---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: samateh saikou <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 4:34 PM Subject: Bambalaye please helh to,post this reply,idid try but it was rejected,thanks To: [log in to unmask] “Now that Qaddafi is on the way out, I wonder how the no-recognition stance would help convince Libyans that being black does not equate to pro-Qaddafi.” Malanding Seriously, I see no reason why the proof of the burden should be put on the shoulders of the African leaders, in this case. I am definitely sure that you have not been visiting some of the Libyan and Arab social medias during this crisis, to see their outright racist comments. Had we been living in an ideal world, some of these comments would have be taking to be instigation to genocide against black people in Libya , but the fact is that the battle for ideas in this world is temporally been won by those who control the mass media. The reaction of Cameron to the British uprising, for example his call to move against social media and branding every protest as a result of the breakdown of the family etc would have been attributed to that of an African dictator had we not known the Author. Now you must not be taken away by the propaganda that has been paid for since the start of this war.Gadaffi has been known to have supported arm groups and organizations all over the world ,who believe and have convinced Gaddafi that they are fighting a just war, for example, the ANC, the Sandinistas, Kokoi ,Charles Taylor etc Many of us might disagree with some of these characters and organization and even call some of them terrorist organization but to say that; “For years it was common knowledge within and outside Libya, that Qaddafi employed mercenaries and a disproportionate number of these are Africans “ Is outright wrong. What has he been using these “mercenaries “ for ?.It would be wonderful for sake of documentation if you are able to let me know. However what I know is that in the Libyan national army there are black Africans ,as it is the case in the USA ,in Britain and almost all of Europe. And not only Black African ,but also Arabs ,Europeans from other countries. It is these African who have been single out and called “machineries” since day one of the conflict. Libyans known very well that there are Serbs and other Arabs in their national army fighting for Gadaffi, they did not go around their streets looking for non Arab libyans or white people. And to say that there are more Black Africans that non Arab Libyans in the Libyan national army might be over exaggerated. Secondly when Qatar, recruited and hired white machineries to help Nato and the rebels in the conflict, what was the name given to these mercenaries ?they were called Contractors. Did you ever ask you self why is it that mercenary in Libya are only those with black skin and those with the white skin are call “Contractors”. There is more to this conflict than the mere desire for freedom for the Libyan people. For Freedom Saiks -- -Laye ============================== "With fair speech thou might have thy will, With it thou might thy self spoil." --The R.M ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤