Hi Bamba Laye! Thanks for your brilliant piece and the forward on the Carlyle Group. If I received these before posting my reply, I would just have referred Karamba to your posts as most of what I wrote in the reply is included in your two posts. Thanks again for your consciousness. Keep up the good job. Have a good weekend. Buharry. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bamba Laye <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:20 PM Subject: Buharry>>Re: Afghanistan: The Hypocrisy Inherent In World Politics > Buharry, > > I will add my voice to everyone else's that you have shown that the mind > ought to be independent in light of what is going on around us. The actions > and pronouncements by many a nation surrounding the incidents of September > 11 - a real tragedy in the every sense of the word - is marred with lies, > contempt and deceit. What many people fail to understand is that these > incidents have paved the way for a certain group with a cruel imperialistic > agenda to have justification of whatever action they might take strengthen > their grip on the innocent. You have frankly outlined the hypocrisy of the > so-called friends of America but failed to touch on the core of this group - > Saudi Arabia and others like Yemen and Kuwait. The Saudis' role in the > events leading to and on September 11 should be closely examined with an > open mind. A nation that has one of the most corrupt dictatorial monarchies > in the world being explicitly exempted from the Bush doctrine of "you're > either with us or with the terrorist". Where does Saudi Arabia lie on the > scale? Remember that 15 out of the 19 high jackers are Saudis. Moreover, it > is alleged that during the Mujahidin war against the Soviet Union, the > Saudi government was matching every million dollars contributed by the CIA > for the Mujahidin. It is also alleged that 80% of Al-Qaeda funds come from > wealthy Saudi executives. There is an extensive story in this weeks News > Week magazine outlining the role of the Saudis. These are the real > hypocrites of today's' world. They know that Bin Laden and his group are > much more disgruntled with them than they are with the Americans. What do > they do, try to buy out the terrorists to target others instead of the > Saudi Royal family. What have they contributed to the "war against > terrorism" so far? The > United States are not making it known that the Saudis are not very > cooperative with their efforts and yet they will not be tagged as terrorist > sympathizers. Why? Because of US interest in maintaining the supply line > for 10% of its oil consumption and the apparent personal ties between > George Bush senior and the Saudi Royal family. > Thanks for a stimulating analysis of the players. > > Abdoulie A. Jallow > (BambaLaye) > > <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > > To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface > at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > > <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>