Britain To Spend £20 Million On New Rapid Reaction Force For Somalia -- The TelegraphBritain is to spend £20 million on a new civilian rapid reaction force to secure parts of Somalia wrested from the control of the Islamic militant group al-Shabaab, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
The deal will be unveiled by British officials at a landmark London conference on Thursday, at which more than 40 countries will convene to discuss the future of the war-torn African state.
Under the plans, Britain will contribute £20 million to a 'stability fund' for Somalia to help its new government secure the territory it has won from the al-Qaeda backed insurgency.
This will pay for a civilian force of “chino-clad warriors” who will be sent into vulnerable areas to help establish a police presence, health care facilities, schools and basic services before the militants can return.
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My Comment: And if this new civilian rapid reaction force to secure parts of Somalia, PM Cameron is very blunt that this will then follow.
What's my prediction .... it is going to take more than £20 Million to fund a civilian reaction force to stabilize a large and dysfunctional country like Somalia.
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Agreed. Certainly will take more than 20 million, but I reckon it would be a joint effort with other EU nations and a pooling of resources.
However, I don't see this happening until some sort of stabilization has occurred within the EU. The threats within Somalia have always been there, but they certainly picked a worse time to discuss measures against these apparent islamic extremists when a lot more important issues are still on the table much much closer at home...
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