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Wilmot,
Interesting obaservation. You are not alone in this
thinking. I will share my opinion when this damn
cold frees me to do so. The Ivorian situation is more
complex than we are made to see. You have introduced
the name Ouattara. He is a major player who has been
constantly sidelined and relegated to oblivion, for
now.
To understand where all this stupidity is heading, one
has to follow Ouattara's political trail. This will
further clarify the pit Gbagbo is digging for himself.
One more thing, the ethnic and cultural factor is also
relevant in dissecting the Ivorian malaise.
Askia
--- "Wilmot B. Valhmu" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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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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> From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 2004/11/16 Tue PM 01:01:51 CST
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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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