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According to the "Christian Science
Monitor," Laurent Kabila "adopted
a circle of Canadian advisers." Part
of this "Congo inner circle"
was Joe Clark, leader of the Progressive
Conservative Party and former Canadian
Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. In
the mid 1990s, Clark became First Quantum
Mineral's special adviser on Africa. He
stated: "The government of Congo
knows that if it's going to make progress
quickly in terms of using assets that
create jobs, mining is more likely to
do it than other sectors."
Heart of Darkness
The destruction of the Congo says much
more about the West than it does about
the Central African country. It reveals
most clearly that the West is largely
a criminal enterprise, the prosperity
of which is based on the genocide of Third
World people and the theft of their resources.
The Congo is perhaps the worst example
of this but the West has followed the
same policy in Asia, Africa and Latin
America for centuries. In this sense,
Western countries can be seen as a murderous
mafia led by their godfather the United
States government for which no amount
of blood and wealth is enough. Today,
the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide
are being tried in Tanzania. It is time
to try those responsible in the U.S.A.
and Belgium as well for more than a century
of genocide and plunder in the Congo.
And that will just be the beginning of
dealing with the West's horrendous crimes
against humanity.
This article is dedicated to Patrice
Lumumba. The full version can be found
in the October 2001 issue of the CCPA
Monitor.
Asad Ismi is author of Profiting from
Repression: Canadian Investment in and
Trade with Colombia.
COPYRIGHT 2001 Briarpatch, Inc.
COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group
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