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To: CYBERKEN who wrote (214383)	1/3/2002 11:13:25 AM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Excellent points! As O'Reilly says, "The Nobel Peace Prize should be given to the Armed Forces of the United States. Those brave men and women are risking their lives so the world can have a lasting peace." WHITEWASHING KOFI ANNAN By Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid January 3, 2002 Receive FREE updates by email: Back to Main Page -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When U.N. chief Kofi Annan and the world organization won the Nobel Peace Prize in December, the coverage was predictable – that they richly deserved it. But a profile of Annan that ran on CNN.com was worst than most in that it distorted the record in a grossly dishonest manner. Here are a few examples: "Soon after his appointment (as U.N. Secretary-General)," said the profile, "Annan expressed regret and dissatisfaction that the international community did so little to stop the killing in Somalia and the genocide in Rwanda in the winter and spring of 1993 and 1994, respectively." The story failed to note that Annan was director of peacekeeping when those incidents took place. His nation-building scheme in Somalia was a disaster, and he failed to authorize U.N. troops to stop the genocide in Rwanda. Later, the CNN story said that, "The United States criticized Annan for a failed peace mission to Iraq in 1998 and the United Nations continued to be reproached for failing to stop the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and the war crimes in Bosnia-Herzegovina in the early 1990s." The so-called "failed peace mission" was an attempt to protect Saddam Hussein from Annan’s own weapons inspectors, who were uncovering evidence of Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction. In an obsequious manner, Annan promised Saddam that the U.N. would respect Iraq’s territorial integrity. Saddam responded to this display of appeasement by kicking the weapons inspectors out of Iraq. One point about Rwanda bears repeating: this wasn’t just a minor episode in world history. Perhaps one million people died in this genocide. It is interesting that the CNN profile quoted former Clinton diplomat Richard Holbrooke as saying incredibly nice things about Annan. Holbrooke’s administration covered up the Rwanda genocide when it was occurring, and so it was complicit in Annan’s wrong-doing. The CNN profile had some fascinating things to say about Annan personally: "Kofi Atta Annan was born into an upper-class merchant family in Kumasi, Ghana, on April 8, 1938, when Ghana was part of the British Gold Coast colony. It became an independent country in 1957. Annan’s father was the governor of Ashanti Province and a hereditary paramount chief of the Fante group, a tribal family from the southern coast of Ghana." This is only a half-truth. Annan comes from a tribal and ethnic group that profited from the black slave trade. CNN describes that as a "merchant family" when the traffic was in human beings and guns. On the Fox News Channel, Bill O’Reilly had a different opinion about Kofi Annan, noting that "the U.N. and Annan stood by and watched millions die in Rwanda." On terrorism, another highlight in the CNN Profile, O’Reilly noted that the U.N. has done nothing to combat the rise of Muslim fundamentalism. In the Middle East, O’Reilly said, "Annan is clueless… In my opinion, Kofi Annan talks a good game, but that’s it. The Nobel Peace Prize should be given to the Armed Forces of the United States. Those brave men and women are risking their lives so the world can have a lasting peace. Kofi Annan, well, he’s having dinner." aim.org