Press Review [Archives:2002/24/Press Review]

Main Headlines:
-Pakistani authorities hand over 28 Yemeni nationals to the American forces
-American police arrests 4 Yemeni expatriates and releases another
-President Ali Abdullah Saleh inaugurates the 1st phase of communication, information technology city
-Lebanese president to visit Yemen next September
-Security source: Islah-affiliate students & gunmen storm Sanaa University campus
-YR 413,4 billion worth strategic projects on easing poverty
The political editor of the newspaper has written an article on the phenomenon of vengeance in Yemen saying the elimination of this phenomenon is the responsibility of all. It is a task to be shouldered by all the Yemenis through comprehending the dangers of its continuation with its orientations,dimensions and detriment consequences on security, stability and development. These are pillars constituting the foundations for any civilized construction leading Yemen to to progress and keeping pace with world civilization as well as achieving prosperity for the Yemeni people.
Vengeance is one of the inherited deformed phenomena of our Yemeni society that preserves civilized values, traditions and customs. Most of those phenomena have disappeared by virtue of positive developments and changes created by the Yemeni revolutions of 26 September and 14 October that covered all political, and economic fields.

Al-Ihyaa al-Arabi weekly, organ of the National Arab Baath Socialist party,6 June 2002.
Main Headlines:
-U.S. intelligence chief on secret visit to Yemen
-Victims of vengeance around 2000 killed in four governorates
-PGCs assistant secretary-general:Yemen targeted by America
-Iraq invites number of Yemeni media men
-Five-month stay of execution sentences against two editors and editor in chief of Al-Thawri newspaper
-Murder attempt against Chairman of Yemeni Journalists Syndicate
Columnist Abdulhamza al-Mansouri says in an article that Iraqs foreign policy has taken steps that have left their mark on Iraqs modern history and its relations with others.
The writer has cited a number of characteristics of Iraq’s policy, summing them up as follows:
-It works for founding and stabilizing an accurate and equal understanding of Iraq’s relations with other countries based on respect of Iraq and Arab countries sovereignty.
-It considers pan-Arab security as indivisible entirety through Iraq’s relations with non-Arab countries.
-Defending regional and Arab principles or not merely slogans within, the frame of generalizations, They are slogan for actual implementation.
-Iraq’s political policy address does not submit to games of politics giving priority to interests at the expanse of the nations central issues.
-Iraq’s policy is aware of schemes of American imperialism and Zionism in the area aimed at facing the fiat accompli policy.
-Iraqs policy has been dependent, in dealing with all, on principle of equality, common interests and balanced international relations stemming from national and pan-Arab interests.
-The Iraqi policy has its special identity through pursuing a policy of comprehensive development in areas of science, technology, culture, industry, agriculture and trade and diversification of armament.
-Avoiding double standard is another feature of Iraqs foreign policy.
-Also, the Iraqi policy depends on a scientific approach pinpointing the goods and choosing the causes away from whims or extortion of the enemies.
-Iraq has no two different policies; one for local consumption and the other tailored for dealing with those outside its boundaries.
Al-Wahdawi weekly, organ of the Nasserite Peoples unionist organization, 4 June 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Political leaderships: Foreign parties behind Eritrea, Yemeni government continues a hush-hush policy.
-Large-scale resentment towards re-erecting British Queen Victorias statue to Aden.
-Group of gunmen open fires in Sharaab.
-Chairman of Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, exposed to killing attempted at the Syndicate building in Sanaa.
Columnist Ahmed Saeed discusses in article the problem of Qat in Yemen. He says it is difficult for our government to address the problem of Qat and confront it as an economic phenomenon. This is because of absence of strategic vision to treat its consequences by encouragement of alternatives for producing other crops bringing higher profits. Such alternatives could attempt Yemeni farmers to grow crops other than Qat.
It is confirmed that Qat trees negative aspects are not only confirmed to the individuals and family economic and social conditions. They exceed that to the economic situation as a whole. Growing Qat trees causes also a rise in food products and a drop of their purchasing power owing to recession of their cultivated area and expansion of the area allocated to growing Qat trees.
The problem is aggravating everyday through expansion in growing Qat at the expense of other crops. Economic resources ? arable lands and water are wasted consecutively if there are no speedy arrangements taken to remove one of the causes hindering development in Yemen. If all failed to tackle this problem, the country would suffer from its consequences.
 

Attariq weekly, 4 June 20002.
Main Headlines:
-Thousands of employees in Aden pensioned off.
-Attempted attack on Journalists Chairman.
-Journalists express solidity with their chairman.
-Workshop on development in the Arab countries.
-Somalis refugees conditioned discussed.
Saeed Abdulrab al-Hawthari stresses in his article that the corruption is an integrated system with interconnected links. It has its symbols and mechanism with which some influentials use under justification of financial and administrative reform.
People have become accustomed to talk about the octopus of corruption growing at the skinny body of our society, wandering why nobody dares to tackle.
What we experience on the ground is inconsistent with statements and warnings of the president and his fight on corruption. How would the government expect the citizen to believe laws issued by it while they are not enforced. He has not ever seen or heard of a corrupt Qat accounted or stood trail. The citizen wanders when would the wheel of actual reform begin to rotate and the proper person is put in the proper place or position?
AL-Wahda weekly, 5 June 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Political discussion about Yemen socialist party initiatives and electoral system.
-Government approves strategy for alleviating poverty in Yemen.
-Number of constituencies to be announced soon.
-Teaching & training institutions in several governorates to be established
The newspapers editorial is devoted to discussing the issue of vengeance. It says the phenomenon of revenge and tribal fights one of the disasters threatening hopes, inspirations and rather strategies adopted by the government and civil society establishments for building a more stable future and a more firm state. The battle erupting between tribes, however limited it were, devours hopes and expectations of the new the Yemeni generation dreaming of a better future.
This evil phenomenon has become a mark on the forehead of a community feeling proud of their unity and growing democracy. It has become a source of trouble and arrogance to the state and its modern institutions and to all those yearning for sovereignty of the state and order and law. It has also become a source offering reputation of Yemen and Yemenis.
The vengeance phenomenon could not be eliminated by only symposiums and conferences, nor through decisions and recommendations or even laws. It would not be ended by merely unleashing threats. The will is the essence and determination is the guarantee for this will.
Al-Sahwa weekly, 6 June 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Peoples General Congress party divides the country through electoral divisions process.
-Bajammal evades parliament accountability.
-Algerian elections confirm superiority of national and Islamic trend.
Ali bin Abduallah al-Wasei says in his article that it is natural for the regimes built on multi-party system every political party would to seek to get a majority to implement its plans which it deems as favor of the country. The means for obtaining majority should be reasonable. The author wanders about the sort of majority when the ruling party controls everything. Such majority would stand against the reason and logic as long as its leadership wants that. If that leadership wants corruption that majority would support it. For instance prices of electricity and water were increased and some members of parliament took the side of the people, but the majority stood up to that and thus foiled efforts of all those wanting to oppose the rise in prices. In this concept, the majority has become something fearful. It has become a torturing whip.

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