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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17386161Ethiopian forces have launched a military assault on positions inside Eritrea, Ethiopian officials have said.
Etiopia kertoo hyökänneensä Eritreaan
julkaistu tänään 15.3. klo 17:27, päivitetty tänään 15.3. klo 17:36
Etiopian joukot ovat hyökänneet useaan kohteeseen naapurimaa Eritreassa. Etiopialaisviranomaisten mukaan kohteina olivat tukikohdat, joissa koulutettiin terroristeja tekemään iskuja Etiopian puolelle.
Etiopian hallituksen tiedottajan mukaan kolmeen tukikohtaan tehdyissä hyökkäyksissä kuoli ihmisiä. Hän ei kuitenkaan täsmentänyt kuolleiden määrää tai kansallisuutta. Hyökkäysten yhteydessä Etiopian joukot myös ottivat kiinni eritrealaisterroristeja, sanoo tiedottaja.
Eritrea ei ole kommentoinut Etiopian kertomia tietoja.
Maiden väliset suhteet ovat kiristyneet viime viikkoina. Tammikuussa viisi länsimaista matkailijaa kuoli aseistautuneen joukon hyökkäyksessä Pohjois-Etiopiassa. Etiopia on syyttänyt surmista Eritreaa, mutta Eritrea on kiistänyt syytökset.
Etiopia ja Eritrea ovat taistelleet pitkään maiden välisestä rajasta. Vuosina 1998 - 2000 noin 80 000 ihmistä kuoli maiden välisessä rajasodassa.
Reuters, AFP
15.5.2012 klo 10:55 | päivitetty 15.5.2012 klo 11:03
Operaatio Atalanta iski Somalian maaperälle
Iskut valtuutettiin maaliskuussa.
EU:n joukot ovat tiistaina ensimmäistä kertaa iskeneet Somalian rannikolle operaatio Atalantassa. Merirosvousta kitkevä sotilasoperaatio sai viime maaliskuussa valtuudet tuhota ryöstäjien kalustoa Somalian rannikolla.
EU:n julkaiseman lausunnon mukaan isku tehtiin ilmasta ja joukot palasivat turvallisesti taistelualuksille. EU:n mukaan myöskään somalialaisia ei loukkaantunut iskussa.
Somalian hallitus on tahollaan hyväksynyt iskut.
- Uskomme, että tällä toimella EU:n merijoukot lisäävät painetta ja häiritsevät merirosvoja, sanoo komentaja Duncan Potts.
- Paikalliset somalialaiset asukkaat ja kalastajat - joista moni on kärsinyt paljon alueen merirosvoudesta - voivat luottaa, että keskitymme vain tunnettuihin merirosvokohteisiin.
Tvälups kirjoitti:Yhdysvallat lupaa miljoonien palkkioita Somalian islamistijohtajista
yle 7.6.2012 klo 17:30
Yhdysvallat on luvannut miljoonien palkkiot seitsemästä Somalian islamistijohtajasta. Al-Shabaab-järjestö hallitsee laajoja alueita Somaliasta.
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-melko erikoista, että Suomen UM maksaa tälle järjestölle avustusrahaa..?
Ulkomaat 5.10.2013 klo 10:47 | päivitetty 5.10.2013 klo 11:13
Al-Shabaab torjui länsimaiden iskun Somaliassa
Öinen helikopteri-isku ei onnistunut, sanoo Somaliassa toimiva al-Shabaab.
Ulkomaiset erikoisjoukot ovat iskeneet Somaliassa islamistisen al-Shabaab -ryhmän tukikohtaan.
Ryhmän edustaja kertoo, että isku epäonnistui. Al-Shabaabin edustajan Muhamed Abu Suleimanin mukaan joukkojen tavoitteena oli vallata talo, joka kuuluu ryhmittymän komentajalle.
- Talossa sisällä olleet taistelijamme vastasivat iskuun ja pelkurit pakenivat, Suleiman sanoo.
Iskussa kuoli yksi islamistitaistelija. Toistaikseksi ei ole tiedossa, minkä maiden joukot osallistuivat operaatioon.
Silminnäkijöiden mukaan erikoisjoukot saapuivat paikalle helikopterilla ja laukaustenvaihto kesti noin 15 minuuttia.
Isku tapahtui Barawan satamakaupungissa, jonka satamaa al-Shabaab hallitsee. Kaupungin asukkaiden mukaan ryhmän sotilaita oli liikkeellä runsaasti lauantaiaamuna.
Al-Shabaab on ottanut vastuun ostoskeskukseen viime kuussa Keniassa tehdystä iskusta, jossa kuoli 67 ihmistä.
Somaliassa toimii useiden maiden joukkoja, jotka ovat viime kuukausina yrittäneet horjuttaa al-Shabaabin asemaa. Länsimaat ovat huolissaan, että Somalia vajoaa kaaokseen ja muodostuu alustaksi islamistimilitanttien toiminnalle.
Lähteet:
AFP, Reuters, AP
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/09/us-raid-al-shabaab-somalia-navy-sealsHow the US raid on al-Shabaab in Somalia went wrong
The Seals took up positions inside the house's compound, according to a report by NBC, which continued: "Then a lone al-Shabaab fighter walked out into plain view, smoked a cigarette, and went back inside, one source familiar with the details of the raid said. The fighter played it cool, and gave no indication that he had spotted the Seals. But he came back out shooting, firing rounds from an AK-47 assault rifle."
The element of surprise had been lost and al-Shabaab's fighters unleashed gunfire and grenades in a cacophony that rang out across the town, murdering sleep before dawn prayers. But the Americans continued on the offensive, according to an elder who did not wish to be named. "The attackers from the US divided into two groups," he said. "Group one, comprising six men, stormed the house and began shooting the people inside it, while group two, also of at least six men, were staying outside the house. The worst shooting took place inside where one al-Shabaab fighter was killed. Al-Shabaab had more fighters inside and they fought extremely hard against the Americans."......
Ugandan peacekeepers' bosses 'sold' guns in Somalia
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni was shocked to learn from soldiers returning from Somalia peace operations that their commanders may have sold guns and bullets in Mogadishu.
Uganda has troops serving in the African Union peace mission in Somalia (Amisom).
The revelations were made during a meeting at an army training school in central Uganda last week.
A nervous Museveni chased away all the commanders from the meeting, except the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Katumba Wamala, in order to allow the returning Amisom soldiers to speak out freely.
Some of the soldiers who were in the meeting revealed how they gave President Museveni harrowing testimonies after their bosses were out of earshot.
He asked the soldiers under Ugabag 10 (Uganda’s latest returning Amisom contingent) to freely tell him their experiences in the war-torn Somalia.
The troops were at first hesitant. Realising the soldiers’ discomfort stemmed from the presence of their commanders, the president ordered all the bosses out of the meeting hall.
Immediately the commanders left the hall, the soldiers opened up.
They told the President vivid details of how they often fought the Al-Shabaab on battle fronts without food and when it was provided, it would, on many occasions, be stale.
Some of the soldiers described their commanders as ‘opposition sympathisers hiding in the army'.
A soldier (names withheld) from air defence, reportedly told the President that about 60 troops in his unit were never paid their allowance for September last year and yet the money was released, but when they inquired why they had not been paid, their commanders threatened to send them back home.
Serving in Somalia is much coveted by soldiers because it offers much better remuneration.
Soldiers from the 45th Battalion told the President how they were given rotten or stale rations while their commanders sold the good food in the market, forcing them to rely on their counterparts from other countries for food.
More rot
Another soldier (names withheld) reportedly told the President Museveni how one of the commanders, now on suspension and under investigations by the military, used to force him to sign and acknowledge receipt of fuel even when the delivery trucks were empty. And that whenever he refused, he was threatened.
Our military sources said soldiers poured out their hearts to the President, saying often, armoured vehicles were not used in battle, except for public relations gimmicks in Mogadishu.
They said their commanders did not want to use battle tanks because they consume a lot of fuel and this would leave little or no fuel for sale to the market.
The commanders would requisition fuel for the tanks but sell it instead.
President Museveni, who had reportedly closed his eyes while listening to the nerve-wrecking testimonies of his foot soldiers, opened his eyes wide when he heard that some of the commanders traded in guns and bullets with the Somali civilians, who could even have included agents of Al-Shabaab militants, who the Amisom were battling in Somalia.
Some soldiers reportedly told the President that they were tempted not to raise any questions because they thought Museveni was aware of their suffering since the commanders were closer to him than the ordinary soldiers.
After listening to the distressing tales from his troops, the President reportedly apologised, saying “sorry for everything that happened to you there [Somalia]. I know it now and I promise I am going to handle those traitors who tarnished Uganda’s name.”
The President was also reportedly upset that despite the heavy funding the government gives to intelligence agencies, they had failed to give him such vital information.
President Museveni reportedly told his troops that he had been spending a lot of money on intelligence “who do nothing and yet there is that good free information” and that he was surprised some military officers could even sell guns and bullets.
When contacted for comment about the soldiers’ testimonies to the president, the Defence ministry spokesman Lt Col Paddy Ankunda, said “I never attended that meeting and I have not been privy to what was discussed.”
When informed about some of the allegations, Lt Col Ankunda said: “Those are serious allegations, I don’t have a first account of what was discussed.”
http://www.africareview.com/News/Ug...2040906/-/format/xhtml/-/9edwfbz/-/index.html
How bad is it? “In April of 2011 the U.N. determined that 90 percent of all 12.7 x 108 millimeter ammunition [in Mogadishu] was from an AMISOM stock created in 2010,” Pelton revealed. “An RPG captured from al-Shabab was analyzed and determined to have been delivered by DynCorp to the Ministry of Defense in Uganda. The contract was to supply weapons and ammunition to the Ugandan forces in Mogadishu.”
With the U.S. effectively arming both sides of the conflict, the Somalia fighting could go on … well, forever, absent major reform. This at a time when war-torn Somalia desperately needs some peace in order to cope with the worst drought in decades.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/08/u-s-weapons-now-in-somali-terrorists-hands/