UK Military Aid to Somali Secessionist Tribes (Somaliland):
It`s an Asset to Destabilize Somalia

UK Must Stop Military Aid to Northern Somali Secessionist Tribes (Somaliland) and Stop Soma-Oil & Gas deal with the Damul-Jadiid Islamists Group in Mogadishu.

Left Picture: Tribal Secessionists Militia Leader (Warlord Waran Cadde) using UK Military Aid to terrorize in occupied city of Laascaanood at SSC Unionist States of Somalia. Right Picture Damul-Jadiid Leader with UK PM for oil deal negotiations

Since the Northern Somali Secessionists “Isaaq tribes Militia” was claimed by unilateral separation from Somali republic in 1991, the focus on the growth of UK military aid to these tribes in northern Somalia has intensified. The recent two failed attacks of secessionists at unionist Khatumo State regions have led to substantial increases in UK military aid to secessionist tribes and to the increased covert involvement of the UK in Somali`s balkanization and destabilization.

Covert military aid by the UK, whose involvement was largely confirmed by diplomatic cables released (Addisabab-Ethiopia), were never all that covert among Somalis. After the October 2007 attacks of Isaaq Tribal Secessionists to the Khatumo State Unionist Regions of Somalia, UK involvement was widely suspected and discussed by Somalis in both Diaspora and home (Somalia). The policies of increased military aid and covert destabilization politics on Somalia are replete with risks. In the wake of the February 2012 massive secessionists massacre missile attack on Khatumo state regions, video and photographs of dead

women and children alleged to have been killed in the attacks were widely circulated on the internet and in Somalia newspapers. Khatumo State Unionists people made liberal use of the images in its efforts to stop that genocide. The Sool, Sanaag, and Cayn Unionists tribes` subordination to the secessionist`s political authority suggested by the recreation of the Khatumo state runs counter to the unionist tribes` long history of self-government and political autonomy. Additionally, many of Somali`s northern based tribes are Dervishes, a conservative Somali Unionists sect, and are therefore regarded as heretics by Anti-Secessionists.

The attacks by the Secessionists armed forces with UK military aid give some credence to the appeals, especially when civilian Khatumo State unionist`s children and women are killed in Secessionist`s militiamen operations. In many cases the attacks on Khatumo State Unionist tribal territory, especially when conducted by outside tribes like the Isaaqs Militiamen (Somaliland), are seen as violations of tribal territory and honor.

As the Isaaq tribal Secessionists takes a harder line towards Khatumo State Unionist tribes that oppose it, it risks further destabilizing the country and the tribal framework which, in many parts of the country, remains the only source of order.

Somalia is already the second most heavily armed country in the region after the Yemen, so more aid weapons are unlikely to contribute to security.

The UK`s efforts with military aid to the Northern Tribal Secessionists also increase instability in the country by further delegitimizing the Somalia Federal Government (SFG) in the eyes of much of the Somali public and by buttressing the anti-western rhetoric of groups. UK Government efforts in the country are also likely to be hampered by faulty intelligence, an inability to accurately access intelligence received, and a secessionist`s tribal state whose first priority is its survival. There is a real danger that the military aid provided by the UK to the Northern Secessionists will be diverted to fights against other groups that oppose the Secessionism.

The current UK military and financial aid to Somali Secessionists Tribes efforts will do a lot to destabilize Somalia, which faces a host of grave environmental and economic challenges. Most of these challenges, from water shortages to rapidly increasing human displacements, are not easily dealt with and all require long-term strategies and solutions. The tribal nature of Somali society has existed for hundreds, if not thousands, of years and will remain long after the colonialism has ended. This tribal structure is both an asset and an impediment to stability. It is an asset in that it often produces a functioning governmental structure that is responsive to local needs. The Khatumo State unionist`s tribes, their customs, laws and government have endured and in some cases offer viable and desirable alternatives to a secessionist tribal government that is beset with corruption and cronyism. However, it must also be noted that feuds between and within tribes are common and blood-feuds remain a scourge in parts of Somalia. The intertribal feuds, which will likely increase as the northern tribal secessionist`s patronage network breaks down, are one of the primary impediments to stability in Somalia

Somalia may seem an unlikely prospect for investors seeking untapped oil and gas fields, but that could be about to change as the [oil] majors turn their gaze off the beaten track. Driven by record profits, a race with hungry Asian rivals and fears of growing energy nationalism in South America and Russia, interest in Somalia oil resources has never been higher

In recent months, British oil companies and UK politicians developed a close working relationship with the Islamist Damul-Jadiid Somali Government at Mogadishu (Soma Oil & Gas). Different UK delegates has embarked on a series of initiatives designed to secure long-term oil sources from one of the planet’s most endowed regions—the Horn of Africa region.

In Conclusion; the last two decades of UK aid going to military spending in Northern Tribal secessionists (Somaliland) has undermined democratic institutions and fueled forces of oppression, reaction, and extremism. We (Khatumo Civil societies) demand an immediate end to all military aid to Somali Northern Secessionists Tribal Militia (Somaliland)