Ugandan Parliament approves mission!

[Taako Man]

Uganda to send 1,500 troops to Somalia

POSTED: 1529 GMT (2329 HKT), February 13, 2007

 

 

Story Highlights• 1,500 Ugandans will join African Union force in Somalia

• African force will replace Ethiopians who blocked Islamic takeover

• African Union force still wrestling with logistics before deployment

• Somali government has weak police force, little authority

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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Uganda's parliament voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the deployment of Ugandan troops to Somalia to join an African Union peacekeeping mission. The peacekeepers will protect Somalia's weak government and train a new army.

 

The vote was widely expected to pass after President Yoweri Museveni promised earlier this year to send two battalions, totaling 1,500 troops, to Somalia. The African Union hopes to raise 8,000 peacekeepers to help Somalia's government establish itself.

 

"We should not forget how Tanzania played a big role in liberating our country from the dictatorship of Idi Amin, we should also help our brothers and sisters in Somalia to attain peace," said First Lady Janet Museveni, a member of parliament.

 

Defense Minister Crispus Kiyonga said the troops would be sent to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, within two weeks. Parliament approved a six-month initial deployment.

 

The approval came amid daily violence in Mogadishu, where Islamic extremists opposed to the government have attacked official buildings and Ethiopian troops currently in the country. In December, Ethiopia sent thousands of soldiers into Somalia to help the U.N.-recognized government defeat an Islamic movement trying to take over the country.

 

The AU peacekeeping force would replace the Ethiopian soldiers, who are widely despised by Mogadishu residents. However, it is not clear the peacekeepers would be any more welcome after demonstrations against their deployment last weekend.

 

Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991, when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on one another, throwing the country into anarchy. The transitional government was formed in 2004 with U.N. help, but has little authority across the country because it has no real army or police force.

 

Even with Tuesday's vote, a troop deployment in the near future was not certain.

 

Said Djinnit, head of the AU's Peace and Security Council, said Sunday the group was meeting this week to discuss a starting date for the deployment and to work out details.

 

"I think the biggest challenge for us remains the creation of positive conditions, and logistics," he said.

 

Major Felix Kulayigye said British and French troops had helped prepare Ugandan troops for the mission to Somalia. He said the deployment was important for the entire region because of the huge amount of small arms flowing out of Somalia into East Africa.

[Taako Man]

Ugandan approval for Somali force

 

The AU plans to send an 8,000-strong force to Somalia

Ugandan MPs have approved the deployment of 1,500 peacekeepers to Somalia as part of an African Union force to replace Ethiopian troops.

The soldiers are mandated to shoot back if attacked. A date for their deployment is expected within 24 hours.

 

Meanwhile, Somalia's prime minister has vowed to bring the leaders of the ousted Islamist movement to justice.

 

His comments come a day after a fresh outbreak of fighting in the Somali capital blamed on Islamist remnants.

 

The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), who controlled most of Somalia for six months last year, were overthrown in December by Ethiopian troops and Somali government forces.

 

The US and European Union have urged the government to talk to all Somali parties, including moderate Islamists.

 

Somalia has not had an effective national government for 16 years.

 

Mandate

 

Ugandan Defence Minister Crispus Kiyonga told parliamentarians the peace force - which had a six-month mandate - had three responsibilities:

 

 

peacekeeping operations

supporting the transitional government to stabilise the country

helping out with humanitarian aid.

 

The cost would come out of the existing defence budget, with AU to fund any extra costs

 

I do not want to wait for death in my dangerous house

 

Halima Hashi Dahir

Somali resident

 

Burundi, Nigeria and Ghana have also agreed to send peacekeepers, as part of an 8,000-thousand strong AU force intended to help keep order now that Ethiopian troops have begun pulling out.

 

The AU's peace and security council in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, has set up two working groups to oversee military and financial planning for such an operation.

 

A decision on when the AU force will start deploying is expected within 24 hours.

 

Fleeing

 

The BBC's Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu says hundreds of people are fleeing the Somali capital because of the continuing insecurity.

 

 

No-one has claimed responsibility for a series of mortar attacks

 

"For the last two weeks a day has hardly passed without shelling and heavy gunfire pounding our residential areas, so I do not want to wait for death in my dangerous house," said Halima Hashi Dahir who is preparing to leave his home close to an Ethiopian military camp.

 

A bus driver who travels out of Mogadishu daily confirmed that many residents have been fleeing.

 

"People mainly women and children have been leaving the city for nearby regions for the last three days," Abdi Shakur Abdi-karin told the BBC.

 

Interim Somali prime minister said that what is happening in Mogadishu is a clear sign that there are still opportunists not willing for peace.

 

"To address this issue the government has its plans of mobilising its security forces in order to safeguard the innocent Somali people under the threat of the remnants of the so-called Islamic courts and their terrorist alliances," Ali Mohamed Ghedi told reporters in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

 

He dismissed calls for him to talk to moderates like UIC leader Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed.

 

"Do you believe that they are innocent after the massacre - the killing, the destruction - made by the so-called former Islamic courts? They are not innocent, they are not innocent. One day or another they will be brought to justice," he said.

[General Duke]

KAMPALA: Baarlamanka Uganda oo saacad ka hor u codeeyay in Soomaaliya la geeyo 1500-askari oo Ugandese ah

Posted to the Web Feb 13, 17:04

 

 

Kampala (PP) - Baarlamaanka Dalka Uganda ayaa si toos ah ugu codeeyay galabta in dalka Soomaaliya la geeyo ciidammo ka socda dalkooda oo gaaraya 1500 askari, kuwaanoo qayb ka ahaa ciidammada Nabad ilaalinta ah ee loo soo dirayo Soomaaliya.

 

Ciidammada loo soo dirayo Soomaaliya oo marxalado badan soo maray ayaa waxaa laga warsugayay muddo 48-saacadood ah go'aanka ugu dambeeya oo ay ka gaaraan dalalka Uganda iyo Nigeri oo ay ahayd in ciidammada nabad ilaalinta ee AMISOM qaybtooda ugu horreysa ay u soo diraan gudaha Soomaaliya.

 

Baarlamaanka Soomaaliya oo markii ugu horreysay maanta la horgeeyay go'aanka kama dambeysta ah ee cod u qaadidda ciidammo nabad ilaalin ah oo la geeyo gudaha Somaaliya.

 

"Weligeen ma iloobayno doorkii weynaa ee Tanzania ay dajiyaan dalkeenna markii uu qas ka abuuray kaligii taliyihii Idi Amin, sidaasoo kale ayaan u caawinaynaa walaalaheenna Soomaaliya si ay dib ugu soo laabato nabadda" ayay tiri xaaska Madaxweyaha Uganda Janet Museveni oo ah xildhibaanad ka tirsan Baarlamankaa dalka Uganda.

 

Sidoo kale Wasiirka Gaashaandhigga Uganda Crispus Kiyonga oo u warramayay saxaafadda ayaa sheegay in ciidammadooda ay gudaha Soomaaliya gaarayaan labada toddobaad gudahood, wuxuuna sheegay in baarlamaanka uu go'aamiyay in muddo 6-bilood ah gudahood la daadgureeyo ciidammada.

 

"Waxaan filayaa in tani ay tahay dadaalkii ugu weynaa ee aan u galayno inaan sidii aan xaalad wanaagsan uga abuurayno Soomaaliya taasoo aan filayno inay noqon karto mid lagu nasto oo wanaagsanaata" ayuu yiri Madaxa Golaha Ammaanka iyo Nabadgalyada Afrika Saciid Dijjinit.

 

Halkaan ka aqriso Warbixinta oo Ingiriis ah

 

Maxamed Xuseen Jantiile

Wakiilka Puntlandpost - Mogadishu

E-mail: jantiile@puntlandpost

[General Duke]

The peacekeepers will protect Somalia' TFG government and train a new army.

 

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Uganda's parliament voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the deployment of Ugandan troops to Somalia to join an African Union peacekeeping mission.

 

The vote was widely expected to pass after President Yoweri Museveni promised earlier this year to send two battalions, totaling 1,500 troops, to Somalia. The African Union hopes to raise 8,000 peacekeepers to help Somalia's government establish itself.

 

"We should not forget how Tanzania played a big role in liberating our country from the dictatorship of Idi Amin, we should also help our brothers and sisters in Somalia to attain peace," said First Lady Janet Museveni, a member of parliament.

 

Defense Minister Crispus Kiyonga said the troops would be sent to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, within two weeks. Parliament approved a six-month initial deployment.

 

The approval came amid daily violence in Mogadishu, where Islamic extremists opposed to the government have attacked official buildings and Ethiopian troops currently in the country. In December, Ethiopia sent thousands of soldiers into Somalia to help the U.N.-recognized government defeat an Islamic movement trying to take over the country.

 

The AU peacekeeping force would replace the Ethiopian soldiers, who are widely despised by Mogadishu residents. However, it is not clear the peacekeepers would be any more welcome after demonstrations against their deployment last weekend.

 

Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991, when warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on one another, throwing the country into anarchy. The transitional government was formed in 2004 with U.N. help, but has little authority across the country because it has no real army or police force.

 

Even with Tuesday's vote, a troop deployment in the near future was not certain.

 

Said Djinnit, head of the AU's Peace and Security Council, said Sunday the group was meeting this week to discuss a starting date for the deployment and to work out details.

 

"I think the biggest challenge for us remains the creation of positive conditions, and logistics," he said.

 

Major Felix Kulayigye said British and French troops had helped prepare Ugandan troops for the mission to Somalia. He said the deployment was important for the entire region because of the huge amount of small arms flowing out of Somalia into East Africa.

 

 

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[General Duke]

Baarlamaanka Ugadha oo ansixiyey ciidamada loo dirayo dalka Soomaaliya

Last Updated::2007-02-13 21:37:50

 

Kambala:- Baarlamaanka dalka Ugandha ayaa si rasmi ah u ansixiyey in ciidamo gaaraya 1500 loo diro dalka Soomaaliya.

 

Maanta oo Talaado ayuu Baarlamaanka Ugandha fadhigiisii ugu horeeyey cod ugu qaaday qorshaha dowlada Yuweri Musfeni ay ciidamada ugu direyso dalka Soomaaliya.

 

Qorshahan ayaa waxaa si weyn u taageeray Madaxweynaha Dalka Ugandha iyo xildhibaanada xisbiga dalka ugandha taladiisa haya.

 

Ansixintan ayaa timid xili lagu jiro dadaal lagu doonayo in la meel mariyo qorshaha Midowga Afrika ee ciidamada Nabad illaalinta ah loogu dirayo dalka Soomaaliya.

 

Dowlada Yugandha ayaa bilihii lasoo dhaafay tababaro kala gedisan siineysay ciidamada loo dirayo.

 

Dowlada Maraykanka ayaa kamid ah dalalka sida weyn u taageersan in ciidamada Ugandha la geeyo dalka Soomaaliya, si ay u bedalaan kuwa Itoobiya.

 

Waxaa kaliya oo xiligan ciidamada Ugandha u dhiman qaadistooda, ayadoo aan la aqoon halka ay wax marinayaan dalalka kale ee ku deeqay in ay ciidamo usoo diri doonaan dalka Soomaaliya oo ay ku jiraan Nigeria, Ghana iyo Burundi.

 

Paddy Ankunda oo ah Afhayeenka ciidamada Ugandha ayaa sheegay in ciidamadan sida ugu dhakhsaha badan loo diri doono dalka Soomaaliya, asagoo carabka ku dhuftay in todobaadka soo socda la qaadi doono cutubyada ugu horeeya.

 

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[Taliban]

Originally posted by Taako Man:

The peacekeepers will protect Somalia's weak government and train a new army.

Is the TFG weak?

[General Duke]

^^^Compared to other governemnts yes. But not for long insha Allah..

[Taliban]

Originally posted by General Duke:

Compared to other governemnts yes.

Which other governments?

[MVP]

Soon ato malesa is done what ever purpose he had using beerlawe..... and replace him another potentially vaible stooge....we will see the sudden change of puntlander's prespectives about the TFG

[Taako Man]

Originally posted by Taliban:

quote:Originally posted by General Duke:

Compared to other governemnts yes.

Which other governments?

Compared to countries which are not in transitional phases and have been established for more then 2 years.

[Jabhad]

lol..walee ceeb ayaa dhacday. War kaadida ceshta. First it was Amxaaro are coming haloo sacabtumooy as they bombed Somali cities. Now they smile because few Ugandan economic migrants are coming. War Alle talada saarta. Duliyoo dhan dhibaa heeysta.