Kenya reports Eritrea to UN sanctions team

[SahanGalbeed]

Kenya has filed a case at the United Nations Security Council asking for investigations into Eritrea’s links with Al-Shabaab terror group.

Kenya’s Permanent Representative at the UN Macharia Kamau filed the case days after the Eritrean Foreign minister Osman Saleh wrote to the council, calling for independent investigations into Kenya’s claims that his country was funding Islamic militants in Somalia
Eritrea wants Kenya reprimanded for “serious and harmful accusations,” including claims that Asmara recently supplied three planeloads of arms to Al-Shabaab through Baidoa airport.

Our ambassador in New York has also filed a case before the Security Council’s Sanctions Committee to undertake investigations on what we believe Eritrea is doing in Somalia,” Foreign Affairs spokesman Lindsay Kiptines said on Sunday.

Kenya recently asked the council to support its operation in Somalia by deploying African Union troops to areas taken from Al-Shabaab.

Kenya is also seeking a naval blockade of Kismayu, the port Al-Shabaab derives much of its revenue from.

The British Government has officially endorsed Kenya’s military operation in Somalia as have many other countries.
{ I would like to remind everybody that it is NOT the position taken by Somaliland }

The Inter-governmental Authority on Development, the regional grouping, has made similar allegations against Eritrea.

In Somalia, two youths were on Sunday beheaded in Afmadow by militants for allegedly spying for the Transitional Federal Government and Kenya Defence Forces.

Residents said their heads were displayed in the streets in an attempt to frighten locals from cooperating with the transitional government or Kenyan troops.

In Laikipia, Internal Security minister George Saitoti said the Kenya Defence Forces would only quit Somalia after the militants were defeated.

“They made our lives miserable by their actions of kidnapping tourists and killing them. They even conducted terror attacks within our boundaries. That is unacceptable as the government has a duty to defend its people at whatever cost,” he said.

On Friday, Ethiopia accused Eritrea of using the Security Council to deflect attention from its links to militants in Somalia.

East African leaders who met under the umbrella of IGAD in Addis Ababa to discuss the military operation in Somalia also called for sanctions against Eritrea.

“Eritrea must clearly and publicly commit herself to immediately stop all of these activities and present a credible plan and timeline to implement this change in policy. The aim [of taking Kenya to Security Council] appears to be dividing the supporters of sanctions and some possibility to avoid their tightening. Given the unanimity of the IGAD over the sanctions, it seems rather naive to think that any such strategy might work,” Ethiopia’s foreign ministry said on Friday.

Ethiopia and Eritrea are bitter rivals and have fought a border war.

Terrorist groups

Eritrea’s ambassador to Kenya Beyane Russom blamed his country’s woes on Ethiopia. He claimed Ethiopia’s past operations in Somalia had revived dormant terrorist groups.

“We have never armed any group in Somalia. We want peace and stability in Somalia,” Mr Beyane said.

IGAD wants Eritrea to take radical measures, including supporting the military operation against the Al-Shabaab as a sign of good faith.

Meanwhile, Kenya will contribute troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia if the mandate is changed to reflect the situation on the ground.

“We would be submitting the request to the Security Council and to the AU. We will also request support for more troops and the Transitional Federal Government to ensure that normalcy returns to Somalia,” Mr Kiptiness said.

Kenya is also reaching out to Arab countries to support its operations in Somalia
President Kibaki was recently in the United Arab Emirate where the leadership endorsed the war on terror.

“We are also looking for moral support to Arab states supporting TFG, especially Turkey,” Kiptiness said.

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[SahanGalbeed]

^Some of the five suspected Al- Shabaab (in handcuffs) arrested in Lamu near Manda Bay Island in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa by the elite squad Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) on November 25, 201. Photo/Xinhua

Meanwhile, a human rights organisation in Mombasa has demanded the interdiction of the army officers involved in the shooting of the seven fishermen in Lamu. The seven were mistaken to be al Shabaab militias from Somalia and were shot by the army officers who were on patrol in Kiunga area, Lamu, near the Somalia border.

In a letter to the Chief of Defence Forces Gen Julius Karangi yesterday, Muslims for Human Rights terms the shooting as excessive use of force by the army officers involved in the "Operation Linda Nchi". "We demand the immediate interdiction of the officers involved in the incident. Refusing to stop cannot be used as the excuse to shoot the innocent fishermen," said Muhuri executive director Hussein Khalid.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201111110060.html

[Babygirl-]

f-king Bantus,

Long Live Eritrea & Sudan.

[Colonel]

f-king Bantus,

Long Live Eritrea & Sudan.

Egypt, North Sudan, Eritrea and Free Somalis need to team up against the Habash + Bantu coalition and bring death to their land.

[abdisamad3]

f-king Bantus,

Long Live Eritrea & Sudan.

Egypt, North Sudan, Eritrea and Free Somalis need to team up against the Habash + Bantu coalition and bring death to their land.

[MidriGeez]

Ahh Those Kenyans Again..lol We are not worried about them... Those Tree huggers Just proved that they are still colonised. Game is up now Everyone know those planes came from Ethiopia. Eritrea has signed a defense pact with egypt last year, and Rumor that Eritrea also Signed a defense pact with Al bashir when the president went there few weeks ago, So like i said before Eritrea + sudan + Egypt VS Kenya + Ethiopia + Uganda + Rwanda + Burundi. Wallahi we would Kick Their a**.

[tightrope]

f-king Bantus,

Long Live Eritrea & Sudan.

Egypt, North Sudan, Eritrea and Free Somalis need to team up against the Habash + Bantu coalition and bring death to their land.

[arabmtu]

The British Government has officially endorsed Kenya’s military operation in Somalia as have many other countries.

Kenya is a joke. It enjoys the support of the US, EU and AU, yet whines like a baby about Eritrea, a country that isn't superpower nor rich.

[abdisamad3]

The British Government has officially endorsed Kenya’s military operation in Somalia as have many other countries.

Kenya is a joke. It enjoys the support of the US, EU and AU, yet whines like a baby about Eritrea, a country that isn't superpower nor rich.

Kenya remainds me of how a spoiled little kid would act, who punches an older and stronger kid, but when the other kid tries to punch back, he then runs away cowardly and hide behind his older brother for protection,

[Mondey]

in other words Kenya wey cabaadaysa

[abdisamad3]

in other words Kenya wey cabaadaysa

ever since their army and azanian pets, got stuck in the muds near the Somali/Kenyan border, they have been crying,,,mind you they have the whole worlds helping them, and the only army facing them is rag-tag millitia, with old russian anti-aircraft guns as their heaviest artillery weapon,