From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Benson Cisse Traore" Subject: Partnership. Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2002 03:02:15 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <200210220102.g9M12JuR008120@oss.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: To: netdev@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Dear Prospective Partner, =20 However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you, I ask that = you give due consideration to its importance, as we both stand to benefit= immensely. Though we have not met or know each other, this is a criteria= I have used to select you, as I wish to cut off all ties with my people = for security and safety reasons. =20 At this point I wish to introduce myself properly to you. My name is Bens= on Cisse Traore, I am a personal aide to the Late General Robert Guei of = blessed memory, former President of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). =20 You may not be conversant with the present situation in my country, which= has gradually degenerated into a civil war. For the sake of what I envis= age we achieve together, I wish to give you a general overview. =20 My country in reality has ever since independence from France had an unde= fined and fragile polity. Founding president, Felix Houphouet-Boigny rule= d us with individual blend of paternalism from independence in 1960 until= his death in December 1993. He bowed to pressure for multi-party politic= s in 1990. In 1993, National Assembly president Henri Konan Bedie won a b= rief power struggle with Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara to succeed Houp= houet-Boigny. The following month, the former single Ruling Democratic Pa= rty set up by Houphouet-Boigny, then headed by Bedie won an overwhelming = majority in the National assembly.=20 =20 On December 24, 1999, my mentor Gen. Robert Guei ousted Bedie in a coup d= e tat. Although this was highly criticized, but it was the right thing to= do. In July 2000, Gen. Guei approved a new constitution in referendum wi= th tough eligibility conditions for presidential candidates. In spite of = criticism, he registered as a candidate. The Supreme Court intervened, an= d he was cleared. This was not totally acceptable to the other candidates= from the ruling Democratic Party (PDCI-RDA), the country's largest. The = only opponent was Socialist candidate Laurent Gbagbo. Admittedly, Gbagbo = won the election of October 22, 2000, but his political immaturity, led t= o Gen. Guei being reluctant to relinquish power. There were allegations o= f election rigging etc. Ouattara who was previously barred by the referen= dum to contest election, was excluded from the December 10 parliamentary = election because of doubts about his nationality and his supporters annou= nced they would boycott the election. Gbagbo=92s Popular Front (FPI) was = victorious in the election, and there were demonstrations due to propagan= da that Gen. Guei tried to rig the election. Under pressure from internat= ional donors, Gbagbo agreed to hold a reconciliation forum to draw a line= under the political strife that followed the 1999 coup, but key players = including Outtara failed to show up for the opening. After two years of build up, On September 19, 2002, Gen. Guei led a faile= d coup de tat against Gbagbo, in a bid to restore political stability. Un= fortunately, he was killed. After Gen. Guei=92s death, there was turmoil = in our camp; this has led to us losing half our strength. Although we sti= ll control the north and Central regions of the country. It is now a ques= tion of who will give in between us (now referred to as =93rebels=94) and= Gbagbo=92s government. There seem to be no chance for peace, as several = attempts has been botched by Gbagbo. Our Armory is seriously depleting, a= nd we do not have the financial resources to strengthen it to prosecute t= he war. I have now decided to abandon the war. The US and France has sinc= e evacuated their citizens from our country. Destruction is imminent, as = ECOWAS (Economy Community of West African States) has been called in to m= ediate. Their only way of doing this is to bring in ECOMOG (A monitoring = group). We witnessed the horror they caused trying to restore peace to Li= beria and Sierra Leone during the civil war. Thus I have lost faith and h= ope in the struggle. To the point, the essence of my contact with you is to seek your most nee= ded assistance to siphon US$18,500,000 left in the bunker of Gen.Guei's P= alace. Only Gen. Guei and me knew about this fund. Now that Gen. Guei is = dead, I intend to use this money for my personal benefit (as well as your= s if you accept to be my partner). I see justification in diverting the m= oney, rather using it to support the purchase of weapons for destruction = of innocent lives and properties. I secretly fled my Country, and this money was moved in cash to my presen= t location in Europe through diplomatic means, and I have since deposited= the trunk containing the funds with a private security company. If you a= ccept to offer me your assistance, I will require that you assist me in c= laiming the box as a gift from me to you from the security company. Be in= formed that I am confiding in you by disclosing this to you, as it is onl= y me (apparently you now) that have knowledge of this. When the box is cl= aimed, we shall then have the money deposited into an Offshore account in= your name, as I am being discrete of using my name for now. Then you sha= ll have your own share withdrawn to an account of your choice, and leavin= g the rest as fixed deposit, for release to me at the appropriate time.=20 The importance of prosecuting this within the next few days cannot be ove= rlooked; hence your immediate response will be highly appreciated. On hearing from you, I shall disclose my location to you, and discuss the= share of the money you will be entitled to for offering me your most nee= ded assistance. In case you are not inclined to render me your assistance, endeavor to re= spond, so that I may move ahead. You may click this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/930254.st= m to see me with my mentor Gen. Guei in 1999, so that you may associate t= his correspondence to my face. Sincerely, B. C. Traore.