Col. Assimi Goita appears during a televised broadcast Wednesday in Bamako, Mali. Goita says he's now in charge of the West African country. (ORTM TV/AP)
Posted on 08/21/2020 7:26:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Col. Assimi Goita, who emerged Thursday as the head of the junta in power, worked for years with U.S. Special Operations forces focused on fighting extremism in West Africa. He spoke regularly with U.S. troops and attended U.S.-led training exercises, said officers from both countries, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly.
Goita, who also received training from Germany and France, according to the officers, headed Mali's special forces unit in the country's restive central region, where fighters linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State have established a stronghold that has alarmed global leaders.
"By making this intervention, we have put Mali first," Goita said in a broadcast Thursday alongside top government officials. "Mali is in a sociopolitical and security crisis. There is no more room for mistakes."
Goita participated in U.S. Africa Command training exercises in West Africa known as Flintlock and attended a Joint Special Operations University bilateral seminar at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida, according to the Defense Department.
"The act of mutiny in Mali is strongly condemned and inconsistent with U.S. military training and education," said Marine Corps Lt. Col. Anton T. Semelroth, a Pentagon spokesman.
The Malian military will receive no more support from the United States until further review, he added.
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"The United Nations has placed strict gender quotas on a British Army peacekeeping deployment to Mali in west Africa, demanding more females are sent under the auspices of a special bureaucratic directive... The call for more female UK soldiers to be included is part of a wider set of directives drafted by the U.N. that mandates strict quotas for female personnel in the name of equal opportunity." The UN is forcing the issue of more women in the British army to fight African jihadis under the disguise of gender equality. The mission has been described as "the most dangerous mission for British forces since Afghanistan." What is the UN really up to, particularly given its alliance with the Organization Islamic Cooperation, which aims to subvert the Houses of War (infidel countries)?UN demands that British army send more women for defense against jihad in Mali [12/25/2019]
Col. Assimi Goita appears during a televised broadcast Wednesday in Bamako, Mali. Goita says he's now in charge of the West African country. (ORTM TV/AP)
Will the introduction of one currency for all of West Africa spell the end of France's dominance in French-speaking Africa?West Africa's New Currency: The End of France's dominance in AFRICA? | NewAfrica | July 28, 2019
Six West African countries have jointly criticized the changes of the regional CFA Franc currency to Eco, saying its not in line with what was agreed for the adoption of a single regional currency. These countries include: Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone and they said in a statement issued after talks in the Nigerian capital Abuja that he move "is not in line" with plans by the regional bloc ECOWAS to adopt a single currency also called the Eco This rebuke came after a major announcement that sought to turn the page on CFA franc perceived colonial-era connection Today, eight countries use the West African CFA franc -- Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo, which are former French colonies, as well as Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony. The December 21 announcement by Ivory Coast President Allisan Outtara and French President Emmanuel Macron applies only to the CFA franc that is used in West Africa but then, note should be taken that A parallel CFA franc is used by six other countries in central Africa. Its future, too, also faces questions as a result of this announcement in Abidjan.Six West African Countries Reject Eco after WANZ summit in Abuja | Ecowas | Positive Africa | January 19, 2020
You have got to be shtting me.
Sending women into a place that enslaves women. What could possibly go wrong?
MMGA?
We have no interests in Africa.
Mali’s coup leaders:
The National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP)
• Col Assimi Goita:Head of the CNSP and leads Mali’s special forces
• Col Malick Diaw:CNSP vice-president; deputy head of camp where mutiny began
• Col Ismaël Wagué:Junta’s spokesman; from the air force (pictured)
• Col Sadio Camara:Ex-head of the military academy where the mutiny started
• Col Modibo Koné:Has played a key role in fighting jihadists
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53848223
Interesting..thanks.
One of the early revolutionary heroines there was Mali Pitcher, that’s where they got the name.
SOP. Some may recall that we not only trained Castro we equipped him as well. Ike was dumbfounded when Fidel announced he was communist.
What was her lifetime E.R.A.?
Good golly.
Miss Molly!
That was brilliant, brilliant I say, a little jealous now...
It's a good opportunity to tell the UN, if they don't like it, to do it their damned selves.
More White harem slaves.
"trained by U.S. military" since no dates are given, are we to take it it was on 0bunghole's watch?
So...what year was it that he recieve US training again?
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