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Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared

Posted on | November 22, 2013 | 28 Comments

This situation made headlines last December. then disappeared from the front pages. Now it’s gone from bad to much, much worse:

France said on Thursday that Central African Republic was “on the verge of genocide” and it expected the United Nations to give Paris and the African Union permission to intervene.
Central African Republic, a landlocked nation of 4.6 million people, has descended into violence and chaos since Seleka rebels, many of them from neighbouring Chad and Sudan, ousted President Francois Bozize in March.
The U.S. State Department estimates that nearly 400,000 people have been displaced and 68,000 have fled to neighbouring countries since Seleka leader and interim president Michel Djotodia has lost control of his loose coalition of warlords.
The violence has increasingly pitted Seleka’s mainly Muslim fighters against Christian militias. Christians make up half the population and Muslims 15 percent, the CIA World Factbook says.
“The country is on the verge of genocide,” French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius told French television station France 2. “France, CAR’s neighbours and the international community are worried. The United Nations will give permission to African forces, the African Union and France to intervene.”
While U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday he may be prepared to deploy U.N. peacekeepers, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has made it plain Washington favours an African peacekeeping force.

What we seem to be looking at is a potential Somalia, the “failed state” nightmare scenario of savage anarchy. Worse than Detroit, even.

 


Category: Central African Republic

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28 Responses to “Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared”

  1. MrEvilMatt
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:05 pm

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  2. CHideout
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:05 pm

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  3. Resista38176897
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:05 pm

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  4. Lockestep1776
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:05 pm

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    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:05 pm

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    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:05 pm

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  7. CrosbyJeff
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:06 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: TOM Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared http://t.co/Lfi99YAAdd #TCOT

  8. jensan1332
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:08 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: TOM Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared http://t.co/Lfi99YAAdd #TCOT

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  10. Quartermaster
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:14 pm

    Worse than Detroit? How do you get worse than a political sewer?

  11. Josh_Painter
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:18 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: TOM Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared http://t.co/Lfi99YAAdd #TCOT

  12. robertstacymccain
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:20 pm

    That’s what I’m saying: In America, we look at Detroit and think, “That’s rock bottom.”

    Except, no it’s not. The worst of Detroit would be like heaven to people in a place like CAR.

    We don’t know how good we’ve got it. And we need to try to avoid losing what we’ve got, because what happens if we lose freedom here?

  13. rsmccain
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:31 pm

    RT @commonpatriot: via @rsmccain: Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared http://t.co/OCZz2eycmW #tcot

  14. catchr
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:44 pm

    RT @commonpatriot: via @rsmccain: Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared http://t.co/OCZz2eycmW #tcot

  15. Cube
    November 22nd, 2013 @ 11:50 pm

    Muslim warlords!? Wait, what? But those radical Lutherans, aren’t they the real threat?

    Talk about harshing the narrative.

  16. The Bearded Bastard of Babylon
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 12:11 am

    Africa…

    Such a magnificent place and the cradle of humanity! It’s a lost cause though, and that’s a shame…

  17. Shutterbugfun
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 12:18 am

    RT @commonpatriot: via @rsmccain: Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared http://t.co/OCZz2eycmW #tcot

  18. Professor_Why
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 12:23 am

    Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared http://t.co/o4IN6B1dAh

  19. M. Thompson
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 1:01 am

    Kim du Toit, if you remember the man and his blog, once said walling off Africa would be an improvement to the world. Sadly, it is far too cynical to be practical.

  20. surfcitysocal
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 2:03 am

    Report: Muslim Warlords Out of Control in African Country, ‘Genocide’ Feared http://t.co/06ignaFP1b

  21. Central African Republic on verge of genocide? | Batshit Crazy News
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 2:07 am

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  22. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 2:20 am

    When things go bad, they can really go bad.

  23. Jeanette Victoria
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 9:00 am

    I have an ideas let bring them here to settle in Minnesota Oh wait that isn’t working out so well http://www.examiner.com/article/bill-clinton-s-legacy-somali-crime-wave-here-at-home

  24. Dana
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 9:25 am

    Perhaps if the rebels killed a few people with poison gas instead of bullets and bombs . . . ?

    Let’s face facts: we don’t really care that a bunch of people are being killed, unless they are being killed the wrong way. Our Nobel Peace Prize winning President was extremely upset, and was going to Do Something, when the government forces used chemical weapons to kill 1,429 people, but, some 5,000 people were killed just in September, and Syria news makes page A-14 of The New York Times, if it gets mentioned at all.

  25. JAMed171
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 10:40 am

    Which side is set to be slaughtered? If it is the muslims, and they are invaders, then… I really can’t care. If it is the majority, and Christians, and in their own country, then I might have some interest in allowing outside intervention, but preferably local as is being suggested.

    U.N. forces shouldn’t be allowed to go in anywhere. They have at least as bad of a reputation as some rebel forces. Pilfering, murder, even rape and pedophilia… not a force to be trusted.

  26. Quartermaster
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 11:35 am

    Now that I’ve had my tongue removed from cheek….

    Detroit is about half a step above Port au Prince and the only thing keeping there is that it’s surrounded by a first world country. There is nothing that makes us exceptional when it comes to such things. When a country forgets God and turns to depravity, that country will sink, and the floor is a lot lower than many people think. It’s even lower that what you see in much of Africa.

  27. richard mcenroe
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 12:31 pm

    Syria embarrassed Our Glorious Leader, and thus shall Syria suffer in silence and obscurity.

  28. Good Stuff
    November 23rd, 2013 @ 9:01 pm

    what is needed is jobs and agricultural assistance

    The green line project should be extended using local labor, peace corps, and world wide funding

    cheaper than war