Posted on 11/12/2006 5:29:31 AM PST by Flavius
SomaliNet) The Ugandan parliament is to first approve the decision to deploy Ugandan army, the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) troops to war-torn Somalia. - Dehai reported.
Uganda's Defence state minister Ruth Nankabirwa said the troops would be sent on a peacekeeping mission.
"To abide by the legal procedures, we are tabling a motion to seek permission to go to Somalia. We have a battalion fully trained in peace-keeping missions for an environment like Somalia," she told journalists recently.
Nankabirwa said Uganda had fully investigated the circumstances in Somalia in regard to the hostility of Somali faction leaders to UPDF deployment.
The Ugandan defence minister said investigations had proved that out of IGAD member countries, it is only Uganda and Sudan which could be accepted by at least 70% of the people in Somalia.
"We are continuously monitoring the situation," she added.
Maybe 1000 years would help.
For "an environment like Somalia" the training consists of shooting everything that moves.
Living under Amin was their basic training.
well the ROP is colonializing Somalia on the cheap and quite successfully
its allays nice to see these heart warming success stories./s
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