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Equatorial Guinea: A smaller Iraq
The United $tates, England and Spain have
conspired to overthrow the government of
Equatorial Guinea. Mercenaries caught in the act
confessed on television March 10th.
The mercenaries sought to replace
President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in Equatorial
Guinea with a man in exile in Spain, Severo Moto.
Equatorial Guinea used to be Spain's colony.
With money from the U.S. Government and multinational
corporations and a promise of oil interests,
the mercenaries went into action.
Since England has lately criticized Zimbabwe to
the point where Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth
England heads, it is only fitting that Zimbabwe
holds most of the mercenaries captured, 64. "Some
of the men were said to have been former members
of the notorious 32 Commando of the South African
defence force, a clandestine unit of the apartheid
regime who went on to join the equally
controversial private military company Executive
Outcomes, which carried out military operations
for the governments of Sierra Leone and Angola in
the 1990s. It was formally disbanded in 1999,
largely in response to South Africa's Foreign
Military Assistance Act, which outlaws mercenary
activities."(1)
Equatorial Guinea caught another 15 people, the
advance party: "The 15 people detained comprised
white South Africans, black South Africans of
Angolan origin, a German and others from
Kazakhstan and Armenia, officials said on
Tuesday."(2)
In the Amerikan mind, it is clear that Arabs have
oil. However, Equatorial Guinea started pumping
oil in the 1990s and is not so famous.
Nonetheless, it pumps 350,000 barrels a day, the
third highest of countries in sub-Saharan Africa.(1)
It just so happens Zimbabwe also caught a British military
intelligence officer attempting to greet the plane full of
mercenaries--Simon Mann. Of course, the description of him
is that he was "former"(2) British SAS specialist. In the
spy world, there are never "current" spies caught. Such admissions
would defeat the purpose of having "secret services."
The plane carrying the mercenaries in Zimbabwe was Amerikan.
Whether it be Haiti or Iraq or Zimbabwe, what we see is Bush
going back to the Reagan-era and rehabilitating all his buddies
of torturer and mercenary fame. Back then, the Reagan administration
justified it as a response to the Soviet Union. Today there is
no such excuse and so the imperialists seek to keep it quiet.
Besides, the dictator of Equatorial Guinea thought he was a
friend of the united $tates. He has property there and an oil
deal.
We say to all the lackeys and wannabe lackeys out there in the Third World:
look at Noriega from Panama, Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Aristide in Haiti. It does not matter
whether or not the CIA puts you on payroll and lets you own nice
houses in Amerika. National pride should come from action like this--catching
mercenaries for imperialism always trying to exploit the Third World a little harder.
England admitted
that it has no comment and generally does not have any comment
about its secret services. It's important to understand the
implications of this policy and the whole concept of secret services.
An English gent providing a cover for the mercenaries caught in Zimbabwe says they
were headed to the Congo to guard mines.(1) We don't imagine that it
will amuse Zimbabwe very much, given the discovery of wire-cutters
and camouflage uniforms in the plane and the flight plans contradicting the
story.
Since these secret services are secret, these mercenaries
do not stand much chance of a defense in any case.
With such a "principled" stand by Tony Blair, the entire Third World
has justification for executing every English national as a spy.
After all, Blair will not deny it and more importantly, won't
abolish secret services. Even better as of March 12th, the United States
State Department and embassy in Equatorial Guinea have nothing to say
on their web pages.
Of course, then this same Tony Blair and other
imperialists will complain when Third World countries do just that--execute
spies. Such attacks on civilians --some who are not really civilians--will
then be counted as "terrorism" by the same imperialists.
Equatorial Guinea should nationalize all the assets of the multinational
corporations involved in the plot--any companies from the United $tates,
England and Spain including Exxon-Mobil, Amerada Hess Corp, U.S. ChevronTexaco
Corp, Noble Energy Inc, Devon Energy Corp and Houston-based Marathon Oil Corp.(4)
Any companies innocent in the plot should sue their own governments for damages instead
of Equatorial Guinea.
We stand behind Zimbabwe if it wants to execute the mercenaries. If it does not,
it may look like Zimbabwe aided the conspiracy and hosts mercenaries attacking others.
If any imperialist invades to back its mercenaries
or to punish Zimbabwe or Equatorial Guinea, Africa should unite to throw out the invaders.
The conflict in Equatorial Guinea is an extension of the conflict in
Iraq. It is U.$. imperialism against most of the world, aided by
partners in England and Spain.
Notes:
1. http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1168389,00.html
2. http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=472686§ion=news
3. http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=500330
The same newspaper in England tied to British intelligence refers to
SAS in the present tense in another article on the same subject.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/story.jsp?story=500325
4. http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/03/10/guinea.plot.reut/
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