How Ethiopia and Al-Shabaab Crippled Western Efforts in Somalia: A Senior Somali Commander's Perspective (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781912411542)

❝This book is nothing short of a landmark work by a living witness and senior Somali commander.❞

- Shaykh Hassan Dhooye

Activist imam firmly knowledgeable on current Ethio-Somali affairs.

❝Somalia's untold insider story in an authentic voice.❞

- Kamaal Marjaan Ali

Senior journalist and author of several published books

❝Explosive revelations of hidden agendas.❞

- General Abdi Qeybdiid

Former Somali Police Force Commissioner

❝Courageous and invaluable revelation.❞

- General Salah Jama Hassan "Salah Liif"

Somali National Army Commander 2007-2008

❝Powerful, mind-awakening insights.❞

- Colonel Abdiwahid Mohamud Hassan

Chief Protocol Office of the President

❝Unprecedented explosive truths revealed.❞

- Abdirizak Diriye

Former Somali Diplomat

❝HOW ETHIOPIA AND AL-SHABAAB CRIPPLED WESTERN EFFORTS IN SOMALIA in this groundbreaking memoir, a former Danab Special Forces Commander reveals the shocking truth behind Somalia's prolonged instability. With unprecedented access to high-level military and government operations from 2004 to 2019, the author exposes how Ethiopia's hidden agenda converged with Al-Shabaab's terrorism to undermine both Western security interests and Somalia's state-building efforts. Drawing from firsthand experience in presidential security and counterterrorism operations, he details Ethiopia's deliberate weakening of Somalia's National Army while pretending to support it, the strategic bombardment of civilian areas and government compounds, and the clandestine collaboration between Ethiopian forces and Al-Shabaab terrorists.

The book meticulously documents the 2006-2009 Ethiopian invasion, the author's eyewitness account of Katyusha rocket attacks on Villa Somalia, and the systematic dismantling of Somalia's democratic processes. Through thirteen revealing chapters, it chronicles the Transitional Federal Government's struggle for legitimacy, the transformation of the Islamic Courts Union into Al-Shabaab, and the complex dynamics of African Union peacekeeping missions.❞

- Mohammed Abdullah Artan

Directing Manager of Looh Press

MAJOR ABDIRAHMAN OMAR WARSAME "JEENIQAAR" born in Western Mudug, near Goldogob in 1978 during military operations against his father's anti-military regime group, the author's life mirrors Somalia's tumultuous journey. After surviving civil war, he rose through military ranks from presidential guard to Commander of the elite Danab Special Forces. Leading counterterrorism operations across South Central Somalia in coordination with US. AFRICOM. He completed his education at Hope University while serving as a senior military officer, attending additional military training in Uganda, Rwanda, and Turkey. He currently lives in the United States of America.