From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Sun Jul 19 2009 - 14:21:28 EDT
Somalia: A Declining Situation And An Intervention That Raises More
Questions
By By Staff
Jul 19, 2009, 09:26
As has been broadcasted by media organizations around the world, two
French citizens have been kidnapped from the city of Mogadishu. Although
there has been no clear information as to who the perpetrators were,
that is not the most important question to be raised here. During their
stay in Somalia, the kidnapped French citizens were recognized as
journalists but it was later on revealed that they were ranked members
of the French security forces that were in the country to provide the
so-called transitional 'government' with military and security training
and services. Now the world has been forced to raise the following
questions;
. What were these western individuals doing in Somalia and for what
purpose? And why were they French?
. Being security agents, why had these individuals posed as journalists?
. What is the significance of the military and security services that
was given to the transitional 'government'? What was the objective
behind such an intervention and under what legal grounds can it be
justified?
. Under what political premise has the transitional 'government 'been
given legal recognition?
. Who does France's security and military intervention in Somalia
represent? Was it France's own individual decision or was done in
representation of the Security Council or the EU?
Somalia continues to be a country surrounded by endless unanswered
questions.
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