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Successful Raid on Terrorism or Act of War?

February 27^th, 2011.  12:53PM PST

By: Sara Boulet

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This morning’s Security Council meeting was filled with controversy and accusations after the news of a raid made by the United States of America and the United Kingdom in Somalia where they recovered the two missing nuclear arms. The Security Council brought in all the delegates from Somalia and had a short questions and answers period, to help learn more information about what Somalia would like to see happening in the future.

The Somalian delegates pointed out the recent invasion by Uganda, and that it didn’t go well. It seemed like the delegates were trying to warn off the United Nations when one of them stated: “Somalia is prepared to fight back.” While Somalia is quite understandably frustrated by the actions of the United Kingdom and the United States of America, they seem to understand that this was not meant as a hostile invasion like the South African delegate and the Russian delegate have claimed.

Somalia stated: “We think that’s way better than having some nukes go off.”

After the Somalis left accusations flew, with both South Africa and Russia stating several times that this raid was a “hostile attack” and an “act of war”. The delegate from Brazil asked the United Kingdom and the United States of America: “Why are you in the United Nations if you are acting on your own?”

The delegate from the United Kingdom tried several times to remind the Security Council that the raid was a “strategic attack on Al Shabab” and not an attack on Somalia.  He pointed out that no civilians were hurt and that as soon as it was over they pulled out completely. He made it clear that this was not an invasion but an important, and successful, mission to recover nuclear arms from a terrorist group.

The United States of America feels that the personal attacks were out of order and not necessary; and that they were also very hypocritical coming from Russia, making a reference to the conflict between Russia and Georgia a few years ago. When asked about that conflict the Russian delegate stated that the situation in Georgia was totally different and not at all relevant; the delegate seemed very uneasy about the fact that the events in Georgia had even been brought up.

The delegate from South Africa wanted to make it known “there would’ve been no delay of action if they had decided to inform Somalia and the rest of the Security Council.” When asked if he recognized that informing the Somali Transitional Federal Government could pose some risk of the terrorist group learning about the raid, he stated that protocol should still have been followed, even if that could have meant the terrorists might have kept the nuclear arms. He called this the “…curse of bureaucracy.”

The United Kingdom “personally thinks that South Africa and Russia are sore since they didn’t get to participate in the raid.” The United States and America and the United Kingdom told the rest of the Security Council: “We apologize for stopping a nuclear explosion.” The United States of America also said later on: “After the statements made by South Africa and Russia, the United States of America feels that they must support terrorist groups possessing nuclear arms.”