Subsequent to the debacle that took the lives of two soldiers of the Swazi struggle the newspapers were littered with information that could only have been acquired by torture or prior knowledge. The best source of information for the newspapers is the police force.
WHO, WHERE, WHAT
The information about what occurred on Saturday the 20th of September goes far beyond what could have been achieved by torture. Under torture a suspect would only reveal details pertaining to the particular target in question. This would involve naming accomplices and the sources of the explosives. However, the news indicates that police had information regarding other possible targets and why those were not hit. Could it be that Swaziland’s intelligence services know about the bombing before it occurred?
FEREINHEIT 9/20
In recreating the aftermath of the bomb blast, one is justified in believing that the police had prior information. How else could they have known that there was a fourth suspect? It is highly unlikely that the suspect in custody volunteered information and told about his fellow accomplice. Moreover, police have information on where the terror suspects were staying for the weekend and the fact that the suspect in custody was taken to hospital by a white Uno. All this information could not have been easily given away by the lone suspect currently in custody.
EXPLOSIVES
The explosives used were going to be detonated using a radio signal. They are obviously very powerful explosives and the two dead suspects had no wish to be anywhere near the site of the crime at the moment that the bomb went off. The story currently being sold to the media is that the two men died by accident. This would mean that two highly trained explosive experts somehow managed to blow themselves by mistake. It is hardly a believable story. In light of the fact that there is nothing credible currently being given to the public, a more credible story has to be made to fit eh evidence
CIA
Swaziland has seen many bomb blasts in the past few days. No matter how incompetent the local security agencies are, at some point in time they must have recognised that they would end up being the victims of terrorism themselves. As a result they enlisted the help of counter-terrorist units, probably funded and trained by the CIA, the world’s largest terrorist and anti-terrorist organisation. This is obviously done covertly. It is done covertly because the United States cannot be seen to be openly supporting a non-democratic country. However, in the event that the scheme is uncovered, the CIA can justify itself as ridding the world against terror.
IN THANKING THE SUPERPOWER
Mswati, at a U.N. general assembly in New York recently, did not leave without thanking the superpower for its support in ridding the country of terrorists. This appeared in the Swazi Observer on the 26th of September under the headline, "King’s stern warning to terrorists."
A WARNING TO REVOLUTIONARIES
All revolutionaries should know that their actions are being monitored by a highly trained counter-revolutionary force funded by the C.I.A. The two comrades did not die from an accident. The bomb that they tried to connect had already received a detonating signal. In killing these two comrades, the Swazi forces wanted to make an example of them and hope that others who wished to follow suit would be deterred.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Burn, Babylon, Burn
The days of lice head and chill of foot amongst children is over
And education and British youth now in college taking over, welcome
Neither this is the time when children and fathers listening most to grand massa [firebun]
Rasta a go tear down Babylon
Rasta a go tear down Babylon
Freedom fighters a go tear down Babylon
Revolutionaries a go tear down Babylon
R-A-S-T-A, Rasta, which means
Righteous African Stands Tall Alone, forever
And the king that sits not upon a golden throne
Is eating after the pig and sucking off his bone
Boy you no understand
Babylon A weep, Culture, Trust me, 1997. Ras Us
It is extremely disheartening that the social change envisaged by Swaziland’s pro-democracy groups has entered its violent stage. The acts of terror against the state have had minimal impact on their targets. However it is reasonable to believe that the state’s failure to apprehend credible suspects will only make the terrorist cells more daring, which should eventually heighten the people’s consciousness.
DECLARATION
At the moment only one political organization has come put to publicly declare that it will not desist from using violence in order to achieve its political goals. Regardless of this declaration, however, there is no indication that the local population is in a state of panic. One of the main reasons for this apathy is the fact that other declarations have been made before without any concrete action. As a result, people have begun to believe that these organizations “bark more than they bite.”
BY WAY OF UPRISING
The most effective means of turning social systems around is a popular mass uprising. The most significant popular uprising in recent times is that which occurred in Nepal in 2006. Although it had its own share of violence and deaths, it was certainly much more effective than the guerrilla attacks currently being waged by that country’s Moaists. Naturally, the more effective route is far much more difficult than the alternatives because it requires constant communication with the vast majority of the people who at times might be at such low levels of political consciousness that they could easily aid the security agents in their fight against the mobilization of the population. Therefore this is not an easy alternative in a country where all the state’s security agents are free to publicly mete out violence on political activists.
CATALYSIS
The great advantage of violence, especially in a tranquil atmosphere like Swaziland, is that it introduces a sense of urgency. If used in an appropriate manner, it can therefore serve as a catalyst to the broader mass movement.
And education and British youth now in college taking over, welcome
Neither this is the time when children and fathers listening most to grand massa [firebun]
Rasta a go tear down Babylon
Rasta a go tear down Babylon
Freedom fighters a go tear down Babylon
Revolutionaries a go tear down Babylon
R-A-S-T-A, Rasta, which means
Righteous African Stands Tall Alone, forever
And the king that sits not upon a golden throne
Is eating after the pig and sucking off his bone
Boy you no understand
Babylon A weep, Culture, Trust me, 1997. Ras Us
It is extremely disheartening that the social change envisaged by Swaziland’s pro-democracy groups has entered its violent stage. The acts of terror against the state have had minimal impact on their targets. However it is reasonable to believe that the state’s failure to apprehend credible suspects will only make the terrorist cells more daring, which should eventually heighten the people’s consciousness.
DECLARATION
At the moment only one political organization has come put to publicly declare that it will not desist from using violence in order to achieve its political goals. Regardless of this declaration, however, there is no indication that the local population is in a state of panic. One of the main reasons for this apathy is the fact that other declarations have been made before without any concrete action. As a result, people have begun to believe that these organizations “bark more than they bite.”
BY WAY OF UPRISING
The most effective means of turning social systems around is a popular mass uprising. The most significant popular uprising in recent times is that which occurred in Nepal in 2006. Although it had its own share of violence and deaths, it was certainly much more effective than the guerrilla attacks currently being waged by that country’s Moaists. Naturally, the more effective route is far much more difficult than the alternatives because it requires constant communication with the vast majority of the people who at times might be at such low levels of political consciousness that they could easily aid the security agents in their fight against the mobilization of the population. Therefore this is not an easy alternative in a country where all the state’s security agents are free to publicly mete out violence on political activists.
CATALYSIS
The great advantage of violence, especially in a tranquil atmosphere like Swaziland, is that it introduces a sense of urgency. If used in an appropriate manner, it can therefore serve as a catalyst to the broader mass movement.
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