Demoralized TFG Pull out of Parts of Gedo

[Shirib]

TFG Retreat from Gedo, Force Complain of Lack of Morale

Contingents of the Transitional Federal Governments (TFG) of Somalia and some of its allied forces have over the weekend reluctantly retreated from their frontline bases in Gedo region where they have been battling with fighters of the insurgency group Al-Shabaab.

The TFG troops who have been in action in the region for the past few weeks said, their fall back followed lack of morale occasioned by the absence of a regular monthly salary.

"We have been battling in numerous battles in several settlements of Gedo region. There is lack of morale and regular salaries. That is the main reason why some of the force has retreated from the frontline” said Sahal Maalim, a military official in Gedo.

Al-Shabaab fighters have reported taken offer the town of Dhamasle a small settlement in the neighborhood of Elwak district, without any military confrontation shortly after TFG forces left the area.

Military sources said the retreating contingents have routinely asked the executive in Mogadishu to settle their complains regarding especially the lack of salaries. “This is a serious issue that can result the defeat of the TFG and allied forces” the official added

The latest fallback of allied TFG forces in Gedo follows yet another retreatment a few days ago when some of the Somali army left their military bases in Buusar, a remote hamlet some 40km East of Elwak district. The town is now ruled by Al-Shabaab fighters.



In late February and early March Somali forces trained in Ethiopia and Kenya launched an offensive capturing several towns in Gedo after a successful military onslaught to wipe out insurgency groups which have been ruling much of South and Central Somalia.

March 5, 2011, on the Kenyan and Ethiopian border, a pro-TFG militia drove al Shabaab out of the town of Beled Hawo, killing or wounding nearly 40 of the Islamist fighters in the process.

The TfG has several thousand pro-government clan militiamen in the drought devastated Gedo frontier, but fighters have only received some basic military training, they are not nearly as effective as the professional soldiers serving in the AU peacekeeping force.

Recently the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) said support should be given to the TFG forces in terms of equipment, training and payment of salary in order to have a cohesive security force. But the forces are still in their nascent stage without proper military structures and conditions.

http://hiiraan.com/news2/2011/May/tfg_r ... orale.aspx

[Coeus]

damn

[quark]

pay the damn salaries. no one is willing to fight for nothing.

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

All the sacrafices and amxaar training for nothing.


Read what this punani worshipper of zenawi says:
Puntlander-SSDF @ 5/30/2011 11:10 AM EST
Victory to Al-Shabaab the nationalists! those heros who ar defending Somalia!

Defeat to TFG the tratiors! those who together with etiophian troops invaded Somalia!

The TFG ministers has stolen 300 million us dollars but will not even give 1 million to the troops salaries? TFG has shown today that the stand for Truly Failed Government!

TFG is not a government but a bunch of warlord mooryaans!

"Victory belongs to the somali nationalists, defeat belongs to Etiophia and the somali tratiors who joined them"
Siad Barre in his speech to the somali nation, 21 october 1984.

[Cirwaaq]

It is not fair to pay the Xildhibaans $500/month when they don't contribute towards anything relevant.



While our young are put on the frontlines for $100/month and even then this money is always late.

Shabab pays $400/month it is a matter of time before they defect.

500 xildhiban = $250,000/month

That Money could pay for 2,500 soldiers More each month.

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

It is not fair to pay the Xildhibaans $500/month when they don't contribute towards anything relevant.



While our young are put on the frontlines for $100/month and even then this money is always late.

Shabab pays $400/month it is a matter of time before they defect.

500 xildhiban = $250,000/month

That Money could pay for 2,500 soldiers More each month.

Wallahi if i was president, i would sent these socalled ''mp's '' to home.
they are waste of money, and most of them behave like subhumans.

[Shirib]

^^^ yea and then they would make a motion to dismiss you all together.

[Shirib]

Thing is since they aren't getting paid, they are either gonna go to Al Shabaab and sell them their weapons and info to make money. Or they are gonna set up isbaaro's etc. and feast on the civilians to extort money

[KeligiiJabhad]

Soldiers without moral is like a light without energy. Moral and energy are two important ingredients for a soldier to achieve a goal. But then what mission do the TFG thugs have to achieve other than to shed the blood of innocent Shacab..?

[Cirwaaq]

Hutu the only problem is Honest people do not wish to take the top job.

[The_Patriot]

I thought camp Sharif n Farmajo had sent Xalanle and Xidig to bribe and pay salaries for the group.

[Voltage]

I feel like they are playing politics. If true frontlines were going to be retreated from it would be Garbahareey.

[XimanJaale]

The news reporter needs to know how to spell places before they talk about the place. It is NOT dhamasle its is Damase/Dhamase there is no L, the fuckin reporter. P.S What happened in Damase is nothing to do with morale or money but tension caused by the imprison of one of their leaders 'Barre Hiiraale' and also the recent release of 1000 trained soldiers that completed their training few days ago in Doloow. So ignore the dumb media people!

[The_Patriot]

Why I dont get is a religious group planting mines on the roads.

I meran even Somali warlords did not do this in the past for having interest to dorminate and have some economic inflow from a region.

But the youths have lost the plot.

Gedo and Juboyinka would be more of Cambodia.

[waryaa]

they want their man released... bare hirale who is currently under house arrest by the puppet master