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2008-01-05 Africa Horn

Twelve people killed, scores injured in clashes near oil-rich Abyei region

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Posted by Fred 2008-01-05 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Sudan

#1 Maybe I didn't take the history classes which covered it, but did this sort of stuff happen around Beaumont when Spindletop was discovered and exploited?

Maybe it's something unique to Sudan and neighboring regions.

Posted by Glung McGurque2454 2008-01-05 01:22|| 2008-01-05 01:22|| Front Page Top

#2 It's pure African tribalism, Glung McGurque2454. "Your tribe has something we don't have, so we're going to take it away from you." It's not just oil: it's grazing land, water, food, hunting territory, or just years and years of being the trod-upon. Modern weapons can make even a weak, exploited tribe a killer. The same thing happened among the tribes of American Indians. I'm sure it happened in Asia and Europe before the development of kingdoms.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-01-05 13:36|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-01-05 13:36|| Front Page Top

#3 OP is quite correct: The concept of land and resources belonging by right to the occupants, and not to the strongest, is a recent western concept that springs from extending the Sermon on the Mount from individuals to nations.

I myself think that's a stretch, but I find it amusingly hypocritical that intelligensia of the african, asian, and Amerindian persuasion argue from that basis to condemn western civilization when their own civilizations, at the time of their conquests, had no similar principles that would have kept them from doing the same thing if they had the same power and opportunities the western colonial powers had at the times they had them.

Posted by Ptah">Ptah 2008-01-05 18:52|| http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org]">[http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2008-01-05 18:52|| Front Page Top

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