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2024-05-19 Southeast Asia

Sixth Death Recorded During Anti-Colonial Uprising in French Territory

[Breitbart] French security forces reported another death Saturday in armed clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, the sixth fatality in a nearly a week of violent unrest scorching the archipelago whose indigenous population has long sought independence.

The person was killed in an exchange of fire at one of the many impromptu barricades blocking roads on the island, said a security official speaking on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the situation publicly.

Two other people were seriously injured in the clash, the official said, confirming French media reports. The official said the firefight erupted at a blockade in the north of the main island, at Kaala-Gomen.

Le Monde and other French news outlets said the person killed was a man and that his son was among the injured.

This week’s violence erupted Monday following protests over voting reforms opposed by pro-independence supporters who have long pushed to break free from France.

Armed clashes, looting, arson and other mayhem have turned parts of the capital, Noumea, into no-go zones and left a vast trail of destruction. Charred hulks of burned-out cars litter roads, businesses and shops have been ransacked and buildings turned into smoking ruins, with fires sending billowing clouds of smoke into the South Pacific skies.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ] Top

#1 Another Reason Why Losing the Niger Base Was a Disaster

Posted by Grom the reflective 2024-05-19 09:01|| 2024-05-19 09:01|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ Ground zero, so far, for some of this new competition has been the Republic of Niger. The French are already out, the Americans are on their way out while the Russians, Chinese, Turks, and maybe even the Iranians are flowing in.

For the life of me, I cannot see a downside for the French or the US.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-05-19 09:14|| 2024-05-19 09:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I cannot see a downside

When the ego death knell is a good thing.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-05-19 11:40|| 2024-05-19 11:40|| Front Page Top

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