SubscribeDespite Accord, Rioting Breaks Out In Kenya
From a concerned New York Times:
Unrest in Kenya as Peace Plan Falters
April 9, 2008
By JEFFREY GETTLEMANLAMU, Kenya — Riots erupted in Kenya on Tuesday as opposition leaders announced that they were suspending talks with the government over a stalled power-sharing agreement.
According to witnesses, dozens of young men stormed into the streets of Kibera, a sprawling slum in the capital, Nairobi, liting bonfires, ripping up railroad tracks, and throwing rocks at police officers in a scene reminiscent of the post-election violence that convulsed Kenya this winter.
“No cabinet, no peace!” the protesters yelled, referring to the stillborn cabinet that has yet to be formed because of bitter divisions between the government and the opposition.
This was the first major riot since Feb. 28, when rival politicians signed a power sharing agreement that was billed as the only way to end weeks of bloodshed after a disputed presidential election in December…
Now, it seems, some of that same instability has returned. Riots also broke out in Kisumu, in western Kenya, where witnesses said hundreds of angry opposition supporters blocked the road to the airport and stoned cars. There were also reports of unruly protests in several other towns, though police officials could not immediately be reached for comment. By the close of business on Tuesday, the Kenyan currency had dropped against the dollar, signaling the serious damage a few protests can do to an already jittery economy…
It is not clear at this point whether the riots are part of a broader campaign by opposition supporters to pressure the government into giving up important positions, or if they signal a more serious breakdown in the power sharing agreement. Opposition leaders have denied organizing the protests and said they were spontaneous…
This could end up being a campaign issue for Mr. Obama after all.
“No cabinet, no peace!” the protesters yelled…
The slogan featured in the photograph suggests an even more direct threat.
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April 8th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
It’s been hard to escape the news of the horrific atrocities coming out of Kenya. Just this past weekend, children were torched, burnt alive in a Kenya church. In broad daylight, a crowd of Kenyans set a church filled with hundreds of terrified families on fire and listened to their screams as flames engulfed them.
The violence is the worst Kenya has witnessed since a failed coup in 1982. The media has been, shall we say obtuse, in describing the combatants, the murderers - what exactly is at play.
Dr. Jack Wheeler at To the Point News lays it out for us and outlines a brilliant strategy for Obama, a Moslem in his youth with strong ties to Islam and that region. Interesting that Obama should sidle up to the agitator aligned with Islam.
Of course, Wheeler’s bold strategy is way over Obama Hussein’s head. Don’t expect any such “action” from the actionless but the story behind the Kenya bloodbaths leads to of all places …………….. Islam. Kenya’s Muslim population is roughly 10% - that historical tipping point where the Muslims traditionally assert themselves and their Islamic law (sharia) on the poor, unsuspecting host country.
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April 8th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
“liting bonfires, ripping up railroad tracks, and throwing rocks at police officers”
Hey Obama, tell your country men and women, if Mohamadan women are allowed to riot, that railroad tracks don’t burn and are too heavy to throw.
April 8th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Here’s a perfect opportunity for Obama to demonstrate his talent for diplomacy in the real world. Since he seems to be so popular over there I’m sure they’ll hang on his every word……or maybe hang him for his very words. Whichever.
April 8th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Oh Obama is not just popular over there - his Cousin, Raila Odinga, is the one that started the uprising when he lost the presidential election.
I just wrote up a lil bit about his cousin and his pact with muslim vote for shira law to be instituted when he won… signed documents at my site
when Raila lost they started this rebellion.
snippet
Obama- Just the Frank’s ma’am
By greybeard
“These people are a part of me,” says Obama.
Let me Be Frank with you…
Or as Obama might say,…No really, I want to be Frank.
Obama seems to be seeking an identity from a very early age.
Has he figured out who He is yet?
Obama says he “ceased to advertise my mother’s race at the age of twelve or thirteen, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites.”
Boy-o, he sure wants to ingratiate himself now doesn’t he? I’d like to say ‘frankly I don’t give a dam my dear’, but I can’t. It’s too important to keep dismissing as an untouchable subject.
Have we figured out who he is yet?
In his book, Dreams From My Father, Obama refers to his childhood friend and mentor, repeatedly, as just “Frank.”
Now, I don’t want to confuse you, so I’m writting this between beer breaks.
No, “frank” was not an obscured, and miminalized, Roy obama, Obama’s brother, whom Obama stated in his book he was so very proud of when he became a muslim.
So…what’s Really behind door number 1?
Abongo “Roy” Obama, who is a Luo activist, and a militant Muslim who argues that the black man must “liberate himself from the poisoning influences of European culture.”
Sound familiar? This guy’d fit right in Wright’s church.
But, nope, he’s not Frank. burp.
And No, “frank” is not, Obama’s cousin, Raila Odinga, whom Obama flew over to kenya and supported in Raila’s Presidential quest… a quest reportedly involving secrect paks to take over and install shiria Law in in the country, while cleansing the christian faith from the land. Apparently it’s taking place now anyway, through rebellion, after Raila was declared the loser in the presidential race.
(Image of barack and Raila here * stumping for couzz)
continued here: http://obamanation.sampasite.c.....-budships/