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Any thoughts on this theory about the Niger coup? (threadreaderapp.com)

submitted 2 years ago by LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml to c/worldnews@lemmygrad.ml

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While I very much sympathise with the stance of always suspecting the USA first and foremost whenever anything happens in geopolitics, I'm not sure if I credit it with this much competence.

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[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Thing is, Niger wasn't exporting uranium to fr*nce

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Really? Even pretend legally?

[–] LarkinDePark@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Apparently 99% of France's uranium was coming from Niger? What do you mean?

[–] Aru@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 2 years ago

I was saying that the trade wasn't exporting, more like neocolonial stealing resources