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NOVEMBER 8, 2001
Nation/World
Bush
terrorism among
By SONYA ROSS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON
I.S. President George W.
Bush is looking to enlist Afri
cannations into his war against
terrorism and finding eager al
hes, well-positioned to help.
He also is finding countries
indesperateneed ofhelp them
selves, onacontinent especially
vulnerable to terrorism.
Bush was starting the court
ship Friday with Nigerian Presi
dent Olusegun Obasanjo, their
second meetingand Bush’sfirst
face-to-face session with an Af
rican head of state since the
Sept. 11 attacks.
-The anti-terrorism effort is
high on the agenda and
(basanjo, as leader of Africa’s
most populous na.ion, is a key
ally _ his country is 50 percent
Muslim.
‘African countries have been
sensitive to U.S. requests for
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finds eager
sharing intelligence informa
tion, but some fear that the
United States is not reciprocat
ing.
“It should be a two-way
street,” Foreign Minister
Cheikh Dadio of Senegal said
Thursday in a telephone inter
view. “If our continent is left
out of this fight against terror
ism, then it is going to be a lost
cause for all of us.”
An embrace of the U.S.-led
campaignin Afghanistan could
create problems for his govern
ment, but outright rejection
could hurt hisoil-rich country’s
efforts toroot out terror opera
tives.
Africa observers say Bush is
wise to engage Obasanjo and
other African leaders, not just
for connections to the Muslim
world but out of sheer U.S.
security interests. Terrorists
have already struck against
U.S. interests in Africa twice:
The 1998 bombings of U.S.
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allies against
African leaders
embassies in Kenya and Tan
zania were blamed on Osama
bin Laden’s al-Qaida network.
But such engagement would
requireasharpinfusionof U.S.
resources to help bolster secu
rity at porous borders,
strengthen weak judiciaries
and eradicate poverty that
makes disaffected young men
ripeforrecruitmentasal-Qaida
foot soldiers.
“We can’t afford for there to
be swamps that are effectively
breeding grounds for terror
ists,”. said Susan Rice,
undersecretary of state for Af
ricain the Clinton administra
tion. “We can fight it in Af
ghanistanand the Middle East,
but we’d only be displacingit to
Africa.”
Asfor thenationsthe United
States should engage, Rice said,
“There are very few countries
I wouldn’t put on the list.”
Bush hasmadeseveral phone
calls to African leaders since
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“Our mission is not to keep
Sept. 11. He met with Egypt’s
foreign minister Sept. 26, and
President Joseph Kabila of
Congo met Thursday with na
tional security adviser
Condoleezza Rice. Next week
Bush sees President Abdelaziz
Bouteflika of Algeria.
The danger in Bush’s ap
proach is it is so focused on
getting African help against al-
Qaida that it could lead to ill
conceived actions such as the
limited engagement of Sudan,
which has a history of terrorist
association, said Salih Booker,
director of advocacy group Af
rica Action.
“They’rewillingtodine with
thedevilin pursuit ofthislarger,
amorphdus objective of defeat
ing terrorism,” Booker said.
“They think since bin Laden
used tolivein Sudan, they may
be able to provide dossiers on
him or something. I think
they’re misguided in the ben
efits.” \
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Nigerian state adopts
Islamic holy law
amidst civil strife
By GLENN McKENZIE
Associated Press Writer
KADUNA, Nigeria
Kaduna State began imple
menting Islamic holy law, or
Shariah, in local courts Friday
as police in armored cars pa
trolled the streets of the state
capital to prevent fighting be
tween Muslims and Christians
that killed at least 2,000 people
last year when the plan was
proposed.
Authorities did not hold a
ceremony to mark Shariah’s
implementation Friday, saying
they wanted toavoid inflaming
religious passions.
Policepatrolled streetsof the
state capital, also called
Kaduna, to enforce a ban on
public protestsandcelebrations.
Groupsofyoung Christiansand
Muslims' gathered to guard
churches and mosques, but no
violence was reported.
Kadunagovernment spokes
man Makhtar Zubairu Sirajo
said that beginning Friday,
lower “area courts” dealing
with civil and some criminal
cases were being replaced with
Shariah courts with powers to
impose strict Islamic punish
ments _including flogging and
amputating hands.
The courts only had jurisdic
tion over Muslims, Sirajo said.
As a concession to Christians
and animists who make up a
large minority in Kadunastate,
state authorities were also cre
ating “customary courts” ap
plying traditional law to settle
the squabbles and crimes of
non-Muslims, Sirajo said.
Where a crime involved both
Christiansand Muslims, asecu
lar court would be used to de
cide the case, the spokesman
added.
“What we are bringing to
Kaduna is a compromise solu
tion that no reasonable person
can reject,” Sirajo said.
Sirajo was unable to say
whether either the Shariah or
customary courts had begun
trying cases on Friday. An area
court visited by journalists was
closed.
Kaduna city residents have
strong memories of rioting in
February 2000, when Shariah
was first proposed, and fears of
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more violence have prevented
many from repairing buildings
_ including churches and
mosques _ that weredestroyed.
Last year’s fighting left more
than 2,000 dead by some esti
mates, and hundreds of thou
sands more were forced to flee
their homes.
Interreligious fighting has
subsequently spread to several
ofthedozen other states where
Shariah hasalso beenimposed.
Fundamentalist Muslims up
hold Shariah as a pathway to
Muslim piety and justice; oppo
nentsaccuseShariah’sbackers
of using it to achieve short
term political gains and widen
Nigeria’s existingreligiousand
ethnic divisions.
Nigeria periodically experi
ences outbreaks of fighting
alongethnicand religiouslines.
Africa’s most populous nation,
with 120 million people from
250 ethnic groups, is roughly
divided between amainly Chris
tian south and an overwhelm
ingly Muslim north.
On Friday, some Christians
were reportedly packing their
bags and moving out of pre
dominantly Muslimareas of the
city.
“We will not start any vio
lence, but we will finish it if we
haveto,” said Emeka Ume Oke,
who was among several young
men standingguard at thesteel
gated compound of St. Francis
Catholic Church, thecity’slarg
est Christian worship place.
Father Habila Daboh, a priest
at St. Joseph'’s, said many in
hischurch feared Muslims may
try to impose Islamic laws _
such as headscarfs for women
and aban on alcohol _on them,
despite the insistence to the
contrary by the state govern
ment.
“The level of ignorance is
high among both Muslims and
Christians,” said Daboh. “No
body can predict what this
Shariah will really mean for
us.”
Sheikh Abdul Hamed Balele
Wali, theimam, or holy man, at
Kaduna’s main mosque, said
Muslims “do not expect any
trouble.” He said Muslim lead
ersweremeetingregularly with
their Christian counterparts.