It’s absolutely fascinating to watch the great world come so quickly to terms with Uncle Sugar shutting down the donations mill. It’s even more interesting to see so many unquestioningly pick up the thread of donations without allowing so much as a stitch to be dropped, never seeming to ask whether these donations and these recipients are worthy and worthwhile — such is the power of Trump-hate.
[Garowe] The Arab League...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
countries should invest in the fight against
Through an open letter to Asharq al-Awsat, the London-based Arab Daily paper, Hassan Sheikh admits challenges in fighting al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
and ISIS murderous Moslems, adding that the group's continued activities shall destabilise the Horn of Africa region.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has previously survived liquidation attempts waged by the al-Shabaab murderous Moslems. According to him, the support from the wealthy Arab League countries would significantly impact the fight against the groups.
The Somali leader also said the local forces have intercepted drones and weapons being smuggled to the country from Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
through the Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is
God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the JewsThey like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s, who allegedly have direct links with the al-Shabaab and ISIS murderous Moslems.
These assertions, which have not been independently verified and have not previously appeared in public intelligence reports, appeared designed to galvanise concern among Arab powers about the transnational dimension of Somalia’s murderous Moslem threats.
Somalia forces, he added, have made significant gains in the fight against al-Shabaab, despite a series of setbacks in recent weeks. The government troops lost the strategic Adan Yabaal town within the Middle Shabelle region recently. He lauded regional forces in Puntland
...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion...
for putting ISIS murderous Moslems at bay.
Support from the Arab world is now not only necessary — it is indispensable, Mohamud wrote, warning that without enhanced cooperation, ISIS remnants entrenched in Somalia’s northeast could flee by sea to the Arabian Peninsula.
Egypt deployed troops to Somalia recently, who will take part in the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), and the country, a senior member of the vaporous Arab League, has volunteered to support the government troops.
The appeal also comes at a time when several countries are showing interest in Somalia, ranging from oil to trade.
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
, a key supporter of the Arab League countries, has also been a major security and development partner of Somalia for the last 15 years.