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MOSLEM WORLD & THE U.S.A. Salutes... [[image - black & white photograph of soldiers and politicians saluting]] [[Photo Credit = EMBASSY OF PAKISTAN]] [[caption]] His Majesty King Mohammed Zahir Shah, of Afghanistan, (1st row right) and President Iskender Mirza of Pakistan (1st row left).[[/caption]] They have announced that all the differences between their two nations have been "completely patched up" as a result of their recent talks in the Afghan Capital. [[image - black & white of the Honorable Mr. H.S. Suhrawardy]] [[Photo credit - EMBASSY OF PAKISTAN]] [[caption]] Honorable Mr. H.S. Suhrawardy [[/caption]] His appointment to the office of the Prime Minister of Pakistan has given many new hopes to the 75 million Pakistanis and virtually assured a great future for the Islamic Republic. 6 MOSLEM WORLD & THE U.S.A. [[end page]] [[start page]] (Editorials) AIR PIRACY OVER ALGERIA [[image - black & white photograph of Algerian leader Hussein Ait-Ahmed]] [[Photo credit - U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY]] [[caption]] Mr. Hussein Ait-Ahmed. One of the five A[[l]] gerian leaders now in French hands. [[/caption]] The French, about whom it is often said that "they never learn," recently added something new to their many acts of murder and plundering in Algeria, the North African country which lies between Tunisia on the east and Morocco on the west: a brazen act of air piracy. The victims of this act: Five top leaders of Algeria's Front of National Liberation - Mr. Ahmed Ben Bella, Mr. Mohammed Khider, Mr. Hussein Ait-Ahmed, Mr. Mohammed Boudiaf, and Mr. Mustafa Lachraf. The Algerians were on their way from Rabat, where they had just concluded talks with the Sultan of Morocco, to Tunis, where further discussions were to be held between them and the Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Bourguiba as well as the Moroccan Sultan. They were flying aboard a Moroccan plane. However, the plane carried a French crew, who, acting upon orders from the French authorities in Algeria, landed their unsuspecting passengers in Algiers instead of the Tunisian capital. What we wish to comment on here isn't merely the fundamental right of man to travel which has been invaded and unilaterally obstructed by France, or the elemental principles of decency and of inter-personal and international relations that have been desecrated by the French action. We are also concerned with the sacred trust between Moslem host and guests that his [[sic]] been violated in the worst possible manner. The Algerian leaders, though known to Paris lords as "outlaws" (Their sole crime: they seek independence for their homeland!), were traveling as guests and [[italics]] under the personal protection [[/italics]] of His Majesty Sidi Mohammed ben Youssef, Sultan of Morocco. Their arrest had thus caused His Majesty "a profound shock," and the Sultan is reported to have said of the event, "...those men are (today) prisoners (of their enemy) only because they trusted me..." The French authorities might consider the capture of top Algerian leaders by ruse a significant military victory over the "rebels" (nationalists) in Algeria. However, let it be known to them that even if they send their captives to the gallows, the WAR OF INDEPENDENCE which has been raging in Algeria for two years already will cease only when the people of that country have won their goal - of [[italics]] complete [[/italics]] independence from foreign domination. Come what may, the right of the Algerian people to Liberty and Freedom must ultimately triumph over imperialism and colonialism of France. OCT.-NOV.-DEC. 1956 7
