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"Mr President, facts are stubborn things, and for those who have cheer-led the intervention in Mali, they may be uncomfortable things.
Because the reality is that the European forces are now engaged in training an army that Human Rights Watch has documented as being guilty of torture, summary executions and enforced disappearances, in particular targeting the Tuareg people and other ethnic minorities.
Why? Well you have to look beyond the tired rhetoric of fighting terrorism. The French defence minister gave the game away when he used the term ‘total reconquest of Mali’ when describing the French goals.
I think they wish to secure control of this strategic region and its rich resources, particularly oil, gold and uranium. The deployment of Irish troops to assist in training missions in Mali again exposes the lie of Irish neutrality.
Military intervention and military training will not solve the problems of the Malian people. It will only lead to further hardship and further spreading of the conflict.
The Tunisian revolution, which overthrew a French-backed dictatorship showed the way forward. This was a mass struggle by working people and the poor fighting for their own interests, including the right to self-determination, and against the rule of dictators and imperialism."@en1
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