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To: Mantis who wrote (529)	10/28/1999 7:31:00 PM
From: Tomas	Respond to of 1713

"Why are Western companies aiding this project?" Anti-Slavery Group Asks Texas Teachers to Divest from "Slave Stock" AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- At a historic meeting hosted by Austin's St. Louis Catholic Church, the American Anti-Slavery Group will demand that the Texas Teachers Retirement Fund divest its holdings in the Canadian oil company Talisman Energy. AASG President Dr. Charles Jacobs has cited Talisman for directing fueling human rights violations in Sudan, including slave raids to clear oil lands and bombings of civilian hospitals. In Sudan, a decade-old war waged by the ruling National Islamic Front against Sudan's African population has resulted in over two million deaths and tens of thousands of women and children taken as slaves. Talisman Energy, the world's third largest oil company, is helping the government become an oil rich power through a multi-billion dollar oil venture. The regime has explicitly stated that oil proceeds will be used for weapons factories. Among the major investors in Talisman is the Texas Teachers Retirement Fund, with 100,000 shares. Noted Dr. Jacobs: ``American teachers -- especially in a former slave state -- should be teaching about slavery and genocide, not funding it. Texans have been made inadvertent partners to slavery and slaughter in Sudan. But now they know, and they must divest.' Dr. Jacobs is in Austin for the ``Voices of Sudan' Awareness Festival at St. Louis Catholic Church, and will be joined by the Bishop of Sudan, Macram Gassis. Gassis, whose diocese has been hard hit by slave raids and church bombings, noted: ``If the oil is pumped, we are finished. The Sudanese government will be able to buy the weapons to wipe us out completely. Why are Western companies aiding this project? No human life should be sacrificed to the pursuit of this oil money.' The American Anti-Slavery Group is also demanding the Texas Governor George W. Bush state his position on the matter. ``Will Texans and their governor stand up to slavery and genocide in Sudan?' questioned Dr. Jacobs, ``Or will they allow oil interests to help decimate defenseless African Christians?' Urbe Woli, President of the Southern Sudanese Community of Austin, echoed these remarks: ``Texas teachers should reject the use of their money against our people. They should tell Talisman: 'Don't Mess with Texas Teachers.' There will be a press conference on Friday at 7 p.m. at Briovista Restaurant (9400B Arboretum Blvd., Austin). For more information, see anti-slavery.com or call 1-800-884-0719. Contact: Jesse Sage, 1-800-884-0719 SOURCE: American Anti-Slavery Group biz.yahoo.com

To: Mantis who wrote (529)	10/29/1999 5:07:00 AM
From: Edward M. Zettlemoyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1713

Mantis and all, also the growing influence of the more radical Turabi could add a few more bumps on the road to peace. Turabi retakes reins of power in Sudan ú KHARTOUM, Oct 16 (AFP) - Sudanese Islamic leader Hassan al-Turabi has reclaimed the leadership of the ruling National Congress (NC) party from his rival President Omar al-Beshir in the NC General Assembly earlier this month. ú Mustering his political skills and experience, Turabi has managed to retake the NC reins which he lost in December 1998 when 10 NC members shifted allegiance to Beshir. ú Since that defeat, Turabi has been touring the country to build up a support base from his old National Islamic Front (NIC) which later formed the National Congress. ú As a result of the tour, Turabi won support of 6,000 representatives of the 26 states in the 10,000-strong NC General Assembly in addition to his numerous followers in the capital Khartoum State. ú With his power waning in the NC, Beshir bowed to the decision of a mediatory committee on October 9 recommending Turabi as NC secretary general and chairman of the powerful NC Leadership Authority while Beshir would be NC chairman. ú At that same meeting held in tandem with a session of the NC General Assembly, Beshir was designated as the candidate for the National Congress in the next presidential elections to be held in 2001. ú Beshir's authority as NC chairman would be limited to presiding over meetings of the General Assembly held every four years, a position described by a senior NC official as "honorary". ú The 60-member Leadership Authority which was formed with Turabi's supporters on Thursday set up a seven-member committee that will be in charge of appointing ministers and other senior government officials in addition to NC officials. ú Headed by Turabi, this committee includes the two deputies of the NC secretary general, the president, the two vice-presidents --Ali Osman Mohamed Taha and George Kongor Arop -- and the leader of the NC parliamentary group who is yet to elected, as members. ú The committee will, accordingly, decide on any government reshuffle, with one expected in the coming days. ú Turabi recently said that there were too many ministers in the government, hinting that he would cut down the cabinet portfolios, especially the junior ministers, saying there should be only two of them, one in the foreign ministry and another in the finance ministry. eom Ed