Folks:
Apparently there are now two William Njies on the
list. For friends and family that want to
differentiate me (DC area based) from the other, my
email addresss hasn't changed since I joined the list
few years ago. Some of you that really know me, know
that I HATE been called Billy or Bill. Yes, this is
the same William Njie that Ebrima Ceesay claimed
didn't exist. (Mr. Ceesay, thought you'll be off the
hook by now, huh? smile) For those of you that care, I
hope this might clear any confusions.
Thanks William
--- William Njie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hello Dave,
> If you have a copy of this report would you please
> e-mail it to me privately.
> Many thanks
>
> In a message dated Tue, 12 Mar 2002 6:33:13 AM
> Eastern Standard Time, Dave Manneh <[log in to unmask]>
> writes:
>
> > Monday, 11 March, 2002, 08:04 GMT
> > War 'playing into al-Qaeda's hands'
> >
> >
> > The war could be "deeply counter-productive"
> >
> >
> >
> > By BBC News Online's Alex Kirby
> >
> >
> >
> > Two British scholars say the US strategy for
> defeating al-Qaeda is in fact
> > having the opposite effect.
> >
> > They describe the military response to the
> terrorism of 11 September as "deeply
> > counter-productive".
> >
> >
> >
> > Unless core issues of marginalisation and
> disempowerment are addressed, the end
> > result of responding to terror with violence will
> be increased support for
> > groups like al-Qaeda
> >
> > Oxford Research Group report
> >
> > Broadening the war on terror from Afghanistan to
> Iraq, they believe, could
> > provoke Baghdad into first use of chemical or
> biological weapons.
> >
> > Endless conflict, they argue, will be the
> consequence of meeting terror with
> > violence.
> >
> > The two academics are Professor Paul Rogers, of
> Bradford University's peace
> > studies department, and Dr Scilla Elworthy,
> director of the Oxford Research
> > Group (ORG).
> >
> > Six months on from the attacks on the US, the ORG
> has published their appraisal
> > of what has been achieved, entitled Never-ending
> War?: Consequences of
> > September 11.
> >
> > The authors say antagonism towards the US from
> al-Qaeda and its allies had been
> > developing for more than a decade, fuelled by the
> politics of the Gulf region
> > after the 1991 war against Iraq.
> >
> > The Gulf holds two-thirds of the world's known oil
> reserves: US dependence on
> > imported oil rose from 12.5% of consumption in
> 1970 to 60.9% in 2000.
> >
> > 'Unacceptable control'
> >
> > The report notes "a widespread belief that the
> US... [is] exerting an
> > unacceptable control over the Gulf states because
> of its determination to
> > maintain security of oil supplies".
> >
> > It contrasts this with an American focus on seeing
> al-Qaeda "simply as
> > fundamentalists acting from motives of sheer
> hatred for the US and all it stood
> > for".
> >
> > In Afghanistan itself, the authors say, Russia has
> now regained significant
> > influence as a consequence of the war.
> >
> > They add that far more people, many of them
> innocent, have died there from the
> > war's direct and indirect effects than in the
> attacks on New York and
> > Washington.
> >
> > And they also say that the FBI believes the war
> has robbed al-Qaeda of only 30%
> > of its capabilities.
> >
> > The authors say al-Qaeda's aims are to evict
> Western troops from the Gulf and
> > to replace Saudi Arabia's rulers "with what would
> be considered a legitimate
> > Islamic regime".
> >
> > It would have expected the US to respond with
> great force after 11 September,
> > and to increase its troops in the Middle East and
> south-west Asia
> > substantially, inciting further anti-American
> feeling.
> >
> > This is just what has happened, with sizeable US
> forces now in Uzbekistan,
> > Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and an initial
> deployment in Georgia.
> >
> > Iraqi threat
> >
> > The authors add: "Moreover, in a development that
> must be hugely welcomed by
> > the al-Qaeda network, the US has developed a much
> stronger support for the
> > Sharon Government in Israel."
> >
> > So the report says al-Qaeda is "substantially
> capable of further action", and
> > US support for Israel is producing "a widespread
> anti-American mood".
> >
> > To attack Iraq "should be expected to lead to the
> use of any weapons of mass
> > destruction that the regime might be able to
> muster", with great risk to US
> > forces, Gulf state civilians and Israel.
> >
> > The report concludes that no state can promote a
> global economy while at the
> > same time acting exclusively in its own perceived
> interest.
> >
> > Nor can the world afford the double standards
> which allow United Nations
> > Security Council members to have nuclear weapons,
> but nobody else.
> >
> > The authors conclude: "Unless core issues of
> marginalisation and disempowerment
> > are addressed, the end result of responding to
> terror with violence will be
> > increased support for groups like al-Qaeda, and an
> expanded cycle of violence."
> >
> >
>
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