Word: asnag
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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Your story on the British colony of Aden [Oct. 5] described Abdullah Asnag, secretary of the Aden Trades Union Congress, as "Red-lining," a shorthand phrase which I take to mean that Mr. Asnag is a Communist or a fellow traveler or a follower of the Communist Party line...
...fellow trade unionists in the I.C.F.T.U. have found Mr. Asnag is an outstanding labor leader about whom the British government may be unhappy, but there is a large difference between fighting the colonial policies of the British government and being a "Redlining" unionist...
...federation. After some kicking and screaming, eleven of the 23 sheikdoms joined up. Next, the British moved to merge Aden Colony with the protectorate to offset the independence agitation. Chief agitator: the city's Trades Union Congress, led by a bumptious, Redlining young airline clerk named Abdullah Asnag, whose slogan runs, "One People, One Yemen, God Is Great...
Dragged Governor. As the British prepared last month to ram the federation proposal through Aden's Legislative Council, Labor Boss Asnag whipped up excitement at a series of rallies. "This is not unity but slavery!" he cried. "Instead of more freedom we get less. We are going backward. From a British colony we are now becoming a protectorate of the British and the sheiks!" When Asnag told the crowds, "You are the people and can do anything; you can hang your enemies and drag ministers, even the British Governor himself, through the streets," he was jailed for incitement...
...council nevertheless passed the federation plan, which must now be approved by Britain's Parliament and will probably be enacted by March 1963. Abdullah Asnag, released from prison, vowed continued resistance. Said Middle East Command's CinC, Air Marshal Sir Charles Elworthy: "Terrorism doesn't frighten me. This command is on continuous twelve-hour alert for action anywhere, and it can operate regardless of any misguided campaign here. Aden is the only rampart between the Mediterranean and Singapore, and ours is the only force defending Western interests in the Middle East...