" . * TODAY: SPANISH SHIPS TO RAID NAMIBIAN' WATERS AGAIN? * NUJOMA ON AFRICAN VISIT * Bringing Africa South Vol.2 No.246 Plan men up lnarms• over TURKEY: A group of German soldiers gather around some of the 18 German Alpha jets deployed as part of the Nato effort to bolster the multinational military forces in the Gulf. Photograph: Agence France·Presse · employment * Gulf latest hundreds of former combatants gather to hear Presid-,nt . but fail to get optimistic message on unemployment issue mer combatants had been moti vated STANLEY KATZAO to do so out of a deep sense of disap­ Iraq ups pointment and in order to demand ans:wers abou t their fu tu rc, REPO·RTERS were yesterday refused entry to a smallholding Mweshihange said' 'they came there east of Windhoek where hundreds of reportedly disgruntled in their individual capacities, very former Plan combatants assembled, to be addressed by Presi­ disciplined and without any rebel­ lious intentions". dent Sam Nujoma. He emphasised, however, that it Hundreds of ex-Pian fighters were confirmed that hundreds of .former had been necessary for the men to be attacks taken to the Swapo farm yesterday Plan combatants had gatheted out­ addressed at a private venue' 'not for where the President and Defence side Defence Force Headquarters on any sinister reason, but because of IRAQ fired up to six Scud missiles at Network. Minister, Peter Mweshihange, among Friday. seeking employment. The men logistical problems' '. the Saudi capital Riyadh and the Flashes were seen in the sky over others, dealt with their grievances, had then been taken to the Swapo. According to Minister ofInforma~ Eastem province city of Dbahran early both cities. foremost of which is the controver­ Headquarters where the Minister had­ tion and Broadcasting, Hidipo Ha­ today, according to live broadcasts sial unemployment question. spoken to them. mutenya, the ex-combatants wanted from both centres on Cable News CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 The Minister of Defence lastnight Dispelling rumours that the for- to know what the fu~re held for them. Urging patience during yesterday's meeting at the Swapo-owned small­ holding near Windhoek, President Spain's fish robbers to return? .Nlljoma said '.'as much as the Gov ­ ernment wants to provide jobs, it does not have the money to do so". THERE are rumours in Namibia that Spain's fishing fleet left home arOUnd Fisheries, a reconnaiscance flight can be expected to start surveying the He'Cxplained the present financial January 3 - their destination Namibia's economic exclusion zone. exclusion zone next week. Namibia apparently has an armed boat available set-up of the Government, referring Five Spanish trawlers were arre~d there last year from some 30 boats for leasing, and is updating its existing fishing patrol boat, the Oryx, to to th: lruge foreign debt which Namibia fishing illegally but other boats are said to have continued fishing illegally operate withbfgb-speedrubber boats carrying soldiers and fishing inspectors. had inherited from its predecessors even after the arrests. Oelofse said there could be problems with repeating the dramatic helicop­ in the colonial employ. The Presi­ According to estimates, the latest fleet of illegal fishing vessels could ter arrests he masterminded and oversaw last year. If a fishing boat takes dent also emphasised that the Gov­ arrive this week. evasive action, such as cutting away its nets and spinning on the spot, it can ernment was now only 10 months Minister ofAgriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Gerhard be difficult to land inspectors and soldiers safely. old, according to Hamutenya. He Hanekom, told The Namibian: "At the moment it isjust a rumour, but I have Shooting from the helicopter at the boat is dangerous for the boat crew and quoted the President as having said been warned there is a chance of certain predators coming back into our . takes up time, which can be very limited for a helicopter. "the Government cannot- manufac­ waters. We will check on it. If it is so we will take action immediately". However, both he and Hanekom assured The Namibian they have more ture money". For many years Namibia's seafish, potentially one of the country's richest plans ready for speedy action should illegal fishers appear. The President also briefed ex­ resources which could eam more thanR2 billion a year for the economy, have There has been no news of any official Spanish government action to deter combatants on the proposed devel­ been been plundered by foreign fleets. illegal fishing by its nationals following Namibian protests to the Ambassa­ opment brigades, said to be in the Catching too many fish has meant that fish numbers. and the resulting dor and calls for them to punish boats involved in stealing Namibia;s'fish. final stage before implementation. income from catching them, has dropped dramatically. Namibia is still Namibia is also pressing ahead with plans to establish its own patrol fleet. The Government was only awaiting studying fish stocks before allocating quotas. According to Dr Burger Oelofse, Deputy Director in the Department of Sea CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 YOUR ONE STOP PHOTO SHOP Gerhard Botha Photography -(large): Tel 35551 - Fax 32350. " , "tHE NAMIBIAN of damage on the g~ound. etres south of Kuwait and about 380 The US Defence Department said · kilometres south of Iraq's southern­ earlier that two Iraqi Scud missiles most border. were fired yesterday at Dhabran, the In other developments yesterday: key US military centre near the Gulf ,.. The US military 'launched its However, early reports quoted saudi . in Eastern Saudi Arabia, but were . biggest mission yet £tam Turkey, and US officials saying they had ' shot down by US PlUriot missiles. Allied officers said, sending waves been intercepted imd destroyed by Air-raid sirens sounded only of aircraft to bomb Iraq for the fourth Patriot anti-missile missiles fired from moments before the Patriot missiles · straight day and Israel vowed to re­ an'Allied-military base. were heard and seen being fired from taliate for two Scud missile attacks. There were no immediate reports the base, which is about 320kilom- ,.. Iraqi television showed two blind­ folded men, identified as captured US fliers being paraded through the streets of Baghdad, !mn's news agen;y reported. A Nordic country is offering to help fund the leasing of a suitable armed boat ,.. US <:::ommander H Norman Sch­ .: ahd patrol aircraft combined with training help. This should be operating warzkopf, said a total of 13 Ameri­ within six months. Germany has also offered a loan at favourable interest rates ' can and nine Allies have either been for Namibia to build its own boats. Oelofse says it will take'until the end of this killed or are missing in action. year to decide exactly what boats are needed. ,.. In its first detailed description of However, he says the boats could be built at Liidtritz or WaJ.vis Bay - Allied air raids, Baghdad listed 14 dependingQn apolitical solution there - using South African steel. attacks, including twQ on the Iraqi Plans are afoot for an aircraft and tw9 vessels, one in the north and one in the capital and others on cities near the south,'staying at sea for several weeks at a tinie and 3lso using rubber boats.over Iranian and Syrian borders. · ,.. The Iraqi anhedforces commu­ up to 100 nautical miles ~o swoop on illegal fishing boats . SYDNEY Groenwald is congratulated by Housin'g Minister Libel' ­ · nique, carried by the official Iraqi Some Spanish and Soviet boats are fishing here legally. Spanish boats are tine Amathila after his design 'Theresa' took joint first place in the working under contract to Namibian companies which hold licences and '. news agency, claimed Iraq shot down allocations to fish and some Soviet boats ate fishing l!llder other arrangements. 12 more Allied warplanes, raising its SwaboulNibcad competition. _ Recently it was reported that 600 000 cans of Namibian pilchards have been claimed toll to 154 planes. shipped to the Sovie$,'Uqion, under a contract arranged by Interatlantic ,.. Armed Thai troops guarded the Namibia (Pty) Ltd. Bangkok embassies, of the United 8tates, Britain, Ismel and Australia Local draughtsmen after the United States reported a "credible threat" of terrorist action against countries opposing Iraq. foreign experts to screen the envisaged project and for pledged funding, he ,.. Kurds opposed'to Iraqi President tackle low-cost added. The minimal allocation to the Defence budget as well as the Govern­ Saddam Hussein said Allied aircraft ment policy oOf a small professional army did not allow the Ministry of Defence have bombed military bases and cit­ to provide employment for all fprmer Plan, Koevoet and SWA TF members. ies in northern Iraq, killing several This had created a great deal of friction, with the result that government hundred civilians. housing problem policies such as affirmative action and national reconciliation were coming ,.. Former Saudi Arabian Oil Min­ under heavy criticism. ister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki 'Y amani Contacted for comment last night, Mweshihange said "they (the former told a Dutch newspaper oil prices KATE BURLING combatants) went there just for the meeting' " the main purpose of which was could plunge to 12 dollars a barrel. J , to request their patience until the G.overnment or the Party were able to provide ,.. A bomb exploded outside the FIVE local draughts men shared the honours last Friday when jobs. There were many unemployed people in the country and it would British Bank of the Middle East in Housing Minister Dr Libertine Amathila named the winning en­ therefore be unfair if the Government only provided job opportunities to Beirut, causing heavy damage. returnees and ex-combatants, Mwesbihange added.