Hello Everyone -

Idi Amin did expel East Indians from Uganda (and ruin his country's economy in the process), but it's my understanding that this population stayed on in Kenya. Q, do you have a source for this?

I've been following the unrest in Kenya, and I've looked over the sources CarolC has linked, but I don't see how the 'western powers' are responsible for the current bloodshed. Could you provide evidence of a direct link? Something beyond assertion, and from someone else besides John Perkins, if possible.

Finally, I don't know how anyone can deny that conflicting ethnic identities play a role in this unfolding civil conflict.

Here are some recent articles I've looked at . . . .

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0103/p01s03-woaf.html

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0104/p01s03-woaf.html

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article3307591.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3124923.ece

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/24134.html