Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FW: FAbayomi Azikiwe: Malian WarSpreading into Niger - French Military Moves Further Into Northern Region

I cannot help but agree with what Professor Professor Gloria Emeagwali
so perfectly says here:

"Some of these 'disciplined' Tuareg have raped women and engaged in
all types of degrading
acts of indiscipline, including drug dealing. Some of them are
downright racist. Some are
part of the fundamentalist Islamists, AQMI. Others are dominant in
AZAWAD. There is also a third group of drug dealers and brigands.
There are  factions that are innocent of the above tendencies.
Prof. Bangura's attempt to 'canonize' all Tuareg is definitely
questionable. I wonder if
this is all due to his fascination with Gadaffi who some believe was a
Tuareg? "

Happening in France:

http://www.thelocal.fr/page/view/four-arrests

Heaven forbid that I should be ironic.

There's the unity of time, place and action.

If it's absolute consistency that you're seeking in Mwalimu Bangura,
I'm afraid that you're going to be disappointed: he has his own
principles, just as others may have theirs. but his can change at a
moment's convenience. There could be a unity of time and place but
when it comes to action (more talk, action of the mouth),the only
consistence I've traced in him so far is that he is anti-Brother
Obama - who is of course greater than him, even if he would like to
also dispute such a fact, based some of his recently acquired
mathematical understandings.

This was published exactly eight months before Gaddafi departed for
the Hereafter:

http://swampland.time.com/2011/02/22/gaddafis-blood-soaked-hands/

Mwalimu Bangura's canonization of Mwalimu Osagyefo Gaddafi and his
Human Rights record is not surprising.

For many, Gaddafi was the goose that laid the golden eggs for the AU
and for that he was much loved and is still being mourned.

The inconsistency that is most disturbing is that Osagyefo Bangura
consistently berated the Benghazi-based resistance to Gaddafi , as
racist and went on ranting that they were killing his Black African
Brothers and in this he was consistent :

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?scoring=d&filter=0&enc_author=gE_P2BMAAAAJ62S_T80i5RA4VXyc47pQh-kUg4S0n7nbF1Te82ZIng&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=7&as_miny=2011&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=7&as_maxy=2011

More of his rants about "ethnic cleansing":
http://groups.google.com/groups/search?scoring=d&filter=0&enc_author=gE_P2BMAAAAJ62S_T80i5RA4VXyc47pQh-kUg4S0n7nbF1Te82ZIng&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=8&as_miny=2011&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=8&as_maxy=2011

Mass graves :
http://groups.google.com/groups/search?scoring=d&filter=0&enc_author=gE_P2BMAAAAJ62S_T80i5RA4VXyc47pQh-kUg4S0n7nbF1Te82ZIng&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=9&as_miny=2011&as_maxd=30&as_maxm=9&as_maxy=2011

About "AfriKan Libyans": etc

http://groups.google.com/groups/search?scoring=d&filter=0&enc_author=gE_P2BMAAAAJ62S_T80i5RA4VXyc47pQh-kUg4S0n7nbF1Te82ZIng&as_drrb=b&as_mind=1&as_minm=10&as_miny=2011&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=10&as_maxy=2011

As you have observed a major inconsistency is that when Tuareg are
found guilty of having terminated the lives of their darker skinned
brothers, sisters and mothers in Mali, he has not raised the banner of
racism – in fact he exonerates them : "The Tuareg are a very
disciplined bunch of Muslims. They do not engage in foolishness."

Thus foolishness can acquire new meanings consistent with the new
principles of Mwalimu Osagyefo Bangura.

Me too, when I love somebody, I always love that person.

http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/corneliushamelberg/



On Feb 4, 4:33 pm, "Emeagwali, Gloria (History)"
<emeagw...@mail.ccsu.edu> wrote:
> Some of these 'disciplined' Tuareg have raped  women and engaged in all types of degrading
> acts of indiscipline, including drug dealing.  Some of them are downright racist. Some are
>
> part of the fundamentalist  Islamists, AQMI. Others are dominant in
>
> AZAWAD. There is also a third group of drug dealers and brigands.
>
>  There are  factions that are innocent of the above tendencies.
>
> Prof.  Bangura's attempt to 'canonize' all Tuareg is definitely questionable. I wonder if
>
> this is all due to his fascination with Gadaffi who some believe was  a Tuareg?
>
> Professor Gloria Emeagwaliwww.africahistory.netwww.vimeo.com/user5946750/videos
> Documentaries on Africa and the African Diaspora
> ________________________________________
> From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cornelius Hamelberg [corneliushamelb...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2013 4:40 PM
> To: USA Africa Dialogue Series
> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - FW: FAbayomi Azikiwe: Malian WarSpreading into Niger - French Military Moves Further Into Northern Region
>
> Re - Mwalimu Bangura's characterisation - "The Tuareg are a very
> disciplined bunch of Muslims. They do not engage in foolishness."
>
> Indeed an educated and disciplined fighting force which knows that
> it's time to melt into the desert with their tails behind their legs
> when the French troops turn up to chase them out of their strongholds
> and outta Timbuktu.
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=2&gs_ri=hp&cp=25&g...
>
> I don't suppose that the fact that the al-Qaeda terrorist affiliates
> integrated into the Tuareg's fighting forces diminish the disciplinary
> aspects of their terrorist tactics or their violent disciplinary
> activities such as imposing Sharia and non-Sharia punishments such as
> chopping off hands and flogging and dis-gracing defenceless women at
> the town centre – without trial -  along with summary executions of
> unarmed citizens of Mali which, mind you, is not a Muslim theocracy,
> foolishness in deed, foolishness in action. That's what it is : FOOL -
> ish mess, killing their fellow Muslims in Mali,  as if these lines
> recited in Arabic never went  beyond their throats and into their
> hearts:
>
> 3.103 : And hold firmly to the rope of Allah all together and do not
> become divided. And remember the favor of Allah upon you - when you
> were enemies and He brought your hearts together and you became, by
> His favor, brothers. And you were on the edge of a pit of the Fire,
> and He saved you from it. Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses
> that you may be guided.
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&q=Quran+3+:103&oq...
>
> East and West Germany are once more united  thanks to  breaking down
> the Berlin wall and West Germany paying CASH for East Germany.
> Otherwise, it's is the age of secession succumbing to the spirit of
> divide and rule and the ideology of those who want a divorce should be
> given one : Biafra, Eritrea, Gaza, South Sudan  - even the
> dismemberment of what was once a Yugoslavia held together by Tito, not
> to mention the peaceful break up of what was once the Soviet Empire...
>
> http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3B&gs_rn=2&gs_ri=hp&cp=25&g...
>
> This centuries old background to their secessions claims certainly
> promotes understanding and that is one of the functions of this
> dialogue series : promoting understanding:
>
> http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-crisis-in-mali-a-historical-perspect...
>
> And with understanding comes much sympathy for the Tuareg claims , but
> their method  - armed insurrection  - if might is right then where are
> they? Certainly not in the reservation.
>
> Why can't they advance their claims through e.g. the OIC  or the
> African Union – instead of a Jihad  which if it spins out of control
> could escalate into Africa North of the Sahara  versus Africa South of
> the Sahara....
>
> It's been mostly the gathering of  footballing West African nations  -
> Mali ( another disciplined " bunch") to meet Nigeria in the
> semifinals!
>
> Message in the song :
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD8C3UnqQIg
>
> Felt real humble yesterday just listening to what some of my Swedish
> relatives are up to  (big achievers all)
>
> Always,
>
> http://www.thelocal.se/blogs/corneliushamelberg/
>
> On Feb 3, 5:48 pm, "Abdul Bangura" <th...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Any more questions that the entire French barbarism is about  the re-colonization of Afrika for its wealth? The nonsense about al-Qaeda is just that: nonsense. Didn't the colonial destruction of the Tuareg's and their marginalization go back more than hundreds of years before the terrorist organization al-Qaeda was birthed?  Who helped to give birth to al-Qaeda in order to fight the Soviets?
>
> > And the rubbish about Islamic manuscripts being burnt by the Tuareg is just that: rubbish. It never happened, it is not happening, and it will not happen. The Tuareg are a very disciplined bunch of Muslims. They do not engage in foolishness.
>
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> > Malian War Spreading into Niger: French Military Moves Further Into Northern Region
> > By A. Azikiwe
> > Global Research, January 29, 2013
> > Url of this article:http://www.globalresearch.ca/malian-war-spreading-into-niger-french-m...
>
> > Reports emanating from the West African state of Mali indicate that French grounds forces accompanied by the national army from the capital of Bamako�along with a small contingent of regional troops from Niger, Burkina Faso, Togo, Senegal, Benin, Chad and Nigeria�are moving towards the northern historic city of Timbuktu. Although there has been a media blockade by the French and Malian governments about the impact of the war, details of the conditions taking place inside the country are emerging.
> > In the northern city of Gao, French and Malian forces claim that they have taken the airport and are moving to occupy the city. A military press release from Paris stated that they were fired on by �Al-Qaeda linked terrorist elements who were destroyed.� (Associated Press, January 28)
> > Nonetheless, the ministry of defense in France has attempted to sanitize the actual situation in the contested areas. One report asserted that no civilians have been killed in the imperialist military operations, although other news agencies have contradicted these statements.
> > The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in a press release issued on January 22, stated that �As air bombing and fighting continue in Mali refugees are continuing to cross into neighboring countries. In Mauritania, 4,208 Malian refugees have arrived since January 11.� (UNHCR)
> > This same media advisory continues noting that �After being registered at the Fassala transit center, they are being transported further inland to the Mbera refugee camp which is already hosting 55,221 people from earlier displacements.� During the same time period 1,300 refugees have arrived in Niger and 1,829 entered Burkina Faso.
> > Malians arriving in these neighboring states say that they are fleeing air strikes being carried out by French fighter jets. They are complaining about shortages of food, fuel and water. Many new arrivals are traveling in vehicles, but others are on foot and donkeys.
> > The refugees are anticipating that other members of their families will be crossing the borders very soon. Since the escalation of fighting in the north of Mali in January 2012, which was largely the result of the U.S.-NATO war against Libya, some 147,000 refugees have fled the country.
> > Inside the country, the UNHCR reports that 229,000 people have been internally displaced mainly from the areas around Kidal, Timbuktu and Gao. The UN refugee agency is assisting by providing food, water and shelter for the internally displaced as well.
> > UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced recently that the international body would not directly participate or authorize the deployment of troops under its authority. Ki-moon cited the humanitarian work carried out by the UN agencies, saying that the organization�s direct involvement would jeopardize the safety and security of its personnel.
> > Meanwhile the United States military is providing C-17 air transport for the French troops and equipment entering Mali. The Obama administration has pledged its support to the invasion and occupation of Mali where the Pentagon has maintained close ties with the national army.
> > Other NATO states are also participating in the war including Britain, Canada, Denmark and Italy. The Italian government announced on January 28 that it could not continue its support for the French war in Mali without the support of the parliament.
> > War Spreading to Niger
> > France announced that it would also deploy Special Forces units to neighboring Niger to guard the Areva uranium mines. The mines provide up to 70 percent of the uranium utilized to power its nuclear power reactors in France.
> > The mines are located in the areas around the towns of Arlit and Imouraren. Areva maintains operations in Canada, Kazakhstan as well as Niger.
> > Areva is the second largest uranium mining producer in the world. The
>
> ...
>
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