Ethiopian troops to leave Somalia soon

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Ethiopian troops to leave Somalia soon

 

Posted by Capital FM on January 28, 2012

 

ADDIS ABABA, Jan 28 – Ethiopian Prime Minster Meles Zenawi said Friday he would pull troops out of Somalia “as soon as feasible,” admitting for the first time that forces had crossed into the war-torn neighbouring country.

“The decision has all along been to help the TFG and we will withdraw our troops as soon as feasible,” Meles told reporters in the Ethiopian capital, referring to Somalia’s transitional government.

“We are not going to create a vacuum, we expect the AMISOM troops to be able to fill in the gaps before we withdraw,” he added.

Columns of Ethiopian soldiers rolled into Somalia in November to fight al-Qaeda linked Islamist rebels, but Addis Ababa had previously denied their presence.

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) has some 10,000 troops in the Somali capital Mogadishu to protect the fragile Western-backed Somali government.

On Tuesday, a Shebab suicide bomber blew himself at an Ethiopian army base in the central Somali town of Beledweyne.

Ethiopia first deployed troops in Somalia in 2006 to oust an Islamist movement that ruled much of southern Somalia, but withdrew three years later after failing to stamp out the group.

Armies from neighbouring countries are converging on the Shebab. Kenya sent in troops and tanks into southern Somalia in October to fight the rebels it accuses of carrying out cross-border raids and kidnappings.

The attack in Beledweyne was the latest in a string of blasts including roadside bombs and grenade explosions set off in recent months in the war-torn Horn of Africa nation.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

If the Ethiopians leave soon than the Ethiopian Military intervention was just a short term plan on the side of president sheikh sharif to get rid of Alshabaab and replace them with Amisom forces.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Ra'iisul wasaaraha Itoobiya oo sheegay inay Ciidamadiisu ka bixi doonaan Soomaaliya marka ay wareejiyaan goobaha ay qabsadeen

 

R/Waraha Itoobiya Meles Zenawi

 

Sabti, Jannaayo 28, 2012 (HOL) − Ra’isul wasaaraha, Itoobiya Meles Zenawi ayaa sheegay inuu ciidamadiisa kala bixi doono Soomaaliya, marka kuwa Midowga Afrika ay soo gaaraan meelaha haatan ciidamada Itoobiya ay gacanta ku hayaan.

"Waxaan rajeynayaa in ay ciidamada Amisom [midowga Afrika] awoodi doonaan in ay yimaadaan meelaha aan joogno in inta aanan ka bixin," ayuu yiri Meles Zenawi isagoo ku sugan magaalo madaxda wadankiisa ee Addis Ababa halkaasi oo uu ka soconaya shirka madaxda dalalka Africa.

 

Ciidamada dowlada Itoobiya ayaa Soomaaliya soo galay bishii October si ay baacsadaan kooxda Al-Shabab oo gacanta ku haysa meelo badan oo ka mid ah bartamaha iyo koonfurta Soomaaliya.

 

Todobaadyo ka hor ayaa ciidamada Itoobiya oo garabsiinayey maleeshiyaad Soomaali ah oo taabacsan dowlada Soomaaliya waxaa ay kooxda Al-Shabab kala wareegeen gacan ku haynta magaalada Beledweyne ee xarunta Gobolka Hiiraan, taasi oo muhiim u ah dhinacyo badan islamar ahaantaasina ay mudo sanado ah ka taliyeen maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabab.

 

Itoobiya ayaa waxaa ay ciidamo u dirtay Soomaaliya sanadkii 2006 si ay meesha uga saaraan maxkamadiihii islaamiga, waxaase ay ciiidamadeeda kala baxday 2009-kii kadib markii ay qasaarooyin culus ka soo gaareen dagaaladii ay la gashay kooxihii ka soo horjeeday.

 

Dagaalka ka dhanka ah kooxda Al-Shabab ayaa sababay in ay xiligaan Soomaaliya faragaliyaan wadamada dariska la’ah. Dowlada Kenya ayaa 3 bilood ka hor ciidamadeeda u dirtay gudaha Soomaaliya si ay u riixaan islamar ahaantaasina ay meesha uga saaraan maleeshiyaadka Al-Shabab oo ay ku eedeysay in ay wadankeeda afduub dad ka gaysteen, inkastoo Al-shabab taasi beenisa

[Dabrow]

They are heading towards the border with Eritrea. Melez is mobilising his troops for a war