Côte D’Ivoire: Caught in Cross Fire, & Africa in Dire Straits

© Copyright 2012 Daman Laurent Adjehi.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Word Of Wisdom

Preface

Foreword

The Theme Of The Book

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Conclusion

The Battle Of Armageddon

Biography

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

THANKS TO MY LORD AND SAVIOR WHO continually inspires me even in my time of need and shortages. I upraise the mission He has bestowed on me.

I dedicate this book

To:

President Laurent Gbagbo; President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, October 2000, overthrown by France on April 11, 2011.

As the whole world looked on speechlessly when French bombs rained on you; and you were evinced, handed over to Ouattara’s criminals to be treated like a vulgar individual, and then thrown in jail. Later on as we watched you standing alone on the bench at the ICC, the world injustice took shape. Although they were not to ignore that every conflict claims two sides, they took you alone, accusing you of crimes their own friends committed. That comes to tell us how unfair the world has always been, especially when the scavengers have identified you has an obstacle to their interests. Now that you were kidnapped and brought hastily to The Hague, they claimed they have no more money left in their safes to pursue the real criminals, assuming that perhaps we know no better.

President, stand tall, and firm; for your sons and daughters, and friends around the world are vigil, and interceding on your behalf.

To:

All those who have been tortured unnecessarily included, but not limited to President Laurent Gbagbo, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, son Michel Gbagbo, Prime Minister Aké N’Gbo, Interior Minister Desire Tagro who got shot in the face while attempting to pledge for a ceasefire, Afi N’guessan, and all the cabinet members incarcerated abusively.

Especially:

THE FALLEN, the slain and beheaded in the bushes, villages, and cities across the country since 2002, 2004, and the youths called [the patriots] who were sprayed by the French and UN helicopters and mortars in the vicinity of the Hotel Ivoire and the Presidential Palace during the unrest of post electoral era in 2011. I say this to you all:

"Your life is not wasted. You died for the liberation of your country, and for the freedom of many generations to come. We are making our voices heard as loud as we can for the world to hear about your sacrifices, your pain, and the blood you have shed for us. We are fighting for you, and we will continue to fight until we win. You will never be forgotten even if no one ever knew you; Rest in peace."

I salute my brothers: Ble Goude, Damana Picas, and their fellows the patriots. Also, my sons and daughters, my family and all the Ivorian people who suffered the rage of these heartless criminals; Côte d’Ivoire is proud to have you as her sons and daughters.

Putting your life on the line to defend your country is a virtue. You are like the children of Israel who shouted and sounded their trumpets to crush the wall of Jericho; and like the 300 men of Gideon who delivered their nation from the hands of the Medianites, and the children of the East.

The brave FDS, the FANCI (the Ivorian National Army)

The brave Police Officers, Gendarmes, Eaux et Forêts (Water & Forestry) and all the homeland Security Forces who have been dispersed, and dismantled.

Certainly, and surely, your Institutions will be rebuilt, re-integrated, and your dignity will be restored. For all those of you who died; may their souls rest in Peace. They paid with their life for us to be free someday; and we surely will.

For their special contributions

Special thanks to:

ALL THE COUNTRIES around the world that stood by Côte d’Ivoire during the unrest.

Word of Wisdom

Job 32:7-9

"Days shall speak, and multitude of years shall teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding. Great men are not always wise; neither do the aged understand judgment."

"Education from books does not always instill intelligence and wisdom. Neither intelligence nor wisdom always comes from the acquisition of high degrees of education. The Wisdom of the Almighty gives the interpretation of Justice, and the understanding to separate it from injustice. Man’s definition of Justice is always inner-directed, and his reasoning, inconsequential. But the Almighty is Just."

2011 was the ordained year of Jubilee for Africa. It was an opportunity for all the African nations and people to grasp it, and let the oppressors be known of it with one single voice. Instead, the majority of the African Leaders made a new covenant to subjugate the continent. They even favored the systematic and unnecessary destruction of Côte d’Ivoire with no valuable reason.

Libya followed the same fate and underwent its own destruction spree.

Preface

AFTER THE FIRST ATTACK of September 19, 2002, and the events that ensued, such as the destruction of the Ivorian fighter Aircrafts and the deliberate slaughter of the youths at the Hotel Ivoire, and at the University in 2004, I came up with the first book on the subject, entitled:

COTE D’IVOIRE / AFRICA—Two BATTLES at stake in which I describe to the world what had just taken place in our country, and the reasons why Africa still remains under-developed and a Third World Continent.

From that attack of September 19, 2002, on Côte d’Ivoire, nobody can say for sure how many people were killed by Soro Guillaume’s rebels. All we know is that many villages in the West were burned down and wiped out of the map, with their inhabitants unaccounted for. France and the international community did not condemn these attacks. Instead, they prescribed solutions to end the crisis. 1—They asked President Laurent Gbagbo to sign a decree, authorizing Alassane Ouattara to run as an exceptional candidate. 2—To organize the Presidential election, even though the conditions were not met; the country was divided in two. 3—To give executive power to a Prime Minister of consensus.

Strangely, we noticed that the mediators of [lina-Marcoussis] who volunteered to find a solution to the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire did not care about the lives of the people who were killed by the thousands. All they cared about was the eligibility of Alassane Ouattara, setting an Election Day, and the power of a Prime Minister of consensus. From that point on, France and UN with their allies took us through changes; from meetings to numerous resolutions for nearly eight years. All the written and signed accords provided that, as a prerequisite to holding the election, the rebels will be disarmed, and the country unified.

Since the attack of September 19, 2002, the conditions to hold the October 2005 Presidential election under President Laurent Gbagbo, were not met, so the crisis dragged on until Kofi Annan, UN General Secretary left office on December 31, 2006. The same hampering conditions protracted until Jacques Chirac, then President of France who dealt with the crisis first, also lost the election in 2007 to Nicholas Sarkozy who took over very aggressively, with the unique agenda to finish what Chirac started and couldn’t accomplish.

In the month of May 2007, as France was preparing to shift leadership, we breathed for a moment assuming we had just gone over one huddle, and we were preparing to face the second one. Concerning the first huddle, our first enemy was gone. Kofi Annan was no longer General Secretary of UN, so we waited to cross over our second huddle, hoping that the new French President would be more humane. We hoped that Mr. Sarkozy, now new President of France would divert from Chirac’s course of actions and behavior on the issue of Côte d’Ivoire. But little did we know; a French President is a French President. Potential candidates may dissent on domestic issues during the campaign, but when it comes to the interests of their country, they will put aside their differences and join hands. When people love their country, that’s what they should do. And this is one characteristic that we African people lack. We are ready to sell our countries to the highest bidder for our personal interests. We have seen it; that is why Africa is straining to rise from the pit of darkness. Those few Leaders who championed sovereignty, independence, and focused on the populations’ welfare were merely humiliated and discarded. We have facts to support this thesis.

NOW, as President Sarkozy came in office, he faced a bigger challenge compared to Chirac, so he acted quickly to avoid missing the coach. He began harassing our President without wasting time, because time was running out for Africa and France. First, Africa the continent of the black people was heading in slow pace toward its prophetic destiny according to the book of Leviticus 25: 10-15. Soon Africa would enter the fiftieth year, the year set by our creator to pull out of slavery; the year in which the slave [proclaims his freedom,] not the year [the master rewrites the law and sets the slave free; the year of Jubilee] was at hand.

This year of Jubilee can also be a year of challenge and confrontation between the slaves, yearning for their freedom, and the master enjoying to exploit the slaves indefinitely. And we knew from history that out of all the erstwhile colonial masters, compared to England and others, France was the only country that was still attached to her colonies. So breaking loose from France in order to claim our TOTAL independence would be nightmarish for us. Therefore, we were not so sure about how the new French President would behave. We had then our fingers crossed.

As for the replacement of Kofi Annan, we were more or less at peace because to us, a UN Secretary had nothing really at stake in any country, compared to the French President or a former colonial master, and we knew the elements that contained the UN Charter. So with the new Secretary coming in office, regardless of how he would act for his [lack of knowledge], at least we could present facts and try to educate him on issues that we faced. Plus Ban Kim Moon was from a former Third World country. To us, he would be more lenient on our side and he would understand our fate because his country had been where we still were at the present time. But before we knew it, the saga resumed.

With Sarkozy now in Office, we quickly identified the evilness he characterized, and the hatred he embodied for the black man. He set the tone in his first address to the world, and to the people of Côte d’Ivoire in particular; to Laurent Gbagbo, and to Africa in general. For sure he was briefed by his predecessor about the real issue at stake, and with the attitude he displayed within his first 100 days, we already knew he was up to no good.

Sarkozy did not joke at all. Unlike Chirac who came at odds with America on the issue of NATO, he quickly reestablished the relationship with America. He knew that if he did not build a strong coalition, he could only fail on his mission to re-conquer the black continent, and he was on the brink of failing without the help of America. On the other hand, he knew that the African people had never tackled seriously the issue of their sovereignty with their former colonial master. So knowing that they will never build a strong body to address this issue boldly, Sarkozy knew that pursuing his mission and winning would be the easiest thing to do. The African people took the issue of their sovereignty for granted, instead of being proactive. Many thought that a French President, no matter who he was, would just come and set Africa free!

So, the first thing that Sarkozy did once in office was to dissipate the dark cloud that had lingered between President Chirac and President Bush, and that had crippled the relationship between France and America. He wasted no time joining NATO, and came to shake hands with President Obama who took over from Bush. He even offered himself a lavish vacation in America during which he conducted underground work. We saw Sarkozy undertaking what no other French President had ever done.

The second thing he did was to organize and shape an International Community at his service, which he intoxicated with the deadly venom of lies. Then as NATO was on a different mission in the Middle East, he blended in with UN for the mission in Côte d’Ivoire. He lied to President Obama on the issues of Côte d’Ivoire, and won his unconditional sympathy. Anybody can sell a service or a product, or play a character in a movie if he or she has the skills to do so, and Sarkozy displayed these acting abilities. But to persuade an educated man such as President Obama, an African descent, with simple lies and convince him to doom the continent of his father without a second thought, sounded strange, unbelievable, and unacceptable to me. And this is just me; I think that Sarkozy went beyond the simple fact of talking to a person to try to convince him. There is the probability that he might have put a spell on President Obama to get his approval for the use of bombs in the post-electoral crisis in Côte d’Ivoire.

Now, with all the allies gathered behind him, and all the military might at his disposal, Sarkozy had it made. All he had to do now was to personally and outlandishly get involved in our interior business, and lay down the game plan. He then pushed for an election regardless of the fact that the conditions were not met. As a matter of fact, Sarkozy always addressed the issue of the election in Côte d’Ivoire with such arrogance, and never referred to President Laurent Gbagbo as a counterpart, as if he was one of his service men working on his farm. The third thing he did was to increase the French and UN troops on the ground. Since the disarmament was never achieved, the Ivorian people thought that these troops came to assist us in all honesty.

We trusted them, so we gave them the benefit of the doubt. The Ivorian people thought that in such a critical time such as election time with rebels on the loose holding half of the country hostage, it would be hazardous to go on without a worthy referee. President Laurent Gbagbo trusted the outsiders, assuming that they would play a fair game as referees, and not partake in the conflict as actors. So he agreed to let UN and French troops in the country when they invited themselves in for help. Since 2002, these troops had been in Côte d’Ivoire as an occupation forces rather than playing the impartial role they always claimed. Little did we know about the hidden plan they were about to carry out. They got us, and they have succeeded strikingly by imposing their will. They supposedly came to help us, but they have made decisions that have contributed in disfiguring our country. Instead of helping us come out of the mire, they have instead sent us deep in desolation. We have been literally abused by the Western powers in the process of re-conquering Côte d’Ivoire and Africa. Just as colonizing Africa was deadly and bloody, the re-colonization could not be otherwise, and it has caused tremendous havoc on our countries, which has affected our continent. But the only thing that we are thankful to the Lord for, among many, is that President Laurent Gbagbo is still alive and he will be. He was bombed unnecessarily by Sarkozy and the United Nations for two straight weeks, and then captured on April 11, 2011; exhibited as a drug dealer, and handed over to Ouattara and Soro’s criminals to be mistreated, thrown in jail, and now sent to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Kaddafi was not so fortunate, and he got killed like a thief on the loose. We are witnessing the systematic humiliation of African Patriotic Leaders, and the re-colonization of our continent.

Foreword

MANY OF US, intellectuals or illiterate alike, ignore that Côte d’Ivoire and all the other French colonies in Africa are not independent nations. Although the Ivorian people have been accustomed to celebrating the anniversary of their country’s independence each year on August 07, it is illusive to believe that we are independent. So whenever we make the argument that all the French colonies in Africa, including Côte d’Ivoire are still reeling under colonial influence as of today with our independence, we are most of the time bashed at as saying things that don’t make sense.

We try to make the argument and explain the issue to them with examples and facts, to the best of our ability, but it seems as if we are preaching in the desert.

At first, I was getting offended for them not knowing. But later on, I understood that many among us are misled by the yearly anniversary celebrations of our independence. They are enslaved by falsely believing that we are free. Although many of those we face are somehow educated, but they still don’t get it. This lack of understanding on their part helped me diffuse my frustration, and free my mind in order to explore my [God given mission] without looking back.

During the political debates I had with some of Ouattara’s supporters, they asked me to provide proofs that the African nations, including Côte d’Ivoire were still under colonial influence. I was getting frustrated over the fact that the information is available to all, at anyone’s disposal for free, and I did not comprehend why they were still ignorant of our history. But at one point, I came up to the conclusion that: "we are not all meant to understand the same issues, or know the same things although it is all out there at hand." Now that the world has gotten smaller with the age of technology, I found this despicable for many to be still ignorant about the issues at stake.

Secondly, when we argued that Côte d’Ivoire had been victim of an international conspiracy, things became more convoluted. But considering that we have a mission to inspire, educate and motivate, we also have no excuse to flinch, falter and recline.

Knowing that it is by persistency that the drop of water breaks the rock, we will stay focused on delivering our thoughts, making our case, and pressing forward by pursuing our educational, motivational, and inspirational goal.

OUR GOAL IS TO LIBERATE Africa from the clutches of imperialism and neo-colonialism; free our countries form abject poverty, mental enslavement, and subordination. Africa was made to be the bread basket for the rest of the world, and not to be exploited and abused as it is nowadays. So we have the duty, we, children of Africa to fight for the liberation of our motherland. Remember that the outsiders can only help so much; but it is not their responsibility to lift up the continent, it is our duty.

This book is written for two main purposes:

first, to pick up the broken pieces to try to reconstruct the crisis that befell Côte d’Ivoire, and two, raise awareness about the appalling and disconcerting conditions of Africa, our continent, and the fate of our individual countries.

Our mission as Writers, Educators, and Informers is to reveal the wound, because governments will always, purposely cover it up.

TOGETHER, we, children of Africa shall make strides to lift up our continent to a competitive level as the rest of the world.

Again; it is no one else’s, but our duty, and responsibility to do so.

The Theme of the Book

Apocalypse/Revelation: map1.JPG Leviticus 25: 10-15

VS.

THIS SIGN SAYS IT ALL.

IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THE WAR OVER OUR RESOURCES

What we experienced in Côte d’Ivoire after the second runoff election depicts the tale of the scorpion; a small animal with two heads that characterizes evil by nature. The Bible refers to two evil creatures; the serpent and the scorpion, saying: "Jesus gave us the authority to crush the heads of the serpent and the scorpion." This sign of the scorpion was physically manifested in the outcome of the election in our country, thus placing it under satanic yoke, or in a spiritual deadlock. The election resulted with [the two candidates proclaimed presidents separately.]

1. Alassane Ouattara: proclaimed by the International Community; the outsiders: France, the US and the UN.

2. President Laurent Gbagbo: proclaimed by the Constitutional Council, the equivalent of the Supreme Court; "Highest judiciary body in all Court Systems."

Although no country on earth is ever run by the International Community, let alone choosing a president for any people, the whole world was deceived by those who came to assist us, and eventually was misled, which sent our country in an unprecedented and destructive chaos. As a way to resolve the conflict, a resolution that legitimized a military action and the use of heavy weapons such as bombs was ordered by France, and promulgated by the UN Security Council. Subsequently, with a joint military action conducted by the French marines, Ouattara’s rebels, and UN so-called peacekeepers, with the US backing and logistics, the Ivorian people watched helplessly as the bombing of the Presidential Palace and many other landmarks went on.

The dead were outnumbers. President Laurent Gbagbo, the First Lady, and the surviving occupants of the Palace were captured and handed over to Ouattara’s rebels to be tortured and dumped in jail. This scenario was the consequence of an international conspiracy organized by Western dictators to wrest power from a national, Laurent Gbagbo, in order to install in his stead, a foreigner who will serve as their purveyor for our resources.

Introduction

I AM ABOUT TO TAKE YOU ON A JOURNEY on the wild side of the political landscape of Africa, in general, and Côte d’Ivoire in particular. So please stay put and follow me on the trail that will lead us in a field where the rule of law of [independence] does not apply for the type of independence we were granted. In this field, only the strong is king and the weak is crushed; justice that should apply to the common of the living is not applicable. And although most countries on the continent are filthy rich, babies are going hungry and dying in poverty.

In this field, there is no mercy, love, and concern for the people. It seems as if the actors of the politics have no souls and hearts because the results of their actions have led the people and constituents dying without apparent reasons. In this field, it seems as if human life has no value. All that matters is the interests of the colonizers, and the politicians. For that reason, the continent has been converted into a war zone and a field of experimentation of weapons, mass graves and all sorts of tragedies and calamities.

For half a century, we have seen it all at the exception of building cranes and land mowers. The most popular scenes we have been inured to are people sitting with guns at their feet, thugs with rolls of ammunitions around their necks, knives at their waists, Kalashnikovs in hands, and UN war vehicles roaming about our streets, helicopters hovering above our cities, all this is adding up to the factors of instability of the continent.

THE YEAR 2010 WAS BIBLICALLY a prophetic year for Africa to be liberated from bondage according to the book of Leviticus 25: 10-15. The colonizers understood it and put the African Leaders and beneficiaries of this jubilee to a test by calling for the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of African States. They wanted to see how the African people would respond. I would not confirm whether the African people were unaware of this, or they misunderstood the purpose of this invitation. What we know for certain is that the Leaders who went to France for the occasion failed to seize this golden occasion that was offered to them, and instead ended up selling their souls. So to me, the fate of Africa lies in the hands of the African people. The colonizers only take advantage of our ignorance to impose their will on the continent. I do not understand the fact that African Leaders are unable to decide for their countries without taking permission from Paris.

Africa came a long way after so many years of abuses and mistreatment by the slave masters or colonizers: from slave trade to the exploitation of the mineral resources of the continent. These Europeans and Westerners understand that a continent so rich represents an economic power; therefore it should be subdued and kept disintegrated by any means necessary to prevent it from emerging. According to what the westerners think, a stable Africa, with all the resources it possesses will be a threat to the Western World. To me, this is irrelevant. So the only way the Westerners can control Africa,