Marmot1
02-08-2004, 07:22 PM
Another little known war :-)
http://www.cabinda.net/cabinda%20shield%20medium.jpghttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/images/cabinda-map-l.gif
Reason of War... Oil...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/images/cabinda-oil.jpg
Background...
First visited by the portuguese in the late XV century, Cabinda was composed of 3 Kingdoms : Loango, Kakongo and N'Goyo, at the North of the Congo river, and Ndongo, at the South of the Congo river. When the portuguese arrived to the estuary of the Congo in 1482, they found themselves in contact with one of the largest States in Africa south of the Sahara, and with one of the very few large States situated anywhere near the coastline. This was the Kingdom of the Bakongo, a Bantu People whose King, the Man-i-kongo, had his capital at Mbanzakongo, the modern Sao Salvador. The Kongo Kingdom was a typical 'Sudanic' state, the nucleus of which had been founded, in the late fourteenth or early, fifteenth century, by a conquering group from the small State of Bungu on the north bank of the lower Congo.
Cabinda became a Portuguese Protectorate with the signing of the Treaty of Simulambuco in 1885, and became known as the Portuguese Congo from the earliest 1900 onward. The Cabindansbase their independence claim on the fact that Cabinda was never part of angola and on the Treaty of Simulambuco of 1885 with the portuguese as a portuguese protectorate state. The treaty was part of portugal's attempt to consolidate its empire during the European powers' scramble for Africa in the late 19th century. In the 1933 Constitution defining the Estado Novo, Cabinda and angola were considered distinct and separate parts of portugal. In 1956 Portugal joined the administration of its Protectorate of Cabinda to that of its Colony of angola.
The year 1960 witnessed the creation of the Freedom Movement for the State of Cabinda (MLEC) followed in 1963 by the forming of two other groups (National Action Committee of the Cabindan People – CAUNC and the Mayombé Alliance – ALLIAMA) supporting the same cause. In 1963 the merger of the three main Independence movements (M.L.E.C., ALIAMA, and C.A.U.N.C.) brought about the creation of FLEC in Pointe-Noire (Loango) Congo. In 1974 the portugese government authorized FLEC to establish itself on Cabinda territory.
The invasion of Cabinda happened on the 11 of November 1975, when MPLA troops entered Cabinda via Point Noire. They where financially supported by the Oil Giant Chevron, Chevron paid the MPLA to take over the Cabindan oil fields. MPLA troops are still occupying Cabinda. The American Oil Company Chevron is participating along side the MPLA occupying force. Presently, Sonangol daily production is more than 980 000 barrels bringing in more than $8.000.000 a day, providing 90% of angola's GNP. As a result, Cabinda is compared to "Kuwait" in Africa. Since the occupation of the Country of Cabinda by the Communist Armed Forces of angola in 1975, one third of the population has fled to other countries, notably Zaire and the Congo where the number is estimated at 950,000 refugees.
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) had for years used territory in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo-Brazzaville as rear bases from which to launch attacks into Cabinda.
Current issues (from the goverment on exile website)
We ask for a minute of silence for all those that have felt in combat for a better and Free Cabinda.
The invasion of Cabinda happened on the 11 of November 1975, when MPLA troops entered Cabinda via Point Noire.
They where financially supported by the Oil Giant Chevron, Chevron paid the MPLA to take over the Cabindan oil fields.
The Nation of Cabinda became a Portuguese Protectorate since the signing of the Treaty of Simulambuco in 1885, and became known as the Portuguese Congo from the earliest 1900 onward.
MPLA troops are still occupying Cabinda.
Cabinda and Angola are under a state of terror. The American Oil Company Chevron is participating along side the MPLA occupying force in raping and murdering the Cabindas.
We Cabindas live in misery because of the Greed of an American Oil Company - Chevron.
We Cabindas have no quarrel with America but the greed and the exploitation of their Oil Companies have brought misery to Cabinda.
The MPLA should end its occupation and brutal repression on Cabinda.
The Republic of Cabinda was never legally integrated into Angola after the end of the Portuguese presence in 1975.
It is sad to say but we cannot count whit the Portuguese Authorities to comply with their historical responsibilities.
PHOTOS: (finaly)
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico1.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico2.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico3.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico4.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico5.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico6.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico7.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico8.jpg
They seem unaware.
links...
http://www.cabinda.net/
http://www.cabinda.org/anglais.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2339647.stm
http://www.cabinda.net/cabinda%20shield%20medium.jpghttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/images/cabinda-map-l.gif
Reason of War... Oil...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/images/cabinda-oil.jpg
Background...
First visited by the portuguese in the late XV century, Cabinda was composed of 3 Kingdoms : Loango, Kakongo and N'Goyo, at the North of the Congo river, and Ndongo, at the South of the Congo river. When the portuguese arrived to the estuary of the Congo in 1482, they found themselves in contact with one of the largest States in Africa south of the Sahara, and with one of the very few large States situated anywhere near the coastline. This was the Kingdom of the Bakongo, a Bantu People whose King, the Man-i-kongo, had his capital at Mbanzakongo, the modern Sao Salvador. The Kongo Kingdom was a typical 'Sudanic' state, the nucleus of which had been founded, in the late fourteenth or early, fifteenth century, by a conquering group from the small State of Bungu on the north bank of the lower Congo.
Cabinda became a Portuguese Protectorate with the signing of the Treaty of Simulambuco in 1885, and became known as the Portuguese Congo from the earliest 1900 onward. The Cabindansbase their independence claim on the fact that Cabinda was never part of angola and on the Treaty of Simulambuco of 1885 with the portuguese as a portuguese protectorate state. The treaty was part of portugal's attempt to consolidate its empire during the European powers' scramble for Africa in the late 19th century. In the 1933 Constitution defining the Estado Novo, Cabinda and angola were considered distinct and separate parts of portugal. In 1956 Portugal joined the administration of its Protectorate of Cabinda to that of its Colony of angola.
The year 1960 witnessed the creation of the Freedom Movement for the State of Cabinda (MLEC) followed in 1963 by the forming of two other groups (National Action Committee of the Cabindan People – CAUNC and the Mayombé Alliance – ALLIAMA) supporting the same cause. In 1963 the merger of the three main Independence movements (M.L.E.C., ALIAMA, and C.A.U.N.C.) brought about the creation of FLEC in Pointe-Noire (Loango) Congo. In 1974 the portugese government authorized FLEC to establish itself on Cabinda territory.
The invasion of Cabinda happened on the 11 of November 1975, when MPLA troops entered Cabinda via Point Noire. They where financially supported by the Oil Giant Chevron, Chevron paid the MPLA to take over the Cabindan oil fields. MPLA troops are still occupying Cabinda. The American Oil Company Chevron is participating along side the MPLA occupying force. Presently, Sonangol daily production is more than 980 000 barrels bringing in more than $8.000.000 a day, providing 90% of angola's GNP. As a result, Cabinda is compared to "Kuwait" in Africa. Since the occupation of the Country of Cabinda by the Communist Armed Forces of angola in 1975, one third of the population has fled to other countries, notably Zaire and the Congo where the number is estimated at 950,000 refugees.
Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (FLEC) had for years used territory in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Congo-Brazzaville as rear bases from which to launch attacks into Cabinda.
Current issues (from the goverment on exile website)
We ask for a minute of silence for all those that have felt in combat for a better and Free Cabinda.
The invasion of Cabinda happened on the 11 of November 1975, when MPLA troops entered Cabinda via Point Noire.
They where financially supported by the Oil Giant Chevron, Chevron paid the MPLA to take over the Cabindan oil fields.
The Nation of Cabinda became a Portuguese Protectorate since the signing of the Treaty of Simulambuco in 1885, and became known as the Portuguese Congo from the earliest 1900 onward.
MPLA troops are still occupying Cabinda.
Cabinda and Angola are under a state of terror. The American Oil Company Chevron is participating along side the MPLA occupying force in raping and murdering the Cabindas.
We Cabindas live in misery because of the Greed of an American Oil Company - Chevron.
We Cabindas have no quarrel with America but the greed and the exploitation of their Oil Companies have brought misery to Cabinda.
The MPLA should end its occupation and brutal repression on Cabinda.
The Republic of Cabinda was never legally integrated into Angola after the end of the Portuguese presence in 1975.
It is sad to say but we cannot count whit the Portuguese Authorities to comply with their historical responsibilities.
PHOTOS: (finaly)
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico1.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico2.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico3.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico4.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico5.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico6.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico7.jpg
http://www.cabinda.org/images/politico8.jpg
They seem unaware.
links...
http://www.cabinda.net/
http://www.cabinda.org/anglais.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2339647.stm