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2004-07-20 Africa: Horn

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Posted by Steve White 2004-07-20 12:09:04 AM|| || Front Page|| [9 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ok now they have got the sentence for stelaing, now let's hear the sentence for the rapes.

Posted by JFM 2004-07-20 12:52:17 AM|| 2004-07-20 12:52:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 And for double parking.....

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-07-20 1:22:26 AM|| 2004-07-20 1:22:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Those sentences are horrific, but I would say the militia's selection of appendages to amputate doesn't fit the crime. After all, a one-footed, one-handed Janjawid is still able to rape, isn't he?

Posted by jules 187 2004-07-20 9:50:01 AM|| 2004-07-20 9:50:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 explains why so few Janjaweed make the PGA tour

Posted by Frank G 2004-07-20 10:08:10 AM|| 2004-07-20 10:08:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 So where does the term Janjaweed come from? I keep having visions of Ganja Weed by association, Bob Marley, etc etc.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-07-20 11:18:55 AM|| 2004-07-20 11:18:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 The Janjaweed (also known as Janjawid or Jingaweit) is an armed militia group in Darfur, western Sudan, comprising fighters of Muslim Arab background (mainly from the Baggara tribe). Since 2003 it has been one of the principal actors in the increasingly bloody Darfur conflict, which has pitted Arabs against the black African population (also Muslim) of the region. Its name translates as "a man with a horse and a gun," although it is more usefully translated as "armed men on horseback." The Janjaweed is the successor to an earlier Arab tribal militia, the Murahilin (literally "nomads"), which had existed for many years beforehand.

Posted by Brett_the_Quarkian 2004-07-20 11:22:26 AM|| 2004-07-20 11:22:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Thanks BTQ!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-07-20 1:55:44 PM|| 2004-07-20 1:55:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Whoa! Excellent BTQ... Is that a new nome?

Posted by Shipman 2004-07-20 10:05:31 PM|| 2004-07-20 10:05:31 PM|| Front Page Top

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