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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Gunslinger on August 02, 2004, 10:47:47 PM
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/08/02/southafrica.attack.reut/index.html
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) -- Attackers hacked off a South African boy's hand, ear and genitals and left him for dead in what police said could be part of the "muti" trade in body parts for witchcraft.
Sello Chokoe, 10, was in critical condition in a hospital Monday after he was attacked near the village of GaMaleka in South Africa's rural northern province of Limpopo.
Chokoe was searching for cattle in nearby mountains Friday when he was attacked, hit on the head with a blunt weapon and left for dead, said police spokesman Mohale Ramatseba.
A woman collecting firewood found him after hearing his faint cry for help.
"The motive has not been established but we don't rule out the prospect that it could be 'muti'-related," Ramatseba said.
He said several similar crimes had happened in the area before and arrests were expected soon in the latest case after a flood of information from outraged locals.
"Muti" murders -- killings to obtain body parts for supposedly potent traditional cures -- still happen with alarming regularity in post-apartheid South Africa and often go unreported, police say.
Killings are often carried out to meet a specific order, police say. For example, a hand might be cut off to sell to a shopkeeper who would bury it under the shop door to entice customers' money
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -- A United Nations human rights team has found three mass graves with at least 99 bodies in Ivory Coast's northern rebel stronghold of Korhogo, the U.N. mission in the West African country said on Monday.
A U.N. spokesman in the main city Abidjan said the victims had been killed during clashes between rival factions on June 20-21. He said it was not clear whether civilians were among the dead.
"Some of these people were killed by bullets. According to reliable and consistent witness accounts, others died from suffocation," the U.N. mission said in a statement.
The June clashes followed what rebels said was a failed assassination attempt against the political leader of their movement, Guillaume Soro.
The rebels said at the time several fighters detained after an attack on Soro's convoy in Korhogo had disclosed that they backed Ibrahim Coulibaly, a Paris-based military chief rival to Soro. Coulibaly -- known as "IB" -- has denied any involvement.
London-based human rights group Amnesty International said it had received information indicating that dozens of people arrested by Soro's forces had been put in containers and died from suffocation.
Others appeared to have been decapitated or killed with their hands bound behind their back, it said in a statement.
The U.N. team which visited Korhogo said it was concerned about the people who were still in detention. A full report was due to be published soon.
"We have nothing to say for the moment, until the report comes out," rebel spokesman Sidiki Konate said.
Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer, has been split in two since a civil war grew out of a failed coup in September 2002.
The conflict was declared over last year but progress towards peace has been slow and human rights groups say serious abuses and killings have continued in both the rebel-held north and government-controlled south.
Between the two sides are 4,000 French soldiers with another 6,240 peacekeepers being sent by the United Nations.
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Rather like when Colonel John Chivington attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho camp at Sand Creek, Colorado in 1864. The chief of the group, Black Kettle, was a peaceful ally of the U.S. and was camped where he was told to camp by U.S. Army major Edward Wynkoop. Black Kettle's camp was even flying a U.S. flag and a white flag to signify his peaceful intentions.
Chivington went in with 700 volunteers and killed them all. He is famously reported to have said "kill and scalp them all; nits make lice." Most of the men were out hunting, so the death toll was over 100 women and children and 28 men. All of them were scalped, and had their genitals removed as trophies - including the children. A year later, Chivington displayed 100 scalps on an opera stage in Colorado and was cheered as a hero. Most of the scalps were women's.
Americans can sure be violent.
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Originally posted by Gunslinger
Between the two sides are 4,000 French soldiers with another 6,240 peacekeepers being sent by the United Nations.
but they wont send any troops into a place trying to rid a dictator who killed hundreds of thousands.
the UN
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73 might i remind you
United
Nutbags
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Originally posted by Sceadu
Rather like when Colonel John Chivington attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho camp at Sand Creek, Colorado in 1864. The chief of the group, Black Kettle, was a peaceful ally of the U.S. and was camped where he was told to camp by U.S. Army major Edward Wynkoop. Black Kettle's camp was even flying a U.S. flag and a white flag to signify his peaceful intentions.
Chivington went in with 700 volunteers and killed them all. He is famously reported to have said "kill and scalp them all; nits make lice." Most of the men were out hunting, so the death toll was over 100 women and children and 28 men. All of them were scalped, and had their genitals removed as trophies - including the children. A year later, Chivington displayed 100 scalps on an opera stage in Colorado and was cheered as a hero. Most of the scalps were women's.
Americans can sure be violent.
you could see this response coming before you even open this thread.
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It is true, none the less.
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True, but there's no need to state nations really. It's human nature to be greedy & evil.
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Originally posted by SunKing
True, but there's no need to state nations really. It's human nature to be greedy & evil.
yet no one has made the connection yet.
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Hmm.... 1864? in that case then at least 3/4 of the troops were probly first generation eurotrash.
lazs
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Originally posted by lazs2
Hmm.... 1864? in that case then at least 3/4 of the troops were probly first generation eurotrash.
lazs
How many generations does it take to be an American? I thought the answer is actually....none.
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Originally posted by lazs2
Hmm.... 1864? in that case then at least 3/4 of the troops were probly first generation eurotrash.
lazs
So what generation does that make you?
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knotty,knotty,knotty
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Rather like when Colonel John Chivington attacked a peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho camp at Sand Creek, Colorado in 1864. The chief of the group, Black Kettle, was a peaceful ally of the U.S. and was camped where he was told to camp by U.S. Army major Edward Wynkoop. Black Kettle's camp was even flying a U.S. flag and a white flag to signify his peaceful intentions.
Chivington went in with 700 volunteers and killed them all. He is famously reported to have said "kill and scalp them all; nits make lice." Most of the men were out hunting, so the death toll was over 100 women and children and 28 men. All of them were scalped, and had their genitals removed as trophies - including the children. A year later, Chivington displayed 100 scalps on an opera stage in Colorado and was cheered as a hero. Most of the scalps were women's.
Americans can sure be violent.
So, basically you are saying is that Africans are about 140 years behind the USA in evolution and societal development?
dago
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True, but there's no need to state nations really. It's human nature to be greedy & evil.
so americans are humans too :confused:
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Originally posted by BUG_EAF322
so americans are humans too :confused:
boy u guys are reallly missing the point :p
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you trying to make a point with your other post in that other Jerk Thread about being called a racist? Did I get your point right?:confused:
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The 'problem' with Africa is the Africans. Violence and mayhem are so common it's hardly worth mentioning. The world was in such a 'hissy fit' because a 'White' tribe ruled in South Africa but was confidently able to overlook the same policies in other countries run by 'Blacks'. (Are you a Hutu or a Tootsie?)
Europeans gave far more to Africa than they ever got back. Now, it's probability the only region of the would that's 'de-evolving'.
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Originally posted by RedTop
you trying to make a point with your other post in that other Jerk Thread about being called a racist? Did I get your point right?:confused:
your close enough....has to do with the christians can sure be jerks thread.
I'm just venting/proving a point how stupid it is to take a group of millions and millions of people and assume they are all the same.
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heheheheheheheheheheh:D
What'd I win?:aok
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Originally posted by RedTop
heheheheheheheheheheh:D
What'd I win?:aok
The best prize anyone can get on this board
:aok
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:aok That'll work:D
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How much you want to bet a dozen crazy christians drive airbus a380s into mecca next year.
fediddleing euro trash losers can kma
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The only redeeming quality about Africa is the wildlife and Egypt. 35% of the population of Africa have aids. The rest eat endangered animals.
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Originally posted by SunTracker
The only redeeming quality about Africa is the wildlife and Egypt. 35% of the population of Africa have aids. The rest eat endangered animals.
Put down that melon and tell us more adolf!
(http://www.cyborgcow.net/gallery/albums/userpics/10002/hitler_watermelon.gif)
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Originally posted by SunTracker
The only redeeming quality about Africa is the wildlife and Egypt. 35% of the population of Africa have aids. The rest eat endangered animals.
Ok, ban this idiot.
Thx in advance.
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Originally posted by JB73
but they wont send any troops into a place trying to rid a dictator who killed hundreds of thousands.
the UN
Hey! the US didnt want any UN troops in Iraq! REMEMBER THAT DIP****!!!
Its only after the US realized that they COULDNT HANDLE THE SITUATION that they wanted the UN to get involved.
You!
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Originally posted by Maniac
Hey! the US didnt want any UN troops in Iraq! REMEMBER THAT DIP****!!!
Its only after the US realized that they COULDNT HANDLE THE SITUATION that they wanted the UN to get involved.
You!
Actually the US asked for a whole bunch of other countries to join us in Iraq even before the invasion..
And because they were doing very good business with Iraq a number of them said "non," as you guys like to mention all the time..
So, You!
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Actually the US asked for a whole bunch of other countries to join us in Iraq even before the invasion..
And because they were doing very good business with Iraq a number of them said "non," as you guys like to mention all the time..
So, You!
Hey, wheres the WMD?
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
And because they were doing very good business with Iraq a number of them said "non," as you guys like to mention all the time..
I disagree with this one ,the country who said "non" is still making a good (and better) business with a very more important customer than Iraq (who said the USA? ;)).
Speaking of money only is an abusive simplification IMO.
Simply Bush jr and his team were just not able to market their war like Bush sr.
Their postulate was not seen as a axiom (do you notice I'm doing to much math currently ? :D),if it had worked it's likely they will have been able to set up a wider coalition and not a coalition demonstrating clientelism.
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Originally posted by Maniac
Hey, wheres the WMD?
Havent you heard? There were no WMD, bo0OSH lied!!!!!
And yea !!!!!!!!
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I Falute all of fou af well!!!
Faniel
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
Havent you heard? There were no WMD, bo0OSH lied!!!!!
And yea !!!!!!!!
Hehehe.