Gaddafi: America Wants Sudanese Oil!
November 21st, 2006 | Published in Africa, Darfur, Libya, Sudan | 2 Comments
“Western countries and America are not busying themselves out of sympathy for the Sudanese people or for Africa but for oil and for the return of colonialism to the African continent…To be occupied by the Sudanese army is better than to be occupied by UN forces, and the biggest disaster is if the Atlantic army came and positioned itself in Sudan.”
This is from no other person than the Libyan strongman - Muammar Gaddafi, speaking in Tripoli during a ceremony celebrating the signing of yet another peace agreement.
What is there to celebrate about Sudan/Darfur, I ask?
A place where “screaming toddlers were ripped from their [mothers’] grasp and shot; older children who tried to save their brothers and sisters were hunted down.”
“Five peace treaties have been signed and torn up since conflict erupted in Darfur in 2003. Local tribes, mostly “African” farmers, formed rebel movements to protest against the neglect of their region and the arming of Arabic-speaking nomadic militias. The government responded by encouraging the militias, known as the janjaweed, to target civilians it suspected of supporting the rebels.”
Would Africa and the entire universe be better off without the likes of Gaddafi, dictators high on empty pride and suffering from chronic cases of grandiose delusion? This is a question that begets no answer, I suppose.
Despite Rwanda genocide, and with the 200,000+ deaths in Darfur, it is gut-wrenching that the likes of Gaddafi would prefer to sit on their high horses and continue to play the meaningless game of politics! If only Reagan’s bomb didn’t miss in 1986…
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November 21st, 2006 at 4:30 pm (#)
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