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Boat tragedy a colonial symptom

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THE recent drowning of at least 800 African migrants in the Mediterranean is a sad symptom of the effects of the colonial plunder by Western imperialists.
Yet this is not an isolated incident as another 400 died in another shipwreck in the same week.
And according to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, over 3 000 people died at sea last year.
It is not by accident that the bulk of these victims are from Libya and Syria.
These are countries, where the West has poured lethal weapons, now most of them in the hands of hoodlums, in their bid to effect regime change.
There is now anarchy in Libya, following the violent removal of Muammar Gaddafi at the instigation of France and the rest of Western Europe backed by America.
The lawlessness that is now the order of the day in Libya is of little concern to the imperial powers whose sole concern is unhindered exploitation of Libyan oil wells.
Gone are the days of Gaddafi – days of highly subsidised consumer goods and oil, free houses, cash for newlyweds, education grants among a plethora of other benefits.
Above all there was law and order.
Today Libyans in a desperate bid to escape from the mayhem created by the West in their country are risking their lives by trying to cross to the Mediterranean in overcrowded ramshackle boats to Europe.
In most cases they perish on the way and never manage to touch Italy, a country closest to the Libyan port they take off.
The West who promised Libyans milk and honey with the ouster of Gaddafi, now show their true colours – they are incorrigible sadists.
Elsewhere in this edition we have a story of how European Ministers last year agreed to withdraw a rescue cover for this hazardous journey.
Reason – Drowning would discourage immigrants from coming to Europe.
And yet these are the very immigrants who have been impoverished by the denial of revenue from their oil which is being siphoned by these greedy Europeans.
Despite this deadly danger, in Libya human traffickers are able to operate with impunity because of the lawlessness in the conflict riddled country.
This is the result of the so-called regime change.
Libya is not alone in this predicament.
Syria is now a theatre of bloodletting where the West has liberally distributed weapons in another desperate attempt to effect regime change.
Here America and the West want a compliant leader to replace President Bashar al-Assad, so that they can do what they like with the Syrian oil and other geo-political reasons.
Syrians trying to escape the loose guns in Syria are also meeting the same fate in the Mediterranean.
That and the mayhem in Syria are of little concern to the Western imperialists.
What they want is control of Syria and to them the end justifies the means.
Arming dissident groups to topple an established order usually results in uncontrolled use of firepower, eventually leading to displacement and forced movement.
No wonder when US President Obama wanted to arm rebels in Ukraine with lethal weapons, it appears he was dissuaded by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
She is obviously aware of the dangers of loose weapons spreading in Europe far away from a safe America.
Displacement, migration and forced movement are usually symptoms of the mischief by colonialists in their bid to effect regime change.
We don’t have to go far.
The creation of RENAMO bandits in Mozambique by Ian Smith and the imposition of illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe were all intended to bring about regime change.
This should in part explain the presence of many Zimbabweans and Mozambicans in South Africa.
However, this should in no way justify the senseless Afro-phobic attacks of foreign nationals by South Africa.

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