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Mervin Stoddart
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Some people saw the capture by the police of alleged Tivoli Gardens don, Christopher "Dudus" Coke, in the car driven by the Rev Al Miller as a kind of Anancy story.
One story assumed that the reverend was in cahoots with Dudus and both of them were conned by the government, the security forces, and the other authorities (foreign and domestic) into leading Coke as a sheep to the slaughter while trapping Miller in his supposed protection of a don.
Another story suggested that Miller was nobly serving his country as a trusted liaison between Coke and the Jamaican authorities, trying to get Coke to surrender peacefully and safely, but was set up by informants who tipped off the police before Miller could complete his noble feat.
Yet another theory is that Rev Al was rewarded by foreign interests for his efforts to turn in Mr Coke. And thus the allegations of Anancyism go on.
However, this writer sees no reason to doubt the explanation given by Rev Miller that, based on his previous government-authorised liaisons with Coke, he persevered in convincing the hunted Tivolite to accompany him to the United States embassy to surrender, but was held in a police roadblock en route.
If Miller's explanation is authentic, there are numerous implications. Mr Coke must have felt safer in the hands of the US authorities rather than surrendering to the Jamaican security forces. That would not be surprising, given the well-documented demise of Coke's father while in a Jamaican lock-up awaiting extradition to the US.
Nevertheless, Mr Coke (who is presumed innocent unless proved otherwise) and all other Jamaicans who might foolishly get involved in the massive drug-running scam being forced on predominantly black people worldwide must bear in mind that those who run the drug scam are the real culprits behind its culture of mayhem and destruction and are deadlier than even the various politicians, businessmen and security forces who sometimes do their dirty work. I believe that all the hoopla made over the capture of Coke was due to his importance to the US authorities who seemingly created Coke as they have created so many drug lords in practically every country on earth.
Maybe for the US, the death of Coke would not have allowed US authorities to use Coke's words to bring down Jamaican politicians as the US plays its well-known drug game. Careful analysis of the international drug trade and the US war on drugs suggests that incidents like the Dudus saga, the Charles "Little Nut" Miller case, and all the cases in Colombia, Afghanistan, black US neighbourhoods and elsewhere are orchestrated by US authorities to promote their interests. Again, I refer readers to revelations by the late Philip Agee, former CIA operative in Jamaica, to Born Fi Dead by Laurie Gunst and to the 1996 exposé called "Dark Alliances" by the late Gary Webb in the San Jose Mercury News.
Previous statements from Rev Al Miller published in this newspaper suggested that Miller was somewhat close to negotiating a surrender by Coke before the security forces stormed Tivoli, resulting in the senseless demise of scores of innocent Jamaicans.
Is it possible that political and security personnel, who decided to storm Tivoli before Miller got Dudus to surrender, preferred to capture Dudus dead rather than alive so as not to have him disclose their dirty little secrets? Perhaps Miller, the man of God, valiantly did what he could to prevent more innocent Jamaicans dying in this Dudus saga, including Coke himself. If so, Rev Miller must be commended and if there was any underhand deal by the reverend then the Jamaican authorities who demanded Miller's surrender as a person of interest in the Dudus case will get to the bottom of it. This writer believes there are numerous flaws in the Jamaican justice system and so the truth about Miller and Coke might never come to light.
At the same time I have zero confidence in the US justice system which seems more racist than the former South African apartheid system. The only way for Jamaicans to avoid demise in this international drug scam is to stay away from drugs and guns, no matter how much money is promised to them by the demonic runners.
In the final analysis, Rev Al Miller might have done all Jamaicans a huge favour by ending one aspect of the Dudus saga. Miller's actions might be comparable to those of Prime Minister Bruce Golding who did three things for which he was practically kicked out of office, but which I think should be analysed for their semblances of bravery. Golding's delay of the extradition of Coke might have prevented deadly uprisings in Tivoli, all the Jamaican garrisons and all over the island. Golding's attempt to have Manatt, Phelps and Phillips negotiate away the Dudus extradition might have also saved lives, including his own.
By giving the US what they wanted, that is, an agreement to extradite Coke and a massive operation to capture him, despite the expected and realised tragedies, Golding did what Michael Manley had to do when he halted his democratic socialism programme to make Jamaica great. Both Manley and Golding saved Jamaican lives by yielding to US bullying.
Without foreign interferences, socio-politically and economically, Jamaica can become a first-class nation. The country is being held back by economic exploitation, poverty, drug war, terror war and murders, instigated by other powers. Could Rev Al Miller and PM Golding join forces to help liberate Jamaica from garrisons, guns, capitalism and all the other demonic forces that now hamper this beloved pearl of the Caribbean? Will the Jamaican government and people do what they can to ensure justice for Dudus, for Buju Banton, for Keith Clarke's family and for the victims of the Tivoli raid? Perhaps in getting Dudus to surrender, the Rev Al Miller has shown Jamaicans what real godliness is all about. Faith without works is always dead.
INMerv@hotmail.com
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...nd-all_7737920
Mervin Stoddart
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Some people saw the capture by the police of alleged Tivoli Gardens don, Christopher "Dudus" Coke, in the car driven by the Rev Al Miller as a kind of Anancy story.
One story assumed that the reverend was in cahoots with Dudus and both of them were conned by the government, the security forces, and the other authorities (foreign and domestic) into leading Coke as a sheep to the slaughter while trapping Miller in his supposed protection of a don.
Another story suggested that Miller was nobly serving his country as a trusted liaison between Coke and the Jamaican authorities, trying to get Coke to surrender peacefully and safely, but was set up by informants who tipped off the police before Miller could complete his noble feat.
Yet another theory is that Rev Al was rewarded by foreign interests for his efforts to turn in Mr Coke. And thus the allegations of Anancyism go on.
However, this writer sees no reason to doubt the explanation given by Rev Miller that, based on his previous government-authorised liaisons with Coke, he persevered in convincing the hunted Tivolite to accompany him to the United States embassy to surrender, but was held in a police roadblock en route.
If Miller's explanation is authentic, there are numerous implications. Mr Coke must have felt safer in the hands of the US authorities rather than surrendering to the Jamaican security forces. That would not be surprising, given the well-documented demise of Coke's father while in a Jamaican lock-up awaiting extradition to the US.
Nevertheless, Mr Coke (who is presumed innocent unless proved otherwise) and all other Jamaicans who might foolishly get involved in the massive drug-running scam being forced on predominantly black people worldwide must bear in mind that those who run the drug scam are the real culprits behind its culture of mayhem and destruction and are deadlier than even the various politicians, businessmen and security forces who sometimes do their dirty work. I believe that all the hoopla made over the capture of Coke was due to his importance to the US authorities who seemingly created Coke as they have created so many drug lords in practically every country on earth.
Maybe for the US, the death of Coke would not have allowed US authorities to use Coke's words to bring down Jamaican politicians as the US plays its well-known drug game. Careful analysis of the international drug trade and the US war on drugs suggests that incidents like the Dudus saga, the Charles "Little Nut" Miller case, and all the cases in Colombia, Afghanistan, black US neighbourhoods and elsewhere are orchestrated by US authorities to promote their interests. Again, I refer readers to revelations by the late Philip Agee, former CIA operative in Jamaica, to Born Fi Dead by Laurie Gunst and to the 1996 exposé called "Dark Alliances" by the late Gary Webb in the San Jose Mercury News.
Previous statements from Rev Al Miller published in this newspaper suggested that Miller was somewhat close to negotiating a surrender by Coke before the security forces stormed Tivoli, resulting in the senseless demise of scores of innocent Jamaicans.
Is it possible that political and security personnel, who decided to storm Tivoli before Miller got Dudus to surrender, preferred to capture Dudus dead rather than alive so as not to have him disclose their dirty little secrets? Perhaps Miller, the man of God, valiantly did what he could to prevent more innocent Jamaicans dying in this Dudus saga, including Coke himself. If so, Rev Miller must be commended and if there was any underhand deal by the reverend then the Jamaican authorities who demanded Miller's surrender as a person of interest in the Dudus case will get to the bottom of it. This writer believes there are numerous flaws in the Jamaican justice system and so the truth about Miller and Coke might never come to light.
At the same time I have zero confidence in the US justice system which seems more racist than the former South African apartheid system. The only way for Jamaicans to avoid demise in this international drug scam is to stay away from drugs and guns, no matter how much money is promised to them by the demonic runners.
In the final analysis, Rev Al Miller might have done all Jamaicans a huge favour by ending one aspect of the Dudus saga. Miller's actions might be comparable to those of Prime Minister Bruce Golding who did three things for which he was practically kicked out of office, but which I think should be analysed for their semblances of bravery. Golding's delay of the extradition of Coke might have prevented deadly uprisings in Tivoli, all the Jamaican garrisons and all over the island. Golding's attempt to have Manatt, Phelps and Phillips negotiate away the Dudus extradition might have also saved lives, including his own.
By giving the US what they wanted, that is, an agreement to extradite Coke and a massive operation to capture him, despite the expected and realised tragedies, Golding did what Michael Manley had to do when he halted his democratic socialism programme to make Jamaica great. Both Manley and Golding saved Jamaican lives by yielding to US bullying.
Without foreign interferences, socio-politically and economically, Jamaica can become a first-class nation. The country is being held back by economic exploitation, poverty, drug war, terror war and murders, instigated by other powers. Could Rev Al Miller and PM Golding join forces to help liberate Jamaica from garrisons, guns, capitalism and all the other demonic forces that now hamper this beloved pearl of the Caribbean? Will the Jamaican government and people do what they can to ensure justice for Dudus, for Buju Banton, for Keith Clarke's family and for the victims of the Tivoli raid? Perhaps in getting Dudus to surrender, the Rev Al Miller has shown Jamaicans what real godliness is all about. Faith without works is always dead.
INMerv@hotmail.com
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/colum...nd-all_7737920
Friday, June 25, 2010
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