
information by informants to Israeli agents since the PA and Israel are in
a state of war with one another.
++++
5. Ashrawi: PA formed new committee against Israel assassinations
(BNI-JAN.16) Senior PA official Hanan Ashrawi announced the PA has formed
a new committee designed to deal with ongoing Israeli assassinations.
Israel has admitted that marked terrorist leaders have been targeted in
recent operative missions by elite forces in the ongoing battle against
terrorism.
Ashrawi explained that in the first meeting of the committee on Monday,
human rights activists participated along with attorneys and experts in
international law.=20=20
Ashrawi explained her goal is the establishment of special courts such as
those established by the United Nations in Rwanda, to bring the killers of
the =93innocent Arabs=94 to justice.=20
++++
6. President Katzav calls for restraint
(BNI-JAN.16) President Moshe Katzav on Tuesday morning called for
restraint by Israeli citizens and issued a call not to take the law into
one=92s own hands.=20
The president condemned the burning of fields and setting fields ablaze
aimed at innocent persons who are not our enemy.=20=20=20
Mr. Katzav=92s remarks were aimed at the participants of Monday=92s rampage=
in
Gaza aimed at area Arab residents following the terrorist murder of Roni
Tzalach, a resident Kfar Yam.
Joining in the plea made by the president were Israel=92s chief rabbis.
++++
7. Court extends remand of Gaza residents
(BNI-JAN.16) The Beersheba Magistrates Court on Tuesday extended the
remand of Tzion Sirin, 32, and Yitzhak Cohen, 39, of Neve Dekalim, in Gaza.
The two were arrested in connection with Monday rioting in the area during
which Jews burned Arab fields, destroyed farming equipment and smashed
windows of Arab homes.
The court ruled the police had sufficient evidence that the two are guilty
of the crimes against them to order them remanded to custody.=20=20
++++
8. Hamas joins PA effort to kill informants
(BNI-JAN.16) The Hamas terror organization issued a statement that it was
joining increased PA efforts to bring informants who cooperated with
Israeli security agencies to justice.
In a message released from Gaza, terrorist leaders stated the Izzadin
el-Qassim wing of the organization would deal with an =93iron fist=94 again=
st
informants who assisted Israeli security agencies. Hamas called upon
informants to turn themselves in to PA authorities.
=20
In the past days, PA reports indicate that at least several informants
have turned themselves into authorities.
Government officials continue to come under harsh criticism from
informants and their families as well as from outraged Jewish and Arab
citizens of Israel over the government=92s abandonment of persons who place=
d
themselves at risk to assist Israel=92s intelligence community.=20=20
++++
9. PA newspaper: Ben-Ami met with Abu Ala
(BNI-JAN.16) According to a PA newspaper on Tuesday, the meetings=20
between
Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami and the PA=92s Abu Ala that were reportedly
canceled due to the terrorist attack murder in Gaza did take place.
The paper reports the two did meet secretly on Monday despite reporting
the scheduled meeting was canceled following the murder of 30-year-old
Roni Tzalach.
PA sources were quoted as reporting Abu Ala expressed disapproval over
Israel=92s collective punishment, referring to the closure imposed on Gaza
following the murder. Ben-Ami reportedly promised to look into the matter.
Additional political/security meetings are scheduled for Tuesday. The PA
has demanded Israel bring detailed maps and responses pertaining to
objections over the Clinton bridging proposals.=20=20
++++
++++
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Subject: [bprlist] The homosexual activist agenda in the UK
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:38:11 -0000
Homosexuals in UK propose teaching about anal sex to 4-year-olds
By Anthony LoBaido
=A9 2001 WorldNetDaily.com=20
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=3D21300
Editor's note: WorldNetDaily's roving international correspondent=20
Anthony LoBaido, who recently filed an in-depth report on the=20
disturbing cultural and political direction Great Britain has taken=20
under the leadership of Prime Minister Tony Blair, here describes the=20
influence of the UK's homosexual activist movement on Blair's=20
administration.=20
LONDON -- It is well known in British political circles of all=20
stripes that homosexuals wield considerable influence in the cabinet=20
and government of British Prime Minister Tony Blair.=20
In fact, the homosexual activist agenda has provided the impetus for=20
some of Blair's more controversial political causes. When he=20
successfully instituted a policy accommodating homosexuals in the=20
British armed forces, some of that nation's top officers resigned in=20
protest, including famed Brig. Gen. Pat Lawless.=20
And lawmakers in the Labour Party overwhelmingly backed -- three=20
times -- a bill to lower the age of consent for "consensual sex" from=20
18 to 16, spurred on by Blair's fierce leadership on the issue. In=20
cheering on the successful 263-102 vote last August, Blair claimed he=20
wanted to bring the UK's laws on homosexuals more "into line with the=20
rest of Europe."=20
In that, he is correct. In Malta, Holland, Portugal and Spain, the=20
age of consent is 12. In Austria, Iceland, Italy, San Marino and=20
Slovenia, the age is 14. And in the Czech Republic, Denmark, France,=20
Finland, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden, the age of consent is 15. It is=20
16 in Germany, Luxembourg (18 for homosexuals), Netherlands, and=20
Britain. And last fall, Israel also lowered its age of consent from=20
18 to 16.=20
The measure was opposed vigorously in the House of Lords, which had=20
thrown out such a proposal twice before. Home Secretary Jack Straw=20
said that lowering the age of consent for homosexual men was all=20
about creating a British society "free from prejudice."=20
Since that time, Blair has altered the House of Lords -- and its=20
hereditary privilege -- and has instead essentially filled the=20
parliament's upper chamber with hand-picked people who concur largely=20
with his agenda.=20
Blair's team includes avowed homosexuals: Chris Smith, minister for=20
heritage and Angela Eagle, junior environment minister. Also, Ben=20
Bradshaw, MP for Exeter and Stephen Twigg, MP for Enfield, Southgate.=20
In fact, there are an estimated 40 homosexual Labor members of=20
parliament according to insiders of both parties.=20
Bradshaw was recently awarded a House of Commons "Spouse's Pass" for=20
his "partner," Neil Dalgleish, who now is permitted to use the=20
Commons "Family Room" and to work out in the gym. Bradshaw is also=20
pressing for "travel rights" for Dalgleish, including 15 first-class=20
return rail tickets between Westminster and the constituency at a=20
cost of 2,000 pounds per annum to the British taxpayer.=20
Concerning the influence of the UK's homosexual activist agenda on=20
Blair, a prominent member of Parliament told WorldNetDaily he=20
personally had opposed the lowering of the age of consent because=20
it "left young and immature men open to the advances of older=20
homosexual men."=20
He added, "It would change the law regarding non-homosexuals as well.=20
The dirty old man in the raincoat sitting in the park. It would give=20
an old man the legal right to bugger a young woman."=20
Along with lowering the age of consensual sex to 16, the Blair "pink=20
agenda," as it is derisively referred to by some conservatives, had=20
sought to repeal what is commonly known here simply as "Section 28."=20
Passed under the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as=20
part of the 1988 Local Government Act, Section 28 outlaws=20
the "promotion" of homosexuality by local authorities.=20
If and when Section 28 is finally overturned -- and it is at the top=20
of the homosexual activist agenda in Great Britain -- a new sex=20
education guide is ready to be employed in primary schools. Called "A=20
Whole Approach to Sex Education," the new curriculum states=20
flatly: "Children should not be taught that homosexuality is wrong."=20
Referring to Section 28's prohibition of promoting homosexuality, the=20
producers of the sex-education guide claim in it that "the law does=20
not apply to individual teachers or schools and does not limit=20
teaching about the issue. ... Teachers should remember that we all=20
have a 'sexual career' and for many this will include homosexual=20
experiences at some time in their lives."=20
"A Whole Approach to Sex Education," reviewed by WorldNetDaily, also=20
presents ways "teachers can discuss with children as young as 4,=20
homosexuality and anal sex." It emphatically asks teachers "not to=20
try to promote any type of family or home life as the norm," and=20
urges businesses to hire lesbian and homosexual couples with=20
children.=20
This time around, Blair lost the vote to repeal Section 28, as=20
Baroness Thatcher -- who, though long out of office, showed up for=20
what she considered an extremely important vote -- and 16 Labour=20
ministers rallied behind the Conservative Party in a legislative=20
victory for the Tories. The legislation was voted down 270 to 228 in=20
the House of Lords.=20
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Choose your baby's sperm donor on TV
http://thescotsman.co.uk/uk.cfm?id=39603
BRITAIN'S obsession with reality TV shows could plumb new depths with
an idea currently being discussed by the producers responsible for
the hit series, Big Brother.
Dutch television firm, Endemol, has drafted ideas for a game show
called I Want Your Baby, in which a female contestant chooses a
complete stranger to father their child.
The show would see a female contestant firing questions at a line-up
of up to 30 men, all prepared to donate their sperm for artificial
insemination, and from their responses the woman would choose which
male contestant becomes a father.
Thomas Notelmans, spokesman for Endemol, said: "We are discussing
ideas and are looking at whether such a show would be possible. The
question we are asking is whether we could make a good television
show around a subject like this."
Notelmans admits there are a number of ethical dilemmas to answer
before producers at Endemol move the project on.
He said: "The show would have to be more educational than
entertainment. In 15 years time you could not have a person walking
around saying I am the product of a game show. So we are looking at
all ideas."
The idea has already been greeted in the UK with widespread
scepticism from church groups, politicians and even Endemol's Dutch
founder, Joop van den Ende.
Greg Philo, Research Director of the University of Glasgow's Media
Department, said: "I would not describe it as reality television. It
is just tacky and vile. It is simply another case of taking the
boundaries and pushing them a little bit further. I doubt they would
let it on television in the UK, but if they did I think it would get
an audience. You can get an audience for anything nowadays."
Since Big Brother scored a massive hit many TV companies have created
follow ups, including The Big Diet, where contestants have to lose as
much weight as possible, and Who Wants To Marry A Millionnaire, where
a millionnaire chooses a bride from a line-up of women.
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Subject: [bprlist] Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. a Christian?
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:11:29 -0500
[This was forwarded to me from a list member.]
Over the years we have all been effected in some way by this larger
than life person. From time to time I have wondered , was this man a
christian? I believe the info I am forwarding to the group to be true
and accurate. You be the judge. Sincerely, Rob
http://www.jesus-is-lord.com/king.htm
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Subject: [bprlist] Japan Concerned on Kobe Anniversary
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:13:51 -0500
Tuesday January 16 4:07 AM ET
Japan Concerned on Kobe Anniversary
By JOSEPH COLEMAN, Associated Press Writer
TOKYO (AP) - As Japan marks the sixth anniversary of the devastating Kobe
earthquake this week, a different seismic threat is worrying the country:
Mount Fuji.
Researchers have measured a sudden increase of small earthquakes on the
volcano, indicating there is movement of magma underneath its snowcapped,
nearly symmetrical cone about 65 miles from Tokyo.
In the past, there have only one or two tiny quakes under Fuji per month. But
in September, there were 35 - and that rose quickly to 133 in October and
222
in November. The number dropped to 144 in December.
The tremors during those three months accounted for 30 percent of the
quakes
there in the past 20 years, said Koji Takada of the Central Meteorological
Agency's volcano division.
Nearby towns have decided to hold a disaster prevention drill next summer.
The volcano last erupted in 1707.
Officials, however, say there is no need to panic.
``There's no fear of an immediate eruption,'' Takada said. ``There have been
quakes, but we haven't observed any change in the mountain's surface.''
The rumblings on Mount Fuji come as Japan remembers the Jan. 17, 1995,
earthquake that devastated the western port city of Kobe, killing more than
6,400 people and wiping out hundreds of thousands of buildings.
They also coincide with the Central American quake, which was still among
top
news stories in Japan on Tuesday. The government announced that Japan
will
give El Salvador $650,000 in emergency aid.
Kobe has largely recovered from its earthquake. Destroyed city blocks have
been rebuilt, roads and train lines have been stitched back together, and
most of the temporary housing for the homeless is now empty.
One legacy of the quake is the official campaign to strengthen the country's
disaster preparedness. In the Kobe quake, the government was widely
criticized for a slow response and poor emergency planning.
A survey by the national Yomiuri newspaper published Tuesday showed that
all
of 182 major local governments have reviewed their disaster-prevention and
response plans in the aftermath of the Kobe quake.
The nationwide poll also found that most have established measures to aid
elderly and disabled people, and set up systems for accepting volunteers.
But there were some holes. While most parts of Tokyo and neighboring
Yokohama
have put together new quake-response measures, no such plans have yet
been
drawn up for the major cities of Osaka, Nagoya or Fukuoka, the survey
showed.
Lack of relief for people whose homes are destroyed in a quake is also a
concern. Many victims of the Kobe quake are still bitter that while the
government moved quickly to rebuild highways and train lines, ordinary
people
were left with the massive expense of building new homes.
In an editorial Tuesday, the Asahi newspaper called on the government to
strengthen a national plan to help such people out.
``Rebuilding homes of disaster victims equates to rebuilding their lives,''
the Asahi said. ``If one element is missing, the other cannot be achieved.''
Mt. Fuji is not the only cause of recent concern.
Two volcanoes in Japan erupted last year on the northern island of Hokkaido
and an island off the coast of Tokyo. Also, a strong earthquake jolted a
southwestern region.
The activity has intensified the long-standing expectation that Tokyo is in
danger of a devastating quake like the one that destroyed the city in 1923.
A geophysics expert at Tokyo University warned on Monday that the
evidence
indicates the country could be nearing a large-scale seismic movement.
``It looks like we are moving into an active period in Japan,'' said Naoshi
Hirata.
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Subject: [bprlist] Stem cell discovery reverses time
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:19:59 -0500
THE TIMES, monday, jan. 15, 2001
Stem cell discovery reverses time
BY NIGEL HAWKES, HEALTH EDITOR
A researcher based in Britain claims to have achieved the biological
equivalent of reversing time. She says that she has perfected a method of
creating stem cells from adult cells, bypassing the ethical dilemma of
"therapeutic cloning" which recently divided the House of Commons.
Although Parliament voted in favour of research into therapeutic cloning,
many people remain uneasy about creating embryos solely for use as a
source
of spare parts.
If Ilham Abuljadayel's claims are verified, treatments for a wide variety of
diseases such as leukaemia, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease
may
be transformed. Not only does her method produce a supply of healthy cells
from the patient's own blood, but it generates far more cells, more quickly,
than alternative methods, and without raising ethical dilemmas.
So unlikely does the claim seem to many biologists that she has found it
impossible to have it published in leading journals. But now, she says, it
has been replicated by one of the world's leading contract research
companies, Covance, and a company has been set up to market the idea.
Stem cells are the forerunners of the mature cells that make up the organs
of the body. They are "pluripotent", that is, they have within them the
capacity to develop into many different types of cell - brain, muscle or
blood, for example. The simplest source of a stem cell is a developing
embryo, but until now it has been thought impossible to re-programme a fully
developed adult cell and create a stem cell. That is what Dr Abuljadayel
says that she can do.
Born in Saudi Arabia and educated at King's College London, she went back
to
her native country to work as an immunologist. She made her discovery by
accident. She was trying to kill white blood cells by using a particular
antibody when she forgot to add one ingredient to the mixture.
The result was not dead cells, but cells that had been transformed into stem
cells. She calls the process retrodifferentiation: a reversal of the normal
process by which immature stem cells differentiate to become mature adult
cells.
Since the discovery she has worked to convince others that it is real. She
has used a laboratory in the department of physiology in Cambridge and
presented a seminar there before Christmas.
One leading scientist familiar with her work, Professor Adrian Newland of
the Royal London Hospital Medical School, said that he had repeated her
experiments with the same results.
"It's fascinating, but there could be other explanations for what is going
on," he said. "My own work suggests that it isn't possible to reverse the
process of differentiation, but I have repeated her work and got similar
results. I think more research needs to be done to eliminate other possible
explanations. As it stands, it could be amazing, or it could be
inconsequential."
The first clinical application of the technique could be in treating
leukaemia.
Dr Abuljadayel says that blood would be taken from the patient and treated
to create a population of new stem cells, a process that takes only a few
hours.
The patient would then be treated with drugs or radiation to destroy the
bone marrow cells and kill the cancer, before repopulating the bone marrow
with cells generated from the stem cells.
Dr Abuljadayel's husband, Ghazi Dhout, who is president of Tristem, the
Dublin-based company set up to exploit the discovery, says that a big
advantage is that a huge volume of cells can be generated.
He says that the first trials, on individual patients, might start in the
next six months.The company plans to seek partners among the big drug and
biotech companies to develop the business. The invention is patented.
A cure for leukaemia may be possible with the discovery of an immune cell
that can seek and destroy infected cells. The development was announced by
researchers at London's Hammersmith Hospital and the Imperial College of
Medicine, who have spent six years investigating the disease.
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Subject: [bprlist] Wilson rattles historians with 'bio-history' theories
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:17:52 -0500
Wilson rattles historians with 'bio-history' theories
By Gareth Cook, Globe Staff, 1/16/2001
History is no longer just the study of war and peace, of politicians and
economics. If the next generation of historians hopes to understand the
driving forces of humanity, they need to know the principles of ecology,
population genetics and even molecular biology.
That was the message that Harvard University professor E.O. Wilson, a
two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and one of America's leading
intellectuals, delivered to a somewhat skeptical audience of the nation's
historians, gathered recently in one of the mirrored ballrooms of the
Sheraton hotel in Boston. One cannot know history, Wilson said, without
knowing how human nature was shaped by hundreds of thousands of years of
''deep history.''
Wilson predicted that, armed with the latest insights from the sciences,
''a whole new generation of scholars will surprise us'' with answers to
puzzles that have long bothered historians. Already researchers are
finding patterns in the frequency and magnitude of wars and the jittery
leaps and falls of economies. And biologists are uncovering the
evolutionary roots of warfare and the types of alliances and betrayals
that drive politics and palace intrigue.
This is the stuff of history.
Indeed, that the American Historical Association, holding its 115th
annual meeting in town this month, would sponsor a session on
''bio-history'' was another sign that scientific insights are playing an
increasingly influential role in the humanities, scholars said. Even the
study of English literature, seemingly far from the purview of the
scientific method, has been shaken up by new statistical techniques that
can identify the authors of poems and novels written anonymously.
But as science has made inroads, it has also brought anger - Wilson once
had a pitcher of ice water dumped on him at a conference - and charges
that scientists, made arrogant and giddy by the stunning advances of the
last three decades, have come to believe that, eventually, they will be
able to explain everything.
Understanding the biological roots of behavior ''may eventually get you a
long way with individuals, for biographies,'' said Daniel J. Kevles, a
historian of science who spoke from his office as a visiting professor at
Yale University. But ''it will [still] be impossible to understand how
large groups like nation states behave'' because the calculations
involved would be hopelessly complicated.
''I don't think you need biology to understand the origins of World War
II,'' Kevles added.
But bringing biological insight to other fields, in sometimes surprising
ways, has been Wilson's life work. Inspired by a childhood watching the
intricate behavior of ants and other creatures, Wilson built a career in
biology and, in 1975, he changed the field. With the book,
''Sociobiology,'' published to both acclaim and ridicule that year, he
argued that human behavior could be understood by studying our animal
brethren and explained, in part, by our genetic inheritence.
With ''bio-history,'' Wilson and his sympathizers say that, far from
trying to start a new academic war, they are trying to bring together
disparate disciplines that aren't usually on speaking terms.
For example, it wasn't long ago that historians were grappling with a
seemingly simple question: Why did Europeans develop sophisticated
technology and invade the Americas, instead of the other way around?
Then, in his 1997 book, ''Guns, Germs, and Steel,'' UCLA School of
Medicine professor Jared Diamond argued that one of the explanations was
ecological. Europe was home to far more plants and animals (such as pigs
and cereals) that were easy to domesticate, making agriculture - and thus
the kind of civilization that brings rapid technological advance - move
much faster.
More controversial among historians, especially liberal historians, has
been the suggestion that there is a human nature, with instincts and
predilections honed in the Stone Age, that powerfully shapes the flow of
history. Wilson cited several examples of cultural patterns, such as the
way people describe color or the incest taboo, that seem the same across
the planet.
These same patterns can affect how people from kings to slaves to
revolutionaries behave, and how, over time, societies reinvent themselves.
In a book called ''Ubiquity'' to be published in the United States this
year, physicist Mark Buchanan argues that many phenomena, from
earthquakes to financial markets to wars, obey a mathematical law called
a ''power law'' that precisely describes how likely events of a certain
magnitude are. This law makes it possible to predict how, over time, a
system will behave, but not when a particular event - be it a war or an
earthquake - will happen.
His work is an outgrowth of what is known as ''chaos theory,'' a
relatively new branch of mathematics that describes the functioning of
seemingly random systems where little actions can have big effects. On a
snow-covered mountain, for example, a slight shift in the wind could do
nothing, or it could cause an avalanche.
And, he added, ''revolutions in knowledge'' also seem to follow this
pattern.
''Every once in a while someone says, `We're not going to make progress
unless we ditch a few of our old ideas,''' Buchanan said. ''And if the
idea hits just the right spot, it sets off an avalanche of new ideas.''
Scientists like Wilson think they hear a rumbling from the mountaintops.
This story ran on page F03 of the Boston Globe on 1/16/2001. =A9 Copyright
2001 Globe Newspaper Company.
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Ha'aretz: Peace Cabinet to meet Tuesday night
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:18:48 -0500
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Subject: Ha'aretz: Peace Cabinet to meet Tuesday night
- Peres has plan for deal by Thursday
Ha'aretz: Peace Cabinet to meet Tuesday night - Peres has plan for deal by
Thursday
By Aluf Benn, Ha'aretz Correspondent Ha'aretz Bulletin 16 January 2001
Prime Minister Ehud Barak convened his "Peace Cabinet" on Tuesday night for
a briefing on the negotiations which took place earlier in the day between
the Israelis and Palestinians. The main goal of the meeting, however, is to
determine the best way to continue the negotiations.
Three different views are being discussed. The prime minister believes there
is little or no chance of reaching an agreement prior to the February 6
elections. Following a meeting with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser
Arafat , Minister for Regional Co-operation Shimon Peres believes that he
would be able to reach a partial agreement with the Palestinians by
Thursday. Peres outlined his plan to Barak on Monday. Barak rejected the
idea and said that the Palestinians were bluffing and not ready to sign an
agreement.
The third view is that of Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami who said there was
no reason to set January 20th, the day United States President Bill Clinton
leaves office, as the final day for negotiations. Ben-Ami said that because
the current talks are being held without American intervention they can
continue after Clinton leaves office, until the prime ministerial elections.
If an agreement be reached, Clinton would be invited to participate as a
guest. Ben-Ami added that such an agreement would help Barak in the
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Subject: [bprlist] (Fwd) Radio Analysis and Excerpts: The Voice of Palestine
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:20:40 -0500
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Subject: Radio Analysis and Excerpts: The Voice of
Palestine-January 16, 2001
Radio Analysis and Excerpts: The Voice of Palestine-January 16, 2001
Prepared by Michael Widlanski. Michael Widlanski lectures at the Rothberg
School of the Hebrew University and is doing doctoral research at Bar Ilan
on Palestinian broadcast media.
Israel Resource News Agency
Beit Agron Int'l Press Center
Jerusalem, Israel
tel. (+972-2) 623-6368 or cellphone (+972-53) 710-737
http://www.israelbehindthenews.com/
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"THE (Palestinian) NATIONAL AUTHORITY NOTIFIED ISRAELI AGENTS THAT THEY HAVE
45 DAYS-STARTING YESTERDAY-- TO SURRENDER THEMSELVES TO PALESTINIAN
SECURITY AUTHORITIES FOR THEIR OWN GOOD AND TO RETURN TO THE NATIONAL
FOLD."
(Statement read during news broadcasts Tuesday, Jan. 16)
SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
VOP stressed a process of reconciliation and unification inside the Arab
world:
*--Egyptian President meets Iraqi vice president;
*--Moroccan king meets Libyan leader;
*--and both Egyptian and Syrian presidents are critical of the United
States.
Closer to home, the VOP is underscoring that the Palestinians are turning
more and more towards Europe and the UN, while not wanting to appear to be
thumbing their nose at the United States. At the same time, the Palestinian
Authority, which has apparently pulled back on its campaign of executions,
while announcing a 45-day period in which "Israeli agents" may surrender
themselves to Palestinian officials. The PA is painting, meanwhile, a
picture of Israeli escalations against peace-loving Palestinians, not
mentioning the murder of the Israeli farmer in Gaza.
7AM MORNING ROUND-UP HEADLINES:
*--The Israeli Occupation authority once again escalates its aggression
against our people;
*--The martyring of the youth Mahdi Thabet Shtaya of Salim in the Nablus
prefecture (note: his name was later changed);
*--Israel returns to the closure of Gazan airspace and closes the
approaches to Gaza and cuts it into segments, as settlers carry out savage
attacks on our citizens;
*--Palestinian protests against Israeli attacks and sabotage of the peace
process;
*--A meeting yesterday between Ahmad Qreia and Shlomo Ben-Ami in
preparation for a (larger and more formal) meeting today;
*--His Excellency President Yasser Arafat talks with the European
representative Miguel Angel Moratinos about the latest developments and the
dynamics to stop Israeli aggression;
*--A number of persons, organizations and families of those assassinated
by Israel are discussing setting up an oversight commission..."
MORNING HEADLINES
7:05am /8am/
*--"The martyring of Mahdi Ahid Shtaya, 22 years old.;
*--Husan in the Bethlehem prefect sees confrontations last night with
occupation soldiers;
*--Settlers invade the Mawasi neighborhood in Khan Yunis, setting fire to
citizens' homes and their farms;
*--His Excellency Yasser Arafat meets last night with Miguel Angel
Moratinos.;
*--Minister of Justice Freih Abu-Medein announces that the National
Authority is giving the Israeli agents a period of 45 days from yesterday to
surrender themselves to Palestinian security authorities for the good (of
the country) and return to the ranks of the homeland;
*--President Husni Mubarak announces he will meet Iraqi Vice President
Taher Yassin al-Ramadan who will arrive in Cairo today;
*--The Moroccan monarch King Muhamad VI arrives in Tripoli (Libya) for a
meeting with Mu'amar Qadhafi today in his (Muhammad's) first meeting in
Libya since ascending to power."
9am News Bulletin Headlines:
*--"Masses of our people in the Nablus prefecture will escort the exalted
martyr Mahdi Ahid Shtahim, of the village of Salim, this afternoon;
*--Confrontations between our citizens and the soldiers of the Israeli
occupation resulted in the wounded of 11 citizens in various districts of
the homeland;
*--Night-time Israeli shelling on Halhoul in the Hebron prefecture and in
the district of Mawasi in Khan Yunis and a curfew on the western camps in
Khan Yunis as well as a strong military siege on the villages of Jamiya and
Skarkar west of Ramallah;
*--His Excellency President Yasser Arafat last night discussed the most
recent developments and subjects in the Palestinian lands and the
continuation of Israeli attacks against the sons of our people during his
meeting in Gaza with the European representative to the peace process, Mr.
Miguel Angel Moratinos;
*--THE (Palestinian) NATIONAL AUTHORITY NOTIFIED ISRAELI AGENTS THAT THEY
HAVE 45 DAYS-STARTING YESTERDAY-- TO SURRENDER THEMSELVES TO PALESTINIAN
SECURITY AUTHORITIES FOR THEIR OWN GOOD AND TO RETURN TO THE NATIONAL
FOLD."
*--The Egyptian President Husni Mubarak characterized the recent
thoughts and initiatives of the American President Bill Clinton as stingy
with the rights of the Palestinian people, and he stressed international
legitimacy as the basis for any solution;
*--Syrian President Bashar Assad calls on the new American Administration
NOT to misread what he described as the contrivances to which the
peace process was subjected;
*--Iraqi Vice President Taher Yassin Ramadan arrives in Cairo today to
conclude a trade agreement with Egypt and to meet Egyptian president Husni
Mubarak in the first official meeting on this level in ten years;
*--Iraqi Trade Minister Muhamad Mahdi Salih announced that the United
Nations was deducting financial sums from Iraqi oil revenues that came to
four billion dollars over the last ten years;
*--Saudi Arabia suggests increasing OPEC oil production one million
barrels daily..;
*--The death toll in El Salvador has risen to over 500 dead."
Quotes from Interview with Nabil Sha'ath, PA Development Minister(referring
to off-mike question regarding role of Europe vs. America):
"Europe wants to take its place, wants to play its role, and it feels in
a few days President Clinton will end his term. And then there will be an
opportunity for it to fill in the stability of the region and the future.
Moratinos is exploring where Europe can begin, where it can open the doors,
what it can do in coming days.
Q: "There are signs that some Europeans feel that the Clinton ideas are a
historical opportunity. On what are they relying?"
A: "That is not reliable. There is n't even one of the three (European)
ministers I met who feels that way. I believe that they realize our
important reservations (about the Clinton ideas), that is they should
understand that after our meetings, that we do not completely plunge after
these ideas, and that they know there are ideas that we CANNOT accept."
(7:35 am)
Quotes from Interview with Yasser Abd-Rabbo, PA Information Minister:
Q: "Will there be a Palestinian-Israeli meeting today?"
A: "Really, there were contacts last night about a meeting today, and those
contacts continue, but nothing final was decided regarding a meeting
today..The Israelis sometimes dwell on the form, that is to say, holding a
meeting or holding another meeting or a third meeting. All of that is NOT
important. What is important is where these contacts go. What is their
content?..Holding a lot of meetings, well, the Israelis like holding
meetings forever, and this style serves the Israelis, the pressure, the
economic pressure, the siege, and it even serves the settlers.as they
continue their violations against the sons of our people.
.The only agreement we will sign is one that guarantees complete
solutions with maps, with time schedules, with international guarantees for
execution, according to the decisions of international legitimacy (i.e. UN
resolutions) of the United Nations with regard to Jerusalem, with regard to
borders and land, the fourth of June 1967, Jerusalem (he repeats) and the
rights of the refugees to return according to Resolution 194 and all the
other matters."
(7:45 am)
SONG OF THE DAY: SONG OF THE MARTYRS
"Our Martyrs, convoys (of them)
threatening the cowards.
o ye martyrs.
In my heart is written: Filastin" (Palestine)
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Subject: [bprlist] BNI.Priority News 3,4 (1/16/01)
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 18:23:48 -0500
1. EU condemns PA executions of informants=09
2. Tira bank targeted by robbers=09
3. Arab protest march in Ramallah=09
4. Meeting between chief rabbi and Islamic leaders canceled=09
5. Hand grenade discovered in Tira=09
6. Terror victim released from hospital=09
7. Stone-throwing attacks in the Gush Tuesday=09
8. Hebron residents attack TIPH observer=09
9. Gaza terror attack prompts increased alertness at Green Line=09
10. Jerusalem Municipality to continue demolition of illegal homes=09
**************************
16-JAN-01 =96 5:30pm
**************************
1. EU condemns PA executions of informants
(BNI-JAN.16) The legal counsel for the European Union stated the PA=92s
executions of two informants over the weekend following a two-hour legal
proceeding did not hold water among the international legal community.=20
Sweden, the rotating head of the EU, also expressed its disapproval over
the PA executions and has called for an immediate end to the ongoing
process.=20=20
++++
2. Tira bank targeted by robbers
(BNI-JAN.16) Masked gunmen on Tuesday morning entered a Tira bank and=20
made
off with an unspecified sum of money. They fled in a waiting getaway car.
Police found the getaway vehicle after it was set ablaze at HaMovil
Junction.
Tira is located in the area known as the Triangle.=20=20
++++
3. Arab protest march in Ramallah
(BNI-JAN.16) Masked Arab demonstrators in the PA autonomous city of
Ramallah dressed a donkey in a prayer shawl, Star of David and painted
swastikas on it as reported earlier.
A picture, that was not available at the time of the report on the January
12, 2001 protest in Ramallah may be seen at
http://www.jr.co.il/things/hate1.jpg=20
=20=20
++++
4. Meeting between chief rabbi and Islamic leaders canceled
(BNI-JAN.16) The Tuesday afternoon meeting in Jerusalem organized by
Sephardic Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Baksi-Doron and Islamic clerics has been
canceled according to officials in the Chief Rabbi=92s Office. The
cancelation was due to a =93technicality=94 according to the report.
According to Israel Radio=92s Yoni Ben-Menahem, he has learned the meeting
was canceled after Islamic officials received orders from senior PA
officials not to attend the meeting at the request of the chief rabbi.
Rabbi Doron called the gathering to speak to Islamic clerics about working
together to lower tensions and to tune down the tone of weekly sermons. =
=20
++++
5. Hand grenade discovered in Tira
(BNI-JAN.16) A hand grenade that failed to explode was found outside the
Tira home of a volunteer of the local Mishmar Ezrahi (auxiliary police)
force. A police bomb demolition team was called to deal with the grenade.
Last night, Taiba police received an anonymous call that a grenade was
thrown at the home but a search of the area came up empty. The device was
found on Tuesday.=20=20
++++
6. Terror victim released from hospital
(BNI-JAN.16) Levona Ben-Moshe, who was stabbed in her back on Jan. 14 in=20
a
terrorist attack in southern Jerusalem, is being discharged from
Jerusalem=92s Hadassah Hospital on Tuesday.=20=20
++++
7. Stone-throwing attacks in the Gush Tuesday
(BNI-JAN.16) IDF soldiers used rubber bullets and teargas against Arabs
throwing stones from the village of el-Hader, in the Gush Etzion area of
Judea. The stones were targeting motorists traveling on Route 60 in the
area of the Minharot road that connects the Gush to southern Jerusalem.
++++
8. Hebron residents attack TIPH observer
(BNI-JAN.16) Jewish residents of the Admat Yishai (Tel Rumeida)
neighborhood of Hebron on Tuesday attacked the vehicle of a member of the
TIPH (Temporary International Presence in Hebron) observer force, smashing
windows of the vehicle according, Israel Radio reported.
The report stated the TIPH observer requested to observer the Admat Yishai
area and was met with a violent response by area residents.=20=20
There was no response available to the report by the Hebron Jewish
community at the time of this report.=20
++++
9. Gaza terror attack prompts increased alertness at Green Line
(BNI-JAN.16) Following the terrorist murder of Kfar Yam resident Roni
Tzalach earlier in the week, security forces have issued an intelligence
warning to increase the level of alertness at the =93Green Line=94 that
borders PA and Israeli areas.
Intelligence community warnings have also been issued to soldiers
stationed along the northern border in light in Hizbullah threats to
increase efforts to kidnap IDF soldiers.
The latest threats along the Green Line call for kidnapping security
personnel as well and the warning specified persons known to them might
approach the potential victims.
Tzalach was shot and killed by Arab laborers in his Gaza orchard.=20=20
++++
10. Jerusalem Municipality to continue demolition of illegal homes
(BNI-JAN.16) Jerusalem Municipality officials report the city is planning
to move forward and carryout demolition orders against two-dozen illegal
structures in the eastern capital.
According to the Israel Radio report, the first demolition orders will be
carried out in the predominately Beit Hanina section of the city.=20=20
--------------
1. No injuries in shooting attack near Adam=09
2. No injuries in Gaza bomb blast attack=09
3. Route 60 closed north of Gush Shilo=09
4. MVA on Jerusalem =96 Maale Adumim road resulted from stone-throwing
attack=09
5. Israel, USA & Turkish naval exercises on Wednesday=09
6. Hollander decides not to suspend Cabinet Secretary Herzog=09
7. FM Shohat signs new law limiting HMO charges=09
8. Histadrut leaders meeting with treasury representatives=09
9. Negotiators meet in Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon=09
10. MVA summary for the past 24 hours=09
11. Gush Etzion road blocked due to suspicious object=09
12. PA security sources: Over 250 former informants have turned themselves
in=09
13. IDF uproots trees in Gaza following terror attack=09
14. Lebanese infiltrator used trampoline to get over border fence
15. Search for missing man in Eilat=09
16. Drivers licensing offices to begin job actions on Wednesday=09
17. Consumer Council attacks mineral water company=09
18. Ross postpones visit indefinitely=09
*************************
16-JAN-01 - 8:00pm
*************************
1. No injuries in shooting attack near Adam=20
(BNI-JAN.16) There were no reported injuries in a shooting attack against
an Israeli motorist soldiers near the community of Adam [in the Benjamin
Regional Council of Samaria] a short time ago.=20
Security forces report that 9mm shell casings were found at the scene. The
shooting occurred at the intersection of the Hizme/Ramallah bypass road,
at the entrance to the Adam approach road.
Route 60 is open to motorists at this time in the area of the attack.
++++
2. No injuries in Gaza bomb blast attack
(BNI-JAN.16) There were no injuries in a bomb attack in Gaza early Tuesday
evening. An explosive device was detonated on the Karnei/Netzarim road
when a Golani Brigade detail was in the area. There were no injuries to
Israeli forces that fired at the fleeing terrorists.
++++
3. Route 60 closed north of Gush Shilo
(BNI-JAN.16) Route 60, the main north/south route, is closed at this time
north of the area in Samaria known as Gush Shilo. Bomb demolition experts
were summoned to inspect a possible explosive device on the road.
Recently, several real explosive devices have been placed at the same
location, near the Arab village of Issawiya. Fortunately, they were all
detected in time and safely neutralized by bomb experts.=20=20
++++
4. MVA on Jerusalem =96 Maale Adumim road resulted from stone-throwing=20
attack
(BNI-JAN.16) A motor vehicle accident on the Jerusalem =96 Maale Adumim=20
road
on Tuesday evening was the result of a stone-throwing attack from the Arab
village of Issawiya. A motorist lost control of her vehicle after being
attacked with rocks, leading to the accident which caused significant
delays during the evening rush hour. The motorist attacked with the rocks
was lightly injured.
A border policeman saw the Arab who threw the rocks and managed to
apprehend him.=20=20
++++
5. Israel, USA & Turkish naval exercises on Wednesday
(BNI-JAN.16) Israel, USA and Turkish naval and aircraft vessels will on
Wednesday take part in joint exercises off the coast of Israel. It was
pointed out the exercise was strictly for the purpose of improving search
and rescue abilities and joint operations, and was in no way a military
exercise.
The government of Jordan has decided not to partake in the exercise
involving Israel.=20=20
++++
6. Hollander decides not to suspend Cabinet Secretary Herzog
(BNI-JAN.16) Following a Tuesday afternoon meeting between State Attorney
General Elyakim Rubinstein and Civil Service Commissioner Shmuel
Hollander, Hollander decided not to suspend Cabinet Secretary Yitzhak
Herzog.
Herzog is under increasing criticism for his having decided not to
cooperate with an ongoing police investigation into alleged criminal
activities related to the 1999 Barak for prime minister campaign.
Hollander decided that there was a lack of conclusive evidence pointing to
Herzog have broken the law, leading to the decision to permit him to
continue in his senior civil service position.=20=20
++++
7. FM Shohat signs new law limiting HMO charges
(BNI-JAN.16) Finance Minister Avraham Shohat on Tuesday signed into law
legislation that will limit charges for monthly prescription drugs as well
as visits to medical specialists.
In accordance with the new law, a persons referred to a medical specialist
by one=92s family physician would not be required to pay anything for the
visit.
In addition, persons would not be required to pay more than NIS 200 for
monthly prescription drugs and citizens over the age of 65 who receive
National Insurance Institute supplemental income would have a payment
ceiling of NIS 100.=20
The government will also undertake the payment for flu vaccinations for
persons 65 or over. The cost of the newly signed laws amount to NIS 100
million annually.
A spokesman for the Maccabi HMO stated the newly signed laws were a
violation of existing agreements between the HMOs and the treasury, by
which the HMOs would suggest cost changing policies that would be=20
reviewed
and discussed by the Knesset Finance Committee. The Maccabi=20
spokesperson
stated the unilateral decisions undertaken by the minister will only serve
to increase the annual deficit of HMOs to the tune of over NIS hundreds of
millions.=20=20
++++
8. Histadrut leaders meeting with treasury representatives
(BNI-JAN.16) Minister of Finance Avraham Shohat is on Tuesday evening
meeting with Histadrut Labor Union leader MK Amir Peretz and other
representatives of the union and treasury in the hope of averting a public
sector strike on Wednesday morning that would shutdown the country.
The labor union officials are demanding a 16 percent wage increase over
the next three years, a figure that government officials regard as
outrages.
If an agreement to cancel or postpone the strike is not reached, on
Wednesday morning, many vital services will come to a halt including but
not limited to; postal service, Israel Electric Company repair crews,
railways, sea ports, air ports, nurses, government offices, banks, Bezeq
Telephone repair crews, and more.=20=20
++++
9. Negotiators meet in Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon
(BNI-JAN.16) Cabinet Ministers Shlomo Ben-Amir and Amnon Lipkin-Shahak=20
and
negotiator Gilead Sher on Tuesday afternoon met with PA negotiators in
Jerusalem.
The PA representatives were critical of the blockade imposed on all of
Gaza by the IDF following the terrorist murder of a Jewish Gaza resident
earlier in the week. Israeli negotiators also did not bring detailed maps
regarding US bridging proposals as was demanded by PA officials. Israeli
negotiators promised the blockade issue would be discussed at the security
meeting between the two sides at the Erez meeting later in the night.=20
Another meeting between negotiators is scheduled for Tuesday night at the
Erez Crossing facility in Gaza. The so-called =93Peace Cabinet=94 is also
scheduled to convene on Tuesday night during which time government
ministers will brief one another on ongoing efforts vis-=E0-vis the Oslo
process and the general security situation.
On Wednesday, Foreign Minister Ben-Ami will fly to Cairo to meet with
President Hosni Mubarak and his counterpart, Amr Moussa.=20=20
++++
10. MVA summary for the past 24 hours
(BNI-JAN.16) Following is a summary of injuries and fatalities that
resulted from motor vehicle accidents during the 24-hour period ending on
Tuesday, January 16, 2001, at 6:00pm.
One person was killed and two persons sustained serious injuries, three
moderate and 119 light. MDA emergency medical service teams treated 125
injured persons and responded to 106 accidents.=20=20
++++
11. Gush Etzion road blocked due to suspicious object
(BNI-JAN.16) The Hussan bypass road was blocked early Tuesday evening=20
due
to a suspicious objected feared to be an explosive device. The road
closure impacted the area between the Minharot road and Betar Ilit and
Tzur Hadassah.
Earlier in the week, and over the weekend, real explosive devices were
located on the road in the same general area and safely neutralized under
controlled conditions by bomb demolition experts.=20=20
++++
12. PA security sources: Over 250 former informants have turned themselves
in
(BNI-JAN.16) PA security officials reported on Tuesday that over 250
former informants that worked for Israeli security agencies have turned
themselves in. The move came following an announcement by PA Minister of
Justice Freih Abu Meiden, stating that those persons who voluntarily turn
themselves in over the next 45 days will receive clemency.
The clemency announcement was met with an angry response by leaders of=20
the
Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza who called for dealing with
informants with an =93iron fist=94.
The PA over the weekend executed two former informants who were found
guilty of passing intelligence information to the enemy in by a Gaza court
in a two-hour legal proceeding.=20=20
++++
13. IDF uproots trees in Gaza following terror attack
(BNI-JAN.16) The IDF in response to the terrorist murder of Kfar Yam
resident 30-year-old Roni Tzalach uprooted trees used by terrorist for
cover in attacks in Gaza. The field targeted by the IDF is located west of
Gush Katif in the area of the murder.
Arab residents protested the IDF move and maintained a presence in the
area in an act of defiance.
MK Yossi Sarid of the left-wing Meretz Party was critical of the IDF=92s
decision to uproot trees, pointing out that the timing was extremely poor.
Sarid explained that following the revenge rampage by Jewish residents in
the area on Monday, one might interpret the IDF=92s move a day later as a
response to the pressure of the illegal acts of the Jewish participants. =
=20
++++
14. Lebanese infiltrator used trampoline to get over border fence
(BNI-JAN.16) According to a Lebanese infiltrator apprehended by police in
the Netanya area, he used a trampoline to jump over the border fence
between northern Israel and southern Lebanon.
The Lebanese civilian told General Security Service (GSS/Shin Bet)
investigators that he crossed into Israel near Moshav Narkis. He explained
that he was seeking employment in a Netanya area hotel where he worked
years ago.
Security officials have indicated that the prisoner is cooperating with
investigators.=20=20
++++
15. Search for missing man in Eilat
(BNI-JAN.16) Police in the southern port city of Eilat launched a search
on Tuesday for 37-year-old Oded Koslovitz, an Eilat resident missing since
Sunday. His ex wife, in her fourth month of pregnancy telephoned police on
Monday, reporting that Oded disappeared without a trace.
She told police the two still lived with one another together with their
three children.
Oded is believed to have taken his Subaru, license number 39-305-03.
Anyone with any information is requested to contact police.=20=20
++++
16. Drivers licensing offices to begin job actions on Wednesday
(BNI-JAN.16) Employees of the Ministry of Transportation assigned to the
nations Motor Vehicle Bureaus have announced they will begin a job action
on Wednesday morning as a result of a labor dispute.=20=20=20
The job action will result in the cancelation of all written (theory)
tests as well as other office-related sanctions.=20
It was explained that the job action would take place without any
connection to the threatened Histadrut national strike of public employees.
++++
17. Consumer Council attacks mineral water company
(BNI-JAN.16) The Israel Consumer Council has reported the Ministry of
Health conducted tests on samples of mineral water and it was learned that
bottled water did contain bacteria.
The council charged that despite the findings, the ministry did not
publicize a recommendation that all water, including bottled water, be
boiled prior to using it to prepare food for infants.=20
The council also accused the Mei Edan Company, a leader in the local
bottled water industry, of deceptive advertisement tactics, leading the
public to believe that its mineral water did not have to be boiled even if
used for baby formula.=20
Mei Edan stated that in Western countries it was not customary to boil
water, even before using it for infants and since it met international and
local standards, it did not feel the boiling of the bottled water was a
necessity.=20=20=20
Company officials responding to the council=92s report did state that
although it was not necessary, it would recommend to consumers that in
compliance with Ministry of Health findings, one is urged to boil water in
the preparation of food for infants up to the age of one year, including
its mineral water.
++++
18. Ross postpones visit indefinitely
(BNI-JAN.16) US special envoy to the Middle East, Ambassador Dennis=20
Ross,
has postponed his anticipated visit to the region indefinitely.=20
Ross was expected to arrive to make a last attempt at shuttle diplomacy in
the hope of reaching some kind of understanding between Israel and the PA
prior to the end of the Clinton administration. On Saturday, Jan. 20.
President-elect George W. Bush will be sworn into office.=20=20
Ross has already announced that he would be stepping down from his
position at the end of the Clinton administration.=20
++++
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Subject: [bprlist] Saddam back on the warpath
From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 19:22:05 -0500
1/16/01
Saddam back on the warpath
By Anton La Guardia
Our forgotten fight against Saddam
IRAQ is back on the warpath, despite suffering two debilitating wars and a
decade of sanctions. That, at least, is the impression that Saddam Hussein
wants to give.
Television pictures of military parades, soldiers marching in serried ranks,
and Saddam firing his gun in the air are interspersed with pictures of the
Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and set to the tune of a song that proclaims
"The anger is coming, coming, coming!"
The message is clear: Iraq's armies will liberate Palestine. To redouble the
point, the propaganda includes film of Iraqi Scud missiles striking Israeli
cities 10 years ago. In the official Iraqi view, the 1991 Gulf war was not an
unparalleled disaster for Iraq but the prelude to the momentous battle for
Jerusalem.
As Iraq prepared to mark the tenth anniversary of the war tonight, the main
headline in Al-Thwara declared: "By the leadership of President Saddam
Hussein, Iraq has crushed the biggest imperialist aggressive campaign." A
cartoon in the daily Al-Joumhouriyya yesterday depicted soldiers proudly
raising the Iraqi flag over the Dome of the Rock.
On the streets of Baghdad, normally sensible people profess that they are
ready to die fighting alongside the Palestinians. One Iraqi, who in past years
would whisper his loathing for the devastation that Saddam had brought to
the country, said: "You have to die some time in your life. Jerusalem is very
important,"
Foreign Office diplomats scoff at the empty rhetoric. One said recently: "It's
easy for those who are far away from Israel to threaten war. Iraq does not
even have a common border with Israel. It would first have to invade Jordan or
Syria."
The problem for London and Washington is not whether a militarily weakened
Iraq may go to war with Israel. The challenge is that Saddam's sabre-rattling
against the Jews has strengthened him both at home and in the wider Arab
world.
His building of sumptuous palaces signifies to many Arabs defiant
reconstruction, his nasty brutality is seen as strength and toughness of
character, and his attempts to build weapons of mass destruction would be,
if successful, a huge military asset for the Arab cause.
Just a few years ago, a few brave Iraqis would complain in whispers that both
the Americans and Saddam were to blame for their misery. The man who
presides over what one exiled critic calls "the Republic of Fear" had, after all,
bloodily put down all opposition, whether real or imagined, and led his
country into two devastating military adventures.
The fear remains everywhere, but it is mixed with new respect for Saddam.
Today it is the Americans who are usually blamed, even in private
conversations. One former critic of Saddam said: "Ten years of sanctions is
too much. The Americans don't understand that they are pointless."
Iraq has erased the physical damage of the war in Baghdad. The bridges and
buildings have been rebuilt by home-grown engineering skills. Construction
includes a new double-deck bridge over the Tigris, the Saddam Tower with its
revolving restaurant, and a string of new palaces, sorry, "guest houses".
There are ever more statues of Saddam.
Abdel-Razek Hashimi, a former ambassador to France and now president of
the Organisation of Friendship, Peace and Solidarity which nurtures links
with foreign sympathisers, said: "Iraq is not a refugee camp where people
just eat. Iraq is a society. It needs schools, medical facilities, electricity and,
yes, guest houses for foreign dignitaries."
The sanctions economy has created two faces to Baghdad. One is the
beggars and the parlous state of the hospitals, where doctors say there are
shortages and erratic supplies of everything from spare parts for equipment
to modern drugs. Infant mortality rates have more than doubled in the past
decade as a result of war and sanctions. Academics abandon the country by
the week, and those who stay have to sell their books.
Yesterday Peter Hain, the Foreign Office minister, said critics of sanctions
were playing into Saddam's hands and reiterated Britain's support for the
measures while Iraq continues to refuse to co-operate with United Nations
arms inspectors.
He said: "This anniversary should be a reminder to us all of why it is as
necessary to contain the Iraqi threat now as it was 10 years ago." Yet in the
past year there has been an explosion of visible wealth in Baghdad. The
streets are rich with goods, from piles of fruit on stalls to stores packed with
consumer goods, jewellery and clothes. One Iraqi said: "If you have money
there are no sanctions,"
Privatisation, usually encouraged as the means to attract western finance,
has been adopted in Iraq in the name of foiling western sanctions. Private
merchants have been given carte blanche to import a range of goods and get
around the UN by means fair or foul. The liberalisation has, in turn, allowed
the "war millionaire" oil smugglers and other beneficiaries of the regime to
recycle their money on luxuries at home.
The sharp rise in oil prices, which at one point tripled in two years, has
brought a flood of new money into Iraq, and this purchasing power has given
it new leverage with its neighbours. Jordanians, Turks, Iranians and even the
oppressed Kurds take their cut of Iraq's oil wealth.
Sajjad Al-Khasaki, the owner of a sweet shop, said: "According to Saddam
Hussein, we should live and we should break the sanctions. We have to
make our own happiness. It is not going to come from abroad."
For years, when sugar was strictly rationed, sweet shops were forced to
close. Now they are richly stocked with syrupy sweets like baklava, cookies,
cakes and a white-powdered bun called "Gifts from Heaven". For rich Iraqis,
life has indeed become sweet.
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