Mercenaries and the Enemies of Peace in Somalia

With all of the suffering being experienced by the people of Somalia—as a result of the ongoing civil war inside the east African country—one must never lose sight of the fact that the actions certain foreign institutions, inside Somali national territory, are the root causes of the conflict in Somalia. For many years, the creation of a malleable Somali government had clearly been a most desirable outcome from the perspective of the United States Department of State, and by association, the governments of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda. Indeed, during recent years, and especially since the creation of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, as a result of the Nairobi process in 2004, we have witnessed a marked deterioration of the quality of life for the civilian population of Somalia.

The creation of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, in 2004, has proven to an unmitigated disaster from the perspective of the civilian population of Somalia. Acts of terrible violence have almost become a daily part of life for the civilian population of Somalia, and these acts of violence are a direct reaction to the presence of the much-hated Transitional Federal Government of Somalia on Somali soil. Can we really be surprised by the fact that the civilian population of Somalia resoundingly rejects a body, in the shape of the TFG, formed in neighbouring Kenya?

The president of the TFG, the quisling Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed, has made every effort imaginable to facilitate the annexation of all Somali national territory by the neighbouring states of Kenya and Ethiopia. Why else does he persistently call for the arrival of more foreign troops to assist him in his nefarious plans? Clearly this man does not serve in the best interests of the Somali people. And is it any wonder that an increasingly youthful army of patriotic volunteers is resisting the ideas of president Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed so vigorously?

The bitter experiences of the Iraqi civilian population, in recent times, provide enough evidence of the brutal methods being used by foreign troops. This particularly grim evidence is reason enough to support the idea that the occupying foreign troops are to be resisted at all costs by the Somali people. Reason should be allowed to prevail here. It is painfully obvious that the Somali civilians desire peace to prevail in their homeland, but, at the same time, it is quite obvious that the Somali people cannot abide by the idea that foreign troops are currently occupying their sacred homeland. For this reason, it is entirely reasonable that a long-suffering civilian population should wish for the demise of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.

The illegal nature of president Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed’s request for foreign troops to be deployed inside Somali national territory, and his foolish request for foreign warships to patrol Somali national waters is nothing more than an invitation for the spread of neo-colonial rule in Africa. The civilian population of Somalia is quite right to reject the racist ideals of the tyrannical Ethiopian regime in Addis-Ababa. It appears that the failed policies of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, with respect to Somali national territory, must be reversed if peace is to return to Somalia.

The Somali people must recall with horror the brutal and inhuman behaviour of the United Nations peacekeeping troops deployed in Somalia, as a part of the ridiculously named 'Operation Deliverance' mission, during the early 1990s. The scandalous conduct of Canadian soldiers in particular, when an entire army regiment, the Canadian Airborne Regiment, was eventually disbanded in disgrace as a result of the sickening sexual abuse and murder of Somali civilians under Canadian protection at the time, must never be forgotten. The death of one Somali youth, called Shidane Arone, in particular became embamatic of the human rights abuses perpetrated by the foreign troops then active in Somalia. Indeed, so damaging were the revalations of the public inquiery into what became infamously known as the 'Somali Affair' in Canada that this particular inquiery was eventually cut short by the liberal Canadian government of the day. In addition to this particular example, the Somali people must never forget the behaviour of both Italian and Belgian troops in Somalia during the early 1990s. There exists evidence that Italian troops, stationed in Somalia then, engaged in the systematic raping of Somali women under Italian protection at the time. And the Belgian troops were actually photographed burning Somali civilians, under Belgian protection, on open fires like pieces of butchered meat. These horrendous events are clearly examples of the degree of contempt with which Somali civilian life is held by the various foreign troops who are called to intervene in the internal affairs of the Somali nation.

The Somali people must never underestimate the bestial nature of mercenaries and foreign troops, and every effort must be made in order to prevent the foolish president of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia from realising his disgraceful aim of hosting foreign troops on Somali soil for an indefinite period of time.

The Quisling President of Somalia and The Dark Final Solution of the Somali Problem

Upon hearing a rumour that the quisling president of the TFG—Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed—is planning to resign from his current, and shameful, post in order to return to Puntland, where he plans to develop a breakaway fiefdom, I almost fell from my chair with laughter. This news has just reached me, and I must confess that for a moment I could not believe that Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed, even with his long record of dishonourable public conduct, could champion the final dismemberment of the Somali national territory.

I very quickly came to my senses by realising that Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed, the most cursed of all men on this earth, is a man without honour. This man does not respect the ancient cultural sensitivities of the Somali nation. Not a single drop of Somali patriotism flows through his veins, and for some unfathomable reason, he is able to justify any heinous act of betrayal, perpetrated against the Somali nation, with bewildering ease.

This is a man who is personally responsible for the deaths of thousands of Somali civilians during his long and bloody career as a Somali warlord. What is staggering about this particular personality is that Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed actually believes that he, and by extension the Somali nation, shall somehow benefit from the decades of servile loyalty that he had once shown to his erstwhile Ethiopian masters.

At a time when many of us have recently been defending Somali national interests against a particularly loathsome concept—proposed by a Kenyan charlatan-cum-lawyer by the name of Donald Kipkorir—that calls for the dismemberment of the Somali national territory by brutal means at the hands of the Kenyan and Ethiopian armed forces, the president of the TFG has been selfishly fighting for his own political survival. He does not seem to be aware of what is really going on around him. Somalia is in mortal danger. A dangerous concept, like the political disappearance of the Somali nation can only be realised if a suitably malleable person—like the quisling Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed—can be found in order to facilitate the central requirements of the final dismemberment of the Somali national territory for the benefit of hostile foreign powers.

As remarkable as it may seem, Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed seems to think that he shall somehow benefit from the act of supporting the foreign policy goals of Somalia’s hostile neighbours, both in Kenya and in Ethiopia. This man actually believes that by working for the benefit of both the Kenyan and Ethiopian governments, whether directly or indirectly, he and the Somali nation shall somehow find benefit. As remarkable as it may sound, this is the mindset that permits a man to invite the troops of hostile nations into the land of his birth. Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed cannot see that the final dismemberment of the Somali national territory is the only plausible outcome of his foolish actions. The quisling president of the TFG of Somalia cannot understand that the final dismemberment, and annexation of the Somali national territory by the Kenyan and Ethiopian governments is the end that he is unwittingly and slavishly working towards.

It is quite clear—from the tacit support being given to both the Kenyan and Ethiopian governments by the U.S. department of state—that the legitimate national interest of the Somali people are being trampled upon for nothing more than the fantastical claim that the Somali national territory has become a haven for terrorism. The fact of the matter is that the final dismemberment, and annexation, of the Somali national territory is intended to legitimise all the annexations of Somali national territory during the past 110 years by the criminal pseudo-states that happen to be the immediate neighbours of the Somali nation. In these dangerous times for the Somali nation, the ordinary people must be made to realise just how grave the situation really is. And, with God’s help, may the people of Somalia resist the criminal designs of the dark agents within their midst's.

Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed is playing a dangerous game, and he is happy to be gambling with the future of the Somali nation. The Somali people deserve far better than this particularly ugly form of political manipulation. The Somali people deserve leadership that can actually serve in the interest of the Somali nation, not the sort on offer by people like the illegitimate president of the TFG—Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed—who works exclusively for the benefit of foreign powers that are manifestly hostile to the legitimate interests of the Somali nation.

The dismemberment of Somalia

My response to the article by Donald Kipkorir, in the Daily Nation of Kenya, called ‘Why Kenya and Ethiopia ought to annex and divide Somalia’. This article was published on Friday 3rd of October 2008.

This particular article can be found by following the link:

http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/-/440808/476952/-/3lvt45/-/index.html

The ancient common law of the Somali people, despite its polycentric nature, has governed and regulated an ancient way of life on the Somali peninsula for well over a thousand years. In addition to the unique and ancient customs of the Somali people, one must remember the Shari’a Islam, a sophisticated and robust form of jurisprudence practiced all over the Somali peninsula.

The very idea of Kenyan strategic interest is based upon the assumption that the state of Kenya enjoys a degree of political and economic independence from the west. This is an erroneous assumption. It is quite clear, even to the most casual of observer, that the Kenya as an entity is a client state of the west. Therefore, the state of Kenya cannot be said to have definably strategic national interests that are, in any way, independent of western interests. This being the case, the dismemberment and annexation of Somalia can only be affected with the support and backing of the western powers.

Donald Kipkorir may choose to label certain Somali personalities as pirates, but it must be realised that the men in question call themselves the coastal guardians of Somalia. When considering the fact that Somalia has the longest coastline of all African nations, it is entirely reasonable that such a resource is guarded by a section of the Somali community. The practices, and exploits of the men who guard the national coast of Somalia are entirely legitimate, because the waters that these men protect are universally considered to be Somali national waters.

There has never been so much as a single shred of evidence, presented anywhere in the world, to prove that the Somali national territory has ever been a haven for terrorists of any description. The idea that Somalia is a haven of terrorism is baseless in the extreme. Furthermore, the tenuous nature of the perceived links between terrorism and people of who follow one religion in particular does not help anyone. On the other hand, the state of Kenya, due to the fact that the horrific events of 1998 happened in Nairobi, must be considered the classic example of a haven for terrorists. Surely a haven for terrorism is a place where terrorists are able to conduct their evil deeds without fear of detection or interception. Kenya has been such a place in the past, what is to say that Kenya is not such a place in the present?

The state of Kenya does not represent an existential threat to any nation. And, the state of Kenya certainly does not represent an existential threat to any of the Arab nations. In addition to this, one must be mindful of the fact that Somalia is not an Arab nation by definition. Donald Kipkorir, in surely a cheap and deliberate attempt to confuse, betrays his ignorance on more than one occasion in his article.

The annexation of Somali national territory has been attempted in the past, by various invading armies, and on numerous occasions with little success. Land is the most sacred of material possessions for an agro-pastoral society like that of the Somali nation. Any attempt, by a foreign army, to interfere with the Somali way of life shall be resisted violently. This is the message that history teaches us, and Donald Kipkorir would do well to heed this message.

Somalia exists so long as there are Somali people living on the earth. The legal-rational construct that is known as the state of Kenya is manifestly feeble, and potentially transient, when rigorously tested by adversity, as was made abundantly clear after the Kenyan elections of December 2007.

The idea of dismembering Somalia is surely an involuntary admission, on the part of Donald Kipkorir, that Somalia exists as a nation. It may not resemble the façade that is the state of Kenya, but the Somali nation exists and must be respected, especially by neighbouring countries. No amount of legal-rationalism can hide the fact that Donald Kipkorir, and those who have similar ideas, when they speak about the dismemberment of Somalia, are contemplating a crime.

Throughout history, the Somali people have consistently rejected the concept of the legal-rational state, as exemplified by the annexation of Texas in 1845, a case cited by Donald Kipkorir in his article. The western model of the legal-rational state is alien to the Somali people, and to all African people for that matter. The western model of the legal-rational state is the same model that gave the world Slavery, Apartheid, The Berlin Wall, and the global financial meltdown of September 2008. Donald Kipkorir should take a good look at himself, and perhaps he should ask himself in which direction the true, and strategic, national interest of the state of Kenya are to be found.

The death of a distinguished gentleman in Somalia

On the ninth day of July 2008, a few hours after the tragic event, I learned of the death of a friend. The victim had been a prominent businessman called Cali Jama Bixi in the Somali city of Galkacyo. I first came to know him when he lived in Mogadishu, many years ago. This man had been universally respected throughout Somalia. On this day, he was assassinated—shot to death by unidentified gunmen—early in the morning, as he went about his business. This was another high profile killing in the Mudug region of Somalia. There have been many horrible episodes, like this one, in the northern cities of Somalia during 2008.

Some people say that this campaign of assassination is a direct result of the policies of the current Somali president, Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed, a kinsman of all the recent victims in the state of Puntland, and a man who hails from the Mudug region. This campaign of murder is shocking to all members of Somali society. Never before, in the history of the Somali people, have the tactics of killerism been employed on the Somali peninsula. The deliberate targeting of ordinary civilians, for this type of violent attack, are being directed against president Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed's own family. The numerous murders that have been committed, by the unknown gunmen, are being carried out with chilling efficiency, and it is very probable that we shall continue to hear about such cases, so long as the president of the TFG of the Somali republic pursues policies that harm the people of the Somali peninsula.

People are genuinely scared. It is quite clear that ordinary Somalis feel confused. The ordinary people do not know when this particular nightmare will end. The fact of the matter is that people are suffering for no apparent reason. All of the recent and mysterious deaths in the Mudug region of Somalia could have been avoided. This is a most disturbing realisation. Especially when one thinks about how unnecessary the Somali president’s policies are, and knowing that all of the recent murders in the Mudug region of Somalia could have been politically motivated.

A few months have passed since the death of Cali Jama Bixi. Countless others have died in Somalia since the day, in July, when Cali Jama Bixi died so tragically. This terrible waste of life is taking its toll on the Somali people. The president of the TFG of the Somali republic must take responsibility for his actions. It is quite clear to see that his policies lack any definable purpose with respect to the basic national interests of the Somali people. The fundamental national interest of any nation is peace and the preservation of human life. The president of the TFG of the Somali republic has, by any reasonable standard, failed to satisfy the basic national interests of the Somali people. In addition to this, his policies have stimulated some members of the Somali community to take matters into their own hands by resorting to the use of murder as a political tool.

The president of the TFG of the Somali republic has failed the people of the Somali peninsula. One would hope that, as a man, he responds by abandoning his misguided policies. One would hope that the president of the TFG has enough sense to realise the folly of his disastrous tenure in office. And, one would hope, for the sake of all decent Somali people, that the president of the TFG of the Somali republic decides to hastily exit national politics. It is imperative that the true price of political failure is paid in full by those responsible for the failure in question.