So let me see two Marexan forces in Dolow and Siyelow.One trained under Ethiopia(Dolow) and the other in Kenya(siyelow) however they both come under the Dolow forces, Wonderful...Hmm why has Ethiopia actively tried to dismantle the Siyelow force if there no different from the Dolow force?Why have they considered the Marexan force in Siyelow a threat, linking them to there security problems in the Ogaden region?
A report by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia which was presented to the UN Security Council indicates the youths, majority of them from the Ogaden clan, started receiving training early last year at the request of President Sheikh Shariff under the auspices of his then Minister of Defence Mohamed Abdi Mohammed “Gandhi”.
“Kenya hosted the programme and Ethiopia has been closely involved.
Approximately 2 500 youths were recruited by clan elders and commissioned agents both from within Somalia (exclusively the Juba Valley) and North-eastern Kenya, including the Daadab refugee camp,” states the UN report.
Somalia President Sheikh Shariff later fell out with his Defence minister Mohamed Ghandi, an Ogadeni, whom he suspected of pushing for the deployment of the youths in Juba and Gedo to not only fight the Al Shabaab but also lay the foundation for the establishment of an Ogaden autonomous region.
Ethiopia’s fears the deployment of the contingent in Ogaden might bolster and give the Ogaden National Liberation Front a launching pad for its attacks against Ethiopia.
"Meles said he had been briefed extensively regarding Kenya’s Jubaland initiative. Because Ethiopia had previously intervened in Somalia without seeking Kenyan approval, he said, the GoE would not presume to analyze the Kenyans’ chances for success in their own intervention. The GoE is sharing intelligence with Kenya, but Meles expressed a lack of confidence in Kenya’s capacity to pull off a tactical success, which he feared could have negative regional impacts. The GoE is therefore working to minimize the likelihood of a spillover effect in Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State. Noting that Ethiopia might have underestimated Kenya, Meles said, “We are not enthusiastic, but we are hoping for success." - so far the cable
The new Jubbaland era coming will not involve Madoobe nor Barre.Barre has nothing to do with Siyelow, Warsame101 has no clue he's doing the usual hyping up his clan ego.
the Jubbaland force in Ceelwaaq and those heading to Dhoobley have nothing to do with Ethiopia nor Barre and not even Madoobe.
The details shall be out soon anyway.
