Press Review [Archives:2002/12/Press Review]

Ash- Shoura weekly, organ of Yemeni People’s Forces Union, 10 Mar. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Unvestors Complain of Bueaurocratic complications, corruption and absence of security
-Islamic National Conference in Yemen Denies Discussing Prince Abdulla’s Initiative
-Massive meeting in Baghdad: Arab People’s Forces Union
-”Made in Yemen” project kicked off
-Tribal disputes, Security incidents continue.
Mr Abdulla al- Qadi has written an article on convening the coming Arab summit saying that holding the Arab summit scheduled in Beirut late this month, comes amidst very serious and complicated regional and international political atmospheres, particularly following the 11 September events in the United States and their successive repercussions influencing both Arab and Islamic worlds. These include the beginning of strikes on Afghanistan to the American threats of attacking Iraq and Iran and even Somalia to Palestine where Sharon is tightening the grip on the Palestinian people and destruction of their infrastructure as an authority and people, in addition to the western media campaign against all that is Islamic and Arab. The western media intentionally portray Arabs and Muslims as against civilisation and enemies of progress while unleashing the slogan of conflict of civilisations applied against them.
Upon these situations one wonders what could the summit do in the face of the events and developments the region is leading, Among these queries are:
– What would the summit offer to the Palestinian cause and would the Arab leaders wave that the American strategic and vital interest in the Arab region must be liked to the Palestinian issue and the extent of solutions offered with regard to this level,
– Would the Arab leaders be able to come out with clear- cut Arab definition distinguishing terrorism from national struggle for freedom and independence?,
– Would the Arabs be capable of staving off a military strike America intends to deal to Iraq or any other Arab country?,
– Could the Arabs come out with a political and media unified address directed to the world?,
– Are the Arabs able to dismiss from themselves the charge of terrorism, and
– Does the Arab leaders’ agenda contain all that is related to improving the political, economic, and social conditions, in addition to removing the injustice from yoke of the Arab citizen who is living under the burden of poverty in his homeland and facing the charge of terrorism in the western hemisphere?
Annas weekly, 11 Mar. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Two weeks of Tribal battles kill 12 and injure 40
-Elections Supreme Committee to overcome previous mistakes
-Yemeni- British Military Manoeuvre in Ma’areb
Columnist Ahmed Shalafi says in his article this week the Americans, specifically the U.S. State Department insist every year on exposing to the world their defects, showing extensive amount of disrespect of towards the international community, and that is exactly done by publishing their ” Report on Human Rights”. In such a report , America reviews a number of abuses and violations of human rights in the third world. The falsehood by the American State Department contained in such reports represents a big scandal to be added to record of the American policy scandals. The latest report has impudently excluded America itself from human rights violations and war crimes that almost affected innocent people from all nationalities. All indications confirm that in the year 2001 the United States had played a major role in being the main state in the world that committed many violations of human rights, rules of the world order and even the American law itself are not spared from the repeated violations committed by the U.S.Defence Department, the CIA, the White House or even the president who seems to be the most ignorant of his country’s laws.
Declaring war on terror is actually nothing but a new American pretext for bigger violations of human rights and against humanity. The Americans think by that they attain their big illusion of leading the world and impose their control over it.
Al- Wahdawi weekly, organ of the Nasserite People’s Unionist Organisation, 12 Mar. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Saudi Authorities Detains Yemenis, their tribe threaten of kidnapping Saudis
-Nasserite organistion refuses American military presence on Yemeni territories
-At Hudeida university: Security Arrests 14 students, disperses a strike using live ammunition
-Committees for support for Palestine and Iraq
Mr Ahmed Salem Ka’boub says in his article that much has been written and talked about financial and administrative reform and many years passed while the reform has been kept hostage of formulas and texts of plans and programs and within the folds of laws and decisions that have not come to surface.
Among the factors that nourish corruption, besides the crisis in applying the laws, is the administrative failure.
The writer maintains to comment that we have judged as failure many state establishments and got rid of them by privatization without exerting efforts to look for the reasons behind their failure, though the process does not need much effort as it is very clear before our eyes, i.e. the administrative unsuccess. Many administrative leaderships have found themselves at high posts through various means far away from qualification and experience and scientific degrees. Bribes, tribal affiliation and mediation were the ladder that they ascended to reach the top posts. In consequence these administrative leaderships discover themselves as being incapable of performing the required role and see their continuation in their posts linked to keeping the situations as they are.
Ath- Thawri weekly, organ of YSP, 7 Mar. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-100 American special forces and intelligence troops arrive in Yemen
-11 killed, 40 injured in clashes in Ibb
-Son of a tribe chief kills a civil servant at his office
-Salem Saleh: Political will that achieved unity, capable of unifying national rank
-YSP mourns Zubairi decease
-Civil society organisations congratulate woman on her day
The writer Fadhl al- Rabei discusses in an article this week the relationship between unemployment and crime. There are many indicators at present confirm the aggravation of unemployment problem as it has become one of the outstanding social problems many developed and developing societies, including Yemen are suffering. Aggravation of unemployment problem undoubtedly forms a danger threatening life of the society in general. Unemployment causes a host of effects negatively reflected on life of the unemployed and their families and the society. One of those effects is related to crime. Therefore, many countries give this phenomenon great attention in research and discussion with the aim of reaching to create and draw up a treatment for it . They usually follow up a number of procedural steps aimed at staving off dangers of unemployment and curbing its various impact. They as a matter of fact start from detecting its causes, whether those pertaining to the nature of the political regime or diminution of economic resources or rise in population rates.
OfficiaL sources in Yemen point out to a 3% annual rise in population growth and the proportion of unemployment is estimated at 32%. The state has abandoned he question of employing the graduates where the percentage of unemployment among them has rocketed during the recent years. A prolonged period of unemployment is associated with an increase in feelings of frustration and diminish of social status with the unemployed person. That is why he would develop negative tendencies and hostile feelings towards the society and the surrounding environment. Such feelings could be expressed with some hostile behaviour leading the persons to committing criminal acts. Hence regimes in many countries have given attention to the economic factors and creating job opportunities for their people for poverty and unemployment would have negative impact on those poor and the unemployed and lead them to practice criminal acts. Care and attention must be given to providing social safety net and assistance given to the unemployed in addition to creation of new job opportunities for the youth.
As- Sahwa weekly, 14 Mar. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Yemen sees Activities in Support of the Palestinian Struggle
-Students of Hudeida University, still under arrest
-Ba Fadhl, head of Islah party Parliamentary bloc: In response to the President’s wish, I would not nominate myself
-Barghothi: Israeli massacres, shake not our faith.
Columnist Zaid Ash- Shami has said in his article this week it seems that the United States more than any time before hankering for wars. Therefore it is preparing for a new war against Iraq. And despite that it has not found any world positive response except from Britain and Israel and the American vice president has thus embarked on an Arab tour to prepare it for the war. This escalation lacks in fact any justification. The American administration at the time of Clinton was faced with rejection from the Gulf states and other Arab countries as well as from the Islamic states and others. It is no longer acceptable by all reasons to launch a war on a country suffering from harsh sanctions and blockade and its territories have been subjugated to international inspection teams for more than eight years whereas Israel has been allowed to kill the Palestinian people and develop its nuclear weapons.
In order to secure success for the American escalation against Iraq the U.S. administration needs to calm down temporarily the situation in the Palestinian territories. For this reason the American administration has decided the return of its envoy Zinni who has not been but a witness biased to the Israeli aggression and it is not expected from him to contribute to remove the injustice inflicted on the Palestinians.
The calming down process expected to be realized in the Palestinian territories is a preparation for escalation and war that America wants to wage against Iraq and simultaneously hopes from the Arabs and Muslims and the Palestinians to face all that with confidence and kiss the hand that stabs them.
The article goes on that the Arabs and Muslims should not expect neutrality in the American attitude and they are not required to wage war on America but the dangerous thing is to be deceived once again. Their road is very clear and that is of joining their efforts, forgetting about the disputes, rising to the level of situation and to supporting our brethren in Palestine by stands and funds. The Arabs have to tell America that the world is today in need of peace not war and the children are in need of medicine and food not bombs and explosives.
RAY weekly ,organ of Sons of Yemen League party, 12 Mar. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Injured and detained persons in conflict between the GPC and Islah parties,
-Police storms Hudeida university, disperse students by using tear gas and live bullets
-Gang stealing Mobile phones, arrested
-Yemeni- Egyptian talks on repatriation of wanted
-25 Local companies call for permission to establish independent satellite channels
In its editorial the newspaper said recently the U.S. president has expressed his administration’s fears of Yemen’s change into another Afghanistan. It does not seem that it is a sentence voiced randomly. Yemen has the biggest asset of tolerance and civilized coexistence, but has today due to complicated circumstances been looked at as a source of others’ fears. The editorial added that many have ignored the sincere calls demanding for following the road of comprehensive reform that would rectify all forms of failure and straighten our course and purify our social, political and economic environment.
The editorial calls for cooperation and coordination with others in order to achieve our interest provided that the cooperation would be confined to the need, both in quality and quantity and for a limited time and rallied behind by the active national forces.

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