Posted on 07/28/2002 12:58:46 PM PDT by LarryLied
No, some of them do not make it obvious what they are before you start reading them, and some actually masquerade as something else :). And the Wiesenthal site is sort of cluttered and hard to navigate. But if you look around, you find articles and essays on anti-Catholic hate, for example - so the site isn't really all that one-tracked.
Trade Bill to Boost U.S. Textile Imports from Africa ^
Namibia will get special trade breaks.
Do you hear much about Namibia?
Been fascinated by the country because of National Geographic stories when I was a kid. The "skeleton coast" lined with shipwrecks, the "Forbidden Zone" where the diamonds are mined and cars are left to rot rather than be driven out, the Kaiser's involvement, the diamonds dredged out of the ocean and stones scooped out of sand dunes were intriguing.
Some great reading in the Namibian archives for 2002:
Yes. Ari-Ben Menashe (former Mossad) is working for Mugabe. Weapons for diamonds. The President of Namibia has made some Mugabe-like comments. Tempelsman is trying to get all of Namibia's diamonds. Maurice supported communists in Angola to get their diamonds when Cuban troops were in country. Then add in these articles from The Namibian:
Namibian troops in Zimbabwe?THE Congress of Democrats claims that Namibia deployed troops in Zimbabwe prior to that country's elections and that they have yet to return.
CoD leader Ben Ulenga notified Parliament yesterday that he would ask Defence Minister Erkki Nghimtina next Thursday how many units of Namibian troops were deployed in Zimbabwe and under which military pact or international instrument.
Ulenga also indicated that he would ask the Defence Minister how long the troops would be in Zimbabwe.
The Namibian was unable to establish independently whether Namibia Defence Force members were depployed in Zimbabwe and, if so, what the purpose of their presence was.
http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/march/news/024FBCE2FC.html
Nam Govt pleased with Mugabe's statements on pollMAX HAMATA
NAMIBIA has welcomed a commitment by Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party to respect and accept the outcome of the presidential election scheduled for this Saturday and Sunday.
Government spokesperson Mocks Shivute said yesterday Government was pleased with the announcement by President Robert Mugabe's party that it would respect "the will of the people and respect the outcome of the Presidential elections ..."
"Government is, however, disturbed by opposition statements to challenge the outcome of the elections if it loses because of problems with the electoral process," Shivute said in a statement.
Shivute said the Namibian observer team in Zimbabwe had informed the Government that Zimbabwean Home Affairs Minister, John Nkomo, had given assurance that police would see to it that all public meetings took place in an atmosphere of peace and tranquillity.
Shivute described as "disturbing" statements by Zimbabwe opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai that he will challenge the outcome of the elections if his party lost because of a flawed electoral process.
"The Namibian Government calls on Tsvangirai, as leader of the MDC, to reassure the people of Zimbabwe, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region and the international community that he will respect democratic principals and abide by the outcome of the elections," the Government statement said.
http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/March/news/0248A74BB7.html
Cuban trade mission on wayTHE Government and Chamber of Commerce and Industry hope one day you will be able to buy Cuban shirts and pharmaceutical products with the label "Made In Namibia".
A Cuban trade mission will in Windhoek from March 31 to April 3, and will discuss joint venture possibilities with their Namibian counterparts in these and several other areas.
According to Lazaro Artola Madrazo, the economic counsellor for the Cuban embassy, a factory producing traditional Cuban shirts, to be situated in Windhoek's Lafrenz industrial area, is on the cards.
Madrazo said technical experts had already been in discussions with Ramatex and others on sourcing raw material for the factory, which, if it proved viable, would be worth about N$5 million.
David Nuyoma of the Namibia Investment Centre said other possibilities of co-operation include construction, mines and energy and the sugar industry.
He said that some Cubans might be interested in establishing a sugar plantation in Namibia's north-east.
According to Nuyoma, a feasibility study for such a project had was being conducted by an American company, and preliminary results were fairly optimistic, despite a number of sugar producers already existing in the southern African region.
But, he said, only if such a project could be proved to be viable would the private sector invest in it.
Another investment opportunity would be in tourism, said Nuyoma, saying he had been "surprised" to find out how developed Cuba's tourism industry was.
Namibian and Cuban business people will be meeting for a conference at the Nampower Convention Centre on Tuesday April 2.
http://www.namibian.com.na/2002/March/marketplace/024C66205B.html
Notice all the flak on this thread. We must be over the target.
If there are ten people on the planet, let alone public officials, who have any idea (or care) what you are ranting about, I would be surprised. You live in a world of your own.
http://www.niza.nl/fataltransactions/docs/sierra_leone/1-1.htm
What gets people's attention is all the expensive arms floating around Africa and how the books of the diamond industry make no sense. Consider the following (from the UN reports above):
41% of rough diamonds imported in the UK come from Switzerland. There are no diamond mines in Switzerland and Switzerland "officially" imports almost no uncut stones.
89% of the rough diamonds imported into Israel come from Switzerland, the UK or Belgium. Seeing as 50% of the uncut stones in the world pass through Israel(diamonds are a $12 billion+ a year business for Israel) something seems amiss here.
The rebel RUF in Sierra Leone sold between $25 million and somewhere over $100 million in rough diamonds a year. No one knows how much. Al Qaeda bought millions of dollars worth of the stones and moved them through Belgium. Hezbollah helped Al Qaeda do that. Israeli Leonard Minin and former IDF Col Yair Klein were also buying from the RUF.
Don't know why you aren't interested in this. I find it fascinating.
I runnin' fur congress next year. I've lurnt th' wisdom of Cindy Mc. Don't mess wif blood diamonds.
But you go righ ahead, Larry . . . GO LARRY!
The UN is interested in this topic? And that is supposed to impress me?
You find strange things fascinating. Once again, take me off your bump list unless you would prefer me to address the moderators on this issue.
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