Rebel Forces Say They Have Captured President Gbagbo’s Residence in Ivory Coast – UN Bombs President’s Arsenal (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, April 4, 2011, 10:44 PM
(Updated- Thanks Wanumba)
Rebel forces say they have captured Laurent Gbagbo’s residence in the Ivory Coast.
Muslim forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara said they had taken the building after a day of fierce combat.
Here is what we know about the situation in the Ivory Coast:
– Rebels loyal to Muslim opposition leader Quattara from the north have battled their way to the main city, Abidjan. There are constant reports of savage attacks on villages by rebels armed with guns and machetes.
– Thousands of refugees from the Ivory Coast in Liberia are reporting that the the pro-Quattara Muslim rebels are killing people and raping women. They are killing “everyone and anyone.” There are even rumors of cannibalism.
– At least 1,000 Christians were slaughtered last week at the Salesian Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus mission in Duekoue, Ivory Coast by Muslim troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara as they worked their way to Abidjan.
– Hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing their homes and escaping to neighboring countries.
– The United Nations and French forces opened fire with attack helicopters Monday on the arsenal of this country’s entrenched ruler, as columns of foot soldiers finally pierced the city limit and surrounded the strongman’s home. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the attacks were ordered to defend civilians and were not a declaration of war on Mr Gbagbo.
The fighters aiming to topple strongman Laurent Gbagbo had succeeded in taking nearly the entire countryside in just three days last week, but they faltered once they reached the country’s largest city, where the presidential palace and residence are located.
This is not going to end anytime soon. Things will only get worse.
This is hell.
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Taqiyyotomist commented:
Satan stalks the earth, head held high.
His name is Islam. His name is Communism. His name is Western Leftism.
Uga Bibly commented:
“At least 1,000 Christians were slaughtered last week at the Salesian Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus mission in Duekoue, Ivory Coast by Muslim troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara.
”
Obama is masterbating at this news, that prick.
save us commented:
The religion of peace strikes again and again and again.
When will our leaders wake up?
socalmike commented:
With the leader that we have, the world is going to hell in a handbasket. I’m telling you, things are going to get even worse. What a loser we have in our president – I can’t even type his name.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
Damn that was disturbing.
—-
There are those in this country, many of them, who would do this to me, to you, to Sarah Palin, to anyone who opposes their insanity.
All that stops them is, for now, and perhaps not for long, the Law.
They would burn me and you and Palin and Bush and Ashcroft and Limbaugh alive, if they thought they could get away with it. Leftists and Islam are the same. They have the same Father in Hell.
Watch as the MSM ignores this, or calls these murderous Muslims “Conservative”, while dreaming of perpetrating the same murder, destruction, rape, and hell on those in this nation who don’t subscribe to their Satanic point of view.
JUST F**KING WATCH.
wanumba commented:
FAKE FAKE FAKE!!!
This is the video of KENYANS burning suspected witches alive in 2008!!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dae_1236854361
This was passed around recently to FALSELY accuse South Sudanese of this atrocity. This video gets around!!!
BEWARE of WAR RUMORS!!
MikeMose commented:
Muslims know with obama as president they have an ally and a protector!
Muffin commented:
I won’t watch, but an ocean separating us from those people does not seem like enough.
BetterDeadthanRed commented:
This why Islam MUST be wiped out. This cult is anti- human.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
If you haven’t read Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, you should.
Many Christians have been burned alive by the forces of Satan, for many years.
They truly hate us. Islam, Communists, Socialists, pagans, anarchists, the American Left Wing. This video is the attack on Ms. Bautch in NOLA, exactly — just on a larger scale.
THEY ARE THE SAME, ISLAM AND THE AMERICAN LEFT. And they would do this without a second thought if they thought they could get away with it.
What these people don’t realize, and soon will, is that they will burn forever, and that none of them will get away with their Satanic devotion and their rapacious, murderous, sick insanity in the end. God is JUST. And He will judge. And they will burn, for eternity.
Fairy tales, you say? Just wait and see how wrong you were.
Maranatha. May he come soon, and exact his perfect judgement on every one of these filthy swine.
bg commented:
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wanumba #6
i knew it.. thank you for finding it!!
you want shocking atrocities video,
here’s an Obama tribe clip for you..
“We are Taliban”
more here..
Earth to GP, please take the time to consider that you might
be being played (and i might add, imho, for some time now..)
btw, have any of the other claims been confirmed yet?? thanks..
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wanumba commented:
WATCH OUT for PROVOCATEURS!! This 2008 video depicting a real incident FAR FAR away in KENYA, has already been RECYCLED, under the PHONY CLAIM that it was committed by SOUTH SUDANESE – relabeled by mischief-makers expressly to make the South Sudanese look bad.
Now someone is passing it off over the internet as Ivoirien? See how upset it got everyone already and it’s a fraud.
Zim commented:
I guess the video of burning people alive was too much. It was for sure. There is such evil in this world.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
wanumba, good call.
Vid is real, the Muslims burning people is real. This isn’t a Hollywood set.
This is not “fake”, by any stretch. What you see happened.
And despite that it happened in 2008, it is happening now in Cote d’Ivory, just the same. The same murderous Mohammadan pigs. The same hate. The same mass rapes. The same destruction.
Good call, all the same. Still, none of my previous comments need retracting. They remain true.
Chippy commented:
This Mr. Quattara leader has been praised by lil barry and the corrupt UN in December 2011.
President Barack Obama also praised Alassane Ouattara “for his victory” and urged the outgoing president to “recognize and respect” the outcome of the vote last Sunday.
“I congratulate Alassane Ouattara on his victory in the election of 28 November. The independent election commission, observers reliable and accredited, and the UN, all confirmed this result and certified its reliability,” said Obama in a statement. “Ivory Coast is now at a crossroads. I call on all parties, including incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, to recognize and respect the result,” he added.
http://www.pisqa.com/12/the-un-eu-obama-and-sarkozy-welcomed-alassane-ouattara/
wanumba commented:
Thanks bg. I was told about this clip a few months ago – part of the toxic misinformation campaign against the South Sudan during the run up to the Referendum.
wanumba commented:
#14 April 4, 2011 at 11:07 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:
………….
The fake is the CLAIM that it shows an atrocity in Ivory Coast this week, when it is of an atrocity a couple years ago on the other side of Africa in Kenya. It’s especially egrecious (hard to beleive it could be worse than what it shows) since it’s already been used this past year to SMEAR the South Sudanese – this story was toxic before it was identified correctly and people were calmed down.
Here it is, recycled for another conflict. lo and behold!
I know GP took some blogger or link in good faith, but it’d be interesting to track the source of it. In its previosu usage, the Muslim Northern Sudanese had the most to gain from poisoning public opinion against South Sudanese.
Mike O commented:
The UN bombed EX-President Gbagbo’s troops because they were using heavy weapons on civilians and were shooting UN troops. One more time: THIS IS NOT MUSLIM VS. CHRISTIAN. Most of the casualties are NEITHER; this is a TRIBAL issue.
wanumba commented:
GP!
You’re fast!
Thanks!
Whew!
bg commented:
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Earth to all..
please take a minute or 2 to collect yourselves along with some facts..
flashback to 2000
Dancing with Rebels: Gbagbo and the Ivorian Revolution
more..
How did the crisis grow from a mutiny to a civil war?
more..
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bg commented:
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Mike O #18
via Mike O #35
Is religion a key part of the conflict?
more @ links..
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wanumba commented:
Just a heads up:
In war and conflicts the most common RUMORS that get jittery populations jacked are:
slaughtering
poisoning the water supplies
cannibalism
There are more, but these pop up frequently.
Careful with the reports until they can be confirmed.
Slaughtering is quite possible – daybreak and later confirmation required
poisoning water supplies is ALWAYS false (logistics fail)
cannibalism – okay never heard of in the USA until some “news fool” reported it on-air after Katrina and it was a patently phony rumor. There are a few random nasty usually very isolated (understandably) tribes that DO it – usually as a tacic to terrify enemies, but in a moving front, seriously, who has time to sit down and eat anyone?
Taqiyyotomist commented:
wanumba, I understood exactly what you were saying, from the get-go.
What I’m saying is that even thought the claim is false regarding that particular video, which Jim has thankfully removed, the same hell is going on in the Ivory Coast, in Egypt, in Libya, and everywhere else Muslims are in sufficient numbers…
…and that the only thing that prevents the Leftists, anarchists, La Raza, the Crips, the Bloods, ACORN-beneficiaries, Jamaat ul-Fuqra, and Labor Unions in America from performing the same exact thing is the fact that the Law is (marginally, at this late stage) not on their side.
All those would do the same if given the chance. In a heartbeat. They masturbate thinking about the deaths of Conservatives, Christians, and Jews — all day long. Not just death, but suffering, painful, long-lasting misery-death. They only face one obstacle, and that wall of judges, laws, and lawmakers gets shorter and less-insurmountable by the day. It’s coming here, and soon, I think. It’s all the aforementioned swine think about. And they’re quite open about it lately.
Barring the return of Christ, it will happen here.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
It seems to me that the Horsemen have been unleashed.
wanumba commented:
“UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the attacks were ordered to defend civilians and were not a declaration of war on Mr Gbagbo.”
There it is: the toxic Irish Samantha Powers Excuse for UN military meddling, “military humanitairan intervention” to “defend civilians”.
We don’t KNOW whether Gbagbo’s guys were attacking civilians willy-nilly … frankly, why would they be? It COULD be true. But The Obama’s Irish lassie Samantha Powers NEEDED that kind of reporting to justify a meddling.
wanumba commented:
#23 April 4, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Taqiyyotomist commented:
……………..
It can get overwhelming at times, but God is sovereign. And at the moment the on-ward marching collossus seems unbeatable, the smallest thing trips it up and down it crashes.
AFrica has 55 countries, there’s more peace and quiet at any given time than not.
RS commented:
Must not be anything of interest in Ivory Coast… golf, basketball, GE investment… nothing.
Joe's Garage commented:
“– At least 1,000 Christians were slaughtered last week at the Salesian Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus mission in Duekoue, Ivory Coast by Muslim troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara as they worked their way to Abidjan. ”
Not a peep from the Christian and Catholic leadership. But you will see them in hot and heavy discussions to ‘welcome our Muslim brethren with open arms in constructive and meaningful dialogue’.
No wonder so many are leaving the Catholic and Christian churches.
business daily commented:
He gave them all the money he had – about 200 000 francs 430 – but they slit his throat anyway. … In the aftermath though pro-Gbagbo police and militias have been widely accused of targeting Muslims because they are perceived as being defacto Ouattara supporters…. A fellow imam immediately called the interior minister to plead for their release and thought everything would be fine when Sissoumas wife called to say they were back at home safe and sound….
bg commented:
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Joe’s Garage #28
fyi via links @ #20
the “rebels” spokesperson is not only a
Christian, but an old ally of Gbagbo’s..
i’m not saying it didnt happen, but i will ask again..
has that claim been confirmed/verified by anyone??
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bg commented:
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wanumba #25
Pro-Ouattara forces seize Ivory Coast capital
[Dr. Koueate Karim, medical director of rebel-held, northern Bouake, said he
treated 15 wounded Wednesday from the fighting at Tiebissou and a bus
shot up by Gbagbo militiamen.
"They were on a bus, all civilians, riding from Yamoussoukro to Bouake and
the militia just sprayed the bus with gunfire," he said, quoting victims.]
who knows for certain, what we do know for certain is innocent people are
dying, less mouths for the UN to feed, not that they do a good job of that
in some places, heck, any place but the UN dining facilities can go w/out..
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Andreas K. commented:
This isn’t hell.
This is the true face islam.
Geert Wilders has been talking exatly about this for years, has warned the world that exactly this will happen in Europe should we continue to kow-tow to islam, but every sh*tfaced writer in the world called him a “fascist”.
Every single person critical of islam (not “islamism”, islam) has been saying exactly this.
Wherever islam spreads, you will have death and destruction.
The only thing left to do is pull out of Africa and build a huge fence around it. The entire continent is lost and we need to start taking care of our own countries.
Yep, that’s how I see it. Why should we get involved there when islam is gaining more and more ground in our own countries almost on a daily basis? Protect ourselves from it first, then we can go off and liberate other people.
But of course, saying this is “racism”, “inhumane” and makes me a “nazi”, I know.
BigAlSouth commented:
“To brush aside America’s responsibility as a leader and – more profoundly – our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances would have been a betrayal of who we are. Some nations may be able to turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of America is different. And as President, I refused to wait for the images of slaughter and mass graves before taking action.”
Gee, where have I heard that before? Oh yeah.
Words. Just words.
bg commented:
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did he say atrocities not audacities?? /O’sarc/
[Saddam Hussein's Regime's Methods of Torture The following methods of torture have all been reported to international human rights groups, such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, by the victims of torture or their families.
Eye gouging
Amnesty International reported the case of a Kurdish businessman in Baghdad who was executed in 1997. When his family retrieved his body, the eyes had been gouged out and the empty eye sockets stuffed with paper.
Piercing of hands with electric drill
A common method of torture for political detainees. Amnesty International reported one victim who then had acid poured into his open wounds.
Suspension from the ceiling
Victims are blindfolded, stripped and suspended for hours by their wrists, often with their hands tied behind their backs. This causes dislocation of shoulders and tearing of muscles and ligaments.
Electric shock
A common torture method. Shocks are applied to various parts of the body, including the genitals, ears, tongue and fingers.
Sexual abuse
Victims, particularly women, have been raped and sexually abused, including reports of broken bottles being forced into the victim's anus.
"Falaqa"
Victims are forced to lie face down and are then beaten on the soles of their feet with a cable, often losing consciousness.
Other physical torture
Extinguishing cigarettes on various parts of the body, extraction of fingernails and toenails and beatings with canes, whips, hose pipes and metal rods are common.
Mock executions
Victims are told that they are to be executed by firing squad and a mock execution is staged. Victims are hooded and brought before a firing squad, who then fire blank rounds.
Acid baths
David Scheffer, US Ambassador - at - Large for War Crimes, reported that photographic evidence showed that Iraq had used acid baths during the invasion of Kuwait. Victims were hung by their wrists and gradually lowered into the acid.]
[..]
Costs to Fellow Muslims
[The Iran-Iraq war (1980-198 resulted in an estimated 1 million Muslim casualties, dead and wounded. Iranian casualties were estimated at between 450,000 and 730,000. Iraqi casualties were estimated at between 150,000 and 340,000.
During the 1988 Anfal campaign in Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi troops were responsible for the death or disappearance of up to 100,000 Muslim Kurds.
On March 16 1988, Iraqi troops killed up to 5,000 and injured some 10,000 Muslim Kurds in a single day in a chemical weapon attack on the town of Halabja in northern Iraq.
The 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait led to the death of some 1,000 Kuwaiti Muslim nationals.
605 prisoners of war remain unaccounted for since 1991, including nationals of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, India, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Egypt, Bahrain, and Oman.
Between 3 and 4 million Muslim Iraqis have abandoned their homes and sought refuge outside Iraq.
Many hundreds of thousands of Iraq's Muslims have been displaced internally. Estimates of 900,000 may be conservative. In the north, towns and villages were systematically destroyed by the regime during the war with Iran.
Further south, non-Arabs in the region of Kirkuk have been relocated to other parts of Iraq and Arabs induced to occupy their homes and lands.
And in the south, between 300,000 and 500,000 Muslim citizens have been forced from their traditional homes in Iraq's marshlands.
Thousands of Muslims have been arbitrarily arrested, ill-treated, tortured and executed in Iraq in recent years because of their suspected opposition political activities, or because they are relatives of people sought by the authorities.
Sources: US Committee for Refugees Report 2002
Human Rights Watch Country Report
International Alliance for Justice News Service 12/9/2002
Amnesty International Report – Victims of Systematic Repression British Government's own sources]
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bg commented:
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re: #34
was re: BigAlSouth #33
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bg commented:
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re: BigAlSouth #33
[“To brush aside America’s responsibility as a leader and – more profoundly
– our responsibilities to our fellow human beings under such circumstances
would have been a betrayal of who we are. Some nations may be able to
turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries. The United States of
America is different. And as President, I refused to wait for the images of
slaughter and mass graves before taking action.”]
re: #34
Obama: Don’t Stay in Iraq Over Genocide
["Well, look, if that's the criteria by which we are making decisions on the
deployment of U.S. forces, then by that argument you would have 300,000
troops in the Congo right now—where millions have been slaughtered as a
consequence of ethnic strife—which we haven't done," Obama said in an
interview with The Associated Press.
"We would be deploying unilaterally and occupying the Sudan, which we
haven't done. Those of us who care about Darfur don't think it would be
a good idea," he said.
(only because the UN adamantly refused Bush
& Powell pleas to call it lie it was, genocide..)
[..]
“When you have civil conflict like this, military efforts and protective forces can play an important role, especially if they’re under an international mandate as opposed to simply a U.S. mandate. But you can’t solve the underlying problem at the end of a barrel of a gun,” he said. “There’s got to be a deliberate and constant diplomatic effort to get the various factions to recognize that they are better off arriving at a peaceful resolution of their conflicts.”]
i am the diplomat, i am the walrus, koo-koo a choo..
“Now let me be clear — I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a
brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure
his own power. He has repeatedly defied UN resolutions, thwarted UN
inspection teams, developed chemical and biological weapons, and coveted
nuclear capacity. He’s a bad guy. The world, and the Iraqi people, would
be better off without him.”
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bg commented:
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re: #36
(only because the UN adamantly refused Bush
& Powell pleas to call it like it was, genocide..)
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bg commented:
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heard via AJ-E that Gbagbo was negotiating l his exit..
Diplomat: Ouattara forces seize Ivory
Coast presidential home, Gbagbo in bunker
aah, “Diplomat” the new (older than Zues) Obama catch word, (aka:
bribe, dish out & collect a lot of money over lunch at Turtle Palace..)
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bg commented:
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ooh, just found a great link re: #33-#38
A tale of two men; State Senator Obama
vs. President Obama on matters of war
[As some politician might say, let me be perfectly clear – again. I opposed sending American troops to Somalia in 1992, our participation in Kosovo and Bosnia; I did not jump on the bandwagon calling for action in Darfur or Sudan, and I oppose our actions in Libya. I call for the United States to help “democratic forces” around the world through diplomatic, economic, intelligence/counterintelligence, and even covert operations. I have always been consistent in my positions concerning war and peace.]
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bg commented:
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that’s odd, as i type this, just a few minutes ago..
BigAlSouth was #33 before BigAlSouth was #34 ??
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Interesting commented:
A member of a Christian evangelical church who talks openly about his faith, Gbagbo has three children: a son from his first marriage with a French woman and two daughters with his wife and hardline supporter, Simone.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/cotedivoire/8420445/Laurent-Gbagbo-profile-of-Ivory-Coasts-strongman.html
Interesting commented:
Supporters of Ivorian strongman Laurent Gbagbo gesture as they gather on March 27, 2011 at the Culture Palace of Abidjan to pray for victory and peace.
http://www.allwestafrica.com/280320118849.html/supporters-of-ivorian-strongman-laurent
Interesting commented:
Ivory Coast: city massacre leads to calls for strongman Laurent Gbagbo to give up power
by Lesley Yarranton, Sunday Mirror 3/04/2011
FOREIGN Secretary William Hague last night urged Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo to give up power immediately to spare his people further bloodshed.
Mr Hague was speaking after the discovery of mass graves containing the bodies of more than 1,000 people in the city of Duekoue.
Some were covered in gunshot wounds. Others had been hacked to death with machetes.
“Laurent Gbagbo must heed the calls from the international community and step down at once to prevent further bloodshed.”
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/04/03/massacre-in-ivory-coast-city-as-strongman-laurent-gbagbo-clings-to-power-115875-23033897/#ixzz1IRu2rVgf
In other words, give up your claims to power or the Muslim rebels backed by the UN will hack and shoot you and your supporters to death.
How democratic.
Interesting commented:
Ivory Coast’s besieged city of Abidjan braces for impending attack
By Marco Chown Oved Marco Chown Oved – Mon Apr 4, 2011
Four months after the election he refused to lose, Gbagbo is more than ever an international pariah. The UN Security Council voted unanimously to impose sanctions on him and his inner circle last week, joining dozens of nations that have called on him to step down.
Initially, sanctions and financial pressure were thought to be enough to pressure Gbgabo to step down, but after numerous mediation attempts, it seems as though Ouattara, who was supposedly elected with 54 percent of the vote, had enough with diplomacy and gave the green light to the military option.
The first town his “republican forces” took was Duekoue, where the International Committee of the Red Cross says some 800 people were killed. While US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the act, calling for a halt to attacking civilians, what exactly took place is far from clear.
The Roman Catholic charity Caritas said the number of dead was closer to 1,000, but the UN could only confirm 430. Ouattara’s camp put the number at 152.
Both Gbagbo and Ouattara accuse each other of being involved in the killings…
By Sunday evening, almost a thousand people had gathered, singing and dancing, in front of the gates to Gbagbo’s compound, saying that they were ready to die for their president.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20110404/wl_csm/374319
bg commented:
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once again for those who missed it..
Dancing with Rebels: Gbagbo and the Ivorian Revolution
i am not taking sides until ALL the facts are in..
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Trish commented:
By the UN, they mean the US. We. Are. Doomed. The world is on literal fire, and our administration, our commander in chief, is a worthless piece of crap, who can’t stop it from happenning.
bg commented:
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ps re: #46
i’d rather not take either ones side, i’d like
to see BOTH of them sent to Siberia.. gah!!
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wanumba commented:
#47 April 5, 2011 at 11:17 am
Trish commented:
By the UN, they mean the US. We. Are. Doomed. The world is on literal fire, and our administration, our commander in chief, is a worthless piece of crap, who can’t stop it from happenning.
………….
Since when has it been suitable to expect godlike powers of mere men or that one country, with finite resources should be expected to “fix” everything everywhere? This is a dangerous conceit of the Left. Furthermore, the world is NOT “on literal fire.” That’s hysteria.
Tell you what’s going to happen: Ouattara is going to conquer the country and settle down to governing – he of course claims he can. We’ll see. If refugees who’ve fled perceive it’s safe and they can go back home, they will. If not, they will remain in refugee camps, brooding for revenge and return.
We will also see then who made deals with who, and what they expect for payback. Ivory Coast has long been home to a large Lebanese diaspora population, long intimidated and harassed by Muslim Brotherhood mafia-like protection rackets, from where the MB gets its finances. The radicals have already BEEN there for years, waiting for more opportunities to expand power.
Interesting commented:
.. we have a case in point this month where America is actually favouring a Muslim leader over a resolutely Christian alternative.
The clear choice that America has made in favouring a Muslim leader over an incumbent Christian should counter the negative assumptions which are made about inherent American bias against Islam.
An interesting dimension of America’s support for a well-educated Muslim leader in Cote d’Ivoire (Mr Ouattara has a doctorate in economics from the University of Pennsylvania), is also how his adversary is being treated. Instead of demonising Mr Gbagbo, the Americans offered an olive branch to him. President Obama has personally invited Mr Gbagbo to the United States for conversations about other opportunities for him if he accepts defeat. The situation in Cote d’Ivoire remains precarious as Mr Gbagbo has asked UN peacekeepers to leave the country and declined Mr Obama’s offer. How far the US will go to support Dr Ouattara as a moderate Muslim leader remains to be seen. Yet, this episode should give Pakistani commentators some pause about blindly assuming that the US is against Muslim democratic leaders.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2010.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/92339/americas-favoured-muslim/
Interesting commented:
President Obama’s proposal of a history professorship in Boston for stepping down peacefully…
The 65-year-old former history professor dug in, using state television to disseminate historic footage of France’s past abuses in Africa, presenting Mr. Ouattara as a foreign puppet, and attempts to install him as an international conspiracy led by France and the U.N. Among the offers he turned down was President Obama’s proposal of a history professorship at a Boston university in return for stepping down peacefully.
Just after the U.N. announced their attack, a resident in the Cocody neighborhood where Mr. Gbagbo lives in Abidjan said he saw multiple helicopters circling and could hear firing. Others said they heard what sounded like fighter jets.
A senior diplomat who could not be named because of the sensitivity of the matter said that he had a map with blue stickers marking the six strategic points that needed to be taken out, and that five of the six had been hit by early Tuesday.
The five include Mr. Gbagbo’s residence where heavy weaponry was destroyed, the republican guard, state TV, the Akban paramilitary base, and the arms depot at Akouedo which the diplomat said were bombarded by United Nations Mi-24 helicopters. A video posted on YouTube showed the depot being bombed. Tracers could be seen exploding from the burning core as Mr. Gbagbo’s soldiers attempted to shoot down the helicopters.
http://toledoblade.com/World/2011/04/05/U-N-uses-attack-helicopters-as-final-battle-to-overthrow-ruler-rages-in-Ivory-Coast.html