Saddex sarkaal oo sare oo ka tirsan Ciidanka Difaaca Uganda (UPDF) ayaa lagu soo oogay dacwad dayacaad ah ka dib markii diyaarad helikobter ah oo milateri ay ku burburtay Soomaaliya bishii Sebtembar 2024. Dhacdadan oo dhacday wax yar uun ka dib markii ay ka duushay magaalada Muqdisho, ayaa waxaa ku lug lahaa chopper oo loo diray howlgalka Midowga Afrika ee ku meel gaarka ah ee Soomaaliya. (ATMIS) iyo afar nabadoon oo dhaawac ah balse nool.
Col. George Buga Andruga, 51, Maj. Benjamin Kashumbusha, 43, iyo Lt. Henry Gygenda, 38, ayaa ka soo hor muuqday Maxkamadda Guud ee Ciidamada Qalabka Sida (GCM) ee Makindye ee Kampala Janaayo 15, 2025. Saddexda koox ayaa wajahaya eedeymo hoos yimaada Qeybta 150 ( b) ee Xeerka UPDF, Cap 330, kaas oo maamula hawlaha duulista. Dacwad oogayaasha ayaa ku andacoonaya in saraakiishan ay si dayacan u daabuleen diyaarad nooceedu yahay AU0-004, taas oo keentay in ay ku burburto garoonka diyaaradaha ee Balidoogle, oo ah saldhig muhiim ah oo militari oo 90 kiiloomitir (55 mayl) koonfur galbeed kaga beegan magaalada Muqdisho.
Haddii lagu helo dambiga, eedeymaha ayaa leh ciqaabta ugu badan ee dil. Saraakiisha eedaysane ayaa beeniyay in ay wax khalad ah galeen intii ay socotay dhageysiga dacwadda oo uu guddoominayay Brig. Gen. Robert Freeman Mugabe.
Shilkan dhacay 19-kii Sebtembar waxaa ku dhaawacmay afar ka mid ah shaqaalihii diyaaradda helicopter-ka, laakiin waa ay noolaayeen, oo ay ku jiraan saddex askari oo Uganda u dhashay oo la shaqeynayay ATMIS. Diyaaradan oo nooca qumaatiga u kaca ah ayaa ka soo duushay magaalada Muqdisho waxayna ku sii jeeday garoonka Balidoogle oo xarun u ah ciidamada Kumaandooska Soomaaliya ee qeybta ka ah ciidamada Danab iyo kuwa Mareykanka.
Ciidamada Uganda ayaa bilaabay baaritaan wax yar kadib shilka si loo ogaado in shilku uu ka dhashay cilad farsamo, qalad bini’aadan, ama dab cadaw ah. Brig. Gen. Felix Kulayigye, oo ah afhayeenka ciidamada UPDF, ayaa xaqiijiyay in baaritaano ay socdaan, isagoo sheegay, “Mar kasta oo uu shil diyaaradeed dhaco, waa in baaritaan la sameeyaa.”
ATMIS ama Ciidanka Xoogga Dalka Soomaaliyeed (SNA) ayaan war rasmi ah ka soo saarin, iyadoo su’aalo la iska weydiinayo sababta keentay shilkan iyo is-gaarsiinta ka dhex jirta howlgalka.
Intii ay socotay dacwadda maxkamadda, hoggaamiyaha dacwad oogaha Capt. Ambroz Guma, oo ay taageerayaan Lieutenants Labaad Anthony Phillip Oluput iyo Regina Nanzala, ayaa carrabka ku adkeeyay baahida loo qabo waqti dheeri ah si loo dhammeeyo baaritaanka. “Weydiinta kiiskan waa ay socotaa, waxaan codsanaynaa in kiiska dib loo dhigo, eedaysanahana lagu sii hayo xarunta ilaalada xaafadda Makindye,” ayuu Oluput u sheegay maxkamadda.
Kooxda difaaca oo ay hogaaminayaan Elizabeth Nyadsingwa iyo Capt. Simon Nsubuga Busagwa ayaa ku dhawaaqay rabitaankooda ah in ay dammaanad dalbadaan dhageysiga xiga. “Waxaan haynaa tilmaamo lagu dalbanayo dammaanad, laakiin ha ahaato diiwaanka inaan codsigayaga soo bandhigi doono dib u dhigista soo socota,” ayuu yiri Busagwa.
Uganda ayaa door muhiim ah ka ciyaartay ATMIS, iyadoo ku deeqday tiro badan oo ciidamo ah si ay uga hortagaan maleeshiyada Al-Shabaab. Garoonka Diyaaradaha ee Balidoogle, oo ah halka ay ku socoto helicopter-ka, ayaa ah goob istaraatiiji ah oo muhiim u ah tababarka iyo saadka ee howlgallada ka dhanka ah mintidiinta.
