Tribal Fighting - Papua New Guinea

July 2007
Steve Marshall reports on the changing face of tribal warfare in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Highland tribes have traditionally used violence to solve disputes - over everything from land control to wives and livestock.

Now, the disputes continue, but the weaponry has changed.

These days many illegal guns have made their way into the hands of tribal fighters.

From bows and arrows to illegal semi-automatic weapons -- the fallout is devastating.

"When he was killed I was left with three kids to look after and it's hard for me", a widow in the Western Highlands tells Marshall.

Tribal fighters confirmed that the drugs for guns trade between PNG and the top end of Australia is also alive and well.

"Some of our businessman who are out there in Australia they buy the guns and send it up to us here", said tribal fighter Moses Kauga.

At a time when PNG voters are going to the polls for the 2007 national elections, Steve Marshall also reveals claims that PNG politicians themselves might be involved in the trade.

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[NZtenga]

all u fuckers sitting here calling them scums and names and shit.. lets see u cunts go PNG.. ur probly shit ur pants .. stop talking shit ...

[ToaoRaj]

@glitchable Christians were entirely responsible for bringing 'civilization' to Papua New Guinea. Had they not been introduced to Western civilization, they wouldn't have guns or even know they existed.

The Christian missionaries who have come to the place since its discovery (and still do to this day) by the Western world, probably meant well. But their intentions don't matter because irreversible damage has been done and the place is now as ruined as everywhere else.

[1000gohead]

@nico2710 Wheres the proof that they've been fighting for thousands of years? Even if that was true the killings went up because of the guns, White's and Mongoloid Indonesians gave to them. Furthermore the western clothing these people were wearing is a indication that Whites or Indonesian Mongoloids had some influence on their land.

[nico2710]

They have been kiling each other for THOUSANDS of years, the only difference is that they're using guns now:) So STOP blaming the white man for every fucking problem on this godforsaken rock, fucking hypocrits. Oh you know what? I'm gonna blame the more civilized southern europeans for ruining us germanic peoples! Everybody else is doing it so why cant we? 90% of all males of certain Native American tribes would loose their life in COMBAT with other tribes. This is NOTHING new.

[ShalloeThought]

these things arent human

[Hpyrr328]

Wow, the person filming this must be brave, I would've peed my pants already!

[sethaus75]

@hatloverxxx Let me see, what is more authoritative and credible, accepted and proven scientific and biological facts or the ravings of an uneducated and anonymous YouTube troll like you?

You're a fucking idiot. Period.

[hatloverxxx]

@sethaus75 0.2470 what? Do you even know what that means? You deliberately gave an obscure reply because you haven't a clue. Black isn't just one gene you ruddy fool, even if it's just for black skin colour, it arises from many genes. So, if someone has multiple characteristics of a black person, then you can safely say they are black because black is multiple characteristics.

You are clearly uneducated, begone.

[sethaus75]

@hatloverxxx

From wiki:

The largest genetic distance between any two continents is between Africa and Oceania at 0.2470. Based on physical appearance this may be counterintuitive, since Indigenous Australians and New Guineans resemble Africans with dark skin and sometimes frizzy hair.

I think you bought that degree you claim you have.

[sethaus75]

@hatloverxxx There are literally thousands of pages of scientific material on the Internet that confirm this. Do I also need to prove to you that the earth is round? Again, white Europeans are closer to Papuans than blacks are.

From The Genetic Structure of Pacific Islanders:

Our Structure and tree analyses of the combined microsatellite datasets indicate that Melanesians are quite far removed from Africans, in spite of their superficial similarities in hair form and skin pigmentation.

[hatloverxxx]

@sethaus75 Right you've had enough chances to actually give some evidence, you've clearly got nothing substantial to say. Fuck off you maggot dick.