Somalia in danger of reverting to chaos -US military

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Somalia in danger of reverting to chaos -US military

Monday 29 January 2007 00:10.

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Jan 28, 2007 (DOHA, Qatar) — U.S. military officials here said Somalia could return to chaos in four months if international peacekeepers don’t quickly replace departing Ethiopian troops now propping up the country’s weak government.

 

A Somali government spokesman echoed the warning on Sunday, saying Islamic fighters were regrouping and the U.S.-backed transitional government lacked troops, training and weapons to deal with them.

 

"We need the support of the international community to deploy forces and assist us in securing the country," said Abdirahman Dinari by telephone from Mogadishu. Dinari said fighters from the deposed Council of Islamic Courts were counterattacking just as the invading Ethiopians have begun pulling out.

 

Islamic fighters "are coming back to Mogadishu," Dinari said. "They’re destabilizing sections of the city. They’re killing innocent civilians. They’re attacking police stations."

 

A pair of U.S. military officials interviewed in Qatar last week said a worrying power vacuum was developing in Somalia, with Ethiopian troops hastening their departure amid reports that the army that invaded in December is being debilitated by malaria.

 

Most troubling, one officer said, was that none of the 10 to 20 Council of Islamic Courts leaders or their al-Qaida allies are known to have been killed or captured, and most of the few-thousand-strong militia remains intact inside Somalia.

 

"They’re probably just lying low. They’re probably waiting for Ethiopia to leave," the U.S. officer said.

 

Heightening the pressure, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told The Associated Press Sunday that he would pull a third of his troops out of Somalia within the next two days. Meles was speaking on the eve of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa.

 

The African Union has approved a plan to send about 8,000 peacekeepers for a six-month mission that would eventually be taken over by the U.N. Nigeria, Malawi and Uganda have said they want to contribute troops, but no firm plans are in place. South Africa, meanwhile, says its forces are too stretched to contribute.

 

Ethiopian forces have been widely credited with a quick success in ousting the Islamic Courts militia from controlling most of Somalia and installing the weak, U.N.-recognized government in the capital, Mogadishu.

 

U.S. forces played a limited role in the campaign, training and supplying the Ethiopian army, mounting air raids on militia targets and stationing a U.S. Navy carrier battle group off the Somali coast.

 

But impoverished Ethiopia lacks funds and staying power to sustain an occupation of its chaotic neighbor. And the U.S. military has no plans to increase its role beyond backing its Ethiopian allies, the U.S. official said. When Ethiopia finishes its mission, the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying ships will leave the Somali coast, he said.

 

(AP)

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"U.S. forces played a limited role in the campaign, training and supplying the Ethiopian army, mounting air raids on militia targets and stationing a U.S. Navy carrier battle group off the Somali coast.

 

But impoverished Ethiopia lacks funds and staying power to sustain an occupation of its chaotic neighbor. And the U.S. military has no plans to increase its role beyond backing its Ethiopian allies, the U.S. official said. When Ethiopia finishes its mission, the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and its accompanying ships will leave the Somali coast, he said."

 

Ethio-American alliance against Islam set to run from Somalia. Where will the disgraced dabadhilifs hide.

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Dowladda FKMG oo Laga Yaabo in ay dib ugu Laabato Magaaladda Baydhabo

 

Markii la weeraray xarunta Villa Somalia ee Muqdisho, sidoo kalana la weeraray garoonka Diyaaradaha ee Magaalada Muqdisho, isla markaana weeraro joogto ah lagu hayo cidamada Itoobiya iyo kuwa Dowladda Federaalka ah, isla markana ay cirka isku shareertay xaaladda Nabadgelyo ee Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa warar aanu ka helnay saraakiil ku dhow dhow xarunta madaxtoonyada waxay noo sheegeen in laga yaabo in Dowladda FKMG ay dib ugu laabato magaalada Baydhabo, iyadoo walibana ay isa soo tarayaan bixitaanka ciidamada Itoobiya ee dalka.

 

Madaxweynaha Dowladda Federaalka oo ku sugan dalka Itoobiya kana qaybgalaya shirka Midowga Afrika ayaa ku soo hungoobay fikirkiisii ahaa in soomaaliya la keeno ciidamo nabad ilaalin ah oo ka socda midowga Afrika, inkastoo dhowr dal ay ogolaadeen in ay Soomaaliya Ciidamo keenayaan haddan waxay shuruud uga dhigeen in marka hore la helo kharashka ciidamada.

 

Xaaladda nabadgelyo ee Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa haatan u muuqata mid faraha ka sii baxeysa, iyadoo maalintii shalay ahaydna si bareer ah loo weeraray ciidamo ka tirsan Dowladda FKMG, oo loo gaystay dhimasho iyo dhaawac, sidoo kalana la weeraray xarumo ay ciidanka booliisa ku leeyihiin Muqdisho, haddana dhinaca kale ciidamada Dowladda ayaa dadaal ugu jira sidii ay u hanan lahaayeen ammaanka Magaalada Muqdisho, iyadoo Afhayeenka Dowladda C/raxmaan Diinaari uu sheegay in waxa qalalaasaha ka wada Muqdisho ay yihiin "haraadigii" Maxaakiimta Islaamiga ah, isagoo sheegay in Dowladdu ka adkaan doonto.

 

Maamulka Gobalka Banaadir ayaa Dowladda Federaalka kula taliyey in iyaga loo dhaafo ammaanka Gobalka Banaadir, maadaama ay aad u garanayaan sida ugu fudud ee nabadgelyada loogu soo cellin karo gobalka Bnaaadir, wuxuuna maamulka Gobalku horey ugu guuleystay in uu ciidamo dhigo Isgoysyada Gobalka Banaadir oo ilaa iyo xad ay nabad ku soo dabaaleen Magaalada Muqdisho, hase yeeshee dadweynaha ku nool Muqdisho ayaa xasaasiyad ka qaba in ciidamo gaar ah ay nabadgelyada sugayaan, sidoo kale waxay ka soo horjeedaan joogitaanka Ciidamada Itoobiya.

 

 

Gaari sida ciidamo Itoobiyaan oo Jan 24, 2007 maraya aagga magalada Afgooye. Sawirka: Reuterers