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...These people are not interested in democracy. They are interested in pillaging the country." - Sidya Toure, an opposition leader and former Guinean Prime Minister (New York Times...
...aftermath of the Islamic revolution in Iran, when Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini declared the last Friday of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan to be a day to protest the Israeli occupation of Jerusalem. The keynote speaker at the celebration in Damascus was the personal representative of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, who thanked Assad for his support of the Palestinian cause and condemned those who would split apart Muslim "crescent of resistance" to Israel. "Let the good relations between Iran and Syria be an example for all Muslims to do the same," said Moujtaba al-Husseni, an Iranian...
...Guinean leader Moussa Dadis Camara was little-known even in his own country before seizing control of the troubled West African nation in December following the death of its longtime dictator. The former junior military officer has vaulted to world prominence since the brutal massacre of his opponents by security forces on Sept. 28. Authorities shot, stabbed and beat protesters who were assembled at a stadium in the capital of Conakry, killing 157 people and injuring more than 1,000. Witnesses said scores of women were sexually assaulted and raped by soldiers. Camara, 45, has not accepted responsibility...
...After longtime Guinean President Lansana Conte died before grooming a successor, members of Guinea's military junta reportedly drew lots to decide who would become the nation's next leader. On Dec. 23, Camara's soldiers broke down the doors of the state TV station and broadcast that he was dissolving the constitution. (Read "A Big Double Murder Jolts Africa's Cocaine...
...provocative 2006 film, The Caiman, Italian director Nanni Moretti imagines an explosive climax to the political life and times of Silvio Berlusconi. The film ends as the billionaire leader - devilishly portrayed by Moretti - is found guilty on corruption charges and makes a menacing declaration from the courthouse steps: "With my conviction, our democracy has been transformed into a regime, and all free men have the right to react against it in any way they see fit." As the fictional Prime Minister pulls away in his limousine, a mob sets the courthouse ablaze...