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| Somali Council of Islamic Courts: "Send Cash" |
| 2006-07-18 |
| July 18, 2006: In a clever "info ops" move, the Somali Council of Islamic Courts has made a public appeal for international aid in providing humanitarian assistance, reconstruction, and "retraining" for demobilized warlord militias. The appeal comes with a promise of "complete freedom of movement" and protection for anyone who is helping provide assistance to Somalia. In reality, not all of the warlord militias have surrendered to the Islamic Courts, and the UN is still having trouble obtaining security for its aid convoys. The UN is quietly trying to get a peacekeeping force into Somalia, something the Transitional Government would like. But the Islamic Courts, and Islamic nations, are opposed to peacekeepers, unless they are from Moslem countries. But no Moslem country, or any other country for that matter, wants to send peacekeepers to Somalia. That's because, despite the recent string of victories by the Islamic Courts militias, there is still no law & order throughout the country. There are still many clan based militias that oppose the Islamic Courts, and have the clout and firepower to make that opposition work. Meanwhile, the Islamic Courts are trying to pitch themselves as a worthy recipient of foreign aid. That won't last long, even if the current information war campaigns attracts some donors. Many of the Islamic Courts leaders are simply warlords that got religion, and not much religion according to the way some of them are acting. Any foreign aid going through the Islamic Courts will get pilfered before it gets to the "suffering Somalis" it was intended for. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #6 Mail funds to: 12C Stone Age |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-07-18 18:40 |
| #5 UK, Japan, Australia Don't think they get any foreign aid. |
| Posted by: 6 2006-07-18 15:54 |
| #4 In the big idea of "If's"... ...I swear I have often though that IF I were President I'd issue an Executive Order cutting foreign aid completely for 1 year (with very few exceptions - Israel, UK, Japan, Australia, for example). There'd be an announcement about this that'd go something like "Okay, kiddies, you're all cut off - Oh, Kofi, that includes you too - for one full year. By the end of that year, an evaluation will be made as to who deserves American taxpayers dollars more than Americans do. If the United States is not happy with your performance during the year, no foreign aid will be issued for at least one more year. The cutoff will continue on a yearly basis until the point at which you are either no longer a problem or we are satisfied with your behavior. Thank you, have a nice year." I know somebody else around here said essentially the same thing not too long ago. I just wish the US could really do it and follow through. None of these idiots deserves the amounts of money we end up sending to them. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2006-07-18 14:06 |
| #3 "Mo' money, kufrs!" |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-07-18 13:16 |
| #2 It always comes back to cash, doesn't it? I knew this thing had to have a back end to it somewhere. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-07-18 11:44 |
| #1 Email Allah. Maybe he'll send you some... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-07-18 11:39 |