The following is an archived copy of a message sent to a Discussion List run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq.
Views expressed in this archived message are those of the author, not of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq.
[Main archive index/search] [List information] [Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq Homepage]
The New Vision has a tradition of publishing one April Fool spoof every year! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alun Harford" <alunharford@yahoo.com> To: <casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:37 AM Subject: [casi] Ugandan government press say they're holding peace talks > The new vision is generally regarded as government > press so you can't always believe it... : > http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=8&newsCategoryId=12 &newsId=125131 > > Iraq Peace Summit For Gulu > > By Vision reporter > A peace summit will be held later this week at a > secret location in northern Uganda to bring together > Presidents George W Bush and Saddam Hussein in a last > ditch effort to stop the war in Iraq. > Former President Clinton who visited Uganda during his > term of office has organised the top-secret meeting. > Northern Uganda has been chosen because of its > secluded position and because the airport can handle > large airplanes. > Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Aznar, UN Secretary > General Kofi Annan and high-ranking delegations from > France, Germany, Russia, China, and the Arab League > are expected to attend. > Former President Carter is already on site as > moderator since he has previously been involved with > the Kony peace negotiations. > British development secretary Clare Short is also > expected to make a special effort to bring Presidents > Museveni and Kagame together at the summit. > Tour companies are organising trips to Murchison Falls > to demonstrate that negative travel advisories about > Uganda are misleading. > Embassy sources have declined to comment since the > date is April 1. > Ends > > Published on: Tuesday, 1st April, 2003 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more > http://platinum.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk