I find it amazing how "terrorists" show up whenever the people protest.
"Six members of the Algerian security forces were killed yesterday in two nearly simultaneous attacks by suspected Islamist extremists. The attacks in the Boumerdes and Bouira regions east of Algiers came two days after at least 13 soldiers were killed as suspected insurgents attacked an army post. The media have put the death toll at 20.
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Also see: The Quiet Revolutions of the Middle East
And Africa:
"Military unrest spreads in Burkina Faso" April 19, 2011|Associated Press
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Students burned down the ruling party headquarters and the prime minister’s house in a central city yesterday and a soldiers’ mutiny spread to several corners of Burkina Faso, posing a grave challenge to a president who seized power in a bloody coup 24 years ago....
Steps have failed to stem the discontent that is sweeping over this impoverished nation in West Africa that seems inspired by revolts in Arab nations....
The mutiny began Thursday night in Compaore’s presidential compound in Ouagadougou, the capital, when members of the presidential guard began firing into the air, demanding unpaid housing allowances. By yesterday, soldiers in several cities had joined in. Calm returned to the capital after soldiers there got paid.
There was no indication the student unrest and the soldiers’ actions were being coordinated. Which means they most likely were.
That's the way you have to read the Amerikan media code.
Does Burkino Faso have oil?
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Does Senegal?
"Attempted coup foiled; 15 arrested
DAKAR — The government said it had arrested 15 people and foiled an attempted coup just hours before thousands of antigovernment protesters took to the streets yesterday, but opposition leaders said the accusations were aimed at undercutting the demonstrations.
The timing SURE DOES STINK, huh?
Senegal’s president of more than a decade said the protests showed the maturity of the West African country’s democracy. President Abdoulaye Wade also said he would be willing to meet with the opposition or even hold a televised debate. The suspects were accused of targeting various sites around Dakar. Luc Sarr, special adviser of the Alliance for the Republic, a member of the lead opposition coalition, said the arrests were unacceptable. “The government wanted to create pressure and a threat so that Senegalese wouldn’t come out and protest today,’’ Sarr said."
We affectionately call them false flags.
Also see: 36 die in stampede after Mali religious rite
Rwandans gather at Hub event to commemorate and celebrate
Boston doctors help young burn victim from Congo
Ethiopia restricts adoptions
I shy away from adoption stories these days because the obfuscated and omitted underbelly of such operations is sex slavery and organ harvesting.
