Kenya Vetoes Somali Wish for Troops in Mogadishu

[Kamaavi]

 

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somalia's president wants thousands of troops trained in Kenya to be deployed to Mogadishu for an upcoming offensive against Islamist militants, but Kenya has denied the request -- yet another complication for a military campaign that has already been delayed several times, officials said Tuesday.

 

The fact that Kenya could veto Somali wishes for the deployment of its own troops underscores that the Kenyan government wields power in the neighboring country, which has a weak, U.N.-backed government.

 

In a March 21 letter that The Associated Press obtained a copy of, Somali President Sharif Sheik Ahmed asked Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki for Kenya's support for a plan to transfer control of 2,500 Somali troops trained in Kenya over the last several months to the current defense minister.

 

That would mean the troops would be moved from the Somali-Kenya border to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, large parts of which are controlled by al-Shabab, a militant group linked to al-Qaida.

 

Kenya's president rejected the plan based on fears that if the troops are sent to Mogadishu, Kenya's porous frontier with Somalia would be vulnerable to cross-border incursions, said a Somali government official who spoke on condition he not be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.

 

Kenyan government spokesman Alfred Mutua declined to comment.

 

''Kibaki respects Somalia's president and his government, but when it comes to national security, Kenya's interest comes first,'' said Abdullahi Hassan, a political analyst and lecturer at Nairobi's Kenyatta University.

 

It was not known if the issue would cause further delays to an offensive aimed at restoring Somali government control to large parts of Somalia and hitting a radical movement that has imposed harsh justice, including stonings and amputations, and stoked terrorism fears in the Horn of Africa and beyond. The offensive has been pushed back repeatedly, in part because of a lack of military resources.

 

Kenya mediated a two-year peace process that led to the formation of Somalia's fragile government and hosts hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees. Leaders of Somalia's government have regularly consulted with their Kenyan counterparts. Some of the troops trained in Kenya were rumored to be Kenyan nationals of Somali origin.

 

''The whole training exercise was a Kenyan-led initiative that involved elements within the Somali government. It was part of Kenya's overall military containment strategy against al-Shabab and it does not want to lose control of that process despite its support for the Somali government,'' said Rashid Abdi of the International Crisis Group.

 

For more than five months, Kenya has been training more than 2,500 Somali troops on its soil. The initial plan was for them to be deployed to the border to eliminate threats posed by al-Shabab, said clan elder Sheik Ali Gure, who helped recruit the troops from three Somali regions near Kenya. Al-Shabab controls large swaths of southern and central Somalia.

 

A U.N. Monitoring Group report this month found that the Somali military is dominated by a command structure based on clan loyalties. The dustup between Kenya and Somalia over troop deployment underscores those clan arrangements.

 

Gure warned that if the Kenyan-trained troops were transferred to Mogadishu, Somali clans along the border could withdraw their support for the Somali government. The clans want the troops to stay in their regions to take on al-Shabab there.

 

Kenya has a large Somali population that inhabits the northeastern part of the country, and has over the years used local clans who straddle territories between the two countries to intervene when rebels groups try to cross the border

 

Isha warka!

[Shaakirullaah]

What a terrible humiliation and disgrace for the apostate collaborator and puppet of the disbelievers..

He is currently crying and complaining on the lap of his other master in Addis Ababa

[Maaddeey]

From:

Ardul-hijratayn

Mar dambe yaan leydinka maqlin adinkoo Muhaajirka ku leh: 'Xamar aad & keyboarka ka kac iwm'

[Kamaavi]

^ Here is better news for YOU , ...about the damaged drone,,,

[Polanyi]

Another country vetoeing the use of your own soldiers in your own capital city. Life as a sellout sure does stink.

[Kashafa]

Bal fiiriya Isbahaysiga Gaalada iyo Gaalo-raaca siday uu fashilmeen, waa sidoo Ilaahay suuratal xashr ku sheegay: taxsabuhum jameecan wa quloobaham sha'taa.

 

Gure warned that if the Kenyan-trained troops were transferred to Mogadishu, Somali clans along the border could withdraw their support for the Somali government.

The clans want the troops to stay in their regions to take on al-Shabab there

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War maa ka joogteen. War amay hadootee ka dhacthaa qaylo-dhaan iyo baroor-diiq oo weli la maqal: "Tol'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Ba'aaaaaaaaaaaay, BACAAAAAAAAAAAC, BACAAAAAAAC, Waanala xasooqay'yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey. Ziis is not ze rules of war. Ziis is barbaric. Ziis is savagery. Shaykh Cabdulqaadir Jaylaaniyooow, naga soo gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar."

 

Remember all of your current qabiil owr-kacsi and cago-juglayn when you get that call from "back home" hitting you up for qaaraan and telling you how boqolaal wiilasha Tol-ka were slaughtered when they came up against the Mujahideen, oo ilaa iyo kenya la sii cayrsanaayo haraadigii ka haray "Dowlad gobaleed Konfur Galbeed"(lol).

 

Rag aa aqaano markaas bay SOL tacsi thread ka furaayaan. Is-geejiya, abtiyal. And suffer, oh-so-sweetly, the consequences of your "better choice".

[Abtigiis]

Kashafa, you have stopped making any sense when you reneged on objectivity and flew with the hysteria of Alshabab. And lately, aflagaado waxaan aheyn lagaama hayo. Sidan isu dhaan, young boy. I saw you were saying you responded in kind to me when you talk about ONLF serving Ethiopia nonesense. While there is no evidence ONLF serving Ethiopia, there are plenty of evidence to show Alshabab's aims transcend Somalia. And that is the core of the problem.

 

You cannot also talk about the destruction of gaalada and the west, when you are sipping cappuchino in USA. That is very wrong.

 

On this issue, Kenya has no business and Shariif Hotel must tell them off. As to the clans in the Jubba, if he allows them to dictate matters, then that is the end of Dowladnimo and I agree with you. Ciidanka meesha la geyn go'aankeeda waa inay qaatan institutionka mandate'kaas leh. And I don't think one of them is wasaarada isgaadhsiinta led by Prof. Gandhi. Waxaasi waa wixii title'ska funny'ga Somalia ka buuxiyey waagi Jalle Siyaad; sida, "Isuduwaha xanaanada xoolaha ee gobolka Gedo AHNA maareeyaha guud ee warshadda taraqa iyo sigaarka".

[Dhubad.]

Sharif should resign period.! He doesn't even have control of his troops .....running to Mel Zenawi is not the answer.

 

Who would have thought back in 2006 that Shariif would replace A/Yusuf and run to Zenawi back and forth .

 

And why is no one hitting the roof and condemning this guy’s action like they did with A/Yusuf?

 

What a shame!

[Maaddeey]

And why is no one hitting the roof and condemning this guy’s action like they did with A/Yusuf?

Qabyaalad! maxaa kale??, waan hubaa ninkii markaas yiraa: 'qarax & qub miyaan wedaynaa, Odayga & Dawladda hala taageero' in Diintiisa & waddaniyaddiisaba la tuhmi lahaa, haddase waa NIN Caqli & Xikmad leh :@

[Abtigiis]

Maaddeey, qabyaalad ma aha. Aniga sida soomalidu tidhaa waxaa i xidha AY, laakin Sharif raali ayaan ka ahay. Sababtoo ah, ninkaas hore nin dhiig badan daadiyey oon xalaal aheyn ayuu ahaa. Sina kuma mutaysan inuu Somali uu burburiyey hogaan ugu noqdo.

 

Shariifku tabar badan iyo karti ma leh, and I agree if we say he should resign for those reasons alone. Please let us not compare a pick-pocket with a serial killer! I hope you understand the analogy is not necessarily right.

[Gheelle.T]

Waxaa yaab ah waxa 2500 oo askari ay Xamar ka baddalayaan oo 10,000 oo ciidan Soomaali ah + 5,000 Amison ay wax ka qaadi waayeen.

 

AT&T, Shareef iyo Sharmake meel uma wadaan xaajiyo khamsiintan.

[Maaddeey]

Abtigiis, I know ineysan adiga Qabyaalad kaa ahyn lakin the vast majority ee 2006-2008da af labadi qaylin jirey ee C.Yusuf oo tacbaan, Cromwell Hospital hortiisa ku mudaaharaadayey, in hadda kuwii ay Munaafaqnimo & gaalo raacnimo ku tuhmayeen ka dareen, waxaan maqlay in kii waxaas abaabuli jiray inuu hadda NSS-ta joogo Xamar!!, waxaa igu soo dhacda maah-maah aan Salad Cali Jelle ka maqlay: HOOYO, MA LAYSKA KACSAAYEY

 

Teeda kale, Shariif asaguba waa murderer, yuusan inta C/lahi dilay dilin ama goorta uu C/lahi dad dilidda billaabay billaabin, lakin marka intuu joogay & wuxuu sameeyey, iyo siduu Awliyo isaga dhigi jiray & siduu noqday la fiiriyo waxa wax badan liita Shariif.

[Dhubad.]

^ Maadeey, isha aa kariday. Wixii dig dam iyo qaylo ahayd waxay ku salaysneed Qabyaalad!

 

Abtigiis, Ani waxaan aminsanahay A/Yusuf inuu wax badan dhaamay Shariifka. Hadaan tusaale yar kuu soo qaato A/Yusuf waagii uu joogay Xamar oo ay dawlada/ethiopianka ay madaafiic ku garaacaan xaafadaha dadka dagenyihiin wuxuu oranjiray waanu isdifaacaynaa laakiin hada Shariifka iyo dowladiisu waxay tiraahdaa Amisom xaq bay u leedahay in madaafiic ku garaacdo shacabka markii la soo weeraro

 

Marka haduusanba ka darnayn A/Yusuf iyo dowladii hore kama yaraysto.

[Jacpher]

Blame it on Abdulaahi Y.

[xiinfaniin]

Jubbooyinku waxay noqdeen geedo bahala galeen. Ciidankani xaggaa iyo Kismayuu ku roonaan lahaa ee Sharif talo xumaa heshay