"Mi a bumberclarrt badman! " Dudus

[Frank.]

Yes its Bane.

[bay_u]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/latin_america/10159722.stm

madness.

[Guest El Padrino]

Merged. Keep it movin

[bay_u]

my bad yo didnt see the topic...

[Guest Triple XXX]

wen u see the army gettin shot at on BBC news u know its f*cked

[Dejan Savicevic]

Piss off out of Jamaica acting like its Bin Laden yuh a look for. Its a friggin crack dealer that the government have probally sent to cuba so he don't expose them.

f*ck America.

[Guest Esquilax]

Lmao at "Captain Jamaica"

[Mr. Gayle]

Kingston Airport locked off, bare isas to US being denied, not a gd look at the mo.

Remember this is not the whole of JA in a "state of emergency" not even the whole of Tivoli and not all residents in Tivoli are into this nor condoing Dudus.

Its just messed up how TG is, no one can go in or out at the mo, so a lot of mothers and children up in thr crossfire

Getting a bit outta control now too, KFC and a school the last buildings to be burnt down.

[Reivax ™]

madness

[Trilliam]

Kingston Airport locked off, bare isas to US being denied, not a gd look at the mo.

Remember this is not the whole of JA in a "state of emergency" not even the whole of Tivoli and not all residents in Tivoli are into this nor condoing Dudus.

Its just messed up how TG is, no one can go in or out at the mo, so a lot of mothers and children up in thr crossfire

Getting a bit outta control now too, KFC and a school the last buildings to be burnt down.

Please say this is the Kingston Foundation for Children.

[Axiom]

^lmfao

[Gunner]

Violence has spread to Spanish Town and Montego Bay

[Mr Q]

Good piece from the Guardian

The tragedy unfolding in Jamaica is symptomatic of a wider crisis of organised crime, armed violence and political corruption caused by a failed "war on drugs". The tangled political and economic roots of the problem run very deep.

Caribbean nations were born from the violence of chattel slavery and rebellion, colonial domination and the struggle for liberation and self-determination. The postcolonial flight of capital and structural readjustment have been compounded by the end of transatlantic trade agreements that have led to the collapse of the region's agricultural economic base. High levels of unemployment and extreme marginality have been the result for many communities.

By accident of geography, the Caribbean islands sit uncomfortably between the Andean coca producers and the cocaine consumers of North America and Europe. Although the Caribbean routes account for only a small proportion of the cocaine traffic (estimated by the UN to be worth as much as $125bn), the islands' physical location, unprotectable coastlines and transport links to the metropolitan centres of North America and Europe make them an ideal jumping-off point for the traffickers.

The "war on drugs" was supposed to destroy coca production, stifle trafficking and eliminate cocaine use in the US and beyond. It has achieved none of these things. Instead, supply and demand are resilient, and so the "harsh medicine" of drug prohibition has created a lucrative clandestine market with entirely predictable iatrogenic side-effects of political corruption and armed violence. The collateral damage is all too evident across the region – most obviously in Jamaica, but also in Trinidad, Guyana and many other places on the Caribbean rim that have seen gunshot murders escalate to levels equivalent to a bloody civil war.

Jamaica's problems are particularly acute. Political violence can be traced back to the 1940s at least, and escalated at key moments throughout the 20th century, most notably during the 1980 election when guns were funnelled into the island from the US – allegedly by the CIA – to arm the leaders of the "garrison communities".

In the poorest Kingston constituencies, the two main political parties – the Jamaica Labour party and the People's National Party – continue to vie for power, with more than 90% of voters turning out for one or other of the parties. Local politicians and the "dons" exert control but also inspire loyalty among their constituents. In the past, the dons worked as enforcers for the politicians, but they have now accumulated an independent economic power base from drug- and gun-running, protection rackets and corrupt government contracts.

The attempt to extradite Christopher "Dudus" Coke to the US to face trafficking charges has turned from farce to tragedy. At first, the government, led by JLP Prime Minister Bruce Golding, prevaricated, no doubt mindful of Coke's connections to the party and his ability to deliver votes, but also the power of a man whom many people think of as a godfather who can deliver security and other goods. Bowing to both domestic and external political pressure, the government's attempt to execute the arrest warrant has so far left at least 44 people dead – without delivering Coke.

Sadly, loss of life at the hands of the authorities is far from rare. Last year, the Jamaican police killed more than 250 people – deaths denounced by human rights groups as extrajudicial executions.

In the short term, there is an obvious need for the authorities to work to restore peace to the affected neighbourhoods. This is going to require fortitude, but also restraint. Preservation of life and the minimal use of force in pursuit of peace and safety should be the guiding ethos, even while the situation remains volatile. Too many lives have been lost already and the danger of escalation is clear and present.

The challenge for the Jamaican people, after that, is to understand the roots of political corruption and armed violence and seek ways to disentangle organised crime from politics, business, the state and civil society more generally. Removing guns and corruption from the body politic is not going to be easy and cannot be achieved by military firepower: war on the streets of Kingston is the problem, not the solution. It will require a peace process akin to the Northern Ireland experience, perhaps with truth and reconciliation, and certainly with some means to decommission weapons and demobilise the young men in corner crews who define themselves as "soldiers" fighting on the front line of garrison communities.

There is a wider challenge facing the region and the international community. The "war on drugs" has not only failed, but positively promotes corruption and armed violence – not only in the Caribbean, but also across Central and South America, West Africa and in the inner cities of Europe and North America.

Could the tragic loss of life in Jamaica bring the world to its senses? People are sick of warfare. We should instead direct resources to building a lasting peace.

[JLovely]

Good read.

I do wonder how this is gonna end.

[Numero001]

Q, I take it you've read/heard a bit more about the situation. Do you still standby with this?

After God, then Dudus," read one placard. "Jesus died for us so we will die for Dudus,---- Placards

Had to

SMH @ the idiots who are saying Free him, yet he is causing madness on your streets putting your families lives in danger and sh*t.

"The resistance is partly a measure of Coke’s paramilitary strength but it also speaks volumes about the ­genuine loyalty he commands in an area where he is seen as a Robin Hood-style champion of his ­community. Perhaps more accurately, he has been called Jamaica’s answer to Pablo Escobar, the late Colombian drug trafficker whose lavish spending in his community gave him control and respect.

In Coke’s case, his writ runs so strong in his neighbourhood that ­children must be off street corners by 8pm, all men must work and petty thieving is outlawed. “You could describe it as a welfare system: they provide resources and operate what you could call a second-tier justice system,” says Desmond Richards, editor of Jamaica’s Sunday Herald newspaper. “There is no stealing, no rape.”

People who need clothes go to Coke. He helps poor children go to school, provides aid for the elderly and gives start-up grants for cart and ­stallholders. The hundreds of ­residents shouting at police to leave their man alone or brandishing ­placards reading, “Jesus died for us so we will die for Dudus” were apparently doing so entirely voluntarily.

Running two successful companies, Incomparable Enterprise and Presidential Click, he presents ­himself as a legitimate ­businessman. “Christopher Coke is someone who is fair, eschews the use of violence and whose main enterprise is ­economic development in the inner city and the development of youth through economic activities,” says his former lawyer Tom Tavares-­Finson, a JLP senator."

Read the rest here: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/177386/Crack-king-Dudus-is-our-Robin-Hood

[Guest El Padrino]

At what real price does he provide this so called welfare system?

[Mr Q]

Q, I take it you've read/heard a bit more about the situation. Do you still standby with this?

After God, then Dudus," read one placard. "Jesus died for us so we will die for Dudus,---- Placards

Had to

SMH @ the idiots who are saying Free him, yet he is causing madness on your streets putting your families lives in danger and sh*t.

"The resistance is partly a measure of Coke’s paramilitary strength but it also speaks volumes about the ­genuine loyalty he commands in an area where he is seen as a Robin Hood-style champion of his ­community. Perhaps more accurately, he has been called Jamaica’s answer to Pablo Escobar, the late Colombian drug trafficker whose lavish spending in his community gave him control and respect.

In Coke’s case, his writ runs so strong in his neighbourhood that ­children must be off street corners by 8pm, all men must work and petty thieving is outlawed. “You could describe it as a welfare system: they provide resources and operate what you could call a second-tier justice system,” says Desmond Richards, editor of Jamaica’s Sunday Herald newspaper. “There is no stealing, no rape.”

People who need clothes go to Coke. He helps poor children go to school, provides aid for the elderly and gives start-up grants for cart and ­stallholders. The hundreds of ­residents shouting at police to leave their man alone or brandishing ­placards reading, “Jesus died for us so we will die for Dudus” were apparently doing so entirely voluntarily.

Running two successful companies, Incomparable Enterprise and Presidential Click, he presents ­himself as a legitimate ­businessman. “Christopher Coke is someone who is fair, eschews the use of violence and whose main enterprise is ­economic development in the inner city and the development of youth through economic activities,” says his former lawyer Tom Tavares-­Finson, a JLP senator."

Read the rest here: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/177386/Crack-king-Dudus-is-our-Robin-Hood

To an extent yes I do still stand by it, 44 people have been killed due to the violence which is fundamentally because of him. (I should of pointed out that primarily the people I saw saying free him were people from England, clearly more concerned about his image as a gangster than any of the Robin Hood antics which you have shown me and I have read about.

I applaud him for the good things that he has done, but

At what real price does he provide this so called welfare system?

Evidently the problem is bigger than him, as corrupt politicians constantly get away with robbing the poor, but if he has trafficked drugs/guns to America, and still supplies guns and drugs to ANYONE in Jamaica, I am not really sure why he shouldn't face trial.

[VENOM]

just drop a nuke and sink the island tbh

[Natty]

just drop a nuke and sink the island tbh

why because a lot of their artists preach anti homophobic lyrics about your people?

[Numero001]

Q, I take it you've read/heard a bit more about the situation. Do you still standby with this?

After God, then Dudus," read one placard. "Jesus died for us so we will die for Dudus,---- Placards

Had to

SMH @ the idiots who are saying Free him, yet he is causing madness on your streets putting your families lives in danger and sh*t.

"The resistance is partly a measure of Coke’s paramilitary strength but it also speaks volumes about the ­genuine loyalty he commands in an area where he is seen as a Robin Hood-style champion of his ­community. Perhaps more accurately, he has been called Jamaica’s answer to Pablo Escobar, the late Colombian drug trafficker whose lavish spending in his community gave him control and respect.

In Coke’s case, his writ runs so strong in his neighbourhood that ­children must be off street corners by 8pm, all men must work and petty thieving is outlawed. “You could describe it as a welfare system: they provide resources and operate what you could call a second-tier justice system,” says Desmond Richards, editor of Jamaica’s Sunday Herald newspaper. “There is no stealing, no rape.”

People who need clothes go to Coke. He helps poor children go to school, provides aid for the elderly and gives start-up grants for cart and ­stallholders. The hundreds of ­residents shouting at police to leave their man alone or brandishing ­placards reading, “Jesus died for us so we will die for Dudus” were apparently doing so entirely voluntarily.

Running two successful companies, Incomparable Enterprise and Presidential Click, he presents ­himself as a legitimate ­businessman. “Christopher Coke is someone who is fair, eschews the use of violence and whose main enterprise is ­economic development in the inner city and the development of youth through economic activities,” says his former lawyer Tom Tavares-­Finson, a JLP senator."

Read the rest here: http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/177386/Crack-king-Dudus-is-our-Robin-Hood

To an extent yes I do still stand by it, 44 people have been killed due to the violence which is fundamentally because of him. (I should of pointed out that primarily the people I saw saying free him were people from England, clearly more concerned about his image as a gangster than any of the Robin Hood antics which you have shown me and I have read about.

I applaud him for the good things that he has done, but

At what real price does he provide this so called welfare system?

Evidently the problem is bigger than him, as corrupt politicians constantly get away with robbing the poor, but if he has trafficked drugs/guns to America, and still supplies guns and drugs to ANYONE in Jamaica, I am not really sure why he shouldn't face trial.

Ok then, I agree with that still

Couldnt tell you at what price. I dont condone the negatives he's alleged to do. I was merely stating why the people love him and fight for him. I dont believe the claims they throw at him about 40% of drugs are through him, the guns is another thing to be honest. IMO A lot of the charges are from his father who died in a fire whilst awaiting extradition to US.

I believe a lot of people empathise with him because he has, in a sense, been made a scapegoat. Not to say he's totally innocent, but Edward Seaga is the evil man. CIA funded him (because USA didnt like Michael Manley, the PM at the time, relations with Castro and Cuba), who in turn funded Vivian Blake and Lester Coke, Dudus' dad (Jamaicans on here will know him as the infamous Jim Brown). Neither guns or cocaine are made/grown in Jamaica, where did it come from? Allegedly CIA gave them the links. Dudus was born into this, therefore inherited the life. As you can see, he has legit businesses, so could be trying to come out of it, kind of like what the Mafia did in a lot of cases, but he's only 2nd gen

Once again, America set up other people in situations to the benefit of themselves, then appear like saviours. How many times has this happened in recent history? Noriega? Saddam had connects with them didnt he? Wasnt Pol Pot involved in them at one point? Dudus wasnt a dictator or run things by title, but he evidentley holds power.

And whoever wants to complain about essay's give it a rest. I'm talking to Q, and anyone else who has an interest in the subject.

This is accurate based on what I've heard from different people and sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Seaga

[VENOM]

just drop a nuke and sink the island tbh

why because a lot of their artists preach anti homophobic lyrics about your people?

the gayest black people you can find are usually jamaicans so dunno wht ur talking about tbh.

some uncle ruckus type flex of hating what they are.

[Mr Q]

Ok then, I agree with that still

Couldnt tell you at what price. I dont condone the negatives he's alleged to do. I was merely stating why the people love him and fight for him. I dont believe the claims they throw at him about 40% of drugs are through him, the guns is another thing to be honest. IMO A lot of the charges are from his father who died in a fire whilst awaiting extradition to US.

I believe a lot of people empathise with him because he has, in a sense, been made a scapegoat. Not to say he's totally innocent, but Edward Seaga is the evil man. CIA funded him (because USA didnt like Michael Manley, the PM at the time, relations with Castro and Cuba), who in turn funded Vivian Blake and Lester Coke, Dudus' dad (Jamaicans on here will know him as the infamous Jim Brown). Neither guns or cocaine are made/grown in Jamaica, where did it come from? Allegedly CIA gave them the links. Dudus was born into this, therefore inherited the life. As you can see, he has legit businesses, so could be trying to come out of it, kind of like what the Mafia did in a lot of cases, but he's only 2nd gen

Once again, America set up other people in situations to the benefit of themselves, then appear like saviours. How many times has this happened in recent history? Noriega? Saddam had connects with them didnt he? Wasnt Pol Pot involved in them at one point? Dudus wasnt a dictator or run things by title, but he evidentley holds power.

And whoever wants to complain about essay's give it a rest. I'm talking to Q, and anyone else who has an interest in the subject.

This is accurate based on what I've heard from different people and sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Seaga

Yup, it does appear to be another case of something America did in the Cold War coming back to bite them in their arse. They have shat every where in the world, and never thought about the consequences.

I am just hoping that it all comes to an end soon without any more loss of life.

Like someone else said previously, hopefully he takes down as many corrupt politicians.

[Lazy]

if dudus coke goes jamaica will be seriously f*cked up, will be more lawless then it is at the moment with a lot of war from people trying to claim the number 1 title alongside with rape robberies ect.

[Gunner]

Taken from someone's facebook notes.

What do you lot think?

Mr Q, 007

OK So I have decided to write a piece about the events unfolding in Jamaica. But as in all things I like to put things in context before I begin.

• On March 11th 2010 up to 60,000 Greeks rioted in Athens

• On May 6th 100,000 Greeks demonstrated in Athens and this time 3 people died

• In both incidents Millions of pounds of damage was done.

Why were the Greeks rioting? Because there country was on the brink of financial ruin and their government was about to embark upon a debt rescheduling program with the Bankers of the Capitalist world namely the IMF.

Over the last four days we have seen rioting in Jamaica. You may think this is due to a man called Christopher “Dudus” Coke, well believe me he is but a small player in this affair. Suffice to say Jamaica has lived with the IMF, the World Bank and The International Development Bank for at least 25 years and after you read this piece I expect you will understand why I can comfortably say Jamaicans are calmer than your average Greek.

Never bite the hand that feeds you. Remember this proverb as it will turn up a few times in this piece.

Let’s start with Dudus, not because he is the most important, but just to get him out of the way ASAP. I don’t personally know if he is guilty of the crimes he is accused of by the USA, but if I was asked to guess, I would side with the US. Here is what I do know. Dudus has served as government to the people of Tivoli Gardens for God knows how many years. The role of Garrison Don is well defined; he feeds them, he sends their kids to school, he helps with jobs and he provides security. Those who have issues of conscience about how he earns the money to do these things simply leave. The rest do not bother to question after all; you never bite the hand that feeds you.

Dudus got to this level because Jamaican politicians of every colour have a garrison community and need some one to manage it. Over the years thugs have received unofficial immunity from the law because they stand ready to do the bidding of corrupt politicians. The life style afforded to these men mean….they will not bite the hand that feed them.

But and this is the big but. Dudus out grew his political bosses. Instead of being a middle man handing out the goodies from the politician to the poor, his empire grew beyond that and all that was left was his long standing allegiance to the JLP. If only the USA had not butted in none of this would have happened.

So it is the politicians who have created the likes of Dudus and make no mistake he is not an anomaly. Jamaica has a decent supply of people just like him, perhaps with less power and reach but in order to secure votes our politicians have created enough Dudus’s to ensure that killing or extraditing him will actually make little difference.

The relationship between the politicians and the gunmen is a symbiotic one and so as the gunmen protect the politicians, so the politicians protect the gunmen, after all you never bite the hand that feeds you (votes).

Next you have the people of Tivoli. They have no social security payments, though educated few have decent jobs, food is bought on a day to day basis. Perhaps even worse is the lack of a future. High ambition is to get a US visa and Christmas is when ever the next barrel come or you get the Western Union number. To expect these people to give Dudus up is like asking them to bite the hand that feeds them, its not going to happen without a fight.

Last on my list of blame are the international banks. Oh yes they are to blame as well. The Greeks rioted just upon hearing what a deal with the IMF meant, well vfor those who don’t know or have conveniently forgotten, Jamaica has lived with the likes of the IMF for decades. If you can find a live link go watch a short film called “Life and Debt” online. Mr. Tony Warner of Black History Walks shows this film from time to time and it better than any words I can write will explain to you why some Jamaicans are so poor, why they will take up guns and why they will defend some one like Dudus.

One would ask why has Jamaica gone down the path of the IMF and those old enough will remember that saying “Is Manley Fault” (IMF) as he was the first Prime Minister to associate with the IMF. But Manley had little choice, his attempts to model Jamaica off Cuba were sabotaged by the CIA and he had no where to turn. This is why US milk was cheaper than local milk. This is why our supermarkets were flooded with US products, which we eventually got hooked on. LOL. I think it was part revenge for us exporting weed. Our people were made into addicts. Addicts to corn flakes, Basketball, Satellite TV, sneakers etc. Hell I remember during Gilbert a house on St. Johns road blow wey and the dish was still standing!!

So why have I written this piece? This piece is for all the people from Jamaica and not in Jamaica who too many seem to have forgotten the reality of living in Ja. I won’t argue with the English man or the American about life in Ja. Nor will I try to explain that when a Jamaica says it’s like Iraq I know it is just the use of colourful language. Nor will I show any shock at 70 dead irrespective of age or gender because I know what dealing with Jamaican gunmen is all about (Just ask the New York FBI). I won’t try to explain why firebombing a Police station is really no big thing because I really don’t expect a foreigner to understand. But you Jamaicans sitting miles away from home should not need to be reminded of the struggles which the average Jamaican deals with everyday or what life can be like.

No. I am not saying everything is ok. Nor am I saying I am cool with the deaths and violence. What I am saying is people don’t bite the hands that feed them, so please tone down the criticism of those less fortunate who did not get that visa. Many of you know you would be right there voting for these same politicians if you did not get that visa. Many of you make things worse by providing too much support for some who maybe could get work, but would rather wait fi di barrel. Others of you leave your kids to grow up wid di neighbour while you hide from immigration, unable ever to go back home and help grow your kids. To add insult to injury you then spoil these kids with US sneakers and jeans making them even greater burdens to society.

I wish none of this was happening, but I am a realist so I hope that after the JDF iss finished with Tivoli they move onto every garrison community in Jamaica and when they are finished Visit that den of thieves called Gordon House and wipe them out too…every last one (Yes, di good mus suffer fi di bad). Cancers must be cut out. Not one little bit can be left. Next step do what Castro told us years ago stop; building houses on the plains and turn it into farmland, Build the houses in the hills. Ban the import of all non-essential goods, God knows wi have enough lime so wi uh need Kool Aid!!! Set up a sporting Academy so the US and the UK can pay to learn how to run like Bolt and Powell. Kick out any business which does not employ 99.99% Local staff. I leave them the .01% in case they want to have one overseas director. Fine any visitors found uses illicit drugs at least £10k. Instant prison for visitors who sleep with girls under age and a minimum sentence of 25 years upon conviction and no rights to appeal.

Last but not least, a total ban on overseas camera crews who stick their cameras in the faces of any Joe public and use their words to destroy our country.

If you are in Jamaica reading this keep safe. Mi soon come.

PS. And while we are at it. Copyright the word “Jerk” and the Jerk process, tired fi eat so-called Jerk Pork which nuh taste good. And open up a Tastee Patty franchise in South London.

PPS. To you tourist thinking of not visiting Jamaica. Please do. We have a wonderful track record of looking after our visitors. Yes we are doing a little house cleaning right now, but the beaches are still beautiful, the food is the best in the world and despite what you may have heard Jamaicans are the friendliest people I have ever encountered. Take one trip and I am sure you will agree.

[Gunner]

http://www.negrilstories.ca/index.php?pr=Dudus_and_Oil

DUDUS

IT'S NOT ABOUT COCAINE, IT'S ABOUT OIL

Tivoli Gardens is a manipulation

To create the outrageous situation

For a 'legitimate' American invasion

Sugarcane, bauxite, tourism - all locked up tight

Deep, deep oil - now seeing the light

Poverty and oppression - things still not right

Freedom from Babylon - bubbling into sight

Politicians in power - caught in a trap

Reaching for gold - can't give it back

Jamaica's new wealth - Babylon wants to tap

Satellite blackmail - no stopping that

Heart of the people - under attack

600 years - it's time to end that

One Love's in play - Bob's watching fast

Soul of Jamaica - Freedom at last

...Nyahbinghi Guard Dog

As the Dudus saga plays itself out in Kingston, two of the questions that remain unanswered are 'why is the United States pushing so hard?' and 'why now?'. The world is full of dons and drug lords, not to mention the fact that the American plate is full with wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a billion Muslims who are being encouraged to attack anywhere at anytime. You would think that they had more immediate things to concentrate on.

Yet they continued to poke and push, treating every Jamaican that went through U.S. customs like a criminal, openly questioned the personal honesty of the the Prime Minister Bruce Golding and even suggested that the Jamaican Labor Party were in violation of their mandate to govern Jamaica. In fact, the Americans haven't even got an Ambassador to Jamaica anymore. Obama has left the position open, a serious diplomatic slap in the face. All of this tension is for the Don of Tivoli Gardens? Something isn't right. Dudus just isn't that big of a problem.

The idea that outside interests have manipulated the situation for a long time begins to form when you question the truth of what we are being told. For two years now Dudus has had an excellent run, controlling the docks in Kingston (on Tivoli Gardens turf, and the true value of the constituency) with his buddies running the government. He has grown more powerful than ever before, with so much money that he doesn't have to rely on politicians for anything. In the old days back in the 1970's, when the street gangs were first created by the political parties, they had to get their weapons and cash from the JLP or the PNP, but since the cocaine business showed up, that relationship has slowly turned full circle. Now the politicians need the gangs to control the vote, but the gangs don't need the politicians for support. They have become an independent power.

The outside control in this is that the international cocaine business is not run by Jamaicans. Nobody manufactures coke on the island, it all comes in from South America, mostly Colombia. Somebody else determines how much of their product is moved through Jamaica, which in turn determines how much money ends up in the hands of the gangs. Dudus is more powerful than ever before because whoever is controlling The Business decided that he would make him powerful. In fact, it looks like they wanted him to become a 'threat to national security', and be such a handful that outside military assistance might be necessary.

Since the Iran-Contra hearings in the United States in the early 1980's, the world has known that the biggest player in the illegal drug business is the U.S. military. The enormous wealth involved is enough to weaponize entire armies of 'insurgents', which are then used to destabilize any country they choose. They have the best killers, the best weapons and the best intelligence, and it's all in cash. No records. There are American military troops on the ground in Colombia and Afghanistan, by far the largest producers of cocaine and heroine respectively. This is no accident.

So it isn't a stretch to consider the idea that growing Dudus into a serious problem was a manipulation that was within the control of U.S. interests. By why flare it up now, and why so hard? They could have cranked up the tension any time they wanted during the past year. What is America up to that they are forcing a dangerous situation, totally ignoring the fact that by doing so, there is a very good chance that war will erupt all over Jamaica, and innocent people will be killed?

Why would the United States want Jamaica to descend into chaos now?

One idea that comes to mind is oil. Try this one on for size - although Jamaica has never produced a single drop of oil, has no wells, no rigs, no infrastructure, the Minister of Mining and Energy, James Robertson, spent March, 2010 in England, and April, 2010 in the United States, presenting 'Jamaica's Second Formal Licensing Round 2010', billed as 'New Prospects, New Opportunities', to the Geological Society of England and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. The agendas for these meetings are on the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica's website.

He reviewed the new seismic data just before the first coffee break at 10:00 am, and the bid procedures info around 11:30, just before the lunch break, and in between talked about the investment climate in Jamaica. He was in New Orleans during the second week of April, and was in Texas at the end of the month.

By May 22nd, just three weeks after showing all of this data to the oil executives in the States, Jamaica found itself suddenly on the verge of crisis, and American military personnel were seen landing at Manley International in Kingston. The next day, May 23rd, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, went on national television to declare a state of emergency.

Add to this the fact that the Government of Jamaica signed a new $1.27 billion US '27 Month Standby Agreement' with the International Monetary Fund for balance of payment support in February, 2010, and a different set of motivators enter the picture. Less than a month later the Jamaican Minister of Mining and Energy is out pimping a non-existent oil industry to England (controls the IMF) and the United States (controls the World Bank).

The per capita debt burden of Jamaica is the 4th highest in the world. Over 50% of the Capital Expense Budget goes to servicing the debt. PM Golding has an impossible situation on his hands - he has to somehow find a way to impose financial discipline enough to keep up with the payments, but he has no way to build economy with what he has now. A Jamaican oil industry would help him out big time.

However, the real trick is going to be the fine print of that IMF restructuring agreement. This same ploy was used on Argentina to force them to sell off State owned assets to raise the cash to pay the debt, which ended up with a Spanish oil company, Resopl YPF (odd in the fact that Spain has no oil, but is really a front for BP), owning all of the rights to Argentina's oil. Later is was discovered that there are reserves of around 500 billion barrels just off the coast of the Falkland Islands. Argentina does not own it's oil because of IMF debt restructuring rules.

So in February Jamaica signs a new IMF debt restructuring package, and in March the Mining and Energy Minister is in England presenting new seismic data and bidding instructions on an industry that doesn't exist, and in April he's doing the same thing in the United States, which is about the time the Deep Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded. Three weeks into May, Kingston has been transformed into a war zone by unrelenting and unexplained American pressure, which includes American military on the ground.

Hmmm. Three weeks after showing the data to the Americans, there are armed U.S. troops on the ground in the capital city.

The Deep Horizon might have something to do with that. One of the facts that CNN doesn't talk about much is that BP was drilling way, way deeper than anybody knew. The deepest working oil well on earth is around 20,000 feet, but six months ago the Deep Horizon drilling tapped 35,000 feet when they had some sort of 'catastrophic event', which ended when they sealed it up and left things alone. They were drilling again at 30,000 feet when the explosion happened. Outside of the rule breaking, they proved that the technology exists to go almost twice as deep as any working well, which means that they can now access oil that was once thought to be unattainable, in places that have never produced oil before.

In October, 2008, Cuba announced to the world that they had new seismic data which doubled the size of their offshore reserves to 20 billion barrels of oil. That's as much as the United States has with 3.5 million square miles of territory. Cuba is around 42,000 square miles. Whatever oil they found, it's a deep, deep reservoir.

In 2007, Cupet (Cuba) and PdVSA (Venezuela) signed an agreement to jointly explore Cuba's offshore areas. A consortium of Resopl YPF (Spanish BP 40% and operator), Norsk Hyrdro (Norway 30%) and ONCG Videsh (India 30%) announced that they would begin to drill an offshore exploratory well in 2010, and in 2009, Cuba signed exploration agreements with Zarubzhnieft (Russia), and Petrobras (Brazil) completed seismic work on Block 37.

At the end of 2008, Cuba announced to the world that it was sitting on 20 billion barrels of oil, the 12th largest deposits among countries, and that it was involved in developing it with Venezuela, Russia, Spain, Norway and India. Cuba is about 70 miles from Jamaica.

If you stand on the top of the Blue Mountains and look north, you can see the lights in Cuba. If they have oil that deep, you can bet that Jamaica has oil that deep, and Haiti, and the Domincan Republic. That earthquake in Haiti last January was suspicious from the start, but the 'over the top' response from the United States might now make sense. The American military controls Haiti. The foreign assistance was an army of occupation. This week they landed in Jamaica.

The bidding process for the contracts to develop these new Jamaican oil fields are in play right now. An armed foreign military in the middle of your capital city is a very powerful negotiating tool, and that brand new $1.27 billion IMF loan restructuring came with some nasty conditions, and that runaway well is pumping out an enormous amount of oil, which is going to raise a few questions about just how much oil is down that deep and when can the rest of the world start drilling for it?

Jamaica needs an oil industry before it can sell it to the Americans to pay off the debt. That's why the IMF and the World bank were created to begin with, to manipulate poor countries into such an enormous debt load that they would have to sell off their natural resources and utilities to pay it. This is the plan in action.

The cat jumped out of the bag before the deal was done when that well exploded, but now it's living proof of the size of the discovery, which is apparently big enough to destroy all life on the planet if BP can't figure a way to shut it down. That's a lot of oil. America wants to wrap this one up fast. For 600 years they've taken all of the wealth from sugarcane and fruit. For the past 70 years they've taken all of the wealth from bauxite and alumina. For the past 40 years they've taken all of the wealth from tourism. Jamaicans live in poverty because vampires from Babylon have been sucking it dry since Chrisopher Columbus sailed by on his way to discovering America. Imagine the palace that Jamaica could have become if all of that wealth had stayed on the island.

Now more money is in play than all of that combined. Black Gold. Texas Tea. The Devil's Blood. One of the largest oil deposits ever discovered. This whole Dudus soap opera is really just a manipulation to create a situation where America can get their hands on Jamaican oil, which most Jamaicans don't even know about. Bablyon has come calling because it wants something, not because it cares about saving Jamaican lives or locking up a bad man. This is the same country that thought up slavery, and then did it for 400 years because it made them rich.

If America is involved, you know it's about money.

The only solution is probably impossible. Every single Jamaican has to ask themselves if they love Jamaica enough to make peace with each other. This attack is on Jamaica, not Jamaicans. They are just the victims, but the oil the Americans want is as much a part of the island as the snow white sand, the swaying palm trees, the spectacular ganja or the incredible reggae.

This trick works only if Jamaicans battle with each other. If America can somehow manage this flare up to get a military presence on the island, they will control the oil. The only path out is for each person to raise his spiritual consciousness to the point where they are prepared to forgive and make peace with their brothers and sisters. Only Jamaicans can do what is necessary. They are the living, breathing soul of Jamaica, and it is up to them to stand as one and shout out 'No More!'. If they don't then Babylon will crush them down like never before.

This isn't about JLP, and PNP, and Posse's, and Matthew's Lane, or Rema, or Tivoli Gardens, or Dudus, or running the docks, or selling cocaine. It's about manipulating all of that so Jamaicans see each other as the enemy, and keep warring. It's about Babylon stealing the Big Money while Jamaicans fight like dogs over the Little Money. There are at least 50 Garrisons in Jamaica, with 16 in Spanish Town alone. There are around 20 Posse's affiliated with the JLP, maybe 30 affiliated with the PNP, and at least 30 Posse's that are 'unaligned' and can be hired when needed. It's an unstable combination that is designed to break down and destroy.

Dudus and the others like him have been played like a piano. They are the perfect excuse for American military intervention, 'one of the world's most powerful drug lords', according to CNN ...over and over and over again. The reality is that the DEA estimates the total cocaine volume through Jamaica each year at 100 metric tonnes, which is worth $25,000 per kilo if it's sold in North America. About $2.5 billion US. The estimated world total consumption of illegal drugs is $400 billion a year. The cocaine going through Jamaica is worth about half of one percent of the market. Nobody in Jamaica is in the top 200, let alone one of the most powerful.

The oil deal can alleviate all of the debt, all of the poverty, all of the illiteracy, all of the hunger, for every Jamaican on the island ...forever. The palace that Jamaica was intended to be can be built, but Bablyon knows it, and has no interest in seeing the island become strong and independent. Then Jamaica might turn into a Dudus themselves, powerful enough to stand up and say 'No More! What's ours is ours, and we're keeping it this time.'

The only way out of this trap is peace. How's that for a Babylon trick?

This could also be the work of Jah, forcing the right kind of threat into action so that the spiritual consciousness of every Jamaican shakes itself awake and realizes that they are blessed to be born at this time, that they are warriors who have been forced to endure the humiliations of poverty and oppression so that when the time came they had a voice and were aware, and would raise their game to the level required to finally free themselves of Babylon.

Right now might be the most pivotal time in the entire history of Jamaica. Not 1834 and the end of slavery, not 1962 and Independence, not 1981 with the death of the Prophet Robert Marley, but 2010 and the discovery of oil, the point in time the future generations of Jamaican children will always remember as either the greatest of achievements or the worst of failures, when their parents and grandparents faced the demon straight on and decided what the future of Jamaica would be. Simply put, are Jamaicans strong enough to forgive each other the past, in return for a better future? If they can, they win BIG. More wealth than anyone ever thought possible. If they can't, then their children, and their children, and their children, will be doomed to the same vicious cycle of poverty, violence and oppression. Are Jamaicans strong enough to fix this? Do they love their children enough to accept the responsibility to give up their claim to vengeance, so that their children can live free of the burden?

It's all on the line right now. That's why America is pushing so hard.

On May 25th, a Jamaican born Congresswoman in the United States, Yvetee Clark, was on the front pages in both countries, saying that she was going to seek the help of the U.S. State Department to restore peace and stability in Jamaica. A State of Emergency had been declared for less than 48 hours and already 'Jamaica's best friend in the U.S. Congress' was calling for the release of American soldiers on Jamaican soil to kill Jamaicans. Nice.

We are looking at the beginning of an American military occupation of Jamaica. Once they get control of the oil and begin to invest billions to develop it, the term 'Strategic Resource' will apply, which also means 'vital to U.S. national security interests', which will require U.S. military bases to protect it. Think Iraq.

This is part of the militarization of the Caribbean. It started in Haiti after the earthquake in January and it has reached Jamaica by May. With WWIII looming in the Middle East, America is going to need new sources of oil, and with the Russians, Spanish, Venezuelans, Norwegians and India already active off of the coast of Cuba, they are playing catch up in Jamaica. What is at stake is enormous - a change in the balance of power among the nations of the world. Done right, Jamaica will rise up. Done wrong, Jamaica will drop to it's knees and beg forever.

With that much money in play the corruption of politicians will be child's play. This gambit is for the sovereignty of the country. It has little or nothing to do with gangs, cocaine, ganja, guns, violence or even Dudus. It is all about oil, soldiers and America taking it all ...again.

Babylon is back on the island, and the only thing that will make it leave is love. One Love. Remember the Prophet. He saw this coming 30 years ago and drove himself to death to make sure that when the time came, Jamaicans would have the tools necessary to finally defeat the bastards in Babylon. Now is that time. One Love. I and I.

Free yourselves. Free Jamaica. Stop the fighting. Don't give them the excuse they want. One Love wins this war, once and for all. Freedom is 35,000 feet straight down, and all you need is love. Stop the fighting.

Why is America pushing so hard? You know. Look at the timeline.

1) October 2008 - Cuba announces reserves are now double previous estimates.

2) January 2010 - Haiti earthquake. American military build up in Caribbean.

3) February 2010 - Jamaica signs $1.27 billion debt restructuring agreement with IMF.

4) March 2010 - Jamaican Minister of Mining and Energy presents 'Second Formal Licensing Round 2010' seminars in London, England, new seismic data and bid procedures to Geological Society of England.

5) April 2010 - Jamaican Minister of Mining and Energy presents 'Second Formal Licensing Round 2010' seminars in New Orleans and Houston, new seismic data and bid procedures to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.

6) April 20, 2010 - Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion.

7) April 2010 - American pressure on Jamaican government over extradition of Dudus escalates to red zone.

8) May 22, 2010 - American military personnel seen landing at Manley International in Kingston.

9) May 23, 2010 - State of Emergency declared by Prime Minister of Jamaica.

10) May 25, 2010 - American Congresswoman born in Jamaica calls for U.S. State Department intervention to stop the violence in Kingston.

In just over a year from Cuba announcing to the world that there are huge oil reserves deep under the Caribbean, events unfold that result in an American military build up on Haiti, the island closest to Cuba.

In less than 30 days since signing the IMF debt restructuring agreement, Jamaica has to present their 'non-existent yet' oil industry to the people who control the IMF and World Bank, and offer a bid process.

In less than 30 days after presenting this data in the United States, the Dudus extradition conflict is escalated and Jamaica is destabilized.

You do the math. What do you think?

Is Dudus just a pawn, nurtured to become the perfect excuse to provide the necessary conditions for the presence of heavily armed American soldiers, on the ground in the capital city at the same time as the most important contracts in the history of Jamaica are open for bidding, immediately after the government restructures a $1.27 billion US debt package with the IMF, who has always used that situation to strip away a country's control of it's own natural resources and utilities, just as the United States is mobilizing to engage in a war with the Middle East and will need to guarantee themselves some new supplies of oil?

Does that sound possible?

Every Jamaican involved in this conflict has to stop fighting if they are going to save their oil wealth. The gangs, the leaders, the constables, the military, the politicians, the people. They need to begin a process of reasoning to avoid the trap set by Babylon.

America is good at this. They've done it before.

Stop the fighting. Save your oil. Change your world. This time, Jamaicans can control Babylon.

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