{"id":708,"date":"2014-02-20T11:42:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T10:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ipis.mmdev.be\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=708"},"modified":"2015-03-10T16:33:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T15:33:04","slug":"ipis-insights-pentagon-accidentally-arms-al-qaeda-affiliate","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/fr\/publication\/ipis-insights-pentagon-accidentally-arms-al-qaeda-affiliate\/","title":{"rendered":"IPIS Insights: Pentagon Accidentally Arms Al Qaeda Affiliate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A confidential report to the UN Security Council last week revealed that some of the weapons and<br \/>\nammunition supplied to the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces appears to have been<br \/>\ndiverted to the Al Qaeda affiliate known as Al Shabaab.<\/p>\n<p>It seems clear that at least some of the weapons and ammunition so diverted were paid for by the US<br \/>\nGovernment directly &#8211; through cash deliveries &#8211; to the Somali government since at least 2009, and<br \/>\nother weapons have been supplied to Somalia via the Ugandan army which forms the cornerstone of<br \/>\nthe African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia (AMISOM).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/ipisresearch.be\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140220_Pentagon.pdf\">Download in pdf<\/a>\u00a0or open with issuu reader.<\/p>\n<div data-url=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/ipisresearch\/docs\/20140220_pentagon\/0\" style=\"width: 800px; height: 565px;\" class=\"issuuembed\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.js\" async=\"true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A confidential report to the UN Security Council last week revealed that some of the weapons and ammunition supplied to the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces appears to have been diverted to the Al Qaeda affiliate known as Al Shabaab. 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