1st . Regime change in Africa!

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Following is an article by Akbar Muhamad. Thought it would give you an insight into the way Western Countries and still at it..

 

Is Taylor the first African victim

of 'regime change'?

 

Will Liberian President Charles Taylor become the first victim of regime change in Africa in the hands of Western powers?

It is clear they do not want any African leader in power who will interfere with their long-term plans for Africa. We all thought the first victim of regime change under the Bush administration would be President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe.

 

But it is obvious this aim has run into some problems. The media throughout the world reported that President Taylor had been indicted on war crime charges by a UN-sponsored tribunal in Sierra Leone.

 

After the Iraq war, the United Nations, which has virtually lost all credibility, is now turning to Africa to try to flex its muscle by issuing an indictment against Mr Taylor. How does this indictment help stabilise Liberia or Africa in general?

 

The other issue is that President Taylor was in Ghana pursuing a peace accord with the rebels. This fighting has caused tremendous suffering for the people of Liberia.

 

Mr Taylor left his country to meet with those he thought could bring an end to the fighting. And the indictment was issued and Ghana pushed to arrest Mr Taylor, which would only have created additional chaos and confusion in West Africa.

 

Ghanaian President John A. Kuffuor showed great strength in not playing into the hands of those who wanted Mr Taylor arrested. To get an African government to execute the arrest order while the man was pursuing the course of peace would have been totally unacceptable.

 

The hypocrisy of what is happening to Mr Taylor is that America and Europe preach democracy and democratic reform around the world, while they do not respect these things.

 

If Western governments do not like the results of an election in African countries, they push to create chaos in those countries. In the confusion, they attempt to remove or overthrow the legitimately elected president.

 

I wish that space and time would allow those of us who have visited Liberia, the refugee camps in Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana to describe the hardships faced by many there.

 

These governments are struggling to run the camps with a small UN Aid. When one sees how the people suffer, one realises the importance of peace and stability. This latest attack on Mr Taylor and his threatened arrest only serve to deepen the crisis.

 

Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria and Thabo Mbeki of South Africa were in Ghana trying to negotiate Liberian peace when the indictment was handed down. I wonder how they reacted.

 

When the news of the indictment hit the media, David Crane, an American and a former US Defence Department official, was said to be the person pushing for Mr Taylor's arrest. He is the prosecutor for the tribunal in Sierra Leone.

 

Why Liberia and why Mr Taylor? This country is rich with an abundance of oil reserves, gold, diamonds, timber and iron ore. It also has rubber.

 

Mr Taylor is seen as a hindrance to the acquisition of this wealth by American multinationals. Now it is clear why the West wants to get rid of him.

[Bokero]

Please do not be naive.

Do u know the record of taylor in liberia and mañu river area as whole.

this man has single hand~ely brough chaos to the region god riden.

please ~investigate before coming up with conspiracy theories.