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2007-07-12 Africa Subsaharan

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Posted by lotp 2007-07-12 06:10|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 an illegal sect blamed for a string of murders and decapitations.

I would like to believe they've banned Islam, but I doubt it.

Posted by Gary and the Samoyeds">Gary and the Samoyeds 2007-07-12 09:00|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2007-07-12 09:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Long after electric lighting's debut, Africa still remains the dark continent.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-12 09:17|| 2007-07-12 09:17|| Front Page Top

#3 The group also has alleged historic ties to the Mau Mau independence uprising, and is said to perpetuate customs such as female excision.

The Brits had this one right years ago, they just failed to hang all of them.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-07-12 10:01|| 2007-07-12 10:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Long after electric lighting's debut, Africa still remains the dark continent.

It appears much of Africa is still to get electric lighting.. the darkness of the mind will take decades more...

NASA image

Posted by John Frum 2007-07-12 10:14|| 2007-07-12 10:14|| Front Page Top

#5 An innocent little boy - dear God, WTF kind of monsters pull this sh*t!? I hope the authorities track down everyone responsible and put them down like the rabbid animals they are.
...I need a drink.

Posted by Broadhead6 2007-07-12 10:27|| 2007-07-12 10:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Check out the Koreas on John Frum's NASA pix.

Posted by wxjames 2007-07-12 12:07|| 2007-07-12 12:07|| Front Page Top

#7 That sounds more like some sort of magic sacrifice ritual, rather than the usual Muslim beheading. Nor would I think "traditional rituals" is the kind of phrasing used to step around Muslim misbehaviour. General savagery, after all, can be roundly condemned simply for what it is.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-07-12 12:11|| 2007-07-12 12:11|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 The picture makes S. Korea look like an island off the coast of China doesn't it?
BTW, John you beat me to pulling out the old NASA pic.

Posted by GK 2007-07-12 13:41|| 2007-07-12 13:41|| Front Page Top

#9 That is beyond sick. May that poor little boy's soul rest in peace among the angels, and may the creatures who did this burn in the deepest reaches of Hell.

Posted by Swamp Blondie 2007-07-12 15:26|| 2007-07-12 15:26|| Front Page Top

#10 It appears much of Africa is still to get electric lighting.

My point remains. More than 120 YEARS after the light bulb's invention, Africa (especially the sub-Saharan region) has not managed to install any more infrastructure than North Korea or the Philippines despite its huge deposits of gold and diamonds. Where does all the money go?

Truly, we must let Africa sink so that it may one day be reborn.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-07-12 16:05|| 2007-07-12 16:05|| Front Page Top

#11 Spot on, tw. This is Kenya, but this case is a lot like a West African magical killing--though they generally pull out a few internal organs too. Sometimes big political figures call in the traditional "sect" men for some extra insurance around election time. Sounds like this group is trying to make sure they get invisibility or other magical protection for their rackets.

Posted by James">James 2007-07-12 17:15|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2007-07-12 17:15|| Front Page Top

#12 At the time of publication, people thought Oliver Lyttleton (Lord Chandos) had gone a bit over the top in his description of Mau Mau evil. They were wrong. He saw this same kind of savagery happen there in Kenya and reacted as a decently raised British man and former Guards officer should.

Posted by Mac 2007-07-12 18:58|| 2007-07-12 18:58|| Front Page Top

#13 Geebus, a two-year old!

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-07-12 21:40|| 2007-07-12 21:40|| Front Page Top

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