W.Q. Cabdulqaadir Maxamed Walaayo
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Ma rabo inaan ku dheeraado taariikhdiisa Sanbaloolshe laakinse waxaan qiraya inuusan mudnaynd in hawsha sirdoonka laga casilo laakinse waxaa ii muuqaneysa in indhaha shacabka xaqiiqda dembiga meel kale loo weeciyay.
Waxaa kaloo Sanbaloolshe uu eersday maqaalka uu dhowaan ku qoray Wargeyska Caanka ah ee New York Times oo Magaalada New York ka soo baxa wuxuuna ku eedaayay kuwa bah-wadaagta Soomaaliya la ah inay ka hagradeen haqab-tirka looga baahna ee dhinaca tababar iyo qalabka baarista sirdoonka iyo nabadsugidda. Wuxuu yiri: ''Waxaan la xiriirnay jaallayasheena beesha caalamka oo ay ka midka yihiin Qaramada Midoobay, Mareykanka iyo Ingiriiska si ay shaqaalaha Sirdoonka iyo nabadsugiida u siiyaan tababar iyo qalabka looga baahan yahay sirdoonka iyo taxliilinta macluumaadka sirta iyo dembi baarista. ''Ilaa hadda wax jawaab ah oo wax ku ool ah kama hayno'' ayuu ku calaacalay.
Xogaha muhiim ka ah iyo marqaatiga dunuubta lagu galo carriga Soomaaliya waxaa loo dhoofiya oo lagu baara dalka dibadiisa anagoo na loo diiday fursadihii aan ku heli lahayn si aan dadkeena u badbaadino muwadiniinta isla markaan gacanta ku soo dhigno dhagar-qabayaasha dambiyada ka galay dalka iyo dadka Soomaaliya.
Shaqada laga joojiyay Sanbaloolshe waxaa u sabab ahaa inuu umadda u sheego xaqiiqda jirta taasoo aaney raali ka ahayn cadawga iso soo bahaystay waxyelidda geyiga Soomaaliya.
Xukuumadaha Soomaalida soo maray KMG mid joogto ah iyo xitaa Dagaal-Oogayaasha ma jirin qof madax sheeganaya oo sir cad ka bixiyay xaqiiqda ka jirta dalka iyo gacanta ay shisheeyuhu ku walaaqayaan arrimaha gudaha Soomaaliya.
Madaxda Soomaalida qaar kood ayaa si cad u sheegaya in aaney dan iyo heelo ka lahayn jiritaanka iyo maslaxdda guud ee dalka iyo dadka.
Mid baa meel fagaare ah xishood la'aan ku dhawaaqaya si jeesjees ah: ''Soomaaliya hanoolaato. Waa tahay Soomaali Hanoolaato'' taasoo ula jeedo maxaa iiga galay oo iiga gidhiisha inay Soomaaliya dhimato.
Ilaahow khaa'nka ka qabo wadanigana u gargaar. Aamiin
Cabdullaahi Sanbolooshe
Somalia Doesn’t Need Tears. Help Us Fight Terrorism.
By ABDILLAHI MOHAMED SANBALOOSHEOCT. 26, 2017
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| The scene of a truck explosion in Mogadishu, Somalia, this month that killed more than 400 people. Mohamed Abdiwahab/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
MOGADISHU, Somalia — On Oct. 14, a truck carrying about two tons of homemade explosives blew up near Zoobe Junction, one of the busiest streets in Mogadishu, the Somali capital. The blast sent shock waves for miles. More than 400 people were killed — nearly 150 of them burned beyond recognition — and hundreds wounded. Families wandered for hours searching for their loved ones in the rubble.
Hundreds of citizens lined up at hospitals for hours to donate blood. Doctors, nurses and ambulance drivers did all they could to rescue the wounded. Grieving and angry Somalis gathered on Zoobe Junction blamed Islamist Shabab militants for the atrocity. Leaders from Turkey, the United States, Britain, Canada, France and the United Nations condemned the attack.
But condemnation isn’t going to help Somalia battle the Shabab and its bomb makers. To defeat Shabab terrorism, Somalia requires expertise and equipment that it lacks, and it needs a new paradigm of cooperation between Somali security services and our international partners.
There is no doubt about the Shabab, which has links with Al Qaeda, being the perpetrator. Bombings with homemade explosives are a common tactic for these militants in their battle with the Somali government. The toll in the Oct. 14 bombing was so high, however, that the Shabab didn’t dare to claim responsibility and admit its murderous conduct even to its own members and sympathizers.
A few years ago, the Shabab controlled almost all of southern Somalia — about half of the country. Since then, Somali and African Union forces have expelled the Shabab from most major towns; American airstrikes and joint operations between Somali and United States Special Forces have killed dozens of militant leaders.
But the Shabab, which has around 8,000 fighters in its ranks, retains a presence in rural Somalia, keeping many towns under an effective state of siege and disrupting traffic along major roads.
The weapon of choice for the Shabab has been the improvised explosive device. It used such homemade bombs in 395 attacks in 2016, which killed 723 people and wounded more than 1,100 — an increase of 110 percent over 2015, when 265 attacks were reported. The Shabab also magnified the potency of its weapons, increasing the average size of bombs from five kilos (about 11 pounds) to 40 kilos (about 88 pounds) and the size of the explosive charges in suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices from about 100 to 200 kilos (about 220 to 440 pounds) to 800 to 1,000 kilos (about 1,763 to 2,205 pounds) from 2015 to 2016.
The greater frequency and potency of bombs used by the Shabab have led to increased demand for explosives and other components. Where Shabab members once relied on military-grade explosives harvested from land mines and artillery shells, they have become increasingly adept at preparing homemade explosives from fertilizer and other commercially available products.
To identify and combat the bomb makers, Somalia needs to be able to use intelligence from the crime scene: explosives and explosive residues, detonators, components, SIM cards, fingerprints, and DNA.
Yet despite more than five years of external support, in early 2017 we had just four overworked police teams with no post-blast investigation kits, no forensic laboratory and just one borrowed device for the exploitation of captured cellphones. Somalia’s young government is still struggling to pay regular salaries for police officers and soldiers and has no realistic prospect of training and equipping specialized bomb units from its own budget anytime soon.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/opinion/somalia-united-states-terrorism.html
