Some links on Somalia, finally (in short, English and Russian)
Ожидаемые, к сожалению, новости из Сомали: после поражения исламских судов в войне с поддерживаемой США Эфиопией, и после анти-эфиопских демонстраций - партизанская война:
By Guled Mohamed
MOGADISHU, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked Ethiopian troops in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday as Somali and U.S. officials meeting to discuss security in the chaotic state vowed to work together to stabilise it.
In the second day of violence in Mogadishu directed at Ethiopian troops, Somali gunmen opened fire on Ethiopians backing the interim government, a resident said.
"The Ethiopians in K4 are under attack. They were attacked first," the resident who lives nearby and declined to be named said, referring to an eastern district in Mogadishu.
"Fierce fighting went on for 15 minutes. I could hear sounds of heavy machine guns rattling."
A government source confirmed the attack at the compound where the troops were staying.
The violence came shortly after Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and Washington's top diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, met in Nairobi.
Frazer has been shuttling around the region as Western and African leaders discuss a peacekeeping force for Somalia after two weeks of war that saw Ethiopian and government troops force out Islamist fighters who had captured much of the south.
Frazer has said Washington was donating $16 million to help fund a proposed African peacekeeping force and she has called for dialogue between Somali groups, including "remnants" of the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.
After meeting Frazer, Gedi said: "We are going to work together for the stabilisation of Somalia".
Weekend violence in Mogadishu and provincial towns illustrated the volatility of the country.
In scenes reminiscent of the lawlessness associated with Mogadishu, which largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule, crowds hurled stones and burnt tyres on Saturday to demonstrate against the forces that ousted the Islamists.
Witnesses said three people, including a young boy were killed when Ethiopian troops and protesters exchanged shots. A government source said only one person was killed in gunfire
between protesters and police.
On Sunday, resident Abdifatah Abdikadir said he saw hundreds of troops in the neighbourhoods where the protests had erupted.
"Around 500 government troops have been deployed in the streets," he said. "I also saw about 15 technicals mounted with heavy machine guns," he said referring to pick-ups with guns.
A senior security source said: "We have deployed so many troops in order to prevent any problems. The city is calm, there is no problem at all."
DEMONSTRATIONS
In the southcentral town of Baladwayne, hundreds took to the streets demanding Ethiopian troops free a military commander detained for refusing to hand over an ousted Islamist because of
a government amnesty offer to the defeated movement.
Ethiopian and government forces pushed the Islamists out of Mogadishu on Dec. 28 and the government, which was confined to the provincial town Baidoa, now wants to reinstall itself in the capital, one of the world's most dangerous cities.
It had given Mogadishu residents until last Thursday to hand in their weapons or be disarmed by force. But government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari told local radio on Saturday the disarmament programme was postponed.
Few weapons have been handed in so far, as residents fear Mogadishu could slide back into the anarchy and clan violence that had gripped the city since the 1991 ouster of a dictator.
Within hours of the Islamists fleeing, militiamen loyal to warlords reappeared at checkpoints in the city where they used to rob and terrorise civilians.
President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Addis Ababa to train Somali forces, Ethiopian state television said on Saturday, after the Somali leader met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Meles has said his troops will leave Somalia within weeks.
Any prolonged Ethiopian deployment would likely anger many Somalis who resent the presence of soldiers from their militarily superior neighbour, which has invaded Somalia numerous times in what Addis Ababa calls defensive missions.
Yemen's Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi, meanwhile, was quoted as saying some Islamist leaders had arrived in Yemen, creating an opportunity for talks with Somalia's government.
Some Islamists have vowed to fight on.
Residents say they have melted into the hills in Somalia's remote southern tip where Ethiopian and government forces are hunting them. Kenya has sent troops to seal its frontier and about 23 suspected Islamist fighters, including foreigners, have been arrested, according to a local police official.
(Additional reporting by Ibrahim Mohamed in Jowhar, Wangui Kanina and George Obulutsa in Nairobi) REUTERS
Итак, наконец, пару линков по Сомали и вокруг (вставать рано, так что вкратце):
источников в этом посте - всего пару-тройку; в некоторых случаях надо, возможно, делать поправку на убеждения авторов статьи. Но они, ИМХО, стоят внимания.
Страница на AllAfrica.com (Eng.) (еще 2002-го года, когда Сомали была впервые объявлена возможной целью "войны с террором") со ссылками на материалы по новостям и бекграунду Сомали
Действия США в Сомали:
Somalia At Crossroads of American Foreign Policy (Eng.)
Сомали и политика Соединенных Штатов - тоже статья из "Foreign Policy In Focus" - русскоязычный перевод на антивоенном сайте времен войны в Афганистане, с тех пор замороженном.
Нынешняя война Эфиопии (плюс "легитимное" правительство Сомали) и Объединенных Исламских Судов:
Why did Ethiopia invade Somalia?
War and Reaction in Ethiopia
By Guled Mohamed
MOGADISHU, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked Ethiopian troops in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday as Somali and U.S. officials meeting to discuss security in the chaotic state vowed to work together to stabilise it.
In the second day of violence in Mogadishu directed at Ethiopian troops, Somali gunmen opened fire on Ethiopians backing the interim government, a resident said.
"The Ethiopians in K4 are under attack. They were attacked first," the resident who lives nearby and declined to be named said, referring to an eastern district in Mogadishu.
"Fierce fighting went on for 15 minutes. I could hear sounds of heavy machine guns rattling."
A government source confirmed the attack at the compound where the troops were staying.
The violence came shortly after Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi and Washington's top diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, met in Nairobi.
Frazer has been shuttling around the region as Western and African leaders discuss a peacekeeping force for Somalia after two weeks of war that saw Ethiopian and government troops force out Islamist fighters who had captured much of the south.
Frazer has said Washington was donating $16 million to help fund a proposed African peacekeeping force and she has called for dialogue between Somali groups, including "remnants" of the Somalia Islamic Courts Council.
After meeting Frazer, Gedi said: "We are going to work together for the stabilisation of Somalia".
Weekend violence in Mogadishu and provincial towns illustrated the volatility of the country.
In scenes reminiscent of the lawlessness associated with Mogadishu, which largely stopped during six months of strict Islamist rule, crowds hurled stones and burnt tyres on Saturday to demonstrate against the forces that ousted the Islamists.
Witnesses said three people, including a young boy were killed when Ethiopian troops and protesters exchanged shots. A government source said only one person was killed in gunfire
between protesters and police.
On Sunday, resident Abdifatah Abdikadir said he saw hundreds of troops in the neighbourhoods where the protests had erupted.
"Around 500 government troops have been deployed in the streets," he said. "I also saw about 15 technicals mounted with heavy machine guns," he said referring to pick-ups with guns.
A senior security source said: "We have deployed so many troops in order to prevent any problems. The city is calm, there is no problem at all."
DEMONSTRATIONS
In the southcentral town of Baladwayne, hundreds took to the streets demanding Ethiopian troops free a military commander detained for refusing to hand over an ousted Islamist because of
a government amnesty offer to the defeated movement.
Ethiopian and government forces pushed the Islamists out of Mogadishu on Dec. 28 and the government, which was confined to the provincial town Baidoa, now wants to reinstall itself in the capital, one of the world's most dangerous cities.
It had given Mogadishu residents until last Thursday to hand in their weapons or be disarmed by force. But government spokesman Abdirahman Dinari told local radio on Saturday the disarmament programme was postponed.
Few weapons have been handed in so far, as residents fear Mogadishu could slide back into the anarchy and clan violence that had gripped the city since the 1991 ouster of a dictator.
Within hours of the Islamists fleeing, militiamen loyal to warlords reappeared at checkpoints in the city where they used to rob and terrorise civilians.
President Abdullahi Yusuf asked Addis Ababa to train Somali forces, Ethiopian state television said on Saturday, after the Somali leader met Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Meles has said his troops will leave Somalia within weeks.
Any prolonged Ethiopian deployment would likely anger many Somalis who resent the presence of soldiers from their militarily superior neighbour, which has invaded Somalia numerous times in what Addis Ababa calls defensive missions.
Yemen's Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi, meanwhile, was quoted as saying some Islamist leaders had arrived in Yemen, creating an opportunity for talks with Somalia's government.
Some Islamists have vowed to fight on.
Residents say they have melted into the hills in Somalia's remote southern tip where Ethiopian and government forces are hunting them. Kenya has sent troops to seal its frontier and about 23 suspected Islamist fighters, including foreigners, have been arrested, according to a local police official.
(Additional reporting by Ibrahim Mohamed in Jowhar, Wangui Kanina and George Obulutsa in Nairobi) REUTERS
Итак, наконец, пару линков по Сомали и вокруг (вставать рано, так что вкратце):
источников в этом посте - всего пару-тройку; в некоторых случаях надо, возможно, делать поправку на убеждения авторов статьи. Но они, ИМХО, стоят внимания.
Страница на AllAfrica.com (Eng.) (еще 2002-го года, когда Сомали была впервые объявлена возможной целью "войны с террором") со ссылками на материалы по новостям и бекграунду Сомали
Действия США в Сомали:
Somalia At Crossroads of American Foreign Policy (Eng.)
Сомали и политика Соединенных Штатов - тоже статья из "Foreign Policy In Focus" - русскоязычный перевод на антивоенном сайте времен войны в Афганистане, с тех пор замороженном.
Нынешняя война Эфиопии (плюс "легитимное" правительство Сомали) и Объединенных Исламских Судов:
Why did Ethiopia invade Somalia?
War and Reaction in Ethiopia