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2003-04-06 East/Subsaharan Africa

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Posted by Frank G 2003-04-06 05:41 pm|| || Front Page|| [11 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Chiraq: "I zhon't give a shit about zhem, zhey don't want to buy my nuclear reactor"

Posted by rg117 2003-04-06 18:09:38|| 2003-04-06 18:09:38|| Front Page Top

#2 lol... when will we see THAT headline?...

"in a daring display of disregard for international opinion, Pres. Chirac announced today that he just refuses to get involved in the Congo - he was quoted as saying "Zat backwater hellhole zhust has no market for French products..."

the story might continue something like this...

"..and once again, American forces are in the field against uncertain odds and an almost indeterminable enemy in order to secure the safety and freedom of thousands of unappreciative and uninterested third world civilians... Chirac's only comment on the US operation in the Congo was to say "well, I don't particularly like it, but then again, its the Congo, so who the heck cares"..."

Posted by Steve 2003-04-06 18:39:56|| 2003-04-06 18:39:56|| Front Page Top

#3 From what I understand, there are something like thirty-five different warring parties. No treaty is going to be able to bring them all together peacefully, as long as the hatred between two or more different tribes continues to exist. Some of this fighting has been going on since the early 1900's and was actually encouraged by the Belgian colonial government. The situation in the Congo is so bizarre that I don't think ANYBODY really understands it, which makes it almost impossible to actually get the people to work together for any length of time. As bad as French colonialism was, it was better than Belgian administration, and led to far fewer open wars once these areas achieved independence. Ruanda, scene of even more horrendous clashes and higher death tolls, was also a former Belgian colony.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-06 19:33:25|| 2003-04-06 19:33:25|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah, yes.........Africa after the Queen left.......

Posted by Alaska Paul 2003-04-06 21:32:08|| 2003-04-06 21:32:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) has a 10% muslim population, total approx. 4.6 million muslims.

Shares southern borders with Angola (25% muslim population) and Zambia (15% muslim population) and northern borders with Central African Republic (55% muslim population) and the Sudan (85% muslim population, pretty extremist too)

Does anybody know if there is a religious aspect to the internal violence?

Posted by anon1 2003-04-06 22:10:25|| 2003-04-06 22:10:25|| Front Page Top

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