Eritrea: Nation Planned Massive Attack Against AU Summit, Says UN Report

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Eritrea: Nation Planned Massive Attack Against AU Summit, Says UN Report

28 July 2011

 

 

The Eritrean Government planned a massive attack on an African Union meeting held earlier this year, according to a new United Nations report that states that this was just one of multiple violations of Security Council arms embargoes committed by the small East African nation.

 

"If executed as planned, the operation would almost certainly have caused mass civilian casualties, damaged the Ethiopian economy and disrupted the African Union summit," states the report of the Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea.

 

The UN panel is tasked with monitoring compliance with embargoes on the delivery of weapons and military equipment to Somalia and Eritrea, as well as probing activities - financial, maritime or in another field - which generate revenue used to violate those embargoes.

 

The report states that the Eritrean Government "conceived, planned, organized and directed a failed plot to disrupt the African Union summit in Addis Ababa by bombing a variety of civilian and governmental targets."

 

It adds that "since the Eritrean intelligence apparatus responsible for the African Union summit plot is also active in Kenya, Somalia, the Sudan and Uganda, the level of threat it poses to these other countries must be re-evaluated."

 

The report, which is over 400 pages, also points to Eritrea's continuing relationship with Al-Shabaab, the Islamist militant group that controls some parts of Somalia's territory and has been waging a fierce battle against the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) there.

 

While the Eritrean Government acknowledges that it maintains relationships with Somali armed opposition groups, including Al-Shabaab, it denies that it provides any military, material or financial support and says its links are limited to a political, and even humanitarian, nature.

 

However, evidence and testimony obtained by the Monitoring Group, including records of financial payments, interviews with eyewitnesses and data relating to maritime and aviation movements, all indicate that Eritrean support for Somali armed opposition groups is not limited to the political or humanitarian dimensions.

 

The Group says that Eritrea's continuing relationship with Al-Shabaab appears designed to "legitimize and embolden the group rather than to curb its extremist orientation or encourage its participation in a political process."

 

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Moreover, Eritrean involvement in Somalia reflects a broader pattern of intelligence and special operations activity, including training, financial and logistical support to armed opposition groups in Djibouti, Ethiopia, the Sudan and possibly Uganda in violation of the Security Council's embargoes.

 

Among the concerns the Group expresses regarding Somalia are the TFG's "lack of vision or cohesion, its endemic corruption and its failure to advance the political process," all of which are impediments to security and stabilization in southern Somalia.

 

The "burgeoning" engagement in Somalia of private security companies, whether to deter pirates or to provide security on land, is of growing concern, it adds. The Group believes that at least two such companies have committed significant violations of the arms embargo by engaging in unauthorized training and equipping of Somali militias

[nuune]

Good job Somaliland for discovering the operation, and busting the Eritrean failed mission before it was even launched, the Somaliland Secret Service operating in Addis Ababa did wonderful job.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

nuune;737376 wrote:

Good job Somaliland for discovering the operation, and busting the Eritrean failed mission before it was even launched, the Somaliland Secret Service operating in Addis Ababa did wonderful job.

What does this have to do with Somaliland or are we trying to be funny

[nuune]

It is mentioned in the article, no one is trying to be funny, unless you are hiding something, I am now suspicious of you, please bannaanka keen waxa aad qarineyso

[Kool_Kat]

nuune;737376 wrote:

Good job Somaliland for discovering the operation, and busting the Eritrean failed mission before it was even launched, the Somaliland Secret Service operating in Addis Ababa did wonderful job.

**Stares with curious eyes!**

 

On a different note, your reply to XX's thread reminds me of too baac eheed iskoolka nala dhigan jirtay oo maalin kasto aan ku dheedheeli jirnay...Aduunka qumbe ee u jecleed, markaasaa maalin walbo qofkii rabo iney wax usameeyso dhihi jiray "qumbaa kuu gadaa"...Iyadoo kala badbadatay ee ordee wixii sameynee, at the end of the day wax qumbe siin jiray maleh, iyadana hade casharkeeda mabarato oo maalin walbo saas loogu dheeli jiray!

[nuune]

^^ ehehe, taas caadibaba ma aheen, on another different note, wallaahi cayaalka markaan aheyn naughty aaba la iska ahaa, baacdaas oo kale aan soo xasuustey dugsi loox nala dhigan jirtey, too baac dhaaftey ay iska aheyd, marka ciyaalka dhan aa dhihi jireen qadda noo soo qas, cunug kasta ay u qasee, cayaalka markaas ula jeedadooda ma ahan iney qada u qasto, they only wanted markee qaseeso and sitting down aa lugaheeda ee kala geyn jirtey camal markaas aa la arki jirey underwearkeeda, maxaaba la arkaaba horta waaba mugdi, line dheer aan u soo gali jirney sometimesna ayadoo iska taagan aan muraayad labada lugood hoostooda u dhigi jirney(not onyl her other girls too), illaa hada waxaan la yaabnahey waxaan arki jirney, kolleey qumbe wax u eg unbaan anigu khaasatan arki jirey.

 

 

 

Ps: Xaaji Xeyraan aan ka waaliyee maad ii deysid yaakhayoo

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Waleh umadani. Wa umad beel baas looga shanqadhayo hada eriteria laga hadlo soomaliland baa u muuqataa hada laga hadlayo qaraxyadi noorway somaliland ba ku lug lahayd bay ku odhanaya oo dakhatar somalilander ah ba beri dawo qaldan siiyey .hada laga hadlayo maraykanka oo iska bixin kari wayey bilalki lugu laha waxay ku odhanayaan dahabshil oo somaliland wehelinayso baa ka danbeyey

[Kool_Kat]

XX, Somaliland, Somaliland, Somaliland! SOMALILAND EVERYWHERE miyey sheekadu gaadhsiisan tahay walaalo? Don't mind these Konfurians, iney kugu dheelaan bey ugu baxdaa!

 

Nuunka, adigoo yar hadaa heerkaas gaarsiisneed, kuwa hada ku ag joogaan u naxsanahay... Ar too kale aanba xasuustay, wiilasha dhihi jiriin adi liin dhanaantaada heblo kuweedaa ka weyn...Markaaseey intey cambuurka ama shaatiga eywadato isku dhajiso dhihi jirtay "liin dhanaan teyda mayarooooooo"... Sheemo dheh!

[Dabrow]

Propaganda report of course, just as the UN report who stated sadaam was armed with nuclear bombs....prefabricated ready to swallow storys dont do anyone good.

 

edit: Whats somaliland?

[Jacaylbaro]

nuune ,,, saqajaan waaxid

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

kool kat u sheeg huuno Koonfurianskani wa umar wareersani hasayeshe nuunow wu azaniyszanyahay

[Carafaat]

Eritrea has more then often been (falsely)accused by donor agencies of many things. For example a couple years ago they used to claim that Eritrea denied UN food aid to own population and therefore many people were starving. But today Eritrea has proved it achived some sort of self sustainability and sufficiency without relying on donor aid. A true example for many african countries.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Indeed eritreans are doing a great job

[nuune]

^^^ War yeysayn Ethiopia ku maqlin, hadey arkaan you saying eritrea is doing good job wey ku karbaashi, is ilaali sxb,

 

 

lool@nuune wuu azaniysyeysanyahey, what the hell is that, are you referring to that Narnia State, war naga tag.

 

 

Koolo, lool liin dhanaanta, taasna waan sameyn jirney laakin maxaaba liin dhanaan ah waaba la yaryaraa waxna kama soo kuusneen foodleydaas, laakin halahaas ay noogu bixi jirtey, JB weydii, isagu wixiisa too much ay aheyd bariguu yaraa oo gabdhaha yaryar buuba geed dheer la fuuli jirey, weydii camal

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Nuune war anigu itoobiya kama haybadeysto,, Maxaad i mooday awoow