Quick to Condemn, World Slow to respond to the Somali crises.
Mahdi Haile
June 24, 2009
The neighboring countries and the wider international community were quick to condemn and too slow to respond the appeal by the U.N. recognized Somali Transitional government to neighboring states and international community to send troops to the country within 24 hours.
Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur speaker of the parliament made the appeal as fierce fighting that has spread to the north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, continued for almost a week. tens of thousands of civilians have been forced from their homes after Alshabab -backed by foreign fighters launched a war campaign fallowed by assassination and suicide bombing against six months old Somali government.
While the neighboring countries and the international community continues to hotly debate how to respond the Somali government appeal, Al-Shabab, listed by the United States as a terrorist organization, has been gaining ground and vowed to topple the pro-western government and turn Somalia into an Islamic state. The Somali government says hundreds of foreign fighters, battle-hardened in Iraq and Afghanistan, are now pouring into the country to help al-Shabab.
It is far from clear whether the international community will respond, at least in part because there is a certain numbness that has developed when it comes to crisis in Somalia.
Historically, the international community has taken a hands-off approach to Somalia since 1993 UN intervention, except in cases where it served their immediate strategic interests. there is also this sentiment that seems to translate into fatalism: that Somalia will always have crises and that nothing can be done. If the AU is to deploy a much larger force it will protect the Somali government from collapsing and will weaken the insurgency. the support of the international community should be assistance in command and control, logistics and financial support for any troops deployed by neighboring countries. The international community needs to know that the Somali crises give birth piracy and now is becoming a haven for," Al-Qaida. Therefore the world needs to respond to the Somali government appeal and act swiftly.
Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur speaker of the parliament made the appeal as fierce fighting that has spread to the north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, continued for almost a week. tens of thousands of civilians have been forced from their homes after Alshabab -backed by foreign fighters launched a war campaign fallowed by assassination and suicide bombing against six months old Somali government.
While the neighboring countries and the international community continues to hotly debate how to respond the Somali government appeal, Al-Shabab, listed by the United States as a terrorist organization, has been gaining ground and vowed to topple the pro-western government and turn Somalia into an Islamic state. The Somali government says hundreds of foreign fighters, battle-hardened in Iraq and Afghanistan, are now pouring into the country to help al-Shabab.
It is far from clear whether the international community will respond, at least in part because there is a certain numbness that has developed when it comes to crisis in Somalia.
Historically, the international community has taken a hands-off approach to Somalia since 1993 UN intervention, except in cases where it served their immediate strategic interests. there is also this sentiment that seems to translate into fatalism: that Somalia will always have crises and that nothing can be done. If the AU is to deploy a much larger force it will protect the Somali government from collapsing and will weaken the insurgency. the support of the international community should be assistance in command and control, logistics and financial support for any troops deployed by neighboring countries. The international community needs to know that the Somali crises give birth piracy and now is becoming a haven for," Al-Qaida. Therefore the world needs to respond to the Somali government appeal and act swiftly.
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