In the 80s the U.S. created Al-Qaida to attack the Soviet forces in Afghanistan. But as the Cold War ended and the Soviet Union disintegrated into smaller republics, the United States needed a new enemy to continue its quest for global domination. And its former allay—Al-Qaida—became the new foe after September 11, 2001 horrific attacks in New York City.
Similarly, to continue the relentless U.S. imperial expansion in another defenseless, vulnerable and potentially oil rich front, namely East Africa, Washington creates yet another enemy, hence; under the guise of annihilating a terror group in the region, U.S. plans to sustain its global domination. So again, the U.S. sounds dangerous alarms about another group known as Alshabaab, in Somalia. In fact the U.S. policy brought Alshabaab to power. And U.S. argues—of course without a shred of credible evidence—that Alshabaab has ties with Al-Qaeda.
Recently, American authority warned the potential threats from Alshabaab to the United States. http://tinyurl.com/bl6jap But what the officials conveniently avoided mentioning was that just as the U.S. was involved in the creation of Al-Qaida, Washington policy towards Somalia gave birth to Alshabaab.
In 2006, U.S. hired Somalia’s notorious warlords to uproot an unknown group called the Islamic Court Union (I.C.U) of Somalia. But after the I.C.U launched a commando style raids against the warlords, the warmongers fled for their safety much less defeat I.C.U. Shortly, after defeating the warlords, I.C.U ruled large swaths of Southern Somalia. And for the first time in decades, the I.C.U brought some stability to Southern Somalia, but the celebration didn’t last too long.
While the U.S. pounded the I.C.U forces from air and launched cruise missiles from its navy ships, Ethiopia unleashed a brutal ground onslaught against Somalia and pulverized Mogadishu to dust. To crush the unwavering Somali fighters, Ethiopia even employed chemical warfare such as, white phosphorus. One report states, “Ethiopian military forces resorted to using white phosphorus bombs…” http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/aug2007/ethi-a13.shtml Moreover, over 16000 civilians were savagely butchered by the occupying forces. And one million people became refugees.
Although most of the I.C.U. forces fled the country, a new group named Alshabaab battled the occupying foreign troops on the streets, valleys, alleys and hills of Mogadishu and elsewhere in Somalia. And as soon it became clear to the U.S. that Alshabaab was on the verge of dislodging the Ethiopian Army from Somalia by force, Washington radicalized Alshabaab by labeling it as a terror group. Alshabaab didn’t attack Ethiopia, but Ethiopia invaded Somalia. And the only group that resolutely opposed the Ethiopian occupation was labeled as a terrorist. Interesting!
More interestingly, listing Alshabaab in the terror lists was exactly the publicity this group needed. All of a sudden, a law profile group dominated the Media and was made of something it was not: a monster. Alshabaab felt that it got recognition from the United States. And the U.S. imprudently continues providing the glory, the victory, and the supremacy that Alshabaab yearns for by making this organization a formidable one.
Now the Ethiopians chose to flee rather than fight in unwinnable war. And the I.C.U forces—which once the U.S. linked them to Al-Qaeda, and commissioned Ethiopia to uproot them—are now not only in charge of Somalia but also enjoy the support of the United States. This is one of the wonders of “war on terror”.
 

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