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obyrne2 on "Globalisation: the ties that bind"

obyrne2 — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:41:49 +0100

I think it would be a good idea if they stayed at home. We come with bombs guns and Bibles. Not a very good combination really. Why can't we leave these people alone, to run their affairs. They the USA didn't want them to give them Osama bin Laden, they didn't have any evidence to use against him. Sudan offered him to them also, they said no. The CIA has admitted as much. There has been no court case in his absence either. So they will have to kill him, as they do not have the evidence to try him. Johanna Moren

mrcuteblackie on "Globalisation: the ties that bind"

mrcuteblackie — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 07:49:09 +0100

Why all the killings and capture in the midst of God's work? Is it not high time we saw that there is something wring in the God we created, and how to attain peace? Kill all religion, and teach people the enjoyment of true peace of mind. God himself in the bible encourages tribalism ( Isreal my people, as against others), killings, and slavery. We must invent a new and better God.

Globalisation: the ties that bind, Nayan Chanda

Nayan Chanda — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:13:12 +0100

War-torn Afghanistan is a world away from South Korea in distance, culture and condition. Yet for almost three weeks millions of Koreans have been glued to their television and computer screens hoping for some good news from Afghanistan, where twenty-three of their compatriots (Christian missionaries and volunteers) were seized by Taliban rebels while travelling from Kabul to Kandahar on 19 July 2007. Two have since been killed by their captors, and thousands of Koreans have held candlelit vigils and other events to publicise the survivors' agony and press for their release. For many more Koreans, a faraway land that was once on the periphery of their consciousness has brutally taken centre-stage. In 2004, a similar drama involving Korean missionaries (one of whom was decapitated by insurgents) had brought Iraq too into the consciousness of ordinary Koreans.

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