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The democratically elected President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, has been held hostage for approximately nine months. As a local news paper recently pointed out, “the deafening silence” on the situation of President Bazoum and his family, is very alarming.

Agreement between the US and Niger from 2013: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/13-128-Niger-Defense-NotesCS.pdf

Update note: This is reported as being Air Base 101, and not yet Air Base 201: https://www.africom.mil/image/34851/usafe-afafrica-commander-visits-niger-africa

Instead of helping Niger President Bazoum US Sec. of State Blinken has handed Niger to Russia, and apparently at least one of the US bases as well. What good is it to have a French speaking US Sec. of State if he doesn’t know how to speak properly to French speaking Africans, as is apparently the case? The authoritative tone which is necessary in France to get things done is offensive to French speaking Africans.

US Sec. of State Antony Blinken, whose step-father and mentor was so madly in love with Russia, that, as a child, he wanted to be a General in the Soviet Air Force, has handed Niger to Russia with only a few whimpers: “US troops set to withdraw from Niger, State Department official says” By Kylie Atwood, CNN Published 9:45 PM EDT, Fri April 19, 2024 https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/19/politics/us-troops-to-withdraw-from-niger/index.html
Both Blinken’s mother and late stepfather are members of the Russian Academy of the Arts (elected in 2012, while he was in the Obama Administratoin).

Military coup leaders, who are still holding the democratically elected President of Niger hostage, shouldn’t be allowed to annul legal agreements. Why did the US send a high level delegation to Niger, which only created an opening for the coup leaders to tell the US to abandon their base? Oh, yes, of course it’s almost certainly Sec. of State Antony “Tony” Blinken – the maker of US foreign policy disasters, which seem to always benefit Russia and other enemies of humanity. The anti-diplomat Blinken who says bad, bad, shame, shame like an old style schoolmarm, while quivering in his little shoes like he’s going to faint. Tony Blinken was a rich double “legacy” at Harvard, because both his father and stepfather attended, so he may be as stupid as he seems. However, he may be doing it intentionally to undermine the United States: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2024/04/19/more-leaks-about-israel-us-sec-of-state-blinkens-wife-and-or-blinken-appear-likely-source-blinken-blames-israel-for-most-leaks/ Either way, the effects the same.

US Senator John McCain, no fan of Trump, warned that Antony Blinken was dangerous to the US and to the world: https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2024/03/20/us-senator-john-mccain-warned-that-tony-blinken-is-dangerous-to-america-and-the-world/ Antony Blinken’s stepfather and mentor, Samuel Pisar, was a Russophile, who took businessmen to do deals in the Soviet Union. In his 1980 biography “Of Blood and Hope”, Samuel Pisar said that he told his parents that he wanted to grow up to be a General in the Soviet Air Force. He joined the Soviet “Pioneers and the Cadets, and by the age of twelve had risen to junior officer rank”. (p.179)

Blinken and his cronies, including his Cabinet Secretary wife, who are planted throughout the US government, need to be fired asap. Blinken has been disasterous for decades in various advisory roles. What he’s done is close to irreparable, but he still must be fired.

“The Russian Military in Niger Just Occupied the Base where the Americans are Located May 2, 2024 https://www.svoboda.org/a/32931083.html
Russian servicemen entered the airbase in Niger, where American troops are stationed, a senior representative of the U.S. Department of Defense told Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/russian-troops-enter-base-housing-us-military-niger-us-official-says-2024-05-02/

This step followed the decision of the Niger junta to expel American troops from the country.
Niger warlords ruling this West African country ordered the United States to withdraw almost 1,000 troops from a country that was Washington’s key partner in the fight against the rebels until last year’s coup.

The United States and its allies were forced to withdraw troops from a number of African countries after the coup d’état. Groups came to power showing a desire to distance themselves from Western governments.

In addition to the upcoming withdrawal from Niger, American troops have also left Chad in recent days, and French troops have been expelled from Mali and Burkina Faso.

At the same time, Russia is trying to strengthen relations with African countries. Moscow positions itself as a friendly country, Reuters writes.

Mali, for example, has become one of Russia’s closest African allies in recent years: the Wagner Group’s mercenary forces are deployed there to fight jihadist rebels.

Russia described relations with the United States as “below zero” due to military and financial assistance to Ukraine”. (Translated from Russian) Copyright 2024 Svoboda org-RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty https://www.svoboda.org/a/32931083.html

“Burkina Faso, Niger Join Mali in Leaving G5 Anti-Jihadi Force” Dec 2, 2023 https://www.voanews.com/a/burkina-faso-niger-join-mali-in-leaving-g5-anti-jihadi-force-/7382159.html

Mr. Souleymane points out that “the deafening silence” on the situation of President Bazoum, is very worrying: “Events of July 26: Mohamed Bazoum, martyr of democracy!” By Elh. M. Souleymane The Editorial 10/03/2024 L’Autre Républicain N°004 du jeudi 7 mars 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240310153058/https://www.lautrerepublicain.com/2024/03/evenements-du-26-juillet-mohamed-bazoum-le-martyr-de-la-democratie/

The US doesn’t need people in government who are either directly or indirectly connected to Jeffrey Epstein, whether Trump (directly) or Blinken (through his stepfather, sister and through Ehud Barak). Furthermore, Blinken’s bio says he was practicing law in Paris in the period of 1988-1992 or 93. This was surely alongside his stepfather, who practiced law in Paris. This is the period when Samuel Pisar was friend and confidant to Ghislaine Maxwell’s father, Robert Maxwell. This suggests that Antony Blinken may have worked for Robert Maxwell, as well.