Let me
elaborate a little on why I think this is a rather silly accusation and - most
of all - rather humiliating to the people of the Mahgreb, where those meteorites
are found:
First
of all: the quotations about militant groups from Algeria are TOTALLY taken out
of context. Further on - the quote that the border between Morocco and
Algeria has been officially closed in 1994 misses to say that "in reality,
very little people care about that, mostly because of geographical
circumstances". Next: there is NO known militant islamic group operating out of
Libya, so these allegations are without foundation.
You
are right that there won't be "thousands of beduines" on the strewnfields - but
what does it prove? In my opinion, it only proves that - well, less people
are needed for that job. Beduines are no fools or "primitives", their hunts are
pretty well organized.
I
don't doubt you may have good intentions with this page (although some not
so good intentions can be imagined for such a campaign as well) - but if you
know the region a little, and if you know the people a little there, this
page is something VERY objectionable - at least for me. In fact, I feel angered
by what you are doing. It might and will impress some folks, but I am sure I am
not alone when I say that this page is highly speculative and - if read by the
wrong persons - can do a LOT of harm.
Regards,
Bernhard
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Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] NWA meteorites - money for terrorism?Aren't you getting a little, well, too "terrorized" here?Bernhard-----Original Message-----NWA meteorites - money for terrorism?
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Subject: [meteorite-list] NWA meteorites - money for terrorism?
http://www.saharamet.com/meteorite/data/Sahara/Nwa.html
1 - NWA meteorites are undocumented stones "bought" in Morocco.
2 - There is no potential prospecting field in Morocco to supply this market.
3 - More than 95% of the NWA meteorites come from Algeria, Libya and up to Egypt.
4 - The border between Morocco and Algeria has officially been closed since 1994. Islamic army groups cross the border.
NWA meteorites = contraband meteorites
Some serious facts:
- 2 of the 11 international terrorist organizations which have been target of the Bush government since September 11th live in Algeria:
- GIA (Armed Islamic Group)
- GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat)
- 30 Europeen hostages have been rescued from Islamic groups by a military attack between the Acfer and the Tanezrouf meteorite strewnfields in 2003.
- Well organized smuggling rings act through the militarized no man's land between the two countries.
- NWA meteorite contraband is still financed by private investors who prefer to stay "anonymous".
- The track of the millions of dollars involved in this traffic is lost on the Algerian border.
More info :
http://www.saharamet.com/
Richard & Roland Pelisson
