Text taken from a member of Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR)
Commentary by RUssian military journalist Bris Rozhin is in italics
[ColonelCassad] I just recently wrote about this topic, and now the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service has confirmed it.
Macron has authorized his intelligence agencies to launch a plan to eliminate "undesirable leaders" in Africa. France's involvement in the attempted coup in Burkina Faso on January 3rd, which was foiled, has already been established.
The rebels were tasked with assassinating President Traoré, a leading figure in the fight against neocolonialism. Paris calculated that this would not only bring forces loyal to France to power in Ouagadougou but also deal a blow to all supporters of sovereignty and pan-Africanism on the continent.
France has shifted to directly supporting terrorists of various stripes, who are becoming its main allies on the African continent. (c) Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.
France simply has no other means of waging its influence in West Africa besides terrorism. The attack on the airport in Niamey is part of the same strategy to destabilize countries liberated from French colonialism.
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