Posted on 03/26/2009 6:21:37 AM PDT by TDCAnalyst
As the world watches the governments of the Middle East divide into two competing blocs based on their allegiance to Iran, a similar Iron Curtain is being created in Africa. The Iran-Syria Axis is teaming up with rogue countries like Sudan, Eritrea, and Zimbabwe, and even radical Islamic forces in Somalia. Opposing this Axis is Ethiopia and Djibouti, although many more countries will enlist themselves in either bloc in the years ahead.
The ongoing war in Somalia may be ultimately seen as the first proxy war between these two blocs. A November 2006 United Nations report revealed how several countries were backing different sides in the conflict. Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Eritrea, Libya, and Djibouti were cited as giving aid to the forces of the Islamic Courts Union, a radical organization then affiliated with Al-Qaeda, while Ethiopia, Uganda and Yemen were cited as supporting the forces of the Transitional Federal Government.
According to the U.N. report, in mid-July 2006, Aden Hashi Farah, a leader of the Islamic Courts Union and member of Al-Qaeda, chose 720 Somali militants to join Hezbollah in Lebanon to fight Israeli forces. 200 of these Somalis went to Syria for further training on July 27. By early September 2006, at least 100 of these militants returned to Somalia, accompanied with five Hezbollah operatives, who would train other militants. The rest of Somalis remained in Lebanon to undergo further training. These militants were paid a minimum of $2,000 and up to $30,000 were given to the families of those killed in combat. Hezbollah also arranged for Syria and Iran to deliver weapons to the radical Islamic forces. According to the report, two Iranians remained in Somalia when it was released in November 2006 to try to arrange for the retrieval of uranium...
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It will be interesting which way Libya will go.
They will go with Sudan et al. The article doesn’t say so, but the face-off is Muslim vs. non-Muslim.
Considering that Zimbabwe is part of the axis, I’d say it’s thugocracy vs. non-thugocracy.
Libya and Iran have long had an “understanding”
Yes. But post-Saddam there has been a tacit step towards rapprochement between us and Libya...
China is the new colonizer in Africa and will use Islamic thugs as their security force.
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