GADDAFI DESCRIBES ACCUSED SOMALI PIRATES AS HEROES
Kanini Evans Kariuki
September 28, 2009
DURING the UN General Assembly meeting of September 2009, His Excellency Muamar Gaddafi, current chairman of the AU and leader of the great Jamahiriya of Libya, delivered a 90-minute speech in which he addressed the injustices and slavery activities perpetrated by the colonialists against Africans.
In his no-nonsense speech, the Libyan strongman described the accused Somalia pirates as heroes protecting their marine resources, and who were rightfully confronting foreigners engaged in the obnoxious exercise of dumping toxic waste in Somalia.
The Somali Government failed to put across the claim of requesting compensation for the looting of their marine resources, and the unfathomable damage the toxic waste was causing on the marine ecology of the Somalia territorial waters.
The Somali Government presentation at the UN fell short of addressing its crisis which encompasses terrorism, sea piracy and the plight of the Somali nationals in and out of the war-torn Horn of Africa nation.
Although the Americans were highly successful in targeting the suspect of the shocking Kikambala Mombasa hotel trinitrotoluene in which 13 people died, and who had also unsuccessfully tried to down an Israeli Jetliner sometimes back, the Americans breakthrough in smashing terror was however overshadowed by the subsequent suicide bombing of the African peace-keeping forces in Somalia, in which the second commandant of the forces perished along with 20 Ugandans, Burundians and Somalis, while over 30 others were injured.
In this connection, the Al-Shabaab feel that they have inflicted upon the Americans and the Somali Government, drastic damage and heroic vengeance for their brothers who were killed by the Americans.
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AL-SHABAAB AND SHEIKH TURKI GROUP IN KISMAYU
There is a stand-off between these two groups in the Kismayu area, located 500 Kilometres South of Mogadishu- which is the second main sea port in Somalia, and which was constructed by the Americans.
In my previous articles, I predicted that the Al-Shabaab and Hisbul–Islam will in the end confront each other and end up fighting.
This scenario is now on the horizon, as the confrontation boils into the surface in Kismayu, following a move by the Al-Shabaab to nominate a new administration for the area without the consultation and participation of the Turki and Annola groups.
The Igaad, AU, UN, the Arab league, EU, USA and other stakeholders of the Somali Reconciliation process, should urgently review the current development of Somalia and formulate a well- calculated plan of solving the crisis.
The first initiative that should be taken by the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), is to reshuffle the cabinet, followed by the establishment of the Supreme Court and strengthening of the security apparatus, coupled with the sustainable budget that covers the salaries and legislators facilities for the Transitional Federal institutions.
This can be enhanced by recruiting the old senior civil servants and security forces plus the security agents trained by the TFG.
The old or veteran civil servants, security and military officers will then train the young graduates and newly-recruited security and military officers.
The Somali Government has to launch public awareness campaigns through the media, focusing on the rehabilitation of the youth and creation of job opportunities, as well as the provision of skills–training programs geared towards offering employment to the strayed and misguided youths after brainwashing them.
In his no-nonsense speech, the Libyan strongman described the accused Somalia pirates as heroes protecting their marine resources, and who were rightfully confronting foreigners engaged in the obnoxious exercise of dumping toxic waste in Somalia.
The Somali Government failed to put across the claim of requesting compensation for the looting of their marine resources, and the unfathomable damage the toxic waste was causing on the marine ecology of the Somalia territorial waters.
The Somali Government presentation at the UN fell short of addressing its crisis which encompasses terrorism, sea piracy and the plight of the Somali nationals in and out of the war-torn Horn of Africa nation.
Although the Americans were highly successful in targeting the suspect of the shocking Kikambala Mombasa hotel trinitrotoluene in which 13 people died, and who had also unsuccessfully tried to down an Israeli Jetliner sometimes back, the Americans breakthrough in smashing terror was however overshadowed by the subsequent suicide bombing of the African peace-keeping forces in Somalia, in which the second commandant of the forces perished along with 20 Ugandans, Burundians and Somalis, while over 30 others were injured.
In this connection, the Al-Shabaab feel that they have inflicted upon the Americans and the Somali Government, drastic damage and heroic vengeance for their brothers who were killed by the Americans.
CONFRONTATION BETWEEN AL-SHABAAB AND SHEIKH TURKI GROUP IN KISMAYU
There is a stand-off between these two groups in the Kismayu area, located 500 Kilometres South of Mogadishu- which is the second main sea port in Somalia, and which was constructed by the Americans.
In my previous articles, I predicted that the Al-Shabaab and Hisbul–Islam will in the end confront each other and end up fighting.
This scenario is now on the horizon, as the confrontation boils into the surface in Kismayu, following a move by the Al-Shabaab to nominate a new administration for the area without the consultation and participation of the Turki and Annola groups.
The Igaad, AU, UN, the Arab league, EU, USA and other stakeholders of the Somali Reconciliation process, should urgently review the current development of Somalia and formulate a well- calculated plan of solving the crisis.
The first initiative that should be taken by the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), is to reshuffle the cabinet, followed by the establishment of the Supreme Court and strengthening of the security apparatus, coupled with the sustainable budget that covers the salaries and legislators facilities for the Transitional Federal institutions.
This can be enhanced by recruiting the old senior civil servants and security forces plus the security agents trained by the TFG.
The old or veteran civil servants, security and military officers will then train the young graduates and newly-recruited security and military officers.
The Somali Government has to launch public awareness campaigns through the media, focusing on the rehabilitation of the youth and creation of job opportunities, as well as the provision of skills–training programs geared towards offering employment to the strayed and misguided youths after brainwashing them.
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