ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] DC DRCongo:Doubt cast on peace effort.
EM: Interesting...very interesting. ..and thank you for posting this article. Museveni and his NRM have succeeded in conning the world time and time again. Finally, it does appear, members of the International community are catching up with Yoweri Museveni's tactics and M.O. Museveni talks of peace in DRC with one mouth and yet with another month and from behind the man is busy arming Congolese Militia forceswho are then used to acts as agents in the bigger scheme of exploiting DRC's natural resources. It matters NOT to Yoweri Museveni and his NRM that the very militia he is creating in DRC Congo are instrumental creating wild spread Human Rights Violation of Congolese Citizens. Museveni is a tumor cancer cell in the region. As long as Museveni is active in the Great Lakes Region, we citizens of the Great Lakes Region are not going to see any peace. Matek In a message dated 11/23/2003 10:06:55 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 10 POINTS TO PONDER [ A ] -LES FAITS-- 1. Rwanda and Uganda still are arming militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- formerly called Zaire -- and plundering its mineral wealth, despite withdrawing their troops under the terms of a peace deal struck last year. --- 2. The 12-page document, obtained by Knight Ridder, also alleges that senior officials in Congo's 5-month-old coalition government use their new positions and clout to siphon money from diamond mines and other state-owned enterprises to create and maintain private militias and bolster political war chests. -- 3. The findings cast doubt on the long-term success of the international effort to end the five-year civil war that has killed more than 3 million people. - --- 4. Officials from Rwanda, Uganda and Congo's transitional government denied the allegations in interviews Friday. -- --- 5.Mahmoud Kassem told the U.N. Security Council in an Oct. 20 letter that , the section contains highly sensitive information on those still exploiting Congo's natural richest and their role in perpetuating the conflict, and the links between the plundering and an illegal trade in small arms. He asked that the section not be circulated beyond the members of the Security Council. --- -- 6. The document was part of a final report last month on the illegal exploitation of Congo's vast deposits of gold, diamonds and minerals such as coltan -- used in cell phones and video games. Calling it the most serious threatto Congo's transitional government, the document says the network continues to arm, train and provide military support to at least two proxy armies, the Rally for Congolese Democracy and the Union of Congolese Patriots, that are vying for control of mineral-rich Ituri province in northeastern Congo. Weapons are exchanged for the minerals, which are funneled into Rwanda by commercial firms that are either controlled or protected by the Rwandan network and its proxies, the report says. -- -- 7. The Rwandan network, the panel found, is competing with two others: the Ugandans and Congolese officials close to the new government in Kinshasa. [ B ]LA TRIPARTITE-- 8.(A) Richard Sezibera, Rwanda's presidential envoy to Congo, said Rwanda had no troops in Congo and wasn't supporting any militias.[ ???/Note du lecteur} 8.(B) Vital Kamerhe, Congo's minister of information, also said his government hadn't seen it. [ / Note du lecteur ] 8.(C)John Nagenda, a senior adviser to Uganda's president, called the report ridiculous.We have left the Congo entirely he said.[ ??? Tripartite ! [ Note du Lecteur] -- [ C ] L'INCONNUE- 9. The section describes a covert military of 2,000 soldiers that the Congolese have established to combat the Rwandans. It is led by officials who were dismissed after a U.N. report last year but who have since resurfaced as behind-the-scenes advisers or in key positions in a political party now led by the 32-year-old son of former Congolese leader Laurent Kabila. - [ D ] ---L'ABSURDE ET LE DANGER- 10. The section also reports a Uganda network is working to thwart the territorial ambitions of Rwanda. Sources : http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/7324464.htm Title : 10 Points to ponder / Re: Charlotte Observer/ Knight Ridder/11-22-2003 -NGOMA-
ugnet_: FOR THE ATTENTION OF MR DAVID WEST
Subj: Re: [Africa-Politics] Re: [NaijaPolitics] Is it Fair to Punish African Leader... Date: 11/23/2003 2:07:58 PM Eastern Standard Time From: Matekopoko To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Excerpts from an article published by the Knight Ridder on 11-22-2003. 10 POINTS TO PONDER [ A ] -LES FAITS-- 1. Rwanda and Uganda still are arming militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- formerly called Zaire -- and plundering its mineral wealth, despite withdrawing their troops under the terms of a peace deal struck last year. --- 2. The 12-page document, obtained by Knight Ridder, also alleges that senior officials in Congo's 5-month-old coalition government use their new positions and clout to siphon money from diamond mines and other state-owned enterprises to create and maintain private militias and bolster political war chests. -- 3. The findings cast doubt on the long-term success of the international effort to end the five-year civil war that has killed more than 3 million people. - --- 4. Officials from Rwanda, Uganda and Congo's transitional government denied the allegations in interviews Friday. -- --- 5.Mahmoud Kassem told the U.N. Security Council in an Oct. 20 letter that , the section contains highly sensitive information on those still exploiting Congo's natural richest and their role in perpetuating the conflict, and the links between the plundering and an illegal trade in small arms. He asked that the section not be circulated beyond the members of the Security Council. --- -- 6. The document was part of a final report last month on the illegal exploitation of Congo's vast deposits of gold, diamonds and minerals such as coltan -- used in cell phones and video games. Calling it the most serious threatto Congo's transitional government, the document says the network continues to arm, train and provide military support to at least two proxy armies, the Rally for Congolese Democracy and the Union of Congolese Patriots, that are vying for control of mineral-rich Ituri province in northeastern Congo. Weapons are exchanged for the minerals, which are funneled into Rwanda by commercial firms that are either controlled or protected by the Rwandan network and its proxies, the report says. -- -- 7. The Rwandan network, the panel found, is competing with two others: the Ugandans and Congolese officials close to the new government in Kinshasa. [ B ]LA TRIPARTITE-- 8.(A) Richard Sezibera, Rwanda's presidential envoy to Congo, said Rwanda had no troops in Congo and wasn't supporting any militias.[ ???/Note du lecteur} 8.(B) Vital Kamerhe, Congo's minister of information, also said his government hadn't seen it. [ / Note du lecteur ] 8.(C)John Nagenda, a senior adviser to Uganda's president, called the report ridiculous.We have left the Congo entirely he said.[ ??? Tripartite ! [ Note du Lecteur] -- [ C ] L'INCONNUE- 9. The section describes a covert military of 2,000 soldiers that the Congolese have established to combat the Rwandans. It is led by officials who were dismissed after a U.N. report last year but who have since resurfaced as behind-the-scenes advisers or in key positions in a political party now led by the 32-year-old son of former Congolese leader Laurent Kabila. - [ D ] ---L'ABSURDE ET LE DANGER- 10. The section also reports a Uganda network is working to thwart the territorial ambitions of Rwanda. Sources : http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/7324464.htm Title : 10 Points to ponder / Re: Charlotte Observer/ Knight Ridder/11-22-2003 -NGOMA-
ugnet_: 4 Simple but Surprising Ways Men Express their Love(Dr.Brenda Shoshanna)
"I can sleep with her, marry her, take care of her, but love -- that's something else," said Tony, a married man in his late 40s. "Guys don't like to talk about love. They don't know what to say. Of course guys feel love. But they express it differently." Why don't most men just come out and tell us the way they feel? In my years spent as a therapist, I've learned that love can make men feel vulnerable, childlike and unable to do what's expected of them, especially those who believe they're functioning in a dog-eat-dog world. Still men do love, and different types of men express their love differently. In fact, love means different things to a man, at different times in his life. This means that a woman needs to be alert to who her man is and what love means to him. If you're frustrated with waiting to hear those three magic words, take a look at what your man may already be saying -- in other ways: Simply Saying "I Love You" Actually, saying these three words is a huge step for some men. That's because it means a lot more than simply expressing a feeling. For some it feels like a life commitment, for others it is fraught with danger. "When I say I love you," said Steve, "I feel like I'm taking my life in my hands and giving it to her. It's scary. I've got to really trust her and know she won't throw my love away in order to actually say the words to her." In this case, the fear of rejection comes up strongly. Rejection is enormously painful for most men, and saying "I love you" can be an invitation to be hurt. Most men must feel very secure in the relationship and in the woman's feelings for him before he'll dare say those words. For others, saying "I love you" means, "I'm offering a commitment. I'm going to be here to do things for you." For many men, love is expressed through action, so these words are a promise of what is to follow. Simply by saying these words they feel they are agreeing to be there, to give to her and support her. If they don't do it, they'll feel like a heel. When some men say, "I love you," it means "I'm not leaving" or "I'll always be faithful." This can be very scary for some men. They feel the words themselves are a promise, and if the promise is broken, they will suffer as well. Men don't want to break their promises to you. Most want to be able to follow through and give you what they want. In the end, they just want you to feel good about them -- and to feel good about themselves as well. Offering Tokens of Affection There are many different kinds of gifts a man can give. The obvious ones include those wrapped in packages, candy, flowers and special notes. But there are others that a woman may or may not be aware of. For example, for some men, giving their time to you is a gift. When they spend more time with you, and less with family and friends, this is their way of saying that they love you. They are choosing to be with you. Some other men choose other gifts. Whether your partner stands up for you during a difficult time, goes with you to visit your family, does little jobs for you, attends important functions with you, puts you first in his thoughts or plans trips, dates or outings, the message is the same. He loves you. If this sounds like your man, keep in mind he, like many men, may not be comfortable with expressing his feelings directly, so these behaviors are indicators that he cares a great deal. The trick to understanding a guy like this lies in realizing two things: These actions are being generated out of love, and he expects you to know that. Showing You Affection Affection can mean anything from handholding to lovemaking. In fact, some men can most easily express their feelings during lovemaking. That's because after being intimate they feel as though they've loved you, and often feel loved as well. The physical contact breaks down barriers and provides a feeling of closeness that cannot be so easily be obtained in another manner for them. This can be a complex area, because sex can mean so many different things to different individuals. Most women need affection and foreplay as well as the sex because this is what makes them feel loved. Some women even require hearing words of love spoken during this time as well. So when a man is open, giving and affectionate with a woman on an ongoing basis, it is often his way of expressing love. For him, love means meeting her needs and having his needs met as well. Still other men use sexuality to avoid or cover up areas in the relationship that might be difficult. They feel that if the sex is good, everything else will fall into place. Usually, when the sex is reluctant, or not happening, it is an indicator that something is missing emotionally, or that conflict exists in the relationship. Sex is a sensitive barometer to what's going on in all aspects of one's life. Introducing You to His Family Another way of saying "I love you" is taking you home to meet the family and close, meaningful friends. This is
ugnet_: Africa Foundation Wants African Union Scrapped
Business- DailyNation - Nairobi - KenyaMonday, November 24, 2003 Group wants AU scrappedBy NGUMBAO KITHI A US-based organisation has called for the dissolution of the African Union and the establishment of a new continental body strictly for democratically elected governments. The Free Africa Foundation president, Mr George Ayittey, from Ghana, said the AU could not solve conflicts because its leadership comprises "mafia states" practising politics of exclusion. He suggested that the new body to take over from the AU should ensure independent and free Press in member states, independent Judiciary and electoral commission. The new body, said Mr Ayittey, must also promote independent central banks and neutral and professional armed forces. "Africans must stop putting too much faith in leaders but institutions that can make the countries develop and create wealth for all instead of few individuals who use their positions to steal," he said. Mr Ayittey, an associate professor at American University, said there were 14 civil wars in Africa at the moment and none of the countries could explain why they were fighting. The Free Africa Foundation boss was speaking at Whitesands Beach Hotel, Mombasa, when he presented a paper on "Why Africa is poor" at the Africa Resource Bank workshop that ended on Saturday. He said civil wars had devastated the continent's agriculture leaving Africans poorer by the day. "What I do not agree with is the way African leaders blame colonialists for their woes. We know that African governments got independence many years ago. What have they done with that independence for their people?" he asked. He appealed to the continent's youth to salvage Africa by taking a new approach to leadership that would promote democracy, investment and free trade. Comments\Views about this article Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now
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ugnet_: Fury over lecturers' pay blockage
Many a times,we all yearn for Freedom and we often think that this translates into doing whatever we want whenever we want it.We too often forget that there are usually consequencies that are contigent upon on our exercise of those Freedoms unless ofcourse we are living in anarchaic states where there is no rule of Law. The article posted below describes such state of affairs where seemingly intellectual people want the whole world to support their cause and yet they do not want to pay for the consequencies of their actions. Labour laws the world over follow market rules where you are paid for the work you do.If you choose to go on strike inorder to make your employer give you a pay rise,it is just natural that your Employer reserves the right of paying you or not paying you for the work you have not done. The Kenyan University dons apparently appear to have lost sight of this and reality is slowly beginning to sink in. Read on. Have more Freedom without responsibility days ahead. Thank you. Kipenji. == News Monday, November 24, 2003 Fury over lecturers' pay blockageBy SAMUEL SIRINGI and DAVID ADUDA Striking lecturers reacted angrily yesterday to a Government decision to stop their November salaries. They said the directive to the vice-chancellors of the six State universities to withhold salaries for the days lecturers had been on strike was "a mockery of the intellectualism." Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) secretary-general Charles Namachanja said the decision only highlighted the Government's contempt for lecturers. "This is an act of selfishness. It is sad that a Government which has agreed that lecturers are poorly remunerated will go ahead and even freeze the peanuts it pays us," he told the Nation yesterday after a meeting of top Uasu officials in Nairobi. Education permanent secretary Karega Mutahi last week wrote to vice-chancellors instructing them not to pay the lecturers, whose strike for better pay and working conditions enters its third week today. He asked university councils to start negotiations with their Uasu chapters in what is viewed as a move to weaken the lecturers' collective strength. But yesterday Mr Namachanja said: "We have been thinking the Government was serious about negotiations. Why will it stop the salaries when its officials claim to be holding talks with us?" He went on: "The withholding of our salaries will not end our determination to fight for better terms for our members. In any case, it will strengthen our resolve to continue boycotting with our strike." Mr Namachanja said Education minister George Saitoti had stressed the need for dialogue to resolve the dispute. Lecturers downed tools on November 10 to press for higher salaries and better terms of service. They want their pay raised to a minimum of Sh159,000 for the lowest paid to Sh890,000 for professors. Currently, a tutorial fellow earns a basic salary of Sh15,000 and a house allowance of Sh17,000 while a professor's starting salary is Sh31,000 with a Sh40,000 housing allowance. Mr Namachanja asked the minister to urgently convene a negotiation meeting which could end the strike and allow universities to reopen. The Nation learnt that a senate meeting at Kenyatta University last week took a firm stand against the ministry's directive and advised the university against implementing it. Members of the university's highest decision-making body saw in the directive a danger of fanning the flames of campus revolt. The senators made it clear that they were all Uasu members and threatened to resign if the university implemented the directive. "We told the V-C to tell the Government that implementing the directive would be disastrous. It would mean that all lecturers holding administrative jobs [deans, chairmen and directors of institutes] would step down and let the V-Cs run the universities alone," said one senator. Uasu officials had heard about the circular and swiftly condemned it, saying it illustrated the Government's determination to frustrate lecturers. Uasu's Nairobi chairman Samuel Nyandemo said the directive was "ill-conceived and exposed the Government's desperation in handling the dispute." He said: "If Kanu, in its heyday, did not stop lecturers' pay during the nine-month strike of 1993, how can a Government that rode to power on a popular vote contemplate using primitive methods to break the strike?" The Uasu officials said lecturers would go back to class if the Government told them when and by how much salaries would be raised. "It should be clearly understood that we aren't against the Government's proposal that we wait until February. But what we need to know is whether that is when the pay increase will start and at what rate," said Dr Nyandemo. Comments\Views about this articleWant to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
ugnet_: Governments no longer have the mandate to rule alone
Monday, November 24, 2003 Governments no longer havethe mandate to rule aloneWinning an election should not be taken as a blank cheque issued to governments to do as they wish until the next election, especially given that representative democracy increasingly appears to have taken the form of democracy without substance. Put differently, we run the risk of representative democracy on its own degenerating into a preordained legitimisation of elitism. A growing number of citizens around the world no longer accept that governing society is solely the responsibility of governments. Today, we talk about co-governance. We talk about governance being a partnership venture between elected officials and the organisations and institutions formed by citizens acting in the public interest, and we talk about governments needing to have constant dialogues with the citizens. Few people participate directly in public life beyond voting during national and local government elections. The participation of citizens and their organisations as central agents in the development process is simply no longer taken as a "nice thing" - it is essential. There is need for "critical solidarity", which is the shorthand for the need to support government when appropriate, and criticise it when it is necessary. During President Moi's rule, civil society was dismissed as being unpatriotic or counter-revolutionary. How does governance underpin the growth process? Poor governance retards growth, hurting the poor in particular. Large-scale corruption allows domestic elites and some transnationals to steer policies and laws to their own advantage. Development is about improving the quality of people's lives and expanding their ability to shape their own destiny. Key policy actions should involve all stakeholders, the private sector - including transnational firms and local corporate entities - NGOs, civil society and the Government. By promoting institutional development and the rule of law, economic liberalisation is crucial for sustained economic growth. The existence of economic rents arising from incentive-incompatible government regulations, like administrative pricing and lack of accountability in the public sector, are some of the supply-side factors that breed corruption. The demand-side factors include low wages and lack of career advancement. In my opinion, educating people about the negative effect of corruption may help. People should be made aware that there is a problem associated with corruption, and that there will be a heavy price to pay in the future. But we cannot depend on the sense of morality of a population to get rid of corruption. We have to work towards making the absence of corruption an incentive in itself. Government officials will not accept a bribe if the marginal cost of the bribe exceeds the marginal benefit from it. None of us has the final word on what is the best way forward. We need to continue learning the lessons as they emerge. But one thing is clear: Improving governance and reducing corruption are money-savers. EMONG'OR EKISA, Amagoro. Comments\Views about this articleWant to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
ugnet_: A PRIORITY ONE POSTING (Please foward ASAP)
Netters Reliable sources are informing The Communication Group that President Yoweri Museveni's son, Major Kainerugaba Muhoozi was shot in an ambush in Soroti towards the end ofthe week. The source continue to state that President Museveni has been of late shuttlingbetween Soroti Gulu and Kibaale, in his fights of ever continuing wars in Uganda. Major Muhoozi Kainerugaba was in a convoy with Lieutenant General Tinyefunza and Major General Salim Saleh who is President Museveni's brother. In the process of attacking this convoy,Major Kainerugaba, got the most injuries. The sources are informing The Mulindwas Communication group that due to the seriousness of the injuries, Major Muhoozi Kainerugaba was immediately whisked toa Germany hospital, where he is today fighting for his life. The source as well indicate that the life of the President's son is still classified as in danger,the source continue thatif Major Muhoozi kainerugaba survives, hemay never serve in Uganda People's Defence Force due to the injuries, sustained. We are following the reports. Edward Mulindwa Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: Museveni next to resign!
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ugnet_: True love waits. Mum returns home after 24 years
True love waits By Carolyne Nakazibwe Nov 23, 2003 Mum returns home after 24 years When she disappeared in 1979, her eldest child was nine and the last-born an eight-months-old baby. Twenty-four years later, Ms Fatuma Nalumansi, 50, is reunited with the family she inevitably walked out on. In her one-room home in Makindye, where she stays with her husband and daughter, Nalumansi slowly recounts in Luganda the events that drove her out of her beautiful, multi-bedroomed home in Kitebi in Lubaga division to become a slave in Sembabule district. "Every evening for a few days, I would smell traces of burning charms and I told my husband about my worries, but he said I was being paranoid. Then a voice started commanding me to get out and go. It became so insistent and one day I just got up and left," she told Sunday Lifestyle. Ms Fatuma Nalumansi and her husband Mr Kalali Umaru at their home in Makindye, Kampala. (Courtesy photos and Photo by Willy Tamale) When she was leaving, she told her family she was off briefly to buy a few things for a nephew to trade in, but that day, January 1, 1979, was also to be the last day her five children set eyes on her. Until September 7, 2003. What prompts a mother to leave her family just like that? "It is satan. By the time a mother abandons her children, isn't that something so grave, you think?" Nalumansi mused. In her sitting room with her husband Mr Kalali Umaru, Nalumansi still looks unwell. She jumps each time the camera flash goes off, and as her husband tells most of the story, she seems to find something incredibly funny about the whole issue. Kalali confirms that she is still undergoing 'treatment' at a witchdoctor's and as soon as the fasting month of Ramadan ends, the couple plans to resume their search for a cure. "I get awful stomach aches and headaches, but it is not so bad today," Nalumansi says. This is how it all allegedly started. Mr Kalali was one of the few well-to-do traders in Kitebi in the 1970s. His immediate neighbour Nalongo, was however not so privileged and being a good Moslem, he would send Nalongo's family food, beef and other necessities once in a while. Farida (TOP) andNoorman Nalongo apparently saw her neighbours as big show-offs and decided to do something about it. "After my wife disappeared mysteriously, I battled with raising our five children alone," Kalali says. Although his religion allows him to marry as many as four wives, he kept the faith and concentrated on raising his children and shelved women issues.Those who know the family well remember him as a man who loved his children too much and feared that a second wife could mistreat them. "My third-born child Nagib Mukubira once as a child wondered when his mother was coming home, and that Nalongo said, 'she is never coming home. The charm I mixed for her was out of this world'," he says. "But that was not all. Whenever I tried to sleep at night, bright things would bounce loudly off the walls with my eyes wide open! It became too unbearable and I sold the house and moved to another place." Single handedly, Kalali now a special hire taxi driver educated all his children. The eldest, Muhamood Migadde studied Surveying at Makerere University and is now a successful surveyor in Namibia. Noorman Wankalubo and Nagib are businessmen in Kampala, Fatuma Navvuga is a hairdresser while the last born Farida Naluyima is currently a Makerere student.It is hard to believe that a mother can stay away from her children that long without trying to see them. "She was adamant. Her 'illness' had poisoned her mind against everyone I think. I once managed to trace her to Kasambya and Mateete, but even after telling her about some of her beloved ones passing away, she made no move to go visit her family," Kalali said. "She used to write letters for me to pick her up and I went on several occasions but each time she would change her mind about returning. She would write again from another village and I would set off in search of my wife, but eventually, I lost contact and I became broke, so I gave up the search thinking she was dead," Kalali continues. On one occasion, he even succeeded in having her pack up and join him on the trip back home. As they waited at the stage and a taxi drew to a stop, Nalumansi excused herself to answer nature's call in the bushes. Kalali waited with the taxi for minutes, until the driver and other passengers grew impatient and left. Thinking a snake had bitten his lost and found wife, he frantically searched the bushes for her. The search was futile. She had vanished and once again he returned empty handed. Several years later, Kalali decided to visit his in-laws in Bakka Busiro, Wakiso and discovered that Nalumansi had been corresponding with a brother, asking him to pick her up. Although she had no relatives, friends or acquaintances in Sembabule, she had ended up there as she moved village to village in search of a cure. She finally found one Mr
ugnet_: A PRIORITY ONE POSTING (Please foward ASAP)
An amendment in this posting: The sentence "Reliable sources are informing The Communication Group that President Yoweri Museveni's son, Major Kainerugaba Muhoozi was shot in an ambush in Soroti towards the end ofthe week." Should have read "Reliable sources are informing The Communication Group that President Yoweri Museveni's son, Major Kainerugaba Muhoozi was shot in an ambush in Soroti." Please amend accordingly. Edward Mulindwa Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: Mulindwa Edward To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Rwanda ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; John Rukumbura ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 5:50 PM Subject: ugnet_: A PRIORITY ONE POSTING (Please foward ASAP) Netters Reliable sources are informing The Communication Group that President Yoweri Museveni's son, Major Kainerugaba Muhoozi was shot in an ambush in Soroti towards the end ofthe week. The source continue to state that President Museveni has been of late shuttlingbetween Soroti Gulu and Kibaale, in his fights of ever continuing wars in Uganda. Major Muhoozi Kainerugaba was in a convoy with Lieutenant General Tinyefunza and Major General Salim Saleh who is President Museveni's brother. In the process of attacking this convoy,Major Kainerugaba, got the most injuries. The sources are informing The Mulindwas Communication group that due to the seriousness of the injuries, Major Muhoozi Kainerugaba was immediately whisked toa Germany hospital, where he is today fighting for his life. The source as well indicate that the life of the President's son is still classified as in danger,the source continue thatif Major Muhoozi kainerugaba survives, hemay never serve in Uganda People's Defence Force due to the injuries, sustained. We are following the reports. Edward Mulindwa Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: Uganda parliament members protest continuing northern violence
Uganda parliament members protest continuing northern violence Uganda flag (detail) (Africa Online Ltd.) Staff Reporter KAMPALA, 24 November 2003 Members of Uganda's Parliament from the north of the country are boycotting the legislature to protest continuing violence in the north. KAMPALA: The Member of Parliament for Lira District, Margaret Ateng, told VOA Friday she and her colleagues will continue to stay away from Parliament, until the government improves the security situation in the north. They are also calling for international aid agencies and others to help people affected by the war. Ateng says she, her colleagues, clan leaders and local people have met many times with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni to discuss their concerns about the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, which has been killing, kidnapping and looting in the north for at least 16 years. "But, to our surprise, no changes have come, changes meaning that there's not been a stop to LRA incursions," she said. "Instead, it has worsened. We've seen that, whatever we've been mentioning, whatever we've been stating to be done, whatever advice we've given for things to improve has not been taken up." Ateng says, in her district, the rebels have killed an average of 10 people a day for the last 15 days. The Lira representative is one of 34 members of parliament who walked out late Wednesday. The Lord's Resistance Army rebel group is led by a self-declared prophet, Joseph Kony, who once declared that Uganda should be ruled by the Biblical Ten Commandments 9one of which states Thou shalt not kill). According to the United Nations, thousands of civilians have been killed since 1996, more that 20 000 have been kidnapped and about two-million people have been displaced because of the attacks. Girls kidnapped by the rebel group are forced to become concubines for the fighters, while boys become fighters, often being forced to kill their own families. A spokeswoman for the president, Mary Okurut, says the president welcomes the boycott, because it calls attention to the dire situation in the north. "He said that, for him, he was very happy with their walking out of Parliament, because it means, now, they are as angry as he is about the situation," said Okurut. She says the president on Thursday told a group of parliament members he is willing to work with them to find a solution. But Ugandan Army spokesman, Major Shaban Bantariza, disapproves of the legislators' walkout. "The way they behaved is like, government is unwilling [to provide security], and it is not, and of course they are part and parcel of the same government," said Major Bantariza. Major Bantariza says the government cannot afford to send more soldiers to the north. Instead, it is training local members of the community to become part of civil defense units, a move he says increases security in the troubled north. (Voice of America News)
ugnet_: ARE WE BUILDING MOGADISHU
1 hour, 36 minutes ago By MARIAM FAM, Associated Press Writer MOSUL, Iraq - Iraqi teenagers dragged two bloodied U.S. soldiers from a wrecked vehicle and pummeled them with concrete blocks Sunday, witnesses said, describing the killings as a burst of savagery in a city once safe for Americans. Another soldier was killed by a bomb and a U.S.-allied police chief was assassinated. The U.S.-led coalition also said it grounded commercial flights after the military confirmed that a missile struck a DHL cargo plane that landed Saturday at Baghdad International Airport with its wing aflame. Nevertheless, American officers insisted they were making progress in bringing stability to Iraq (news - web sites), and the U.S.-appointed Governing Council named an ambassador to Washington an Iraqi-American woman who spent the past decade lobbying U.S. lawmakers to promote democracy in her homeland. Witnesses to the Mosul attack said gunmen shot two soldiers driving through the city center, sending their vehicle crashing into a wall. The 101st Airborne Division said the soldiers were driving to another garrison. About a dozen swarming teenagers dragged the soldiers out of the wreckage and beat them with concrete blocks, the witnesses said. "They lifted a block and hit them with it on the face," said Younis Mahmoud, 19. It was unknown whether the soldiers were alive or dead when pulled from the wreckage. Initial reports said the soldiers' throats were cut. But another witness, teenager Bahaa Jassim, said the wounds appeared to have come from bullets. "One of the soldiers was shot under the chin and the bullet came out of his head. I saw the hole in his helmet. The other was shot in the throat," Jassim said. Some people looted the vehicle of weapons, CDs and a backpack, Jassim said. "They remained there for over an hour without the Americans knowing anything about it," he said. "I ... went and told other troops." Television footage showed the soldiers' bodies splayed on the ground as U.S. troops secured the area. One victim's foot appeared to have been severed. The frenzy recalled the October 1993 scene in Somalia, when locals dragged the bodies of Marines killed in fighting with warlords through the streets. In Baqouba, just north of Baghdad, insurgents detonated a roadside bomb as a 4th Infantry Division convoy passed, killing one soldier and wounding two others, the military said. In Baghdad, Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt confirmed the Mosul deaths but refused to provide details. "We're not going to get ghoulish about it," he said. The savagery of the attack was unusual for Mosul, once touted as a success story in sharp contrast to the anti-American violence seen in Sunni Muslim areas north and west of Baghdad. In recent weeks, however, attacks against U.S. troops have increased in Mosul, raising concerns the insurgency is spreading. Simultaneously, attacks have accelerated against Iraqis considered to be supporting Americans such as policemen and politicians working for the interim Iraqi administration. On Sunday, gunmen killed the Iraqi police chief of Latifiyah, 20 miles south of Baghdad, and his bodyguard and driver, American and Iraqi officials said. No further details were released. The assassination occurred one day after suicide bombers struck two police stations northeast of Baghdad within 30 minutes, killing at least 14 people. Gunmen on Saturday also killed an Iraqi police colonel protecting oil installations in Mosul. In Samara, about 75 miles north of Baghdad, Iraqi police said six U.S. Apache helicopter gunships blasted marshland after four rocket-propelled grenades were fired at the American military garrison at the city's northern end. One Iraqi passer-by was killed in the air attack, police said. In Kirkuk, 150 miles north of Baghdad, a bomb exploded at an oil compound, injuring three American civilian contractors from the U.S. firm Kellogg Brown Root. The three suffered facial cuts from flying glass, U.S. Lt. Col. Matt Croke said. KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton, also has a significant presence at Baghdad's Palestine Hotel, which was rocketed by insurgents Friday, wounding one civilian. "We all know that
ugnet_: Hope for Aids cure as prostitutes defy virus in the slums
Hope for Aids cure as prostitutes defy virus in the slums John Carlin reports from Nairobi on the inspirational doctor who turned his back on Oxford and dedicated his life to the desperate search for a drug that will spell the end of a continent's holocaust John Carlin Sunday November 23, 2003 The Observer http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1091353,00.html Little children playing naked in pools of viscous water; rows upon rows of rusty tin shacks, implausibly teeming with human life; a man in the crowd wearing an Arsenal shirt. These are some of the images that catch the eye as you drive through the labyrinthine alleyways of Majengo, Nairobi's giant slum. But it is the shoes that linger. Thousands upon thousands of shoes, piles of them for sale on rickety market stalls - on every corner, more piles. It is a puzzling spectacle. A nurse riding with me in a minibus packed with medical workers offered a compelling interpretation. They are dead people's shoes. 'People who have died of Aids.' People compare the Aids disaster in Africa with the fourteenth-century plague in Europe, but here is an image recalling a more recent horror, the shoe mountains which Allied soldiers found in the Nazi extermination camps. Except that the African holocaust continues, under our noses, at a searing pace; except it is impossible to claim ignorance of what is going on. The statistics have been recited so often they deaden the mind. But, at a time when the resources of the rich countries of the world are focused on what are, in numerical terms, the relatively innocuous consequences of terrorism, one should force oneself to pay attention. To reflect on the fact that 7,000 die of Aids each day in Africa, that 17 million have died since the disease first appeared two decades ago, that more than 30 million Africans are living with HIV/Aids, most without access to the anti-retroviral drugs that have contained the disease in the United States and Western Europe. Here in Kenya, in a continent synonymous with catastrophe, there is some good news on what ought to be the great cause of our time, a cure for Aids. Barely six months ago Kenya emerged from 40 years of corrupt single-party rule to initiate a new era of democracy. The US and Britain's chief concern here is that al-Qaeda operatives may be hiding out on Kenyan soil. For Kenyans, the big issue is an enemy that has orphaned 1,250,000 of its children. Majengo is the main battleground and a woman called Agatha is on the front line. Her life is sordid beyond imagination. A prostitute who works out of one of Majengo's tin shacks, smaller than a double bed, she makes an unlikely medical heroine. Agatha is 52 and a grandmother, but still has sex - when she is lucky, she says - with 40 clients a day. What makes her even more remarkable is that, in tests systematically conducted over two decades, she has never tested positive for HIV. She is one of a group of 50 prostitutes from Majengo who have demonstrated a miraculous resistance to an illness that has decimated their clients and killed off 95 per cent of the female competition. Studied by researchers from the University of Nairobi and the University of Oxford, they were all found to have an inordinate quantity of white blood cells perfectly honed to kill HIV-infected cells. The information obtained from the women has been converted in laboratories at Nairobi University's Faculty of Medicine into a trial vaccine. The first tests on humans began this year. No other project in the world is more advanced or offers more hope that the holy grail, a lasting solution to Aids, may be found. Africa, always the problem, could turn out to be a large part of the solution. It is symbolic of Kenya's new determination to achieve political health that Africans are doing it for themselves. In the ground-breaking research they are providing not just the 50 miracle women but also the scientific expertise. 'We are at the cutting edge,' said Dr Omu Anzala, project manager of the Kenyan Aids Vaccine Initiative (KAVI). 'Earlier trials in the US looked at the possibility of finding a vaccine using antibodies, but that has not worked. We're pursuing the cellular route, which is the way to go. We are in the world vanguard.' This is no idle boast. KAVI, in collaboration with the researchers at Oxford, receives funding from the world's leading non-governmental organisation in the field, the International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), to which Bill Gates has contributed mightily. 'When we first contacted IAVI in 1998 they were sceptical,' said Anzala, 'arguing that vaccine trials of this kind had not been done before in Africa. I said, "Yes, but give us a chance." And they did.' The Americans have put up the money for an impressively modern research unit, labs equipped with the latest technology in Nairobi University's otherwise Spartan medical faculty. With a PhD from Canada and a post-doctorate degree from Oxford, Anzala
ugnet_: Make Eid a public holiday in Canada.(The facade of multiculturalism/apertheid put to test)
Making Eid a holiday may be going too far Toronto Sunday Nov. 23, 2003. 01:00 AM Declare Eid a public holiday http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1call_pageid=971358637177c=Articlecid=1069456208555 Letter, Nov. 20. Karamatullah K. Ghori's suggestion that the Canadian government declare Eid a public holiday, if not for all Canadians then at least for Canadian Muslims, in my view does not require a government edict. The Jewish people acknowledge (in their own ways) Passover, Chanukah, etc. with little fanfare. Why do Muslims feel they need special "respect for the sactity'' of their religious festivals? Muslims, as other religions, are free to follow what they choose and newspapers such as this one constantly highlight many other religions and cultures. Let's not carry multiculturalism too far. = Nov. 21, 2003. 01:00 AM Too many religions to take a day off Declare Eid a public holiday Letter, Nov. 20. I should not even have to get into what a mess this country would be should each religion demand that it has a public holiday. There are 19 major world religions, which are subdivided into 270 religious groups. Could you imagine 270 separate religious public holidays in Canada? While Canada does welcome and allow the freedom to practise other religions, Karamatullah Ghori, as well as people with other religious beliefs, should come to realize that Canada is a country that was founded on Judeo-Christian beliefs. That is one of the reasons why we pay homage via some Christian-based public holidays. Ghori should also realize that there are fewer than 600,000, (2 per cent of the population), Muslims in Canada, not the millions he suggested in his letter. That hardly warrants a public holiday. There are also about 5 million people in Canada who have no religion, while 77.7 per cent of Canada's population is Christian or Jewish. Michael J. Whelan, Toronto === Declare Eid a public holiday Nod to Ramadan a trend in retailing Toronto Star Nov. 20, 2003. 01:00 AM http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1call_pageid=971358637177c=Articlecid=1069283411089 Nov. 17. Leslie Scrivener has done a service to Canadian Muslims by highlighting some Canadian businesses', like IKEA's, special concern for Muslim sensitivity on Ramadan, the month of fasting. I wish the Canadian government in Ottawa would emulate this example. Ramadan culminates in the Muslim festival of Eid, which is as much the most important date of the Islamic calendar as Christmas is of the Christian one. Canada is a multicultural and multi-religious nation, as so affirmed and globally flaunted by Ottawa. Does that not, then, behoove the Canadian government to respect the sanctity of Eid for millions of its Muslim citizens and, in deference to it, declare Eid a public holiday, if not for all of Canadians then, at least, for Canadian Muslims? Karamatullah K. Ghori, Richmond HillWant to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
ugnet_: Donkeys of Mass Destruction
Donkeys of Mass Destruction By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Monday 24 November 2003 About a month into the Iraq invasion, Congress set aside $79 billion in funds for the military. Recently, Bush requested another $87 billion because the occupation was dragging on far longer, and was costing more in men and materiel, than the rosy pre-war forecasts had indicated. In total, this comes to $166 billion spent on Iraq by the Bush administration. The actual numbers, while difficult to ascertain, are certain to be significantly higher. Yale University economist William D. Nordhaus has crunched the numbers, and states that the cost of this Iraq invasion exceeds the inflation-adjusted costs of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, the Spanish American War and the Persian Gulf War combined. Why did we do this? We did this because George W. Bush and the members of his administration argued, day after day, week after week, month after month, that Iraq was in possession of massive stores of mass destruction weapons that would be delivered to Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda for use against the United States. The total amount of weapons held by Iraq, according to the administration, is described on a WhiteHouse.gov webpage entitled 'Disarm Saddam Hussein. According to this page, Iraq possessed 26,000 liters of anthrax, 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin, 1,000,000 pounds of sarin, mustard and VX gas, 30,000 munitions to deliver these agents, plus mobile biological weapons labs, uranium from Niger to produce nuclear bombs, along with deep and abiding al Qaeda connections. "Simply stated," said Dick Cheney on August 26 2002, "there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction." "We know for a fact that there are weapons there," said Ari Fleischer on January 9 2003. "There is no doubt," said General Tommy Franks on March 22 2003, "that the regime of Saddam Hussein possesses weapons of mass destruction." "We know where they are," said Don Rumsfeld on March 30 2003, later denying to the press that he ever said such a thing. "They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad." "We have sources that tell us," said George W. Bush on February 8 2003, "that Saddam Hussein recently authorized Iraqi field commanders to use chemical weapons." "Intelligence gathered by this and other governments leaves no doubt," continued Bush on March 17 2003, "that the Iraq regime continues to possess and conceal some of the most lethal weapons ever devised." In his February 5 2003 speech to the United Nations, Secretary of State Colin Powell warned of the "sinister nexus between Iraq and the Al Qaeda terrorist network." George W. Bush, on March 18, had delivered a letter to Congress explicitly indicating that an attack on Iraq was an attack upon those who perpetrated September 11. Paragraph two reads, "The use of armed force against Iraq is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001." On May 1 2003, when he announced the end of "major combat operations," Bush proclaimed, "We've removed an ally of Al Qaeda." It is now the 24th of November. Some 9,000 American soldiers have been wounded in Iraq, according to an official Pentagon count. Well over 400 American soldiers have died. The occupation itself has almost completely bogged down. Even the 'safe' areas in northern Iraq have seen a startling upsurge in violence. The two Blackhawks recently downed, to the tune of 17 Americans killed, were attacked in northern Iraq. Two soldiers had their throats cut in northern Iraq today, with a third killed by a bomb outside Baghdad. The uranium claims were based on crudely forged documents, the mobile labs were weather balloon launching platforms sold to Iraq by the British in the 1980s, the al Qaeda claims are utterly impossible to establish as true, any connection between Iraq and September 11 was publicly denied by George W. Bush himself recently, and the mass destruction weapons are utterly and completely absent. Despite the fact that Iraq lacks any aspect of the formidable arsenal described by the Bush administration, fighters against the American occupation have managed to slay and maim our troops with sharp and deadly accuracy. How? How are people without the vast amounts of money, weapons and training enjoyed by American forces succeeding in killing and wounding so many of our soldiers? The answer lies in the same two ingredients that brought defeat to America on bicycles and oxen and human backs down the length of the Ho Chi Mihn Trail: Ingenuity and will. The Palestine Hotel and the Iraq Oil Ministry building came under rocket attack last week. The missiles were not fired
