[AnNahar] A former Somali warlord who allied to the Islamist Shabaab group but severed links this summer has been removed from a U.N. sanctions list.
Mohammed Said Atom, a powerful arms dealer, was targeted with U.N. travel and financial sanctions for "kidnapping, piracy and terrorism."
| ...all very badman activities... |
In June, Atom announced he had laid down his arms and would now only work through "peaceful means and understanding."
| How exciting! Whatever made him change his mind? |
He accused Shabaab, which is linked to al-Qaeda, of being manipulated by a foreign agenda and of killing Moslems.
| No! Really?! However did he figure that out? |
Shabaab controls areas of Somalia and has staged a number of brazen liquidations and killings in Mogadishu as well as in neighboring Kenya.
| And no doubt will do more, equally brazen, in the future. |
The United Nations
...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense...
Security Council committee dealing with Somalia announced Atom's removal from the sanctions list on Friday.
He however remains on the U.S. Treasury's financial sanctions list.
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