“Faced with the militant people of the ex-colonial territories, imperialism simply switches tactics. Without a qualm, it dispenses with its flag, and even with certain of its more hated expatriate officials. This mean, so it’s giving independence to its former subjects to be followed by aid for their development…. Foremost among the neocolonialists is the United States. With methodical thoroughness and touching attention to detail, the Pentagon set about consolidating its ascendancy, evidence of which can be seen all around the world,” – Kwame Nkrumah, former president of Ghana in his book Neocolonialism: The Last Stage of Colonialism
“There is no difference between Bush and Obama. Both are against Islam and are trying to eradicate Islamic governments,” – Sheik Muse Hassan Ali, commander Al-Shabab.
For the time being, Barack Obama’s Middle East (Zionist Israel vs Islamic Iran) foreign policy have overshadowed the Zionists’ similar anti-Islam agenda in several African countries, especially in Sudan and Somalia. Kenyan journalist and former UN official, Salim Lone, summed up the consensus view among the African and international analysts: “Instead of engaging with the Islamists to secure peace, the United States has plunged a poor country into greater misery”.
In June 2006, The New York Times reported that CIA saw the emerging Islamic Court Union (ICU), which aimed to build Somali unity based on Islam, as a dangerous alternative even though it was a broad coalition involving moderate as well as Islamist factions – led by the US-sponsored current president Sheikh Sharif and Sheikh Hassan Aweys (now one of the anti-government leaders). The ICU quickly gained the popular support and defeated US-supported warlord alliance. For the rest of 2006, the Somali capital saw its most prolonged period of relative peace in more than 15 years.
The Zionist-controlled mainstream media has been beating drums about Somalian piracy, Al-Qaeda in Somalia, Taliban-style Islamic State in Somalia, and lawless – but no one like to mention foreigners’ fishing robery, dumping of toxic wastes, funding and training of various warlords by CIA and MOSSAD. Enver Masud in his April 11, 2009 article, entitled Those Somali Pirates and the Scramble for Africa, wrote:
“Those Somali pirates – trying to stop illegal dumping and trawling, the crisis in Darfur, the war crime charges against Sudan’s President Omer al-Bashir, and the bases in Africa sought by AFRICOM are best understood in the context of the News Great Game, the scramble for Africa’s resources….”
While Washington has its eyes set on Ogaden region which sits on Somalian borders – is home to not yet exploited gas field – Tel Aviv is very allergic to seeing an Islamic State emerging in Africa – which so far has been an Israeli counterbalance to Arab support for Palestinians.
According to African columnist, Thomas C. Mountain, Somali pirates are protected by Ethiopian military, which is protected by the US.
Daniel Volman, director of Washington-based think tank , African Security Research Project (ASRP) – in his research article titled The Somalia Crossroads has blamed the US imperialism for most of the miseries of the Somalian Muslim population – while ignores the hidden hands of Israel and the pro-Israeli lobbying groups in the US and its client regimes in Africa. He has made the following recommendations to Barack Obama:
1. Don’t be panicked into a military response, even if the pirates attacks escalates or groups linked to Al-Qaeda gain ground in Somalia.
2. Don’t attack Somali pirate bases of suspected terrorists in Somalia with US military forces, either with commandos are with air attacks.
3. Don’t send US troops, advisers or military trainers into Somalia.
4. Don’t condone or encourage military action in Somalia by Ethiopia, Kenya or other interested parties.
5. Don’t demonize opponents and rule out diplomatic options, even for insurgents formerly labeled as terrorists or countries supporting them.
6. Don’t endorse favourites among Somali politicians or neighboring states.
