SIDI

THANX FOR THIS AFP ARTICLE. FOLKS IF YOU BELIEVE THE STORY OF THE TWO
SUDANESE RAPING A LIBYAN WOMAN/GIRL, THEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LIBYAN
PROPAGANDA WORKS OR FOR THAT MATTER HOW NEWS GETS DISSEMINATED.

AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE IS NOT EXACTLY AN INDEPENDENT SOURCE OF NEWS. ITS JUST
THAT FRANCE'S EXPLOITATION OF VACUUMS CREATED BY SANCTION-ABIDING COMPANIES
AFFORDS AFP A MODICUM OF FREEDOM TO OPERATE IN LIBYA.

SECONDLY, IF YOU THINK THESE HOODLUMS ARE GOING TO BE TRIED ACCORDING TO
UNDERSTOOD STANDARDS OF JUSTICE THEN YOU'D PROBABLY BELIEVE IT WHEN I TELL
YOU THAT I CROSSED THE ATLANTIC WALKING.

YOU KNOW HOW ISRAEL BELIEVES (WITH GOOD REASON) THAT A JEW IS WORTH 10
ARABS, THAT IS HOW LIBYANS VIEW THEIR BLACK COUNTERPARTS AND BLACK FROM
OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MY WORD FOR IT, GO SEE FOR YOURSELF.

BOTTOMLINE, HE(GADDAFIDUCK) IS FEELING THE HEAT OF RE-ALIENATION AND WANTS
TO DO SOMETHING TO HOODWINK THE IDIOTS (AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE).
"THERE IS AN INVISIBLE FORCE BEHIND THE VIOLENCE" MY ARSE.


>From: Sidi M Sanneh <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: FWD: Libyans apprehended for attacking foreigners will be put on
>            trial
>Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 13:27:59 -0000
>
>   TRIPOLI, Nov 20 (AFP) - Libyans and others arrested for a recent batch
>of
>violent attacks upon foreigners will soon stand trial, Libyan Justice
>Minister
>Abdel Rahman al-Abbar vowed Monday.
>   Seventy-five people, the majority of whom are Libyan, will be brought to
>trial for the deaths of six foreigners during riots last September that
>caused
>33,000 black Africans to flee Libya, Abbar told a press conference.
>   "There will be public trials in the coming days to punish those
>implicated
>in these events. It is a matter of our honor and our national security,"
>said
>Abbar.
>   He added that the six dead consisted of a Libyan, two Nigerians, a
>Sudanese, and two Chadians. The fighting, which occurred in the town of
>Zawiyah, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Tripoli, had begun when a Libyan
>tried to stop two Sudanese from raping his sister.
>   The minister emphasized that Libya still welcomed its ties with black
>Africa. "More than two million black Africans of different nationalities
>live
>side by side with the Libyan people without any incidents," he said.
>   He blasted the Western media for exploiting the episode and alleged that
>there had "been an invisible hand responsible for the violence."
>   Thousands of Africans have left Libya since the rioting. Upon returning
>to
>their home countries, some have said that dozens of people died in the
>violence.
>   Abbar expressed regret for such allegations and warned Libya's former
>guests that it "is not right to treat the country that welcomes you in such
>a
>way."
>   fac/np/mb
>
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