Guinea: Attempt on Military Leader Dadis Camara’s Life · Global Voices
Abdoulaye Bah

Dadis Camara, a Guinean military officer who seized power last December in a coup, was shot yesterday by one of his aides and has been evacuated to Morocco.
According to several news sources, Captain Dadis Camara, leader of the military junta which seized power in Guinea in December 2008, was shot and wounded by one of his aides yesterday in Conakry. The leader of the de facto government of Guinea, shunned by the international community since the September 28th killing and rape of opposition protesters by soldiers, was flown to Morocco, where he arrived at around 3 P.M. GMT.
Major Kélétigui Camara, General Secretary of the Presidency, said in a phone interview [Fr] with the guineenews.org website that two people, whose names he did not know, were killed. Two other junta members were also evacuated to Morocco.
On the spot in Conakry, the situation seems to be quiet, according to several sources as well as phone calls made by this author to newspapers and the government. However, no one has a clue about the seriousness of the junta leader's wounds. Someone from an international organization told me Captain Camara might be wounded in the head or neck.
Some preliminary reactions to the news on the RFI website showed a range of opinion.  One anonymous reader writes:
C'est incroyable,inacceptable et injustifiable qu'un sous officier tire sur son supérieur. Ce sous officier doit tenir les conséquences de son action. Je comprends pourquoi le capitaine Moussa Dadis Camara dit que cette armée est incontrôlable…
However, most readers, holding Camara responsible for the September 28th massacre of opposition protesters, seemed to believe the assassination attempt was justice.
Anonymous:
Dadis est entrain de vivre le resultat de sa trahison au peuple de Guinee. Du courage au peuple de Guinee surtout aux Forces vives.
Joseph:
en fait,ce qui se passe actuellement en Guinnée est tellement triste, du fait que la vie perd son sens aussi sacré. si hier,on a massacré des civils (le 28 septembre),et aujourd'hui c'est le tour peut être du chef de la junte Guinéenne. c'est désolant comme spectacle…
Etant congolais (RDC), j'essaie de voir cette situation comme celle qu'on a vécu en 2001,espéront que le peuple Guinéen va se lever comme un seul homme pour mettre fin à cette situation de crise aussi ignoble et stupide pendant que le monde a besoin de l'apport de la Guinée au concert des nations.
courage…
What's happening in Guinea is really sad; life has lost its sanctity.  If yesterday, civilians are massacred (the 28th of Septemer), then today, it's the head of the Guinean junta's turn.  What a depressing spectacle.
Being Congolese (DRC), I try to see this situation like the one in 2001, hoping that the Guinean people will rise as one to put an end to this such an ignoble and stupid crisis.  The world needs the participation of Guinea in the community of nations.
courage…
anonymous:
Jusqu'à la preuve du contraire, il est seul et unique responsable des tueries au stade 28 septembre, au nom du pouvoir et s'il reçu quelques bales dans le crane au nom du mème pouvoir par son propre bras droit ou de fer, allor il merite prouvé le douleur des femmes blessées et violées par ses troupes.
anonymous:
S'il est arrivé un malheur à Dadis aujourd'hui, je dirais que c'est une vengeance de la part de la population guinéenne. La guinée veut un president qui pourraît le représenter partout ailleurs mais pas un president qui vit couper du reste du monde, qui règne avec tyrannie.