Sh. Shirif would do himself and the people of Mogadishu (he controls Villa Somalia and its surroundings) a great service in resigning after the 12/03 attacks on Shaamow Hotel, which claimed the death of scores of civilians and members of the government alike.
The solemn duty of Shirif/Sharmaarke administration should be the protection of the Somali people. In that case, both leaders failed to live up to that level. They demonstrated their inability to curb the violence in Mogadishu let alone in other parts of the country.
Seventy people were killed including the late minister Omar Hashi in a suicide attack in Beledwayne Hotel in June 18, 2009. In September of this year, just three months after, the headquarters of AMISOM was targeted by a suicide bomber, where the dead was included a high level military official in the Somali side and the second in command of the AMISON, who also was the head of the Burundian peacekeepers, among other were killed by truck filled with explosive devices.
Today, peace is what the residents of Mogadishu need the most. Unfortunately the two most incompetents leaders Somalia ever saw can’t deliver ten percent of the peace the people are in need of. Therefore, they should come to their best of sense and resign, if there is anything to resign from.
Furthermore, Obama administration recently announced the deployment of more troops in Afghanistan. Why I mention that? Because more troops means more pressure on terrorists hiding in Afghanistan. Given Pakistan’s crackdown of terrorists in its soil, Somalia will be the ideal target for any escaping member of Al Qaeda or Taliban to consider. Every factor that made Afghanistan a terrorist hotspot is also available in Somalia today; lack of strong central government, alias like Al-itihad, Al-islaah, Al- takfiir, Al-shabaab...Etc, are running a great size of the southern part of the nation, where the escaping terrorist can find a safe haven.
Some believe, the attacks like the latest on Shaamow Hotel, are the likes that take place in Pakistan, as an injured reporter told the VOA. Therefore, it is safe to assume that the engineers of the attacks in Pakistan’s universities, mosques, government building and on other public infrastructure are now operating in Mogadishu freely.
Finally, due to the growing insecurity in Mogadishu, the suicide attacks and its casualties mentioned above and the incompetence of Shirif and Sharmaarke, the Somali people should be given yet another chance to rescue their nation with the leadership of competent, experienced and perhaps well respected individual. The country is crying out loud for change, and this time change for the better is the theme.
Source:somaliweyn.org
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