human
We shall see who is the liar here, Homer Crawford said flatly.
gpt
You asked who I am. I am known as Omar ben Crawf and I am headman of a team of the African Development Project of the Reunited Nations. As you have said, Abd-el-Kader, this great council of the headmen of all the nations of the world--not just the Rouma--has decided that Africa must be left to the Africans. But that does not mean it has lost all interest in these lands. It has no intention, warrior of the Chaambra, to allow such as you to disrupt the necessary progress Africa must make if it is not to become a danger to the shaky peace of the world.
human
Power is for those who can assert it. Some will rule. It has always been so. Here in the Western Erg, the Chaambra will rule, and I, Abd-el-Kader will lead them!
gpt
No, he said.
human
The day of rule by the gun is over. It must be over because at long last man's weapons have become so great that he must not trust himself with them. In the new world which is still aborning so that half the nations of earth are in the pains of labor, government must be by the most wise and most capable.
gpt
The strong will always rule! the Arab shouted.
human
Time was when the French conquered the Chaambra, but the French have allowed their strength to ebb away, and now, armed with such weapons as these, we of the Sahara will again assert our birthright as the Chosen of Allah!
gpt
That cat sure can lay on a speech, man.
human
There shall be no violence at a djemaa el kebar.
gpt
The gun you carry is a nothing-weapon, desert man. When the French conquered this land more than a century ago they were armed with single-shot rifles which were still far in advance of your own long barrelled flintlocks. Today, you are proud of that tommy gun you carry, and, indeed, it has the fire power of a company of the Foreign Legion of a century past. However, believe me, Abd-el-Kader, it is a nothing-weapon compared to those that will be brought against the Chaambra if they heed your words.
human
Then we will seize such weapons and use them against those who would oppose us. In the end it is the strong who win in war, and the Rouma have gone soft, as all men know. I, Abd-el-Kader will have these two killed and then I shall announce to the assembled tribes the new jedah, a Holy War to bring the Chosen of Allah once again to their rightful position in the Sahara.
gpt
Man, Abe Baker murmured pleasantly,
human
Such decisions are for the djemaa el kebar to make, O Abd-el-Kader, not for a single chief of the Ouled Touameur.
gpt
Decisions are made by those with the strength to enforce them. The young men of the Chaambra support me, and my men surround this tent.
human
So do mine, Homer Crawford said decisively.
gpt
And I have come to arrest you and take you to Columb-Béchar where you will be tried for your participation in recent raids on various development projects.
human
There shall be no violence at a djemaa el kebar.
gpt
You are not strong enough to take me.
human
Like maybe these young followers of this cat need an example laid on them, man.
gpt
I'm afraid you're right,
human
I'll take him on,
gpt
No, he's nearer to my size, Crawford grunted. He turned to El Aicha, and said in Arabic,
human
I demand the right of a stranger in your camp to a trial by combat.
gpt
On what grounds?
human
That my manhood has been spat upon by this warrior who does his fighting with his loud mouth.