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Niger Mutiny: Another U.S.-Trained Military Officer Led Coup (theintercept.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Troops from Niger ousted the country’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, last week. One of the coup leaders had previously received training from the U.S. government, becoming the 11th coup in the region led by U.S.-trained officers since 2008.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Spoiler: the article does not suggest the US is causing the coups.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

Yeah as usual the Intercept buries the lede to twist the article into some anti-US hit piece, Glenn Greenwald has been a Putin shill for a while now and his outlet constantly shows it.

The officers this article is trying to call out were trained to go against Burkina Faso, Boko Haram, Al Quida, and ISIS, also once the military Junta overthrew rightful government the military Junta immediately ran to Wagner for backup, showing that they're choosing to be backed by the Ruzzians. In reality the US is trying to keep the peace in Niger and is work to get the ousted president to safety.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

No doubt he used to be a major part of the staff, but Greenwald hasn't been with the Intercept for years now.

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