Hi Brother Cissé !
Your information about ATT visit in Canada is true...
Je précise cependant qu'il s'agissait d'une visite privée durant laquelle il
a rencontré une partie de la communauté malienne sur place. Je ne sais pas
si le but réel de cette visite était d'assister à la cérémonie de remise de
diplôme de l'une de ses filles vivant au Canada, mais je sais qu'il n'a pas
raté cette occasion.
Concernant le harcèlement massif causé par la visite de Bush au Sénégal, je
tiens à informer quand même que ce phénomène n'est pas nouveau et qu'il est
survenu même à Prague, avec bien sûr moins de brutalité, lors du dernier
sommet de l'OTAN. Je me souviens que beaucoup de commerces étaient
contraints de fermer et beaucoup d'entreprises étaient obligées de donner
des congés collectifs aux employés. Les journalistes tchèques ne pouvaient
pas non plus s'approcher de Bush et ils s'en ont plein.
Un de mes amis était même obligé "d'aller se cacher" dans le village natal
de sa femme, car son appartement à Prague était trop proche de l'édifice où
se tenait la réunion des fAmabAw et en plus, les rues étaient barrées par
des policiers armés jusqu'aux dents et le ciel était maîtrisé par des
oiseaux monstruyeux et extrêmement bruyants - F16 et Apache -
Heureusement qu'il ne s'agissait pas cette fois-ci de Belgrade, ni de Kaboul
ni de Badgad...
Bush is not god, but he is the President of Kings and presidents.
That's not a joke, but a reality of the 21th century.
Have a good day !
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M.S.
Montréal
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>From: "Mamadou Cisse" <njikulubali@eircom.net>
>To: <malilink@malilink.net>
>Subject: Re: [mAliLink2] Bush Visit Makes a Mess of Senegal
>Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:46:28 +0100
>
>It looked really like God Himself was visiting Senegal, with no respect of
>any kind for Africans. It shows how stupid/'nataba' our leaders are, not
>mentioning the usual "Children, come to meet Papa at big brother's place!"
>attitude.
>I wasn't surprise to see our 'president' going to meet "Papa" anyhow, after
>all he's just one of these African General. I bet some of them could barely
>shake his hands!
>I just learnt that our dear 'president' was attending his son/daughter's
>graduation ceremony in Canada. Can someone in Canada confirm that
>information or can I just dismiss it as untrue?
>
>salaam,
>CisseM.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Amadou Wane" <wane@strategisconsulting.com>
>To: <malilink@malilink.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 2:31 PM
>Subject: [mAliLink2] Bush Visit Makes a Mess of Senegal
>
>
> > Senegal - Bush brings his own lunch, dogs, cars, 700 agents, tree
> > cutters, reporters and soda pop
> >
> >
> > SunMt member Joan Herron got this message from friend in Senegal.
> >
> >
> > More than 1,500 persons have been arrested and put
> > in jail between Thursday and Monday. Hopefully they will be released now
> > that the Big Man is gone
> >
> > The US Army's planes flying day and night over Dakar. The noise they
> > make is so loud that one hardly sleeps at night
> >
> > About 700 security people from the US for Bush's security in
> > Senegal, with their dogs, and their cars. Senegalese security forces
> > were not allowed to come near the US president
> >
> > All trees in places where Bush will pass have been cut. Some of
> > them have more than 100 years
> >
> > All roads going down town (where hospitals, businesses, schools are
> > located) were closed from Monday night to Tuesday at 3 PM. This means
> > that we could not go to our offices or schools. Sick people were also
> > obliged to stay at home.
> >
> > National exams for high schools that started on Monday are
> > postponed until Wednesday.
> >
> > Bush's visit to the Goree Island is another story. As you may know Goree
> > is a small Island facing Dakar where from the 15th to the 19th century,
> > the African slaves to be shipped to America were parked in special
> > houses called slave houses. One of these houses has become a Museum to
> > remind humanity about this dark period and has been visited by kings,
> > queens, presidents. Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, and before them,
> > Nelson Mandela, the Pope, and many other distinguished guests or
> > ordinary tourists visited it without bothering the islanders. But for
> > "security reasons" this time, the local population was chased out of
> > their houses from 5 to 12 AM. They were forced by the American security
> > to leave their houses and leave everything open, including their
> > wardrobes to be searched by special dogs brought from the US.
> >
> > The ferry that links the island to Dakar was stopped and offices and
> > businesses closed for the day.
> >
> > According to an economist who was interviewed by a private radio,
> > Senegal that is a very poor country has lost huge amount of money in
> > this visit, because workers have been prevented from walking out of
> > their homes.
> >
> > In addition to us being prevented to go out, other humiliating things
> > happened also. Bush did not want to be with Senegalese
> > or use our things. He brought his own armchairs, and
> > of course his own cars, and meals and drinks. He came with his own
> > journalists and ours were forbidden inside the airport and in place he
> > was visiting.
> >
> > Our president was not allowed to make a speech. Only Bush spoke when he
> > was in Goree. He spoke about slavery. It seems that he needs the vote of
> > the African American to be elected in the next elections, and wanted to
> > please them.
> > That's why he visited Goree.
> >
> > Several protest marches against American politics have been organized
> > yesterday and even when Bush was here, but we think he does not care.
> >
> > We have the feeling that everything has been done to convince us that we
> > are nothing, and that America can behave the way it wants, everywhere,
> > even in our country.
> >
> > Believe me friends, it is a terrible feeling. But according to a Ugandan
> > friend of mine, I should not complain because it Uganda one of the
> > country he is going to visit, Bush does not intend to go out of the
> > airport. He will receive the Ugandan President in the airport lounge.
> >
> > Nevertheless, I think I am lucky, because I have such wonderful American
> > friends. But there are now thousands of Senegalese who believe that for
> > all Americans the world is their territory.
> >
> >
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