Somalia to get small arms after U.N. lifts embargo

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Source: Reuters

Somalia to get small arms after U.N. lifts embargo

By Yara Bayoumy
DOHA | Thu Mar 28, 2013 8:06am EDT

(Reuters) - The Somali government expects to get its first shipment of light weapons within two months after the United Nations partially lifted an arms embargo to strengthen security forces fighting al Qaeda-linked militants, Somalia's president said.

Aware of international wariness about sending arms to a volatile country already awash in weapons, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said he knew the world was closely watching how his government would manage a fresh inflow of arms.

"We take full responsibility. The world is looking at us and monitoring us," Mohamud said in an interview in Doha on Wednesday after taking part in his first Arab summit focused on Syria and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

"We are not worried about getting supplies, we're concerned about the management of these supplies," he said, adding he expected the first shipment to arrive within the next two months.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/28/us-somalia-arms-idUSBRE92R0CQ20130328

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1. There's a Somali government?

When did that happen?

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2. Who's guns are the scarriest?

The Somali is given "light weapons"and the us citizen buys "Assault" weapons.
Who's Zoomin'" who...m
Background checks anyone?