Coup in Mauretania

[USViking]

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http://today.reuters.com/News/newsA...NIA-ARMY-DC.XML

(from the link)

Mauritania's army said on Wednesday it had seized power to end the "totalitarian" regime of President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya, who is out of the country, and planned to rule for up to two years.

"The armed forces and security forces have unanimously decided to put a definitive end to the totalitarian activities of the defunct regime under which our people have suffered so much over recent years," said a statement signed by a "Military Council for Justice and Democracy."

"This council pledges before the Mauritanian people to create favorable circumstances for an open and transparent democracy," the statement, broadcast on state media said.

So far so good, but:



(from the link)

Mauritania -- which hopes to start pumping oil early next year -- is one of only three Arab League member states that have established diplomatic ties with Israel.

It is also one of the most repressive countries in the region toward Islamist movements, analysts say. (Good!- USV)

"There was no democracy here ... We have been freed from a dictatorship," said one man, Bilal, aged around 45.

Scores of Islamic opposition activists have been arrested since April and accused of colluding with Algeria's Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), an al Qaeda ally (Good!- USV) ...

If it turns out the coup is at all favorable
to the Algerian-AQ faction, then let us hope
it succumbs to a counter coup ASAP, and
if CIA-Mossad help is needed, then so be it.

 

[William Joyce]

CIA-Mossad

Wait --- those are two different organizations?

 

[dilloduck]

Wait --- those are two different organizations?

well damn William--we've got to at least put up the appearance.