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2019-09-01 International-UN-NGOs

Six Countries Block UN Sanctions against Somalia's Al-Shabaab

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-09-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top
File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)

#1 The need for this arose from the nature of the arrangement humanitarian aid groups have with Al-Shabab. Somalia is already listed as a sanctioned regime - arms embargo, travel ban, assets freeze.

But there is a humanitarian exemption like for the arms embargo, which allows humanitarians in Somalia and their mercs to use protective gear, an 'overheads exemption' that allows them to pay off al-Shabab goons to let them treat and feed the needy and the sick. This exemption was allowed for by the US. The diversions of aid, sale of supplies and 'taxes' levied by the shaboobs are what enables the NGOs to take the aid to the last Godforsaken mile in Somalia.

It is believed that including Al-shabab in the resolution 1267 sanctions will not affect the terrorists much, as their funding is guaranteed by domestic sources and offshore financiers through phone and internet banking. But it will sanction anybody dealing with them, even if it's an NGO that pays them ~~jiziya~~ 'protection money' to stay and work with natives, freezing their assets and disallowing banks and philanthropists from aiding them.

It's a resolution hold though, not a block and they may re-assess the situation differently later.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-01 13:04|| 2019-09-01 13:04|| Front Page Top

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