On 3/25/2012 11:20 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > The reason for the rebellion was stated as the existing leadershipÂ’s > relaxed attitude towards Touareg tribesÂ’ insurrection in this north-western > African country.
Any excuse is a good one. > The coup claimed three lives, leaving about 40 wounded. > > Amadou Haya Sanogo has made a statement saying he is not going to stay in > power for long. He promised that as soon as the army manages to contain a > Tuareg insurgency in the northern part of the country a new election will > be called. *cough*BS*cough* That means one of two things: * Don't be alarmed and leave me alone until I can really get entrenched and solidify my position. * The insurgency is not going to end any time soon. One thing I learned from the US is that perpetual wars on ideologies, vaguely categorized with no clear definition, is really convenient. > The captain said he will be glad to continue to serve in the army after the > election. pfft. He should be charged with treason after the election. > Rebel soldiers are currently busy looting throughout the city of Bamako. > Sanogo denounced their actions, blaming the looting on "ill-intentioned > individuals" trying to turn public opinion against the coup. ... no. They are taking advantage of the chaos you caused and you are in no shape to do anything about it at the moment. Better pretend to be a victim. > On a better note, I found that Mali has 700 communities running > generators fueled by biodiesel created by the indigenous jatropha plant, We can't have that. Some of those "rebels" better get busy looting these communitie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349047 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
