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Libyan Convoy Spotted in NigerPosted on Sep 5, 2011
Reports have a large convoy of Libyan military vehicles crossing the border into Niger, but there is no indication that Moammar Gadhafi, his family or his advisers are on board. The Los Angeles Times reports that the convoy is made up of as many as 250 vehicles, though a local source puts the number at a few dozen. Though their identity remains a mystery for now, the convoy’s passengers are reported to be well armed. Update: CNN reported that there were two convoys in as many days and that Gadhafi’s son, Saif al-Islam, may have been carried by one. The BBC later reported that the convoy carried mostly Tuareg fighters recruited by Gadhafi to fight for his regime, and that the earlier of the two convoys may have carried the chief of Gadhafi’s security force, Mansour Daw. A spokesman for Gadhafi said on Monday that the ousted leader is still in Libya. —PZS
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By expat, September 6, 2011 at 8:55 am Link to this comment
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Niger, the country where all of France’s (nuclear) energy comes from…
and yet, as opposed to other big energy producers, folks there are some of the poorest on earth.
Colonial and imperial France never ever did the slightest thing for the people of Niger besides raping them, whereas Gadhafi invested millions in Niger for water and food and telecom projects in Niger…
which of course the imperial media never talks about.
I don’t know about Gadhafi in Niger, but he would be welcome there by the people, unlike the areva executives (french nuke industry) and others who regularly get kidnapped.
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