Gadaffi and co? The opposition? And to complicate matters the term Arab is often used as a generic
term in that region to encompass religion and culture.. We have to be careful.
The good news is that the days of Mr. Gbagbo are numbered and the rightful winner of the election will
soon take his place. Mr. Ouattara will have a massive job ahead in terms of economic rehabilitation
in addition to attending to the toxic waste, mutilated corpses, dislocated families, thousands of
refugees and so on, that Gbagbo and his 'tonton macoute' would have left behind. One hopes that
Gbagbo does not get to the Hague in a body bag.
The lesson from Japan and its nuclear reactors, on the verge of meltdown, is that there are limits to
human ingenuity and so, everyone has to move ahead with utmost humility. Maybe the meek will inherit the
earth, after all.
Dr. Gloria Emeagwali
www.africahistory.net<http://www.africahistory.net/>
www.esnips.com/web/GloriaEmeagwali<http://www.esnips.com/web/GloriaEmeagwali>
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i have to agree with babe
abdul, to label all libyans racist is to tar them in the same way racists tar all africans. i share your anger, but we are defeated by the hatred of others if we apply indiscriminate accusations against an entire people.
ken
On 3/13/11 3:38 AM, baba.aye@gmail.com<mailto:baba.aye@gmail.com> wrote:
The blanket "cowardly racist Arab Libyans" view of Bangura would suggest a generalization of all "Arab Lybians" as being racist. This which in itself is bad enough is the recipe of racism, including that which in its indignant self-righteousness could consider itself some form of counter-racism.
Projecting this very unfortunate killing as "payback..." Is probably worse. With a deft unspoken feint, it places the act squarely in the hands of the rebels.
The view of AlJazeera does seem to the contrary though, going by this: ""Al Jazeera condemns the cowardly crime, which comes as part of the Libyan regime's malicious campaign targeting Al Jazeera and its staff," the network said in a statement".
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Racist Arab Libyans Assassinated Al Jazeera Cameraman
The cowardly racist Arab Libyans ambushed and assassinated the Al Jazeera cameraman simply as a payback for the news team exposing the racist killing of Black Afrikans and lying that Black Afrikans are mercenaries.
Al Jazeera staffer killed in Libya
Cameraman Ali Hassan Al Jaber was returning to eastern city of Benghazi from filing report when he was shot and killed.
Last Modified: 12 Mar 2011 21:03 GMT
Picture of cameraman Ali Hassan Al Jaber
An Al Jazeera cameraman has been killed in what appears to have been an ambush near the rebel-held city of Benghazi in eastern Libya.
Ali Hassan Al Jaber was returning to Benghazi from a nearby town after filing a report from an opposition protest when unknown fighters opened fire on a car he and his colleagues were travelling in.
Two people including Al Jaber were shot. Al Jaber was rushed to hospital, but did not survive.
Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley, reporting from Benghazi, said Al Jaber was hit by three shots and was wounded through the heart.
"This is an extension of the campaign against Al Jazeera, and Al Jazeera Arabic particularly - because everyone here watch Al Jazeera Arabic. Their work has been heroic, and it has been a great shock to lose a colleague."
'Cowardly crime'
Wadah Khanfar, the director-general of Al Jazeera, said the network "will not remain silent" and will pursue those behind the ambush through legal channels.
He said that the killing came after "an unprecedented campaign" against the network by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
"Al Jazeera condemns the cowardly crime, which comes as part of the Libyan regime's malicious campaign targeting Al Jazeera and its staff," the network said in a statement.
"Al Jazeera reiterates the assault cannot dent its resolve to continue its mission, professionally enlightening the public of the unfolding events in Libya and elsewhere.
"Al Jazeera stresses it will relentlessly prosecute and bring to justice all perpetrators and their accomplices."
Al Jaber, a Qatari national, was born in 1955 and received his bachelor and master's degrees in cinematography from the Academy of Arts in Cairo. He was the director of CNBC Arabiya TV bureau in Qatar.
He also served as a supervisor in the National Olympic Committee between 2002 and 2005 and held the office of Head of Filming Section in Qatar Television for more than 20 years.
During his tenure, he produced a number of documentaries including one on Qatar and another on Kuwait entitled "Plight and Tribulation".
His death marks the first report of a journalist killed in the current conflict in Libya.
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