Comments on: DDTC Announces Partial Lifting of Somalia Arms Embargo

By: mous, anony

mous, anony — Wed, 16 May 2007 20:24:30 +0000

Well, Cliff, at least that’s confirmation that you’ve “made it.” Congrats.

By: Clif Burns

Clif Burns — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:31:19 +0000

Not really sure what’s going on, but I must admit that I really like the phrase “Annoying Politics of simpilty.” It just slides off the tongue….

Me either. But we’ve been getting a fair number of interesting visitors ever since we started getting indexed and reported on Google News.

I also attend to agree with the second commenter, because I’m skeptical about the prospects of the TFG, particularly given the recent rise in violence there.

By: mous, anony

mous, anony — Wed, 16 May 2007 13:34:40 +0000

Not really sure what’s going on, but I must admit that I really like the phrase “Annoying Politics of simpilty.” It just slides off the tongue….

By: Bashirgood

Bashirgood — Wed, 16 May 2007 09:44:19 +0000

In Somalia, we need peace and reconciliation, not arms. Abdullahi youssuf (nicknamed “yey” or wolf) and his Ethiopian masters have committed genocide in Mogadishu recently. More arms means more death. Who benfita? May be Abdullahi Wolf, may be dictator Zenawi of Ethiopia, may be arms producers and traders, but definitely not the victimized Somali people.

By: Hakim

Hakim — Wed, 16 May 2007 06:34:38 +0000

Every year, the U.S. Congressional Research Service releases a report looking at arms transfers to the developing world. They provide insight into where the arms are going. The report also known Grimmett Report, notes that, the developing nations continue to be the primary focus of foreign arms sales of $30.2 billion dollars, in arms transfer agreements in 2005 alone (the highest for the entire 1998-2005 period. This and other similar reports high light that spending on weapons is the primary objectives of the third world leaders. Abdilahi Yusuf of Somalia is good example of this third world leaders arms, arms, and more arms mentality.

His first speech at the United Nations meeting was:”I need arms, lift the embargo”. Instead of addressing to the UN how Somali people suffered for last 16 years and need food, medicine and education.

I think the world community should not give in to the demands of the greedy and supply them with arms.

I, a sane Somali national wish the embargo is put back in place.

Hakim
University of Western Ontario.

By: Abdirizak Bihi

Abdirizak Bihi — Wed, 16 May 2007 03:33:16 +0000

Dear Media

I, one of the Somali Community leaders in Minnesta, where the biggest Somali/American population in America reside, appallaude this amenment in the light of Somali TFG being strengthened to end 17 years of anarchy, civil strife, , widespread of rape of women, genocides, paracy and the worst of human rights abuses on earth.

We wonder what we will think of those nations who opposed these amemnments, when we stand on our feet and show our true colors, will they feel bad and guilty on the statue of Annoying Politics of simpilty

Thank you for all nations who voted at all

Abdirizak A Bihi
Cedar Riverside neighborhood, Minneapols, Minnesota Nice, USA