what many of us are passing by is the FACT that this is an illegitimate government according to UN STANDARDS.
A
conflict in northern Mali began in January 2012. On 22 March 2012, a group of junior soldiers
seized control of the presidential palace and declared the government dissolved and its constitution suspended.[SUP]
[9][/SUP] On 6 April 2012, rebels from the
National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) declared the
secession of a new state,
Azawad, from Mali.[SUP]
[10][/SUP]
Shortly after, the MNLA were sidelined by Islamist groups "associated with"
Al-Qaeda, and dropped their demands for secession.
The soldiers who seized power allowed
Dioncounda Traoré, the President of the National Assembly, to take office as head of state in accordance with the constitution,
but they have continued to wield considerable power.
Plans to re-take the north with international assistance are being formulated, after which the interim government plans to hold the long-delayed national elections.
a
1991 coup led to the writing of a new constitution and the
establishment of Mali as a democratic, multi-party state.
democratic and multiparty don't seem to appeal to the rats in the pentagon, because they could see the influence of Islam spreading in the region.
it looks to me that they remained "silent" or even complacent during an illegal coup, but are now concerned that Islam is gaining a stronghold there, knowing that the illegitimate disorganized army are no match for the islamists without external help.
so again - we see a democratic government overthrown with the help of the u.s and u.n, an illegal military dictatorship installed, and killing of Muslims and islamic leaders before another "election" which will have not moral legitimacy or fair ground.
1.
it wasn't the Islamists who overthrew the government.
2.
they kept the country in one piece by preventing a splintering off of another section - which the u.s would most likely have taken control of through imf loans (look at previous trends).
3.
with no organization or legitimacy, the military junta would have lost ground.
4.
Islamists would have had the country in no time if it hadn't been for the selective meddling of the spawn of Satan
another thing i noticed is the heavy use of the terms al qaeda "affiliated" and "associated" when nothing else can be found.
the only association usually needed are the fact that they are Muslim and ready to fight for their convictions.
Charging that the civilian government was not being tough enough against the rebels,
US-trained Army Captain Amadou Sanogo and other officers staged a coup on March 22 and called for US intervention along the lines of Afghanistan and the “war on terror.”
Sanogo’s training in the United States is just one small part of a decade of US training of armies in the Sahel, increasing the militarization of this impoverished region and the influence of armed forces relative to civilian leaders.
Gregory Mann , writing in
Foreign Policy, notes how “a decade of American investment in special forces training, co-operation between Sahalien armies and the United States and counter-terrorism programmes of all sorts run by both the State Department and the Pentagon has, at best, failed to prevent a new disaster in the desert and, at worst, sowed its seeds."
Rather than responding violently to the coup, thousands of Malians in Bamako and elsewhere took to the streets demanding a return to democracy, members of the deposed civilian cabinet went on a hunger strike, and many civil servants and others refused to cooperate with the military regime.
Meanwhile, both western and African countries imposed sanctions against the illegitimate government.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/stephen-zunes/mali’s-struggle-not-simply-of-their-own-making-0
Canada suspends Mali aid after coup d'état
'Canada will not in any way back this illegitimate rule'
CBC News
Posted: Mar 24, 2012 12:19 PM ET
Last Updated: Mar 24, 2012 12:18 PM ET
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/03/24/canada-mali-aid.html
“The threat is a terrorist state at the doorstep of France and Europe,” said French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...drive-back-al-qaeda-linked-militants-in-mali/
Islamist rebels in
Mali want to take full control of the country and install a.
... of all of
Mali and install in
Mali a
terrorist state," he told a press conference.
... will fall into their hands, with a threat to all of Africa and to
Europe itself.
http://www.expatica.com/fr/news/fre...rist-state--in-all-of-mali-france_255205.html
i don't think the term used by the rebels would have been "terrorist" but "Islamic"
but as long as it's not "antisemitic" the reporter knows he won't be lynched for switching terms so blatantly.
can we not see this blatant war against Islam?
