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"SHOCK and AWE" in the MID WEST: Over three days,
May 3-6, 88 tornadoes have
wreaked havoc in the U.S. states of Missouri,
Tennessee, southern Illinois,
Kansas and Arkansas. Forty people were killed and
entire towns wiped out. The
mayor of Pierce actually compared his town to
Baghdad.
Another official in
Tennessee used the words "shock and awe" for the
barrelling funnel clouds
which sounded like freight trains as they tore
through town after town. Our
sympathies are with the survivors, many of whom
asked like Iraqis after B-52
attacks" "Why us?"
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SADDAM ALIVE? A taped message given to an
Australian journalist seems to be
in President Saddam Hussain's voice and refers to
current state of affairs.
If Saddam is alive, the
American
occupation is in
trouble. There are reports
that a billion dollars were taken from the Iraq
reserve bank. He could use
this money to re-organize the resistance.
On the other hand, the tape may be a fake
meant to draw out Saddam
loyalists to kill them. The billion dollars could
be taken by "coalition
forces" and the blame put on Saddam.
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[Received from Sis. Hamdiyeh in South Carolina.]
How do Somalis See Fall of Baghdad?
(Islamweb)
MOGADISHU - Somalis see fall of Baghdad as an act
of US colonialism, say
Americans cannot be trusted as they serve
Israeli
interest.
A decade after a US military foray in Somalia
ended in bloody embarrassment,
residents of the lawless Horn of Africa country
saw Wednesday's fall of
Baghdad as an act of American colonialism.
"It is bad that Iraq is now an American colony,"
said Ali Yahya Ahmed, a
tailor at Mogadishu's Bakara market.
Ahmed said that it was very deplorable that the
Iraqi heroes were overrun by
invading, well-armed American forces.
A bitter Sheikh Mohamud, a prominent religious
leader, urged the Iraqis to
continue fighting Americans until they leave
their country, saying that
"Iraqis are Arabs, Muslims and have nothing in
common with Americans."
Asha Mohamud, a shop owner in north Mogadishu's
Sinai market, said "Saddam
Hussein may
have been bad to his people, but the Americans
would not be better than him."
"Maybe they don't watch Arabic TVs to see how
many civilians are being killed
daily," a crowd shouted at the two supporters of
the war, with some saying
the two "deserved to be killed for supporting the
war in Iraq."
Qur'anic
school teacher Ahmed Haji Abdullahi said
Sunni Muslims in Iraq would
be rounded up and detained.
Other parts of Somalia also did not welcome news
of the capture of Baghdad.
Most people interviewed in the breakaway
northwest republic of Somaliland
capital, Hargeisa, said that although they hated
Saddam Hussein, they would
never change their minds to accept "imperial
takeover of Iraq by the
Americans."
"If America stands for peace and security in the
Arab world, they should
first support UN Security Council Resolution 242,
which calls for an end to
Israeli occupation of
Palestine,"
said Ahmed
Idris, a driver who worked for
many years in Saudi Arabia.
"America is giving more attention to Iraqi oil
than its people," he charged.
Farmer Ahmed Yakub Ibrahim branded the war
"illegal" because it was not
supported by the United Nations.
"America is winning a war which is not endorsed
by most people in the world,"
said the farmer.
"After the war is over, the Iraqis should
reconcile and forget the past bad
history and give the Americans a chance if they
are serious to help the
Iraqis," he said.
"Maybe they can build Iraq to get the trust of
the Islamic world, but you
can't trust America as they serve the interest of
Israel," he added.
Tuesday : 06/05/2003
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[Courtesy:
Sudan
Society]
Sudan says inclusion on
U.S. terror list
"unfair"
KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 01, 2003 (AP) -- The
government of Sudan on Thursday
said its continued inclusion on a U.S. list of
sponsors of terrorism was
"unjust."
The United States on Wednesday named seven
countries - Cuba, Iran, Iraq,
Libya, North Korea,
Syria
and Sudan - as sponsors
of terrorism. The same
countries were listed last year.
"This is an unfair and unjust decision. It is not
based on any justification
or on a logical basis," said Foreign Minister
Mustafa Osman Ismail. "It is
connected to American internal politics."
Ismail told reporters that his government had
expected to be removed from the
list in light of peace negotiations with the
rebel Sudan People's Liberation
Army.
Last week, U.S. President George W. Bush said the
Sudanese government was
negotiating in good faith with the rebels, but
said it should still try
harder.
His comments ensured that Sudan will not face
penalties under the U.S.
Congress' Sudan Peace Act, which authorizes
Washington to take steps against
the Khartoum government if it fails to make a
genuine effort to reach peace
with the SPLA.
Government and rebel leaders are hoping to reach
a peace deal this summer
after long-running negotiations to end a civil
war that began in 1983.
But Ismail said the terror list was an American
affair that did not worry
Sudan.
"We do not, however, expect any confrontation
between the United States and
Sudan anew before the signing of this peace
deal," Ismail said.
The seven countries listed as sponsors of terror
are banned from receiving
U.S. weapons and U.S. economic aid, and
effectively prevented from receiving
World Bank loans.
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