Joy Weems, 9/20/09, 9:30pm
A radical Islamist leader named Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys defended the attack that killed 21 union peacekeepers'. In the defense of the religion the attacks were made he claims. Suicide bombers disguised themselves in vehicles with UN logos. They ram through security gates and detonated bombs. Somalis government and mission representatives were just finishing a high level meeting where the attack took place. With 21 peacekkeppers' dead, 4 civilians, and many wounded Aweys still stands by the necessity of the attack. " The attack was meant to defend Islam he said." Al Shabaab the Islamist militia claimed responsibility for the attack according to the African Union. The attacked may have been linked to the attack by US special forces that killed 4 terrorist with links to Al Qaeda last week. Aweys commented stating "The US government is responsible for all problems in the Muslim nation particularly on the Somalis." The peacekeepers force has 3400 members and is set up to protect key government and strategic installations in Somali.
I truly believe that the attack on the peace keepers came after the US killed those suspected terrorist linked to Al Qaeda. If that is the case them the attack that followed on the peace keepers was not necessary as Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys states. For him and other radical Islams killing over 21 people is justified to defend their religion. As he stated violence is OK if it is against a known enemy and if it is protecting your religion. It bothers me that a religion could justify killing. How can anyone justify that. Although I know there are many people that would agree with extreme measures I can not. It seems that this is not the end of this back and fourth retaliation and it may get worst. Aweys seems to think it is the US involvement for all the problems that occur, particularly in Somalia. It seems that the more the United States lends a hand in relief efforts to help support different governments and countries the more it seems that our efforts are not supported by many individuals of those same governments and countries. So the question really is Does the United States help more than it hurts according to many people of these countries?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/20/somalia.peacekeepers.deaths/index.html
1 comment:
You raise a very good point. I agree that this attack did come very close after the U.S. killed the suspected terrorists. In my opinion, we are probably hurting them more than helping them at this point.
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