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New York, USA, March 13, 2010 (SL Times) – Sheikh Sharif appeared first
on the Somali political scene as the head of the terrorist Islamic
Courts Union. When Ethiopia invaded Somalia, he ran away to Kenya and
struck a deal with the United States.
Since then, the US and other western countries have been saying that
Sheikh Sharif has changed and now is not a terrorist but the president
of Somalia. But it turns out that Sheikh Sharif has not changed from his
old ways and has been busy selling visas to terrorists and pirates with
which they entered Western countries.
All of this is documented in a report by the United Nation’s Security
Council. The report which was published by the New York Times (March 9,
2010) wrote:
The report also charges that Somali officials are selling spots on trips
to Europe and that many of the people who are presented as part of an
official government entourage are actually pirates or members of
militant groups.
The report says that Somali officials use their connections to foreign
governments to get visas and travel documents for people who would not
otherwise be able to travel abroad and that many of these people then
disappear into Europe and do not come back.
“Somali ministers, members of Parliament, diplomats and ‘freelance
brokers’ have transformed access to foreign visas into a growth
industry, matched possibly only by piracy,” selling visas for $10,000 to
$15,000 each, the report said.
The report’s authors estimate that dozens, if not hundreds of Somalis
have gained access to Europe or beyond through this under-the-table visa
business.
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