WARNING: This is Version 1 of my old archive, so Photos will NOT work and many links will NOT work. But you can find articles by searching on the Titles. There is a lot of information in this archive. Use the SEARCH BAR at the top right. Prior to December 2012; I was a pro-Christian type of Conservative. I was unaware of the mass of Jewish lies in history, especially the lies regarding WW2 and Hitler. So in here you will find pro-Jewish and pro-Israel material. I was definitely WRONG about the Boeremag and Janusz Walus. They were for real.
Original Post Date: 2008-03-14 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[This is the first I’ve heard of this. Jan]
The rebel Indian Ocean island of Anjouan should be left to hold polls promised for May, South African President Thabo Mbeki said Thursday as a multi-national force prepared to invade.
“The leadership (of Anjouan) has indicated its willingness to hold elections in May,” Mbeki’s spokesperson Mukoni Ratshitanga said on Thursday.
“He (Mbeki) doesn’t see why we should say or do anything additional or minus that. South Africa has always said that, if possible, we would like peaceful means to conflict resolution.”
Troops started arriving in the Comoran capital Moroni this week after the African Union (AU) promised in February to provide military backing for Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi’s plans to re-establish federal rule in Anjouan.
| ‘We would like peaceful means to conflict resolution’ |
Tanzania, Sudan, Senegal and Libya have pledged troops for the mission aimed at reunifying the Union of the Comoros comprising Anjouan, Moheli and Grande Comore.
Self-proclaimed leader Colonel Mohamed Bacar has run Anjouan as a separate entity since 2002, declaring himself re-elected in a June 2007 poll that was not recognised by federal authorities or the AU.
Bacar said on Wednesday he had enough men and weapons to defend the island from an AU military intervention, but did not rule out talks with federal authorities.
Also on Wednesday, South Africa’s deputy foreign minister Aziz Pahad said a “very dangerous situation” was developing in the Comoros.
The mission of the AU force, he added, “is to take over the island, home to some 300 000 people”.
The tiny and fractious archipelago, which lies between Africa’s southeast coast and Madagascar, has survived 19 coups or attempts since acquiring independence from France in 1975. – Sapa-AFP
Source: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=nw20080313191212870C645647