Africa : Islam, Colourism and the Myth of Black African Slave Traders

In reference to a top advisor of john mccain...

In addition to Savimbi, Black and his partners were at times registered foreign agents for a remarkable collection of U.S.-backed foreign leaders whose human rights records were sometimes harshly criticized, even as their opposition to communism was embraced by American conservatives. They included Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, Nigerian Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre, and the countries of Kenya and Equatorial Guinea, among others.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/22/politics/washingtonpost/main4117780.shtml
 
Siad Barre sold Somalia out to ameriklan oil companies.

* In Somalia, just before pro-U.S. President Mohamed Siad Barre was overthrown in 1991, nearly two-thirds of the country's territory had been granted as oil concessions to Conoco, Amoco, Chevron and Phillips. Conoco even lent its Mogadishu corporate compound to the U.S. embassy a few days before the Marines landed, with the first Bush administration's special envoy using it as his temporary headquarters.

http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Oil_watch/Oil_Security_War.html
 
Siad Barre the redentist opportunist.

Siad Barre “officially” adopted marxism in 1970 for one reason: he needed military aid to fight his irridentist war on Ethiopia and the USSR was all too happy to help. For the same reason, Siad Barre officially renounced Marxism in the early 80’s: Ethiopia had experienced a revolution, and the new regime was as close to Moscow as any african regime as ever gotten (and there is competion). The USSR refused to help Somalia fight for Ogaden, Siad Barre simply renounced marxism and got american military aid instead.

http://shakara.wordpress.com/tag/african-politics-somalia-anarchy/
 
Siad Barre and the Puppet Regime

Propped up by a more welcoming Reagan Administration, the Barre regime would last another decade often brutally suppressing any and all dissident. In 1982, Somalia became the recipient of the largest US military aid ever given to a Sub-Saharan African country. While the Carter Administration provide a paltry $45 million over two years, the Reagan Administration embraced the Siad Barre regime with over a half billion dollars in military aid over a five year period plus another $115 million in economic aid. The difference in amount tells you the nature of the priorities of the US militarism. Guns aplenty, butter not so much. Now here’s the kicker, that $500 million is $100 million more than the US had given Ethiopia during the entire course of their 25 year relationship. Somalia became an armed camp.

http://somalimonitor.com/blog/archives/1589
 

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