Somalia and the totem.

Brett Nortje · Sep 8, 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_Civil_War said:

The Somali Civil War is an ongoing civil war taking place in Somalia. It grew out of resistance to the Siad Barre regime during the 1980s. By 198890, the Somali Armed Forces began engaging various armed rebel groups,[12] including the Somali Salvation Democratic Front in the northeast,[13] the Somali National Movement in the northwest,[12] and the United Somali Congress in the south.[14] The clan-based armed opposition groups eventually managed to overthrow the Barre government in 1991.[15]

Various armed factions began competing for influence in the power vacuum and turmoil that followed, particularly in the south.[16] Among the effects of the 1990-92 fighting was the temporary collapse of customary law.[17] This precipitated the arrival of UNITAF and UNOSOM peacekeeping forces in December 1992.[15] Factional fighting persisted in the south. With the absence of a central government, Somalia also began to be characterized as a "failed state".[18] The UN withdrew in 1995, having incurred significant casualties, but no central authority had yet been reestablished.[16] After the collapse of the central government, there was some return to customary and religious law in most regions.[19] In 1991 and 1998, two autonomous regional governments were also established in the northern part of the country.[16] This led to a relative decrease in the intensity of the fighting, with SIPRI removing Somalia from its list of major armed conflicts for the years 1997 and 1998.[20]

In 2000, the Transitional National Government was established, followed by the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in 2004. The trend towards reduced conflict halted in 2005, and sustained and destructive conflict took place in the south in 2005-07.[21] However, the fighting was of a much lower scale and intensity than in the early 1990s.[20] In 2006, Ethiopian troops seized most of the south from the newly formed Islamic Courts Union (ICU). The ICU then splintered into more radical groups, notably Al-Shabaab. which have since been fighting the Somali government and the AU-mandated AMISOM peacekeeping force for control of the country. Somalia topped the annual Fragile States Index for six years between 2008 and 2013.[22]

In October 2011, following preparatory meetings, Kenyan troops entered southern Somalia ("Operation Linda Nchi") to assist the Somali military in the joint operation against Al-Shabaab,[23] and to establish a temporary buffer zone inside Somalia.[24] Officially, the operation was led by Somali government forces, with Kenyan troops providing support.[25] Kenyan troops were formally integrated into the multinational force in February 2012.[26] The Federal Government of Somalia was later established in August 2012, constituting the first permanent central government in the country since the start of the civil war.[27] International stakeholders and analysts have subsequently begun to describe Somalia as a "fragile state", which is making some progress towards stability.[28][29][30][31] In August 2014, the Somali government-led Operation Indian Ocean was launched to clean up the remaining insurgent-held pockets in the countryside.[32]
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There seems to be a desire for peace here, as they have a semi stable government, yes? of course, they need to enrich themselves not off the land, but off the people, as, all people need services, yes?

So, how do you live off of people? everyone does it! presidents, police, it guys - they all provide a service or product to someone else. this is the key.

To provide services to someone else, you need to have a good price or a good service. of course, there are so many people in somalia, that there are many jobs in need. this means, as soon as someone is buying something, that person it got bought from gets cash to buy something themselves.

So, i suggest this. if there is a 'holy totem' in each 'town,' each person carries the totem to represent their turn to get time off. the rest of the people work, for nothing, ans the they hand out totems to those that 'worked.' it is like money, but it works directly off services! this is an excuse to get people to work, assuring them that they will be worked for too.

waltky · Mar 25, 2017

Are we going into Somalia next?

US General Seeks Flexible Rules of Engagement for Somalia
24 Mar 2017 | AfriCom commander Gen. Thomas Waldhauser is pressing for relaxed rules of engagement in Somalia.

The head of U.S. Africa Command said Friday that the White House is considering his request for more "flexibility" on the rules of engagement to attack Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia, but "we are not going to turn Somalia into a free-fire zone." Marine Gen. Thomas Waldhauser confirmed that a small contingent of U.S. troops is still in Libya to call in airstrikes, adding that a Russian ground presence in North Africa is contributing to instability and political turmoil. At a Pentagon news conference, Waldhauser said he is seeking "a little bit more flexibility" to "allow us to process targets in a more rapid fashion" by giving combatant commanders the authority to order strikes by drones and manned aircraft rather than going to the top of the chain of command.

U.S. Marines with the Maritime Raid Force (MRF), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, detonate a water charge on a mock-up of a steel door during a demolition range conducted at Arta Beach, Djibouti

He said the White House is considering but has not yet approved the request for more relaxed rules of engagement against the al-Qaida-linked Al-Shabaab group, which has been trying to bring down the new government of Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, a dual Somali and U.S. citizen who holds a masters degree in political science from the University of Buffalo. Waldhauser said he had "no problem" with the rules of engagement under the Obama administration but felt the time has come to "power-down the decision making" to meet the Al- Shabaab threat. He stressed that the increased flexibility on calling airstrikes would not lessen the commitment of U.S. forces to avoid civilian casualties. The order to strike will not be given unless "we know exactly who we are attacking on the ground," Waldhauser said.

Al-Shabaab was blamed for a suicide bombing that blew a hole in a jetliner last year, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Officials have cited the incident in recent days as an example of a laptop-borne bomb after the U.S. barred computers and tablets from the cabins of some incoming flights from overseas. The bomber was the only person killed in the explosion on the jetliner. Waldhauser confirmed the U.S. has a small troop presence in Libya -- a carryover from the U.S. Special Forces that assisted in airstrikes in support of the Government of National Accord (GNA) based in Tripoli in the retaking of the port of Sirte from fighters who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.

Marine Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser, U.S. Africa Command commander.

Waldhauser said the strength and influence of ISIS have greatly diminished since the massive airstrikes in Libya in January by B-2 Spirit stealth bombers flying from the U.S. He estimated that the ISIS fighters now number between 100 and 200. Waldhauser also said he is concerned by the growing Russian influence in northern Africa. He would not confirm that Russia had set up a base in western Egypt to influence events in Libya but said "there are Russians on the ground in the area." "They are on the ground, they are trying to influence the action," Waldhauser said. "We watch what they do with great concern." Moscow recently hosted GNA Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj and former Gen. Khalifa Haftar, a U.S. citizen and leader of a faction opposed to Sarraj. "Those two individuals are going to have to get together and come to some kind of accommodation" to end Libya's civil war, Waldhauser said.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/...eks-flexible-rules-of-engagement-somalia.html
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