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WORLD MEDIA WATCH FOR SEPTEMBER 24, 2003
1/Asia Times Online, Hong Kong—THE ROVING EYE: HOT OFF THE PRESS (Abdo Satar al-Chaalan, chairman of the weekly newspaper al-Mustaki (The Independent) - the self-described "spokesman of the Iraqi resistance" - proudly recalls the five times that he was arrested by Saddam Hussein's regime in the 1970s, as a member of an opposition party. He has already been arrested once by the Americans, and another arrest may be just around the corner…Al-Mustakil believes that the resistance will keep growing - spreading to the whole country. "Iran is saying to the Americans that if you press us with nuclear issues, we are going to tell the Shi'ites in Iraq to start resisting. Iran is saying 'leave us alone'. One word from al-Hawza
would be enough to launch a jihad. If the situation continues like this, al-Hawza will say the word. And the Americans know it.")
2//Times of India, India--NO TROOPS TO IRAQ, SAYS FERNANDES (The Iraqi situation is ‘‘very complex’’ and ‘‘there is virtually no UN role in Iraq as on today’’. Unless these matters are resolved, India ‘‘cannot think of sending its troops to Iraq’’, said Fernandes, in an interview to Doordarshan… Declaring that terrorism was the biggest challenge facing India today, Fernandes said intrusions across the Line of Control (LoC) were ‘‘still continuing’’. Replying to a question on the proposed Indo-US-Israeli axis against terrorism, Fernandes said this idea had been floated recently. ‘‘When one of the countries in this axis (the US) has close links with Pakistan, which is the foremost country sponsoring terrorism, the axis does not seem feasible,’’ said Fernandes.)
3//The Chosun Ilbo, South Korea--DEFENSE MINISTER TALKS DISPATCH (Defense Minister Cho Yung-gil said Tuesday that if Seoul dispatched troops to Iraq the annual cost of the endeavor would be about W200 billion ($170 million). Cho, speaking before the defense committee of the National Assembly, said that the decision on whether to send troops should be made by Oct. 25, when an annual meeting on security between Korea and the U.S is scheduled to be held.)
4//The Moscow Times, Russia--ENERGY SUMMIT FUELS U.S. PROMISES ("We all recognize a simple truth. Russia will be an important player in the global energy market," U.S. Commerce Secretary Donald Evans told a packed house of some 500 executives and officials from both countries Monday…Leading up to the summit, the oil world was abuzz with reports that either ChevronTexaco or ExxonMobil would agree to pay up to $11 billion for 25 percent of Yukos, Russia's largest oil producer. All three of the companies, however, would neither deny nor confirm the reports, adding to speculation that something big was in the works…The "language and the tone" of the summit are consistent "with the talk of big transactions within a defined period of time," said Stephen Jennings, CEO and founder of Renaissance Capital, a leading Moscow investment bank.)
5//The Independent, UK--BLAIR FACES MOTION AT CONFERENCE TO RESIGN (Labour sources said yesterday that the party in Brent, north London, would table an emergency motion at Labour's annual conference in Bournemouth next week calling for a leadership contest. Some members have complained that the Labour campaign was "taken over" by figures from the party's national headquarters.)
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