Liibaan Posted June 21, 2009 Militants have been battling pro-government forces for three years Ethiopia rejects Somali request Ethiopia has refused a request by Somalia for military support to fight insurgents, saying such an intervention would need an international mandate. The Somali authorities have been battling Islamist insurgents who control much of the country. The speaker of Somalia's parliament had earlier urged neighbouring countries to send troops within 24 hours. Ethiopian troops helped topple an Islamist movement in Somalia in 2006, but were withdrawn earlier this year. On Saturday Somali parliamentary Speaker Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nur urged neighbouring Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Yemen to intervene as fierce fighting continued for a second day in the capital Mogadishu. But Ethiopian government spokesman Bereket Simon said that an international mandate was needed for such an intervention. He added that the international community, not just Somalia's neighbours, should assist its transitional government. Assassinations Somalia has been without an effective government since 1991. Its UN-backed transitional government controls only parts of Mogadishu, but little of the rest of the country. There are some 4,300 African Union troops deployed in Mogadishu, but they lack any mandate to pursue the insurgents. Pro-government forces have been fighting radical Islamist guerrillas in the capital since 7 May. On Friday, gunmen killed Mohamed Hussein Addow, an MP who represented the Karan district where fighting has been particularly intense in recent days. It was the third killing of a high-profile public figure in as many days. Somalia's security minister - an outspoken critic of the militant Islamist group al-Shabab - was killed in a suicide attack in the northern town of Beledweyne, and Mogadishu's police commander was also killed this week. Militant groups including al-Shabab, which is accused of links to al-Qaeda, have been trying to topple Somalia's government for three years. Some four million people in Somalia - or about one-third of the population - need food aid, according to aid agencies. Story from BBC NEWS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oromali Posted June 21, 2009 it is funny that ethiopia is saying NO to somalia and somalia is begging ethiopia for help. we heard about funny stories by ICU that they defeated ethiopia in 2008. the reality was ethiopia left after a peace deal. all the patriotic talk by ICU was fake. ethiopia can go in and out and in and out of somalia anyday, any minute they want the sad thing is, sheikh shaarif government is begging ethiopia to come into somalia. even the puntland abdullahi never begged ethiopia!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NASSIR Posted June 21, 2009 ^It's not a Somali request. The title is misleading to say the least. It should have been, 'embattled transition-al government called for an urgent help' Oromoi, Ethiopia was defeated through political, military, and moral reasons--the three factors working in synergy. When Ethiopia was still in Mogadisho, the al-Shabaab resistance movement was in control of 2/3 of southern Somalia. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Emperor Posted June 21, 2009 Shame, now hypocrite Shariif is crying please Ethiopia help, please 'invade' Somalia, and it is even more shameful for him that Ethiopia is turning his begging/request down Lack of strategy, confusion and hopelessness appears on the face of Sheikh Shariif, this is far worse than defeat, it is a humiliation by Hassan Dahir against his former useful toy, I am even starting to feel sorry for the hypocrite... Enough is enough, Hassan Dahir should be stopped... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rudy-Diiriye Posted June 21, 2009 What really gets me about this loser sheikh sharif is this! Yesterday, hes wearing a xamiis and cimaamad and nowadays, hes runny around like an ostrich with a suit and and a lil hat! What the hell hes gonna be running around and wearing next! a freaking thong! when the ethios come back to somalia..and believe me, they will be back. Just hold on this for about couple of weeks, u will see it. lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Belial Posted June 21, 2009 Sharif Amxaaar <- LOL Of course Ethiopia will re-enter Somalia. They are born liers. They did not reject the call from Sharif Amxaar. Time for Al-shabab and others faction to mobilize their fighter and buy some new weaponry. Allah Akbar! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
