Slavery's Last Stronghold

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  1. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    slydessertfox, Mar 19, 2012
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    Pretty fucking cruel if you ask me.
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  3. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    That's not what I am trying to say. Did you read the article?

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    Mauritania by the numbers

    [IMG]Slavery

    • Population: 3.4 million
    • Percentage living in slavery: 10% to 20%
    • Enslaved population: 340,000 to 680,000
    • Year slavery was abolished: 1981
    • Year slavery became a crime: 2007
    • Convictions against slave owners: One
    Geography

    • Area: 400,000 square miles, slightly larger than Egypt
    • Capital: Nouakchott
    • Bordered by: Mali, Senegal, Algeria, Western Sahara
    • Landscape: Sahara Desert, Sahel
    • Farmable land: 0.2%
    People

    • Languages: Arabic, French and regional languages
    • Official religion: Islam
    • Literacy rate: 51%
    • Unemployment: 30%
    • Population density: 8 people per square mile
    ECONOMY

    • Percentage living on less than $2 per day: 44%
    • GDP (purchasing power parity): $7.2 billion, less than Haiti
    • GDP per capita: $2,200 (compared to $48,000 in the U.S.)
    • Currency: Ouguiya
    Politics

    • Government: Republic (currently under military rule)
    • Legal system: Mix of Islamic and French civil law
    • President: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
    • Recent history: Gained independence from France in 1960. Aziz came to power in a military coup in 2008, overthrowing first democratically elected leader. Aziz was elected in 2009 as a way to validate his rule.
    slydessertfox, Mar 19, 2012
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    It's a shame but the USA should not get involved. Let's clear this up from the outset.
    Toast, Mar 19, 2012
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  5. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    I agree. Although I do think this is more important than KONY 2012. That being said, we should not get involved in either of them.
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    Oh great hopefully you didn't just find the next KONY 2012.
    0bserver92, Mar 19, 2012
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    Could not agree more. Last thing we need is another intervention.
    StephenColbert27, Mar 19, 2012
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    No the last thing we need is more clicktivism.
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    More what? I don't know what you mean by that.
    StephenColbert27, Mar 19, 2012
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  10. 0bserver92 Grand King of Moderation

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    Necessarily people who think they are activists because they shred a video.
    0bserver92, Mar 19, 2012
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    I see...so doesn't Islam prevent slaves or something!
    Vulcan200x, Mar 19, 2012
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    Ah, I see. Those kind of people tick me off.
    StephenColbert27, Mar 19, 2012
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    Mauritania 2012!!
    JosefVStalin, Mar 20, 2012
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    which party is he running for?
    ComradeLer, Mar 20, 2012
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    What a shit hole of a nation. That's really all I have to say there isn't anything meaningful that I could add.
    LampRevolt, Mar 20, 2012
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    There's not much more that needs to be said.
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    or
    Vulcan200x, Mar 20, 2012
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  18. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    I would love to travel to Mauritania, no joke. It'd be like time-travel...
    The Shaw, Mar 20, 2012
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  19. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    I hope not. Even though I am gonna just put this on facebook to troll the KONY 2012 supporters.
    slydessertfox, Mar 20, 2012
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  20. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    People will like you for that.
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