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To: Douglas V. Fant who wrote (9123)	9/24/1998 8:37:00 PM
From: Pascal Morin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9164

(COMTEX) Arab imperialism our enemy - MP Arab imperialism our enemy - MP Kampala (The Monitor, September 24, 1998) - Movement member of parliament, Fabius Byaruhanga (Kitagwenda) yesterday warned that Uganda's real enemy is Arabic imperialism and Islamic fundamentalism but "not Islam". "Uganda's enemy has not been thoroughly identified and didn't come out properly in [president Yoweri Museveni's] speech, but I think it is Arabic imperialism," Byaruhanga told parliament yesterday, the first day of the debate of the president's address on Uganda's military involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. "It started long ago, driving black people southwards. It is now in Sudan, but coming further downwards," Byaruhanga sounded the alarm in his statement. "In Sudan even black Muslims are slaves," Byaruhanga said, adding that because government has not properly explained the "enemy" to the people, Arabs were "using our own people to fight us". "People have left Uganda in the name of religion, got arms and training and come back and killed us here," Byaruhanga said. Byaruhanga referred to the silence on the issue in the president's address as "the ideological confusion of African governments". He said people need to be told openly what is at stake because peace won't come easily, and added that even now after the president's "belated" address on why we are in Congo, people remain unconvinced. "The Congolese launched a heavy diplomatic offensive against us and by the time the president talked on September 16, world opinion had been swayed," the MP told the House. "Ugandans still don't understand why we are in Congo," Byaruhanga said, while stating that he nevertheless supported the president's address. The MP warned however that government should seek to settle its problems in Congo with quiet diplomacy, or it will blow into an even bigger catastrophe. "Congo is a rich country. It attracts a lot of foreign interests and could spark a bigger problem in future than we have today if not quietly and diplomatically brought to order," Byaruhanga said. However Okullo Epak (Oyam South) said the war against Islamic fundamentalism did not belong to Uganda. "I will not be mistaken if I state that Uganda is fighting the American war against Islamic fundamentalism," Epak said. "Let the Americans fight their own war." "Uganda has surely and slowly deteriorated into a military fundamentalism," he said, adding that Uganda has been consistently at war since 1978. Parliament yesterday started debate of President Museveni's controversial September 16 address on the UPDF's engagement in Congo, variously supported and criticised by MPs and the public. In his statement, the president said the UPDF presence in Congo was necessary to safeguard our borders from rebels fighting against the government who use Congo as a frontier. By Ted Nannozi Copyright 1998 The Monitor. Distributed via Africa News Online.