MPs reintroduce foreign troops motion

Members of the Transitional National Assembly (TNA) have reintroduced a motion to bring foreign forces into Somalia to disarm armed factions opposed to the Transitional National Government (TNG). The motion, which was first introduced and rejected by the TNA in August, would fare no better this time around, a senior TNG official told IRIN. "We were opposed to it then, and we are opposed to it now," he said. In his view the motion might not even garner the 37 votes it got last time. "I can understand their frustrations, but bringing in foreign forces is not the solution to Somalia's problems," he added. The TNG is not alone in opposing the idea of bringing in foreign forces. Mogadishu faction leader Husayn Aydid said in August, when the first motion was first introduced, that if foreign forces were brought in they would be attacked.