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2010-04-04 Africa Subsaharan

Senegal to 'take back' French bases at midnight: president

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Posted by Steve White 2010-04-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Yay, less stability for Africa. Just what they need.

Posted by gromky 2010-04-04 02:08|| 2010-04-04 02:08|| Front Page Top

#2 HMMMMM, HMMMMMM, dare the BAMMER = USA, America = Amerika, won AFPAK but lost MOST OF AFRICA + EURASIA??? ISRAEL???

And, only 1-1/2 years into the POTUS first term???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2010-04-04 03:07|| 2010-04-04 03:07|| Front Page Top

#3 Slavers before the French arrived. I wonder how long it will take them to return to their former tribal habits.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-04-04 08:53|| 2010-04-04 08:53|| Front Page Top

#4 How will the French be able to replace their giant Senegalese snail ranches? There were never that many French snail wranglers, and it took years to train a Senegalese snail skinner.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-04-04 10:02|| 2010-04-04 10:02|| Front Page Top

#5 There is a union of Senegalese workers who work on the base and for the French families. They are PO's about the closure and want to compensation. The jobs feed about 15-20K Senegalites. We should do this in Germany, Japan, and Korea.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2010-04-04 10:08|| 2010-04-04 10:08|| Front Page Top

#6 We should do this in Germany, Japan, and Korea.

We did it in Germany in the early '90s. Residential property rental prices went down 30-50%, and unemployment went up. Our landlord became deeply unhappy when he discovered the impact of the former, even though we were in an area not near any Ami bases -- his market was the international managers attracted by Frankfurt's business environment.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-04-04 14:37|| 2010-04-04 14:37|| Front Page Top

#7 "I solemnly declare that from 00H00 (GMT) April 4 Senegal will take back all the (military) bases formerly held by France and intends to exert its sovereignty,"

Posted by gorb 2010-04-04 14:55|| 2010-04-04 14:55|| Front Page Top

#8 Whoops, had the cursor in the wrong place when I pressed .

"I solemnly declare that from 00H00 (GMT) April 4 Senegal will take back all the (military) bases formerly held by France and intends to exert its sovereignty,"

So you'd like the Senegalese to believe that you have the horsepower to run the French out on a rail, eh?

Looks like he's setting himself up for his last term in office. Second-to-last if he's lucky.

Posted by gorb 2010-04-04 14:58|| 2010-04-04 14:58|| Front Page Top

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