Related: Looking Under the French Veils
So I get a THIRD DAY of coverage of Noriega, huh, MSM?
PFFFFFFFFFTTT!!!
"Noriega not alone among dictators with Paris land; Group wants focus on some African heads of state" by Angela Charlton, Associated Press | April 29, 2010
PARIS — When Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega bought posh apartments in Paris with what prosecutors say were millions in cocaine profits, he was in distinguished company.
Working for the CIA.
France has long been a magnet for foreign leaders with questionable backgrounds, some seeking refuge after being deposed, others accused of spending their national riches on French luxury. Now that Noriega is facing trial in France for money laundering, anticorruption crusaders want French justice to scrutinize this country’s other questionable guests, too.
Six months ago, a French appeals court halted an investigation into three African heads of state accused of money laundering linked to their assets in France. There was not enough evidence of wrongdoing, the court said. Human rights groups say French justice effectively chickened out, and that the suspect funds were siphoned away from African development.
Gabon’s late leader Omar Bongo died with 45 homes in France and a $1.5 million Bugatti sports car among other holdings, French and US investigators have said. A third of Gabon residents live in dire poverty. Much of the country has no paved roads.
Related: Oingo-Bongo in Gabon
Oil and politics; that's why nothing changes and why Gabon rarely makes the papers.
The abandoned French investigation also turned up numerous French assets linked to the Republic of Congo’s President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and President Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea.
Also see: Around Africa: Calling the Congo
Now you know why the West is there and why that area is in constant conflict.
France, for many people in poor countries, is viewed as the world’s luxury capital, and having an apartment in Paris or on the French Riviera is a sign that you are among the global elite.
Yes, they are ALL WAR CRIMINALS in one form or fashion!
Robert Palmer of anticorruption group Global Witness said banks and regulators should be doing more to crack down on such customers as Obiang, whose government is considered one of Africa’s worst human rights violators....
Must be one of OUR GUYS!
Related: Black Sunday: Western Equivocating on Equatorial Guinea
YUP!!
SEE what is IMPORTANT to GOVERNMENTS and the PAPER?
Not human rights, is it?
A French official, asked why France is prosecuting Noriega but hasn’t gone after every foreigner with dubious assets in France, insisted it’s a matter of judicial proof, not politics. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
Oh, so the FRENCH can BULLSHIT as good as the rest of 'em, huh?
France has also proven a safe place to hide for ousted leaders or warlords fleeing poor, violent countries. Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc’’ Duvalier was taken in by France. Rights groups say that under Duvalier, Haiti suffered mass killings and that at least $120 million was stolen from the national treasury. He has always denied wrongdoing, and is demanding $4.6 million blocked in his Swiss bank accounts.
Is his CIA-employed son staying with him, too?
Meanwhile, a man who says he coordinates a group of violent rebels in Congo, Callixte Mbarushimana, puts out their press releases from his apartment in a suburb of Paris. He is on a United Nations sanctions list as executive secretary of the FDLR rebel group, which is accused of killing at least 700 civilians last year.
Related: Cutting Through the African Bush
France's Mass-Murdering Holocaust Deniers
So THAT is why the French are TAKING SUCH GOOD CARE of the war criminals, 'eh?
They are ALL WORKING for WESTERN CORPORATIONS and GOVERNMENTS, huh?
Only charged when we TURN ON 'EM or when they DO NOT COOPERATE, 'eh?
Yeah, and the PAPER keeps it ALL CONCEALED RATHER WELL, don't they?
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