Not to make light of the strife and trouble going on there, but I wonder if a deleted country can be reinstated? I have ST0 South Sudan as a deleted entity.
73, Zack W9SZ On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 3:19 AM, DAVE WHITE <mausop...@btinternet.com>wrote: > > Clip from today's Sunday Telegraph.... > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/sudan/6034690/South-Sudan-faces-new-war-over-oil.html > > It seems that some things never change. I've frequently heard an argument > that the worst thing that the old colonial powers did was to put Africans in > charge of Africa. It's not an opinion that I hold (actually I think it was > just done badly), but examples that spring to mind are the chaos and > bloodshed in Rwanda, Burundi, Nigeria/Biafra, Ghana, Sudan, Sierra Leone, > Angola, Somalia, Eritrea, Zaire, Western Sahara, Central African Republic > etc ... and of course the biggest basket case of the all: Zimbabwe, once the > bread basket of Africa and now what? > > It does make me wonder whether the current outbreak of troubles in Southern > Sudan is just tribal squabbling. Conspiracy theorists (and those who know > how China operates) may point the finger in their direction, particularly if > there's oil and other mineral resuorce at stake. As we know, the Chinese > have no morals when it comes to dealing anyone who'll sell them what they > need at a knock-down price.... > > I wonder if the referendum of independence for South Sudan will really go > ahead? One thing's for certain: It'll be a brave bunch of guys who mount a > DXpedition there! > > food for thought, eh? > > cheers > > Dave G0OIL > > ----------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to > > imail...@njdxa.org > > In the message body put either > > unsubscribe dx-chat > > or > > subscribe dx-chat > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org > ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe or subscribe to this list. Please send a message to imail...@njdxa.org In the message body put either unsubscribe dx-chat or subscribe dx-chat This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org -----------------------------------------------------------
