QADDHAFI MESSAGE TO KING HUSSEIN

UNCLAS AMMAN 00877 E.O. 12356: DECL:OADR TAGS: PREL LY US JO SUBJECT: QADDHAFI MESSAGE TO KING HUSSEIN REFS: (A) FBIS JN2001110089; (B) AMMAN 210; (C) AMMAN 198 ¶1. SAWT AL-SHA'B (SEMI-OFFICIAL ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY) ON JANUARY 20 PRINTED WITHOUT COMMENT THE TEXT OF A MESSAGE RECEIVED BY KING HUSSEIN BY LIBYAN LEADER MU'AMMAR QADHAFI (REF A). THE ITEM APPEARED ON PAGE 16 OF THE PAPER, AND WAS NOT REPORTED IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS. THE GOJ HAS MADE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MESSAGE. BEGIN TEXT: ¶2. BROTHER KING HUSSEIN IBN TALAL, KING OF THE FRATERNAL HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN: ON BEHALF OF YOUR LIBYAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING AGAINST THE UNJUST BIG POWERS, AND IN MY OWN NAME, I GREET YOU AND THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HEALTH, AND INFORMATION IN THE FRATERNAL HASHEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN FOR YOUR FIRM STAND AGAINST THE STATE TERRORISM AND REPEATED AGGRESSION AGAINST AL-RABITAH VILLAGE AND KHALIJ AL-BUMBAH AFTER THE GULF OF SIDRA. THE AGGRESSION WAS DEFEATED THANKS TO THE ARAB NATION'S UNIFIED STAND. THE FLEETS RETREATED NOT BECAUSE OF AN EQUIVALENT LIBYAN MILITARY FORCE, BUT BECAUSE OF AN INTERNATIONAL STAND STEMMING FROM THE UNITY OF THE ARAB STAND. YOU HAVE ADDED AN IMMORTAL AND SHINING EXAMPLE TO OUR ARAB NATION'S CONTEMPORARY HISTORY. THIS EXAMPLE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SET BY ONE HAND ONLY, BUT WAS SET BY THE HANDS OF ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS AN HONOR TO ALL OF YOU. YOU HAVE RETURNED TO THE ARAB NATION ITS PRESTIGE AND SOVEREIGNTY BEFORE THE WORLD, THANKS TO THIS UNFORGETTABLE UNIFIED STAND. I HOPE WE WILL PLEDGE AS FROM NOW TO ACHIEVE THE ARAB NATION'S UNITY IN ALL FIELDS, ON ALL FRONTS, AND AT ALL BATTLES IN THE ENTIRE ARAB HOMELAND. SIGNED: YOUR BROTHER, COLONEL MU'AMMAR AL-QADHAFI. END TEXT. SUDDARTH