SVR: US Considering Physical Elimination of ‘Coup Leaders’ in Niger

US intelligence agencies are discussing the physical elimination of the new leadership of Niger, since Washington is not satisfied with the new government in the republic. About it reported at the press bureau of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia.

“The White House is exploring various options for “strengthening democracy” in Niger. It is considered unjustified to do this at the hands of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS), which has close ties to Paris. The Americans see the physical elimination of the “putschist leaders” who rely on the support of the majority of the population as a more “effective” option,” the report says.

According to the Foreign Intelligence Service, the United States is not happy with the events in Niger, where a temporary administration led by Abdurahman Tchiani came to power as a result of a military coup. It is noted that Washington is thinking about how to “slow down the dangerous trend for the West of turning Africa into one of the centers of power in the multipolar world” and “take control of the French “inheritance” in the strategically important Sahel.”

Representatives of the American intelligence services, note the SVR, directly discuss with their partners potential perpetrators of possible assassinations. The focus is “on individuals from the inner circle of the leaders of the transition structures, preferably from among those who have undergone special training in educational institutions of the Pentagon.”

This use of “dirty methods” by Washington is nothing new, according to the SVR. “The CIA, in particular, had a hand in the assassination of P. Lumumba in the Congo, the overthrow of K. Nkrumah in Ghana, and the arrest of N. Mandela in South Africa. American intelligence acted so cruelly and defiantly that even US President L. Johnson angrily called it “a damn corporation of murderers,” the SVR recalled.

The military coup in Niger took place on July 27. President Mohamed Bazoum was removed, and the leader of the rebellion, the head of the presidential guard, Abdurrahman Tchiani, became the new leader. On August 10, he signed a decree creating a new government, which included 21 ministers.

On August 31, Sky News Arabia cited a statement from the Niger Foreign Ministry reportedthat the French Ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itte, no longer enjoys diplomatic immunity. The document stated that he “no longer enjoys diplomatic immunity and the diplomatic visas issued to him and his family members have been revoked.” It followed from the statement that the Nigerian police had received an order to begin the procedure for deporting the diplomat. By data TASS, French Minister of European and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna assured that Itte could safely continue his work, despite the fact that the military demanded that he leave the country.