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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Commander Adama Killed |
| 2004-02-09 |
| Cylons suspected: Rebels in northern Ivory Coast are giving diverging accounts on the death of a rebel leader. A regional rebel commander Adama Coulibaly, also known as Adams, was killed Sunday outside a nightclub in the northern city of Korhogo. Out clubbing and got popped. The head of the rebel military command Soumaila Bakayoko says Mr. Coulibaly was accidentally killed by his own bodyguards during a dispute outside the club. Uh huh, happens all the time. But witnesses and other rebels in Korhogo say three armed men wearing hoods forced Mr. Coulibaly into their vehicle before he was shot. Shot by the hoods, or by the bodyguards trying to stop them? Or were the hoods his bodyguards? Five of his bodyguards were detained for questioning. Sounds like a good place to start. The reasons for the killing are unclear. Some local newspapers speculate it was linked to Mr. Coulibaly’s close ties with Liberian mercenaries, others that he was entangled in a dispute over leadership. Tensions have been high among rebels in Korhogo since late January, when a group of fighters close to Mr. Coulibaly fought against another group of rebels for control of a gas tank in the city. Adding to the tension was a weekend visit of main rebel-group leaders, during which a fire gutted the Korhogo’s markeplace. Any connection between the two events? Hello? A spokesman for the French peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast, Bruno Misset, says the effect of the split within the rebel group is hard to gage. He says apparent divisions within the rebel group could block the disarmament process. But he also says the death of Mr. Coulibaly could allow the process to move along faster, because he was seen as one of its most divisive members. So if you’d kill more of the divisive rebels, logic would say that would speed things up even more. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #5 Whatever will the Galactica do without him?! |
| Posted by: Ed Becerra 2004-2-9 6:59:25 PM |
| #4 I hope the Adama Family handles this in the usual way. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-2-9 5:40:29 PM |
| #3 Poor,Starbuck. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-2-9 4:40:53 PM |
| #2 CF, you beat me to that one. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-2-9 2:38:29 PM |
| #1 It was the Cylons! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-2-9 12:21:10 PM |