To: 11th_VA
While the airing of Gaddafis so called black mercenaries by Western media has ignited the issue, some say an xenophobic attitude towards these refugees and labourers has existed for years. They say the current attacks are racially motivated because the rebels have released many actual Libyan mercenaries and soldiers under a tribal agreement. They believe many Arabs felt their Libyan leader was abandoning them for black Africans ever since he became a pan-Africanist. Many immigrants were regularly victims of racism. I always like to point out to my African American friends that the upcoming Caliphate will not be kind to them. This is a culture that historically has always regarded Africans as slaves.
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03/31/2011 10:31:57 AM PDT by
denydenydeny
(Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak-Adams)
To: denydenydeny
Arabs have been slave drivers and sellers for over a millennium. Most of the slaves who wound up in the Western hemisphere were provided by Muslim slaver sellers.
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