Ethiopia calls for UN peacekeepers in Somalia

[Gabbal]

Ethiopia calls for UN peacekeepers in SomaliaBy KRISTA LARSON – 18 hours ago

 

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ethiopia's foreign minister on Monday called for the U.N. to deploy peacekeepers to neighboring Somalia, where Islamic militants appear to be gaining strength.

 

Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin's comments came just days after an attack on an African Union peacekeepers' base in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, killed at least 11 civilians.

 

Mesfin urged the U.N. Security Council to deploy a U.N. peacekeeping mission "as soon as possible," or provide resources to strengthen the current AU mission, which includes about 2,600 peacekeepers.

 

He praised the AU peacekeepers from Uganda and Burundi, who arrived in Somalia last year.

 

"It is never too late for others to follow their example," Mesfin told world leaders during his speech to the U.N. General Assembly.

 

Ethiopia, whose troops helped push the Islamists from the Somali capital in December 2006, says that it wants to withdraw.

 

Within weeks of being driven out of Mogadishu, the Islamists launched an Iraq-style insurgency that has claimed more than 9,000 people, most of them civilians.

 

Many in overwhelmingly Muslim Somalia resent the U.N.-backed Somali government's reliance on Ethiopia, a traditional rival with a large Christian population and one of Africa's largest armies.

 

Ethiopia and Somalia fought a bloody war in 1977, and many Somalis see the Ethiopians as abusive and heavy-handed.

 

Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991.

 

A U.N. peacekeeping force including American troops met disaster in Somalia in 1993, when militiamen shot down two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters and battled U.S. troops, killing 18. The battle was recounted in the book and movie "Black Hawk Down."

[Gabbal]

A turning point you don't say, if the Ethiopians are begging to be replaced.

[Che -Guevara]

^Ciid Wanaagsan

 

The entire TFG is being hauled to Kenya-something is definately in the air. The Ethios have seen the futility in their plan not mention the incompatency of the TFG, the sustained assualt from the freedom fighters and Uncle Sam's economic troubles.

 

Isbaheysiga wuxuu sheegay in uu soo dhaweynayo ka bixitaanka Ciidamada Itoobiya ee Magaalada Beledweyne, wuxuuna sheegay in bixitaanka Ciidamadaas uu ku yimid wada hadal iyo dadaal dheeraad ah oo uu bixiyay Isbaheysiga Dib u xoreynta Soomaaliya, gaar ahaan Guddigiisa Nabadgelyada.

hiiraan

 

Is there any truth to this?

[Juje]

^^Ciid Wanagsaan..

 

Originally posted by Che -Guevara:

quote: Isbaheysiga wuxuu sheegay in uu soo dhaweynayo ka bixitaanka Ciidamada Itoobiya ee Magaalada Beledweyne, wuxuuna sheegay in bixitaanka Ciidamadaas uu ku yimid wada hadal iyo dadaal dheeraad ah oo uu bixiyay Isbaheysiga Dib u xoreynta Soomaaliya, gaar ahaan Guddigiisa Nabadgelyada.

hiiraan

Is there any truth to this?

Not according to Al-Mujahiid Indhacaade.

 

Indha-Cadde oo eedeeyey Sh. Shariif

 

Sh. Yusuf Indhacadde ayaa ku sifeeyey hagardaamo hadalkii Sh. Shariif oo ahaa in ciidanka Ethiopia ay Beledweyne kaga baxeen heshiis ay la gaareen Isbaheysiga Dibu-Xoreynta.Sh. Indhacadde, oo ah xoghayaha difaaca ee Isbaheysiga mucaaradka ah, ayaa sheegtay in ciidankiisu ay xoog ku saareen kuwa Ethiopia, oo ay awood sheegteen, kaddib markii sida uu sheegtay ay u muujiyeen cudud millatari oo aysan ciidanka Ethipia u babac dhigi karin.

Wuxuu Indhacadde yiri:

"Shariif been buu arrintaas ka sheegay. Runtiina hagardaamada iyo dhibaatada uu umadda Soomaaliyeed u geysanaayo qeyb kamid ah waaye. Ilaahey ha uga toobad keeno ayaan leeyahay arrintaas," ayuu yiri.

Indhacadde ayaa shir jaraa'id ku qabtay magaalada Muqdisho. Isagoo wareysi siinaya BBC-da, ayuu sheegay inuu isagu goobjoog u ahaa dagaalka ka dhacay magaalada Beledweyne.

Wuxuu sheegay in ciidankiisu ay galeen diyaar garow fara badan, iyo inuu argagax badan galay Alle galiyey ciidanka Ethiopia, iyo waliba in ciidankiisu ay yihiin kuwa aan ka cabsaneyn geerida.

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[Che -Guevara]

^Wanaagsan oo wacan,

 

Sh Indhacadde is classical opportunist. If anything is to be said of him, he is smart fella and knows when to throw his chips in. Apart from that, what I understand is Hiiraan is no go for Mr. Inddhacadde.

[Che -Guevara]

d/p