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Turkey donates armoured vehicles to Somali troops
2021-08-18
[Garowe] The government of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
has donated armored personnel cars which are mine-resistant to the Somali National Army [SNA], in a bid to help in the fight against al-Shabaab
...... al-Qaeda's tentacle in East Africa...
krazed killers, who have been causing havoc in the Horn of Africa nation.

Al-Shabaab seeks to topple the fragile UN-backed Somalia administration, but for years, it has been facing stiff resistance from an organized military, mainly the foreign troops serving 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...
Mission in Somalia [AMISOM].

Hassan Ali Mohammed, Somalia's Defense Minister, and General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh, the Chief of Defense Forces, received the donations and were not short of praises to the Ottoman Turkish government, which is also a key security partner of Somalia.

Ottoman Turkish ambassador to Somalia Mahmet Yilmaz and other government officials were present during the handover. Turkey, besides helping Somalia through such donations, trains the elite Gorgor soldiers and Haramcad coppers.

General Odawa Yusuf Rageh thanked the Ottoman Turkish government for its vital role in reviving the country’s army. According to him, the vehicles will allow the military to access some parts of the country where the al-Shabaab has been controlling.

"I thank the Ottoman Turkish government for the new armored personnel carriers and their continued support," general Odawa said.

"Mine-resistant armored personnel carriers intended for Gorgor Commandos have been donated by The Ottoman Turkish Government. These were handed over to the Ministry of Defence along with the Head of the Somali National Armed Forces, General Odowaa Yusuf Rage," SNA said in a Twitter post.

The Ottoman Turkish ambassador Mahmet Yilmaz said Turkey will continue to support Somalia. According to him, Ankara is keen to see a stable government in Mogadishu, following years of instability and terror.

The Ottoman Turkish government has been able to focus on development and construction in Somalia without coming to direct conflict with other states in the region. This is in contrast to United Arab Emirates [UAE] and Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
Turkey also built the biggest military in the Somali capital Mogadishu which has the capacity to train at least 1,500 soldiers at a time according to the Ottoman Turkish officials.

Also, the donation comes in the week Somali National Army announced killing 279 al-Shabaab Death Eaters in Lower Shabelle. According to the military, the gains have been made within the last two months.
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