Quite interesting! Keep wtiting my brother.


On Sun, 26 Nov 2000 00:06:03 -0000, The Gambia and related-issues mailing
list wrote:

>  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]>
>  >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list
>  ><[log in to unmask]>
>  >To: [log in to unmask]
>  >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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