UNSCAM: More on the Canadian Connection, Sudan's Refugees & Slavery--For Oil-TotalFinaElf-PetroChina-& Other Slavery-Terrorism Supporters

'The Maustro' admits connection to `Koreagate Man' Judi McLeod, Editor, April 19, 2005

Kofi Annan’s special envoy to Korea Maurice Strong admits he knows "Koreagate Man" Tongsun Park and even that Park invested in an "energy company" with which he was associated in 1997--but flatly denies any involvement in the scandal-ridden UN oil-for-food program.

U.S. federal prosecutors are on the hunt for Park, who was charged on Thursday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office with allegedly accepting million of dollars from the Iraqi government while operating in the U.S. as an unregistered agent for Baghdad. [. . . . ]

Link for the rest and for the several related stories from Judi McLeod.




A Canadian Connection Through TotalFinaElf & Canada's Desmarais Family

Divesting from Terror -- Harvard students show the way. Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, April 19, 05

Harvard students, demanding that their university end its complicity in genocide and terrorism, won a big victory this month. On April 4, Harvard announced its divestment from roughly $4 million worth of stock in PetroChina, the company responsible for bankrolling much of the Arab-dominated Sudanese government's genocide against the black African population of Sudan's Darfur region. The decision, which follows nearly a year of patient student activism, offers an inspiring example of the role that universities can play in the fight against terrorism.

Oil is Sudan's only significant export besides refugees. Under U.S. sanctions, American businesses cannot operate in the country, which the State Department classifies as a sponsor of terrorism. Yet Chinese and European companies remain free to buy Sudan's bloody black gold. Of these, the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC), PetroChina's parent, is the most important player. Others operating in Sudan include Germany's Siemens AG, Russia's Tatneft, France's Alcatel SA, and Sweden's Lundin Petroleum. France's TotalFinaElf, which NRO readers may remember for its sweetheart deals with Saddam Hussein, also holds major concessions in Sudan. [There is much more on the Canada Free Press website about this.]

By owning shares in these corporations, U.S. investors indirectly subsidize a terrorist campaign that has already killed, enslaved, or displaced more than 2 million Darfurians. Without oil revenues, the Islamist regime in Khartoum would be unable to fund its atrocities. PetroChina alone has invested billions in the country, building a major refinery and pipeline. Money from these projects allows the Sudanese government to buy tanks, helicopters, and artillery — often from China — to use against its own people. [. . . . ]

Over 300 Sudanese Slaves Liberated

Christian Solidarity International has reported the release of 336 black Sudanese slaves from the Dinka tribe in southern Sudan. Upon being freed from their Arab masters, the former slaves were registered and given grain rations and survival kits including a cooking pot, mosquito net, plastic sheet, water container, sickle, and fishing hooks.

Many of the newly freed female slaves reported incidents of rape, genital mutilation, forcible conversion to Islam, and physical abuse. Click here to read the press release.

Human rights activists estimate that tens of thousands of black Sudanese are enslaved throughout Sudan. The approximate cost for a slave in Sudan is $35.

Students walk out on Sudan's Ambassador

Tennessee -- Over 300 students walked out during a speech given by the Sudanese ambassador to the U.S., Abdel Bagi Kabeir. After Mr. Kabeir addressed the students of Belmont University, he was angrily confronted about the ongoing atrocities in his country by Sudan native Amr Ali:

"I want you to look at me," [Ali] told the ambassador. "This is the future. The people that you have oppressed, the people that your government has kicked out of the country will go back. We will make the country greater than it has ever been since you have raped it since 1989." [. . . . ]