Riz Khan - Somalia, more chaos - 12 June 08 - Part 1
- Length: 13:10
- Rating Average: 4.17 from 23 people
- View Count: 24204' favoriteCount='30
- Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Tags: Al English Jazeera Khan Riz Somalia
Somalia has become the world's foremost "failed state," with no functioning government, more than one million refugees, and each street corner run by a different warlord -- some aligned with the West, and some not. Earlier this week the United Nations brokered a peace deal between one small opposition faction and the Transitional Federal Government, which was set up in 2004 and controls some parts of Somalia. But many analysts do not expect much improvement in the country's lot.
Somalia
- Length: 9:58
- Rating Average: 4.78 from 54 people
- View Count: 72893' favoriteCount='121
- Author: bloodmoney
Tags: puntland somali somalia somaliland somalis UN
United Nations Operations in Somalia 1993 the facts about that mission. also this video showcases few individuals including rukiya omaar and Olara Otunnu what they said at the time make sense now. edit: this is little documentary enjoy watching and please rate the video
24 MEU Somalia Video 1993
- Length: 7:15
- Rating Average: 3.97 from 32 people
- View Count: 39092' favoriteCount='49
- Author: ervfelker
Tags: 24 Kismayo Marines MEU Mogudishu MSPF Operations Recon Somalia Special
24 MEU in Somalia Feb-July 1993. From Mogadishu to Kismayo.
Pictures of Somalia
- Length: 7:36
- Rating Average: 4.74 from 143 people
- View Count: 294290' favoriteCount='295
- Author: dhagax
Tags: music pictures somali somalia song tradition
Random pictures of Somalia and a Somali tradtion song with a twist of modern sound playing on the background. Enjoy it to the max!
Somalia Must Be Free - (Dead Ethiopian Soldiers)
- Length: 4:0
- Rating Average: 4.43 from 21 people
- View Count: 32898' favoriteCount='27
- Author: tvamelna
Tags: Africa Crisis Eritrea Ethiopia Horn ICU Kenya of Somalia troops Uganda UN US war
Somalia must be free ought to be Africa's position. The AU must stop cooperating with the imperialist and their puppets. Free Somalia Now! Otherwise there will be more dead Ethiopian and AU soldiers dragged though the streets of Mogadishu and all over Somalia while Somalis free themselves and rid themselves of the puppets of imperial hegemony.
Riz Khan - Somalia, more chaos - 12 June 08 - Part 2
- Length: 8:59
- Rating Average: 4.56 from 9 people
- View Count: 13124' favoriteCount='9
- Author: AlJazeeraEnglish
Tags: Al chaos deal English Jazeera Khan peace Riz Somalia
Somalia has become the world's foremost "failed state," with no functioning government, more than one million refugees, and each street corner run by a different warlord -- some aligned with the West, and some not. Earlier this week the United Nations brokered a peace deal between one small opposition faction and the Transitional Federal Government, which was set up in 2004 and controls some parts of Somalia. But many analysts do not expect much improvement in the country's lot.
Somalia: US Military Strikes Against Civilians
- Length: 27:45
- Rating Average: 3.69 from 68 people
- View Count: 35437' favoriteCount='52
- Author: IndymediaPresents
Pepperspray Productions' "Indymedia Presents": While all eyes have been on the horrors of the US involvement in Iraq, and the potential for US aggression against Iran, there are other places where US forces have been conducting military strikes against civilians. One of those places is Somalia. After many years without ANY central government in the Horn-Of-Africa country Somalia, a calm moment and a ray of hope for a peaceful future came to Somalia ...More Pepperspray Productions' "Indymedia Presents": While all eyes have been on the horrors of the US involvement in Iraq, and the potential for US aggression against Iran, there are other places where US forces have been conducting military strikes against civilians. One of those places is Somalia. After many years without ANY central government in the Horn-Of-Africa country Somalia, a calm moment and a ray of hope for a peaceful future came to Somalia, brought by the Islamic Courts, Somali church folks, not terrorists by everyone's estimate—everyone except the US government, that is. The Islamic Courts ran out the warlords, opened the port, established order, ended the violence, made sure relief aid got to the people, and mobilized a large portion of society to join in on the effort to rehabilitate Somalia, with plans to reopen schools, hospitals and provide all the support networks needed for a functioning society. Rampant crime and the rule of the gun disappeared, and most Somalis seemed to breathe a sigh of relief after so many harsh years of chaos. Some of the old warlords did a flanking maneuver, though, and got themselves appointed as a "government in exile," and now they are back, not as war-lords this time, but as the "internationally recognized government." They arrived with the tanks and planes of the Ethiopian Army, the historical enemy of Somalia. They were also backed not just politically by the US but backed by US military firepower as well. When the heavily armed and mechanized Ethiopians ran right over the unfunded volunteers of the Islamic Courts, the US established a naval blockade to keep the leaders of the Islamic Courts from escaping the Ethiopian clutches. Then, in an even more blatant move, US airpower struck several Somali villages, killing many. The aircraft used, the AC130 was developed during the US War against Viet Nam, and was nicknamed then "Puff the Magic Dragon." It is not used for surgical strikes, but for putting a massive amount of firepower into a small area. I remember well that back then it was said that in a three second burst "Puff" could fill an area the size of a football field with one big round in every square inch. Who knows what it is capable of now, but when used against a village, this sort of weapon doesn't make friends, it makes a lot of dead civilians. Meanwhile, Warlords and criminals rule the street in Mogadishu, the historic capital of Somalia, and life for the people has descended once again into hell. With this background in mind, "Indymedia Presents" this week takes on the question of Somalia. First we present a piece made by PepperSpray Collective member Mahdy Maaweel, a Somali-American film maker and producer of "Somalisan TV" here in Seattle. The American Somali community has been holding demonstrations in various places around the country protesting against the invasion of Somalia. There has been almost no media attention to their pleas. Most Americans don't even know that their government is shooting things up in Somalia, so in covering this issue we feel we are once again giving voice to those the corporate media would leave voiceless. To prove the points being made in that first piece, we finish the show with a piece made by the United Nations in the early stages of the Ethiopian invasion. As Maaweel says to the camera, as you watch the UN report, remember that it was the UN that said over and over again that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. To paraphrase an old blues song, who you gonna believe, George Bush or your damn lying eyes?
Muqdisho-Somalia
- Length: 6:33
- Rating Average: 4.58 from 62 people
- View Count: 92825' favoriteCount='90
- Author: Banaaye
Tags: Muqdisho-Somalia
Daawo Quruxda Magaalada Muqdisho Sitenber-2006
Somalia: Ogaden War 77/79 Somalia vs Ethiopia & Co
- Length: 7:17
- Rating Average: 4.51 from 140 people
- View Count: 234985' favoriteCount='342
- Author: abunas2008
Tags: Arabia East Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Middle NFD Ogaden Puntland Somali Somalia Somaliland Sudan
This documentary film is about the Ogaden War 77/79 between Somalia vs. Ethiopia & Co (USSR, Cuba, North Korea, South Yemen, Libya). This documentary provides evidence that Ethiopia is dependent on foreign powers when fighting its bitter enemy, The GREAT SOMALIA! It also highlights the possible invasion/occupation of Somalia by the then USSR (Soviets). Who knows? Maybe this possible invasion/occupation could have been beneficial to the Somalis and we might not be in the current state we are facing right now. This documentary also include exclusive interviews with the former US president Jimmy Carter, the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro & former Russian officials in which they confess that the Ethiopians were dependent on military support & with out the USSR & allies Ethiopia would have been defeated by Somalia! Let the truth be told & REAL history be re-written! AbuNas2008
Dispatches Warlords Next Door (Conflict in Somalia) Part 1/5
- Length: 10:0
- Rating Average: 4.95 from 21 people
- View Count: 24976' favoriteCount='53
- Author: boognish100
Tags: Britain British crisis democracy Dispatches Door Ethiopia Ethiopian extortion humanitarian Next Somali Somalia Warlords
Act Now! Write to or call your MP or Congressional Representatives, tell them about the current situation in Somalia urge them to take action. For contact details see: UK citizens: http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/commons/l/ US citizens: http://forms.house.gov/wyr/ Also if you live in the UK... sign the 10 downing street petition http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/helpsomalia1/ For war to end in Somalia the following should happen: 1. Instant withdrawal of Ethiopian troops from Somalia. 2. Somalia sovereignty must be reestablished immediately. 3. The Somali people, not foreigners, should make the decisions about the future of their country. 5. The United Nations and other international organizations should condemn and investigate war crimes committed by Ethiopian forces and bring to the justice those who responsible the Mogadishu carnage. 6. The United Nation must help Somalis to establish genuine and inclusive political reconciliation through which to choose their own leaders and reclaim sovereign control of their own country. For more information see ... http://free-somalia.org Dispatches reveals how key politicians at the heart of the vicious fighting in Somalia - described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis - enjoy incredibly close links to Britain. Broadcast on Channel 4: Friday 23 May 2008 08:00 PM Dispatches reveals how key politicians at the heart of the vicious fighting in Somalia - described as the world's worst humanitarian crisis - enjoy incredibly close links to Britain. They have British or EU passports, their families live here and they commute between Somalia and homes in English cities. British taxpayers are financing them in the name of democracy - yet in Somalia they are linked to allegations of mass murder, torture, extortion and corruption. Reporter Aidan Hartley sets off on the trail of four senior figures in Somalia's Western-backed government - an investigation which takes him from Leicester and Birmingham to Mogadishu - a city so dangerous that he and director Jim Foster are the only Western journalists on the ground. The leaders of the current government, installed 17 months ago when Ethiopian forces seized Mogadishu from Islamic militants, were expected to restore peace after years of civil war, but also to destroy Al Qaeda and its allies in the Horn of Africa. The investigation begins in Britain. Among the British-Somali community, Hartley finds anger and frustration that taxpayers are sponsoring politicians who they claim are ruling by the gun and profit from conflict. In Leicester, one British-Somali tells Hartley he was recently told to pay ransoms for the release of several relatives languishing in a dungeon controlled by a senior official in the Somali government who has a house in the same Leicester neighbourhood. To find out more, Hartley and Foster travel to Mogadishu where they find a city descending into chaos and extreme violence. Vicious fighting between insurgents and the government forces has killed more than 7,000 civilians and produced the largest exodus from a capital city since Pol Pot's Cambodia. The immediate horrors of the fighting are captured on film when a roadside bomb hits a vehicle escorting the Dispatches team while they're driving in convoy with armed security guards, used to fend off kidnappers and bandits. Three people are killed and three others wounded. Attacks like this are a daily occurrence, together with indiscriminate artillery shelling, assassinations and street skirmishes. Hartley investigates allegations that the government's National Security Agency (NSA), the counterpart to MI6 and the CIA in counter-terrorism operations, is operating with extreme methods. He hears first-hand claims of false imprisonment, torture and extortion from prisoners who are only freed when ransoms are paid. Dispatches heads to the outskirts of Mogadishu where hundreds of thousands of terrified civilians from the city have fled to live in squalid camps. They live in huts of plastic and sticks among the sand dunes. They all rely on humanitarian aid from Britain and other donor countries, but they're already starving and falling sick.Hartley investigates why aid workers rarely set foot in Mogadishu and why the desperate victims of war are not receiving the food and medical aid they so badly need. And finally, the investigation examines claims of indiscriminate bombardment of civilian districts where insurgents are thought to live. Back in the UK Hartley interviews Minister for Africa Lord Mark Malloch-Brown about British support for this Somali government that is presiding over the worst phase of conflict in 17 years of vicious civil war in Somalia.
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