RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice
From the subject line alone, I didn't think I'd be strong enough to watch it. Reading the text accompanying, I KNOW that I'm not. Right now, I'm mad because we're f*cking around in Afghanistan, looking for a dead man and his henchmen (who, BTB, aren't even there). If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: cdemorse...@yahoo.com; scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:24:49 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From: kalpub...@aol.com [mailto:kalpub...@aol.com] Please watch video http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8441813.stm BBC NEWS Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda 7 January 10 09:45 GMT By Tim Whewell BBC News, Uganda A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged. One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits. Meanwhile, a former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son. The Ugandan government told us that human sacrifice is on the increase, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly. In the course of our investigation we witnessed the ritual torching of the shrine of a particularly active witch-doctor in northern Uganda by anti-sacrifice campaigners. The witch-doctor allowed ceremonial items including conch shells and animal skins to be burned in his sacred grove after agreeing to give up sacrifice. He told us that clients had come to him in search of wealth. They capture other people's children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits… They bring them in small tins and they place these objects under the tree from which the voices of the spirits are coming, he said. Asked how often clients brought blood and body parts, the witch-doctor said they came on average three times a week - with all that the spirits demand from them. We saw a beaker of blood and what appeared to be a large, raw liver in the shrine before it was destroyed, although it was not possible to determine whether they were human remains. Extortion The witch-doctor denied any direct involvement in murder or incitement to murder, saying his spirits spoke directly to his clients. He told us he was paid 500,000 Ugandan shillings (£160 or $260) for a consultation, but that most of that money was handed over to his boss in a nationwide network of witch-doctors. Head of the Anti-Human Sacrifice and Trafficking Task Force, assistant commissioner Moses Binoga of the Ugandan police, said he knew of the boss referred to - involved in one of five or six witch-doctor protection rackets operating in the country. The senior ones extort money from lower people because they deal in illegal things, he told us. Mr Binoga said police had opened 26 murder cases in 2009, in which the victim appeared to have been ritually sacrificed, compared with just three cases in 2007. We also have about 120 children and adults reported missing whose fate we have not traced. We cannot rule out that they may be victims of human sacrifice, he said. But child protection campaigners believe the real number is much higher, as some disappearances are not reported to police. Activism Former witch-doctor turned anti-sacrifice campaigner Polino Angela says he has persuaded 2,400 other witch-doctors to give up the trade since he himself repented in 1990. Mr Angela told us he had first been initiated as a witch-doctor at a ceremony in neighbouring Kenya, where a boy of about 13 was sacrificed. The child was cut with a knife on the neck and the entire length from the neck down was ripped open, and then the open part was put on me, he said. When he returned to Uganda he says he was told by those who had initiated him to kill his own son, aged 10. I deceived my wife and made sure that everyone else had gone away and I was with my child alone. Once he was placed down on the ground, I used a big knife and brought it down like a guillotine. Asked if he was afraid he might now be prosecuted as a result of confessing to killing 70 people, he said: I have been to all the churches… and they know me as a warrior in the drive
RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice
I read, but could watch From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:53 PM To: SciFiNoir2; cdemorse...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From the subject line alone, I didn't think I'd be strong enough to watch it. Reading the text accompanying, I KNOW that I'm not. Right now, I'm mad because we're f*cking around in Afghanistan, looking for a dead man and his henchmen (who, BTB, aren't even there). http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_baringteeth.gif http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_cry.gif If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik _ To: cdemorse...@yahoo.com; scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:24:49 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From: kalpub...@aol.com [mailto:kalpub...@aol.com] Please watch video http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8441813.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8441813.stm BBC NEWS Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda 7 January 10 09:45 GMT http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47048000/jpg/_47048827_p1010483.jpg By Tim Whewell BBC News, Uganda A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged. One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits. Meanwhile, a former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son. The Ugandan government told us that human sacrifice is on the increase, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly. In the course of our investigation we witnessed the ritual torching of the shrine of a particularly active witch-doctor in northern Uganda by anti-sacrifice campaigners. The witch-doctor allowed ceremonial items including conch shells and animal skins to be burned in his sacred grove after agreeing to give up sacrifice. He told us that clients had come to him in search of wealth. They capture other people's children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits They bring them in small tins and they place these objects under the tree from which the voices of the spirits are coming, he said. Asked how often clients brought blood and body parts, the witch-doctor said they came on average three times a week - with all that the spirits demand from them. We saw a beaker of blood and what appeared to be a large, raw liver in the shrine before it was destroyed, although it was not possible to determine whether they were human remains. Extortion The witch-doctor denied any direct involvement in murder or incitement to murder, saying his spirits spoke directly to his clients. He told us he was paid 500,000 Ugandan shillings (£160 or $260) for a consultation, but that most of that money was handed over to his boss in a nationwide network of witch-doctors. Head of the Anti-Human Sacrifice and Trafficking Task Force, assistant commissioner Moses Binoga of the Ugandan police, said he knew of the boss referred to - involved in one of five or six witch-doctor protection rackets operating in the country. The senior ones extort money from lower people because they deal in illegal things, he told us. Mr Binoga said police had opened 26 murder cases in 2009, in which the victim appeared to have been ritually sacrificed, compared with just three cases in 2007. We also have about 120 children and adults reported missing whose fate we have not traced. We cannot rule out that they may be victims of human sacrifice, he said. But child protection campaigners believe the real number is much higher, as some disappearances are not reported to police. Activism Former witch-doctor turned anti-sacrifice campaigner Polino Angela says he has persuaded 2,400 other witch-doctors to give up the trade since he himself repented in 1990. Mr Angela told us he had first been initiated as a witch-doctor at a ceremony in neighbouring Kenya, where a boy of about 13 was sacrificed. The child was cut with a knife on the neck and the entire length from the neck down was ripped open, and then the open part was put on me, he said. When he returned to Uganda he says he was told by those who had initiated him to kill his own son, aged 10. I deceived my wife and made sure
Re: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice
ahar...@earthlink.net The tragedy is compounded because this is driven by forces of globalization and the corruption of the colonial legacy. ARRGH! Amy From the subject line alone, I didn't think I'd be strong enough to watch it. Reading the text accompanying, I KNOW that I'm not. Right now, I'm mad because we're f*cking around in Afghanistan, looking for a dead man and his henchmen (who, BTB, aren't even there). If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik -- To: cdemorse...@yahoo.com; scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:24:49 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From: kalpub...@aol.com [mailto:kalpub...@aol.com] Please watch video http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8441813.stm BBC NEWS Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda 7 January 10 09:45 GMT By Tim Whewell BBC News, Uganda A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged. One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits. Meanwhile, a former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son. The Ugandan government told us that human sacrifice is on the increase, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly. In the course of our investigation we witnessed the ritual torching of the shrine of a particularly active witch-doctor in northern Uganda by anti-sacrifice campaigners. The witch-doctor allowed ceremonial items including conch shells and animal skins to be burned in his sacred grove after agreeing to give up sacrifice. He told us that clients had come to him in search of wealth. They capture other people's children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits… They bring them in small tins and they place these objects under the tree from which the voices of the spirits are coming, he said. Asked how often clients brought blood and body parts, the witch-doctor said they came on average three times a week - with all that the spirits demand from them. We saw a beaker of blood and what appeared to be a large, raw liver in the shrine before it was destroyed, although it was not possible to determine whether they were human remains. Extortion The witch-doctor denied any direct involvement in murder or incitement to murder, saying his spirits spoke directly to his clients. He told us he was paid 500,000 Ugandan shillings (£160 or $260) for a consultation, but that most of that money was handed over to his boss in a nationwide network of witch-doctors. Head of the Anti-Human Sacrifice and Trafficking Task Force, assistant commissioner Moses Binoga of the Ugandan police, said he knew of the boss referred to - involved in one of five or six witch-doctor protection rackets operating in the country. The senior ones extort money from lower people because they deal in illegal things, he told us. Mr Binoga said police had opened 26 murder cases in 2009, in which the victim appeared to have been ritually sacrificed, compared with just three cases in 2007. We also have about 120 children and adults reported missing whose fate we have not traced. We cannot rule out that they may be victims of human sacrifice, he said. But child protection campaigners believe the real number is much higher, as some disappearances are not reported to police. Activism Former witch-doctor turned anti-sacrifice campaigner Polino Angela says he has persuaded 2,400 other witch-doctors to give up the trade since he himself repented in 1990. Mr Angela told us he had first been initiated as a witch-doctor at a ceremony in neighbouring Kenya, where a boy of about 13 was sacrificed. The child was cut with a knife on the neck and the entire length from the neck down was ripped open, and then the open part was put on me, he said. When he returned to Uganda he says he was told by those who had initiated him to kill his own son, aged 10. I deceived my wife and made sure that everyone else had gone away and I was with my child alone. Once he was placed down on the ground, I used a big knife and brought it down like a guillotine. Asked if he was afraid he might
RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice
Proving that you're far stronger than I am. Kids in any sort of pain... I can't cope with it. My older nephew broke his leg playing football when he was ten, and I cried harder than he or my sister at the emergency room. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:56:32 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice I read, but could watch From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:53 PM To: SciFiNoir2; cdemorse...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From the subject line alone, I didn't think I'd be strong enough to watch it. Reading the text accompanying, I KNOW that I'm not. Right now, I'm mad because we're f*cking around in Afghanistan, looking for a dead man and his henchmen (who, BTB, aren't even there). If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: cdemorse...@yahoo.com; scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:24:49 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From: kalpub...@aol.com [mailto:kalpub...@aol.com] Please watch video http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8441813.stm BBC NEWS Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda 7 January 10 09:45 GMT By Tim Whewell BBC News, Uganda A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged. One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits. Meanwhile, a former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son. The Ugandan government told us that human sacrifice is on the increase, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly. In the course of our investigation we witnessed the ritual torching of the shrine of a particularly active witch-doctor in northern Uganda by anti-sacrifice campaigners. The witch-doctor allowed ceremonial items including conch shells and animal skins to be burned in his sacred grove after agreeing to give up sacrifice. He told us that clients had come to him in search of wealth. They capture other people's children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits… They bring them in small tins and they place these objects under the tree from which the voices of the spirits are coming, he said. Asked how often clients brought blood and body parts, the witch-doctor said they came on average three times a week - with all that the spirits demand from them. We saw a beaker of blood and what appeared to be a large, raw liver in the shrine before it was destroyed, although it was not possible to determine whether they were human remains. Extortion The witch-doctor denied any direct involvement in murder or incitement to murder, saying his spirits spoke directly to his clients. He told us he was paid 500,000 Ugandan shillings (£160 or $260) for a consultation, but that most of that money was handed over to his boss in a nationwide network of witch-doctors. Head of the Anti-Human Sacrifice and Trafficking Task Force, assistant commissioner Moses Binoga of the Ugandan police, said he knew of the boss referred to - involved in one of five or six witch-doctor protection rackets operating in the country. The senior ones extort money from lower people because they deal in illegal things, he told us. Mr Binoga said police had opened 26 murder cases in 2009, in which the victim appeared to have been ritually sacrificed, compared with just three cases in 2007. We also have about 120 children and adults reported missing whose fate we have not traced. We cannot rule out that they may be victims of human sacrifice, he said. But child protection campaigners believe the real number is much higher, as some disappearances are not reported to police. Activism Former witch-doctor turned anti-sacrifice campaigner Polino Angela says he has persuaded 2,400 other witch-doctors
RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice
Correction. I could NOT Watch. Not strong at all From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:04 PM To: SciFiNoir2 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice Proving that you're far stronger than I am. Kids in any sort of pain... I can't cope with it. My older nephew broke his leg playing football when he was ten, and I cried harder than he or my sister at the emergency room. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik _ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:56:32 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice I read, but could watch From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:53 PM To: SciFiNoir2; cdemorse...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From the subject line alone, I didn't think I'd be strong enough to watch it. Reading the text accompanying, I KNOW that I'm not. Right now, I'm mad because we're f*cking around in Afghanistan, looking for a dead man and his henchmen (who, BTB, aren't even there). http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_baringteeth.gif http://gfx2.hotmail.com/mail/w4/pr01/ltr/emoticons/smile_cry.gif If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik _ To: cdemorse...@yahoo.com; scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:24:49 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From: kalpub...@aol.com [mailto:kalpub...@aol.com] Please watch video http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8441813.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8441813.stm BBC NEWS Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda 7 January 10 09:45 GMT http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47048000/jpg/_47048827_p1010483.jpg By Tim Whewell BBC News, Uganda A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged. One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits. Meanwhile, a former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son. The Ugandan government told us that human sacrifice is on the increase, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly. In the course of our investigation we witnessed the ritual torching of the shrine of a particularly active witch-doctor in northern Uganda by anti-sacrifice campaigners. The witch-doctor allowed ceremonial items including conch shells and animal skins to be burned in his sacred grove after agreeing to give up sacrifice. He told us that clients had come to him in search of wealth. They capture other people's children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits They bring them in small tins and they place these objects under the tree from which the voices of the spirits are coming, he said. Asked how often clients brought blood and body parts, the witch-doctor said they came on average three times a week - with all that the spirits demand from them. We saw a beaker of blood and what appeared to be a large, raw liver in the shrine before it was destroyed, although it was not possible to determine whether they were human remains. Extortion The witch-doctor denied any direct involvement in murder or incitement to murder, saying his spirits spoke directly to his clients. He told us he was paid 500,000 Ugandan shillings (£160 or $260) for a consultation, but that most of that money was handed over to his boss in a nationwide network of witch-doctors. Head of the Anti-Human Sacrifice and Trafficking Task Force, assistant commissioner Moses Binoga of the Ugandan police, said he knew of the boss referred to - involved in one of five or six witch-doctor protection rackets operating in the country. The senior ones extort money from lower people because they deal in illegal things, he told us. Mr Binoga said police had opened 26 murder cases in 2009, in which the victim appeared to have been ritually sacrificed, compared with just three cases in 2007. We also have about 120 children and adults reported missing whose fate
RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice
I understand. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 15:18:14 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice Correction. I could NOT Watch. Not strong at all From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 3:04 PM To: SciFiNoir2 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice Proving that you're far stronger than I am. Kids in any sort of pain... I can't cope with it. My older nephew broke his leg playing football when he was ten, and I cried harder than he or my sister at the emergency room. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 14:56:32 -0800 Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice I read, but could watch From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:53 PM To: SciFiNoir2; cdemorse...@yahoo.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From the subject line alone, I didn't think I'd be strong enough to watch it. Reading the text accompanying, I KNOW that I'm not. Right now, I'm mad because we're f*cking around in Afghanistan, looking for a dead man and his henchmen (who, BTB, aren't even there). If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: cdemorse...@yahoo.com; scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com Date: Sat, 9 Jan 2010 12:24:49 -0800 Subject: [scifinoir2] FW: Uganda's Child Sacrifice From: kalpub...@aol.com [mailto:kalpub...@aol.com] Please watch video http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8441813.stm BBC NEWS Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda 7 January 10 09:45 GMT By Tim Whewell BBC News, Uganda A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged. One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits. Meanwhile, a former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son. The Ugandan government told us that human sacrifice is on the increase, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly. In the course of our investigation we witnessed the ritual torching of the shrine of a particularly active witch-doctor in northern Uganda by anti-sacrifice campaigners. The witch-doctor allowed ceremonial items including conch shells and animal skins to be burned in his sacred grove after agreeing to give up sacrifice. He told us that clients had come to him in search of wealth. They capture other people's children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits… They bring them in small tins and they place these objects under the tree from which the voices of the spirits are coming, he said. Asked how often clients brought blood and body parts, the witch-doctor said they came on average three times a week - with all that the spirits demand from them. We saw a beaker of blood and what appeared to be a large, raw liver in the shrine before it was destroyed, although it was not possible to determine whether they were human remains. Extortion The witch-doctor denied any direct involvement in murder or incitement to murder, saying his spirits spoke directly to his clients. He told us he was paid 500,000 Ugandan shillings (£160 or $260) for a consultation, but that most of that money was handed over to his boss in a nationwide network of witch-doctors. Head of the Anti-Human Sacrifice and Trafficking Task Force, assistant commissioner Moses Binoga of the Ugandan police, said he knew of the boss referred to - involved in one of five or six witch-doctor protection rackets operating in the country. The senior ones extort money from lower
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Probably best that you not watch. It is hard to un-see stuff like this. Uganda has some serious issues and obvious problems where they seem to be trying ANYTHING to resolve their issues. Human sacrifices, albinos, virgin raping you name it. This is a major call for help but no one is listening. On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: *From:* kalpub...@aol.com [mailto:kalpub...@aol.com] Please watch video http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8441813.stm *BBC NEWS* Witch-doctors reveal extent of child sacrifice in Uganda 7 January 10 09:45 GMT *By Tim Whewell* BBC News, Uganda *A BBC investigation into human sacrifice in Uganda has heard first-hand accounts which suggest ritual killings of children may be more common than authorities have acknowledged.* One witch-doctor led us to his secret shrine and said he had clients who regularly captured children and brought their blood and body parts to be consumed by spirits. Meanwhile, a former witch-doctor who now campaigns to end child sacrifice confessed for the first time to having murdered about 70 people, including his own son. The Ugandan government told us that human sacrifice is on the increase, and according to the head of the country's Anti-Human Sacrifice Taskforce the crime is directly linked to rising levels of development and prosperity, and an increasing belief that witchcraft can help people get rich quickly. In the course of our investigation we witnessed the ritual torching of the shrine of a particularly active witch-doctor in northern Uganda by anti-sacrifice campaigners. The witch-doctor allowed ceremonial items including conch shells and animal skins to be burned in his sacred grove after agreeing to give up sacrifice. He told us that clients had come to him in search of wealth. They capture other people's children. They bring the heart and the blood directly here to take to the spirits… They bring them in small tins and they place these objects under the tree from which the voices of the spirits are coming, he said. Asked how often clients brought blood and body parts, the witch-doctor said they came on average three times a week - with all that the spirits demand from them. We saw a beaker of blood and what appeared to be a large, raw liver in the shrine before it was destroyed, although it was not possible to determine whether they were human remains. *Extortion* The witch-doctor denied any direct involvement in murder or incitement to murder, saying his spirits spoke directly to his clients. He told us he was paid 500,000 Ugandan shillings (£160 or $260) for a consultation, but that most of that money was handed over to his boss in a nationwide network of witch-doctors. Head of the Anti-Human Sacrifice and Trafficking Task Force, assistant commissioner Moses Binoga of the Ugandan police, said he knew of the boss referred to - involved in one of five or six witch-doctor protection rackets operating in the country. The senior ones extort money from lower people because they deal in illegal things, he told us. Mr Binoga said police had opened 26 murder cases in 2009, in which the victim appeared to have been ritually sacrificed, compared with just three cases in 2007. We also have about 120 children and adults reported missing whose fate we have not traced. We cannot rule out that they may be victims of human sacrifice, he said. But child protection campaigners believe the real number is much higher, as some disappearances are not reported to police. *Activism* Former witch-doctor turned anti-sacrifice campaigner Polino Angela says he has persuaded 2,400 other witch-doctors to give up the trade since he himself repented in 1990. Mr Angela told us he had first been initiated as a witch-doctor at a ceremony in neighbouring Kenya, where a boy of about 13 was sacrificed. The child was cut with a knife on the neck and the entire length from the neck down was ripped open, and then the open part was put on me, he said. When he returned to Uganda he says he was told by those who had initiated him to kill his own son, aged 10. I deceived my wife and made sure that everyone else had gone away and I was with my child alone. Once he was placed down on the ground, I used a big knife and brought it down like a guillotine. Asked if he was afraid he might now be prosecuted as a result of confessing to killing 70 people, he said: I have been to all the churches… and they know me as a warrior in the drive to end witchcraft that involves human sacrifice, so I think that alone should indemnify me and have me exonerated. Uganda's Minister of Ethics and Integrity James Nsaba Buturo believes that to punish retrospectively would cause a problem... if we can persuade Ugandans to change, that is much better than going back into the past. Child protection activists in
