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“...African politics is messy and ethnic centered.”

http://ajacksonian.blogspot.com/2008/01/odinga-obama-and-lack-of-courage.html

excerpts:

...In June, Raila flew to the US, where he held talks with Senator Barack Obama, one of the candidates seeking the Democratic Party ticket to vie for the American presidency...

...Industry sources say that one of the things that helped Raila make a quick buck in the oil business was a concessionary petroleum deal he struck with the Al Bakri Group where he was not only incorporated as a silent partner in the local arm of Al Bakri International...

Abdulkader Al Bakri listed as a defendant in the First Amendment Complaint suit brought by various insurance companies against al Qaeda and associated organizations and individuals. Within that suit is mentioned documents (known as the Golden Chain document) picked up by Bosnian police on a raid on a charitable front organization for al Qaeda in Sarajevo. One of the listed documents is the “Tareekh Osama” (”Osama’s History”) in which Abdulkader al Bakri aka Abdel Qader Bakri gets a prominent listing...

So, when a man like Raila Odinga is linked with Abdulkader al Bakri, you are not making a minor connection, but one directly into al Qaeda.

Such are the vagaries of making political bedfellows in other Nations...

I would like you to do a similar story on Mwai Kibaki or any other African leader. (Mwai Kibaki’s corruption watchdog fled to Britain for his dear life).Or are you telling me that Bush does not have links to the House of Saud and the House of Saud does not have links to Al Qaeda?

How much Oil is in Kenya? Not much (Kenya exports tourism not Oil).

Africa is led by criminals. Virtually all African leaders and major politicians are criminals who will deal with anyone who can offer them a quick buck.

Charles Taylor in Liberia dealt with Gadaffi. Mugabe is dealing with God knows who. Kabila in Congo is striking deals with everyone shady character under the sun. The Kenyan guys (Kibaki and Odinga) are marginally better than Mugabe.

You will do well to concentrate on Jeremiah Wright and his silly sermons.