US is executing a genocide in Somalia: deputy Speaker

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Deputy House Speaker Farah Maalim is in a foul mood. And this has nothing to with the MPs who can’t resist the mildest temptation to cheapen debate on critical issues. Far from that. He is terribly angry with the US government.

 

As the Islamist group al-Shabaab continues to put Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government under siege, Mr Maalim is accusing the US of executing a genocide in that country.

 

The Lagdera MP, who has been vocal on issues Somalia, was a strong supporter of the Islamic Courts Union which was fought out of Mogadishu by an alliance of American and Ethiopian forces.

 

In his view, the union provided the “best opportunity” to secure lasting peace in Somalia because they were “an integration of traditional democracy and modern secularism”.

 

Led by warlord Yusuf “Indho Ade” Siad, the union comprised Sharia courts which mobilised and formed a rival government to the TFG in 2006.

 

After being kicked out of Mogadishu, Islamist extremists broke ranks with the ICU and formed militant groups, such as al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam, to continue the war against the government.

 

Mr Maalim accuses the US of instigating instability in Somalia mainly to create room for exploitation of mineral and marine resources on the Somalia coastline.

 

Hiiraan

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Cajiib about the length some will go to justify Somali barbarism.

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“They have never forgiven Somalis since their humiliation during the Operation Restore Hope after the fall of Siad Barre.”

 

I respect this guy, just in a different way.