Jabou,

As far as the West is concerned, all Arabs are either "terrorists" or
"potential terrorists". If Ghaddafi has "found a pawn in these
gullible African leaders" that must include Mandela who told off both
Clinton and Blair and paid a much publicised visit to Tripoli. For in his
eyes and in the eyes of many other Africans who don't take their cue from
Western propaganda outlets and who don't let thier religious persuation
blind them to reality, Ghaddafi is a comrade in arms. What you should be
attacking is Arab racicism for that would not be gone even if Ghaddafi were
gone tomorrow.

Regards,

Kabir.


>From: Jabou Joh <[log in to unmask]>
>
>Beran,
>
>It's the money. Yaya Jammeh should go wag his finger at Moamar, instead of
>the Gambian people, but he and the likes of him will never do that.
>Instead,
>Ghaddafi who is seen as a pariah by his Arab brothers, and as a terrorist
>by
>the West, has looked around a long time ago and found a pawn in these
>gullible African leaders.They even let him hold court at the OAU.These
>people
>know very well that Moammar Ghaddafi is just using the Africans because
>everyone has isolated him.
>On Arab racism towards Black skinned people, this is alive and well, and it
>is preposterous for anyone to say that anybody in their right mind condones
>it just because they have not mentioned it or written about it. Basically,
>if
>one is against injustice of any kind, one cannot apply this selectively. I
>personally will condemn injustice no matter what group of people it is
>directed at, and I think I can safely say that most people who share the
>sentiment do likewise.
>
>. What is needed is what sister Fatou Sowe did in the case of Mauritania,
>and
>  that is to educate people about these atrocities wherever they are being
>committed, and it is up to us to make sure that those who represent us also
>represent our views and sentiments when dealing with governments that tend
>to
>look the other way in the face of these injustices. That is how these
>things
>can be eradicated.
>
>Jabou Joh
>

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