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INTERNATIONAL ISSUES - TERRORISM
![]() German official lauds UAE for issuing anti-terror law
Posted on 31/07/2004
A former State Minister in the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has described as "a wise decision" the anti-terror law issued recently by President H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al Nahyan, saying that the UAE is the most stable country in the region. Helmut Schefer, who is a member of the Association of Arab-German Association for Industry and Trade, said the decision's aim, naturally, is in the interest of the UAE citizens.
Meanwhile, the Corpus daily of Germany has said in a commentary
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![]() UAE denounces terror in all its forms: Zayed
Posted on 24/06/2004
The President, His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, has sent a cable of condolences to President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea on the death of South Korean hostage Kim Sun-il, who was beheaded by a militant group in Iraq on Tuesday.
In his cable, Sheikh Zayed said the UAE "categorically denounces terrorism in all its manifestations and forms and strongly rejects such a heinous, savage and inhumane crime".
Sheikh Zayed further voiced his country's strong support for and full
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 Terrorism has no religion or country: Fahim
Posted on 05/06/2004
Terrorism has no religion or country and has no links with the Arab-Muslim world, a UAE minister affirmed in Berlin yesterday. 'The Arab-Muslim World, and the UAE in particular, condemn the terrorist acts which are incompatible with our tolerant Islamic faith,' said Sheikh Fahim bin Sultan Al Qasimi, UAE Minister of Economy and Commerce, in an interview with a German TV Channel.
Sheikh Fahim is in Germany to attend the 7th Arab-German Economic Forum and meetings of the UAE-Germany
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 GCC leaders vow to defeat terror
Posted on 17/05/2004
Leaders of the Gulf countries vowed yesterday to close ranks to defeat terror at the end of a one-day summit here overshadowed by a spate of attacks in the host country. The GCC leaders "discussed the exacerbation of the terror phenomenon and the continued threat it poses to security and stability," Secretary General Abdul Rahman Al Attiyah said.
The anti-terror pact signed by the alliance's interior ministers on May 4 "expresses the GGC states' clear stand on terrorism and the causes cited
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![]() UAE to introduce new law against terror financing
Posted on 06/04/2004
The UAE is poised to introduce a new law to combat the financing of terrorism in response to concerns raised by the International Monetary Fund. The move marks a new initiative in the country's ongoing efforts to curb terrorist financing, Sultan bin Nasser Al Suwaidi, Governor of the UAE Central bank, said yesterday.
The Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT) law is being drawn up after the IMF made an assessment of the UAE last month. "The IMF team visited the UAE recently and after meeting
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![]() UAE abides by UN sanctions against terrorist financing
Posted on 04/04/2004
The Governor of the UAE Central Bank, Sultan bin Nasser Al Suweidi, said on Saturday his country abides by all UN sanctions against terrorist financing. Al Suweidi was talking to the press after the inauguration of the 2nd international conference on Hawala here today. In reply to a question on whether the UAE has frozen accounts of Hamas or the Islamic Jihad movements, the Governor said there were no accounts in the UAE belonging to the foregoing organisations. (The Emirates News Agency, WAM)
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 US missions in UAE shut after dubious tip-off
Posted on 27/03/2004
The US embassy in Abu Dhabi and its consulate in Dubai were last Wednesday following a dubious terror tip-off. The embassy swung into action and immediately alerted the police, who arrested a man for questioning. A spokesperson for the US embassy confirmed the man was held in front of the embassy at around 11.30am yesterday.
The closure of US missions here followed a claim by a group whose intention was to malign the Somali man with terror links. The Somali is learnt to have earlier
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![]() Somali group triggered terror alert
Posted on 27/03/2004
The terror alert that triggered the closure of the US Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the Consulate in Dubai last Wednesday may have been exaggerated, sources told Gulf News. The state of emergency was announced following an alert from a Somali group about a Somali man who had earlier volunteered to pass on information about arms deposits in his country, Gulf News learnt. The rival group informed the US embassy that a terrorist was about to strike.
Last Wednesday, the man was arrested on his
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![]() US Embassy to re-open today
Posted on 27/03/2004
The US Embassy in Abu Dhabi and the consulate general in Dubai will resume normal operations today, Saturday, March 27, 2004, according to a press release from the Embassy. The US mission expressed profound appreciation to the UAE government for its rapid and effective response to the threat information received by the embassy and for the UAE's close cooperation in the past two days. (The Emirates News Agency, WAM)
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![]() Zayed and Maktoum send condolences to Spanish King; condemns heinous crimes on innocent people
Posted on 13/03/2004
H.H. President Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan last Thursday condemned the shocking crime that targeted hundreds of innocent people in Madrid, leaving more than 186 people dead and 1000 wounded. In a cable of condolence he sent to Spain's King Juan Carlos, Sheikh Zayed said that the UAE denounced strongly such brutal crimes and condemned it with the strongest of words.
He expressed his sincere condolences to the people and government of Spain and the to families of the victims. H.H.
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 UAE denounces terrorism as threat to peace and stability
Posted on 03/03/2004
The UAE yesterday denounced terrorism as a threat to peace and stability and pledged to cooperate with an international drive to eliminate terror. Mohammed Nakhira Al Dhaheri, Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments, made the pledge at a seminar on terrorism organised by the Ministry in Abu Dhabi in collaboration with the United Nation's office for combating drugs and crime.
In the opening remarks of the two-day workshop, Al Dhaheri said: "The UAE, under the leadership of
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![]() Al Dhahiri to open war on terror workshop
Posted on 01/03/2004
Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Awqaf, Mohammed bin Nakhira Al Dhahiri, will open here on Tuesday at the Armed Forces Officers' Club in Abu Dhabi a workshop on combating terrorism. The workshop, which is being held in coordination with the UN anti-drugs and crime office in Vienna, is aimed at sharing experience on a number of issues related to war on terrorism, including sensitising the participants in the workshop about international anti-terror documents and how consistent are the
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 GCC approves anti-terror pact
Posted on 23/12/2003
Kuwait - Arab Gulf leaders ended a summit here yesterday agreeing to form a pact to combat terrorism. The GCC leaders also praised Washington for planning to transfer power to Iraqis by mid-2004. "The summit identified what is terrorism… and broached the methods and the sources of financing," said Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Al Sabah in a press conference shortly after the close of 24th Annual GCC Summit. A communiqué released at the end of the summit said the alliance "support
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![]() UAE, Brazil denounce terrorism, urge world to help Iraq
Posted on 09/12/2003
The UAE and Brazil denounced today terrorism and affirmed their desire to cooperate with the international community to fight the phenomenon as per principles of the UN and international laws. In a joint communiqué issued in Abu Dhabi yesterday at the conclusion of the first two-day state visit to the UAE by President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva of Brazil, the two countries underlined the importance of bringing security and stability to Iraq and alleviating the suffering of its people. The
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![]() UAE strongly condemns terrorist attacks in Turkey
Posted on 22/11/2003
The United Arab Emirates strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in Istanbul, an official source at the UAE Foreign Ministry said yesterday. "These attacks are a crime against humanity and reaffirm the need for the international community to firmly stand against these acts and to strive to combat terror in all its forms," the source added and reiterated the UAE's solidarity with Turkey in this difficult time. (The Emirates News Agency, WAM)
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