Attack in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso capital

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

You must be logged in to read this quote.

There it goes again...

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Earlier in the day, an attack already made 2 dead people in Northern Burkina, on Mali's border.

Some witnesses speak about 'guys with fair skin' (have to understand 'Arab/Tuareg') doing that.

Some others say that now some of the guys took hostages into the hostel.

Burkinabe forces are surrounding both places, café and hostel.

French embassy already officially speaks about a terrorist attacks.

Yeah, everybody indeed thinks about that, and it looks very much like what happened in Mali.

If so, would be interesting to see if that are some guys that manage to challenge AQMI and friends on their ground in the name of IS, continuing the IS vs AQ war here too then...

But, anyhow, 'little' worth mentioning insight:

You must be logged in to read this quote.

That looks very much like a terrorist attack, but, in in this part of the world(and not only in that one anyhow...) you never know what can intervene to motivate such or such actions who is following which interest exactly, in a mix of international terrorism, all kinds of criminality, and 'eventually' political twisting...



Very last witnessing published on France24:

Some people say that 2 out of the 3 guys first made a shooting in the café, several dead people according to a café employee and then joined the other man in the hostel in which they are now taking hostages.

Less sure witnessing, some speak about a problem with a flight between Paris and Niamey. Well, the plane might eventually only be taking security measures after what is happening in Burkina.



Other 'little' worth mentioning information:

Ouagadougou is the base of French special forces which are participating into the big surveillance operation of the French army all over Sahara/Sahel from Tchad to Mauritania that took place after the war in Northern Mali.

And well, the big HQ of the French army in this operation is Niamey, Niger capital, which also is the city that knew quite (unexpected I'd say) violent 'anti-French' riots after the post attacks Charlie cover.

So, Bamako, Ouagadougou, if 'Jihadists' are making a 'Sahelian capital international hostels tour', they might better pay attention to the big westerner hostel of the capital there...

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

AQMI claims for the attack.

They say Al Mourabitoun did that, just like for Bamako.

So...

Blu Radisson Hostel, Bamako, Mali



Splendid Hostel, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

(I like the flag collection)

AQ is winning 'Sahel Monopoly' so far, putting hostels where they 'own', and IS apparently have an hard time penetrating Sahel, staying in the north, Lybia, Tunisia, notably, and in the south, 'Boko Haram area', that can now go till the Nigeria, Cameroun, Tchad, crossroads.

At least in terms of 'media coups'.

Speaking about that, I wonder how it would happen if it wasn't the 'fancy for Westerners parts of those cities' that were touched.

When Boko Haram make their regular 'boring' terror attacks, blasting 50 people here or there, or burning 1 or 2 villages here and there, here in the media it's mainly, 'oh and, by the way...'.

With stuffs like that they manage to make headlines of news channels in France (I'm not even sure they make it in other countries, do they?), at least during the moments attacks happen, I'm not even sure that still gonna be headlines in the next morning...

Anyhow, hopefully, it won't move Burkina Faso from the good model trend it was following so far, just like Tunisia hasn't been moved so far from the tough things they faced since their revolution with guys like that.

5 years now for those latter, nice.



About other news related to Burkina Faso today:

The attack earlier in the day was directed toward Burkinabe gendarmes, and took place in Burkina at the core of 3 borders between Burkina, Mali, and Niger, very close to Niger capital then.

The plane was a regular Air France Paris-Ouagadougou flight, redirected to Niamey for security measures given the attacks in Ouagadougou.



Very last news:

Assault on preparation, French forces could take part, just like in Bamako.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Ouagadougou hospital:

At least 20 dead people.

And assault hasn't even taken place...

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Assault would have begun.

Apparently led by French forces, in cooperation with Burkinabes, and American surveillance drones, once again just like in Bamako.

Both attacks are very very similar, but that one seems to be even more spectacular than the preceding one.

Apparently they are not 3 but 4, burned about 10 cars in the beginning, and would now be reintranched in 3rd floor, once again, happens like in Bamako so far.

A Burkinabe radio speaks about 12 hostages freed.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

F

F**k, the flags

Well, hey, it's still making headline news tonight....

Oh, wait: 'Burkina Faso: 2 French dead, 1 wounded'

Thankfully there is the Burkinabé Health Ministry to try to make it a bit more universal, so far:

29 dead people
About 30 wounded ones
18 touched nationalities
4 dead terrorists

There was an amusing exchange yesterday on France24 during action in the middle of the night:

France24 anchoir girl (and a cute one, shame):

Did you ask Westerners to take particular security measures?

Burkinabé Minister:

We asked everybody to take particular security measures Madame...

About 16h long attack
About 10h long assault

Very similar to the one in Bamako at all levels, from places, to figures, to attack procedures, to authorities solving, almost a copy/paste, a bit tougher though, maybe because they made at once what Bamako knew in 2 times (a café had been attacked earlier in the 2015, and the hostel later in 2015).

Here is the cutie that would still be behind all of this...

Omar Belmokhtar
...aka 'Marlboro'...
And, as a good 'Jihadist', he wouldn't smoke...

Announced 3 times dead, last time was by Americans in 2015, in one of their so efficient worldwide bombings, seems they announced by saying something like that, actually:

'We killed him but we didn't check wether he was dead'

And we still don't know wether he's 'dead or alive'...

Algerian, dunno his age, immortal might fit.

Anyhow, Al Mourabitoun announce they made it to 'take revenge from France and the infidel West'.

Buisness as usual then.



Also, kinda right after the end of the assault in Ouagadougou, kudos for the timing, a couple of Australians in their 80s, from Perth originally, living in northern Burkina Faso since 1972, not so far from the crossroads between the 3 borders of Mali, Niger, and Burkina, Baraboule area, has been taken in hostage by, according to AFP with Ansar Dine source, a little group called 'Sahara Emirate'.

Might be so cool to be Jihadist, you can totally rewrite the world to your own desire, especially in those crazy deserts. 'Many' French little officers turned crazy in Sahara during colonization, separating from French army, trying to create their own army, with any guys they could find, French or not, and doing as if they were the king of everything, it had a name, maybe 'Little white Kings' or something.

Sahara Emirate would belong to AQMI anyhow.

They 'lucky' if so, at least AQMI doesn't mind money.

With IS, you never know how long your head will stay between your shoulders but you can be like 90% sure that at one point in your life it will be separated from the rest of your body.

[Poirot]

Six Quebecers among the victims.

[Bunwahaha [still dunno why, but well, so be it]]

Also, kinda right after the end of the assault in Ouagadougou, kudos for the timing, a couple of Australians in their 80s, from Perth originally, living in northern Burkina Faso since 1972, not so far from the crossroads between the 3 borders of Mali, Niger, and Burkina, Baraboule area, has been taken in hostage by, according to AFP with Ansar Dine source, a little group called 'Sahara Emirate'.

The woman has just been released according to France24.

They, AQMI, often, maybe always, do that with women, wouldn't mean they do that for nothing, though I'm not sure that Aussies aren't as insane as Brits and 'Ricans, that refuse to exchange their hostages against something.

Apparently Niger's president was at it.

Also, I'm not sure whether IS already killed women hostages either, some can be used as slaves, sold, or whatever charming thing, but I'm not sure whether they kill them.

Ah, and, a few days after it, there's been a 30th victim, the Franco-Moroccan photographer, Leïla Alaoui, apparently a quite interesting independent photographer doing a work on women in Burkina, typical good target for those kind of guys then but apparently only was at the wrong time at the wrong place...