Lagos — Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate, Senator Russ Feingold, has asked President Barak Obama to intervene in the ongoing military action in the Niger Delta.
Feingold in a statement, issued in Washington yesterday said "I urge the Obama administration to think creatively about how we can work multilaterally to help end this long standing crisis in the Niger Delta.
"Some military actions may be justified to stop the criminality, kidnappings and killings by militants in the Niger Delta, but such measures should be accompanied by a larger political strategy."
"Genuine peacemaking will require not only legitimate political negotiations but a convincing case for transforming the illicit war economy into one of peace," he stated.
Feingold lamented the killings of thousands of civilians since the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) began its operation in Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri, Delta State, about a week ago, to fish out militants taking refuge in parts of the Kingdom. He said in order to achieve a lasting peace in the region, federal government "needs to undertake a serious and sustained initiative to address the underdevelopment of the region."
Feingold is an independent progressive reputed for the courage of his strong convictions. In 2005, he was the first senator to call for U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. On March 13, 2006 and again on July 22, 2007, Sen. Feingold boldly called for Congressional censure of former President George Bush. He was also the lone Senator who voted against the USA Patriot Act, despite pressure for a unanimous vote.
Meanwhile, US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Mr. Johnnie Carson, has described Nigeria as the US' most important strategic partner in the African continent. He disclosed this at the meeting with members of the Nigerian Governors' Forum led by the chairman, Dr. Bukola Saraki, in Washington, last Wednesday. The Governors are in the US on a working visit. The team include Alhaji Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State, Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State.
Carson expressed the need to strengthen the relationship between Nigeria and the US, while promising to push the process that will further deepen the US-Nigeria relationship. He commended the Governors for their patriotic initiative and assured them of his commitment to their cause. He said his doors were open to the Governors Forum at all times.
Carson also described the Governors' visit as a new dawn in US-Nigeria relationship, "This is a new dawn in the relationship between our two countries. We have never had it so good," he said. He noted that the Governors were the first foreign visitors he was receiving since he resumed office on Monday, last week.
Responding, Saraki explained the mission and the vision of the Governors' forum which he said was to foster good governance in the country, adding that the visit to the US was to help foster good governance and best practices on bilateral relations.
The Governors also visited the Capitol Hill, America's legislative power house where they had a meeting with Black America's most powerful congresswoman, Mrs. Sheila Jackson-Lee.
Welcoming the Governors to her office, Jackson-Lee observed that the visit was the first by any delegation of Governors from Africa to any congress person on the Capitol Hill. She said she would be leading a delegation of the congress to "West African sub-region very soon".
She commended Nigeria for her efforts in global peace-keeping, especially in Dafur, Liberia and Sierra-Leone.
In his remarks, Saraki reiterated the vision and the mission of the Governors' forum. He said the forum would be interacting with its counterpart, the National Governors Association, NGA in the US. He noted that the forum would also be the first in Africa to do so.
Also speaking during the meeting, Yuguda said Nigeria sees US as a friend to take her and the entire Sub-Saharan Africa to greater heights so that focus could shift from disease, hunger and AIDS to more progressive issues. He also talked at length on issues of perception of Nigeria in the US and urged the congresswoman to help correct the negative perception.
Akpabio said there is need for the US to encourage her agencies to invest in Nigeria as the Asian countries are already making an in-road into the Nigerian economy.
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BY PEACE SHALL Many Be deceived (Daniel 8:25) .
DOES THE TERM PEACEKEEPERS ring a Bell ?
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BY PEACE SHALL Many Be deceived (Daniel 8:25) .
DOES THE TERM PEACEKEEPERS ring a Bell ?
Ask the people in Rwanda (who survived that Peace-keeping) about the
United Nations PEACEKEEPERS .
President Obamas UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR SUSAN RICE cut her teeth on
the RWANDA MASSACRE . OOOPs!!! She said.
(Heres a Search Link To Many Witnesses To THE NEW U.N. RICE MONSTER)
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In his piece entitled White Collar War Crimes, Black African Fall Guys,
investigative journalist Keith Snow writes:
First note that the ICC can now be viewed as a tool of hegemonic U.S. foreign policy,
where the weapons deployed by the U.S. and its allies include the accusations of, and
indictments for, human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
To understand this, we can ask WHY NO WHITE MAN HAS YET BEEN CHARGED
with these or other offenses at the ICC (International Criminal Court) which now holds
five black African warlords and seeks to incarcerate and bring to trial another black man,
also an Arab, Omar Bashir.
Why hasnt George W. Bush been indicted ? Or what about Donald Rumsfeld ?
Dick Cheney? Henry Kissinger? Ehud Olmert? Tony Blair?
The sad fact is that the International Criminal Court has become terribly
politicized, as has the entire international justice apparatus.
The ICC has issued indictments, for the first time in history, against a sitting head of
state. Meanwhile, according to Snow, an Israeli weapons dealer, also a reputed Mossad
operative, is revealed to be shipping weapons into Sudan with Pentagon support.
And Belgium changed its law rather than prosecute Ariel Sharon for war crimes.
The double standard cries out to us.
One country in the West, however, increasingly stands out as a place where
justice can be found?and that is Spain. With its landmark indictment of
Pinochet and its current consideration of Israeli war crimes in Lebanon and
U.S. torture in Guantanamo, we increasingly look to the Spanish Courts with
hope. It was the Spanish courts that returned indictments against Rwandan
soldiers for genocide even as the world coddles U.S. proxy Rwanda and its
leader, Paul Kagame.
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OUR DEEPEST FEAR By Marianne Williamson
Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate, Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure. It Is Our Light , Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented, And Fabulous ?
Actually Who Are We Not To Be ? You Are A Child Of God.
Your Playing Small Doesnt Serve The World.
There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Wont Feel Insecure Around You.
We Are All Meant To Shine, As Children Do.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us.
Its Not Just In Some Of Us; Its In Everyone.
And When We Let Our Own Light Shine We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same.
And As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others
[NOTE BEING AFRAID AND REFUSING TO GET INVOLVED WONT STOP US FROM DYING. BUT BEING AFRAID CAN PREVENT US FROM LIVING]
(Nkosi Sikeleli Africa )
God bless Africa May her glory be lifted high Hear our petitions .
God bless us, Your children God we ask You to protect our nation Intervene and end all conflicts Protect us, protect our nation, our nation.
From the blue of our heaven, From the depths of our sea, Over our eternal mountain ranges, Where the cliffs give answer.
Sounds the call to come together, And united we shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land.
[Enoch Mankayi Sontonga]
WAKE UP ! STAY UP MY BROTHERS & SISTERS ! BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
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- Life Is a Game. Have Fun. [ Luke 18:17 / Isaiah 11:6 ]
Senator Feingold has always been in the vanguard of applying genuine democratic principles and fighting corruption in Africa. However, his adoption of Amnesty International approach of using "reasonable force" (to kill innocent civilians) to compel the locals to tow the line of this uncaring civilian politicians, whereas the oil companies continue to pollute the environment as long as the pipelines keep flowing crude oil to the west for their consumption, seems like double standards to me and anathema to democratic principles. This so-called criminal behavior of the freedom fighters is an indication of helpless reaction of the minority to the oppressive behavior of the majority and until this symptom is cured, there will always be violence in the region, which could eventually lead to civil war, once again. It might be best that the Nigerian nations go their separate ways, if another military coup does not occur, first, to keep these corrupt civilian politicians in check.