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In reply to the discussion: Military "intervention" in Libya. THIS is what you get. [View all]Bonobo
(29,257 posts)22. Jesse Jackson Jr. called it ethnic cleansing
http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2011/09/17/ethnic-cleansing-libya-united-nations-no-comment-jesse-jackson-mahmoud-jibril/
Some important reactions to the ethnic cleansing of Tawergha The San Francisco BayView has followed up on the reporting of the Wall Street Journal, the Black Star News and Human Rights Investigations on the ethnic cleansing of Tawergha with an article entitled: Libya: Tawergha, city of Blacks, depopulated Rep. Jesse Jackson calls for investigation of crimes against humanity
A Black Star News report follows the remarks made by NTC Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, giving the seal of approval to the ethnic cleansing.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr, who served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Obama election campaign and who is a civil rights activist and stated on Wednesday:
Racism in the form of ethnic cleansing, killing and genocide is wrong anytime, anyplace and against anybody in the world. And it appears as though the rebel leader, Mahmoud Jibril, is using the American idea that the South used to protect the institution of slavery the 10th Amendment in our Constitution to say, in essence, its a states right and local control issue.
Some important reactions to the ethnic cleansing of Tawergha The San Francisco BayView has followed up on the reporting of the Wall Street Journal, the Black Star News and Human Rights Investigations on the ethnic cleansing of Tawergha with an article entitled: Libya: Tawergha, city of Blacks, depopulated Rep. Jesse Jackson calls for investigation of crimes against humanity
A Black Star News report follows the remarks made by NTC Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril, giving the seal of approval to the ethnic cleansing.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr, who served as a national co-chairman of the 2008 Obama election campaign and who is a civil rights activist and stated on Wednesday:
Racism in the form of ethnic cleansing, killing and genocide is wrong anytime, anyplace and against anybody in the world. And it appears as though the rebel leader, Mahmoud Jibril, is using the American idea that the South used to protect the institution of slavery the 10th Amendment in our Constitution to say, in essence, its a states right and local control issue.
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Gaddafi, who called blacks "sluggish" and "backward," and who blackmailed EU with opening...
joshcryer
Feb 2012
#4
Well, Gaddafi is gone now. It is weird that you have such anger over racism and bigotry but
Bonobo
Feb 2012
#5
I am sorry, but you are mistaken completely. That was the early propaganda we were
sabrina 1
Feb 2012
#41
The naiveté about this intervention being for the people of Libya reminds me of...
Bonobo
Feb 2012
#8
My favorite piece of naivete is how the sock puppetry of the Libya fiction is so glaringly obvious
EFerrari
Feb 2012
#9
Facts are facts are facts. No matter where they come from. Are you ending the story? nt
Bonobo
Feb 2012
#14