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| Returning Tuareg fighters from Libya fuelled Mali coup, says UN |
| 2012-03-24 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] Last year's NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... -assisted overthrow of the Libyan regime is a factor in this week's military takeover in Mali, the United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... ' chief political officer said on Thursday. "Well, of course, there is a relationship," UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs B Lynn Pascoe said following a Security Council meeting on the coup in Mali. Mr Pascoe explained that "much more firepower and drive" were added to a simmering rebellion in northern Mali by up to 2,000 Tuareg fighters who had been employed in Libya until the ouster of Muammar Qadaffy ...The late megalomaniac dictator of Libya, admired everywhere for his garish costumes, funny hats, harem of cutie bodyguards, and incoherent ravings. As far as is known, he is the only person who's ever declared jihad on Switzerland... in October. The Tuaregs, some of whom held high ranks in the Libyan army, then returned to Mali with their weapons, Mr Pascoe said. Malian military officers who overthrew President Amadou Toumani Toure cited as a key grievance the government's inadequate support for army operations against the strengthened Tuareg orcs. The coup in Mali can thus be seen as an example of "blowback" -- an unintended and negative consequence of the overthrow of Libya's dictatorship. (READ: Mali soldiers say they have seized power) NATO's intervention against the Qadaffy regime, a decisive factor in its overthrow, had been opposed by the African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... |
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