"Chifre da África" - Etiópia, Eritréia, Somália & Djibuti

[varj]

Senão me engano utilizaram dos F5 na campanha aérea.

[marcelo l.]

Franceses estão apoiando por mar a campanha do Kenya.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/afr ... story.html

[varj]

chego a falar que os problemas daquela região são em grande parte decorrentes da forma como abandonaram as ex colônia

[marcelo l.]

The Washington Post reports that the US is now flying unmanned Reaper strike aircraft, or drones, from Ethiopia to hit Shabaab in Somalia:

Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-ma ... z1c551hGTz

he Air Force has invested millions of dollars to upgrade an airfield in Arba Minch, Ethi­o­pia, where it has built a small annex to house a fleet of drones that can be equipped with Hellfire missiles and satellite-guided bombs. The Reapers began flying missions earlier this year over neighboring Somalia, where the United States and its allies in the region have been targeting al-Shabab, a militant Islamist group connected to al-Qaeda.
In late September, we were told that the US has been operating the drones from bases in Djibouti and Seychelles, and that bases in Ethiopia and a country yet to be named on the Arabian Peninsula were under construction.

The base in Arba Minch is ideally positioned to hit targets in central and southern Somalia while being far enough from the border that Shabaab would have a difficult time mounting a conventional attack on the base [see the map above, and before anyone gets upset over operational security, the name of the base has already disclosed, and jihadis are quite familiar with Google Maps]. But the base is also well placed for hitting targets in Uganda, Kenya, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Don't be surprised if you read one day that US drones hit the Lord's Resistance Army. An estimated 100 US Special Operations Forces have recently been deployed to Uganda to target the Lord's Resistance Army.

[Enlil]

Corroborando:

Estados Unidos admitem que lançam drones a partir da Etiópia

Os Estados Unidos admitiram nesta sexta-feira que lançam aviões não tripulados a partir da Etiópia, em meio a sua luta contra o terrorismo no Chifre da África, apesar de terem negado que a frota esteja armada, como publicou o Washington Post no dia anterior.

“Os Estados Unidos têm uma frota de aviões não tripulados sem armas em uma instalação lá, mas são utilizados apenas para vigilância, como parte de uma campanha mais ampla, integrada e sustentada para lutar contra o terrorismo”, afirmou o porta-voz do Pentágono, o capitão John Kirby, à AFP. “Estes aviões não tripulados são utilizados apenas para vigilância e não para realizar missões de ataque”, completou.

Tanto o Pentágono como a Casa Branca confirmaram a existência de voos não tripulados que decolam do aeródromo de Arba Minch, depois que o Washington Post publicou essa informação na quinta-feira.

As fontes oficiais declararam, no entanto, que os aviões não tripulados Reaper não portavam armas, diferentemente do publicado pelo jornal, que citou fontes não identificadas.

Fonte: Terra

http://planobrasil.com/2011/10/29/estad ... a-etiopia/



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[marcelo l.]

E pur si muove!

Elite commandos storm lawless Somali war zone to snatch tribal leader

British commandos made a dramatic amphibious landing on Somalia’s war-torn shores to seize a tribal leader, the Daily Mail can reveal.
In an extraordinary operation in a lawless area teeming with bandits and pirates, elite Royal Marines launched Viking armoured vehicles from landing craft and pushed several miles inland to pick up the clan chief.
The unprecedented covert landing comes at a sensitive time in the troubled East African country as Al Qaeda-linked groups are training terror recruits and pirates are holding more than 100 hostages after seizing their boats.
cont.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z1cG9wVZQ0

[tflash]

Este é o tipo de operações que eu aprovo e acho importante. É bom que eles não se sintam seguros nos seus territórios quando atacam a navegação internacional. Desde que não se lembrem de enviar tropas de forma permanente.

[varj]

Se não houver ações estratégicas integradas.Serviços de inteligência, trabalho político, apoio aos vizinhos não acredito em resultado eficaz nestas incursões.

[marcelo l.]

Se não houver ações estratégicas integradas.Serviços de inteligência, trabalho político, apoio aos vizinhos não acredito em resultado eficaz nestas incursões.

Concordo, mas as incursões atuais tem só ao meu ver criar estados-tampão através de senhores da guerra, boa parte deles será ao norte do Kenya financiado pela China que realizou estudos geológicos na região e alguma ordem no litoral para que não exista refúgio aos piratas.

[varj]

Concordo Marcelo e desta forma as questões atuais se perpetuarão infelizmente

[Enlil]

Ataque no Quênia deixa pelo menos mortos dez no sul da Somália
Atualizado em 30 de outubro, 2011

Pelo menos dez pessoas morreram e mais de 40 ficaram feridas neste domingo em um ataque aéreo realizado pelo Quênia no sul da Somália.

O ataque ocorreu em uma área controlada pelos militantes do grupo Al-Shabaab, nos arredores da cidade de Jilib.

Testemunhas dizem que dois aviões largaram bombas no local pouco depois de um veículo do Al-Shabaab ter passado pelo local. No entanto, todas as vítimas eram civis refugiados.

O porta-voz militar queniano Emmanuel Chirchir disse à BBC, no entanto, que os mortos eram todos militantes do Al-Shabaab.

No início deste mês, forças do Quênia entraram na Somália, afirmando estar em busca de militantes acusados de realizar sequestros.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/portuguese/ultimas ... p_rn.shtml

[marcelo l.]

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld ... 6630.story

Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya— The commander of Kenya's defense forces declared Saturday that his troops would remain in neighboring Somalia until the threat from the militant Islamist militia Shabab is eliminated and Kenyans feel safe.

Given the messiness of other countries' incursions in Somalia, the vow by defense forces chief Gen. Julius Karangi suggests that Kenya's first military adventure since independence nearly half a century ago could be a long one.

In 1992, U.S.-led forces launched Operation Restore Hope, which led to the "Black Hawk Down" catastrophe of October 1993, in which 18 U.S. troops were killed and the bodies of some of them dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, the Somali capital.

cont.

[marcelo l.]

Djibouti Adds 850 Soldiers to Peacekeeping Force in Somalia
By JOSH KRON


MOGADISHU, Somalia — The tiny country of Djibouti will send about 850 soldiers to an African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia this month, a spokesman for the mission said Wednesday. It is only the third country to do so after a series of unmet promises from a number of African nations.

he troops from Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa, will join roughly 9,000 soldiers from Uganda and Burundi, which have been supporting Somalia’s weak, American-backed, transitional government since 2007. The government, which has been fighting Islamist insurgents known as the Shabab in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has virtually no influence outside of the city, and despite a nationwide mandate, neither does the African Union.

cont.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/03/world ... ?ref=world

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Texto sobre os limites da ajuda alimentar no atual quadro da Somalia e as novas agências turca de ajuda humanitária.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/givin ... ref=africa

[Enlil]

Quênia declara guerra à milícia islâmica Al Shabab da Somália

José Miguel Calatayud
Em Nairóbi
El País

A ofensiva militar do Quênia em território somali, que a princípio se limitaria a afastar a milícia rebelde Al Shabab da fronteira, se assemelha cada vez mais com uma guerra convencional que se estende por grande parte da Somália.

O exército queniano anunciou que bombardeará várias cidades controladas pela Al Shabab e distribuídas por todo o centro e sul da Somália, incluindo Afgoye, que se encontra a cerca de 30 quilômetros de Mogadíscio. “Baidoa, Baadheere, Baydhabo, Dinsur, Afgoogye, Bwale, Barawe, Jilib, Kismayo e Afmadhow serão atacadas continuamente”, indicou o major Emmanuel Chirchir, porta-voz do exército queniano, em um comunicado que logo repetiu em seu perfil do Twitter.

O anúncio acontece depois da chegada a Baidoa de dois aviões carregados de armas para Al Shabab, segundo confirmado pelo próprio exército queniano, que indicou que todas essas cidades contam com bases da milícia rebelde. Segundo Chirchir, as armas serão trasladadas a diferentes bases da Al Shabab nessas cidades, o que transforma essas bases em alvos militares. “As cidades mencionadas sofrerão ataques iminentes e aconselhamos a seus residentes que evitem qualquer contato com a milícia Al Shabab”, disse Chirchir.

Al Shabab enfrenta o governo somali desde 2007 e pretende instaurar um regime fundamentalista islâmico no país, onde controla grande parte da zona centro e zona sul. O Quênia culpa a Al Shabab pelos sequestros de cidadãos europeus em território queniano, inclusive o das voluntárias espanholas Montserrat Serra e Blanca Thiebaut nos campos de refugiados de Dadaab, no dia 13 de outubro.

No domingo passado, a aviação queniana bombardeou a cidade de Jilib e matou pelo menos cinco civis e feriu outros 52 que se encontravam em um campo para pessoas deslocadas. O exército queniano não tem experiência em conflitos armados fora de seu território e sua aviação é formada, sobretudo, por velhos caças F5 de segunda mão que compraram da força aérea da Jordânia.

Embora oficialmente o exército queniano diga desconhecer a procedência das armas entregues à Al Shabab, fontes militares somalis citadas pela mídia local acusaram o governo da Eritreia de armar a milícia rebelde. Al Shabab negou estar recebendo armamentos da Eritreia, e as autoridades desse país também negaram qualquer participação no conflito. “Não existe razão para que a Eritreia envie armas a Al Shabab para desestabilizar um país”, assinalou seu governo em um comunicado.

No passado, a Eritreia apoiou e deu refúgio a representantes do governo somali da União de Cortes Islâmicas, que em 2006 e 2007 enfrentou uma invasão etíope apoiada pelos Estados Unidos e cujo braço armado deu origem à milícia Al Shabab. Em 2009, o Conselho de Segurança da ONU impôs diversas sanções à Eritreia e exigiu que ela deixasse de armar, treinar e equipar grupos armados.

Fonte: UOL

http://planobrasil.com/2011/11/05/queni ... a-somalia/



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[marcelo l.]

http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/ethiopi ... 11110.aspx

Even A Warrior State Suffers Combat Fatigue

November 10, 2011: The Kenyan government continues to argue that Eritrea is arming Al Shabaab Islamist guerrillas. Everyone in eastern Africa believes the charge. So do several members of the UN Security Council, which is why Eritrea is worried about a new and much tougher batch of economic and political sanctions. Kenya is essentially fighting a shadow war with Eritrea, in Kenya’s case through a proxy (Al Shabaab). Kenya isn’t alone. Uganda and Djibouti can make the same claim. The Ethiopia-Eritrea border remains tense, and is a frozen battle front. That’s the major reason the UN is once again pushing Eritrea and Ethiopia to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission’s (EEBC) border demarcation decision (the Final and Binding Delimitation and Demarcation decision). However, that isn’t likely. Ethiopia refuses to accept the EEBC recommendation that ceded the border town of Badme to Eritrea.
November 8, 2011: Kenya claims that three airplanes carrying weapons for Al Shabaab fighters landed near the town of Baidoa, Somalia. The implication is that the airplanes flew into Somalia from Eritrea.

November 6, 2011: Ethiopia stated that its peacekeeping brigade in Abyei (a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan) is attempting to carry out the UN mandate. Sudan and South Sudan were supposed to pull their forces back from the Abyei region but neither side has fully complied with the pullback agreement. The Ethiopian brigade is charged with monitoring the Abyei region. It is the only unit assigned to the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).

November 5, 2011: Ethiopia continues to use anti-terrorism laws as a pretext for attempting to silence journalists and free reporting. The Ethiopian government has cracked down on reporters and aid groups before, particularly in the Ogaden region. The government says the aid organizations are really providing support to the rebels. In June the government arrested a half-dozen reporters and charged them with consorting with terrorist organizations.

November 2, 2011: In the wake of Kenya’s offensive into Somalia, Eritrea is denying that it supports Al Shabaab and other radical Islamist organizations in Somalia. Kenya has accused Somali Islamist organizations of launching attacks in Kenya and attempting to stir up trouble with border tribes.

Djibouti told the African Union (AU) that it will contribute 850 soldiers to the AU’s peacekeeping operation in Somalia.

October 31, 2011: Ethiopia announced that China will help it build a new railroad line to Djibouti. The railroad will improve Ethiopia’s access to Djibouti’s seaport. The current rail link dates from early in the 20th century. Ethiopia is also improving the highway to the port of Berbera, in the Somaliland Republic, the breakaway statelet in northern Somalia.

October 29, 2011: Nearly 30,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed the Sudan border and are seeking shelter in Ethiopia. The refugees report that Sudanese government forces have shelled their home towns in Blue Nile state.

October 21, 2011: Two Eritrean rebel groups, the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) and the Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF) claimed that their guerrilla fighters killed 12 Eritrean Army soldiers and wounded 15 more in an attack in southern Eritrea. RSADO has made similar claims in the last 12 months. The Eritrean government claims RSADO is backed by Ethiopia.

October 15, 2011: Members of MEDREK, the Ethiopian umbrella opposition group, accused the government of using accusations of terrorist activity to jail political opponents. The government denied the charge.

October 14, 2011: Ethiopia has now deployed 1,800 troops to the disputed Abyei region in Sudan (Sudan-South Sudan border area).

October 6, 2011: The Eritrean economy is a mess and on a daily basis neighboring nations report that more Eritrean refugees cross the border. Ethiopia claims that several hundred new refugees from Eritrea enter Ethiopia every week or so. Yet Eritrea manages to continue to confront Ethiopia and supply several guerrilla organizations with weapons and financial aid. How does Eritrea manage to do it? One of the wikileaks cables (March 2009) addresses that. The US diplomatic cable noted that Eritrea has a very strong national identity, the result of four decades of war. The Eritrean people are also tough. They can handle short rations and deprivation. You have to wonder why the cable was ever classified. Eritrea has been called a nation that is an army. However, fighting Ethiopia for independence is one thing, but fighting everybody in East Africa is something else. Eritrea isn’t about to crack, but the steady trickle of refugees indicates that even a warrior state can start to suffer combat fatigue.

September 29, 2011: Ethiopia confirmed that it will eventually deploy 4,250 troops to Abyei (Sudan-South Sudan disputed zone), to serve with the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). A police contingent will also deploy. UNISFA is a UN Chapter VIII peacekeeping mission.

September 18, 2011: Global shippers have noticed an increase in pirate activity off the coast of Eritrea. In the past, pirate attacks have increased in the southern Red Sea area during the monsoon season, but maritime shipping analysts also believe that more pirate groups are operating in the Red Sea and in the Bab al Mandaab (the strait connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden). Shippers reported pirate speedboat swarm attacks off Eritrea in mid-August. The major worry is that the Eritrean government, which is at odds with just about everyone except Sudan and Iran, is encouraging pirate operations or is at least permitting the operations.

September 16, 2011: The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) accused the Ethiopian government of preventing international relief agencies from delivering food aid to the starving people of Ogaden. The Ogaden region is suffering from an extended drought. Essentially, the ONLF is accusing Ethiopia of using mass starvation as a weapon against ONLF guerrillas.

September 5, 2011: Eritrea’s president visited Uganda, and in terms of Eritrean diplomacy, that is a bit unusual. Uganda has peacekeeping troops in Somalia. Eritrea supports several Somali Islamist guerrilla movements, including Al Shabaab, which launched terror attacks inside Uganda. Eritrea typically shuns African nations which support Ethiopia (which Uganda tends to do). However, Eritrea is also looking for ways to avoid a new round of economic and political sanctions.