Posted on 07/02/2009 9:44:14 AM PDT by Publius772000
“These decisions undermine Niger’s efforts over the last ten years to advance good governance and the rule of law,” said Robert Gibbs in a statement Thursday. The “decisions” he was referring to have been made by Niger president Mamadou Tandja in an effort to extend his rule over that nation.
When Niger’s high court ruled against Tandja’s attempt to rule for three more years, the president removed the entire court, then named an entirely new cabinet.
“We are encouraged that the African Union has sent a delegation to Niger to attempt to find resolution to this political crisis,” Gibbs said in his statement. “We will continue to consult with our partners in the region and monitor the situation in Niger closely.”
Gibbs statement raises a red flag: Why is the would-be dictator in Niger criticized for actually seizing power while Manuel Zelaya of Honduras, another would-be dictator, is defended and nearly canonized by the Obama administration? Zelaya was intending to unconstitutionally extend his rule, just as Tandja has done.
Could part of the reason for the disparity in reaction be the philosophies of the two dictators? Zelaya, like Obama and Hugo Chavez, is an avowed Marxist, seeking to nationalize his country’s institutions. Tandja has been soundly criticized by Marxists, including a scathing report in a Marxist website that blames Tandja and capitalism for the famine in his country.
(Excerpt) Read more at theconstitutionalalamo.com ...
Obama knows who his buddies are
We like you?
We support what you did.
We don't like you?
We oppose what you did.
Damn the law, all that matters is Obama and his ego!
“Why is the would-be dictator in Niger criticized for actually seizing power while Manuel Zelaya of Honduras, another would-be dictator, is defended and nearly canonized by the Obama administration?”
Uh...um...consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds? Yeah, that’s the ticket.
The way of transgressors is hard.
Oops! I forgot to capitalize. My bad.
Oh, that’s great! lol
Arent we all.
Precisely! Hey, I came up with the same thought independently.
NOVEMBER 1999 : (NIGER : MAMADOU ELECTED PRESIDENT IN CLOSE ELECTION) a former army officer, Tandja Mamadou, was elected president after a close-run election. - "On this Day 9 April 1999: President of Niger 'killed in ambush,' BBC News
NOVEMBER 1999 : (NIGER : ELECTIONS : RETIRED COLONEL TANDJA MAMADOU IS ELECTED PRESIDENT) In Nov., 1999, elections were held for a new president and parliament; a retired colonel, Tandja Mamadou, was elected president. Tandja, whose first term was marked by relative stability, was reelected in Dec., 2004.... ------- "Niger History 1987-2004 ," http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/section/niger_history.asp
I still have not been able to find anything on his wife, but I found this strange story:Mr Chekou ought to have known, as they originated from Niger's Rome embassy when he was ambassador. But when I saw him at his home in a suburb of Niger's capital, Niamey, he claimed he knew nothing. Western intelligence claims an "under-paid African diplomat" sold the forgeries to Italian intelligence for a few thousand dollars. The Italians were said to have passed the information to MI6, who passed it to the US, though Britain denies this, saying it did not see the fake documents until this year. ------Source [http://nuralcubicle.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_nuralcubicle_archive.html]Although some of this doesn't square with the story we have already, Martino claimed the documents came from the embassy, so the Chekou link to the Niger Embassy is interesting.More:
Its eavesdropping work brought to light a hotline between Niger Ambassador Adamou Chekou (today advisor to Niger President Tandja Mamadou) and Iraqi diplomats in Rome, specifically with Wissam al-Zahawiah, Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See. ----- Source [via http://nuralcubicle.blogspot.com/2005_07_01_nuralcubicle_archive.html]Holy See? As in Vatican? Where Vincent Cannistraro is the security advisor? Hmmm...
Too bad I can't find anything on the other two, Chekou and Zahawiah, other than copies of this story.
150 posted on 11/01/2005 2:17:39 PM PST by ravingnutter | To 145
FEBRUARY 24, 2002 : (NIGER : US AMBASSADOR TO NIGER, BARBRO OWENS-KIRKPATRICK, ASKS USMC GENERAL CARLTON W FULFORD JR TO JOIN HER AT A MEETING WITH NIGER’S PRESIDENT MAMADOU TANDJA) Marine Gen. Carlton W. Fulford, Jr., then-deputy commander of the U.S. European Command said he came away from Niger “assured” that the supply of “yellowcake” was kept secure by a French consortium. Fulford was asked by the U.S. ambassador to Niger, Barbro Owens-Kirkpatrick, to join her at the meeting with Niger’s President Mamadou Tandja on Feb. 24, 2002. “I was asked to impress upon the president the importance that the yellowcake in Niger be under control,” Fulford said. “I did that. He assured me. He said the mining operations were handled through a French consortium” and therefore out of the Niger government’s control. Owens-Kirkpatrick, reached by phone, declined to comment. —————————http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56336-2003Jul14?language=printer ——— via 255 posted on 11/06/2005 7:52:17 PM PST by MilleniumBug | To 245
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