Obama: Killing to Harvest Body Parts Is A ‘Foolish Tradition’—in Africa

Cybercast News Service ^ | August 3, 2015 | 2:34 PM EDT | Eric Scheiner

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President Barack Obama told a group of young African leaders on Monday that killing others to harvest body parts was a “foolish tradition.”

At the Young African Leaders Initiative summit in Washington D.C., President Obama was asked about the killing of Albinos in Africa and the harvesting of their body parts for ritual purposes.

“Persons with Albinism in Africa are being killed and their body parts harvested for ritual purposes,” a woman in the audience said. “My request to you is to raise this issue with heads of state of African countries to bring these atrocities to an end.” Obama condemned the practice as “foolish traditions.” …

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[AMDG&BVMH]

“Over here people are harvesting baby parts for what is essentially black magic. “

You nailed it!

The analogies between albino and baby organ harvesting are compelling.

PP “docs” are witch doctors.

Waiting for other smart FRreepers to keep coming up with analogies, compare and contrast, and especially with pictures.

Here’s one:

http://news.yahoo.com/mutilated-tanzanian-albino-baby-body-found-police-094753731.html