Press Review [Archives:2002/38/Press Review]

Al-Jamaheer weekly, organ of the Arab Baath Socialist party, 8 Sept. 2002
Main Headlines:
-Audit Central Apparatus questions agriculture minister
-Security refuses to reveal detainees names
-800 Israeli tanks demolish Palestinians houses in Jenin, Deir al-Balah
-Hizbollah warns America against launching any aggression on Lebanon
-President Khatami to visit Yemen
-One girl killed, another kidnapped by unidentified gang
Editorial of the newspaper says the American pressure is intensively increasing on all of the Arab countries in an attempt of a new political extortion. This time it is more dangerous and more important as it is targeting the Arabs in their unity, culture and economy. No Arab country today thinks itself away or not concerned with American and Zionist plans. This has in fact motivated Arab political leaderships that found themselves before difficult options against the American demand of either to accept and get estranged from the Arab masses or to reject and interact with the Arab masses and accept the challenge.
Against all these challenges the GCC convened a conference followed by Arab foreign ministers conference in Cairo. Arab foreign ministers have recalled the impending dangers on the Arab nation and unanimously decided the Arabs refusal of the strike the United States intends to deal to Iraq. The Arabs are aware of the serious impact of the strike nationally and regionally. But these positive resolutions are no more than theoretical and did not rise to the level of the challenge the nation is facing. The Arab countries must upgrade their mechanisms to the level of challenge not with resolution but rather with action because rejection may not prevent America from striking Iraq. The Arabs must stand by Iraq and put the mechanism of Arab Joint Defence Treaty into effect.
Al-Wahdawi weekly, organ of the Nassrite Peoples’ Unionist Organization, 10 Sep. 2002
Main Headlines:
-More than 60 killed, 100 injured,
Wa’ala & Dahan: Authority behind fighting renewal
-Ministry skirmishes, casualties between Yemen and Eritrea
-Brigadier General Ali Muhsin fails to settle tribal dispute in al-Jawf
-Authorities threaten of military shelling of Dhu Hussein
-International rejection of attacking Iraq
-Chief of staff warns al-Sha’ef
-Ruling party begins election campaign in schools
Columnist Tawfiq al-Mikhlafi says the crazy uncle Sam who possesses a massive material power, is lacking of the simplest civilized constituents; spiritual, ethical and religious. He does not take into account other nations, and does not recognize their possession of deep-rooted civilization, i.e. before the establishment of what known by the New World. These nations are presently confronting challenges imposed on the them and find themselves in a position of self-defense and existence. America has nowadays forced the world to watch a long and never ending movies of action and terror. A tedious film does not recognize reality the world nations are forcibly intended to watch and applaud despite its violation of all moral values.
America does not want to learn a lesson from history and from those who preceded it of Nazis and tyrants who were defeated while at the peak of their power. This is going to be the inevitable destiny of America, according to the logic of history and reason. America has been engaging the entire world with a simply mad logic far away from all humanitarian and normal norms and conventions that organize human relations. It is working for dragging the world the age of pre-civilization and science, to the age of the law of jungle.
As-Sahwa Weekly 12 Sept. 2002
Main Headlines:
-The government pursues anti-education policy
-Ruling party punishes corruption critics
-Unsightly crime in Damat
Columnist Zaid al-Shami has this week devoted his article to discussing of politicizing the education.
He says education is the future. As much as we pay attention to it and be keen on it, we can draw the image of the future we look for. Among the principles regarding education is that it is the right of all. There must be justice distributing its services in the rural and urban area, among males and females and to apply principles of equal educational opportunities. Preserving these principles and rules guarantees bringing up well-educated generation capable of dealing with life renewals and bearing ambitions towards progress of its nation.
This year partisan interests gained control in dealing with education. The Ministry of Education has begun closing down many secondary schools just because they did not vote for the ruling party in elections. Those who demand for sound criteria and their right to education may be vulnerable to be threatened or even imprisoned by securities bodies. Such politicizing of education would lead to destruction of values, customs and traditions.
Al-Balagh Weekly, 10 Sept. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-The U.S. ambassador draws new religious map in our country
-American nuclear stations, future targets of “al-Qaeda”
-Salafia conference in Ma’ber, condemn Abu al-Hasan, installs Mohammed al-Immam
-Increasing demands for salvaging national industry, supporting domestic production.
The newspaper editorial mentions that a year after the events of 11 September, it is natural that Arab and Islamic leadership have to review what has happened in the world during this year. During this year, America has confirmed that there is no room for friendship and relationship with any country whatsoever. However, there is only one policy and one vision, i.e. the American policy and vision. The whole world, particularly the Arab and Islamic world has to abide by this policy and vision.
Therefore, the Arab and Islamic serious action should be activation of the role of the Arab League and the organization of the Islamic conference. It is especially with regards to founding mechanisms for joint action and economic integration, in addition to finding implementable formulas execution. With such a stand we can stand up in the face of the American arrogance which intends to drag the entire region to a whirlpool of continuous violence. The present American policy would produce new seminaries of counter violence towards the American violence and will come a generation that would hate American and love for vengeance.
Ath-Thawra daily, 14 Sept. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-President Saleh performs Friday prayers in Abs city
-The president calls for more national fraternity and cohesion, Arab and Islamic solidarity
-Expatriates 2nd general conference begins in Sana’a Monday
-Iraq rejects unconditional return of weapon inspectors
-150 Arab experts discuss in Sana’a issues of Arab arbitration
Ath-Thawra editorial today devoted to talk about the Yemeni revolution and its achievements. It mentions that over 40 years the Yemeni revolution represented a dividing stage between situations of deprivation, ignorance and disease that overshadowed the country for long centuries and a new and happy era where ambitions of the Yemeni people have been demonstrated and as embodied by the revolution’s principles.
In its race with time movement and its developments, and despite the difficulties it has faced during its early years, the revolution managed to realize great victories for the homeland in defending the republican system and repelling attempts of conspirators against it and also to establish for modern aspects of life. Thus came the great quantitative transfer and steps of accomplishment continued in the country economically, socially and culturally.
Al-Thawri weekly, organ of YSP 12 Sept. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-Intensive security campaign in precaution of probable operations
-Three MPs sacked from membership of the ruling party
-American security participation in investigations into killing two of al-Qaeda elements in Sana’a
-Friends of martyr al-Huraibi intend to tender a case against the killers
Mohammed Farie al-Shaibani has written an article saying the state-owned media have been steadily confronting whoever writes anything or mentions any grievances happening in the southern and eastern areas of the country calling them as secessionists, if not added to that charge the description of totalitarians.
Regretfully, since the declaration of the unity up till now those media remained as mouthpieces to what was called the Arab republic of Yemen and nothing has changed in the address of them. Even the personnel of those media has not been changed as well as the style of their writings and tackling of subjects. They are still dealing with news of establishments of what was known as the northern part of the country, neglecting what is going on in the southern and eastern areas as if they are deserts inhabited by nomadic Bedouins. For these media there is no literature or music or singing in that southern and eastern desert despite the fact that history mentions that in that place all creative cultural unions have grown and flourished but they deem it as a barren desert.
Al-Osboa weekly 12 Sept. 2002.
Main Headlines:
-The President cancels his visit to the U.S.
-Ambassador Hull: Americans took part in investigations into death of two al-Qaeda members
-A Chinese citizen beaten in Sana’a
-Fresh difference in shares of the JMP in overseeing committees
Columnist Wahieb al-Nassari says the GPC and Islah parties are continuing their political and media war while preparing records of the forthcoming elections and correcting voters timetables in preparation for running the parliamentary elections, and the agreement between the Islah and the JMP on distributing the shares in the registration committees.
The ruling party returned to dig out the past with an attack on the Islah as sheikh Abdulla bin Hussein al-Ahmar considered the closing down of scholastic institutes as a retraction from the revolution’s accomplishments.
Closing down of these institutes has created political and media conflicts and disputes between the two parties that exchanged charges and led to the Islah’s carrying out sits-in and issuing statements rejecting the decision of abolishment.

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