- EU APPROVES DUMPING OF NUCLEAR WASTE IN AFRICA -

While writing the "west hugging" piece, I bumped into an article on Somali Piracy and figured, hey maybe anti-piracy is another positive aspect of the west. So I did a lot more research on the Piracy problem than usual... little did I know that I was in for a huge shock!!

Switzerland and Italy have been dumping TONNES OF DANGEROUS TOXIC WASTE (including ATOMIC WASTE) in East African waters for MORE THAN 20 YEARS! All this has been going on with the full knowledge and tacit approval of the western Governments.

Like many people, I always dismissed the Somali Pirates allegations of dumping and illegal trawling as mere gibberish to rationalize criminal activities... surely there would be a massive international outrage if it were real - right? WRONG!

The western Governments responsible for these crimes have been trying to distance themselves from the actions of the corporate entities involved - but the fact remains that TONNES OF NUCLEAR WASTE don't just move around without Governments being aware.

Somali people are getting symptoms that are consistent with radiation sickness. According to the UN, the entire Eastern African region is at risk. Kenyan Coastal people, for example, are particularly at risk due to their proximity to dump sites. It wont be long before we start hearing of birth deformities and unexplained increase in cancer etc.

Just thinking about it is sickening. What kind of human being would do such a thing to innocent people? Taking advantage of a crisis to commit the worst evils imaginable. What other evils have been meted on Africans without their knowledge?

1. Isn't this wilful illegal dumping of dangerous toxic material equivalent to crimes against humanity? One day the containers will leak (seems like some have started already) and there will be a catastrophe in East Africa.

2. What if terrorists get hold of the nuclear waste in Somalia for dirty bombs? Switzerland and Italy should be branded as state sponsors of terror and global Sanctions imposed against them.

3. What about the risks to ecosystems and people who depend on marine life?

4. What about the KENYAN COASTAL PEOPLE?

5. Somalis may be in the middle of civil war but they are still HUMAN BEINGS!!!!

6. Where is the noise making organ of the west? These dangerous inhumane activities have been highlighted by humanitarian agencies since the 1990s! Have you noticed that the west is always quiet whenever the issue of Peace/Stability in Somalia comes up? They say that Somalia is used to train terrorists - yet they do nothing about it... Like there is some big secret in Somalia that is a lot more risky to the west than terrorism? I was always puzzled by the paradox of it all...

Somali Pirates, it seems,are in fact innocent victims of organized criminal gangs that enjoy tacit EU support. The Pirates are the "good guys" - protecting East African coast from illegal and inhumane foreign criminal activities.

APPEAL TO EU, specifically Italy and Switzerland:
Please, if you abhore this evil committed by your citizens, please take action to arrest and jail those responsible, then clean up the toxic waste, apologise to the world and compensate the Somali and Kenyan coastal people. It's the least you can do to make genuine amends.

African Union must assert itself in the global arena by taking measures against these evil countries. At the very least there should be demands for cleanup and restitutions. Alternatively the costs for fixing the mess ourselves can be deducted from any debts owed to the guilty countries (or owed to the EU).

The African Union must shed its naivety and come to terms with the reality that some evil western governments see Africans as sub-humans. Such evil governments will not hesitate to commit mass murders or atrocitries against Africans - especially if they can do it in secret using biological (HIV / Ebola for example?) and chemical agents.

Believe me, if the dumping was done to a western country, like the USA, it would be seen as an act of terror or act of war and there would definitely be consequences.

GOD BLESS AFRICA!

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