Bring peace to somalia

[axmad gurey]

AU troops 'shell Somali civilians'

 

At least 22 people were killed in a car bomb attack and an ensuing firefight [EPA]

 

African Union troops in Somalia have been accused of indiscriminately shelling a Mogadishu neighbourhood after an attempted suicide bomb attack on their base.

 

At least 22 people were killed in the car bomb blast and an ensuing firefight on Saturday, witnesses and medics said.

 

Several homes were hit by artillery fire just minutes after the vehicle blew up, residents of the Hodan neighbourhood said.

 

"We are civilians - we don't have weapons - yet we are caught in the middle of the fighting from the African troops who allegedly came here for peacekeeping," Adam Abdi said.

 

"This area was bombed more than six times but there are no military bases here."

 

Mosques hit

 

Locals were also angered after two people were reportedly killed and two mosques hit during the violence.

 

"I appeal to the Muslims and brothers to support their brothers here against their enemies, whether the Ethiopians or from Burundi"

 

Imam of Nawawi mosque

"First, they hit the minaret, 10 minutes later they shelled the mosque, this shows how much they hate Islam," the imam of the Nawawi mosque told Al Jazeera.

 

"I appeal to the Muslims and brothers to support their brothers here against their enemies, whether the Ethiopians or from Burundi."

 

About 3,000 peacekeepers from Uganda and Burundi are in Somalia as part of the African Union mission (Amisom) to stabilise the country.

 

Nine AMISOM troops have been killed in Somalia since the first Ugandan contingent was deployed in March 2007.

 

The incident came just days before additional troops were expected to arrive in the Somali capital to bolster the force.

 

AU denial

 

Ramtane Lamamra, an AU peace security commissioner, condemned the attempted suicide attack, which he called "a cowardly terrorist act that goes against achieving peace and stability in Somalia".

 

The AU shelling reportedly hit homes in the Hodan neighbourhood [Reuters]

A spokesman for the Uganadan military said that the AU forces had not opened fired after the blast.

 

Somalia is wracked by violence with near-daily attacks on troops loyal to the largely powerless UN-backed transitional government.

 

Much of the country is controlled by armed opposition groups who have captured many of the towns and villages seized by government and Ethiopian troops from the Islamic Courts Union in late 2006.

 

The interim government has failed to bring stability to the Horn of Africa nation, where more than 16,000 people have been killed in the past two years and one million others driven from their homes.

 

Some analysts have said the the recent withdrawal of Ethiopian troops could create a power vacuum as opposition forces scramble for control.

 

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/01/2 00912511255325221.html

 

So...what do you think of those who say that there should be no resistance to AMISOM?

How about to those who are calling for more "peacekeepers" to come?

[Allamagan]

I believe we still need a non-happy-trigger and well-diceplined peace keeping forces with proper code of conduct to be sent into Somalia. Considering circumstances such a fragmented society that we are today and the feeling of conflict of alligiances (state & clan) by the society at large so all these facts alone will reallistically speaking not allow us to restore law and order by ourselves alone at this stage therefore we need help.

[Somali Pirate]

sad day when we need foreigners to keep the peace.

 

the foreign trash and their somali allies are part of the problem

[RedSea]

Allamagan we don't need a single foreign soldier to keep peace. Somalis can do it themselves. who is there to fear?

[Sir-Qalbi-Adeyg]

Originally posted by Allamagan:

I believe we still need a non-happy-trigger and well-diceplined peace keeping forces with proper code of conduct to be sent into Somalia. Considering circumstances such a fragmented society that we are today and the feeling of conflict of alligiances (state & clan) by the society at large so all these facts alone will reallistically speaking not allow us to restore law and order by ourselves alone at this stage therefore we need help.

The Pakistani's have gone into somalia, canadians, americans, africans. All have been unsuccessful as peace keepers(all these peace keepers have also committed heinous crimes in somalia as well). The peace keeper approach does not seem to work in somalia, I think somali's in the south have to work things out on their own somehow.

 

The problem in the south is there are too many clans and ideologies(suufi, al shabab wahabi's, seculars, moderates etc), it's next to impossible for them to find any common ground, but they have to do it somehow.

[Allamagan]

^ "it's next to impossible for them to find any common ground" thats exactly what I was talking about.

 

Yes, Peace keeping forces gone into Somalia and they all failed, why? because they were operating on their own accord and there was no internationally recognised somali body like the current TFG to work with at that time. They were considered as invading armies and not as peace keeping forces.

 

So having that in mind it's next to impossible for them (in south somalia) to find any common ground the status quo, meaning things can easliy go back to square one and to fowdo & warlordism anytime so if we get at least good & functioning government (an enhanced-TFG) with progressive attitudes, who unlike the infamous TFG enjoys the support of at least 50% of population strengthened further with at 1000 strong peace keeping forces with greater accountability & good conduct that acceptable to the people. Only Alshabab minded people will say no to such that idea!

 

Viva Somalia!!!