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Opinions expressed in this column are those of the contributors and not necessarily those of SW. Deepest Condolence to the Victims of TNGs Covert Operations On
behalf of the voices that promote peace and justice, I stridently
deplore the self-proclaimed, Transitional National Governments covert
brutality and sinister activities of fueling horrendous clan fighting
that bedeviled what is left from the dilapidated city of Mogadishu.
I
extend my deepest sympathy and condolence to the thousands of civilians
who have been misplaced, and their loved ones killed under these
ubiquitous clashes masterminded by the so-called Transitional National
Government under the command of Mr. Abdikassim. The
TNG leader, under the guise of securing stability in Mogadishu, is
surreptitiously devastating communities in retribution for not
supporting his failing popularity.
Unfortunately, the Mudolood clans were the latest victims as they
are the predominant indigenous group in that region that lost rapport
with him and his infamy political agenda.
The
financial and military support given by foreign countries is what made
Abdikassims immoral and stealthy clan atrocities materialize.
The money is used to recruit political stalwarts who mobilize and
incite zealots to murder.
This
is a common philosophy among African dictators or warlords obsessed with
power, to use the most notorious and oppressive strategies.
Their optimum goal is power. They would do everything in their
power to achieve this goal, not an iota of moral values has place in
their logic.
When
these dictators loose popularity that depletes their likelihood to
remain in power, or get to the throne, to the propensity of their
ravenous attitude for authority, the consequence is always a grave one
for the poor society.
A famous saying by the late dictator, Mr. Siyad Barre, in
response to his death wishers said,
On my death (departure from power), I shall be survived by land,
but not people, typical heinous mentality of African dictators. Mr.
Abdikassim, the most favorable minister of the late dictator, the head
of five successive Ministerial Cabinets in the dictators tyrant regime,
and the Interior Minister who had approved the carnage in the Northern
regions (now Somaliland), is applying the same philosophy as his late
mentor, but in the wrong time. The
General (Mr. Barre) had a golden opportunity that would not repeat for
any other dictator.
As the Commander in Chief of the Somali Army Forces, using state
forces, not clan marauders, he high jacked a functioning state, with all
institutions in tact, and was not able to maintain his reign of terror.
How would, a despot, with reputations tainted by severe scandals
in the past thirty years, sitting on ground zero, could imagine
repeating the autocratic regime of 1969?
The
power is the people, and not the dictators.
As a society, we are paying the price of not owning up to our
mistakes and not learning lessons from them.
Neither major changes nor improvements will take place, unless as
a society, we first make reasonable changes in terms of our attitudes
and convictions.
The
Almighty God says, God does not change the conditions of a nation,
unless they first change what is in themselves.
Nothing will change in over night, but two things are vital for
practical change.
First, all criminals (warlords) have to be eliminated; secondly,
people with transcendent vision and verve, not recommended by
foreigners, have to be encouraged to take the lead.
This
is not a matter of holding anyone in abomination.
It is a matter of telling the truth, par excellence.
Once more, I would like to express my sympathy to those bereaved
families.
May God give them perseverance in the face of these extreme
difficulties, and give them a way out, aamiin. By: Burhan Alas |
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