Inter-Clan conflicts or suicide-bombers, which one is more challenging to the TFG

[Koora-Tuunshe]

Most of the killings inside Mogadisho , according to the recent Human rights report resulted from inter-clan conflicts fighting over resources and control of strategic areas.

 

If anything the government has done in the past 8 months was to resolve their issues and to examine the root causes of those real cases in order to bring to justice the perpetrators if not support the feuding clans' customary reconciliation process.

 

At most, we are out of touch with the reality on the ground and it will merely be naive assumption to base the level analysis on this conflict on two humungous entities that are at war with one another over the control of Mogadisho.

 

The Al-shabaabs happens to be one unit out of many, but their bark is louder than the wildest of all dogs and they scavenge worse than predators. They could be early young bandits who reverted to their old habits of drug-usage.

 

Things are much more complicated than we all think but such heinous crimes affect all of us and even instills a moral intelligence into those SOL political figures opposed to Ethiopia's presence in Somalia like Jimcaale

[Koora-Tuunshe]

Clan battles kill 10 in central Somalia

 

BOSASSO, Somalia, March 17 (Reuters) - Gun battles between clan militias killed at least 10 people in central Somalia on Monday, local elders and hospital staff said.

 

 

Disputes flare sporadically between clans in the Horn of Africa nation. Some clans support Islamist insurgents against the Ethiopian-backed government.

 

 

One local leader, Ali Diriye, said eight fighters and two civilians died as the forces clashed over disputed land near Galkayo, a town north of the capital Mogadishu.

 

 

"Both clans collected their dead and wounded and we're mediating between the two sides," he told Reuters by telephone.

 

 

A nurse at Galkayo hospital, Mohamed Ali, confirmed at least 10 deaths. He said 14 wounded had been brought to the hospital. (Reporting by Abdiqani Hassan; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

 

 

Source: Reuters

[Koora-Tuunshe]

Another Displacement caused by inter-clan conflicts

 

Somalia: Clashes Force Nomads Out of South-Central Region

 

UN Integrated Regional Information Networks

 

20 February 2008

 

Nairobi

 

Hundreds of nomadic families have fled the Middle Shabelle and Hiiraan regions of south-central Somalia after clashes between two communities claimed dozens of lives, sources said.

 

The latest clashes, which began on 18 February between the Hawaadle and Abgal sub-clans of the main ****** clan, were concentrated around the small towns of Eil Qoryaale, and Eil Baraf, 260km north of the capital Mogadishu, and the surrounding villages.

 

"The clashes have displaced hundreds of nomadic families on both sides," Yusuf Ahmed Hagar, the governor of the Hiiraan region, told IRIN. "We don't have exact figures but reports we are getting indicate a few thousand are on the move."

 

Many of those affected have moved into the hinterland or towards major towns in the area for safety. A local journalist told IRIN that the Hawaadle were moving to the town of Jalalaqsi, about 270km north of Mogadishu, while the Abgal were moving south towards the town of Mahaday, 120km north of Mogadishu.

 

The fighting, Hagar said, was being fuelled by insurgents loyal to the ousted Islamic courts and water shortages. "They [insurgents] are providing weapons to the nomads and exacerbating the situation," he said, adding that water shortages in the area were "a contributing factor. We are appealing to aid agencies to assist the affected people, with water trucking a priority."

 

However, a local elder, who requested anonymity, said: "I don't think there is any involvement from the Islamic courts or anyone else," adding that the area was instead experiencing serious water shortages and people and livestock were in danger. "They have no access to wells or water points, because the areas they moved to were already dry."

 

Another local source said the two groups had in the past fought sporadically over grazing land and water points, but the latest clash was linked to revenge killings and the competition for water. "The water situation is really desperate and that is making it a matter of life and death."

 

Each side blamed the other for starting the fighting, he said.

 

While fights over grazing pasture and water were not unusual in these areas, he said, "what is unusual is for the clashes to continue for over a month".

 

Hagar said elders from both sides had been dispatched to the area to contain the situation. Adow Rage, the Mahaday district commissioner, said he was confident they would bring the situation under control very soon.

 

"It is the first time and probably won't be the last but we intend to stop it from getting out of hand," he said. "We have sent officials to assess and report on the extent of the needs of the people affected."

 

Other sources said tensions remained high in the area even though the fighting had subsided.

 

Hagar, however, said: "I am hopeful we can contain the situation and there will be no new fighting."

[Fabregas]

The T.F.G troops consist of clan militias themselves. Most of the time they fight over checkpoints and quarell amongst themselves. So one of the can biggest challenges to the T.F.G is: themselves! Their looting, harrasing and checkpoint tactics doesn't exactly help their cause? does it?

[Jacaylbaro]

Are the A/Y supporters making a U-turn to say everything happened in Muqdisho was just an inter-clan conflict ?? ,,,, whateva happened to the DOWLADA iyo ARGAGIXISADA tune ??

[Koora-Tuunshe]

Jacaylbaro, there is a difference between news and opinion. These are official reports.

[Jacaylbaro]

and what happened to the previous official reports about the dowladda and argagixisada ??

 

Those you posted are still news ,, not official reports sxb.

[Juje]

Inter-Clan conflicts or suicide-bombers, which one is more challenging to the TFG ?

None. Because the TFG exists on both factors.

[Socod_badne]

Koora-Tuunshe, right out of the gates in your first sentence you make the preposterous claim that "Most of the killings inside Mogadisho , according to the recent Human rights report resulted from inter-clan conflicts fighting over resources and control of strategic areas." To support your claim you adduced two articles which talk about clans fighting over water (there's severe drought in central Somalia right now) in Galguduud, Mudug, Hiiraan and Sh/dhexe. Since when did Mogadishu grow so large as to encompass all those gobols? Now, I know logic and moral integrity isn't the strong suit of Tigre dabodhilifs but this is taking it to the limit. Do you have any evidence substantiating your claim? Like the Human Rights reports you mentioned.

 

What's happening in Somalia is not business as usual, i.e clan A vs clan B. It's Ethiopia vs Somalis. And Somalis are kicking butt and taking names. It's matter of time before Tigre occupation ends not if.

 

The so-called Somalis who think the brutal Tigre occupation will benefit them have no place in Somalia.

[Koora-Tuunshe]

^Read under the caption/subtitle of Human Rights reports. The report was released on March 2008 though it is based on the entire year of 2007.

http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/doc.hm/200Somalia_2007_Country_Report_on_Human_Rights_Pr actices.shtml

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This is something extra I found from the report that I didn't know before.

 

Criminal elements attacked and raped some IDPs fleeing from Mogadishu in March and April. In Somaliland there was an increase in gang rape in urban areas, primarily by youth gangs, members of police forces, and male students. Many of these cases occurred in poorer neighborhoods and among immigrants, refugee returnees, and rural displaced populations. Many cases were not reported.

[Koora-Tuunshe]

Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor ----

[Koora-Tuunshe]

Car bomb targets peacekeepers in Somalia

April 8, 2008

By SALAD DUHUL

Associated Press Writer

A suicide car bomb attack on a building housing Burundian peacekeepers wounded at least seven people in the Somali capital Tuesday, witnesses and an African Union official said.

 

Officials said they did not know if a body at the scene was the bomber's or a victim's.

 

The military wing of Somalia's main Islamic insurgent group claimed responsibility for the attack in a southern neighborhood of Mogadishu.

 

"A car driving at breakneck speed passed us and within seconds turned around and rammed into a locked gate that is not normally used. Then we heard a huge explosion whose dust covered us," said Abdullahi Hussein Sabriye. He said he witnessed the attack from a tea shop.

 

"A huge explosion occurred outside the building where Burundian peacekeepers are based," said Maj. Bahoku Barigye, the African Union force spokesman, adding two soldiers were wounded.

 

"One man, believed to be a Somali, died on the spot. I'm not sure if he was the suicide bomber or not," Barigye said.

 

The car exploded before it got inside the complex, said a Burundian soldier who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media. He said five Somali civilians also were wounded.

 

Sheik Mukhtar Robow, a spokesman for al-Shabab told The Associated Press that his group was behind the attack. Al-Shabab, or "The Youth," is the military wing of the Council of Islamic Courts that Ethiopian troops backing Somali soldiers ousted from its southern Somalia strongholds and the capital in December 2006.

 

"One of our fighters has targeted the African Union troops who are here to support the Ethiopian troops' massacre of our people," Robow said. He did not give any other details.

 

The 2,000 Ugandan and Burundian troops in Mogadishu are part of a proposed 8,000-troop AU peacekeeping force that has not been fully deployed because African countries have failed to commit the required troops. The force is supposed to protect key government buildings, the port and airport as well as train a national army and police force for Somalia.

 

The peacekeepers have generally been well received by Mogadishu residents because they are perceived to be neutral in the near daily violence that hits the capital.

 

Somalia has a weak U.N.-backed government, but the country has experienced anarchy and chaos since warlords ousted longtime dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991. Later the warlords turned on each other, plunging Somalia into a cycle of violence.

 

 

Associated Press writer Mohamed Olad Hassan in Mogadishu contributed to this report.

[Koora-Tuunshe]

Fahmo Aden: "I would do anything to see my boy normal again"

 

April 09, 2008

 

MOGADISHU (IRIN) - June 18 2007 was like any other day in the life of Fahmo Aden, a 34-year-old mother and small trader, until she was told her oldest son had been killed in an explosion.

 

"I was in the market when a friend called me to tell me she had heard that Abdiaziz [her 13-year-old son] was caught up in an explosion. I had sent him to school earlier before I left for the market."

 

Abdiaziz Abdulle was seriously injured when a remote-controlled bomb that killed some security guards of former Prime Minister Ali Gedi exploded.

 

"The first information I got was that he was killed in the explosion. I almost fainted but I ran to the area, not far from the market. When I got there I found him alive and was so happy.

 

"My happiness turned into sadness when the doctors told me he was severely injured, with so many pieces of shrapnel in his body. The worst was the one lodged in his spine, which is making it impossible for him to walk.

 

"I no longer work. I have to take care of him day and night. He cannot go to the bathroom. He cannot control his bowel movements. It is heartbreaking to see him like this. He was full of life. He wanted to be a doctor but now I don’t know what will become of him.

 

“Every time his school-friends come to visit him I can see the longing in his eyes to be able to go with them. It breaks my heart.

 

“He has begun to destroy any pictures of himself before he was injured. He says he does not want to see them.

 

“Doctors have told us there is nothing they can do for him in this country. They said he needs specialised treatment that is not available here.

 

“We cannot afford to take him to a doctor here, much less outside. We are a poor family that depended on what I could earn from the market and now even that is no longer there. We depend on the generosity of friends and relatives to survive.

 

“I would do anything and give anything, including my life, to see my boy normal again. Every day I pray for a miracle.”

 

ah/mw

Theme(s): (IRIN) Conflict, (IRIN) Health & Nutrition, (IRIN) Human Rights

[ENDS]

 

Source: IRIN

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Is this some kind of a deliberate blind spot, one-sided news reports?

 

Ma aragtid miyaa kuwa ka daran xasuuqa geysanaayo, oo aanan waliba Soomaali ahayn? Mise kuwaas waxooda waa Soomaalida ayee u dadaaloyaan, u gargaaroyaan wixii dhacana waa wax yar yar maag ahayn? Miyaa????

[Seekknowledge]

Brainless suicide bombers are more dangerous like the looser who leaves an old watch for charity on his way to blow up innocent somalis like that little boy. He even smiles at the camera wonder if he is smiling right now dancing in the flames of hell. May Allah increase his punishments for ever. :mad: