posted by Steve | 10:35 AM
Anarchic Civilization
It's gaining ground.
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http://www.shabelle.net/news/ne3695.htm
I saw that the TFG has closed down a local news provider in Somalia and as you have already pointed out, there are reports about governemnt troops deserting aras.
That could be understodd as if the TFG is close to collapse and that the closing down of the local news provider is a desperate attempt to regain control.
I hope they fail and I am fairly optimistic.
If I remember correctly, the troops have returned to the areas that they had deserted. That's the bad news. The good news is that the TFG doesn't control all of Mog.
In other news, the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia is promising to spring into action soon. I'm not sure if this is good news because they might have strong foreign backing, which would mean that we can expect to see more senseless violence and disruption of economic growth.
I think it's quite possible that foreign powers are backing both sides in order to disrupt economic growth in Somalia. One writer even accused Sheikh Ahmed of being in contact with the CIA.
What about the country side? Who, if any, is in control of the country side?
Presumably, warlords and militias.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/27/world/africa/27somalia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
"The Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, a United Nations creation that was always considered a shaky, short-term compromise, was finally installed in Mogadishu, the capital, in December, but it, like many Somalis, is now teetering on the edge of survival. A raging insurgency has confined the government to a handful of heavily fortified buildings in Mogadishu, while the rest of the country suffers."
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