Patrice Lumumba, did the government ever apologize for killing this man?

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Niggas back
Niggas back Members Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭
edited October 2011 in The Social Lounge
The US and his allies killed a well loved leader in Congo, patrice Lumumba, cuz they said, ''he was a communist'' which was never justified to these days, but to insert a real communist (mubutu) in the office.
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  • StillFaggyAF
    StillFaggyAF Members Posts: 40,358 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
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    US gov't never did but the Belgians did
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  • Niggas back
    Niggas back Members Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
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    straightupsho wrote: »
    US gov't never did but the Belgians did
    Word? Never knew that, thanks..How come they never did, even tho its a well known fact that the CIA tried to poison him twice, with the order of johnson?
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  • StillFaggyAF
    StillFaggyAF Members Posts: 40,358 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
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    tbh i have no idea, i don't wanna say something that's incorrect, but from what I know, Lumumba was not a communist in any sense
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  • fullfledged
    fullfledged Members Posts: 238
    edited October 2011
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    US never apologizes for ? . This government gives two ? about anyone. But if this country was surrounded by hostile nations they would change their tune.
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  • janklow
    janklow Members, Moderators Posts: 8,613 Regulator
    edited October 2011
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    ? back wrote: »
    The US and his allies killed a well loved leader in Congo, patrice Lumumba, cuz they said, ''he was a communist'' which was never justified to these days, but to insert a real communist (mubutu) in the office.
    well...

    -the US didn't ? him;
    -it seems somewhat inaccurate to call Mobutu a "communist";
    -the station chief for the CIA in the Congo at the time talks specifically about declining to try and assassinate him
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  • lion_heart
    lion_heart Members Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
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    It was the Belgians along with the head of the League of Nations (UN) at that time.
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  • blackdemo
    blackdemo Members Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭
    edited October 2011
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    RIP Patrice lumumba and Kabila senior.

    Mobutu was the biggest ? of all time, his whole family including grandchildren and in-laws should all be totured and murdered in front of the masses for what he did to Congo, he ? ? up real bad. greedy ?
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  • blackgotty
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    edited October 2011
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    well The CIA had to admit that there was different plots to ? him because of the found documents but of course they denied that they were involved ...Belgium said the same but a few years ago they admitted to a "moral responsability " .We all can read between the lines

    i bet it was a joint venture ,they gave mobutu the green light for the putsch and they tried to make him a puppet-Thats why he got so powerful and thought he was untouchable
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  • janklow
    janklow Members, Moderators Posts: 8,613 Regulator
    edited October 2011
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    blackgotty wrote: »
    well The CIA had to admit that there was different plots to ? him because of the found documents but of course they denied that they were involved ...Belgium said the same but a few years ago they admitted to a "moral responsability " .We all can read between the lines
    ...which seems unnecessary, since Belgium's "moral responsibility" relates to things like "hey, it was a Belgian aircrew that delivered Lumumba to Katanga and possibly Belgians involved with the firing squad." not sure why that has to involve the US.
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