Fiji declares martial law


	Fiji declares martial law

tabsey

9-6-2007 5:36 AM

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a bid to silence deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/fiji-declares-martial-law/2007/09/06/1188783393957.html"><P>Military appointed Interim Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum
is making a statement late this afternoon while Fiji Military
Forces Chief of Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Mosese Tikoitoga, claimed
they were acting because Qarase was inciting public hatred.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/fiji-declares-martial-law/2007/09/06/1188783393957.html"><P>Military commander Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama staged a coup in
December, bringing down Qarase's government. Qarase fled to his
home in the remote Lau Islands and remained in exile until last
weekend.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/fiji-declares-martial-law/2007/09/06/1188783393957.html"><P>Tikoitoga said the military council - which Bainimarama heads -
believed Qarase was making statements on behalf of somebody
else.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/fiji-declares-martial-law/2007/09/06/1188783393957.html"><P>"At our military council meeting we felt that the complaints
made by Mr Qarase on death threats and other matters did not augur
well with the security situation so we decided it would be best to
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