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Interpol pushing to be UN globocop.(Insider Report)

The New American

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The International Criminal Police Organization, better known as Interpol, held its 73rd General Assembly October 5-8 in Cancun, Mexico. More than 450 delegates from 120 countries gathered at the posh Mexican resort city to elect a new president and address such issues as international organized crime and terrorism. They chose Jackie Selebi, national commissioner of the South African Police Service, to be Interpol's new president. Selebi, a leader in the terroristic African National Congress (ANC), was named by South African President (and ANC revolutionary) Thabo Mbeki to be South Africa's representative on the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Mbeki later appointed Selebi to the post of foreign affairs director-general, before naming him National Police Commissioner.

In June of this year, Selebi was under investigation for alleged intimidation of South African airport executives. Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) executives Paul O'Sullivan and Mashudu Ramano claim that Commissioner Selebi intimidated them to stop them from terminating an airport security contract with a friend of Selebi, a Mr. Noel Ngwenya. Mr. Ngwenya has since been charged with multi-million dollar theft in the ACSA contract affair. Gunmen twice tried to kill O'Sullivan, and Ramano's bodyguards have fought off gunmen who attacked his home. Neither O'Sullivan or Ramano accused Selebi publicly of being behind the attacks, but he is considered by many to be a prime suspect.

Interpol's chief executive officer, Ronald K. Noble, has been moving the organization ahead by leaps and bounds since being confirmed ...

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