Anonymous Comrade submits:

"Racism, Exploitation and Neglect:

Bush and Africa"

Martha Honey, Counterpunch

It was a powerfully symbolic gift, coming as it did from one of the world's
poorer countries to the world's richest. In June 2002, a Maasai village in
Kenya presented its most precious resource, fifteen head of cattle, to the
United States as an expression of solidarity for the tragedy of September
11. "To the people of America, we give these cows to help you," read
banners at the ceremonial handover of the cattle from Maasai elders to the
U.S. ambassador. The gift was all the more poignant since the U.S.
government still has not compensated the families of the Kenyan victims of
terrorism who died in al-Qaeda's 1998 bombing of the U.S. embassy in
Nairobi.This was the latest of a long string of gestures of sympathy from different
parts of Africa. Immediately after September 11, the Organization of
African Union (OAU, since renamed African Union) expressed its "full
solidarity" and "deepest condolence," and African leaders, even those
usually at odds with the United States, offered their support. Libya's
Muammar Qaddafi sent condolences for the "horrific" attacks and offered to
donate his blood to the U.S. victims. Sudan, which once housed Osama bin
Laden, offered cooperation in tracking al-Qaeda terrorists. Ethiopia,
Djibouti, Nigeria, and Kenya, among others, shut down or froze suspected
terrorist financial networks operating in their countries, while once-
leftist Eritrea offered the United States use of its territory and port as
a military base to fight terrorism. Nigeria, home of Africa's largest
Muslim population, drafted antiterrorist legislation, while South Africa
offered its support for U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to fight terrorism. And
during an African summit in Dakar in October 2001, Senegalese president
Abdoulaye Wade proposed an African Pact Against Terrorism and created a
regional counterterrorism intelligence center, with U.S. assistance.

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