U.S. weapons to Somalia: The Disastrous Move, 4 Jul 4, 2009, by Faizal Mohamud

After all its endeavours failed to stabilize Somalia, the United States has upgraded its role of involvement to arming one side of the conflict to defeat the “radical” Alshabaab Almujahideen, an Islamist group that has taken over most of Southern Somalia soon after Ethiopian troops withdrew from the country in January and is linked to Alqaeda by Washington.

For many Somalis who have been anticipating change of policy from the new administration of Barrack Obama, this blueprint of exporting weapons to chaotic Somalia was a startling move, as it would negatively impact on the security and stability of, not only Somalia but the whole conflict-prone Horn of Africa.