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Discharge Review To End In April
The Veterans ... Ad-
ounistration reminds
former servicemen ana
women who received less
t)ian honortDie aiscnarges
that me , nnecn-year
limitation on applying for
review of such discharges
has been waived until
April 1,1984. giving these
veterans an additional six
months to apply.
VA Regional Director,
Kenneth B. McDonald,
pointed out that applica
tions for a discharge
review, or for correction
of a veteran's records,
may Jead to eligibility for
VA benefits in cases where
former servicemen and
women were previously in
eligible. VA benefits eligibility is
based upon discharge
from the service under
conditions other than
dishonorable McDonald
said, however, the upgrad-
Iraq's Strategic Aims
By Laura Parks
NNPA News Service
The war between Iraq
Lid Iran is taking place at
k moment when the world
enjoying a relative
urplus in its oil supplies,
ufficient to, last for
bother six months. Clear-
v then the outbreak of the
nv was planned at a mo
ment to cause minimal
iamage to the world
conomy and at the same
lime to prevent the out
break of political hysteria
kmong the oil consuming
hations.
Both the belligerent
bowers have appealed to
the world to keep out ot
I heir war and both have
tromised to keep the sea
anes open to the oil
tankers. In essence the
warring parties wish to
settle their differences free
from outside interference.
At the core of the mat
ter lies the proposition
hat the Arab world
hould establish itself as a
leutral and non-aligned
entity, free from super
power blandishments and
free to pursue its own
developmental goals.
Once the freedom of
movement has been
achieved the Arab nation
can then establish its own
internal social, economic
and political priorities in
harmony with Mohanv
frned an and twentieth-
century realities.
The leadership of Iraq is
fundamentally commi.ted
to the creation of a truly
non-aligned Arab world,
free from Soviet,
American and Chinese in
fluences while building a
modern, viable economic
state.. It is said that this
can best be accomplished
if the Moslem conser
vative fundamentalism of
leaders like Iran's
Khomeni can be curbed
and so allow the Arab na
tion to absorb the science,
technology and the in
dustrial know-how of the
accident.
Iraq leaders fear the
possible spread of
Khomeni fundamentalism
in the Arab world because
this, they argue, could
develop into serious op
position to modernization
and industrialization dur
ing the period of transi
tion, which wiirte accom
panied by various disloca
tions in the nations life.
Iraq leaders agree that
Khomeni acted nobly in
toppling the Shah but
disagree with Khomeni
when he asserts that
modern industry is a san
tanic force battling Islam.
There is also a strong
suspicion in Iraq that
Iran's Bani Sadr could
easily become openly pro
American, after the
release of the hostages, in
which case it is feared that
the United States, using
Iran-as a base would at
tempt to disrupt Iraq's
long range economic and
politically non-aligned
strategy.
Immediately then the
strategic aims of Iraq are
to insure her free and
uninterrupted access to
the Persian Gulf and the
Straits of Hormuz,
establish herself in the
eyes of the Arab world as
its most powerful military
member and to render
Iran ineffective in the af
fairs of the Arab world.
The multiple and ex
temely complicated
ramifications of this
strategy involving the fate
of the PLO, Israel, the at
titudes of Lybia and
Egypt, Syria and Jordan
will all depend on the out
come of the war, with the
expected victor being Iraq,
and the success with which
Iraq can move ahead with
its grand strategy of
creating in the Arab
homeland and industrial
world suited to the needs
of the Arab world's 150
million citizens living and
building in a truly non
aligned and neutral environment.
ByJoeBlack C.
Those of you who, through the years,
have followed my "By The Way"
conunentaries have probably experienced
times when you thought that I sounded like
a broken record.
My remarks today, will echo some
previous thoughts that J have expounded on
each year since 1974. Some of my words
have provoked some of you into writing me
angry letters and describing me as a "tool
for the white man because I am "ripping
off" the brother rather than dealing with
the sociological ramifications of
Black-on-Black crime." That is ypur
prerogative, but I still choose to view
Black-on-Black crime from the "bottom ,
line" that it is having a very negative
effect upon the socioeconomic status of
Black communities.
The" sweat, tears, and lives that were lost
during the social revolution of the 50's and
60's were not sacrificed so that we can kill
one another or to keep the Black side of
town in a depressed financial state. It is
time for Black Americans to stand up and
loudly denounce those criminals who are
destroying our neighborhoods; because in
too many towns, Black women and children
are afraid to walk the streets once the sun
goes down. Senior citizens are victimized
because the attackers take advantage of
their weakened bodies and slow reactions.
Our community is deprived of convenience
and economic growth because businesses
hesitate to locate in inner-city because of
the higher insurance rates and the risk of
robbery or extortion.
And when we do speak out, we must 1
make the courts understand that we want
the same penalties applied for crimes
against Blacks as the court applies when a
white citizen is the victim; no longer will
we tolerate a lecture and a $50 fine when a
Black man rapes a Black woman.
JoeTShck
Vice President
The Greyhound Corporation
ed discharges do not lead
automatically, in all in
stances, to eligiblity.
For example, discharges
awarded as a. result of
unauthorized absence in
excess of 180. days can
result in ineligibility for
VA benefits regardless of
Discharge Review Board
action.
Boards for the Correc
tion of Military Records,
or VA itself, may assist
veterans to overcome this
restriction if the veteran
can show compelling cir
cumstances in extenuation
of such an absence.
Discharge Review
Boards and Correction
Boards are maintained by
the Army, Air Force and
the Navy, and applica
tions for such reviews may
be obtained from any VA
Regional Office, and from
National Veterans Service
Organizations ' in each
community.
McDonald said applica
tions and a free informa
tion package on the pro
gram may also be obtain
ed by writing to: DOD
Dishcarge Review, P.O.
Box 21, St Louis, MO.
63166. Veterans should in
clude their service number
and branch of service.
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Thurmond's predecessor,
Senator Edward Ken
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the change would have a
discriminatory effect on
minority voting rights.
VEP data indicate that
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law's passage. In addition,
a substantial number of
state and local govern
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court as a result of making
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