Ethiopia Promises a 'Short Invasion'

[Mintid Farayar]

Ethiopia plans military mission to Somalia

 

25 November 2011

Reuters News

© 2011 Reuters Limited

 

* Says hopes intends mission to be brief

 

* To join Kenya, Somalia troops fighting al Shabaab

 

(Adds details, background)

By Aaron Maasho

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Ethiopia will deploy troops inside Somalia for a "brief period" to help Somali and Kenyan forces battling Islamist militants expand their control in southern Somalia, Ethiopian officials said on Friday.

A government official also acknowledged for the first time that a small force had already rolled across the border to carry out reconnaissance missions. Ethiopia had previously denied that scores of military trucks and armoured vehicles had moved in on Nov. 19 and 20.

"We are looking at a brief period of time, weeks. We don't want our deployment to be used for propaganda by the extremists," the government official, who declined to be named, told Reuters after a meeting of regional leaders in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

The official said Ethiopia is yet to fully deploy its troops, with the mission in its preliminary stage and only reconnaissance and liaison activities carried out so far.

An Ethiopian military official confirmed the mission would be short to avoid "negative consequences". Neither official gave any details on the size or scope of the eventual deployment.

Kenya's incursion into southern Somalia, now in its sixth week, to crush the rebels who control much of the south and centre of the lawless country, has been plagued by heavy rains and the militants' guerilla-tactics.

A military victory, though, is unlikely to end two decades of anarchy unless the country's feuding politicians and clans want peace.

Mahboub Maalim, head of the regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) bloc, said Ethiopia had promised to "assist in the peace and stabilisation activities" ongoing in Somalia, during a heads of state gathering focusing on the war-torn country.

 

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The region's leaders also called on the United Nations to change the mandate of African Union (AMISOM) troops that are currently limited to operations within Mogadishu, and to boost its ceiling of 12,000 soldiers.

The force -- at present comprising Ugandan and Burundian troops -- now has some 9,800 soldiers, but the African Union has requested the U.N. to authorise the deployment of 20,000.

IGAD "calls on the Security Council to enhance the mandate of AMISOM and to authorise its strengthening to a level and size that is appropriate for the consolidation of peace and security in Mogadishu and south and central Somalia and other secured areas," said a statement released after the meeting.

Analysts, however, say there is little appetite for Western countries to stump up more funding for an extended mission.

"It's difficult to see how that could happen anytime soon given that the salaries of the soldiers are paid for by the West. There's no stomach for giving any more money to AMISOM," said a Western diplomat working in the region.

The bloc also urged Somalia's weak Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to take advantage of recent gains and offensives and move into newly liberated areas.

Experts say President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's government has done little to convince its neighbours it is capable of extending its sphere of power beyond the capital.

The unelected government's legitimacy is already battered by internal power struggles and corruption. Its reliance on yet another foreign incursion might damage its credibility further if there is no swift political follow up.

IGAD "urges the TFG leadership to take advantage of the expanded liberated territories and populations to foster security, enhance national reconciliation, and consolidate political and administrative control," the IGAD statement said.

(Reporting by Aaron Maasho; writing by Richard Lough; editing by George Obulutsa)

[Dabrow]

These people are pathological liars. Would not believe them.

[Che -Guevara]

Everybody needs a piece of the pie.

[A_Khadar]

Exactly! Ana waa ikan, need my piece.. Just like the famous somali term "Hilib Dar yaala" Darku waa meesha xoolaha laga waraabiyo ee qof walbaa darsado.. So imagine hilib halkaa la dhigay..

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

The Abyssinians will never rest untill they are given a proper asswhoop but that said we are not in shape of doing anything close to that iskada waxaso iyagi ba la ino baryaya allow maxay umadi sharaf beeshay Beri na Aarka Geeska Africa laa ino Yaqiinay allow alleh.

 

 

 

Ninki garanaya garanaya Somali waxay beri ahayd tallow dhasheenu ma inaga rumeysan doonaan in aynu mar Nazareth dusheeda joogi jirnay.

[Jacaylbaro]

:D ,, xaajigii oo iska muraaqooday ,,, loool

[Mayaani]

Xaajiga waa qiirooday wuna jiraracooday markuu milicsaday midnimada iyo gobonimada ay Somalia lahayd.

[Che -Guevara]

Xaaji realizes the greater danger facing all Somalis :-)

[Dabrow]

Xajji is somali after all. Sooner or later somalis needs to understand each other and reconsile.

[Abdul]

He is a true somali patriot.All we have to do now is to convince him about the need to keep somalia together.

[Aaliyyah]

somali waxay ku maahmaahda Markaan taag hayey talo ma hayn, maanta oon talo hayana taag ma hayo..somali talo baa moday in ay hayso oo xamar waa moday in ay so hagaagaso laakin taag ma laha ee iskaga celiso shisheeya...allow sahal umuraha!

 

salaam

[Aaliyyah]

 

 

amazing gabay..listen to 6:16...muqadisho iyo kismaayo gode lala maseesiiyey......meles uma badheedheene wa lo mareeg sudhaye! So damn true and heart breaking at the same time.

 

salaam

[A_Khadar]

Jacaylbaro;761346 wrote:

:D ,, xaajigii oo iska muraaqooday ,,, loool

Cuqdadaa ku yar..

[Mintid Farayar]

Ra'iisul wasaarihii hore ee Soomaaliya oo ka digay Ciidamada ka socda dalalka dariska ah ee galay Soomaaliya

 

Sabti, November 26, 2011 (HOL) − Ra'iisul wasaarihii hore ee Soomaaliya Maxamed C/llaahi Farmaajo ayaa sheegay in Soomaaliya aysan dani ugu jirin in ciidammo ka socda dalalka dariska ay galaan, isagoo sheegay in taasi ay xaaladda kasii dari karto.

 

Mudane Farmaajo ayaa hadalkan ku sheegay wareysi uu siiyay idaacadaha ku hadla afka Soomaaliga qaarkood isagoo ku sugan dalka Mareykanka, wuxuuna sheegay in ciidamada ka socda dlalaka Itoobiya iyo Kenya ay xoojin karaan awoodda Al-shabaab.

 

"Waan ogahay in Al-shabaab ay dhibaatooyin kawaddo gudaha dalka, balse anigu waxaan u arkaan in ciidamada dalalka dariska ah ay dhibaatada sii kordhinayaan, waayo iyagu waxay eeganayaan danahooda dhinaca ammaanka, balse Soomaalida dhibaatada ayay kusii kordhinaysaa," ayuu yiri Farmaajo.

 

Ra'iisul wasaarihii hore ee Soomaaliya oo dib ugu laabtay shaqadiisa markii heshiis awood-qaybsi oo ay dalka Uganda kusoo gaareen madaxweynaha Sheekh Shariif iyo afhayeenka baarlamaanka Shariif Xasan uu xilka uga dagay.

 

"Al-shabaab awooddeedii hoos ayay u dhacday, waxaana qabaa in looga adkaan karo iyadoo la kala jabiyo qaar ka mid ahna heshiisyo lala galo, balse uma arko in awood ciidan lagu burburin karo," ayuu yiri Farmaajo.

 

Ugu dambeyn, Farmaajo wuxuu ku baaqay in dowladda KMG ah ay xoojiso ciidamadeeda si ay u soo celiyaan ammaanka dalka, wuxuuna ugu baaqay inaanay ogolaan in ciidamada dalalka dariska ah ay gudaha u galaan dalka.

 

Hadalka ra'iisul wasaarihii hore ee Soomaaliya ayaa kusoo beegmaya iyadoo ay ku jiraan gudaha dalka ciidammo ka socda dalalka Uganda iyo Itoobiya, kuwaasoo la sheegay inay gudaha dalka kula dagaalamayaan Xarakada Al-shabaab.

 

Maxamed Xaaji Xuseen, Hiiraan Online

maxuseen@hiiraan.com

Muqdisho, Soomaliya

[Jiiroow Bakaal]

Somalia waa MUSQUL qof walba ku tuurta so why not Ethiopia when you let Foday Sankoy boys