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2009-08-10 Africa Subsaharan

Madagascar rivals agree on power-sharing deal

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Posted by Fred 2009-08-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Hudna. These types only "share" power when they're not strong enough to seize it outright.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-08-10 08:16|| 2009-08-10 08:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Madagascar is only 7% muslim. It is highly monoethnic. If this is a 'cease-fire' between rival political groups, so be it- but 'hudna' is probably the wrong word.

Posted by Free Radical">Free Radical 2009-08-10 09:02|| 2009-08-10 09:02|| Front Page Top

#3 It's not only jihadis who use the hudna concept (a cease fire to deceive the enemy while rearming), Free Radical, it's just only the jihadis who do it in imitation of Mohammed.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-08-10 10:17|| 2009-08-10 10:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Madagascar is such valuable real-estate that it's worth sharing power over the loot?

GDP: purchasing power parity - $13.02 billion (2003 est.)
GDP - real growth rate: 6% (2003 est.)
GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $800 (2003 est.)

Posted by 3dc 2009-08-10 21:05|| 2009-08-10 21:05|| Front Page Top

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