Arab peacekeepers to Somalia ??

[Jacaylbaro]

RIYADH, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Somali leaders meeting in Saudi Arabia said they wanted to replace foreign forces backing the interim government against rebels with Arab and African troops under the aegis of the United Nations, Saudi media reported.

 

President Abdullahi Yusuf, Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and parliament speaker Adam Mohamed Nur signed an agreement in the presence of Saudi King Abdullah in the city of Jeddah late on Sunday.

 

"No to war, yes to peace. No to bloodshed and yes to reconciliation," Yusuf told the meeting, according to Saudi newspapers on Monday.

 

The pact, which aimed to create reconciliation among some tribes, came after a weeks-long reconciliation conference in Mogadishu.

 

It also came days after a rival meeting in Eritrea by an opposition alliance that included leaders of the Islamic courts movement forced from power in Somalia with Ethiopian and U.S. backing.

 

The transition government has been struggling to quell the Islamist insurgency following a December military rout, which has turned parts of Mogadishu into a war zone and triggered a refugee crisis.

 

Earlier this year, the African Union agreed to dispatch 8,000 peacekeepers to Somalia to replace pro-government Ethiopian troops whose presence has inflamed the insurgency. So far, however, fewer than half the AU troops have arrived.

 

"We need Arab and African peacekeeping forces in our country under the aegis of the United Nations," Yusuf said.

 

The U.N. Security Council last month asked the secretary-general's office to develop plans for a possible U.N. troop presence in Somalia.

 

Saudi Arabia welcomed Yusuf's "assurances" that foreign forces would be replaced. It was not clear if this was a reference to Ethiopian troops.

 

Washington fears the Islamist rebel movement could give al Qaeda a foothold in the Horn of Africa nation which had been in chaos since the fall of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.

 

There are also fears the Somalia conflict could trigger a wider war. Arch foes Eritrea and Ethiopia have lined up on opposite sides of the conflict, with Eritrea backing the opposition and Ethiopia the government.

[me]

No deal. As long as there is 4.5, Federal Charter, and dabo-dh*lifs as our leaders, warlords and wacked out surwaalgaabs there will be no peace.

 

Somalia doesn't need peacekeepers, Somalia needs dialogue. Somalis can resolve their own issues if the outside world leaves us alone.

[NGONGE]

 

ps

 

Duke phoned in sick today.

[Malika]

^^^

 

Their happiness is nausianting..*Phuk*

[Jacaylbaro]

Mogadishu 17, Sept.07 ( Sh.M.Network)-The top leaders of Somali transitional federal government signed treaty with some of the delegates of the recently wrap up national reconciliation conference in Mogadishu.

 

The agreement took place in the palace of king Abdalla the son of Abdi Aziz; by the time of the signature the king himself was present at the venue and made banquet for his guest of honors.

 

The objective of the treaty was to fasten tight the out come the reconciliation conference in Somalis' capital Mogadishu.

 

When president Yusuf was addressing the gathers he requested for combination of Arabs and African troops to be deployed in Somalia in order to replace the current foreign forces on the ground.

 

As Saudi news agency said the United Nation is going to manage the requested forces by president Yusuf.

 

Riyadh authority urged the disagreeing parties in Somalia to respect and support the words of the president, which is the deployment of Arabs and African troops.

 

The Saudi emperor encouraged the top leaders of Somalia to work in the said of security in the country and to compromise in order to reach the unity of Somalia.

 

The king emphasized that his government is very ready to support the TFG in the said of economics if unity among the opposing parties is reached.

[NGONGE]

^^ I'm not sure what the Saudis are happy about in that photo. The Somalis should be happy, they got tons of money to rebuild the 'infrastructure' of Somalia.

 

I would say it's 1-0 to the TFG in the game of reconciliation conferences.

 

ps

Duke is still away with a mysterious illness.

[Jacaylbaro]

loooooooool ...... i'm sure they got a lot of Madinah dates so that they can sell in Muqdisho

 

Just wait and see the price of the dates going down in few days

[me]

Hahhaahahah@Ngonge, why didnt you save that picture for Duke. Duke would have loved to post that pics and knowing him, he will post it again in a different thread.

[NGONGE]

^^^ Bah! You don't know Duke that well. He'll have it as his new signature, saaxib.

[Jacaylbaro]

Aadan madoobe's belly is all out ..... Geedi needs someone to hold his other hand ... and A/Y looks like a baby held by his mother and aunt

[me]

To counter this picture we need Xasan Dahir holding hands with Osama bin laden and Riyaale Kahin holding hands with Gordon Brown.

[me]

Originally posted by SheekhaJacaylka:

Aadan madoobe's belly is all out ..... Geedi needs someone to hold his other hand ... and A/Y looks like a baby held by his mother and aunt

Farxada ka muuqata AY, why doesn't he smile like that when Meles is holding him?

[Jacaylbaro]

We need Hassan Dahir with Afworke

[N.O.R.F]

At least Geedi is wearing a long sleave jacket,,,,,,

[Malika]

^^Lol,a thing to notice.

 

So where are the tribal leaders? Were'nt they too invited to meet the Arabs.

 

What difference would it make if outsiders get involved,isnt the issue among ourselves? :rolleyes: