Posted on 12/14/2006 3:15:09 PM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Harare, Zimbabwe (AHN) - Zimbabwe will not turn over former Former Former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam, despite his conviction of genocide.
William Nhara, a spokesperson for President Robert Mugabe's government, says, "As a comrade of our struggle, Comrade Mengistu and his government played a key and commendable role during our struggle for independence and no one can dispute that."
"The judgment is an Ethiopian judgment and will not affect his status in Zimbabwe. As far as we know there is no extradition treaty between Harare and Addis Ababa."
Mengistu, who has been living in exile in Zimbabwe since he fell from power in 1991, was convicted of charges ranging from genocide, to imprisonment, homicide, and illegal confiscation of property.
Ethiopia's Federal High Court convicted Mengistu and 71 other defendants for their parts in the "Red Terror." According to the U.S. government, "The enormity of government-sponsored operations against suspected political opponents during the 'Red Terror' has defied accurate analysis and has made attempts at quantification of casualties irrelevant."
"Sources estimated that, during 1977-78, about 30,000 people had perished as a result of the Red Terror and harsh conditions in prisons, kebele jails, and concentration camps."
So you smelled it once (when?) and that is your proof that it always smells like a public restroom?
Except that the subordinate clause was placed in there intentionally.
I should hope so.
Extracting it alters what you intended to emphasize.
How about I tell you what I intended to emphasize in my writing, okay son? If you want to talk about how you misread a subordinate (nearly parenthetical) clause as emphasis, be my guest.
But that's still no basis to assume that he talked about selling his soul to the devil simply because he has a similar name to another guitar player who told that story.
But that's not the basis of my comment. It's a well-known (if apocryphal or mis-attributed) story that's part of American culture.
And why would that state fall somewhere on the same scale of liberty that colonies and dictatorships do?
You don't make much sense. You had earlier suggested the false dichotomy of colonial tyranny or dictatorial tyranny. A state that is neither colony nor dictatorship (such as the United States of America) proves that this dichotomy is a false one.
This means nothing.
I support overthrow of the theocratic dictatorship in Iran, as I have said before.
Incorrect. I indicated a dichotomy between a pure libertarian society and everything else. Among everything else, liberty can be ranked by degree. I then pointed out that many colonial powers in Africa afforded a significantly greater degree of liberty than their post-colonial successors.
That's still not a POLICY stance until you indicate your preferred means of doing so. Furthermore, ousting the iranian dictatorship is not a uniquely conservative position.
And you suggested that by measuring liberty "colonial powers win over [...] third world dictatorships," which assumes the false dichotomy that the only option is colonial tyranny or domestic dictatorship. This is an apology for tyranny (or dictatorship, if the tables are turned) and it is unacceptable.
Funding and coordinating Iranian dissidents will work for me for now.
Furthermore, ousting the iranian dictatorship is not a uniquely conservative position.
That would be your opinion, but it's ill-founded.
And Muzzies have been murdering people nonstop wholesale for 1426 years.. so what..
I don't understand why you bring up Islam in response to my post #3.
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