The battle for the Mogadishu Airport

Tedla Asfaw

At the time Meles' militia are bogged down in Somalia and took many casualties, the power to settle who will take over from Meles is underway, for the "control" of  Mogadishu Airport. The battle started by the ultimatum given by Shabab fighters threatening to close down the airport effective today September 16 and the reason  is the alleged profiting by Meles and his stooges, the current rulers of Mogadishu, from the revenues of the airport.

However, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed wanted the airport to remain open because he believes that is the life line of Somalis and vowed to fight to keep it open and the war has already started though not directly. In the meantime the Ugandan 'peacekeepers' who have been controlling the airport since their arrival years ago  lost two of their men as reported by VOA's Alisha Ryu yesterday from Nairobi.

The battle for the airport will bring the Ugandan peacekeepers and the Sheik group on one side and on the opposites side Shabab armed groups and the battle will intensify on the coming days, weeks and months. Shabab knows that they can not evict the Ugandan forces and run the airport and what they would like to achieve is to make the airport risky for flight by planting roadside bombs and scare away the Ugandan troops..

Meles' militia will use all its forces similar to the "USA's surge" in Iraq  combined with USA warplanes  to inflict huge blow to the Shabab fighters using Sheik Ahmed as their men from within and secure the airport for future "peacekeeping" mission.

However, Shabab is unlikely to sacrifice their best fighters for this mission because they know time is on their side. Meles' militia will be forced out because it is hated by Somalis and it will be up to Shabab and the Sheik group to seat down and find solutions for their country.

Moreover, the Sheik agreement with the current unpopular regime will collapse after Meles' militia has pulled out of Somalia.  Somalia will be back to square one where many clans will align themselves to their clans or join Shabab or the Sheik group and start the war among themselves and to avoid that Sheik should be careful of siding with the current regime in Somalia and outsiders in the pretext  for the battle for the Mogadishu Airport.

Executive experience's lack or racism ?

Tedla Asfaw


American International Group(AIG), the insurance giant, Merill Lynch, today Lehman Brothers and  who knows what is next and one thing is sure, USA economy is on big meltdown and many working Americans are  going to lose big time. Wait a minute !!! I heard McCain's running mate, Sarah Paline,  calling for the Federal government to "get off from our back" and why she then is quite for the  "911" call from multimillionaires last night to the Federal Government? Is it as one put it recently on New York Times letters to the editor, socialize the pain and individualize the profit.

Is it not the same Federal Government that bailed out today  Lehman Brothers and other companies recently at a huge cost for tax payers ? McCain and his running mate want to lower tax and they are not telling us where they got the money to bail out the millionaires who have huge stocks and the large share of the investment of these failed companies.

If Americans vote for their pockets the elections should have been settled by now. Unfortunately the economy which should have been the focus of debate sidetracked for issues like "experience" which was not an issue back when George Bush took office eight years ago or Clinton in 1992.

Obama's "lack of executive experience" is a diversionary issue because Obama has equal if not more experience than George Bush when he took office. It is then very interesting to see why the race for White House is hard to tell this time when  the current economic meltdown indict the Bush/McCain failed economic policy without any doubt. Then how comes many suburban working whites prefer McCain to Obama according the recent polls? Is it not McCain part of the current problem than the solution.

The "experience question" might be the code for "race preference ". If Obama had been white the race for White House should have been over by now because all Americans including the suburban working suffered under the failed Bush economic policy which  McCain was part of.

Voting for McCain is tantamount to supporting failed Bush economic policy and we will pay dearly in the next four years. We should not also have double standard for the role of government in America. We can not hail when government bail out millionaires and condemn its role for helping working Americans.

Executive experience's lack or racism ?

Tedla Asfaw


American International Group(AIG), the insurance giant, Merill Lynch, today Lehman Brothers and  who knows what is next and one thing is sure, USA economy is on big meltdown and many working Americans are  going to lose big time. Wait a minute !!! I heard McCain's running mate, Sarah Paline,  calling for the Federal government to "get off from our back" and why she then is quite for the  "911" call from multimillionaires last night to the Federal Government? Is it as one put it recently on New York Times letters to the editor, socialize the pain and individualize the profit.

Is it not the same Federal Government that bailed out today  Lehman Brothers and other companies recently at a huge cost for tax payers ? McCain and his running mate want to lower tax and they are not telling us where they got the money to bail out the millionaires who have huge stocks and the large share of the investment of these failed companies.

If Americans vote for their pockets the elections should have been settled by now. Unfortunately the economy which should have been the focus of debate sidetracked for issues like "experience" which was not an issue back when George Bush took office eight years ago or Clinton in 1992.

Obama's "lack of executive experience" is a diversionary issue because Obama has equal if not more experience than George Bush when he took office. It is then very interesting to see why the race for White House is hard to tell this time when  the current economic meltdown indict the Bush/McCain failed economic policy without any doubt. Then how comes many suburban working whites prefer McCain to Obama according the recent polls? Is it not McCain part of the current problem than the solution.

The "experience question" might be the code for "race preference ". If Obama had been white the race for White House should have been over by now because all Americans including the suburban working suffered under the failed Bush economic policy which  McCain was part of.

Voting for McCain is tantamount to supporting failed Bush economic policy and we will pay dearly in the next four years. We should not also have double standard for the role of government in America. We can not hail when government bail out millionaires and condemn its role for helping working Americans.

Fwd: Fw: Re: Teddy Afro's cellmate

Teddy's cell not cellmate -: Addis Dimts Radio's yesterday statement quoting Seye Abraha was only confirming the cell where Teddy Afro is jailed. The  late Kinfe alleged killer, Major Tesheye was jailed in the same cell and executed by TPLF a year ago. I apologize for the error.                                                             Thanks,                                                      Tedla Asfaw -- .