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NIGER COUP LEADER JOINS LONG LINE OF U.S.-TRAINED MUTINEERS
The Intercept ^ | July 27 2023 | Nick Turse

Posted on 08/10/2023 8:43:47 AM PDT by euram

BRIG. GEN. MOUSSA SALAOU BARMOU, the chief of Niger’s Special Operations Forces and one of the leaders of the unfolding coup in Niger, was trained by the U.S. military, The Intercept has confirmed. U.S.-trained military officers have taken part in 11 coups in West Africa since 2008.

“We have had a very long relationship with the United States,” Barmou said in 2021. “Being able to work together in this capacity is very good for Niger.” Just last month, Barmou met with Lt. Gen. Jonathan Braga, the head of U.S. Army Special Operations Command, at Air Base 201, a drone base in the Nigerien city of Agadez that serves as the lynchpin of an archipelago of U.S. outposts in West Africa.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; biden; coup; niger; nonsense

1 posted on 08/10/2023 8:43:47 AM PDT by euram
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To: euram

when does the flood of Niger “refugees” across US borders start?


2 posted on 08/10/2023 8:45:05 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

Niger, our average IQ is higher than Liberia!

A new slogan for tourism…


3 posted on 08/10/2023 8:48:23 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: euram

C-I-A (shoot you real soon!)
M-UT-I (why? because you’re right-wing!)
N-E-E-R-Sssssssss....


4 posted on 08/10/2023 8:50:45 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: PGR88

I feel certain Republican leadership will have something to say, or write, about this flood of illegals.


5 posted on 08/10/2023 9:15:14 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: euram

CIA installing leftist dictators for decades.


6 posted on 08/10/2023 9:22:00 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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