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Algerian refugees? Refugees are flowing INTO Tunisia and Algeria, from Libya, Chad, etc. Where'd you get the Algerian thing from?
According to French officials, many refugees are leaving Algeria fearing the possible imposition of martial law plus the possible ethnic crackdown on refugees from Chad and Libya. Apparently it would be the worst political disaster for the country since 1962. Considering that the country hasn't had presidential elections since 1976 and parliamentary elections since 1962, I can certainly understand the scare that many people are feeling....
 
Well, here we go.

Kennedy has openly condemned the governments of the nations involved, and has started sending humanitarian relief to African refugees. Unbelievably, a big stack of them have made it to Namibia now, as the Namibian Forces are starting to have problems with refugees. They have asked for the SADF to assist if they can. I never thought I'd ever see South Africa being ASKED to help another African nation.....:eek:
 
Well, here we go.

Kennedy has openly condemned the governments of the nations involved, and has started sending humanitarian relief to African refugees. Unbelievably, a big stack of them have made it to Namibia now, as the Namibian Forces are starting to have problems with refugees. They have asked for the SADF to assist if they can. I never thought I'd ever see South Africa being ASKED to help another African nation.....:eek:
With the condemnation of the Kennedy administration, the Soviets under Premier Yuri Andropov are threatening to launch a naval embrago around the Cape of Good Hope, targetting South Africa and the regime of P.M. Botha. Already P.M. Neil Kinnock and President Kennedy have stated their condemnation of the action. Dan Rather has said on CBS-TV that this could turn into a re-enactment of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962....
 
With the condemnation of the Kennedy administration, the Soviets under Premier Yuri Andropov are threatening to launch a naval embrago around the Cape of Good Hope, targetting South Africa and the regime of P.M. Botha. Already P.M. Neil Kinnock and President Kennedy have stated their condemnation of the action. Dan Rather has said on CBS-TV that this could turn into a re-enactment of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962....

Bump.

What was this all about? This is a possible alternate history...what if this had turned into a crisis? Could this have an effect on last year's election? It seems that Pat Robertson's "clash of cultures" would have had more of an effect if the turmoil in Africa had kept making the news, especially enough of one to cause a crisis, rather than the anticlimactic Nairobi Accords. Robertson certainly wouldn't have made it as close against Kennedy as Baker did...

(OOC: Its 1985 now.)
 
I've heard about the troubles in South Africa, it seems the apartheid regime is cracking. The Soviets are most likely 'supporting' this...
Then again the Soviets are blaming Americans for the arming of Eritrean separtist guerillas, famine in Ethiopia, and the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism in Somalia. If anything, the fact that no one seems to know where the Somali warlords and pirates got their Stinger missiles, starting in 1984 has made the reporters at 60 Minutes (CBS-TV) and 20/20 (ABC-TV) all the more curious. The Kennedy administration has denied the entire matter since day one, but Republicans are asking questions about "illegal funds"...
 
Then again the Soviets are blaming Americans for the arming of Eritrean separtist guerillas, famine in Ethiopia, and the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism in Somalia. If anything, the fact that no one seems to know where the Somali warlords and pirates got their Stinger missiles, starting in 1984 has made the reporters at 60 Minutes (CBS-TV) and 20/20 (ABC-TV) all the more curious. The Kennedy administration has denied the entire matter since day one, but Republicans are asking questions about "illegal funds"...
*shrug*
What I'm really afraid of is nuclear terrorism. If either the apartheid regime uses nukes if the riots gets out of hand, or if the rebels get the nukes and use them on Pretoria... :eek:
 
*shrug*
What I'm really afraid of is nuclear terrorism. If either the apartheid regime uses nukes if the riots gets out of hand, or if the rebels get the nukes and use them on Pretoria... :eek:
Unfortunately for the South African government under P.M. Botha, the idea of nuclear weapon being used on protestors would be considered an "internal affair" and although it would be considered extreme, considering the need for allies after the Nairobi Accords in 1983, the Kennedy administration would probably be forced to support Botha's decision.

That is why I definitely supporting "Live-Now for Africa" which is supporting the creation of a "Non-Nuclear African Zone" by the United Nations. Apparently David Bowie, Queen, Chicago, Huey Lewis and the News, Santana, Michael Jackson, and a recently reunited Beatles will be performing in London and New York City, to call for popular support of this idea...
 
*shrug*
What I'm really afraid of is nuclear terrorism. If either the apartheid regime uses nukes if the riots gets out of hand, or if the rebels get the nukes and use them on Pretoria... :eek:

I don't think the regime in Pretoria is that nuts. However, if the Samora Machel government in Mozambqiue takes its sabre rattling to another level, and actually invades South Africa, I could see a SA nuke being dropped on Maputo and Beira. That would destroy all sympathy for SA in the rest of the world though.

I don't know if you guys heard, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament now has a South African chapter. There were protests outside parliament last week, and members of the SA CND blockaded the main road into Pelindaba, SA's main nuclear research facility.
 
I don't think the regime in Pretoria is that nuts. However, if the Samora Machel government in Mozambqiue takes its sabre rattling to another level, and actually invades South Africa, I could see a SA nuke being dropped on Maputo and Beira. That would destroy all sympathy for SA in the rest of the world though.

I don't know if you guys heard, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament now has a South African chapter. There were protests outside parliament last week, and members of the SA CND blockaded the main road into Pelindaba, SA's main nuclear research facility.
Apparently the CND youth has a 10-year old spokesperson by the name of Charlize Thereon who will be appearing at the "Live-Now Africa" concert in London. The fact that the CND has 10-year old children on the frontlines of a protest either speaks to the universal appeal of the group, or shows the fanatical nature of the group. Personally, I am hoping for the former. Apparently they will be introduced by John Lennon and Paul McCartney....
 
Apparently the CND youth has a 10-year old spokesperson by the name of Charlize Thereon who will be appearing at the "Live-Now Africa" concert in London. The fact that the CND has 10-year old children on the frontlines of a protest either speaks to the universal appeal of the group, or shows the fanatical nature of the group. Personally, I am hoping for the former. Apparently they will be introduced by John Lennon and Paul McCartney....

Yeah, I know that girl's family, we live in the same town.
 
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