[size=28pt]Wikileaks: Nigeria Former NSA, Mukhtar - A Closet Islamic Extremist[/size]
Written by Elombah.com

Sunday, 04 September 2011 21:08

US Ambassador had a one-plus hour meeting with National Security Advisor Major General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar on December 22 2008 to discuss a range of issues, including the recent internecine violence in the northern city of Jos. Mukhtar also voiced his criticism of our bilateral relationship -- which he views as a one issue relationship focused on former EFCC Chairman Ribadu, on top of his negatively colored
belief that the U.S. is anti-Islamic.

In addition, Mukhtar's comments about several religious groups both in Nigeria and the U.S. were racist and anti-Semitic. Ambassador hit Mukhtar back hard on his views on the U.S. and our respect for Islam, and countered heavily his disparaging remarks about a range of senior official U.S. persons. The conversation was prickly, but USG points and position on respect for religious diversity and official Americans were strongly made throughout. The most useful aspect of the meeting was his information on the days leading up to the Jos crisis. Post believes that we need to be extremely cautious in engaging with Muktar, especially in any official U.S.-based meetings in which he may accompany Nigerian President Yar,Adua. His comments and views border on him being a radical fundamentalist as well as anti-U.S.
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Elombah.com Editors note: In what Nigerian presidency sources called a counter coup against the cabal hiding Nigerian sick President Umaru Yar’Adua, Major-General Abdullahi Sarki Muktar was fired on 8 March 2010 from his National Security Adviser job by Nigerian Acting President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan.
Muktar, a strong Yar’Adua loyalist and an active member of the cabal that have so far successfully shielded information on the true state of health of President Yar’Adua was fingered in the many maneuvers of the last four months that undermined the Acting President's leadership.************************************

¶2. (S/NF) Ambassador had a knock down, dragged out meeting on December 22 with Nigerian National Security Advisor Major General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar. Mukhtar, known as a hawk, should also be known now as a racist and anti-Semite.
Mukhtar began the meeting by sharing his views on the U.S.-GON bilateral relationship, which he saw as a one issue relationship centered on former EFCC Chairman Ribadu.

Ambassador strongly disavowed him of this claim, noting that the USG focus is on the EFCC as an institution, but clearly stating that we thought the EFCC was floundering and needed to do a lot better as regards to its role in the anti-corruption fight. Mukhtar then turned to his view of the world and the USG, which was as bizarre as it was disconcerting.
He said that the "perception is that the USG,s goal was to eliminate Islam, like it did with communism." Ambassador said clearly that not only was this not true, but it did not make sense. She directly asked him then whether this "perception" that he was stating was also his personal view; Mukhtar refused to answer.

In addition, she pointed out the range of USG efforts that debunk this perception, pointing not out what the U.S. Mission in Nigeria was doing, but the USG overall, to help build better relations in this area.
The exchange continued in this manner for a while before switching to his assessment of the recent U.S. election. Here Mukhtar was equally disparagingly racist, as well as anti-semitic, in his comments. Ambassador told Mukhtar that he was missing the entire point of the democratic process, which calls for respect of diversity -- religious, cultural or ethnic -- and that the U.S. has always striven for that and this past election underscored these values. She added that the NSA did not have a crystal ball to make any predictions as to what the current or upcoming U.S. administration would do on U.S. domestic and foreign policy, nor was it his position to do so. Ambassador then changed the subject to local issues, asking him for a briefing on the recent violence in Jos.

¶3. (C) Despite the bizarre start of the meeting, Mukhtar was candid in giving a good assessment of the Jos crisis and of Plateau Governor Jang in particular. He basically called Governor Jang an "idiot," telling Ambassador that Jang was warned by senior GON officials, including himself,
as much as three weeks before not to hold the election in the manner he did. Jang, he maintained, was trying to ensure that his cousin (who lives in the predominantly Christian Jos South district and financed Jang's election as Governor) became the Local Government Area (LGA) Chairman of the predominantly Hausa/Muslim Jos North district. Mukhtar explained that this was the crux of the problem.

He told the Ambassador that Chadians and Nigeriens had participated in the violence, but that they were long time residents of the area rather than recent arrivals. He said that there was no evidence they had initiated the violence. Jang, he contended, was just using this as an excuse for his own failings. He said there were eight Chadian students who were attending the University of Jos who participated in the fighting once it started, while the Nigeriens have been informal workers in the area for decades. Mukhtar told the Ambassador that he wants to find a way for Jang to be removed, or to call for another election that would see him defeated. He implied that the governing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was looking at options to remove him. In addition, he lamented that the civilian constitution and the "vagaries of democracy," required the federal government to wait for the state to call in military troops. Under the military regime we did not have to listen or wait for governors," he said fondly.( Note: Muktar was military Governor of Katsina State from 1987-88), which is Yar,Adua,s home state.)

¶4. (S/NF) Comment. Mukhtar is a hawk and we have long known that his opinions of the U.S. are less than favorable. In this meeting, he was presented an even more worrisome personality as he provided more insight into his thinking. Ambassador would characterize his thinking as not only racist, anti-Islamic and disparaging of official U.S. persons, but radical and fundamentalistic. This should give us grave concern in his position as Yar,Adua,s National Security Advisor, given his easy access to the President where the later is hearing his strong opinions on the nature of our relationship.

¶5. (S/NF) Comment Continued. Any USG meeting in which Mukhtar is present should be handled with extreme caution. He is extremely close to certain Arab and Russian elements, and we do not know at this time if those contacts are on the extremist end of the spectrum, but it sounded like it in this meeting with the Ambassador as she listened to some of his dialogue regarding his discussions with both certain Arab nations and Russians on USG policy. He is someone we need to monitor and be careful with regarding any conversation with him, and any access to senior USG officials, particularly in Washington in any meeting he might attend with President Yar,Adua. His anti-Semitic comments about certain members
of the incoming administration need to be taken seriously and we need to limit Mukhtar's access to senior USG officials in Washington for the time being.
End Comment.

¶6. (U) This cable was coordinated with Consulate Lagos.
Cable transmitted from Consulate Lagos as Ambassador Sanders
is in Lagos this week.
SANDERS
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Culled from WIKILEAKS

They are all members of the present boko haram forces,

^^^
All of them will be exposed one by one

This article neatly sums up Nigeria's problems. It is extremist Islam vs the rest of us (including Muslims).

It really makes one wonder if somebody like Mukhtar was fighting for us Nigerians? Nigerienns, Chadiens, Arabs, or even Russians

Round 'em up, and send them straight to HELL. bloody terrorists

This is worrisome. To think that this same man held NSA office less than two years ago. He has all information and could be the eye of Boko Haram into Nigeria government decision making body even as we speak.

Na wah o

All these overfed Boko Haramists sef, May Tamuno strengthen GEJ's hand to strike all of them down o.

Wetin sef

We need more information!

Gen. Mukhtar simply explains why tension, mayhem, and murder continue in the middle belt even as we speak.

[size=18pt]Gunmen kill father, mother and six children[/size]
On September 5, 2011 · In News ,

JOS (AFP) – Unknown gunmen stormed a mainly Christian-dominated Jos community overnight and hacked eight members of a family to death in the latest violence to hit the region, officials said Sunday.

Plateau State Information commissioner Yiljap Abraham, who took reporters to the residence of the victims in Tatu, north of the administrative capital Abuja, regretted the rising spate of sectarian killings in the state.

The victims were a father, mother and their six children, he said.

The killings happened just as an explosive device was found in a market area in the volatile state’s Riyom district early Sunday.

An old man was said to have spotted the explosive device at the market square and took it to his room thinking that he had found something valuable.

A military officer, Sergeant Willford Egwu, who showed journalists the device said that it could have exploded but for a weak battery.

Jos, the state capital, and the surrounding area have been hit by waves of violence between Christian and Muslim ethnic groups that have left hundreds dead in recent years.

The region lies in the so-called Middle Belt between the mainly Muslim north and predominately Christian south of Africa’s most populous nation.
http://www.nigeriamasterweb.com/paperfrmes.html

Over 100 muslims have been killed in Jos in this week alone.Expect more killing coz it is tit 4 tat

adamabdul:

Over 100 muslims have been killed in Jos in this week alone.Expect more killing coz it is Bosom 4 tat

Is that what Gen. Mukhtar told you?

adamabdul:

Over 100 muslims have been killed in Jos in this week alone.Expect more killing coz it is Bosom 4 tat

I don't encourage people to kill for whatever reason! But why do the muslim faithfulls had to go into the middle of the christian community for their sallah prayers , while the christians dare not enter their abandoned churches within the muslim communities in Jos?

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With people like Mukhtar and Damabzzua in the highest echelon of Nigerian power, it's no surprise Beroms and other Middle belters are prisoners in their own native homes.

If a man of this caliber is likely involved in Boko Haram, then let Jonathan not think that one million mozarts will save him from impending bomb explosion inside Aso Villa.

This Mukhtar knows Aso Villa and its whole operation like the back of his hands.

Chei!!!! We are in deep Sh*it in Nigeria!!!!

^^^
Now, you see the wisdom of bringing in the MOSSAD

Nothing good can come from an aboki. This is the man that was NSA of Nigeria?

I want this country split apart, post haste. Too much bullsh1t determines who gets political power.

naijaking1:

^^^
Now, you see the wisdom of bringing in the MOSSAD

MOSSAD and the Israelis are great at kicking Islamic fundamentalist @ss. Definitely a good move by GEJ

It is not a good idea to bring in MOSSAD.  That idea is the quickest way to turn Nigeria into a battle ground for Arab-Israeli conflicts.  I'd be happier and more satisfied if the known finaciers and supporters of these terrorost groups, MEND, Boko-Haram, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) , and others are arrested and summarily judged.

This Israeli deal could be welcomed only by people who have no vested interest in our dear country and who possibly live abroad. Let it be known that the likes of these non patriotic and ignorant fools will be fought until the last pure Nigerian blood is exhausted. Shikena.

ndu_chucks:

It is not a good idea to bring in MOSSAD. That idea is the quickest way to turn Nigeria into a battle ground for Arab-Israeli conflicts. I'd be happier and more satisfied if the known finaciers and supporters of these terrorost groups, MEND, Boko-Haram, Mossad, and others are arrested and summarily judged.

This Israeli deal could be welcomed only by people who have no vested interest in our dear country and who possibly live abroad. Let it be known that the likes of these non patriotic and ignorant fools will be fought until the last pure Nigerian blood is exhausted. Shikena.

Who is gonna arrest the financiers of MOSSAD?

Beaf:


Who is gonna arrest the financiers of MOSSAD?

lol, I meant MASSOB, not MOSSAD. It must be the evening red wine.

ndu_chucks:

It is not a good idea to bring in MOSSAD. That idea is the quickest way to turn Nigeria into a battle ground for Arab-Israeli conflicts. I'd be happier and more satisfied if the known finaciers and supporters of these terrorost groups, MEND, Boko-Haram, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) , and others are arrested and summarily judged.

This Israeli deal could be welcomed only by people who have no vested interest in our dear country and who possibly live abroad. Let it be known that the likes of these non patriotic and ignorant fools will be fought until the last pure Nigerian blood is exhausted. Shikena.

Once again, you're mudding the water. We're talking about Boko Haram and muslim extremism, not MEND, MASSOB, etc. There's no top goverment security official parading as an unofficial mouth piece of either MEND or MASSOB, and you know it.
Israeli assistance is needed, because we have an over-riding influence of the Arabs on our soil. Even our currency somehow has arabic inscriptions on it-----that tells you how deep their influence runs into our fabric, and a reason to begin a gradual pushback with the help of the MOSSAD.
Long live Israel!!!!
Their involvement is the consequence those threatening GEJ to make Nigeria ungovernable with violence did not anticipate

naijaking1:

Once again, you're mudding the water. We're talking about Boko Haram and muslim extremism, not MEND, MASSOB, etc. There's no top goverment security official parading as an unofficial mouth piece of either MEND or MASSOB, and you know it.
Israeli assistance is needed, because we have an over-riding influence of the Arabs on our soil. Even our currency somehow has arabic inscriptions on it-----that tells you how deep their influence runs into our fabric, and a reason to begin a gradual pushback with the help of the MOSSAD.
Long live Israel!!!!
Their involvement is the consequence those threatening GEJ to make Nigeria ungovernable with violence did not anticipate

I'm afraid, my view is different from yours in a very superior and more reasonable manner. We have to discuss the issue within the framework of the real problem of terrorism in Nigeria. The known financiers of these terrorist activities, whether they are in government or not should be rounded up and summarily judged, period. It does not matter to me whether they finance MEND, Boko Harm, or MASSOB. There is no such thing as ok terrorism, so so terrorism, or any other form of terrorism which should be acceptable to us in Nigeria. All terrorists deserve the same fate.

^^^
I never said we should support one terror group and oppose another.
I said, you're confusing issues, because BK is currently and actively detonating bombs and killing innocent Nigerians as we speak, and you want to place them on the same pedestal with peaceful/non-violent, if not domant group like the MASSOB.
Note, I am not supporting MASSOB or any other non-violent group, but you know common sense calls for an immediate action against BK, because they're actively and violently disrupting the lives of Nigerians.
If you ignore a raging house fire and begin to dig ditches to divert erosions that might affect the house in 6 months from possible too much rain, then everybody would know you're crazy
Most people will fight to put out the fire first and then deal with the erosion later.

ndu_chucks:

I'm afraid, my view is different from yours in a very superior and more reasonable manner. We have to discuss the issue within the framework of the real problem of terrorism in Nigeria. The known financiers of these terrorist activities, whether they are in government or not should be rounded up and summarily judged, period. It does not matter to me whether they finance MEND, Boko Harm, or MASSOB. There is no such thing as ok terrorism, so so terrorism, or any other form of terrorism which should be acceptable to us in Nigeria. All terrorists deserve the same fate.

Boko haram is the only terrorist organisation in Nigeria. Period.
MASSOB is sworn to non-violence and the real MEND (not aboki MEND) is recognised Worldwide as fighting for human rights. It is fraudulent logic and skulduggery to attempt to fit them in the same group as boko haram. If we need to get anywhere, such nonsense needs to be avoided.

One thing is clear though, the financiers of aboki MEND are the same people behind boko haram. After the capture of the aboki MEND kingpins and with the fact that the ND had given its resounding voice to peace; the cabal (Yar Adua creatures, Atiku, Ciroma, IBB etc) took over boko haram (its original leaders were very conveniently dead anyway). That is the reason why in a few short months, they have evolved from a bunch of fools that attacked police armed with submachine guns with sticks and hammers into a sophisticated operation that has ties with al qaeda, runs blogs, press relations with the BBC and CNN, and access to money to buy good cars to waste in suicide missions.

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You're right there is similarity between the "fake"MEND attack on GEJ in Abuja and the current BK signature activities. MOSSAD to the rescue. I can wait for all the culprits to be unveiled, convicted, and hung publicly.

Naijaking: Most people will fight to put out the fire first and then deal with the erosion later.

I don’t particularly disagree with the above. I do wish to know why you did not make the same statement with the same vigor, when MEND blew up innocent Nigerians in Abuja last October.

Beaf :
Boko haram is the only terrorist organisation in Nigeria. Period.

As I’ve stated,  terrorism is terrorism regardless of the origin of the terrorist organization. As far as I am concerned, MEND and Boko Haram have perpetrated terrorist acts against my dear country and their financiers must be brough to book with immediate effect.
We know that certain South South governors were financiers of MEND’s - those ex governors should be brought to book along with the other identified financiers who are also, by definition, terrorists.
Your bit about Aboki MEND is hilarious and sounds as ridiculous as Telema Boko Haram, Tonye Boko Haram, or Mavor Boko Haram.   

ndu_chucks:

I don’t particularly disagree with the above. I do wish to know why you did not make the same statement with the same vigor, when MEND blew up innocent Nigerians in Abuja last October.

Did you mean fake aboki MEND?
I'm glad you see the similarity between the current BK acitivity and that one that targeted GEJ at Abuja. We can't be fooled anymore.

@ndu_chucks

The MOSSAD is coming, run run run. . hehe!

MOSSAD is welcome