Advantage TFG…

[General Duke]

New US support

 

After initially backing a coalition of warlords against the Islamist forces, the draft resolution signaled that Washington was now throwing its support behind the interim government.

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 29 (Reuters)

 

The Somali government for two years struggled to get the necessary international support that would enable it to bring order and security to the country.

The biggest obstacle through out those two years was the world’s only super power, the United States. Washington was even blamed by the TFG of covertly supporting the warlords of Mogadishu and on many occasions the US was advised that if they had any concerns regarding Somalia, they should bring it to the attention of the legitimate government and not some rogue warlords who had little support within the country.

 

The failure of the warlords of Mogadishu and the subsequent rise of the Clan Courts of that same city was a major set back for Washington and a vindicated the TFG position.

 

Since June, Washington has become alarmed with the rise of both, Xasan Dahir Aways and Xasan Turki both on the US list of individuals with links to Al-Qaeda. Who could they turn to now? The secesionist were not any good.

 

The US thus found itself with no other avenue than the same government that it had ignored for the past two years. The TFG plan now became the accepted one in the state department.

 

Situation on the ground

 

The Clan Courts, have over played their hand. Their threats of ‘Clan Jihad’ against Ethiopia and their false bravado, has gained them an unexpected response from the Adis regime, that Ethiopia has prepared itself for a direct engagement to meet this very threat.

The silence from their backers, Eritrea, and others has started to have a deep impact on the psyche of various top leaders with in the Clan Courts organization. For example Xasan Dahir has started to lash out at the Americans for their new attempt at lifting the arms embargo, While IndaCade invited foreign fighters, or [terror networks] to Mogadishu. These actions from their leaders has further isolated this rogue entity. Their new friend Sharif Xasan could not bring enough MP’s with him, again highlighting the limited options at their disposal.

 

Their forces have been checked in Bandiradlay, South Mudug and in Bur-Hakabo Bay, with little hope of advancing beyond these two points. Car bombs aside it seems the silly millitary adventure is running out of steam.

 

Recommendations

 

The TFG needs to wait for a while longer, avoid any further escelation, maybe move into Bur-Hakabo and Baidoogle but no major offensives should be taken until the arms embargo is lifted.

Let the clan courts further isolate themselves with their fantasy war with Ethiopia..

[Somali_Friend]

SICU has now become, All dressed up with all kinds of garbs, but no where to go

Their forward movement has been stopped Northward, westward and southwestward...in every direction.

 

I am not a military person, but what I would do would be just start engine and drive a truck forard and reverse in a parking lot and get the ICU run out of breath trying to anticipate where its going.

 

They cannot attack the TFG, because they know any federalist village in the middle of the territory they are holding can bring the whole tent down.

 

The more they wait, the lies become verified as lies and come back to bite them. People normally don't expect someone who wants to be called shiek to declare a colonel has been captured and beheaded. When that colonel shows up then either the colonel becomes icon or the shieks are shown to be fraud. The latter happened.

 

The TFG will be busy helping the Ugandans settle in the territories they were asked to help.

Sudan will not be far behind now, they can see the African thrugh AU or IGAD catching up and it will help them for their Darfur dispute.

[bambo]

New US support

 

 

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After initially backing a coalition of warlords against the Islamist forces, the draft resolution signaled that Washington was now throwing its support behind the interim government.

 

 

From Your Article Gener Duke What where you expecting from the Americans to do after they got humiliated in xaamar fightng againts poor waadados .

 

Simply for the Amricans and warlords the war againts civilains and islam hasent finnished until big Fish is removed from baydawa , We will see if abdulahi yusuf , Qanyer , Abdiqabiid and rest warlords can re capture south again bring the people back to the dark days as you wish My friend .

[Naxar Nugaaleed]

as oppose to the days of light of the present? Some peoples ignorence of what is really happening in Somalia is very sad.

[Socod_badne]

^Some people's trascendently myopic tribocentric perception of what's really happening in Somalia is equally doleful. What, then, gives?

 

Naught

[Somali_Friend]

Somalia: Islamist militia joins interim government in Baidoa

Fri. December 01, 2006 09:56 am.

 

Mohamed Abdi Farah

 

(SomaliNet) Somali’s interim government top official said on Friday that troops defected from the Islamic Courts Union joined his government in Baidoa city, the capital Bay province in southwest Somalia.

 

It is the first time militia from Islamic Courts joins the government since its rise in Somalia in early June.

 

In a news conference held today in Baidoa city, the deputy minister of defense in the transitional federal government Salad Ali Jelle said that they had welcomed in Baidoa large number of defected militia from Islamic Courts after they could not stand with what he called ‘the extremism acts’.

 

“We are here indicating that my government has welcomed the joining of about 350 militia from Islamic Courts to the government’ Mr. Ali Jelle said “they were the local militia who came from Bur-Hakaba area where it controlled by the terrorist group of Islamic Courts,”

 

He told the reporters in Baidoa that the defection of the militia came after they faced difficulties from the Islamic Courts, which confiscated all the battlewagons they belonged.

 

“The militia reached at Karkor village 20km of Baidia, where we have sent trucks to take them to the city,” Jele added.

 

The Islamic Court official in Bur-Hakaba town 180km southwest of the capital admitted the defection of the local militia but their number is smaller than the claim by the government.

 

Mohamed Ibrahim Bilal, the leader of the Al-Bayan Islamic Court, confirmed the news on the defection but said they were about 13 militia who would not have an impact on the Islamic Courts.

 

“There have been thirteen local militia who defected to the government and I think they do so for Khat reasons, because they were all Khat consumers and this would have nothing to do with our power,” Bilal said. “I am absolutely dismissing the remarks from Salad Ali Jelle in which he said the number of the defected militia were hundreds…he was lying and told untrue story to the reporters,”

 

Three officers of the defected Islamist troops identified as Abdi Madey Ibrahim, Abdi Gaas Hussein and Barow Mohamed Hassan could be seen sitting beside where Mr. Jelle was speaking to the reporters in Baidoa.

[General Duke]

Bambo, It was great the warlord lost and thus highlited the folly of the US in working with them.

 

Now for the first time in 16 years the US is ready to work with and admit supporting the legitimate government of Somalia.

 

Hence not the clan courts or the secesionists in Somaliland. So a big win for the TFG..

 

 

We are here indicating that my government has welcomed the joining of about 350 militia from Islamic Courts to the government’ Mr. Ali Jelle said “they were the local militia who came from Bur-Hakaba area where it controlled by the terrorist group of Islamic Courts,”

Three officers of the defected Islamist troops identified as Abdi Madey Ibrahim, Abdi Gaas Hussein and Barow Mohamed Hassan could be seen sitting beside where Mr. Jelle was speaking to the reporters in Baidoa.

[Wiilo]

[General Duke]

^^^When we go figure, we find things troubling.

 

Here is another quote..

 

MR. CASEY: we have spoken about the need to strengthen the Transitional Federal Institutions and government.