----- Original Message ----- From: democrite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 4:51 PM Subject: [MLL] [Fwd: Rule Britannia] Irina Malenko a �crit : > 'There is a dismal record of failure in Africa' > > > > > >Or so the British Prime Minister told the United Nations millennial > > >summit on 6 September. 'Twenty-one of the 44 countries in sub-Saharan > > >Africa are affected by conflict which undermines efforts at > > >development', Blair continued, demanding that 'We must be partners in > > >the search for change and hope'. > > > > > >But Britain's record of partnership is not promising; in fact Britain > > >has proved to be the major warmonger on the African continent: > > > > > >Tangier campaigns against the Moors 1661-1684 > > >Kaffir wars at the Cape 1806/1812/1819 > > >Sixth Kaffir War 1835 > > >Seventh Kaffir War 1846-1847 > > >Eighth Kaffir War 1850-1853 > > >Abyssinian War 1868 > > >Ashanti War (West Africa) 1874 > > >Ninth Kaffir War 1877-1878 > > >Zulu War 1879 > > >Transvaal (or First Boer) War 1880-1 > > >Egyptian War 1882 > > >First Sudan War 1884-1885 > > >Ashanti Expedition 1896 > > >Second Sudan War 1898 > > >Boer War 1899-1902 > > >North African campaign, World War Two 1939-1945 > > >Canal Zone/Egypt 1945-1948 > > >Gold Coast 1948 > > >Eritea 1948-1951 > > >Somaliland 1949-1951 > > >Kenya 1952-1960 > > >Suez 1956 > > >Togoland 1957 > > >Cameroons 1960 > > >Zanzibar 1963 > > >Swaziland 1963-1966 > > >Zanzibar 1964 > > >Kenya/Uganda/Tanganyika 1964 > > >Seychelles 1966 > > >Libya 1967 > > >Dhofar 1969-1976 > > >Zimbabwe-Rhodesia 1979-1980 > > >Sierra Leone 2000 > > > Details are sketchy, but in the name of Britain's holy crusade to > > civilise Africa once more, at least 17 have been killed in this > > British massacre in Sierra Leone. I would not be surprised if the > > women involved were not actually fighters but civilians. I expect > > NATO will be bombing London by the end of next week to punish us. > > > > ---- > > Sunday September 10 8:22 AM ET > > UK Troops And Leonean Rebels Injured in Attack > > > > LONDON (Reuters) - British troops and Sierra Leone rebels suffered > > casualties on Sunday as British forces attacked a rebel base and > > freed six of their soldiers who had been taken hostage, the chief of > > Britain's defense staff said. > > > > ``There have been a few casualties on our side,'' Sir Charles Guthrie > > told a news conference. He said there had also been a substantial > > number of casualties on the side of the West Side Boys, renegade > > former Sierra Leone soldiers who had taken the British soldiers > > hostage last month. > > > > ``The West Side boys were not a pushover. They fought very hard. > > Amongst them they had women who were fighting and I think some of > > them may have been among the casualties,'' Guthrie said. > > > > The British soldiers who were freed were being medically examined on > > board a British ship, he said. > > > > The West Side Boys seized 11 British soldiers and an officer of the > > new Sierra Leone Army on August 25. They subsequently freed five of > > the soldiers. ***** > > > > -- Les "Editions Democrite" publient un mensuel en francais : > "Les dossiers du BIP" avec des traductions d'articles provenant de la > presse communiste(grecque, allemande, anglaise, turque, russe, espagnole, > portugaise...)sur des evenements qui interessent des lecteurs communistes. > Editions Democrite, 52, bld Roger Salengro, 93190 LIVRY-GARGAN, FRANCE > e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
