Related: Gambling on Gambia Coup
"2 men charged in US in attempted Gambia coup" Associated Press January 06, 2015
WASHINGTON — Two men have been charged in the United States with conspiring to help overthrow the government in the tiny West African nation of Gambia, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Both men, US citizens of Gambian descent, are in custody and are expected to make court appearances in Baltimore and Minneapolis.
The charges stem from a Dec. 30 coup attempt in the former British colony, which came as the longtime ruler was away. President Yahya Jammeh, who has since returned to the country, blamed ‘‘terrorist groups’’ for the coup attempt and alleged that plotters had received backing from foreign countries.
Human rights activists have long criticized the Gambian government for targeting political opponents, journalists, and gays and lesbians. The US government recently removed Gambia from a trade agreement in response to human rights abuses, including a law signed in October that imposes life imprisonment for some homosexual acts.
Yeah, forget that the U.S. government admitted it tortured people after lying about it.
Talk about a complete lack of credibility, and the lack of coverage gives this away as a CIA-connected effort, no doubt!
Prosecutors say the two men, Cherno Njie and Papa Faal, traveled separately from the United States to Gambia to participate in the unrest. They later returned to the United States and are now in custody.
Faal, 46, a dual citizen of the United States and Gambia who lives in Minnesota, told investigators that in August he joined a group of fighters in the United States bent on overthrowing the government. He said he was motivated to be part of the group out of concern that elections were being rigged and for ‘‘the plight of the Gambian people,’’ according to court papers.
Such altrui$m indeed!
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I guess the national security apparatus was too busy spying on the rest of us to bother with them or all the "terrorists" they can't find.
