Peacekeeping is the official reason, but according to a report by Steve Bloomfield in The Independent (UK) for other reasons too, including the ‘War on Terror”:
“… President Yusuf and his prime minister, Ali Mohammed Gedi, never really got on. The final straw was a row over a donation of $32m Saudi Arabia made to the government for a national reconciliation conference. Gedi kept most of the money for himself. Frustrated by the impasse, the Americans took control. Gedi was summoned to Addis Ababa where he spent two days locked in meetings with US and Ethiopian officials. In return for stepping down, Gedi was given asylum in the United States and was allowed to keep the remains of the Saudi money. He has bought a house in Los Angeles and US officials have negotiated a position for him at the University of California in Los Angeles.”
Filed under: Not just about Africa , Ali Mohammed Gedi, Black Hawk Down, Darfur, Kenya, Marines, refugee crisis, Somalia
