From: Berhane Habtemariam (Berhane.Habtemariam@gmx.de)
Date: Wed Apr 14 2010 - 15:06:05 EDT
12 April 2010
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Security Council
SC/9904
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Department of Public Information . News and Media Division . New York
Security Council Committee on Somalia and Eritrea Issues List of Individuals
Identified Pursuant to Paragraph 8 of Resolution 1844 (2008)
The Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907
(2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, today, 12 April 2010 listed the
following individuals and entity pursuant to paragraph 8 of resolution 1844
(2008):
(1) AL-SHABAAB
AKA: AL-SHABAB
AKA: SHABAAB
AKA: THE YOUTH
AKA: MUJAHIDIN AL-SHABAAB MOVEMENT
AKA: MUJAHIDEEN YOUTH MOVEMENT
AKA: MUJAHIDIN YOUTH MOVEMENT
AKA: MYM
AKA: HARAKAT SHABAB AL-MUJAHIDIN
AKA: HIZBUL SHABAAB
AKA: HISB'UL SHABAAB
AKA: AL-SHABAAB AL-ISLAMIYA
AKA: YOUTH WING
AKA: AL-SHABAAB AL-ISLAAM
AKA: AL-SHABAAB AL-JIHAAD
AKA: THE UNITY OF ISLAMIC YOUTH
AKA: HARAKAT AL-SHABAAB AL-MUJAAHIDIIN
AKA: HARAKATUL SHABAAB AL MUJAAHIDIIN
AKA: MUJAAHIDIIN YOUTH MOVEMENT
Location: Somalia
Al-Shabaab has engaged in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the
peace, security, or stability of Somalia, including but not limited to:
acts that threaten the Djibouti Agreement of August 18, 2008, or the
political process; and, acts that threaten the Transitional Federal
Institutions (TFIs), the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), or other
international peacekeeping operations related to Somalia.
Al-Shabaab has also obstructed the delivery of humanitarian assistance to
Somalia, or access to, or distribution of, humanitarian assistance in
Somalia.
According to the Statement by the Chairman of the Security Council Committee
established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia to the
Security Council delivered on 29 July 2009, both al-Shabaab and Hisb'ul
Islam publicly and repeatedly claimed responsibility for the attacks by
their forces on the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and AMISOM.
Al-Shabaab had also claimed responsibility for the killing of TFG officials,
and on 19 July 2009 had raided and shut down the field offices of UNOPS,
UNDSS and UNDP in the Bay and Bakool regions, in violation of paragraph 8
(c) of resolution 1844 (2008). Al-Shabaab has also repeatedly obstructed
access to, or distribution of, humanitarian assistance in Somalia.
The United Nations Security Council's Report of the Secretary-General on the
situation in Somalia, dated 20 July 2009, contained the following paragraphs
involving the activities of al-Shabaab in Somalia:
Insurgent groups, such as al-Shabaab, are alleged to be extorting money from
private companies and recruiting young people to join the fight against the
Government in Mogadishu, including child soldiers. Al-Shabaab has confirmed
the presence of foreign fighters within its ranks and has stated openly that
it is working with al-Qaida in Mogadishu to remove the Government of
Somalia. The foreign fighters, many of whom reportedly originate from
Pakistan and Afghanistan, appear to be well trained and battle-tested. They
have been observed wearing hoods and directing offensive operations against
Government forces in Mogadishu and neighboring regions.
Al-Shabaab has intensified its strategy to coerce and intimidate the Somali
population, as reflected in the carefully selected high gain assassinations
and arrests of clan elders, several of whom have been murdered. On 19 June
2009, Omar Hashi Aden, the Minister of National Security, was killed in a
large-scale suicide car bomb in Beletwyne. Over 30 other people were killed
in the attack, which was strongly condemned by the international community
and a broad cross-section of Somali society.
According to the December 2008 report from the UN Security Council Somalia
Monitoring Group (2008/769), al-Shabaab is responsible for a variety of
attacks within Somalia over the last several years, including:
- The reported killing and beheading of a Somali driver working for the
World Food Programme in September 2008.
- The bombing of a market in Puntland that killed 20 and wounded over 100
on 6 February 2008.
- A campaign of bombings and targeted killings in Somaliland intended to
disrupt the 2006 parliamentary elections.
- The murders of several foreign aid workers in 2003 and 2004.
According to reporting, al-Shabaab raided United Nations compounds in
Somalia on 20 July 2009, and issued a decree banning three agencies of the
United Nations from the al-Shabaab controlled areas of Somalia.
Additionally, Somali Transitional Federal Government forces fought
al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam insurgents from 11-12 July 2009 resulting in the
deaths of over 60 people. In the fighting on 11 July 2009, al-Shabaab
landed four mortars inside Villa Somalia that resulted in the deaths of
three African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) soldiers and injuries to
eight others.
According to an article published by the British Broadcasting Corporation on
22 February 2009, al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb
attack on an African Union military base in Mogadishu. According to the
article, the African Union confirmed that 11 African Union peacekeepers were
killed and
15 others were hurt.
According to an article published by Reuters on 14 July 2009, al-Shabaab
militants made gains in 2009 in guerrilla-style attacks on Somali and
African Union forces.
According to an article published by Voice of America on 10 July 2009,
al-Shabaab was involved in an attack on Somali government forces in May
2009.
According to an article posted on the website of the Council on Foreign
Relations authored on 27 February 2009, al-Shabaab has waged an insurgency
against Somalia's transitional government and its Ethiopian supporters since
2006.
Al-Shabaab killed eleven Burundian soldiers in the deadliest attack on AU
peacekeepers since their deployment and states that al-Shabaab engaged in
heavy fighting that killed at least fifteen people in Mogadishu.
(2) Yasin Ali Baynah
AKA: ALI, Yasin Baynah
AKA: ALI, Yassin Mohamed
AKA: BAYNAH, Yasin
AKA: BAYNAH, Yassin
AKA: BAYNAX, Yasiin Cali
AKA: BEENAH, Yasin
AKA: BEENAH, Yassin
AKA: BEENAX, Yasin
AKA: BEENAX, Yassin
AKA: BENAH, Yasin
AKA: BENAH, Yassin
AKA: BENAX, Yassin
AKA: BEYNAH, Yasin
AKA: BINAH, Yassin
AKA: CALI, Yasiin Baynax
Location: Rinkeby, Stockholm, Sweden; Mogadishu, Somalia
DOB: circa 1966
Nationality: Somalia
Alt. Nationality: Sweden
Yasin Ali Baynah has incited attacks against the Transitional Federal
Government (TFG) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). He has
also mobilized support and raised funds on behalf of the Alliance for the
Re-Liberation of Somalia and Hisbul Islam, both of which have actively
engaged in acts that threaten the peace and security of Somalia, including
rejection of the Djibouti Agreement, and attacks on the TFG and AMISOM
forces in Mogadishu.
(3) Hassan Dahir Aweys
AKA: ALI, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys
AKA: AWES, Hassan Dahir
AKA: AWES, Shaykh Hassan Dahir
AKA: AWEYES, Hassen Dahir
AKA: AWEYS, Ahmed Dahir
AKA: AWEYS, Sheikh
AKA: AWEYS, Sheikh Hassan Dahir
AKA: DAHIR, Aweys Hassan
AKA: IBRAHIM, Mohammed Hassan
AKA: OAIS, Hassan Tahir
AKA: UWAYS, Hassan Tahir
AKA: "HASSAN, Sheikh"
Location: Somalia; Eritrea
DOB: 1935
Citizen: Somalia
Nationality: Somalia
Hassan Dahir Aweys has acted and continues to act as a senior political and
ideological leader of a variety of armed opposition groups responsible for
repeated violations of the general and complete arms embargo and/or acts
that threaten the Djibouti peace agreement, the Transitional Federal
Government (TFG) and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces.
Between June 2006 and September 2007, AWEYSs served as chairman of the
central committee of the Islamic Courts Union; in July 2008 he declared
himself chairman of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia-Asmara
wing; and in May 2009 he was named chairman of Hisbul Islam, an alliance of
groups opposed to the TFG. In each of these positions, AWEYS's statements
and actions have demonstrated an unequivocal and sustained intention to
dismantle the TFG and expel AMISOM by force from Somalia.
(4) Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki
AKA: AL-TURKI, Hassan
AKA: TURKI, Hassan
AKA: TURKI, Hassan Abdillahi Hersi
AKA: TURKI, Sheikh Hassan
AKA: XIRSI, Xasan Cabdilaahi
AKA: XIRSI, Xasan Cabdulle
Location: Somalia
DOB: circa 1944
POB: Ogaden Region, Ethiopia
Nationality: Somalia
Hassan Abdullah Hersi Al-Turki has been a senior leader of an armed militia
group since the mid-1990s and had engaged in numerous arms embargo
violations. In 2006, al-Turki contributed forces to the Islamic Courts
Union take-over of Mogadishu and emerged as a military leader in the group,
aligned with al-Shabaab. Since 2006, al-Turki has made territory under his
control available for training by various armed opposition groups including
al-Shabaab. In September 2007, al-Turki appeared in an al-Jazeera news
video showing militia training under his leadership.
(5) Ahmed Abdi aw-Mohamed
AKA: ABU ZUBEYR, Muktar Abdirahman
AKA: ABUZUBAIR, Muktar Abdulrahim
AKA: AW MOHAMMED, Ahmed Abdi
AKA: AW-MOHAMUD, Ahmed Abdi
AKA: "GODANE"
AKA: "GODANI"
AKA: "MUKHTAR, Shaykh"
AKA: "ZUBEYR, Abu"
DOB: 10 Jul 1977
POB: Hargeysa, Somalia
Nationality: Somalia
Ahmed Abdi Aw-Mohamed is a senior leader of al-Shabaab and was publically
named emir of the organization in December 2007. He exercises command
responsibility for al-Shabaab operations across Somalia. Aw-Mohamed has
denounced the Djibouti peace process as a foreign conspiracy, and in a May
2009 audio recording to Somali media, he acknowledged that his forces were
engaged in recent fighting in Mogadishu.
(6) Fuad Mohamed Khalaf
AKA: Fuad Mohamed Khalif
AKA: Fuad Mohamed Qalaf
AKA: Fuad Mohammed Kalaf
AKA: Fuad Mohamed Kalaf
AKA: Fuad Mohammed Khalif
AKA: Fuad Khalaf
AKA: Fuad Shongale
AKA: Fuad Shongole
AKA: Fuad Shangole
AKA: Fuad Songale
AKA: Fouad Shongale
AKA: Fuad Muhammad Khalaf Shongole
Nationality: Somali
Alt. Nationality: Swedish
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Alt. Location: Somalia
Khalaf has facilitated financial support to al-Shabaab; in May 2008, he held
two fundraising events for al-Shabaab at mosques in Kismaayo, Somalia. In
April 2008, Khalaf and several other individuals directed vehicle borne
explosive device attacks on Ethiopian bases and Somali Transitional Federal
Government elements in Mogadishu, Somalia. In May 2008, Khalaf and a group
of fighters attacked and captured a police station in Mogadishu, killing and
wounding several soldiers.
(7) Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud
AKA: Bashir Mohamed Mahmoud
AKA: Bashir Mahmud Mohammed
AKA: Bashir Mohamed Mohamud
AKA: Bashir Mohamed Mohamoud
AKA: Bashir Yare
AKA: Bashir Qorgab
AKA: Gure Gap
AKA: "Abu Muscab"
AKA: "Qorgab"
DOB: Circa 1979-1982
Alt.DOB: 1982
Nationality: Somali
Location: Mogadishu, Somalia
Bashir Mohamed Mahamoud is a military commander of al-Shabaab. Mahamoud was
also one of approximately ten members on al-Shabaab's leadership council as
of late 2008. Mahamoud and an associate were in charge of the 10 June 2009
mortar attack against the Somali Transitional Federal Government in
Mogadishu.
(8) Mohamed Sa'id
AKA: "Atom"
AKA: Mohamed Sa'id Atom
AKA: Mohamed Siad Atom
DOB: Circa 1966
POB: Galgala, Somalia
Location: Galgala, Somalia
Alt.Location: Badhan, Somalia
MOHAMED SA'ID "ATOM" has engaged in acts that threaten the peace, security
or stability of Somalia. ATOM has directly or indirectly supplied, sold, or
transferred to Somalia arms or related materiel or advice, training, or
assistance, including financing and financial assistance, related to
military activities in violation of the arms embargo. ATOM has been
identified as one of the principal suppliers of arms and ammunition for
al-Shabaab operations in the Puntland region. He is described as the leader
of a militia that emerged in 2006 in the eastern Sanaag region of northern
Somalia. The militia comprises as many as 250 fighters and has been
implicated in incidents of kidnapping, piracy and terrorism, and imports its
own weapons, in violation of the arms embargo. ATOM has established his
force as the principal military presence in the area, with a primary base
near Galgala and a secondary base near Badhan. According to some
information, ATOM is aligned with al-Shabaab and may receive instructions
from al-Shabaab leader Fu'aad Mohamed Khalaf.
Furthermore, ATOM is reportedly involved in arms trafficking into Somalia.
Information from a number of sources indicates that his forces receive arms
and equipment from Yemen and Eritrea. According to a December 2008 report,
an eyewitness described six such shipments during a four-week period in
early 2008, each sufficient to fill two pickup trucks with small arms,
ammunition, and rocket-propelled grenades. According to a Bossaso
businessman familiar with the arms trade, ATOM's consignments do not enter
the arms market, suggesting that they are either retained for the use of his
forces or are transferred to recipients in southern Somalia, where
al-Shabaab operates.
ATOM's forces were implicated in the kidnapping of a German aid worker, in
the kidnapping of two Somalis near Bossaso, and in a bombing of Ethiopian
migrants in Bossaso on 5 February 2008, which killed 20 people and wounded
over 100 others. ATOM's militia may also have played a secondary role in
the kidnapping of a German couple captured by pirates in June 2008.
(9) Fares Mohammed Mana'a
AKA: Faris Mana'a
AKA: Fares Mohammed Manaa
DOB: February 8, 1965
POB: Sadah, Yemen
Passport No.: 00514146; Place of Issue: Sanaa, Yemen
ID Card No.: 1417576; Place of Issue: Al-Amana, Yemen; Date
of Issue: January 7, 1996FARES MOHAMMED MANA'A has directly or indirectly
supplied, sold or transferred to Somalia arms or related material in
violation of the arms embargo. Mana'a is a known arms trafficker. In
October 2009, the Yemeni government released a blacklist of arms dealers
with Mana'a "on top," as part of an effort to stem the flood of weapons in
the country, where weapons reportedly outnumber people. "Faris Manaa is a
major weapons trafficker, and that's well known," according to June 2009
reporting by a U.S. journalist who is a commentator on Yemeni affairs,
authors a semi-annual country report, and has contributed to Jane's
Intelligence Group. In a December 2007 Yemen Times article, he is
referenced as "Sheikh Fares Mohammed Mana'a, an arms dealer." In a January
2008 Yemen Times article, he is referred to as "Sheikh Faris Mana'a, an arms
tradesman."
As of mid-2008, Yemen continues to serve as a hub for illegal arms shipments
to the Horn of Africa, particularly arms shipments by boat to Somalia.
There are unconfirmed reports that Faris Mana'a has participated in
shipments to Somalia on numerous occasions. In 2004, Mana was involved in
weapons contracts from Eastern Europe for weapons allegedly marketed to
Somali fighters. Despite the Somalia UN arms embargo since 1992, Mana'a's
interest in trafficking arms into Somalia can be traced back at least to
2003. MANA'A made an offer to buy thousands of arms in 2003 from Eastern
Europe, and indicated that he planned to sell some of the arms in Somalia.
The list will be transmitted to all States for their information and use, as
necessary, and will be posted on the Committee's webpage:
http://www.un.org/sc/committees/751/index.shtml
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