Ab-Titchaz
JF-Expert Member
- Jan 30, 2008
- 14,631
- 4,225
Comoros raid to proceed, says Tanzania
Tanzania has rebuffed attempts by South Africa to halt military action to depose President Mohamed Bacar of tiny Comoros island of Anjouan.
Foreign affairs minister Bernard Membe said Tanzania was pushing ahead with the African Union decision to strike against Anjouan despite opposition from President Thabo Mbeki.
The military offensive begins tomorrow (today) and there is no going back, Mr Membe told The Citizen in a phone interview.
He said Tanzania was surprised and taken aback by President Mbekis change of heart for the invasion that had received blessing from AU.
The invasion of the tiny Island that has declared independence from Comoros has received tacit support from the international community including from US and France.
Mr Membes remarks came after reports emerged that the South African leader had written to President Jakaya Kikwete last Friday asking him to shelve the military intervention in the Comoros.
President Kikwete is the current chairman of AU and Tanzania is playing a leading role in the planned attack to eject Mr Bacar from office, and end one of the longest running political crisis in the Island.
The minister said South Africas defence of the leadership of Comoros rebel leader was unacceptable.
Tanzania has sent 750 soldiers, the largest from a single country on the front line. Senegal, Sudan and Comoros itself are to provide the balance of the 1,800 strong contingent of soldiers to be deployed.
Miili ya jamaa zetu ishaanza kurudishwa sasa.
msee Ab,
hii tayari ipo hapa mazee, mara moja moja pekenyua kabla ya ku-post!! asante.
MATUNDA YA UPEPARI........!?
EXACTLY........!Some people call it imperialistic tendencies!
Waafrika kila siku tunalalamika.
Darfur na Rwanda kumetokea human rights atrocities na genocide, watu wamepiga kelele na kuomba msaada wa kimataifa, wengine wakalalamika kwa nini waafrika wenyewe hatuwi proactive.
Sasa AU inafanya jitihada kuhakikisha hali haizidi kuwa mbaya, na kum contain huyu two timing two bit term extending gangster (Mohammed Bacar), tunalalamika pia.We should be proud of this effort, na kuwa sasa tumepiga hatua beyond kufumbia macho serious and life threatening issues kwa excuses za myopic diplomatic clauses za "non intervention" na "non interference in internal issues".
Anybody who is against this mission makes me seriously doubt their understanding of what is going down in The Comoros.Perhaps, in addition to disposing the notion that we have a terrible case of "imperialistic tendencies" it would be most beneficial if we could further explain how does that play in the mix.
My understanding is that the president of Anjoun (who is in a beef with the president of The Union of Comoros) does not want to give up power even after his term was up last year, he held an illegal, unconstitutional and sham election.If this type of gangsterism is allowed elements of secession and unconstitutional term extensions will have a healthy reason to sprout and spead elsewhere, fanning further civil wars in the already ravaged continent.
This is like the president of Zanzibar in a beef with the president of Tanzania refusing to step down and threatening secession (some people would sadly find that desirable, I would choose other means if that was really the aspired end).So then why can't the president of Tanzania (The Union of Comoros in this case) a small archipelago nation with a feeble army, enlist the help of AU in maintaining law and order?
Kama kuna malalamiko yoyote basi yawe ni juu ya kwa nini AU haijapeleka majeshi huko Darfur, siyo ju ya kwa nini tumepeleka majeshi Comoro.
By the way hii siyo effort ya wabongo, ni effort ya AU.Kwa hiyo kuwalaumu wabongo kwa kitu kilichopitishwa na AU summit is a bit on the stretching side.
Sawa ndugu Pundit, lakini mbona Maj Gen Laurent Nkunda bado anatesa kule Congo? Na iko mifano mingine ya mijambazi inayofumbiwa macho hata sasa!
NI JUKUMU LA VIONGOZI WA DRC KUOMBA SUPPORT AU....WAKIFANYA HIVYO KAMA COMORO NDIPO ATAPATA HIYO SUPPORT NA SIO KUALIKA NCHI BINAFSI ITAKUWA KAMA VURUGU ZA KABILA NA MOBUTU...!Sawa ndugu Pundit, lakini mbona Maj Gen Laurent Nkunda bado anatesa kule Congo? Na iko mifano mingine ya mijambazi inayofumbiwa macho hata sasa!
Tukianza kuvamia viongozi wanao endeleza utawala kwa nguvu bra lote la Afrika litawaka moto.
Hata M7 itabidi naye ang'olewe.
Sawa ndugu Pundit, lakini mbona Maj Gen Laurent Nkunda bado anatesa kule Congo? Na iko mifano mingine ya mijambazi inayofumbiwa macho hata sasa!