From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Sun Aug 09 2009 - 06:40:55 EDT
Somalia: Hillary Clinton's lack of motherhood instinct [Opinion]
Aug 9, 2009 - 6:41:24 AM
By Abdikarim H. Abdi Buh
http://www.garoweonline.com/artman2/publish/Opinion_20/Somalia_Hillary_Clint
on_s_lack_of_motherhood_instinct.shtml
Today's meeting between the US foreign secretary and Sharif Ahmed at the
American Embassy in Nairobi is just another slap in the face of the innocent
Somalis who are sacrificed at the altar by the daily bombardment of AMISOM
troops and the defeated TFG militia who are jointly bankrolled by America in
furthering its insane policy of terrorism containment. It was not a meeting
between a head of a state and a Secretary of a state but a briefing of an
operative by his handlers. This was a prearranged public relations exercise
intended to shore up the unfavorable image of American policy in the Horn
that went wrong and made American policy a laughing stock - for reasons
unknown to Somalis and the people of the Horn the Americans just become
intellectually bankrupt when addressing the Somali question in particular
and the horn in general.
The war in Somalia at this juncture seems superficially to the unseasoned
eye like the previous civil wars initiated by the love of the international
community to impose a foreign TFG on Somalis and propagated by the
uncompromising international community's blind love to win no matter how
expensive is the human cost, black man's blood has no value, but this time
there is a healthy, national, native and disciplined resistance groups who
are out there to reclaim what is their right - to break the cycle of civil
wars, to save the country and its people once and for all from cheap, short
- term, selfish and often destructive foreign interventions.
The wisdom of Hillary" medicine of fire is more fire":- 80 more tons will
just be right
The current defeated TFG can't control even few blocks in Mogadishu without
the help of AMISON occupation forces whose mandate is only known to the US
that lets them go away unpunished with their daily indiscriminate
bombardment of civilian areas. These genocidal and terrorist forces have
made a habit to distribute artillery barrage to the most densely populated
districts of Mogadishu with the intent to murder the maximum number of
innocent civilians when the Islamists forces are right at their faces - if
this is not the worst terrorism act in history then I fail to understand the
meaning of the word according to the newspeak/double standard of modern
American politics.
Despite the generous funneling of weapons through Ethiopia and Uganda on top
of the $150 million earmarked for AMISOM, Sheikh Sharif's TFG stands to
have no constituents inside the country and is seen to be losing the
artificial credibility ,which it never hard at home, at a very fast rate.
The mid June shipment of 40 tons from the US ended at the weapons and
ammunitions market in Mogadishu as there are no willing soldiers to fight
for the TFG and the coming 80 tons for sure won't change an iota of the
reality on the ground because the TFG really doesn't exist beyond paper.
It is sad to learn that a mother who represents a country that prides itself
as being the leader of the free world blatantly colludes in arming and
financing notorious TFG militia who are famed for rape of women and
children, killing of civilians, blocking food aid from displaced people and
etc. The three Kilometers the TFG Militia operate in Mogadishu is where
exclusively the most horrendous human rights violations take place and
unfortunately the women bear the brunt of the wicked deeds of the men the US
secretary of state is rewarding - rapists and social misfits should not be
rewarded. It should be clear to every concerned individual, human rights
organization in particular, that despite a lot of warning from within and
without the continuation of this faceless unconditional American policy of
support to the TFG is nothing more than a mass slaughter of the Somali
civilians in a broad day light.
Let my people go: - give them the chance to mend their broken nation in
their own way
Clinton said that the U.S. is concerned that "al-Shabab not only uses
foreign fighters and foreign money but foreign ideas in its attack on the
people of Somalia." Is the secretary confused TFG with al-shabab? I guess
so! because the TFG is the one that uses foreign fighters, 6000 well armed
AMISOM contingent and countless Ethiopian troops, gets foreign money of
which the Brussels donation was the latest, always trained by AMISON and the
American forces in Djibouti, in the latest foreign ideas of collective
punishment and genocide cover up - a barbaric technique practiced and
perfected in Mogadishu with impunity.
The negative propaganda churned out by the US media regarding Eretria is
just an insult to the intelligence of the Somalis and the people of the
region. It is the USA and Ethiopia who are militarily involved in Somalia
since 1992 and it is a weird irony that they accuse Eretria in meddling in
the Somali affairs. It is high time for America to realize that the time has
come for it to wash her hands off Somali affairs because its policy failures
is needlessly killing so many innocent children, women and elderly people at
a rate not seen before unless America is on revenge mission of their
humiliating withdrawal in 1993 "Black Hawk Down" incident in which two U.S.
helicopters were downed and 18 servicemen killed.
On the contrary the Al- Shabab and the other Islamists in the opposition run
and control most of southern regions including Mogadishu, with the exception
of three Kilometers, with consent and produced efficiently the most after
sought commodity - peace and tranquility- at a locally affordable and
sustainable price. They managed to tame the war profiteers who used to make
money out of expired medications and food stuffs by burning such products
and fining the perpetrators heavily which served as a good deterrence
against socially irresponsible business transactions - the burning of a
shipload of expired flour last week in Mogadishu is the latest penalty. Al-
Shabab is secretive organization for genuine reason but is continuously
changing and revamping itself - the new white flag which signifies peace and
their road rebuilding and street cleaning campaign in Mogadishu is just the
first step. Robbery and killing of civilians by marauding gangs was stopped
in its tracks with in no time after the gangs realized they have to pay a
high price if caught - amputations of limps or death. Residents of Mogadishu
and its vicinity have no worries about the drug stoned young gangs anymore
and are quite happy to taste the fruits of the Islamist Sharia courts in
practice. Civilians flee from TFG areas in their thousands to Al-Shabab and
Islamists controlled areas which is in a stark contrast to what the American
media is preaches.
Where the doomsday whistle blowers were when the gangs were raping and
killing innocent civilians by their hundreds at will daily for eighteen
years? Since when the infamous gang's worthless life turned in to human
rights abuse at the expense of their victims? Since when enforcing law and
order in a lawless society at community level is labeled as extremism?
Thanks to Al-Shabab and the other Islamists the internally displaced people
in and around Mogadishu are well looked after and no case of rape, robbery
or killing was reported because no one, other than Islamist soldiers, dares
to carry a fire arms in the area under their jurisdiction. The foot soldiers
of the Islamists are people who have principles and conviction that can't be
corrupted or tempted by any material worldly gains and as such a paper
tiger, America, can't intimidate them - they are men with a noble mission
who are prepared to sacrifice their life for the wellbeing of their country
and religion.
The war of re- liberation of Somalia started in the Christmas of 2006 when
the President Bush's hired gun, Ethiopia, was given the green light to
invade Somalia as their charismas present. When the Americans were
bombarding from the air and sea and the Ethiopian troops chasing them on the
ground those young Muslims who responded to Somalia's hour of need were
handful of volunteers equipped with no more than an AK47 and as such only
contributed moral support as their number never exceeded at the height of
the war more than three hundred fighters. To accuse AL- Shabab and the
Islamists of using foreign fighters is completely misplaced, misleading and
utterly irrational because most of the young foreign fighters are married to
Somali women and as such can't be called foreign unless America is resorting
back to its racist history to coin a new abusive word to create segregation
among the Somali people.
Conclusion and recommendations
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, welcomed Clinton's meeting with Ahmed, saying, "The
Somali people are sick and tired of violence which has destroyed their
lives."
Yes! The Somalis are sick and tired of violence but can the two Ahmed's who
fan and sponsor the fires of unwinnable war stay away from Somalia?
TFG is already defeated and confined only to the installations of AMISON
troops but there is a chance to avoid unnecessary further bloodshed if
Ugandan and Burundian regimes put their brothers and sisters interest at the
top of their agenda instead of entertaining the interest of America in the
competence of mercenary. The war which is about to start, as Sheikh Rage ,
the spokesman of the Islamists stated, will be aimed only at AMISOM troops,
who are seen to have chosen sides- TFG over the opposition. AMISOM troops
are in Mogadishu without clear mandate and as things stand they appear to be
the major factor behind the ongoing burning of Mogadishu and as such are
increasingly becoming a legitimate target in the eyes of the opposition.
The only way forward is for America to come up with a policy change and
leave for the Somalis to sort out their country's problem as military
intervention and foreign sponsored TFG governments failed over the best part
of the last two decades.
Abdikarim Haji Abdi Buh
Email: abdikarimbuh@yahoo.com <mailto:abdikarimbuh@yahoo.com>
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