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kondorong
Gambia
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 Posted - 09 Mar 2006 : 18:37:59
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| Halifa has toned down his maxist believes now and so is his party. |
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.” |
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kassma
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Posted - 09 Mar 2006 : 19:12:27
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quote:
Originally posted by sab
Is that the only information you know about him?
yeah, pretty much. |
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sab
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Mar 2006 : 20:04:19
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Greetings all,Janyanfara, at the time I was looking for tyrants & dictators who were either military and/or who took over their country via a coup. I had not anticipated the result.
For those outside of Africa it is equally as tragic, although both postings are on the ‘old forum’ the history of these men committing the most savage & horrendous humanitarian crimes must, I feel again be put into print.
MODERN TYRANTS VIA A COUP / OUTSIDE OF AFRICA…… Porfirio Diaz – Dictator of Mexico – Distinguishes himself in the War of the Reform. Helps overthrow the French-backed regime in Mexico. Stages abortive coup against Benito Judrez. Elected President. Dispossesses the poor & terrorises Indian communities. Fixes election. Vladimir Lenin – Leader of the USSR – Returns to Russia in closed train; seizes power; signs armistice with Germany; begins civil war. Orders the execution of the tsar and his family. Wins civil war. 1921 – 1923 Famine caused by collectivisation of farming – six million dead. Josef Stalin – Leader of the USSR – Plays prominent part in October Revolution – When Lenin died, Stalin tool over, ruthlessly crushing all opposition. 1928 came the Five Year Plan to industrialise Russia, funded by the export of grain, and continued the collectivisation of farming which resulted in famine, mostly in Ukraine. Those who resisted in any way were executed, and a peasant’s revolt was savagely put down. It is estimated that 25million people perished as a result of collectivisation. 1934, Stalin organised the murder of his potential rival Sergey Kirov, and used the assassination as a pretext for a purge. Between 1936 & 1938 there was a series of show trails, with thousands of party officials and senior army officers found guilty of treason & executed. By 1939, of the 1,966 delegates to the 1934 party congress that had backed Kirov, 1,108 were dead; of the 139 members elected to the Central Committee that year, 98 were dead. Meanwhile Stalin’s secret police had arrested millions of ordinary people, executing, exiling or imprisoning them in labour camps. Signs pact with Hitler. Imprisons returning prisoners of war. Benito Mussolini – Dictator of Italy – 1918 – advocates the emergence of a dictator; hints that he might be the man. Marches on Rome; becomes Italy’s youngest prime minister with dictatorial powers. 1924 Secures power with fraudulent election; murder opponents. 1935 Invades Abyssinis, gassing & bombing the populace. 1936 – Annexes Abyssinia, announcing new Roman Empire; signs Pact of Steel with Hitler; Invades Albania, joins war on Hitler’s side; attacks France, Greece & Egypt. Rafael Trujillo – Dictator of the Dominican Republic – 1927 Becomes commanding General of the Army. 1930 Ousts President Horacio Vasquez; seizes power and instigates one-party rule. Put members of his family in key political offices & murdered all those who opposed him. The Dominican Republic’s one political party also controlled the press. Members of congress handpicked by Trujillo& competing units of secret policemen reporting directly to Trujillo suppressing any political activity. 1937 – Massacred 20,000 migrant farmers. Francisco Franco – Dictator of Spain. Youngest General in the Army, he rose to become chief. Popular Front won election – Franco exiled to the Canary Islands. From there he organised a Nationalist conspiracy that led to outbreak of Spanish Civil War. Nationalists established their own government with Franco at its head. It is estimated 50,000 were executed, murdered or assassinated. A further half a million were killed in the Spanish Civil War, with another half-a-million dead from starvation and disease. With the end of the Civil War, Franco became dictator of Spain. He outlawed all opposition parties & imprisoned & executed thousands of Loyalists. Fulgencio Batista Zaldivar – Dictator of Cuba – 1933 stages ‘sergeants revolt’ and rules Cuba from behind the scenes as army chief of staff. Elected President. Retires to Florida a wealthy man. 1952, returns to power in Cuba after bloodless coup. His second period in office was marked by brutal repression, with Batista controlling the press, the universities & the Congress with an iron fist, embezzling huge sums from the soaring economy. Ngo Dinh Diem – President of South Vietnam – From exile he returns as Prime minister in Bao Dais government in South Vietnam. 1955 Ousts Bao Da in fixed election; declares himself a republic & names himself president. Ruthlessly repressed political dissenters * religious factions, and installed members of his family in important jobs. Responds to failed coup with brutal repression, killing hundreds of Buddhists on the grounds they are aiding the Communist North. Achmed Sukarno - President of Indonesia - When the Dutch were forced to concede sovereignty in 1949, Sukarno quickly established himself in the lavish palace. Won the election, but his government were notoriously corrupt. After extracting a billion dollars worth of aid from the US, he switched sides in the Cold War & took a billion dollars from the Soviet Union. In 1959 he dissolved parliament & in 1963 made himself president for life. He became fearful of a military coup and in 1965 approved a Communist backed plot to kidnap six top army generals who were tortured, mutilated and murdered. General Suharto, reacted by slaughtering more than 300,000 Communist suspects. Francois Duvalier – President of Haiti - After serving as minister of health, he became president in a fixed election in 1957. Consolidating his power, employing ruthless thugs called ‘Tonton Macoutes’ to terrorise the populace & assassinate suspected opponents of the regime. Imprisons deputy, later murdering him. 1961 Fixes legislative elections; extends term of office. 1963 – Begins cult of personality. 1964 – Becomes president for life. Alfredo Stroessner – Dictator of Paraguay - Backed a successful coup against President Morinago. 1954 ousted President Federico Chavez, becomes president after winning an election in which he was the sole candidate. 1967 and 1977 the constitution had to be modified to legitimise his six consecutive elections. Prevented Pope John Paul 11 from meeting opposition leaders. Ousted in military coup. Augusto Pinochet – President of Chile – Stages coup 1973. 14,000 people were tried and executed or expelled from the country. Under Pinochets tyrannical rule, it is estimated that 20,000 people were killed and torture widespread. Efrain Montt - Dictator of Guatemala - Stages coup – begins genocide of Mayans. A report by UN found that at least 448 villages – mostly Indian – had been wiped off the map. According to Amnesty International, in four months more than 2,000 fully documented extra judicial killings by the Guatemalan army: People of all ages were shot, burned alive, hacked to death, disembowelled, drowned & beheaded. Uncovering the truth behind a massacre or disappearance of upwards of 200,000 people during the civil war & the genocide of the Mayan people continues. Pol Pot – Leader of Cambodia – Overthrows US-backed government; declares Year Zero. Money & property were abolished. Books were burnt. Private houses were demolished; temples desecrated every symbol of Western technology – from cars to medical equipment destroyed. Cambodia was transformed into a slave labour camp. All professional people - including doctors & teachers – were killed. Any person who spoke French or wore glasses, which was considered the mark of an intellectual. Their children buried alive. 4years rule saw 1.7million people die as a result of disease, starvation, maltreatment, forced labour, torture & execution.
Info gleaned from TYRANTS – History’s 100 most evil Despots & Dictators by Nigel Cawthorne. – 2004…….
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Solution
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Posted - 11 Mar 2006 : 09:42:57
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Am very disappointed that the Gambian politicians are seemingly doing nothing about this important issue.The need for a term limit in any democratic society cannot be undermined.A term limit represents the fundamental blocks of a democratic government.
In the absence of such sytem, our greedy and inconsiderate leaders would stay in power forever regardless of how they govern.A typical example is the so called 2020 vision designed by the current administration in the Gambia to rule until who knows when.An other is the thirty years ruling by the PPP/Jawara regime which evidently failed the Gambian people miserably.
Unless the term limit system is implemented, establishing a democratic government would be nothing but a dream.I think is time for these politicians to consider this matter a top priority.
ALAWYS KEEP THE HOPE ALIVE:) !!!!!
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Janyanfara
Tanzania
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Posted - 13 Mar 2006 : 01:57:57
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Thank you sab,solution,kassma,and Kondorong,
I think now that all seems lost,the only way 4 the Gambia is a presidential term limit.
But no party is campaigning that now.they seems to forget this issue or they all want to secceed in their bids to rule forever.
God forbid!
PEACE
Mankajang Janyanfara |
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