Following are excerpts
from an interview with former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, which aired
on Al-Jamahiriya TV on May 24, 2011:
Interviewer: The
African Americans suffered from racial discrimination. When the rebels
in East Libya caught some dark-skinned Libyans… In South Libya, there
are people of various colors, reaching pitch black. God created people
of different colors. The rebels treated them as mercenaries, tortured
them, cut them to pieces, and killed them in ways unacceptable in any
tradition or religion. Have you seen this and what is your comment?
[…]
Cynthia McKinney:
On a previous visit to Libya, I was able to learn about the Green Book,
and the form of direct democracy that is advocated in the Green Book.
When I went back to the United States, I spoke with Senator Mike Gravel,
who was a presidential candidate, just like me, in 2008, because he
too is pushing a form of direct democracy for the United States.
That is because the government
of the United States fails to represent the interests of the American
people now. The government is here, and the people of the US are here.
[…]
When we initially heard
the assertion, or the allegation, that the Libyan government had employed
black mercenaries, […] it sounded exactly like the kind of propaganda
that we blacks of the US are so well accustomed to.
[…]
Because the fact of the
matter is that Libya is in Africa, and therefore, it is not unusual
for there to be people who look like me.
[…]
And the way this was
received particularly by black people inside the US […] was almost
insulting of the highest order.
[…]
The situation in the
US is becoming more dire for average, ordinary Americans, and the last
thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction, and war.
[…]
