Everybody seemed happy, as portrayed primarily by western media. Francois Hollande entered Mali like a modern day Napoleon (the UK telegraph described him as, “like a modern day Roman Emperor”) visiting a conquered land. The appointed Malian president walked behind Hollande at the airport. In the midst of all this, the French president announced that France will stay in Mali for as long as is necessary.
So what then is the problem, if there is one? All seems to be in order. The terrorists have been sent packing and the sovereignty of Mali is all but restored. Most are celebrating this victory, many in our own country even calling for more Ghanaian and other African soldiers to be sent to fight in Mali.
Is all really well though? Here and there, one finds uneasy individuals, resenting the role being played by the “former” colonial master and its Euro-American (NATO) allies but at the same time lamenting the incapacity of Mali to defend its sovereignty independent of outside help, even from the too militarily weak and insufficiently unified ECOWAS, and certainly from the Euro-American former slavers and colonizers, hmm…
If perhaps all that seems wrong here is a case of a few bruised African egos then that is not a big deal – there isn’t much on the scale of the “big trouble” I wish to point out.
There is much to be concerned about, however, and those Ghanaians and Africans cynical of the role the Euro-American (NATO) forces are playing in this conflict are absolutely justified in feeling this, in my opinion. These individuals are perhaps missing some crucial elements of the entire scenario needed to better inform their minds beyond gut feeling, of the enormity of what faces us as a nation and as a continent of black people.
To this group, I say: you are one of the main reasons why I chose to write this article. It is my intent to present a case for what I believe to be the true intention behind recent events we have witnessed in African and in the Middle East and not just that but also to present likely or possible future consequences and scenarios of the events we are witnessing today. So stay tuned! The late American author and poet Henry David Thoreau once said, “There are a thousand striking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root!” Today, we will be examining some of the root causes of events we witness in our world.
Once again, Ghana, together with her sister West African nations have been played as pawns, in effect forced to support a conflict, the origin of which can be traced to interfering influences by intelligence (alphabet agencies) and military agents of the Euro-American nations and their partner corporations (architectural/construction, financial, mercenary etc units) who have turned war into big business, and all of which are doing the bidding of even more powerful and shadowy forces that coordinate the economic, military and political power circles of these western nations.
AL-QAEDA THIS, AL-QAEDA THAT. WHO REALLY ARE“AL-QAEDA”!?!
Who really constitutes the group “Al-Qaeda”? These days, it seems to be a confusing classification. The original Al-Qaeda was formed by Jihad fighters who were fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. The Taliban together with Al-Qaeda were receiving tons of funds from Euro-American influential powers. The CIA was directly responsible for the creation of Al-Qaeda, when it worked with Pakistan’s ISI (Inter-services Intelligence).
This is well documented. After the Soviets left Afghanistan, the Taliban together with their Al-Qaeda fighters had control of Afghanistan. They still had their weapons. They then decided to do things their way, but then (and still to this day) they were still funded by the Wahabi/Salafi (a Sunni Muslim sect) financial power houses of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE. Enter the likes of Osama Bin Laden, a man who was originally trained as an Al-Qaeda operative by Pakistani intelligence, working in tandem with the Euro-American CIA. For the record, “Al-Qaeda” was and still is a CIA asset!
There is more! Abdelhakim Belhaj, a big figure in Libya who was a member of the former Libya Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG, an acknowledged Al-Qaeda affiliated group) now working in Libya as proxies for the Euro-Americans (NATO) is a product of the Al-Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan.
