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Ο «κρυφός πόλεμος» της Αμερικής στη Σομαλία παίρνει νέα ώθηση υπό τον Τραμπ

Όχι πολύ καιρό πριν από τον προεδρικό όρκο του Ντόναλντ Τραμπ, η κυβέρνηση Ομπάμα φρόντιζε να εξασφαλίσει τη συνέχιση των επιχειρήσεων σε μια γωνιά του πλανήτη, η οποία ενδεχομένως να μην περνούσε ποτέ από το μυαλό των Αμερικανών. Πρόκειται για τη Σομαλία, ένα έθνος σε κατάσταση έκτακτης ανάγκης, εν μέρει λόγω του συνεχιζόμενου λιμού που πυροδοτείται από τον μυστικό πόλεμο των ΗΠΑ κατά της τρομοκρατίας.

Ακόμα και επί των τελευταίων ημερών του στο Λευκό Οίκο, ο Ομπάμα συνέχισε να επεκτείνει τον αποκαλούμενο πόλεμο κατά της τρομοκρατίας στην περιοχή. Πρέπει όμως να σημειωθεί ότι το Αμερικανικό ενδιαφέρον για τη Σομαλία δεν έχει να κάνει στην πραγματικότητα με την πάταξη της τρομοκρατίας, αλλά με την προσπάθεια των ΗΠΑ να σφίξουν τον κλοιό γύρω από τα πετρελαϊκά αποθέματα της Σομαλίας.

Στις αρχές της δεκαετίας του 90, οι Αμερικανικές πετρελαϊκές εταιρίες Conoco, Amoco, Chevron και Phillips "εισέβαλαν" στη Σομαλία για να εκμεταλλευτούν τους φυσικούς πόρους, όπως άλλωστε έκαναν και πολλές άλλες εταιρίες στην Αφρικανική ήπειρο, πριν από αυτές. Με την επέκταση των Αμερικανικών βάσεων σε όλη την Αφρική, δεν αποτελεί έκπληξη ότι η εκμετάλλευση συνεχίστηκε.

Σύμφωνα με στοιχεία του Γραφείου Ερευνητικής Δημοσιογραφίας, μεταξύ Ιανουαρίου 2008 και Ιανουαρίου 2017, υπήρξαν τουλάχιστον 38 επιβεβαιωμένες Αμερικανικές αεροπορικές επιδρομές στη Σομαλία, που είχαν ως αποτέλεσμα τον θάνατο περισσότερων από 409 ανθρώπων, μεταξύ τους και τρία παιδιά. Οι αριθμοί βασίζονται στα διαθέσιμα στοιχεία και θα μπορούσαν να είναι μεγαλύτεροι.

Η Σομαλία αποτελεί μόνο έναν από τους πολλούς στόχους μιας μεγάλης εκστρατείας επιχειρήσεων με μη επανδρωμένα αεροσκάφη (drones) που γιγαντώθηκε κατά τη διάρκεια της κυβέρνησης Ομπάμα. Τώρα φαίνεται ότι ο Τραμπ θα επιχειρήσει την επέκταση της εκστρατείας, μετά και τις δηλώσεις που έκανε κατηγορώντας τον Ομπάμα ότι δεν έκανε αρκετά για να σταματήσει τις εξτρεμιστικές ομάδες στη χώρα και ειδικότερα τους τζιχαντιστές της Al Shabaab που δραστηριοποιούνται στην Ανατολική Αφρική.

Μετά το χαλάρωμα των περιορισμών το Μάρτιο που δυσκόλευαν το Πεντάγωνο να πραγματοποιήσει αεροπορικές επιδρομές στη Σομαλία, το πρώτο θανατηφόρο σμήνος του Trump στον μυστικό πόλεμο της Σομαλίας έλαβε χώρα στις 11 Ιουνίου με την AFRICOM να ισχυρίζεται ότι σκοτώθηκαν οκτώ μέλη της Al Shabaab. Τώρα που έχουν τεθεί μέτρα σε εφαρμογή για τον ορισμό περιοχών της νότιας Σομαλίας ως «ενεργές ζώνες πολέμου», θα απαιτείται λιγότερο λεπτομερή εξέταση των στρατιωτικών επιθέσεων των ΗΠΑ, οι οποίες αναμφίβολα θα οδηγήσουν σε περισσότερα θύματα.

Ο Τραμπ, ο οποίος προεκλογικά χρησιμοποίησε αντιπολεμική ρητορική κατά της κυβέρνησης Ομπάμα και της Χίλαρι Κλίντον, έχει ήδη καταλήξει να είναι ένας ακόμα πιο σκληρός υπέρμαχος των πολεμικών επεμβάσεων. Είναι πιθανό ότι ο Αμερικανικός στρατός θα επεκτείνει τις επιχειρήσεις σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο υπό την ηγεσία του, οδηγώντας σε ακόμα μεγαλύτερο αριθμό ανθρώπινων απωλειών.

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