The Associated Press reported Thursday that the Niger junta told Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries launched a military intervention to reinstate him.
After meeting with junta leaders in Niger on Monday, Nuland did not mention the threat or discuss the possibility of military intervention. But she described the talks as “extremely frank and at times quite difficult” and sounded doubtful that the junta would relinquish power or release Bazoum.
AP cited an unnamed Western military official who said the junta made the threat to Nuland. The report said that a US official confirmed the account.
The US has backed threats from ECOWAS, a bloc of West African nations, to intervene militarily if Bazoum is not reinstated.
ECOWAS held a summit in Nigeria on Thursday and ordered the activation of a reserve force to “restore constitutional order in the republic of Niger,” but it’s not clear if intervention is imminent. Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu, the ECOWAS chair, also said the use of force is a “last resort.”
A military intervention could spark a major regional war as Mali and Burkina Faso have warned they would support the Niger junta. The US and France would likely be involved as they each have over 1,000 troops in Niger.
France especially wants back control so they can continue exploiting Niger. Italy’s PM Meroni has called out France, and Macron in particular, for the ways they are raping African countries. Nuland was the point person in overthrowing the democratically elected President of Ukraine because he was friendly to Russia and didn’t want NATO. There are many videos of people dancing in the streets of Niamy, celebrating the end of ‘shell colonialism’ by France.
Did you mean moronic Giorgia Meloni? …She’s just jealous. She’s absolute scum just like everyone of them. (Sarcasm)
Your article could have mentioned that (according to a Tweet by Jackson Hinkle) “the revolutionary government of Niger … responded to the suspension of US aid by telling the US: “We don’t want your money, use it to fund a weight loss program for Victoria Nuland”.
That’s not good of you, Dan Good. She’s not fat. She and Satan are expecting. …JUST KIDDING! That was an excellent post that was better than good, Dan Good! (Bad taste sarcasm from your sarcastic brother)
shouldn’t they threaten nuland?
“… Niger junta told Acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland that they would kill deposed President Mohamed Bazoum if neighboring countries launched a military intervention ….”
Ah, this is so sweet …, they think she actually cares.
LOL. My sentiment exactly! But, she wore a pearl necklace to clutch in horror just for the occasion. That pearl necklace looked like lipstick on a pig! What’s that? You don’t believe me? (Your brother in Sarcasm):
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/615374-what-we-discussed-with-niger-coup-leaders-american-diplomat.html
I was thinking she had to repress a chuckle. I know I did when I read the headline.
That’s true. So either Nuland already has a backup stooge to replace Bazoum or she thinks they are bluffing. A third option will be a daring rescue like Hitler did with Mussolini.
This coup bad; Ukrainian coup in 2014 good?
I would love to have been a fly on the wall as those scary men made Victoria “uncomfortable” by telling her that if she tries anything they will kill her friend.
I bet people were not smiling and she really needed to go to the bathroom to relieve her bladder after that “forcefull” observation.
Has it yet been explained by a knowledgeable commentator why there was a coup in the first place?
The majority of African countries are friendly to Russia because Russia has never been involved in colonialism / slave trade in Africa and Western Governments don`t like it , so the only way for the yanks / Western Governments to have any influence in Africa is by installing Western Friendly / puppet leaders in power and the way the Yanks do that is by stirring up trouble followed by a coup / civil war ect ect.
Yes, but this appears to be distinctly anti-Western. I thought the deposed President was pro-Western.
Two articles which appear to answer my question:
https://theintercept.com/2023/08/02/intercepted-podcast-niger-coup-us-military-officer/
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/08/16/patrick-lawrence-africa-for-africans/
I don’t understand the issues. But I have heard that the coup has popular support.
African nations, Niger plus the nations that pledged to support Niger if necessary, standing up to the US is new,
The yanks poking their nose where it`s not wanted again , i bet Nuland didn`t like having her hat handed to her .