[Peace-discuss] [Peace] Fwd: #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS RALLY
"E. Wayne Johnson 朱稳森"
ewj at pigsqq.org
Wed May 7 16:28:08 EDT 2014
That should be sufficient pretext for sending in a piece-keeping force
against the un-hip, at least the UN if not Nato and drones.
militant (check)
sect {read "cult"} (check)
Boko Haram {spooky name} (check)
Islam-ist (double-check)
On 5/8/2014 4:16 AM, ya'aQov wrote:
> By Allah, I will sell them in the marketplace
> <http://www.voanews.com/content/abubakar-shekau-who-is-the-leader-of-boko-haram/1909717.html>
>
> and hundreds of people are killed each month in northeastern Nigeria
> as a result of the now five-year insurgency by militant Islamist sect
> Boko Haram.
>
> yet you Karen, Vukoni, SJP at al. find no words to see how's this
> linked to Islam?
>
>
> On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 11:35 AM, Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com
> <mailto:karenaram at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Vukoni and all
>
> I'm not sure my response went out this morning, my apologies if
> I'm being repetitive.
>
> Thank you for the below information. I will attend the rally.
> Pressure on the Nigerian government to find and return the
> abducted girls is certainly something I support and wish to
> participate, though I retain reservations regarding US military
> intervention.
>
> Look forward to seeing you there.
>
> Karen
>
>
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> Date: Wed, 7 May 2014 00:06:18 -0500
> From: vukoni at afrikem.com <mailto:vukoni at afrikem.com>
> To: karenaram at hotmail.com <mailto:karenaram at hotmail.com>
> CC: peace-discuss at anti-war.net
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> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] [Peace] Fwd: #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS RALLY
>
> Dear Karen and all,
>
> Greetings. Thanks for circulating the information about the rally
> and for raising concerns about the troubling role of the United
> States.
>
> Please allow me to clarify. I was at the meeting where the members
> of the African Students Organization (ASO) at the University of
> Illinois took the decision to organize a rally in support of
> efforts to find and return the abducted girls. The main goal of
> this rally is to put pressure on the Nigerian government to act in
> securing the release of the abducted girls. But since this is very
> much a regionalized conflict with Boko Haram having rear bases or
> safe havens in Cameroon, Niger and possibly Chad. So, we added the
> Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), African Union
> (AU), and the UN and other international agencies. This is not a
> call for U.S. intervention, although there certainly are some of
> our ASO members and indeed elements among the elites in Nigeria
> and elsewhere in Africa who are only too ready to abdicate their
> responsibilities to the United States.
>
> I urge those of you who are able to come to this rally to do so.
> Your presence and support will be deeply appreciated. I will be there.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Vukoni
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 7:27 PM, Karen Aram <karenaram at hotmail.com
> <mailto:karenaram at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I can only imagine the pain and anguish of the families of
> these children, however I urge caution and restraint, in
> respect to action being taken by foreign nationals.
>
> Pressuring the Nigerian government, yes. But do we really want
> "international parties involved"? Nigerians are capable of
> solving their problems without the help of the US military.
> Nigeria is a very oil rich nation, one of the emerging
> economies with a government that was democratically elected, I
> have no idea whether they are a good or bad gov., but we've
> all seen this before.
>
> The US is already in Nigeria, according to the news:
>
> *"They are also pursuing efforts to help the Nigerian military
> improve its professional military education, to bolster its
> counter-IED (improvised explosive device) capacity and carry
> out responsible CT (counterterrorism) operations," said Carney."*
>
> The Boko Haram fundamentalist group was not a problem until
> the Nigerian government went in and massacred them in 2009,
> according to a former Nigerian journalist and colleague of Amy
> Goodman on Democracy Now. org.
>
>
>
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> Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 19:14:54 -0500
> From: sjp.uiuc at gmail.com <mailto:sjp.uiuc at gmail.com>
> To:
> Subject: [Peace] Fwd: #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS RALLY
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> From: *Yazen Affaneh* <yaffan3 at illinois.edu
> <mailto:yaffan3 at illinois.edu>>
> Date: Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:50 PM
> Subject: Fwd: #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS RALLY
> To: Sjp Uiuc <sjp.uiuc at gmail.com <mailto:sjp.uiuc at gmail.com>>
>
>
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>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Gershenfeld, Susan C* <sgershen at illinois.edu
> <mailto:sgershen at illinois.edu>>
> Date: Tue, May 6, 2014 at 11:58 AM
> Subject: #BRINGBACKOURGIRLS RALLY
> To:
>
>
>
> PLEASE SHARE WIDELY
>
>
> *On April 14, 2014, over 200 girls were abducted from their
> boarding school in Nigeria by a terrorist group, Boko Haram,
> that may be selling them as brides for $12 each. This is
> really systematic rape and slavery. The abducted 200+ girls
> are victims of an ongoing conflict that they did not create,
> and their voices need to be heard.*
>
> *Please sign & share the petition. This petition calls on the
> Nigerian government and all enabled international parties to
> immediately rescue them.*
>
> http://www.change.org/petitions/over-200-girls-are-missing-in-nigeria-please-help-find-them-bringbackourgirls?recruiter=2172591&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition
> <http://www.change.org/petitions/over-200-girls-are-missing-in-nigeria-please-help-find-them-bringbackourgirls?recruiter=2172591&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition>
>
> *RALLY WEDNESDAY MAY 7, 2014 ON THE QUAD AT THE UNION*
>
> *4:30-6:00PM*
>
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> *We, the African Student Organization (ASO) at the University
> of Illinois, assembled here in Urbana-Champaign are conscious
> of our responsibilities to the problems facing our continent
> and demand immediate and swift pressure be brought to
> Nigeria’s government to provide safety and security to its
> citizens as well as Economic Community of West Africans
> (ECOWAS), the African Union, United Nations, and other Pan
> African and international organization to search for the 200+
> abducted school girls.*
>
> * *
>
> *We further assert and proclaim the unity among ourselves and
> our solidarity to mobilize collectively with Africans and
> friends in order to realize our common objective. We therefore
> affirm our dedication to the cause that we have proclaimed.*
>
> * *
>
> *#BringBackOurGirls #SavingOurSelves #StopHumanSexTrafficking
> #UIUC*
>
>
>
>
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