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France waged Mali war to plunder Africa’s Natural resources: Ayssar Midani

“…I also want to say that it’s not only the French army who’s intervening in Mali; it’s also very heavy help from the United Kingdom, from Britain, and also from the United States. In fact, the same coalition going into Mali is the same who destroyed Iraq, the same who destroyed Libya and the same who are against Syria.

The problem is not to have any independent and strong country in these parts of planet earth where there are interestingly important resources of gas, oil, uranium, gold and everything. I think this is the main purpose….” 

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Press TV

Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:25PM GMT

Transcript..

In the background to this, France has also imposed media restrictions on the developments on the ground with the help of the Malian army, which human rights groups say has committed ‘serious abuses.’

Press TV has conducted an interview with Ayssar Midani, an activist against the War in Mali, from Paris. Midani is joined by Lawrence J. Korb, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, from Washington, and Michael Burns, a political and military analyst from New York. The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

Press TV: What is France exactly doing in Mali, according to your perspective, Ms. Midani?

Midani: I think France is also going to invade Mali because they have a special agenda for the uranium in Mali and in Nigeria, for the oil and gas, for gold.

Unfortunately, the French policy is also going from aggressive invasion to aggressive invasion. They have been in Syria, for example. France is arming the so-called opposition but they are only mercenaries sent to Syria, first.

Now, for me, I think they have been sent to Mali just to create the pretext for a military intervention for this exploitation agenda about the resources of Mali.

Press TV: Why are you skeptical about the intentions of France? Of course, Paris is saying a different reason for being there and stopping terrorism. Why are you skeptical about the reasons Paris is saying they’re there?

Midani: Because I think they started before, several years before against Algeria in the 90s, I remember, just to stabilize Algeria and take profit from the gas and oil in Algeria. Algeria kept very well their country but they paid very hard. I mean, it was a lot of victims. It was very hard for the Algerian people.

Actually, these mercenaries, we are told today that they have their weapons from Libya. We remember very recently how Libya has been destroyed by the NATO intervention.

The first who agreed, who was fighting to make this aggression – agreed by NATO, by the EU – was France, the French administration.

Press TV: We’ve gotten a lot of different comments tonight. I want to read one from Jamila Sadiq who said, “Double faced: supporting militants in Syria and fighting militants in Mali – two different interests.” Then we have Prat Paradi saying, “Obviously eyeing the region’s resources and nothing else.”

Let me read a couple more. Kenny Brooks says, “The resources, the French have staked their claim and have a responsibility to steal from the African people.” Another person, Fajj al-Said says that, “My question is that why is the UAE funding the French military operation in Mali?”

Interesting questions coming from some of our viewers. Why don’t we take a look at a couple of these, Ms. Midani. When we look at the situation, how could on the one hand France actually be against the same militants that they’re supporting in Syria but are against them in Mali? What’s the difference?

Midani: I think there is kind of two-steps in the plan. The first step is to destabilize a country, so they send these people to these mercenaries just to destabilize Syria and to try to also get a hand in Syrian resources.

In Mali, it’s the second step because they already destabilized Mali by a coup against the former government in Mali. Now, the government is completely destabilized. This is a cover just to say we come to save Mali and for human purposes. It’s not called an “invasion”, but it really is an invasion with a humanitarian and democratic cover.

Press TV: When we look at the situation, first of all, that is occurring in Mali, there seems to be a media blackout in general. Why do you think that there’s such a tight clampdown on information coming out of the country?

Midani: Actually we hear that there are a lot of summary executions and there are a lot of horrible things committed by both sides in Mali. This media blackout is just like any war, just to tell the information of the invaders.

Also, I want to say that, in fact, the French [who are] responsible say that immediately we will stay as long as it is necessary. What’s necessary and what’s the option, they decide on that. They decide according to their agenda what the necessity is.

I also want to say that it’s not only the French army who’s intervening in Mali; it’s also very heavy help from the United Kingdom, from Britain, and also from the United States. In fact, the same coalition going into Mali is the same who destroyed Iraq, the same who destroyed Libya and the same who are against Syria.

The problem is not to have any independent and strong country in these parts of planet earth where there are interestingly important resources of gas, oil, uranium, gold and everything. I think this is the main purpose.

GMA/JR

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/01/28/286009/france-wages-war-to-plunder-resources/

January 28, 2013 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized