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Somalia is experiencing the worst crisis in 15 years, 3586 civilian deaths including infants, children, women and the elderly, and the toll rising by the day. Rape, fear, displacement, misery and suffering on an enormous scale while the Western governments stand by and watch.
The reasons superficially appear local and particular, chaotic government for over 15 years, invasion by neighboring Ethiopia, a bloody conflict between the Transitional Federal Government and the Union of Islamic Courts, but in reality all the players involved are being manipulated by the Western Superpowers.
America and China are fighting out a war for resources by proxy using the poorest nations on the planet as pawns in their game for gain. The US backs Ethiopia’s occupation of Somalia with logistical, financial and political support, and occasionally takes matters into its own hands, dropping missiles on the Kenyan border village of Dobley.
Throw into the equation the “War on Terror” and the threat of Al Qaeda fleeing from Afghanistan to the coast of Somalia and you have the recipe as seen in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, the list is ever expanding.
As the West’s greed for resources grows and the battles are fought to get access to ever dwindling precious resources to control the prices and keep the capitalist economy afloat – Billions and billions of $s of business – while the people who the land belongs to live in miserable poverty and suffer the consequences.
It is shameful that the British Government stands by and watches, as always patsy to the US foreign policy. Is Brown any different to the toady Blair? Or will he stand by and let his US counterpart continue to exacerbate the humanitarian crises? Respect demands that the British Government takes action and makes a statement to condemn the Ethiopian occupation and supports the Somali people.
The Somali people in Britain are strong and organized but ignored by the politicians because they do not have political power - Respect is inviting all the Somali activists in the UK to join forces with the party that believes in fighting Imperialism and campaigns for Peace and Justice, because together we are even stronger. |
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