Re: [silk] Toothless goats

[ashok]

the last statement in the article is
probably most apt.....

the thing about the planes carrying
guns is not unusual, and is generally very hard to police given
the limited resources the authorities
have, and given the amount of money at stake  in neighboring 
conflicts in congo, burundi..etc....

there is also a historical sub-text
in lake victoria politics which is rarely reported on...that of the nile
waters treaty.  the british signed
a treaty with the egyptians in the 1920s which laid down guidelines 
that no irrigation project would be
designed that use the waters of lake victoria.  

what has now become an annual occurence
is a statement by either the gov. of uganda or kenya
stating that they are going to build
this huge canal scheme using the bounties of lake victoria..., and 
the egyptians immediately declare that
it is an act of war, and will be forced to act 'militarily'.  how

they plan to conduct this war given
that the countries are separated by 1000s of kilometers and one
of them is landlocked is beyond me.....

Thaths wrote on 08/18/2006 01:50:25 AM:
> 
> "Tanzania sees malice in Darwin's Nightmare
> 
> "I don't think that the president has even seen the film. This
whole
> thing is insane and has turned into my nightmare. The very last thing
> you want as a film-maker is for the people left behind to be in
> danger.""