|
Thursday, 01 May 2008 |
 Abu Musab
Comment
The US military has confirmed it has conducted a missile strike at the home of a senior leader of the Somali mujahideen. The strike hit the home of Aden Hashi Ayro, killing 10 other people, including women and children.
US Central Command declared, "It was an attack against a known al-Qaeda target and militia leader in Somalia". In light of the attack we say the following:
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Sunday, 20 April 2008 |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
ANALYSIS OF THE POWER-SHARING AGREEMENT IN KENYA FOLLOWING THE
POLITICAL CRISIS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 27/12/2007
On Thursday 28/02/2008, President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya signed a
power-sharing agreement with Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), that was witnessed by both Kofi
Annan, chief mediator of the African Union appointed mediation panel
that was strongly supported by the international community, and
President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, chairman of the rotating
leadership of the African Union. Immediately the deal was signed,
messages of support and congratulations poured in from the
international community as represented by the same parties which had
shown a keen interest in resolving the political crisis in Kenya and
pressuring for a solution including the United States foreign secretary
Condoleezza Rice, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, United Nations
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, European Union (EU), African Union, East
African Community (EAC), Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
(IGAD) etc. Behind this power-sharing deal were two key influential
powers, the US and UK, that imposed this solution upon the Kenyan
government in order to preserve their vital interests.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Friday, 01 February 2008 |
The following has been adapted from a political analysis article issued before the elections.
Kenya's opposition Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) claims that last
month's election was rigged in favour of President Mwai Kibaki.
Protests have led to over 900 deaths nationwide and more than 250,000
people have fled their homes.
According to the official results, Mr Kibaki won with a tiny margin of
230,000 votes out of a total cast of some 10 million. There were
various discrepancies in the elections, such as:
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Wednesday, 01 August 2007 |
 As the West lead by George Bush and the outgoing Tony Blair have seemingly ratcheted up the pressure on Sudan over Darfur, once again the world is being told by the West that intervention in Darfur is urgently needed to save lives. Yet the reality is that Sudan, and the conflict in Darfur, is a result of the intense conflict between the major western nations over control of the regions natural resources. The new incoming leaders of Britain and France, Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy, have recently declared that they will personally travel together to Darfur to help end the fighting there. Britain and France they said would help end "one of the great humanitarian disasters".
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Monday, 09 July 2007 |
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
The following is a translation of the meaning from an Arabic letter issued by Hizb ut-Tahrir Sudan:
Call from Hizb ut-Tahrir Wilayah Sudan - To the people of Sudan in general and our people in South Kurdufân in particular.
The southern Kurdufân province is witnessing events of tribal nature that have resulted in a security vacuum and spread fire all over the region scorching the stalks and spilling of the forbidden innocent blood. People are deserting their villages. The poison of tribal prejudice has soaked the region which has become thick with wounds of tyranny, poverty and destitution. Let the ruler be warned that if the wise men do not shoulder the responsibility of reformation, the conflict will fan its fire.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Sunday, 03 June 2007 |
 The history of Islam in Africa is long and rich. The famous historian
Ibn Khaldun says that the name Ifriqiya was given after Ifriqos bin
Qais bin Saifi, one of the Kings of Yemen. To Al-Bakri, the boundaries
of Ifriqiya were Barga on the East and Tangier on the West, which means
that in addition to the Africa proper of the Romans, it included
Tripolitania, Numidia and Mauritania. Today, by the use of the word
Ifiriqiya or Africa, the Arabs as well as non-Arabs mean the entire
continent of Africa.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Wednesday, 25 April 2007 |
 The month of April witnessed a surge in bombings in the Maghreb region
of Africa with attacks simultaneously being carried out in both Algeria
and Morocco.
Algeria in particular has seen a spate of attacks since October 2006
with an upsurge in violence between the Algerian regime and some of its
opponents.
Whilst the authenticity of reports claiming to be from the culprits of
the 13th April attacks remain in doubt, it is clear that the threat of
‘terrorism’ real or imagined is being used by the governments of the
region to cement their grip on power and clamp down on all forms of
political dissent and opposition. Last month, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt
introduced a range of constitutional amendments which aimed to stifle
opposition and suppress Islamic movements who call for Islam. Under the
guise of political reform, the new powers will allow Mubarak and his
cronies to imprison anyone he deems a ‘terrorist’, permit the ban of
any political parties based on religion, grant power to the President
to unilaterally dissolve parliament and limit the role of judges in
monitoring elections, which are often mired in accusations of fraud.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Sunday, 15 April 2007 |
 The situation in Darfur, Sudan, has drawn much attention in the last few months. For an African country it has surprisingly received much widespread coverage in the Western media. Significantly it has been the focus of attention for many western politicians, particularly George Bush and Tony Blair, a focus perhaps only second to Iraq when it comes to foreign affairs.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Friday, 23 February 2007 |
Ethiopia’s invasion of Somalia in order to thwart the ambitions of the
Islamic Courts Union (ICU) marks a turning point in tensions in the
Horn of Africa. After months of denying the presence of its troops on
Somali territory, Ethiopian forces went on the offensive against the
ICU, who withdrew from Mogadishu, the Somali capital in late December
2006. Ethiopia’s government stated that they were acting on behalf of
the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG), which was based in
the town of Baidoa approximately 60 miles north of Mogadishu.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
Monday, 22 January 2007 |
 The US has carried out an air strike on a village in southern Somalia. The US/Ethiopian backed puppet transitional government has announced many people have been killed in the raid. The air strike follows the Ethiopian offensive against the Union of Islamic Courts, which reinstalled Abdullahi Yusuf and his American backed transitional government.
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
