LURD Performs Ritual To Hold Ganta -Buries Alive Girl, Cow

AllAboutLiberia.com ^ | 4/24/03 | John R. Dennis

[Pro-Bush]

Islamic Script

The Islamic dominated terrorists group tagged Liberian United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) fighting the Liberian government aimed at making the Liberian nation in its entirety ungovernable has buried alive a virgin girl and a cow as a means of gaining perfect control over the city of Ganta, Nimba County, according to an eye witness.

The sacrifice in Ganta is an extension of those performed in Voinjama and Zorzor, Lofa County, where a pregnant woman was buried alive by the LURD rebels in order to maintain control of the two provincial capitals early last year.

Human sacrifice is said to be habitual amongst Islamic fundamentalists inline with their doctrine as a way of overcoming their opponents mainly Christians, who they refer to as infidels.

The current wave of carnage being done by LURD has drawn more opposition to its style of liberation, which has claimed over 25000 lives and displaced approximately two million people since 1999, when the bloody crusade started.

Failure to topple the Taylor's government, which the terrorists have termed oppressive since five years, attacks on civilians have been unprecedented, ranging from slaughtering to amputating legs and arms.


Victim of LURD Cannibalism

A recent video documentary shown on a South African television network exposed the cannibalistic practice of LURD, when a fighter slashed and ate the heart of a man who he claimed was a government soldier.

The fighter claimed that eating human hearts make his "zigay" (voodoo) strong.

Joe Wylie, a senior member of LURD recently confirmed LURD's atrocities on the BBC, where he said executives of the killer group was contemplating removing chairman Sekou Damate Conneh who he accused of encouraging the mass extermination of people.

Financiers of LURD are said to be contemplating on redirecting finances to another newly formed terrorists group, MODEL, in the South east of Liberia headed by one of Liberia's notorious dissidents Charles Julu, a former death squad leader of the late Liberian dictator Samuel Doe, according to a dispatch from Washington and Conakry.

[rwb]

And the Americo-Liberians built their own free republic and governed it in peace and modest prosperity for over a century, before the communists taught all the tribals that the reason they didn't have any money or social status was the fault of the people who did have money and social status.

Free-republic? Didnt't they get an "honorable mention" from the League of Nations for enslaving the local indigenous population? And I don't know under which bed you've found these "communists" since they never gained a foot-hold in that country.

[demnomo]

Thanks for the info. It looks as if I need to research the region more. I know Liberia was founded by former slaves from the Americas. Still, I have visions of another Marine massacre if we're not careful and well prepared. (Thank goodness W and company are in charge.)

And, yes, the UN mucks up stuff even more when it goes into an area. The UN is a dangerous ultra-liberal organization. Like any socialist structure, it makes any problem worse so that more money (taxes) and resources can be spent (unwisely) on the ignorant peons (Lib elite mentality regarding anyone who is not them) who will then become less self-sufficient and dependent on the structure thus feeding a vicious and lucrative (for Lib elitists who crave power, recognition and large salaries) cycle that eventually explodes or collapses under its own unstable weight...

I'm not saying that we as a civilized people don't offer help to struggling or war-scared peoples. There just has to be a better and more efficient way that helps people to become more responsible for their actions rather than rely on the UN Plantation to solve their problems.

The UN needs to undergo a reformation. (Yeah, right...)

[rwb]

Welcome to the wonderful world of putting two and two together. Duh-huh?!

[proud American in Canada]

What a picture... thank you for posting it.

We need to be reminded of reality here in the U.S...and Canada! :)

[LibKill]

AARRGH! BARF! PUKE!

Evil such as this must be exterminated.

[glasseye]

welcome to Freerepublic....

[radiohead]

i sent this by mail to anchan because he's sent me his post by mail. now that i see the post is out there, you guys might as well see my response:


wow, that's some response! i see your rudeness pills are working.

let me just fill you in on the facts: i'm a 50 year old black woman who lived in inner city philly for 10 years during the height of the crack epidemic. my son went to public schools (tho in a magnet program) and after i left corporate practice, i did legal work for people with hiv/aids, helped abused women, and people w/mental illness. i think i am pretty well aware of the hell holes in which many BUT NOT ALL black people live.

the fact that i like radiohead is only i aspect of my name. i am also a radiohead in that i enjoy talk radio of all types.

thanks for tellimg me who i am. i wouldn't have known w/o your insightful comments.

[Movemout]

This reminds me of something that I have thought about before. The world demonizes colonial rule. Europeans being the most likely villains in past centuries. We forget that we, the USA, were created through colonial imperatives. Yet we overthrew our masters and created a country that is the envy of our once masters and much of the rest of the world. Yet, in the darkest continent there is little evidence of the smallest desire to be free and create anything. They have been subjected to all of the crucibles which might cause an insight as to how to move forward but they have not. I have often wondered why this is so. Africa is a land of plentiful resources, as compared to somewhere like Nippon, yet the Japanese have prospered while the Africans have yet to leave the chute. There are a lot of racist views which would explain this. I think they lack overwhelming proof. I am interested in hearing a viewpoint that explains Africa's lack of progress.

[Old Sarge]

FRiend, I've tried hard to reason out the things that would explain all this, but each time I try, I get flamed for un-PC behavior.

So, whilst I don my flame-retardant vest and get my K-pot on, here goes:

It's a cultural thing. I give point to the Japanese and German work ethics, for starters. Also, the Middle Eastern trade ethics as well. We look at darkest Africa, and it's tribal conquest.

Point is, in Europe and the Near East, and also Japan, there were cultural codes of conduct, trade practice, and work and behavior ethos. I find these things missing in sub-Saharan Africa, with the noticable exceptio of the Euro-Colonial enclaves.

[Movemout]

Thanks for answering, but your opinion doesn't explain enough. I admit that I am ignorant of the culture but I think tribalism usually evolves into some superior societal structure. My question is related to this question. After centuries of tribal behavior, why hasn't Africa evolved into a market based behavior pattern? What is there in Africa that doesn't exist in the rest of the world? There has to be a rational answer to this question. I have no idea what it might be.

[Movemout]

How about you, Radiohead, do you have an opinion?

[radiohead]

I can only echo your questions in the previous post. I have no idea why sub-Saharan Africa is the way it is. I suspect tribalism has some role. The ability to chop up your tribe's rivals without a second thought does not bode well for a form of government in which all, at least under the law, are equals. It appears that whoever gets in power favors their tribe, and when the government changes, it's the same old thing, only with a new tribe.

The other thing I don't understand is why dictators don't do more to endear themselves to the people. Hear me out. If I were a dictator, I'd take 90% of the international funds sent to my country and give the people an infrastructure, food, etc. They would be singing my name in the streets. Meanwhile, I've happily skimmed 10% off the top (and we're talking real money here) and no one really cares.

I'm not sure I share Bush's feelings about everyone being ready for self-government. Perhaps some of these African countries aren't. So, if you are going to have a dictatorship, why not a useful one? You do not have to rob and rape your country, a la Mugabe, to run an efficient dictatorship.

I have often wondered why the African countries haven't made the economic leaps of the Asian countries. I don't know why they can't look around the world and see what works - and it isn't tribalism or dictatorship.

I stand by my initial sentiment - I am glad that my forebearers were brought to this country. Even under segregation and Jim Crow, my relatives owned property, got college educations, had jobs, and were generally left alone by the government. I cannot say the same thing for Africans over the same time period.

And as for Anchan's comments re blacks living in hell holes - maybe this is where my conservatism is showing. It is 2003. If you are uneducated, unskilled, or a single mother of 4 kids by 4 different men, it ain't the white man's fault. You have made the choices that led you to those results. My sympathy with your plight is growing thin.

[Old Sarge]

If I were a dictator, I'd take 90% of the international funds sent to my country and give the people an infrastructure, food, etc. They would be singing my name in the streets. Meanwhile, I've happily skimmed 10% off the top (and we're talking real money here) and no one really cares.

The Benevolent Dictator. Many people have tried that route, but the thing is, there must be a moral foundation, and strength of character, to carry this out. Most despots have neither, or at best, only one.

The ability to chop up your tribe's rivals without a second thought does not bode well for a form of government in which all, at least under the law, are equals.

Consider if you would, the environment.

Sub-Saharan Africa is a savage, brutal region. This gives rise to brutal cultures, with brutal rules of conduct. The Near East was the same, but look at what happened: empire after empire rose and fell, all recognizing that you didn't put the entire population to the sword, or reduce the cities and farms to ash, after each conquest. Local populace was assimilated into the conquerors. Cities were repaired, and redressed to the masters. Trade was restored, if it even died during the conflict.

Many of the Northern Eurpoean wars all revolved around the seasons - not because of weather, but because of the harvest. The peasants who were conscripted into the armies had to be released to get the crops in. This was an unspoken rule of war back then, because of the harvest failed, the ruling class would starve as well.

I would agree with this point: Africa has yet to evolve as a "culture"; even though the Euro-Eastern cultures have seen exposure, it hasn't taken root yet - I'll leave it to the next commentor to continue....

[radiohead]

The Benevolent Dictator. Many people have tried that route, but the thing is, there must be a moral foundation, and strength of character, to carry this out.

Yes. The idea has its limitations, the first of which being that I am approaching this from the viewpoint of a person with morals. I doubt the usual suspects who run most African countries have a moral core, ergo, the Benevolent Dictator scheme won't work.

However, I am willing to take offers from African countries to test out the theory. I swear I'll only take 10%.

[Old Sarge]

I swear I'll only take 10%.

I believe you.

And a slight correct - I should have called it, "The Benevolent Despot". It always devolves from the plan, because of innate corruption.

But then, the arguement is always, "You Africans have to have -us- step in, because you're too dumb to do it yourselves." Dangerously liberal, I admit...

[xm177e2]

Human sacrifice is said to be habitual amongst Islamic fundamentalists

LURD is no more Muslim than Charles Taylor and his band of evil murderers are "Christians" (despite what the blood-stained Pat Robertson says). These people are tribal a--holes practicing tribal customs and tribal black magics.

The mix of tribalism and Islam is not always a bad thing--in Nigeria, for example, the Muslims tend to be much more moderate than Middle Eastern Muslims.

[xm177e2]

A militiaman of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front shoots an unarmed prisoner, who has begged for his life.

That's a picture of a CHRISTIAN, not a Muslim. Charles Taylor is a CHRISTIAN and so is his militia (that's what Pat Robertson says).