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Before throwing stones at me for asking, somebody please tell me: why is the world, as suggested by the story below, against Laurent Gbagbo? Why are the UN and the rest in love with Ouattara? Why is the African Union silent?
Am I the only one that sees that the story or account below is heavily slanted or reads like propaganda?
- Wilmot
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Date: 2004/11/16 Tue PM 01:01:51 CST
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Subject: United Nations,France,and Ivorian Rebels: A continuos Loves affair
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The United Nations, France, and the Ivorian Rebels: A continuous love
affair.
In the charter of the African Union, it is prohibited to come to power by a
coup d'etat, and the Union
vowed never to acknowledge any government derived from a coup, so it is
just right to expect that the
African Union would condemn any coup attempt. Why is it that in the case of
Cote D'Ivoire, no one
blamed the coup that turned into a rebellion? Think about it.
Why is that the United nations (UN) has nothing to say against the killings
taking place in the rebellion
controlled north? Why is that Kofi Annan gets his voice only to put
pressure on the elected government of
Gbagbo?
This is the story of the rebellion
AT THE UNITED NATIONS
Riiiiiiiiiing..... riiiiiiiiiiiinnng.......... riiiiiiiiinnng?
- I am unable to take your call right now, but if you leave a message after
the tone, I will return your call
as soon as possible.
Click!
The following days....
Allo! Allo!
Who is he?
It is me MD, I am returning your call.
- Why do you call me here. You know that your phone is being taped, and the
DST monitored all your out
going calls, why do you call me? I told you I wanted to remain anonymous,
why are you calling me for?.
MD is the public relation advisor to Ibrahim Coulibaly AKA IB, one of the
leaders of the rebellion. He has
just called someone at the United nations office in New York.
What was the call about?
The informant at the UN was calling MD to let him know that the government
of Cote D'Ivoire was
submitting a list of countries that would participate in the UN mandated
force, ONUCI, to help preserve
the peace in the country. The informant at the UN wanted the rebellion to
oppose the presence of
troupes from Angola. So even before the UN was to vote on the lists of
countries that would make the
ONUCI, the rebels were given the information and what to write so to have
Angola rejected. Few weeks
later, Guillaume Soro made clear that the rebellion would oppose the
presence of Angola's soldiers
among the ONUCI. And that came to pass, Angola didn't make the list.
The informant was so furious to have his phone number known by the DST (
Departement de la
Surveillace du Territoire , French secret service???) that he called MK, a
friend of MD, to make it known
what he felt about the call.
"I tell you, that is why you guys can't be helped. I told MD not to call me
on his cell phone, he is so
careless. By the way, where is the paper work I requested about Gbagbo? I
need that document to do
some grassroots work here, at the UN. It is taking too long now, what is
the matter with you?
Why did MD make a call, knowing that he was being taped by the DST?
The DST has always been a source of information for MD. Anything going
around the close circle of
Gbagbo would be passed along to MD. So it was just right for MD to feel no
threat and say anything,
knowing that his friends at the DST would understand.
Before the rebellion, MD was a lawyer in St Nazaire struggling to have
ends meet. But after the rebellion,
he started receiving a monthly paycheck of around 3000 euros from IB.
How did IB got that much money to spend? Who financed the coup attempt that
turned into a rebellion?
In Abidjan, the answer is quiet clear. For everyone, the sponsor of the
rebellion is Alassane Dramane
Ouatara with the support of the French government.
Who is Alassane? Until the age of 42, Alassane was known at the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), as
a national from Burkina Faso. He was hired by the now deceased president
Houphouet Boigny to help
in economic recovery. Later on, he was appointed prime minister. Alassane
knew early on that he was
not eligible to run for president. With time, people convinced him that he
could make a good president.
There was opposition to that idea among the ivorian politicians. Alassane
, unable to explain his past
as a national from Burkina Faso opted to play the victim card. So the pork
-eating, alcohol- drinking, no
fast, no Hajj going "Muslim" said to whoever could feel sympathy for him
that he was being excluded
from running because he was a Muslim. He would not say that his fiercest
critics were also Muslims
from the north. In a country that could be divided along religious lines,
Alassane played the card right so
that the Muslims in the north adopted him as their spokesperson. He had the
money and the
relationships to achieve his goal. His opponents tried to exclude him from
running for president, but
every time he would play the victim and get more sympathy in the region.
During the start of the rebellion,
the media waved the religion card around so well that even the middle east
Islamic media
(Islamonline.net) jumped on the waggon, feeling some connection with the
rebellion.
Why did the media felt in love with the rebellion?
It is easy to understand when you know who write for AFP, the main news
source on Cote D'Ivoire. The
journalist from AFP is from the northern part of Cote D'Ivoire, so it came
as a matter of fact that the news
would lean toward the rebels. There were a few actors in the game who
wanted to see the regime of
Gbagbo fall so to have a chance in politics. During the peak of the
crisis, those friends to the rebellion
would call their friends at PANA, RFI, and voice of America to blast
Gbagbo.
Why was Gbagbo such an easy target?
Gbagbo is a politician , and as such he knows how to convey his message to
the people. His populous
rhetorics appeal to the younger generation who sees in him a model. Gbagbo
grew up in a poor family,
and struggled all his life to get where he is, so to the majority of
ivorians, he exemplifies what they can
be if they work hard.
Alassane couldn't accept the fact that for his friends at IMF, he hasn't
delivered on his promise to
becoming the president of Cote D'Ivoire. During his farewell party, he was
being congratulate as
"monsieur le president". On national television, out of frustration,
Alassane said " I will make this
country a mess if they don't want me to run". A year later, the country
entered a circle of violence which
has continued since.
For Gbagbo who is not well known, it is an uphill battle to convince the
rest of the world that Alassane is
the problem. If we were to respect the constitution, Alassane should not
run for office in Cote D'Ivoire.
But Alassane knows many high level people around the world. He is friend
to Kofi Annan, and many
French politicians, so it is easy for him to get what he wants. His Wife is
wealthy French business
woman who is friend to Kofi Annan's wife. And the wives love to talk. Kofi
Annan is working hard to have
the constitution of Cote D'Ivoire be changed just to suit Alassane desire
to become president.
Alassane complains that the constitution was designed to keep him from
running, but he will not say
that he called his supporters to vote for that constitution knowing pretty
well that it kept him out of the
race. He is fighting to have Gbagbo single handedly change the
constitution even though there is a
provision in the constitution that tells how to change the law of the land.
But Alassane has money and
relations, and what Alassane wants, the world is ready to give to him
without regard for the law nor the
people who have endured the unquenchable desire for power of this former
national of Burkina Faso.
WHAT IS FRANCE'S ROLE IN ALL OF THIS?
The following information was obtained from the mouth of the rebels
themselves. Sidiki Konate is the
spokesperson for the rebels. When the tension was high and the media was
praising the rebels, it was
asked to Sidiki why stop in their progression toward Abidjan to overthrow
Gbagbo, Why not just attack
the French army?
Sidiki responded "oh no, we can't do that, the French are with us, they
provide us with the intelligence,
they carry some of our weapons to Abidjan, they help us a lot". The same
information was later
confirmed by Lobognon, the communication director for the RDR and the
rebels. The RDR is
Alassane's political party. The rebels are now known as the armed branch of
the RDR.
In the middle of 2003, while on patrol on the lake Kossou, two French
solders were killed by some
rebels. The French government who is boasting today saying "you don't kill
a French without replication"
hurried to blame the uncontrolled members of the rebellion. That killing
didn't deserve a retaliation.
The French Government is trying to flex his muscle to impose a peace accord
that would ripe Gbagbo of
his power and put Alassane on the presidential list. What is the motive
behind this? Can Arnold
Schwarzenegger force the USA to change its constitution to have him run to
become the next president,
because he is the governor of California, the richest state in America? NO
WAY!
Why?
BECAUSE ARNOLD, DESPITE ALL HIS MUSCLES AND MONEY, CANNOT CHANGE THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. HE MUST HAVE BEEN BORN IN
AMERICA TO
RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
In light of all that has been going on, are we wrong to confirm the fact
that the French government is
behind the rebellion? No, the facts state the truth.
In other part of the world, the USA is fighting to preserve and protect
elected governments, in Cote
D'Ivoire, Chirac is trying to remove an elected government so to impose
Alassane and its rebels. Thus
creating chaos for the peace loving population of Cote D'Ivoire.
World, you can now understand why the people of Cote D'Ivoire are ready to
die to preserve their
constitution, their land, and their president.
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