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After the coup the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) threatened an invasion of Niger. The states of Niger, [[Mali]], and [[Burkina Faso]] declared any NATO, Western-backed, or ECOWAS attack against Niger is an attack against all. [[Algeria]] also opposes any NATO-backed aggression.<ref>https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/algeria-and-the-sahel-on-the-brink-of-war/</ref> Leading the charge for an attack on Niger was [[Nigerian]] president and ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu, a darling of the [[U.S. State Department]], the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) and [[World Bank]] who,<ref>https://archive.is/PoLkK</ref> as a student in [[Chicago]] in the 1970s, spent many years [[money laundering]] for [[heroin]] dealers.<ref>https://westafricaweekly.substack.com/p/bola-ahmed-tinubu-from-drug-lord</ref>   

After the coup the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) threatened an invasion of Niger. The states of Niger, [[Mali]], and [[Burkina Faso]] declared any NATO, Western-backed, or ECOWAS attack against Niger is an attack against all. [[Algeria]] also opposes any NATO-backed aggression.<ref>https://libya360.wordpress.com/2023/08/06/algeria-and-the-sahel-on-the-brink-of-war/</ref> Leading the charge for an attack on Niger was [[Nigerian]] president and ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu, a darling of the [[U.S. State Department]], the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) and [[World Bank]] who,<ref>https://archive.is/PoLkK</ref> as a student in [[Chicago]] in the 1970s, spent many years [[money laundering]] for [[heroin]] dealers.<ref>https://westafricaweekly.substack.com/p/bola-ahmed-tinubu-from-drug-lord</ref>   

[[Victoria Nuland]], the [[Biden regime]] [[fascist]] [[neocon]] deputy secretary of State, travelled to Niger in early August 2023 to threaten the interim government with destabilization and [[color revolution]].<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/victoria-nuland-revealed-some-interesting </ref> Nuland was denied a meeting with interim President General Tchiani or access to the deposed puppet, Bazoum Mohamed, now under house arrest.   

[[Victoria Nuland]], the [[Biden regime]] [[fascist]] [[neocon]] deputy secretary of State, travelled to Niger in early August 2023 to threaten the interim government with destabilization and [[color revolution]].<ref>[https://korybko.substack.com/p/victoria-nuland-revealed-some-interesting </ref> Nuland was denied a meeting with interim President General Tchiani or access to the deposed puppet, Bazoum Mohamed, now under house arrest.  Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman [[Maria Zakharova]] commented on Nuland's visit: "Victoria Nuland thought that in Niger it would work like in Ukraine: It will be enough to bring a bag of cookies and play everyone for a fool. Such a banana republic, like the one in Kiev, cannot be found anywhere else."<ref>https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2023-08-08-zakharova-commented-on-nuland-s-negotiations-with-the-rebels-in-niger.ByNRPP_J3n.html</ref>

Biden regime foreign secretary [[Antony Blinken]] told the [[BBC]], "I think what happened, and what continues to happen in Niger was not instigated by [[Russia]] or by Wagner, but… they tried to take advantage of it," referring to the [[Wagner group]].<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/wagner-taking-advantage-niger-instability-blinken-charges</ref>

Biden regime foreign secretary [[Antony Blinken]] told the [[BBC]], "I think what happened, and what continues to happen in Niger was not instigated by [[Russia]] or by Wagner, but… they tried to take advantage of it," referring to the [[Wagner group]].<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/wagner-taking-advantage-niger-instability-blinken-charges</ref>