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Africa - U.S. Demands Immediate Resignation of New Dictator of Togo
AFP via Babelfish translation | February 19, 2005

Posted on 02/19/2005 12:31:07 PM PST by HAL9000

Togo: Washington asks for the resignation of Faure Gnassingbé

WASHINGTON - the United States does not recognize the legitimacy of the invested president of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, and claims its immediate resignation, declared Saturday the State Department.

"the United States does not regard as legitimate the designation of Mr. Gnassingbé like chair invested and invites it to resign immediately", said the spokesman of the State Department Richard Boucher in an official statement.

It added that Washington supported the economic Community of the States of West Africa (CEDEAO, 15 country) which suspended Togo of the regional group.



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; dictator; gnassingbe; statedept; togo

1 posted on 02/19/2005 12:31:09 PM PST by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Togo? Togo?

Don't we have more to concern ourselves with than Togo?


2 posted on 02/19/2005 12:33:29 PM PST by Mears ("Call me irresponsible".)
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To: Mears

What exactly is the down side, to allowing the entire Turd World "nations" in darkest Africa to follow their self-rule flush down the toilet?

Any of them???


3 posted on 02/19/2005 12:35:37 PM PST by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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To: HAL9000

Dang, they just went and got themselves a New Dictator, and now they have to start all over again.

Good Dictators are hard to find.


4 posted on 02/19/2005 1:12:23 PM PST by AmericanChef
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To: Mears

As Togo goes, so goes gogo.


5 posted on 02/19/2005 1:21:17 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: HAL9000
Does this mean there may be one country in the world that will not get any U.S. foreign aid?

Or are we going to give it to the dictator so he can be some nice cars for his harem?
6 posted on 02/19/2005 1:26:21 PM PST by cgbg (How evil is Hillary? Let me count the ways...)
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To: HAL9000
...does not recognize the legitimacy of the invested president of Togo, Faure Gnassingbé, and claims its immediate resignation...

And what has it got in its pocketses, inquiring minds want to know.

7 posted on 02/19/2005 2:03:23 PM PST by Grut
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To: HAL9000

"...and your little dog, too."

Whoops, Togo...Heh, Heh, never mind.

8 posted on 02/19/2005 2:19:00 PM PST by FreedomFarmer (Socialism is not an ideology, it is a disease. Eliminate the vectors.)
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To: DannyTN

You bethca!


9 posted on 02/19/2005 2:20:54 PM PST by Mears ("Call me irresponsible".)
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To: DannyTN

Oops! You betcha!


10 posted on 02/19/2005 2:22:19 PM PST by Mears ("Call me irresponsible".)
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To: HAL9000

No blood for...err...ummm...whatever they have in Togo!


11 posted on 02/19/2005 2:24:55 PM PST by Spruce
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To: river rat
What exactly is the down side, to allowing the entire Turd World "nations" in darkest Africa to follow their self-rule flush down the toilet?

Sort of like letting the Taliban rule Afghanistan?

12 posted on 02/19/2005 3:41:12 PM PST by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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To: All
“Alex, I’ll take names that sound like diseases for $600.”
13 posted on 02/19/2005 3:48:42 PM PST by dighton
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To: HAL9000
Special Broadcast Services (AU) -

US SUSPENDS ASSISTANCE TO TOGO

20.2.2005. 10:40:48

The United States has refused to recognise the legitimacy of Togo's military-installed interim president, Faure Gnassingbe, and called on him to step down immediately.

Washington is supporting the decision of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to suspended Togo from the organisation.

Announcing that all military assistance to Togo had been suspended, a US State Department spokesman said it was "reviewing all aspects of our relations with Togo in order to identify further means of supporting the actions of ECOWAS".

The military installed Gnassingbe as interim successor to his father, Gnassingbe Eyadema, who died on February 5 after 38 years of iron-fisted rule over the tiny and impoverished nation.


14 posted on 02/19/2005 5:44:00 PM PST by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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