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2007-09-04 Africa Horn

Chaos in Darfur Rises as Arabs Fight With Arabs

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Posted by Steve 2007-09-04 08:26|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
File under: Janjaweed

#1 Aside from slave-taking and rapine what possible spoils of war are they after?

Posted by Excalibur 2007-09-04 09:33|| 2007-09-04 09:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Slaves, rapine, and the idea that the other tribe has no innocents. If one person in tribe A does something evil to somebody from Tribe B, then Tribe B can take revenge on anybody from Tribe A. They're all equally guilty.

Tribe A competed with Tribe B for centuries over local resources. They used spears and whatever primitive weapons they had available, to commit murder and rape, to gain resources and slaves.

European rulers measured their wealth by how much productive land they had under their control. They made war on their neighbors to gain control of more land and workers. Tribal kings in Africa measured their wealth and prestige by how many people they had under their control. This partly explains why they made war for slaves so often.

The colonial powers either squelched or encouraged local rivalries to suit their purposes. The colonials are gone, but the same tribal hatreds still exist. The tribes now have political leaders who are willing to manipulate tirbal rivalries to suit their purposes. The tribes follow their same evil patterns, only now they have access to modern weaponry.

This same article, with different names and tribes, could have come out of Liberia's implosion, or Sierra Leone's, or the Balkans.

Posted by mom">mom 2007-09-04 10:50|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2007-09-04 10:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Popcorn, anyone ?

Posted by wxjames 2007-09-04 10:58|| 2007-09-04 10:58|| Front Page Top

#4 In the past several months, the Terjem and the Mahria, heavily armed Arab tribes that United Nations officials said raped and pillaged together as part of the regions notorious janjaweed militias, have squared off in South Darfur

Can't we all rape and pillage together and just get along?

Posted by tu3031 2007-09-04 13:08|| 2007-09-04 13:08|| Front Page Top

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