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Knowing that he had lost and that he had only weeks left in office, President Trump rushed to complete his unfinished business, knowing he was leaving office, he acted immediately and signed this order on Nov. 11th, which would have required the immediate withdrawal of troops from Somalia and Afghanistan — all to be complete before the Biden inauguration on Jan. 20th. – Adam Kinzinger	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Somalia is a difficult nut to crack, we are looking forward to working with him and with the international community so that we can square out the challenges in Somalia, make it possible for Somalia to take care of its own security concerns. – William Ruto	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Any time you get people who are hungry and without other options you've got a security situation. ( In) Northern Kenya we're bordered by South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, all of which are still in the grip of conflict that spews small arms into this ecosystem, so you've got a lot of weapons up here and increasing hunger so, yeah, I'd say that's an increasing security concern. – Frank Pope	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Well I, I mean... I don't think I have such powers. Not in Mogadishu, Somalia, not in other places. – Marie Yovanovitch	Found on CNN 4 years ago
As the false caliphate collapsed, we saw ISIS' toxic ideology continue to spread around the globe in 2018, iSIS recognized new regional affiliates in Somalia and in East Asia. Foreign terrorist fighters headed home or traveled to third countries to join ISIS branches there. And homegrown terrorists, people who have never set foot in Syria or Iraq, also carried out attacks. – Nathan Sales	Found on CNN 4 years ago
They will be having no Kenyan status and they don't belong to Somalia, so they are basically becoming stateless, refugees. – Mohamed Dahiye	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It's always a risk going to Somalia, always, you never know what will happen next. – Jamila Mohamed	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Al Shabaab remains an organization with its roots in Somalia but has evolved into a transnational, regional jihadi organization. – Rashid Abdi	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
They are not occupying as a military force in Somalia, it's impossible. We are fierce fighters, we will never allow that to happen. – Abdiweli Mohamed Ali	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Only the United States has the capacity to identify and smash Al-Shabaab elements operating within our country. The time for surgical strikes and limited engagement has passed, as Somalia’s problems have metastasized into the World’s problems. – The Aug. 11-dated letter	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The problem is that there aren't enough schools in Somalia, if they (girls) do not go to school, then they get married at a very early age -- and the same would have been my future if I couldn't go to school. – Malala Yousafzai	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This would involve ...sending 330,000 people back into Somalia, a country at war. – Jerome Oberreit	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We understand well our international obligations, we have unfortunately ... not seen a shared responsibility in Somalia. We not only risk leaving Somalia behind, we risk forgetting Somalia all together. – Deputy President William Ruto	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
For a long time, I was pretty bitter about the whole thing because, you know, my friends are dead and within 90 days, the U.S. withdrew all forces from Somalia and basically gave up. – Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant	Found on CNN 8 years ago
If Somalia doesn't happen, we aren't as ready for the war on terror, to me, that is the one silver lining to what happened. ... I truly believe it left us better prepared for the conflicts that we face today. – Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Whether it sounds good or not, in the end Somalia has turned out to be a great thing for me, because of the effect that it's had on me and the opportunities in my life, is Somalia a good thing? It's a horrible thing. But, you know, I guess there's something to be said for taking something horrible and finding a way to make it in any way positive. – Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The weapons were seized under United Nations sanctions, which authorize interdiction on the high seas of illicit weapons destined for Somalia. – The Australian navy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen carried out the airborne operation as a retribution for the crimes committed by the coalition of Western crusaders and their intelligence agencies against the Muslims of Somalia. – Al Shabaab	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We were a bit suspicious about where this food was going, because the last time we got information they took food across, the food was taken over by the terrorists, al Shabaab, the food was meant for the most vulnerable in Somalia, those affected by drought, but I'm told it went into the hands of al Shabaab. We are a bit concerned. – Mohamud Saleh	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They need specific support inside Somalia. – Raouf Mazou	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
With our allies, we will continue in Somalia to fulfill our mission. – Uhuru Kenyatta	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Either we are wise enough and accept genuine dialogue or we become stubborn, and one may rely on his weapons or his money or whatever, then there is a high risk of Burundi becoming like Somalia of the 90's. – Agathon Rwasa	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
All of us felt totally humiliated in June in Johannesburg, we weren't allowed to focus on the issues that were important to the continent - peace, security, Burundi, Somalia, Mali. Totally distracted by this 'arrest the president' movement. – Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was a fair deal for Somalia. I don't know how the investigation came about or what kind of corruption we are talking about. – Abdirizak Omar Mohamed	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

Knowing that he had lost and that he had only weeks left in office, President Trump rushed to complete his unfinished business, knowing he was leaving office, he acted immediately and signed this order on Nov. 11th, which would have required the immediate withdrawal of troops from Somalia and Afghanistan — all to be complete before the Biden inauguration on Jan. 20th.

– Adam Kinzinger

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Somalia is a difficult nut to crack, we are looking forward to working with him and with the international community so that we can square out the challenges in Somalia, make it possible for Somalia to take care of its own security concerns.

– William Ruto

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Any time you get people who are hungry and without other options you've got a security situation. ( In) Northern Kenya we're bordered by South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, all of which are still in the grip of conflict that spews small arms into this ecosystem, so you've got a lot of weapons up here and increasing hunger so, yeah, I'd say that's an increasing security concern.

– Frank Pope

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Well I, I mean... I don't think I have such powers. Not in Mogadishu, Somalia, not in other places.

– Marie Yovanovitch

Found on CNN
4 years ago

As the false caliphate collapsed, we saw ISIS' toxic ideology continue to spread around the globe in 2018, iSIS recognized new regional affiliates in Somalia and in East Asia. Foreign terrorist fighters headed home or traveled to third countries to join ISIS branches there. And homegrown terrorists, people who have never set foot in Syria or Iraq, also carried out attacks.

– Nathan Sales

Found on CNN
4 years ago

They will be having no Kenyan status and they don't belong to Somalia, so they are basically becoming stateless, refugees.

– Mohamed Dahiye

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It's always a risk going to Somalia, always, you never know what will happen next.

– Jamila Mohamed

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Al Shabaab remains an organization with its roots in Somalia but has evolved into a transnational, regional jihadi organization.

– Rashid Abdi

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

They are not occupying as a military force in Somalia, it's impossible. We are fierce fighters, we will never allow that to happen.

– Abdiweli Mohamed Ali

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Only the United States has the capacity to identify and smash Al-Shabaab elements operating within our country. The time for surgical strikes and limited engagement has passed, as Somalia’s problems have metastasized into the World’s problems.

– The Aug. 11-dated letter

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The problem is that there aren't enough schools in Somalia, if they (girls) do not go to school, then they get married at a very early age -- and the same would have been my future if I couldn't go to school.

– Malala Yousafzai

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This would involve ...sending 330,000 people back into Somalia, a country at war.

– Jerome Oberreit

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We understand well our international obligations, we have unfortunately ... not seen a shared responsibility in Somalia. We not only risk leaving Somalia behind, we risk forgetting Somalia all together.

– Deputy President William Ruto

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

For a long time, I was pretty bitter about the whole thing because, you know, my friends are dead and within 90 days, the U.S. withdrew all forces from Somalia and basically gave up.

– Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If Somalia doesn't happen, we aren't as ready for the war on terror, to me, that is the one silver lining to what happened. ... I truly believe it left us better prepared for the conflicts that we face today.

– Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Whether it sounds good or not, in the end Somalia has turned out to be a great thing for me, because of the effect that it's had on me and the opportunities in my life, is Somalia a good thing? It's a horrible thing. But, you know, I guess there's something to be said for taking something horrible and finding a way to make it in any way positive.

– Chief Warrant Officer Mike Durant

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The weapons were seized under United Nations sanctions, which authorize interdiction on the high seas of illicit weapons destined for Somalia.

– The Australian navy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Harakat Al-Shabaab Al Mujahideen carried out the airborne operation as a retribution for the crimes committed by the coalition of Western crusaders and their intelligence agencies against the Muslims of Somalia.

– Al Shabaab

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We were a bit suspicious about where this food was going, because the last time we got information they took food across, the food was taken over by the terrorists, al Shabaab, the food was meant for the most vulnerable in Somalia, those affected by drought, but I'm told it went into the hands of al Shabaab. We are a bit concerned.

– Mohamud Saleh

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They need specific support inside Somalia.

– Raouf Mazou

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

With our allies, we will continue in Somalia to fulfill our mission.

– Uhuru Kenyatta

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Either we are wise enough and accept genuine dialogue or we become stubborn, and one may rely on his weapons or his money or whatever, then there is a high risk of Burundi becoming like Somalia of the 90's.

– Agathon Rwasa

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

All of us felt totally humiliated in June in Johannesburg, we weren't allowed to focus on the issues that were important to the continent - peace, security, Burundi, Somalia, Mali. Totally distracted by this 'arrest the president' movement.

– Kenyan Foreign Minister Amina Mohamed

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was a fair deal for Somalia. I don't know how the investigation came about or what kind of corruption we are talking about.

– Abdirizak Omar Mohamed

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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