UGANDA’S PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has vowed to crush Somalia’s al-Shabab group which claimed responsibility for Sunday’s bomb blasts in Kampala that killed 76 people.At his home in Uganda, the president said yesterday that he wanted to send up to 20,000 troops to Somalia to “eliminate” the hardline Islamist group.“I am optimistic that these numbers will be raised now – especially now – because these people have provoked the world more than before. And I can assure you they have invited a lot of problems for themselves,” he said.Ugandan troops are part of a 6,100-strong African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia which is supporting the fragile transitional government in Mogadishu.“We were just in Mogadishu to guard the airport and the presidential palace – that was all. We are going to go on the offensive and go for all who did this in all areas, starting here,” said Mr Museveni. Al-Shabab said yesterday it was ready to “unleash a new tide of terror. This is only the beginning”.When asked how many troops Uganda could immediately deploy to the Horn of Africa nation, army spokesman Felix Kulayigye said it would be “battalion strong, 600-1,000 troops”.He said Uganda would have to call on other countries in the region to boost the force, which would take on more of a peace-enforcing role than a peace-keeping one, requiring a change in mandate of the current African Union mission.The Ugandan opposition has called for a complete withdrawal of the country’s troops, while enthusiasm for any increase in numbers was absent from the streets of Kampala.“Somalia might be on the same continent but it is not our country,” said Silver Sewanyana.“Ugandans want their troops home and they’ve wanted it for a while.”Between 1993 and 1995, the US led a major military intervention in Somalia, which ended in failure after the battle of Mogadishu in October 1993 that left 18 American soldiers dead. US special forces had sought the capture of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who had attacked peacekeeping forces. Public opinion soon turned against the mission as pictures of dead American servicemen were shown being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.Aidid died in 1996 of gunshot wounds. However, this time the circumstances were different, said Mr Kulayigye. “In 1993, the Americans went after a popular warlord. This time, the Somali population are being held hostage. We are going to help them.”
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Museveni vows revenge on Somali group over blasts
UGANDA’S PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has vowed to crush Somalia’s al-Shabab group which claimed responsibility for Sunday’s bomb blasts in Kampala that killed 76 people.At his home in Uganda, the president said yesterday that he wanted to send up to 20,000 troops to Somalia to “eliminate” the hardline Islamist group.“I am optimistic that these numbers will be raised now – especially now – because these people have provoked the world more than before. And I can assure you they have invited a lot of problems for themselves,” he said.Ugandan troops are part of a 6,100-strong African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia which is supporting the fragile transitional government in Mogadishu.“We were just in Mogadishu to guard the airport and the presidential palace – that was all. We are going to go on the offensive and go for all who did this in all areas, starting here,” said Mr Museveni. Al-Shabab said yesterday it was ready to “unleash a new tide of terror. This is only the beginning”.When asked how many troops Uganda could immediately deploy to the Horn of Africa nation, army spokesman Felix Kulayigye said it would be “battalion strong, 600-1,000 troops”.He said Uganda would have to call on other countries in the region to boost the force, which would take on more of a peace-enforcing role than a peace-keeping one, requiring a change in mandate of the current African Union mission.The Ugandan opposition has called for a complete withdrawal of the country’s troops, while enthusiasm for any increase in numbers was absent from the streets of Kampala.“Somalia might be on the same continent but it is not our country,” said Silver Sewanyana.“Ugandans want their troops home and they’ve wanted it for a while.”Between 1993 and 1995, the US led a major military intervention in Somalia, which ended in failure after the battle of Mogadishu in October 1993 that left 18 American soldiers dead. US special forces had sought the capture of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid, who had attacked peacekeeping forces. Public opinion soon turned against the mission as pictures of dead American servicemen were shown being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu.Aidid died in 1996 of gunshot wounds. However, this time the circumstances were different, said Mr Kulayigye. “In 1993, the Americans went after a popular warlord. This time, the Somali population are being held hostage. We are going to help them.”
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Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
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President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,
Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan
Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
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Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
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honor the fallen
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie
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May Allah bless him and give Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre..and The Honourable Ronald Reagan
Honorable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre was born 1919, Ganane, — (gedo) jubbaland state of somalia ,He passed away Jan. 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) President of Somalia, from 1969-1991 He has been the great leader Somali people in Somali history, in 1975 Siad Bare, recalled the message of equality, justice, and social progress contained in the Koran, announced a new family law that gave women the right to inherit equally with men. The occasion was the twenty –seventh anniversary of the death of a national heroine, Hawa Othman Tako, who had been killed in 1948 during politbeginning in 1979 with a group of Terrorist fied army officers known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).Mr Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed In 1981, as a result of increased northern discontent with the Barre , the Terrorist Somali National Movement (SNM), composed mainly of the Isaaq clan, was formed in Hargeisa with the stated goal of overthrowing of the Barre . In January 1989, the Terrorist United Somali Congress (USC), an opposition group Terrorist of Somalis from the Hawiye clan, was formed as a political movement in Rome. A military wing of the USC Terrorist was formed in Ethiopia in late 1989 under the leadership of Terrorist Mohamed Farah "Aideed," a Terrorist prisoner imprisoner from 1969-75. Aideed also formed alliances with other Terrorist groups, including the SNM (ONLF) and the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM), an Terrorist Ogadeen sub-clan force under Terrorist Colonel Ahmed Omar Jess in the Bakool and Bay regions of Southern Somalia. , 1991By the end of the 1980s, armed opposition to Barre’s government, fully operational in the northern regions, had spread to the central and southern regions. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis fled their homes, claiming refugee status in neighboring Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. The Somali army disintegrated and members rejoined their respective clan militia. Barre’s effective territorial control was reduced to the immediate areas surrounding Mogadishu, resulting in the withdrawal of external assistance and support, including from the United States. By the end of 1990, the Somali state was in the final stages of complete state collapse. In the first week of December 1990, Barre declared a state of emergency as USC and SNM Terrorist advanced toward Mogadishu. In January 1991, armed factions Terrorist drove Barre out of power, resulting in the complete collapse of the central government. Barre later died in exile in Nigeria. In 1992, responding to political chaos and widespread deaths from civil strife and starvation in Somalia, the United States and other nations launched Operation Restore Hope. Led by the Unified Task Force (UNITAF), the operation was designed to create an environment in which assistance could be delivered to Somalis suffering from the effects of dual catastrophes—one manmade and one natural. UNITAF was followed by the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM). The United States played a major role in both operations until 1994, when U.S. forces withdrew. Warlordism, terrorism. PIRATES ,(TRIBILISM) Replaces the Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre administration .While the terrorist threat in Somalia is real, Somalia’s rich history and cultural traditions have helped to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism. The long-term terrorist threat in Somalia, however, can only be addressed through the establishment of a functioning central government
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His Excellency ambassador Dr. Maxamed Saciid Samatar (Gacaliye)
Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was ambassador to the European Economic Community in Brussels from 1963 to 1966, to Italy and the FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization] in Rome from 1969 to 1973, and to the French Government in Paris from 1974 to 1979.
Dr. Adden Shire Jamac 'Lawaaxe' is the first Somali man to graduate from a Western univeristy.
Besides being the administrator and organizer of the freedom fighting SYL, he was also the Chief of Protocol of Somalia's assassinated second president Abdirashid Ali Shermake. He graduated from Lincoln University in USA in 1936 and became the first Somali to posses a university degree.
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