JPRS ID: 9969 NEAR EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORT

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APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007102/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400050019-2 ~ FOR OFF[CIAL USE ONLY JPRS L/9869 9 September 1981 ~lear East North Africa Re o.rt p CFOUO 30/81) FBIS FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVlCE FUR OFF[C[AL US~. ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400050019-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400050019-2 r NOTE JPRS publications contain information primarily from foreign newspapers, periodicals and books, but also from news agency transmissions and broadcasts. Materials from foreign-language sources arE translated; those from English-language sources are transcribed or reprinted, with the original phrasing and other characteristics retained. Headlines, editorial reports, and material enclosed in brackets - are supplied by JPRS. Processing indicators such as [Text] or [Excerpt] in the first line of each item, or following the last line of a brief, indicate how the original informa.tion was processed. Where no processing indicator is given, the infor- mation was summarized or extracted. ~ Unfamiliar names rendered phonetically or transliterated are enclosed in parentheses. Words or names preceded by a ques- rion mark and enclosed in parentheses were not clear in the original but have been supplied as appropriate in context. Other unattributed parenthe~ical notes within the body of an item originate with the source. Times within items are as given by source. The contents of this publication in no way represent the poli- cies, views or attitudes of the U.S. Government. ~ COPYRIGHT LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING OWNERSHIP OF MATERIALS REPRODUCED HEREIN REQUIRE THAT DISSEMINATION OF THIS PUBLICATION BE RESTRICTED FOR OFFICIAL USE ONI,Y. APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400050019-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400050019-2 JPRS L/9969 9 September 1981 NEAR EAST/NORTH AFRICA REPORT (FOUO 30/81) ' CONTENTS INTER-AR.AB AFFAIRS PLO Paris Representative Sus,Interviewed (Ibrahim Sus Interview; LE NOWEL OBSERVATEUR, 8-14 Aug 81) 1 Flow of Inter-Arab Financial Assistance Noted (Abderrahman Robana; THE MAGHREI3 R~VIEW, Mar-Aug 80) 4 AFGHANISTAN UK Journalist Reporte.on Afghan Experience (Aernout van,Lynden; THE OBSERVER, 16 Aug 81) 17 ALGERIA Analysis of Algerian Pelitical Influences, Orientation (AL-WATAN AL-:ARt~BI, 10-16 Jul 81) 20 , ISRAEL '~~abriel Mk 3' Sea-to-Sea Missile (AIR & CQSMOS, 11 Jul 81) 25 MAURITAiVIA Economic Indicators for 1980 Summarized (MARCHES TROPICAUX ET MEDITERRANEENS, 12 Jun 81) 26 MuKOCCO Causes of June Riots Found in Economy, Inflation, IMF Impositions (AL-WA~AN AL-'ARABI, 3-9 Jul 81) 28 Report on Moroccan Labor Federation (Fu'ad Abu Mansur; AL-WATAN AL-'ARABI, 10-16 Jul 81) 31 Report on Democratic Confederation flf Labor (Fu'ad Abu Maneur; AL-WATAN AL-`ARAHI, 17-23 Jul 81) 40 ~ a- (III - NE & A- 121 FOUO] FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400050019-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2447/02/09: CIA-RDP82-44850R444444454419-2 F(1R nl~~'i('IA1, lt~l? (1N11' .,z - SYRIA Objectives of Soviet-Syrian Naval ~xercises Analyzed (AL-WATAN AL--'ARABI, 24-30 Jul 81) 48 Naval Base at Latakia Soviet Maneuvers TUNISIA Bourguiba Comments on Current Arab Events (Habib Bourguiba Interview; AL-WATAN AL-'ARAEI, 3-9 Jul 81) 53 - b - FOR OFFIC[AL ?JSE ONLY APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400050019-2 APPROVED FOR RELEASE: 2007/02/09: CIA-RDP82-00850R000400050019-2 - FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY INTER.-'AR~iB~, AFFAIRS PLO PARIS REPRESENTATIVE.SUS IN~ERVIEWED. LD141629 Paris LE: NOUVEL OB&EAVI~TEIIR~ in Fren~eh~ ~8-3.4 Aug~ 8t~ pp~ ~ 38-~39 [Interview with PL0 Paris repreaentative�~Ibrahim~Sus:by Guy~Sitbon: "Victory In ~ 2 or 3 Years"--undated] [ExcerpL] [QuestionJ Mitterrand is xather pro-Israe~.i,.is he~not? [Answer] The~�a~titude.~o~..ttie.:Sbaia~li'st: P~rty .toward�~the~~PLO:~savor~sd~ oE bias but ' I believe Mittearand~ could~~p;~a~Z~~an~ imga~tant� ra1,e.-.f~c. pas~ce.. He~ would ~like to - visit Israel. Wtiy not? He has~ the .rig~1C to do~-so. Howeuer; .:the aatural counter- part of this� wou].d: be�. an~~inu~Ca~~:on.~:fot~.~Yas~~c