Uganda awaits US funds to send troops to Somalia: army

Reuters ^ | Tue Aug 31, 2010 8:18am GMT

[Pan_Yan]

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda is waiting for U.S. funding to send up to 10,000 extra troops to the African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia, Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces General Aronda Nyakairima told the Daily Monitor on Tuesday. "We can even call up to 10,000 but that will depend on whether the United States supports us or not," he said.

Only Uganda and Burundi have contributed troops for Somalia despite repeated requests by the EU- and U.S.-funded AU.

Al Shabaab, a militant Islamic militia in Somalia fighting to topple the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), claimed responsibility for an attack in Uganda's capital on July 11 that killed nearly 80 people.

[Pan_Yan]

The TFG only controls a few blocks of the capitol, Mogadishu, and their last hope might be if Ethiopia sends troops across the border. I'm betting the State Department procrastinates long enough to let the Al Qaeda allies take the country.

[huldah1776]

I really feel for these guys, especially since Ron Paul wants the fed to disclose if there is really any gold in Fort Knox. The fed probably had it made into bling and sold it.

[Bob Buchholz]

I don't know how to say it any other way:

WE ARE FREAKING BROKE!!!

[CPOSharky]

Stop sending money we don’t have out of the US.

Let the rest of the world figure out their destiny for themselves while we work to keep ourselves from turning into one of them.