Letters to the Editor [Archives:2000/17/Letters to the Editor]

Dear Editor,
I think that the Yemen should ask for a compensation from the United States as a result of its Hollywood movie called Rules of Engagement that assassinated our reputation and falsely depicted Yemen as a ground of innate cannibals. This will greatly add more damage to our economy that we are trying to improve; like the Aden Free Zone. This movie reached millions of people around the world; including investors who were willing to participate in the AFZ. Else, Yemen should withdraw its embassy from USA and discontinue any diplomatic and economic relations.
Adam Ahmed
[email protected]

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Where is HRO??!
One day I was invited to sit with a friend of mine in a hotel to chat and watch TV, at 4:30 p.m. while we were watching TV, especially Al-Gazira channel I watched many Chichians: Old men, Ladies, Kids as well as the young and they were weeping and crying bitterly in a refugee camp in their neighbored country, and they were saying “we are not criminals, we did not disturb anybody, we long to go back to our own country”.
In fact, I was extremely sad particularly when I saw a kid saying “Why am I here? I do not know why? Where am I??” This incident, like many other inhuman and criminal incidents, reminds me of human rights organization and its business. As we all know that this poor country, Chichinia, is an independent country, but we do not know why it is being left and neglected by HRO as if it was not an independent sate in this world.
In my article I would like to ask whether there is HRO or not. If it is there, then, what is its attitude towards Chichinia, what is its attitude towards Russia, the strongest military force? Chichinian people have been being killed, annihilated, eliminated, maltreated as well as driven away from their own country as if they were not human beings. What is the cause or reason?! We do not know.
Unfortunately there is not even a single country in the world which protested, detested or disapproved the massacres and carriages which Russia has done against Muslims of Chichinia. All the countries are silent including America, the mater of peace. In my opinion there is no need of the HRO, because it is useless and powerless. Its duty is to protect human beings from violation, but cowardly it forgot its business. Actually UN is America and America is UN. They are two faces of the same coin.
A nation is being destroyed, killed and driven away from its land, and America, UN as well as the whole world keep silent. So I personally once again suggest that there is no need of HRO because it is nonsense and apparition. HRO is made just to protect Jews and Christians. It is against Muslims. What has been happening between Russia and Chichinia indicates that there is neither HRO nor UN.
In short, human rights are violated in Chichinia and all the world sees and watches the daily massacres which Russia commits against the Muslims in that area of the world, but unfortunately there is nor response. When will the HRO pay attention towards Chichinia?? When will the security council stop Russian from the military operations on Chichinia??! When? And when?
At the end I would like to say that the quietness, fear and cowardice of the HRO towards Russia is because that Russia is a strong and communist country, and at the same time Chichinia is a poor and Muslim country so they must be killed and destroyed. Before I conclude I would like to remind all coward Russians that Muslims of Chichinia will never leave Islam till death. Damn Russia and its criminal people.
Abdul Ghani Al-Mansoob
Ibb University

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Something from MemoryÉ.
I still remember it if it was just yesterday place: small village on one of Taiz mountain.
Time: since 15 years
I used to hear so much about superstitions, which were the most common and favorite subject among people. So, pictures of genii, demon, and ugly old women often pursued me transferred my dreams to nightmares. But in particular day as I was crossing the road in forest like beside cemetery before sunset. Suddenly, I felt that huge hand grasping my head strongly that made me as statue couldn’t even ask for help as there was not body around. I thought it was my end and I would be eaten up instantly. Then with shedding tears which fell down as water fall, I entreated him to release and let me back to my mother.
For along time I had spoken to him without any movement telling him politely not to eat me because I was only child for my mother and father, added promising him that I would give him all my toys, money and whatever so. I didn’t hear any answer that increased my fear. It was the longest standing in history after it I fell down, for I had talked for along time, leaving my scarf in so called monsters hand which was a bare branch!
Today when I pass through that place I filled with unexplained feelings I bite my lips just say “damn, superstition”.
Fahmia Taha Ahmed
Dept. of English.

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Problem needs to solve
What we see in the parties of wedding in the villages playing with the shooting of the guns in a large amount in the free air confirm that the absence of the security force. Happenings like this affects the life of the people and sometimes turns the happiness of the weddings to the badness for the bad using of guns. So there are some villages near from each others and when the party of the weddings happened the people release a lot of bullets in the sky without take care and as a result of this the bullets come down towards the other villages and kill or injures the safe people. Things like these have happened for many times. As well as in these occasions the wires of the electricity were cut and loss the light and electricity for some days. I think it really problem and we are waiting for solving it.

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