-Caveat Lector- Troops claiming to be US soldiers landed on the Comoran isle of Moheli, seizing control of the security forces on the island, a former prime minister said by phone. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/011219/1/25by3.html
====================================================== http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1718000/1718769.stm Wednesday, 19 December, 2001, 16:05 GMT Comoros attack defeated The army in the Comoro Islands has restored order after a group of unidentified gunmen landed on the island of Moheli. The gunmen seized control of the police station early on Wednesday morning. Interior Minister Said Abdallah Cheikh Soilihi told the BBC that five men he described as white, French-speaking mercenaries were killed after they attempted to overthrow the government. The men had reportedly claimed to be from the United States army, looking for members of Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network. The attack comes ahead of a referendum on Sunday which the BBC's Southern Africa correspondent, Barnaby Phillips, says is expected to approve a new constitution, designed to end recent political instability. Leaflets Some of the attackers were arrested, while others managed to escape. Two civilians were also killed, reports the French news agency AFP. A US embassy spokesman in Nairobi has denied that US forces were involved. Diplomats said the raiders had been distributing leaflets linking Comoran military strongman Colonel Azaly Assoumani with al-Qaeda. 'Bizarre' Comoros, with an overwhelmingly Muslim population, has experienced more than 20 coups since independence from France in 1975, several of them involving French mercenaries, such as the notorious Bob Denard. On Wednesday, Mr Denard told AFP that he had nothing to do with the attack, which he described as "more bizarre than usual" . "For me, the Comoros page has been turned," he said. One of the archipelago's three islands, Anjouan, declared independence from the Comoros Federation in 1997. This triggered a new round of unrest on the islands. Colonel Assoumani seized power in April 1999 in a coup in the capital, Moroni. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
