The Somali Warlord Alliance, officially called the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (abbreviated ARPCT; Somali: Isbaheysiga Ladagaalanka Argagaxisadda), was a Somali alliance created by various Somali warlords and businessmen to challenge the emerging influence of the Islamic Courts Union during the Somali Civil War.[1]

The Warlord Alliance included Botan Ise Alin, Mohammed Dheere,[2] Mohamed Qanyare, Musa Sudi Yalahow, Nuur Daqle, Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid, Omar Muhamoud Finnish and others. Some of them were ministers in the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia.

The International Crisis Group, which had direct contacts with the warlords, said in June 2006 that the CIA was funnelling $100,000 to $150,000 a month to the ARPCT.[3]

The Warlord Alliance were involved in the 2006 Battle of Mogadishu.

Abdi Hasan Awale Qeybdiid defected from the alliance in June 2006, saying that "Since the formation of ARPCT, Mogadishu has been a centre of a military crisis that has led to the needless death of hundreds of people, therefore I decide to quit the alliance to build on the gains of the Islamic tribunals and give peace a chance".[4]

Africa News described the Alliance as disappearing when their regions were over-run by the Islamic Courts Union in 2006.[5]

Controversies

Michael Zorick (the U.S. State Department's political officer for Somalia), who had been stationed in Nairobi, was reassigned to Chad after he sent a cable to Washington criticizing Washington's policy of paying Somali warlords. The New York Times stated, "The American activities in Somalia have been approved by top officials in Washington and were reaffirmed during a National Security Council meeting about Somalia in March."[6]

On 7 June 2006, the Republic of the Congo's president and current African Union head, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, criticized the United States for its involvement in fighting in Mogadishu following his meeting with President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The wages of chaos". The Guardian. 31 May 2006. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  2. ↑ Intelligence Brief: I.C.U. Expels Warlords from Mogadishu Archived 2006-12-24 at the Wayback Machine PINR
  3. ↑ UN trying to clarify problems in Somalia- The Final Call - June 29, 2006 Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "US-backed Somali commander defects". Al Jazeera. 13 June 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Muhyadin Ahmed Roble (2009-11-23). "``Release my son in Guantanamo``". Africa News. Archived from the original on 2009-11-26.
  6. ↑ Marc Lacey and Helene Cooper Efforts by C.I.A. Fail in Somalia, Officials Charge Archived 2020-11-12 at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, 8 June 2006
  7. ↑ AU chair lashes US over Somalia Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine ANDnetwork 7 June 2006
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