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Black Hawk Rising: CIA Warlords Take
Control in Mogadishu
Chris
Floyd
Tuesday May 08, 2007
What's happening these days in Somalia, the land that Time (and Newsweek)
forgot? Well, after
killing several hundred civilians and driving
more than 350,000 people from their homes during last month's Terror
War blitzkrieg in Mogadishu, George
Bush's proxy "regime change" forces (including the brutal, American-trained
military of the Ethiopian invaders) have installed
an unelected warlord as the new mayor of the capital, McClatchy Newspapers
reports.
Mohamed Dheere is very much in the classic "strongman" mode
so beloved by America's dispensers of liberation and democracy over the
past century. He comes to his new post from his former gangland turf in
the northern town of Jowhar, "where he presided over a famously ruthless
extortion network," McClatchy noted. Yes, from Somoza to Saddam, from
Marcos to Mubarak, this is our kind of guy. Dheere's expertise in extortion
will no doubt prove invaluable in his new role as a greasy wheel in the
great global shakedown machine known as the "War on Terror," where Bush
and his button men travel the world, threatening to kneecap any weak country
that won't cough up "oil
laws" or "basing agreements" on demand.
Naturally, in keeping with the inch-think paint of piety required by all
players in the Terror War, the ruthless extortioner Dheere repented of
all the crimes he committed to reach the top and "asked Somalis to forgive
him for his past misdeeds" when he took office last week, McClatchy reports.
And just to make sure they do forgive him, he has been given a helpmeet
for his spiritual labors: "another former warlord, Abdi Hasan 'Qaybdid'
Awale," who was appointed national police chief by the unelected prime
minister of the Bush-backed "transitional government," Ali Mohamed Gedi.
Chief Awale, like many of Bush's new allies in Somalia, was
once a leading figure in the "Black Hawk Down" faction of warlords that
mutilated and humiliated U.S. soldiers during America's previous foray
into the territory. But of course, he too has been been forgiven for his
past misdeeds by the Great White Father in Washington. Indeed, Awale has
come in so far from the Black Hawk cold that he was put on the CIA payroll
last year -- alongside Mayor Dheere, McClatchy reports. Your tax dollars
at work.
But all this talk of repentance and forgiveness should not
be mistaken as a sign of weakness on the part of the Unitary Executive's
satraps in Somalia. Perish the thought! "The appointment of these new
leaders is not to go easy on the people of Mogadishu, but to face the
hard task of ensuring and securing a peaceful environment," said the unelected
prime minister of the unelected mayor and his CIA colleague. In other
words, they will be kicking ass and taking names -- of all those too weak
to kick back -- in the best Terror War tradition. ***
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