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Bush's Visit Shutted Down Senegal by Jonah Engle (posted by Guido) Tuesday July 29, 2003 at 06:57 PM |
"In Senegal, for example, the President's first stop, the capital city was in lockdown mode. In the days leading up to Bush's arrival, residents of Dakar reacted furiously to the severe measures being taken for the presidential visit. US Secret Service men were turning up in hotels and nightclubs, and residents complained of being kept awake by the steady roar of US Army helicopters circling over Senegal's capital city."
"Phone service was disrupted because US security required 400 phone lines"
". And most outrageous, on the Saturday night prior to Bush's visit, Senegalese security forces, collaborating with their US counterparts, rounded up and detained over 1,000 people "suspected of criminal links," reported the Agence France-Presse. By Monday night, the eve of Bush's arrival, Dakar was totally shut down, and major roads in and out of the city were closed."