[M-net] Analysis of Coup in Mauritania by Abu Ismael al-Beirawi

Ven 31 Mar 00:40:13 PST 2006

Wednesday, March 29, 2006 Analysis of Coup in Mauritania

*The following is the draft translation of a political analysis article
written in Arabic.*

*Question:* At the beginning of this month, a coup d'etat took place in
Mauritania. President Maaoya Sid'Ahmed Ould Taya was over thrown while he
was out of the country during his return from "Saudi Arabia". The rule was
seized after him by men who used to work with him, does that coup d'etat
mean only a replacement of faces to absorb the anger of the street because
Ould Taya made relations with "Israel", and oppressed national and Islamic
governments, or is it an actual coup d'etat which came with a new political
influence instead of the old political influence?

*Answer:* Ould Taya came to rule after a coup d'etat in 1984 on Wild
Hidaleh, the European influence existed in Mauritania because it is a French
colony, this continued till the beginning of 1998 when America was able to
draw him to its side with the general chief officer, Wild Sidi Ali. After
that, Mauritania entered the series of normalization with the state of Jews
under the influence of America. Then Ould Taya started to aggravate his
campaigns on "the Muslims" under the excuse of fighting terrorism following
the American method, and at the same time on the groups allied to Europe.
That is why on the 3rd of May 2003, he made a wide security campaign against
"the Muslims" making use of the explosions which took place in Casablanca
and Riyadh at that time, trying to find a "terrorist" relation between these
and those. But a coup d'etat led by a group of "national officers" preceded
him in June 2003 after the turmoil of his oppression for these movements.
Those who made the coup d'etat were about to succeed because they got hold
of the presidential headquarters and the military headquarters. Ould Taya
was able to run away until he was rescued by America and "Israel" by
fighting operations against the revolutionists. After "36" hours from the
coup d'etat, he was captured and Ould Taya returned to rule, he accused
Libya at that time of being responsible of the coup d'etat. It was Europe
who was behind the mentioned coup d'etat because Ould Taya led the country
towards the American influence. That is how Ould Taya continued to rule, and
his relations with America became stronger because it took a new horizon in
the military field.
The American army accomplished lately great manoeuvres in the coast region,
south of the great desert, it was described to be the greatest manoeuvres
witnessed by Africa since the second world war under the excuse of war
against terrorism. Ould Taya continued to get hold of the reigns until the
present coup d'etat took place against him on 03.08.2005 while being outside
the country returning from paying condolences for Saudi Arabia because of
the death of King Fahd. He who follows the procedures of the coup d'etat and
what followed will notice the following:

1. By the beginning of the coup d'etat, at 3 o'clock in the dawn of the 3rd
of August, the revolutionists directed themselves towards the military
headquarters and arrested the president of the military organization officer
Al-Arabi Ould Sidi Ali. They didn't negotiate with him to go along with them
because of their former knowledge about him, and they put a number of the
officers under compulsory residency (House arrest).

2. They went to the house of the general security officer, Ali Ould Mohammed
Fal, most of them were from the presidential guards, they besieged him in
his house and proposed to him to lead the coup d'etat because they wanted a
great officer in comparison to them and at the same time (a professional in
his work) without any political greed. He accepted the offer and he was
appointed after that as head of the military council. This is how the coup
d'etat succeeded.

3. The popular front in Mauritania headed by Mohammed Al-Ameen, who is an
ally for Europe, welcomed the coup d'etat.

4. America condemned the coup d'etat after it took place and demanded
frankly the return of president Maaoya Ould Taya to authority. The spokesman
of the foreign ministry, Tom Cassey, said "we call for the return of the
system under that shade of the government of president Ould Taya." It didn't
leave its condemnation for the coup d'etat until the African Union issued a
statement calling for normalization of relations with the revolutionists.
Adam Early, spokesman of the foreign ministry, declared on 08.08.2005 "the
African union issued a statement about the developments in this country and
we share its point of view."

5. As for France, it called in a general talk to "respect democracy and the
legitimate constitutional framework."

6. As for Russia, the Russian foreign ministry was satisfied in issuing a
statement in which it warned to show hope in "a quick solution for the
situation in a constitutional method and in what serves the interests of the
Mauritanian nation without using violence."

7. As for Britain, its agents' movement to support the coup d'etat drew the
attention: Morocco hastened to send the head of the Moroccans foreign
intelligence, Mr. Yaseen al-Mansouri, to visit Nouakchott on 04.08.2005.
then the visit of the Libyan foreign minister, Abdel Rahman Shalkam, and his
declaration after meeting the leader of the coup d'etat "the will of the
Mauritanian nation should be taken into consideration" then he added "after
listening to the words of the president of the military council, there's a
notion that the Mauritanian nation began to support the change." Adding that
Libya supports what the Mauritanian nation supports. Upon that, the previous
data shows that the coup d'etat on Ould Taya was a serious one, meaning a
change in policy and not a change in faces. Had it been a change in faces,
the army's headquarters would have stayed as it is and only the government
would have been changed. But to arrest the president of the organization and
other officers of the headquarters to be put under compulsory residence,
this means true change. Add to that the international attitudes for America
and Europe and the internal attitudes "the popular front", all that shows
that it is a serious coup d'etat and that Europe: France and Britain, are
the ones who led it. And that America had lost Mauritania periodically and
we say periodically because Mauritania is of interest for America to
penetrate into the region there. It is a support for the Policario as the
head of the spear for America in the region. After losing Mauritania,
nothing was left except the
Policario and alone it will be of less impact than it was when it was backed
by Mauritania.

23 Rajab 1426 AH
28.08.2005 CE

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