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2008-08-22 Africa Subsaharan

Senegal: Suspected rebels rob 50 vehicles

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Posted by Fred 2008-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Unfortunately many of those claiming to be from the rebel group are not, in fact, rebels.
Many are simply from large, organized groups of thugs. They may or may have links to the rebels, but the link does not make them rebels themselves.
After each attack like this, the government then cracks down harder on the rebels, who more than likely were doing nothing. This is not to say the rebels are not responsible for many attacks there- they are.
The Casamance is the only part of Senegal that is self-sustainable. Yet it is barely developed because the government takes these actions of the "rebels" as an excuse to punish the region.
And then the rebels attack because the government isn't doing its job in fixing roads, giving health care, helping farmers etc. Its your traditional cycle of violence exemplified.

Posted by sjb 2008-08-22 10:31|| 2008-08-22 10:31|| Front Page Top

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