AL-QADHDHAFI INTERVIEWED ON WORLD ISSUES

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Dr Ahmad Salamah, minister of state for People's
Assembly and Consultative Council Affairs, affirmed
that it is with the utmost concern and extreme anxiety
that Egypt has been following the events of the over-
whelming uprising of the Palestinian people in the West
Bank and Gaza Strip in recent weeks. This uprising is of
deep significance in many ways, as it confirms the
Palestinian people's rejection of the Israeli occupation,
their adherence to their legitimate national rights, and
their determination to continue the struggle until these
rights are restored.
In his statement, delivered before the council on behalf
of the government, Salamah said that the continuation of
the Palestinian people's uprising despite all the suppres-
sive measures proves that violence only produces more
violence. It also proves, he declared, that the only way to
achieve peace and stability for the region and its people
is by convening an international peace conference under
UN auspices. Dr Salamah expressed his support for the
Palestinian people's uprising and said that Egypt has
strongly condemned the repressive methods used by
Israel in confronting this uprising.
Discussing the council's statement, members of the Con-
sultative Council affirmed the Egyptian people's backing
for the Palestinian people and their support for the
popular uprising being staged by unarmed Palestinian
youths against the Israeli forces.
The council members criticized Israel's brutal way of
confronting the uprising of the Palestinian people, who
are demanding their legitimate rights.
USSR's Brutents Arrives in Cairo From Syria
NC011835 Cairo MENA in Arabic 1750 GMT
I Jan 88
[Text] Cairo, 1 Jan (MENA)-Karen Brutents, deputy
chief of the CPSU Central Committee's International
Department and the Supreme Soviet Presidium's envoy,
arrived in Cairo this evening for a 4-day visit to Egypt.
Upon his arrival, Brutents said the aim of his visit is to
brief Egyptian officials on the outcome of the Soviet-
U.S. summit conference and to discuss bilateral rela-
tions.
Assistant Foreign Minister Wafa' Hijazi, who received
the Soviet official at the airport, stated that President
Husni Mubarak, as well as Dr `Ismat 'Abd al-Majid,
deputy prime minister and foreign minister, and a num-
ber of other Egyptian officials, will receive the Soviet
guest. Hijazi said that the Soviet official's visit is indic-
ative of the firm relations between Egypt and the Soviet
Union.
The Soviet envoy was also met at the airport by Genna-
diy Kirillovich Zhuravlev; Soviet ambassador in Cairo,
and Ambassador Ismail Mubarak, director of the
Foreign Ministry's Protocol Department.
Libya
Al-Qadhdhafi Interviewed on World Issues
LD311256 London BBC World Service in Arabic
1315 GMT 28 Dec 87
[Report on telephone interview with Colonel Mu'ammar
al-Qadhdhafi by Hasan Mu'awwad; date, place not
given]
[Text] Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi has given
his opinion of the wave of protests staged in the occupied
West Bank and Baza Strip. He criticized Britain, the
United States, and even the Arab rulers. The criticism
came in an exclusive interview with the BBC Arabic
Service conducted over the telephone by colleague
Hasan Mu'awwad. The Libyan leader also discussed his
position on the Iraq-Iran war and relations with the Arab
Maghreb states, the United States, and Britain.
The Libyan leader first spoke about the recent wave of
protests in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. He said:
[Begin recording] I have contacts with all the Palestinian
people in the occupied territories. The revolution has
reached all the Palestinian people. I am now seeking to
call on all the Arabs to provide genuine support for our
people to enable them to perpetuate this revolution. I
have also sent messages to the UN secretary general, the
Security Council, and the chairman of the Nonaligned
Movement, urging them to mobilize world public opin-
ion and resources in support of these people who are
defending their freedom in their own homeland.
I have contacted some leaders in occupied Palestine over
the past days. They assured me of the steadfastness and
continuation of the revolution and of the high morale.
On this occasion I urge our heroic Palestinian people to
continue the revolution. I have asked the leaders that I
have contacted, and I now ask the Palestinian masses,
not to necessarily use violence because the will of the
Palestinian people is stronger than the enemy's weapons.
The Palestinian people's will is stronger than arms and
there is no need to use any means of violence, lest we
give the enemy an excuse to open fire and commit
massacres everywhere in order to terrorize our people.
I, however, call for civil mutiny and the destruction of
the interests of Britain which gave Palestine to the
Israelis-for the destruction of these interests in occu-
pied Palestine as well. as the interests of the United
States, which backs this repressive enemy. [end record-
ing]
The Libyan leader then spoke about the Arab dimension
of the wave of protests. He said:
[Begin recording] This sweeping uprising came as an
answer to the Amman treasonous conference which
clearly forfeited Palestinian rights and beloved Palestine.
I will support this revolution with all resources and I am
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working for the mobilization of effective Arab and
international forces in support of the Palestinian people.
The world must understand that the traitor Arab rulers
misrepresented the case to the conference and that this is
the case of a people whose land has been occupied since
1948. [end recording]
We then asked about the Gulf war, noting in this
connection the presence of the Iranian foreign minister
now in the Libyan Jamahiriyah, the reports about the
alleged Iranian intention to launch a large-scale offensive
against Iraq, and about the possibility of it extending to
the other Arab Gulf states. He said:
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[Begin recording] We have been against this war from
the very beginning. I have made efforts and continue to
make efforts to bring about an end to the war. I see it as
an aimless war and a mad war characterized by coward-
ice and immorality, so much so that school children have
become a target of the two sides. The war has stooped so
low that it has lost sight of the truth, of the foundations
of Islam, and Arab ethics. I condemn the two sides.
Regarding the other Arab states, they were the ones who
involved themselves in that war and brought the United
States to occupy the Gulf.
I happen to know that the Arabs have not benefited from
the Gulf oil which has been of service to the United
States. That is why when the war got close to the oil and
to these interests, the United States interfered to protect
its interests. [end recording]
Still regarding the Iraq-Iran war, we asked the Libyan
leader if he would abide by any international ban on the
export of arms to Iran. He replied:
[Begin recording] Libya is not an arms exporter. It
imports arms. I wish there could be a ban on the
manufacture and export of arms, not only to Iran but to
everyone. [end recording]
It has been reported that the Libyan Jamahiriyah is
trying to improve its relations with the Arab Maghreb
and the Arab world in general. We asked Colonel
Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi for his opinion of these
reports. He said:
[Begin recording] Our message is clear. It is Arab unity
from the ocean to the Gulf. With the birth of the
revolution in Libya, the winds of unity blew on the Arab
Maghreb region, which had until then been isolated. The
Arab African Union was set up with the Moroccan
Kingdom but because of the king's isolationism and the
U.S. and Israeli pressures on him, he was not free to go
ahead with this union. Therefore he unilaterally and
illegally annulled the union; this was illegal because a
public referendum was held and the people approved it.
The king abrogated the union without consulting the
people. Now there is a constitution for a federation
between the Jamahiriyah and Algeria. We invite Tunisia,
Mauritania, and even Morocco to join the federation,
and if we see that they cannot grant the Arab masses'
demands for unity, then the federation will be immedi-
ately set up between the Jamahiriyah and Algeria. [end
recording]
Finally, on the Libyan Jamahiriyah's foreign relations,
we asked the Libyan leader what he thought of the
reports that his country is trying to improve its relations
with the United States and the West in general, including
Britain. He replied:
[Begin recording] We do not need to establish relations
with Britain or even the United States. Even if we
boycotted them until doomsday it would not hurt us.
[end recording]
Al-Qadhdhafi Views Chad, Amman Summit
NC011427 (Clandestine) Voice of the Mountain
in Arabic to Lebanon 1230GMT 1 Jan 88
[Text] Libyan Leader Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhafi has reit-
erated that the Lebanese fighters who came to Libya did
so to defend Libya and fight against imperialism. In a
statement to the AL-SAFIR newspaper, published today,
Al-Qadhdhafi said that Libya is the center for all pan-
Arab revolutionaries and is now being threatened by
France and the United States. It is not being threatened
by Chad at all. An anti-Libyan alliance has been formed,
comprised of the United States, France, Egypt, Israel,
Zaire, and the Ivory Coast. Chad is merely the land used
by all these hostile forces. The French brought a black
military division into Chad, and so did the Americans.
The arms come from Egypt and Israel and the training
officers come from Egypt, Israel, the United States, and
France. We are actually confronting armies and Habre is
only a mask used by these armies, he declared.
Hence, he continued, the Arab revolutionary fighters
rushed to defend their headquarters, Libya. They did not
come to fight Chad. Some of the commanders of these
fighters told Habre that the Lebanese and Palestinian
fighters did not come to fight against Chad, because
there is no problem between Libya and Chad, but only to
fight against imperialism. These commanders even
advised Habre to get rid of imperialism, as this would
resolve the Chadian problem. But it seems that this
decision can only be made by the United States, which
asked Habre to fight against Libya in return for military,
financial, and food assistance, Al-Qadhdhafi said.
In his statement, AI-Qadhdhafi described the harass-
ment to which the Lebanese are being subjected in
certain African states as a dirty racist action.
The Libyan leader assailed the Egyptian regime and the
Amman summit, saying that the massacres of the Pales-
tinian people after the Gorbachev-Reagan summit rep-
resents a provocation against Arab dignity and a new
scandal for the Arab states that restored ties with Egypt.
The Libyan leader asked: Why does Egypt keep silent
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over the slaying of Palestinians when Gaza belongs to
Egypt? Also, why is it slaying the Nasirites in Egypt? It is
doing so because it is a strong ally of Israel, he stated.
In response to a question, the Libyan leader said: We
consider the unity of the Palestinian resistance under the
PLO leadership a pan-Arab demand, but since the PLO
is linked with Yasir'Arafat now, those who are opposed
to 'Arafat seem to be opposed to the PLO. This should
not be the situation. We must differentiate between the
two. I insist on the unity of the Palestinians within the
PLO, otherwise we will not be able to solve the Palestin-
ian problem.
Asked about reconciliation between the Syrians and
Yasir 'Arafat, the Libyan leader replied that the Libyan
and Syrian analyses of this matter are identical. He
added: Reconciliation can only be achieved by making
concessions. When we accept and shake hands with King
Husayn, we might as well accept and shake hands with
Yasir 'Arafat.
He added that Syria is aware that King Husayn is a
traitor and has been holding secret negotiations with the
Israelis since the days of Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan.
But Syria has established relations with Husayn so that
he will not go to the enemy and enter into direct
negotiations that will end up in an another Camp David
agreement. Syria is acting under duress and not out of
conviction. It might have been forced to shake hands
with Abu 'Ammar [Yasir 'Arafat]; this is not an impos-
sibility, Al-Qadhdhafi stated.
The Libyan leader assailed the Amman summit and its
results. He said: I have made many attempts to mend
Arab dissension, and I made titanic efforts to stop the
Gulf war. We managed to prevent this war from extend-
ing to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The Amman summit
decided to restore relations with Egypt, and this has
foiled our efforts which were very near to success. What
we mended broke down again at the Amman summit,
and that is why I believe a wave of violence, such as
liquidations, revolutions, and uprisings, will hit Arab
capitals in the future. I expect several heads to roll
during the next few years, he said.
The Libyan leader affirmed that the U.S. ambassador in
Amman had played a basic role in the Amman summit.
Al-Qadhdhafi Addresses Students on Revolution
LD032337 Tripoli Television Service in Arabic
2000 GMT 3 Jan 88
[Text] [Announcer] Within the framework of the insti-
gatory role of the leader of the revolution to emphasize
the revolutionary discourses and the building of the ideal
Jamahiriyah, and to'create the generation of revolution-
ary anger which will unite and liberate the Arab nation
and resist the crusader invasion and reinforce the cause
of freedom in the world, the brother leader of the
revolution has, since the begining of the current educa-
tional year, 1397, from the death of the prophet corre-
sponding to 87-88 A.D., met with the students who have
been accepted in the colleges of The Great Al-Fatih
University for Medical Sciences, Al-Nasir International
University, Al-Raya al-Khadra' University for Engineer-
ing Sciences, and the College of Agriculture at the
Al-Fatih complex of universities.
[Begin Al-Qadhdhafi recording] (?We should not teach
subjects) in which we are unable to provide work for
graduates. [chants] If we teach you electronics, and after
graduation you do not find work in Libya, you would be
obliged to leave for a country that has work in electron-
ics. The occupied lands use electronics against Arabs. If
we were unable to use electronics we should not open
this door, or teach electronics. You might learn pharma-
cology and manufacture of medicine, however, you will
not find a factory for medicine in Libya and you will end
up as a clerk with a register before you to record the
visitors. You would search for a place or a country with
factories and plants because you have learned how to
manufacture medicine.
Because you are not aware you will find yourself either in
Britain, Germany, Italy, Israel, or with the Americans
instead of staying in your country and managing to use
electronics and managing to set up a medicine factory
because it represents the trench from which you fight.
You do not know the trench or fighting and you do not
know the ways and means for fighting, for you have not
read anything about it. It is not your fault; it is the fault
of those people who claim to be undertaking ideological
education and who are responsible for youth in the
secondary and the intermediate schools, ensuring that
they pass this program.
Why should the Jews come to Palestine if they were not
aware? Why should a Jew come to Palestine and fight
you? He used to be unable to distinguish between Pales-
tine and Finland. He comes there because he knows
Palestine and that he is one of the sons of Israel, and that
the sons of Israel were in conflict with the Canaanites
and with the Arabs, and that Nebuchadnezzar took them
into captivity in Babylon and destroyed their dynasty,
and that the pharaoh had expelled them, and that the
Romans [word indistinct] and that Hitler had put them
in the gas chambers.
All of this was taught to them and they became aware, so
they have said to themselves: We, the Jews, have suffered
all of these tragedies everywhere and every time through-
out history, so we have to possess power, nuclear bombs,
and arms and will slaughter the world as they had did us.
They are aware; had they not been, they would not have
occupied Palestine. Now the Jew is fighting you with
awareness. He knows that you are his enemies. So, you
are a nation exposed to danger. They have planted
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danger for you [words indistinct]. The United States is
attacking you, as well as France and the British, and you
are sitting not knowing that you are being attacked from
all directions.
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along you should have called it: Hatif. The word tele-
phone has an equivalent: Hatif. You failed to fill this
vacuum by not using the word hatif.
The United States wants to stretch its arm over the Arab
area on its way to the Soviet Union. How will it reach it?
By crossing the Atlantic Ocean, then Europe, where it is
now present, and then by asserting its presence on both
sides of the Mediterranean Sea. It is determined to
acquire the Arab homeland. How to seize it? If there was
a revolution, it undermine it; if there was a leader
working toward liberation, destroy him; if there was a
power, eliminate it; if there was unity in the offing,
prevent it; and if there was an economic power, under-
mine it. It intends to keep us weak, always seizing our
resources for the benefit of its factories and Europe's
factories. Whether it was the United States or Europe it
does not matter so much; the important thing is this
homeland must not be allowed to be strong. [chanting]
Europe is an advanced industrial and military force; it is
looking for raw materials, consumer markets, and sim-
ple-minded people to consume what it produces. We are
a consumer area. We are a disjointed area, a great
vacuum having no industrial force and no military
strength-and no political force that can fill the vacuum.
Naturally, Europe wants to fill the vacuum in our area.
We call it military expeditions, multinational compa-
nies, cultural colonialism, economic colonialism, neoco-
lonialism-call it what you like. It is a flow from the high
pressure area to the low pressure area. It is just like the
air you see in the weather forecasts. An area having high
pressure is one in which the air is greater inside it; and
the other area has air that is low. This air flows to fill that
area in the same way as the theory of the pots [words
indistinct] which you have been taught in the primary
schools. The water keeps on flowing until it fills the
vacuum and reaches its own level.
This is the struggle between us and Europe and between
us and the United States, and even between us and the
Israelis. It is a challenging operation. You are not able to
entrench your feet on your soil. You lack culture. The
culture of others comes along to teach you culture. You
now say: [words indistinct] radio, television; what does
this mean? It means there is a vacuum in the words you
have. You took the things from Europe and you kept on
calling them by telephone. This is because you have a
vacuum, a lack of words. You are not able to use a word
in place of another.
They brought you an instrument through which you
speak. What do you call it? If you want to buy it or repair
it, or if for example you say: I want to speak to you at
such and such hour-what do you use to talk to me? You
are compelled to use it. You failed to fill the vacuum
created by this word. It remained vacant. The European
word came along: Telephone. You said: Telephone. It is
you. For instance, when they brought this instrument
You have no military force. Europe came along with an
occupying military force. If you had a military force, the
European forces would' not be able to stand up to your
force. If the Arabs are an industrial force and if you
manufacture and make use of your manufactured prod-
ucts, the Europeans would not be able to find their way
to you. But today, most of the manufactured products
that come to you from Europe and that are not so useful
come to you from Europe and find a market in your
countries. [end recording]
[Announcer] The brother leader of the revolution also
met yesterday with students at the secondary certificate
school of the Abi Slim Municipal Branch., He met today
with the secondary certificate students. at the Hay al-
Andalus Municipal Branch within the framework of
preparations to launch the historic battle of'the unifica-
tion of the Arab nation and its liberation:
[Begin Al-Qadhdhafi recording] The struggle continues.
Who said that the struggle is over or that it is by means
of gunpowder, bullets, and guns only? This would be the
final means. However, the bullet and the gun require
science. They require that one learn how to make a gun,
to learn chemistry to be able to make (?gas) or gunpow-
der, to learn how to make an aircraft. An engineer has to
learn how to repair an aircraft, a tank, ,or a.cannon. All
this requires science.
Science is the base for everything. If we lose the battle of
science then we lose the final battle-that of our exist-
ence. And what is the value of our existence?. .
We are a nation facing a serious challenge. The United
States is an imperialist power endeavoring to dominate
the world. Europe has created the EEC and is forming a
dangerous political and economic bloc. India is a nuclear
power. The socialist bloc is another superpower. China
constitutes 25 percent of the earth's population. The
yellow race-China, Korea, Japan, Thailand-all these
want to unite together as the yellow race. They are feared
because they may become strong, industrialized, united,
and they may become a danger to the Soviet Union and
the United States. This is the reason for the rapproche-
ment between the United States and the Soviet Union:
The world is transforming into blocs. He who is not a
bloc cannot survive. They all have desires in the Arab
homeland, whose map is not clear here. [video shows
Al-Qadhdhafi pointing at map of the world] This is a
strategic region relating to all the continents of the world.
The Arab world is the heart of the world. They do not
want a power to develop within it and dominate it. They
want to dominate it themselves. [students chanting slo-
gans] [end recording]
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Al-Qadhdhafi Message on Ties With Tunisia
LD041023 Tripoli JANA in Arabic 0907 GMT
4 Jan 88
[Text] Tripoli, 4 Jan (JANA)-The brother leader of the
revolution has sent a cable to Algerian President Chadli
Bendjedid in reply to the cable that he sent on the
restoration of normal relations between Tunisia and the
Great Jamahiriyah. Here follows the text of the cable:
I have received your cable on the restoration of normal
relations between Tunisia and the Great Jamahiriyah,
which is a natural development resulting from the cor-
rection of the situation on 7 November, a memorable
date which will have its effects on the region.
Your personal efforts, as well as all our other brothers'
efforts in the sisterly, sincere, and faithful Algeria, which
you exerted in the past year in order to achieve such a
step-efforts stemming from your belief in the need to
work for the establishment of Arab Maghreb unity, as
well as Arab unity, in accordance with your perception of
the need for raising the Arab nation to the level of the
challenges it faces in this era-are much appreciated.
Finally, may I once more express my appreciation for
your efforts which we can never forget. Please accept my
best regards.
Foreign Liaison Source on Relations With Egypt
LD311513 Tripoli JANA in Arabic 1427 GMT
31 Dec 87
[Text] Tripoli 31 Dec (JANA)-Media organs have
relayed a statement attributed to `Ismat `Abd al-Majid,
foreign minister of the Egyptian regime, in which he said
that Libya and Syria are fraternal countries and there is
no animosity between them and Egypt. The Egyptian
minister stressed his country's welcome to any Arab
mediation which might lead to greater rapprochement.
A source at the People's Bureau for Foreign Liaison, in
reply to a question by JANA, commented:
First: The great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahi-
riyah has repeatedly, in deeds and words, expressed that
the relations between Egypt and Libya are relations of
fraternity and unity of destiny, and that what binds the
Arab people in both countries is stronger than any
relationship between any other two countries in the
region.
Second: The great Socialist Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah
has repeatedly stressed that there are no problems
obstructing the resumption of relations between the two
fraternal countries other than the involvement of the
Egyptian regime in the agreements of shame and dis-
grace with the Zionist enemy which led to grave conse-
quences for the Arab nation and especially to Egypt.
AI-Mahdi Receives Egypt's Butrus Ghali
JN311157 Khartoum SUNA in Arabic 1030 GMT
31 Dec 87
[Text] Khartoum, 31 Dec (SUNA)-This morning,
Prime Minister Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi met with Dr Butrus
Ghali, Egyptian minister of state for foreign affairs. They
discussed bilateral ties and ways to strengthen them.
Dr Ghali told SUNA that he and Al-Mahdi reviewed the
outcome of Ghali's African tour. It has so far taken him
to Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya. The Egyptian official
added that this African tour is aimed at exploring how
peace can be established in the region. He called his
meeting with Al-Mahdi positive and constructive, and
said that it was part of ongoing consultations between
Egypt and Sudan.
Dr Ghali has also called on the chairman of the State
Council to brief him on his African visit. This tour is
part of Egypt's mediation effort to ease recent tensions
between Sudan and Ethiopia.
Sees `Great' Chances for Peace
JN311635 Khartoum SUNA in Arabic 1531 GMT
31 Dec 87
[Text] In a press statement he made today following his
meeting with Butrus Ghali, Egyptian minister of state for
foreign affairs, Prime Minister Al-Sadiq al-Mahdi said
that the possibilities of peace with both the rebel move-
ment and with Sudan's neighbor Ethiopia are great.
Al-Mahdi said that the problem of southern Sudan can
be resolved as long as Sudan recognizes such a problem
exists.
The prime minister maintained that the problem will not
be solved by force of arms, that armed conflict will only
bring further losses, and that the essence of the problem
can be solved peacefully.
Al-Mahdi asserted that the problems of Sudan and
Ethiopia can be solved, and that the resources of the two
countries must be directed toward building and develop-
ment. He also noted that this is particularly true since the
two countries have agreed on the policy of good-neigh-
borliness and can additionally agree on just formulas to
solve the rebel movements in the two countries.
The prime minister then noted that Sudanese-Ethiopian
relations are not connected with the problem of southern
Sudan.
Al-Mahdi said the two countries have agreed to hold a
meeting, and what remains is to determine the venue of
the joint Sudanese-Ethiopian ministerial committee. He
indicated that Sudan will present a detailed paper on
bilateral relations at such talks.
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Al-Mahdi declared that he will meet with President
Mengistu Haile Mariam at the conclusion of the meet-
ings of the joint committee. Sudan and Ethiopia had
agreed to hold the joint committee talks on 7 January
1988. Sudan has proposed six African states as a venue
for the meetings, namely: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania,
Egypt, Nigeria, and the Central African Republic.
The prime minister noted that the results of Butrus
Ghali's African tour are very positive. Ghali had briefed
Al-Mahdi on his tour during their meeting. The Egyptian
official visited Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya in addition
to Sudan.
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The source said the two Ethiopian troops had revealed
very important information that evidently prove' Ethio-
pia's involvement beside the rebels during the fighting.
The source added that the Ethiopian troops had shifted
two rocket propellers [launchers] from Kurmuk town to
Qaysan for boosting the rebels.
SPLA on `Faked Battle'
EA021509 (Clandestine) Radio of the Sudanese People's
Liberation Army in English 1300 GMT 2 Jan 88
Talks With Ethiopia Set for Cairo on 7 Jan
JN030723 Manama WAKH in Arabic 0635 GMT
3 Jan 88
[Text] Abu Dhabi, 3 Jan (WAKH)-Press reports here
today mention that positive developments for eliminat-
ing tension in relations between Sudan and Ethiopia will
take place in the next few days.
AL-ITTIHAD cites a diplomatic source in Cairo as
saying that intensive contacts between Addis Ababa and
Khartoum over the past 2 days have resulted in an
agreement to convene a meeting between the foreign
ministers of the two countries in Cairo on Thursday
[7 January].
The source said that six African capitals, including
Kampala, Nairobi, and Djibouti, have been considered
for such a meeting. However, it was finally agreed to
hold the talks in Cairo after Egypt expressed its readiness
to host such a meeting as part of its contribution to
improving relations between the two countries.
Qaysan `Liberated,' Garang Forces `Crushed'
EA011601 Omdurman Domestic Service in Arabic
1500 GMT 1 Jan 88
[Excerpt] A dispatch from the radio team in Al-Damazin
says that the brave Armed Forces this afternoon liber-
ated the town of Qaysan and crushed the forces of rebel
agent John Garang and his supporters. The Sudanese flag
now flies high in the sky over the town. The decisive
battle began at 0500 today and continued for hours.
After this, the rebel hordes fled [words indistinct], and
victory for our steadfast Armed Forces. [passage omit-
ted]
2 Ethiopians `Arrested'
JN021743 Khartoum SUNA in English 1717 GMT
2 Jan 88
[Text] Khartoum, Jan 2 (SUNA)-Two Ethiopian troops
were arrested during the attack on the border town of
Qaysan which was recaptured by the Armed Forces
yesterday, a reliable source at the General Command
said today.
[Text] The official spokesman of the SPLA dismissed as
an obnoxious and callous, naked lie Khartoum's claim
that they captured Qaysan yesterday after a fierce battle
that started at dawn and lasted 5 hours. The spokesman
said that this is another fabrication in the string of lies
Khartoum has carefully orchestrated in the last 2
months, a system applied, designed to deceive, and
mobilize certain sections of the Sudan community along
racial and sectarian lines, to solicit foreign support, and
to raise the low and sagging morale of Khartoum's Army.
The truth about Qaysan is that there was never a battle
for Qaysan and not a single SPLA soldier nor Khartoum
soldiers was killed on 1 January 1988. Khartoum only
designed a faked fighting in Qaysan on I January 1988 to
flavor independence celebrations. Consistent with SPLA
policy of classical guerrilla warfare in Southern Blue
Nile, the SPLA evacuated Qaysan 72 hours before Khar-
toum's faked battle, who claim that there was a fierce
battle lasting 5 hours and that the SPLA suffered heavy
casualty [as heard] as absurd and shameless lying to the
Sudanese people and the world.
The SPLA war in Southern Blue Nile is going on accord-
ing to plan, and we assure the two ruling families that the
war in Southern Blue Nile will cost them dearly with
minimum losses to the SPLA.
Ethiopian Soldier Seeks Political Asylum
JN311622 Khartoum SUNA in Arabic 1512 GMT
31 Dec 87
[Excerpt] Al-Damazin, 31 Dec (SUNA)-Lieutenant
Colonel Hassan Sayyid Mustafa, director of the military
intelligence branch of the 14th Brigade, has indicated
that Ethiopian soldier Adani Wolde Rufael Koffi, who
surrendered to the Sudanese forces in Kurmuk yester-
day, Wednesday, has sought political asylum. He added
that Adani's request will be studied either in Khartoum
or Wad Madani, in the Central Region. He also stressed
that the statements Adani made concurred with the
information available to the military intelligence service
from other sources. [passage omitted]
Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/02 : CIA-RDP05-01559R000400430003-5