The Economic Community of West Africa States (Ecowas) consists of 12 countries. Some of them are oil rich enough to have possibly supplied Western European nations with oil and wean them from dependence upon Russian fuel. The giant man gods of Mordor want their Russian empire under Vlad Putin to expand and destroy the memory of their centuries of control of Western Europe; particularly the 3rd Reich part. They use their ability to influence and create cult leaders to do their dirty work.
Al Queda, the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (Middle East Institute) Boko Haram and other groups have committed violent attacks and terror incidents (CFR). The homogeneous result of these activities has been the ejection of Western support and the acceptance of Wagner Group mercenaries and Russian financing. Ecowas: Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso quit West African bloc (BBC)
With these efforts they hope to starve NATO of energy necessary to fight their Russian puppet oligarch.
The Mali War started in January of 2012 by the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (NMLA) a Tuareg dominated movement claiming the northern part of Mali as a homeland. They were supported by Ansar Dine a Salafi Jihadist group dedicated to the imposition of Sharia law throughout Mali. Members of the NMLA took part in the 2011 Libyan Revolution.
In March the Malian military staged a coup against their civilian government citing a lack of funding and equipment in their fight against the insurgency. This allowed the NMLA to take over the northern part of the country. On the 5th of April they NMLA stated they had accomplished their goals and declared independence. Ansar Dine and other Islamist groups began enforcing Sharia law and fighting against the Tuareg NMLA. The NMLA lost control of most of the region by mid July.
The Mali government asked for help and received assistance from the French military and African Union forces. The British Army, the Canadian Army, other EU nations and the US Air Force also provided support. By the end of the year French and Chadian troops had retaken most of the northern region. A UN peacekeeping mission called MINUSMA also began in 2013, eventually consisting of 13,000 troops. This marked the beginning of a guerrilla phase that continues currently.
Russian Wagner Group mercenaries loyal to Vladimir Putin and Turkish forces of Recep Erdogan began to deploy to Mali in January of 2022. The French pulled out their forces, refusing to work with the Russians and Turks, and claimed they were unsure of the motivations behind the Junta (Universidad de Navarra).
On December 11, 2023 the UN Mission also left Mali by request of the Mali military government (AP).
According to the UN, Wagner Group mercenaries were behind the slaughter of 500 civilians in the Mali city of Moura in March 2023 (Guardian). In July it was reported Mali and Wagner forces had committed atrocities in December of 2022 (AP).
In May 2012, Amnesty International released a report stating that the conflict had created Mali’s worst human rights situation since 1960. The organization stated that fighters with the MNLA and Ansar Dine were “running riot” in Mali’s north, and documented instances of gang rape, extrajudicial executions, and the use of child soldiers by both Tuareg and Islamist groups.
On 3 April 2012, armed groups looted 2,354 tons of food from United Nations’ World Food Programme’s warehouses in Kidal, Gao and Timbuktu, causing the WFP to suspend its food distribution operations in northern Mali. Ansar Dine also blocked a humanitarian convoy bringing medical and food aid from reaching Timbuktu on 15 May,
The CNRDR’s spokesman Amadou Konare claimed that “women and girls have been kidnapped and raped by the new occupants who are laying down their own law.” The anti-slavery organization Temedt claims that ex-slaves were the first targeted for punishment by Islamist forces and that former masters have used the violence to recapture ex-slaves. (Wikipedia) – note; the Tuareg people still hold hereditary black slaves, ethnically related to Nilo or original Nile River societies.
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- 8 West African Oil and Gas Discoveries to Watch – Energy Capital & Power
- Coups in Africa, Even in ECOWAS – Wilson Center
- West Africa Had 1,800 Terrorist Attacks in First 6 Months of 2023, Official Says VOA
- From Global Jihad to Local Insurgencies: the Changing Nature of Sub-Saharan Jihadism International Institute for Strategic Studies
- Violent Extremism in the Sahel Council on Foreign Relations
The saying Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad, sometimes given in Latin as Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat (literally: Those whom God wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason) or Quem Iuppiter vult perdere, dementat prius (literally: Those whom Jupiter wishes to destroy, he first deprives of reason)
After 9/11 the Patriot Act emerged but a full martial law shut down and rounding up of undesirables did not. This greatly angered Fromm. He had returned to Bellingham from Saudi Arabia in 1990 or 91 after 12 years. He had developed an understanding of the Koran and ability to speak Arabic to influence Muslims while out of his body. Worried the Patriot Act wouldn’t be supported he and his cohorts developed a plan to give the process a “kick.”
He and his MF played Allah to two men who were led to meet at the nearby Bellingham, WA YMCA.
The two were guided to purchase a car and modify it to conceal a sniper. Then they traveled across the country to Washington DC and shot at motorists on the freeway. They became known as the DC Beltway Snipers. These activities helped buoy support for the Patriot Act. Here are their charts.
On the left is the chart of the Reverand James Arthur Calata. Calata was a South African Anglican and a founding member of the African National Congress. He joined the ANC in 1930. He and his wife were both arrested on different occasions. He attempted to bring a moderate approach to the fight for equality. In the latter years of his life he used his home as a refuge for the ANC and poverty stricken youth.
On the right is the chart of Lee Boyd Malvo. Malvo met John Allen Muhammed (Case Study 29) and Allah, or an unreasonable facsimile, at the Bellingham, WA YMCA. Malvo was 17 years old at the time. Together they modified a vehicle to conceal a shooter and became the DC Highway shooters. Muhammed was sentenced to death and Malvo was sentenced to multiple life sentences. Malvo claims he was sexually abused by Muhammed.
On the left is the Death Chart of Barthelemy Boganda (4 April 1910 – 29 March 1959). Boganda was adopted by Catholic Priests in the French Equitorial Africa. He was ordained as a priest in 1938. He got involved in politics and created Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa (MESAN). He was defrocked because he chose to get married. Boganda’s work and diplomacy with the French government (including Charles de Gualle) helped him become the first Prime Minister of the Central African Republic. While traveling in 1959, he died when a bomb exploded in his plane. No official blame has been established.
On the right is the birth chart of John Allen Muhammed (December 31, 1960 – November 10, 2009). Muhammed was half of the Highway Shooters along with Lee Boyd Malvo (see Case Study 28). Muhammed served in the Army beginning in 1978. He was stationed in Fort Lewis WA and Fort Ord CA. He was honorably discharged in 1994. Muhammed met Malvo and Allah, or an unreasonable facsimile, at the Bellingham, WA YMCA. The two modified a car and went on a shooting spree known as the D.C. Sniper Attacks. Muhammed was sentenced to death and executed by lethal injection in 2009.
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