Medical crisis (esp. AIDS), food crisis - part of this G8 summit has been to aid Africa, and Blair was committed to taking a hardline on getting them the aid they need. With Blair out of the picture, and with certain government's fearing for their own economies after this morning's events, I suspect the decision reached will be very different than it would have been a week ago, or if the London explosions hadn't happened.
I was being a bit dramatic, but at the same time, if things progress or worsen in Africa, there's an absurd number of people dying every year already without the added help of genocides and civil wars. 2.3 million people died of AIDS in Africa in 2004.
If it's any consolation (I don't know that it will be), I heard a couple of African sources on NPR's "Open Source" last night saying that a lot of Africans really don't want foreign aid. I suppose they'd rather not feel beholden to outside sources, which I can hardly blame them for.
oh my god. my two friends from high school have been traveling around Europe for a while and they happen to be in London right now. They were going to go volunteer at a charity this morning, but they overslept for an hour. if they hadn't overslept, they would have been at the same station and probably the same train that got bombed.
I don't believe that these attacks were done by anyone other than a few angry anarchists that want to put themselves on the map - they weren't tied to any al queida or other group.
A real org. would have gone after something more than a subway or a double decker bus - sadly this sounds like the work of some bitter ex-or current college students with their parents money. No suicide bombers - just timers.
bunch of friggin jerks tho - thats for sure. they didn't give any warning, or proclaim victory for any cause.
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What do you mean?
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I was being a bit dramatic, but at the same time, if things progress or worsen in Africa, there's an absurd number of people dying every year already without the added help of genocides and civil wars. 2.3 million people died of AIDS in Africa in 2004.
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http://www.livejournal.com/users/liberpolly/463672.html#cutid1
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No good solutions to this one at all, really.
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*hug*
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A real org. would have gone after something more than a subway or a double decker bus - sadly this sounds like the work of some bitter ex-or current college students with their parents money. No suicide bombers - just timers.
bunch of friggin jerks tho - thats for sure. they didn't give any warning, or proclaim victory for any cause.
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