Somali wage war militant group against plastic bags

Al Shabaab

Nowadays, many of us are aware of the use of plastic bags and their detrimental effects on the environment.

That is why most governments and large organizations are now asking for the ban on plastic bags. Ikea, the Swedish furniture brand plans to be totally plastic-free by 2020, and McDonalds is also planning to phase out the use of plastic straws in the near future.

Although most people do not guess the list of organizations The Somali militant group, which I affiliated with al-Qaeda, announced that its war would now include a war on plastic

. The Independent reported that in a broadcast on Radio Andalus, a radio station operated by the militant group, Jubaland regional leader, Mohammed Abu Abdullah, announced the ban, saying that plastic bags constitute a "serious" threat to humans and livestock. the waste they cause is bad for the environment.

In the same announcement, the group also showed more of their environmentally friendly side by also announcing their ban on the felling of rare trees.

While there is When I am asked how the ban on plastic bags will be applied, the use of Al Shabaab's indiscriminate violence means that orders are usually followed.

For some, it may be a bit odd that a militant group is concerned about the environment. However, this is not the first time that al-Qaeda or its affiliations are acting as environmentalists.

The Independent reports that when the US military attacked Osama bin Laden's hiding place, they found a letter addressed to the Americans. , asking them to then push President Barack Obama to tackle the "catastrophic" phenomenon of climate change.

In his letter, bin Laden also called on Americans to rescue Barack Obama from harmful influences, and that he should be empowered to "save humanity from the harmful gases that threaten his fate".

Rather than wage war on Islam, bin Laden wrote that the world would do better to fight climate change.

In Mala Ysia, the war against the use of plastics also picked up speed, with the government's ban on Selangor's use of single-use plastics.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Housing and Local Government, Zuraida Kamaruddin recently said that the government is seeking to wean the nation of single-use plastics, also hailing the movement to ban it.

-mD