"Ninjas" told to get a haircut and get a real job

[Tovarish 0]

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen....5517647

Quote[/b] ]Ninja rebels told to disarm and get a haircut

By Christian Tsoumou

BRAZZAVILLE (Reuters) - The leader of Congo Republic's self-styled "Ninja" rebels has told his loyalists to take guns from

the unruly members of his movement and make themselves more presentable by trimming their ragged locks.

An aide to the leader, renegade Christian pastor Frederic Ntoumi, said on Friday rogue elements should be disarmed to

ensure partial legislative polls go ahead peacefully in the Pool region this year.

In 2002 people were prevented from voting in 8 out of 13 districts in the Ninja's heartland due to a lack of security.

The aide said the charismatic leader had ordered forces still loyal to him to take weapons away from those "uncontrolled

Ninjas who have annoyingly taken to robbery, rape, hold-ups and looting".

Ntoumi promised to "guarantee the security and free movement of people and goods in the whole Pool region", the aide

said.

Ntoumi also told loyalists to get a haircut, saying they needed to clean up their image if they wanted to take part in the

election campaign, or stand as candidates.

The partial polls are meant to fill the eight seats representing the Pool region in parliament which have remained vacant

since the 2002 election.

The Ninja rebels, who take their name from ancient Japanese warriors glamorised by Hollywood, are known for their

trademark purple scarves and Rasta-style dreadlocks.

They fought in a brief civil war in 1997 alongside opponents of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who seized power in the

central African oil producer during the conflict.

Since then, several peace deals have been signed and disarmament dates set, but most Ninjas have yet to lay down their

guns. Many have turned to banditry and holding up trains -- making the Pool region virtually a no-go zone.

Government officials have put the total number of militia fighters that need to be demobilised in the country at 37,000, while

aid workers have called Congo's simmering crisis a forgotten conflict which could reignite soon.

Sporadic outbreaks of violence since independence from France in 1960 have killed tens of thousands of people in Congo

Republic, a nation of just over 3 million people.

[Billabong81 0]

Believe me, cutting their locks will make them more peaceful. It's a no-brainer

[Tovarish 0]

Believe me, cutting their locks will make them more peaceful. It's a no-brainer

"Cooler heads through better ventilation"?

[Nemesis6 0]

Here's my version - The Official Wolf Council(OWC) has decided that "The Wolf" can no longer eat or harass little Red Riding Hood or Grandma, and has asked all wolfs to condemn such acts and all wolfs like him.

I love comparing things! :-D, anyway, my point should be obvious - The wolf telling the wolfs what not to do.

[Colossus 2]

I have heard rumors that Kim Jong-il has made a law that says

that men can't have hair longer then 5 cm (about 2")

He must be pretty bored if he makes laws like that.

Why don't you stop brainwashing people instead!!

Edit: added a word

[shinRaiden 0]

ABC News

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The short-hair campaign actually was launched in October, but it reached new lengths Monday when state-run Central TV began ridiculing nonconformists as unhygienic, anti-socialist fools. It comes as North Korea's dictatorship struggles to tighten its control over information, monitor its population and dictate cultural tastes.

State TV even derided violators of the order by name and address, calling them "blind followers of bourgeois lifestyle," and exposing them to jeers from other citizens.

"We cannot help questioning the cultural taste of this comrade, who is incapable of feeling ashamed of his hair style," the station said Monday, showing a man identified as Ko Gwang Hyun, whose unkempt hair covered his ears.

"Can we expect a man with this disheveled mind-set to perform his duty well?" the announcer asked.

North Koreans have never been known for mop tops, but the campaign dubbed "Let's Trim Our Hair According to Socialist Lifestyle" suggests that popular tastes have changed recently.

Comrade's imperialist-free news can be found here or on your favorite indymedia site.

[ozanzac 0]

Quote[/b] ]"We cannot help questioning the cultural taste of this comrade, who is incapable of feeling ashamed of his hair style,"

[blackdog~ 0]

I have a kid like this in my Japanese class.

I have to say that I agree with this law ;)

[Colossus 2]

Some of the news is really irrelevant and some are quiet funny (and totaly stupid)

Example:

This message is repeated almost every day.

Quote[/b] ]Many Gifts to Kim Jong Il

...

Wow... how great....

[miss_cleo 0]

Quote[/b] ]The Korean people are now denouncing the Japanese ultra-right forces as a group of cunning and cold-blooded guys.