Re: M-TH: UN moves into Sierra Leone

1999-10-25 Thread r.i.p
Chris writes >Empiricism is the idealism that comes from >restricting oneself to fragmentary empirical data. and then >Intervening in Sierra Leone will be extremely difficult but it is not >primarily being done for imperialist reasons. Nor was the intervention in >East Timor. > >Chris Burford >

Re: M-TH: UN moves into Sierra Leone

1999-10-23 Thread Chris Burford
At 17:15 23/10/99 +0100, you wrote: >In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris >Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes > >>I cannot see any major financial gain for global imperialism from this >>intervention except for status as peacemakers. And that is in the hands of >>the UN. >> >>This has got to be a

Re: M-TH: UN moves into Sierra Leone

1999-10-23 Thread Jim heartfield
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I cannot see any major financial gain for global imperialism from this >intervention except for status as peacemakers. And that is in the hands of >the UN. > >This has got to be a progressive move in the growth of world gov

Re: M-TH: UN moves into Sierra Leone

1999-10-23 Thread James Farmelant
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 12:51:23 +0100 Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >At 01:46 23/10/99 PDT, Macdonald wrote: > > >>How many times have I wondered if it really possible to forge links >with a >>mass of people when one has never had strong feelings for anyone, not >even >>one's own pa

Re: M-TH: UN moves into Sierra Leone

1999-10-23 Thread Chris Burford
At 01:46 23/10/99 PDT, Macdonald wrote: >6,000 U.N. Peacekeepers to Be Sent to Sierra Leone > >-- > >By BARBARA CROSSETTE >UNITED NATIONS -- The Security Council voted Friday to authorize a >6,000-member peacekeeping force for Sierra Leone, where an uneasy coalition >of elected officials and

M-TH: UN moves into Sierra Leone

1999-10-23 Thread Macdonald Stainsby
6,000 U.N. Peacekeepers to Be Sent to Sierra Leone -- By BARBARA CROSSETTE UNITED NATIONS -- The Security Council voted Friday to authorize a 6,000-member peacekeeping force for Sierra Leone, where an uneasy coalition of elected officials and former rebels has pledged to restore order afte