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To: Thomas M. who wrote (8780)	11/3/2001 8:40:31 PM
From: LLLefty	Respond to of 281500

Now Tom, instead of trying to defend Chomsky's fatuous claim, you go on to maintain that Clinton's bombing of the pharma plan wrecked "slowly evolving" movement toward peace in Sudan, Uganda and and Lakes area. Tom, they were talking and negotiating in Sudan when Bill Clinton was still chasing girls in Arkansas and they are talking now that he's chasing girls in New York. Let's see: There was the OAU, Abuja, Nairobi,Addis Ababa, Cairo..... And here's a late bulletin: The NIF and the SPLA agreed today (Nov. 3 2001) to resume peace negotations on Nov. 21 in Nairobi under the aegis of IGAD. Here's a bit of history of Sudan. In 1972, the north granted a form of local autonomy to the south. As fundamentalist pressures grew in the north, autonomy was abrogated and sharia law introduced throughout Sudan. The National Islamic Front government in Khartoum sees little reason to temper it, despite some opppsition to it in politial circles. It wasn't the bombing that hangs over peace talks.. It was oil--and lots of it discovered in the south of Sudan several years ago. Revenues from the oil are poured into weaponry to crush the Southern rebels. Now, the rebels are no angels themselves but this can be a pretty brutal part of the world, as I know from having spent four interesting years not far from the fighting. With oil revenues jumping each month, the NIF has little incentive to sit seriously at the peace table. It thinks it has most of the cards--and it does. Even if it did promise autonomy and a sharing of the oil revenues,it has no credibility. So the conflict will continue ond Chomsky and his dwarfs can go on to tackle bigger issues while the Islamic Front goes its merry way killing and raping and enslaving. No press, no coverage, no outrage. Just another obscure conflict except for Chomsky informing us that Clinton's terrorist bomb did incaluble damage. I do listen to Noam on Pacifica. Always enjoy hearing alternative views. LLL@enufalready.end