Tanzanian Courage Put To The Test


	Tanzanian Courage Put To The Test

Carl Lavin

1-9-2008 2:05 PM

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Carl Lavin says:

The attack on an editor in Tanzania, Saed Kubenea, appears to be an attempt to stop his investigation of corruption.

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<P class="story-body">The attacks against Mr. Kubenea constitute another attempt by culprits to kill the messenger for the purpose of stopping the message from reaching the public. Kubenea is a victim of the corrupt and greedy elite</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://allafrica.com/stories/200801090567.html"><P class="story-body">Having succeeded to get political influence, these crooks are now targeting the whistle blowers to ensure that no dark side of their past acts is disclosed to the public.</P><P class="story-body">But it is written, "You can kill the messenger but you won't stop the message from reaching the people."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/90D8B4C7-E2D9-4643-9C29-15C75C8210F5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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