Tuesday, June 29, 2010
An Al-Shabaab Narco-Terrorism Connection?
The Al-Qaeda linked Somali Islamist group Al-Shabaab is now said to be raising funds through the trade of khat, a narcotic green leaf, Dutch media reports.The Netherlands and the United Kingdom are the only two Western countries where it is legal to import the narcotic. According to Swedish police estimates, about 80% of the khat imported to Schiphol airport in Amsterdam is smuggled into surrounding countries.In an interview with a Dutch radio station, one Swedish former khat smuggler just released from prison, said that he used to be involved in sending money to Al-Shabaab. The ex-smuggler, who spent seven years as the right hand man of a Somali drug lord, estimated that twenty thousand Euros per week were sent to Somalia—eventually making its way to Al-Shabaab leaders seeking new sources of revenue to pay its militants.Swedish police official Stefan Kalman said that the Swedish secret service recently received information that several Somali groups in the khat trade have joined Al-Shabaab. He described the khat trade as a great opportunity for Al-Shabaab to raise money.Swedish MEP Olle Schmidt said that the position of the Netherlands on khat is a problem, and that he hopes that the new information about the link between the drug's trade and terrorism will be a "wake up call for the Dutch government."The issue of narco-terrorism is a growing problem, not only for European law enforcement, but for U.S. officials as well. In 2002, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) established the Counter-Narco-terrorism Operations Center (CNTOC). This division of the DEA has cracked several cases since its establishment.As recently as December of 2009, the DEA arrested several individuals suspected of trafficking cocaine throughout Africa as part of a narco-terrorism conspiracy. The men, Oumar Issa, Harouna Toure and Idriss Abdelrahman, have been indicted in New York for conspiracy to provide material support to both Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).In a March 2010 Congressional testimony before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs Anthony P. Placido, Assistant Administrator for Intelligence for the DEA, summed up the narco-terrorism phenomenon:"As insurgents and terrorists become more heavily involved in the drug trade, hybrid organizations are emerging. These hybrids have morphed into one part terrorist organization, one part global drug trafficking cartel."Palcido emphasized that these narco-terrorist groups, "represent the most significant security challenge facing governments worldwide." IPT News
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Ex-Somali Police Commissioner General Mohamed Abshir
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
Somalia army parade 1979
Sultan Kenadid
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Sultanate of Obbia
President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,
Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan
Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
Sultanate of Warsengeli
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
Siad Barre ( A somali Hero )
MoS Moments of Silence
honor the fallen
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie
Beautiful handshake
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
The Honourable Ronald Reagan,
When our world changed forever
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.
Soomaaliya الصومال Somali Republic
Somalia
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