Sidda aynu la wadda socono, waxaa Muqdishu gacanta la haleelay, waxa loo yaqaan, 'Maxkamadaha Islaamiga', ee uu Shiekh Shariif Sh. Axmed hogaamiyaha ka yahay.
Waxaa markii ugu horesay wax ka waydiiyey Somaliland, Mudane, Bashir Goth, oo ka socday, shabakadda wararka ee www.awdalnews.com ee soo baxday bishu markay ahayd June, 9th, 2006. Bashir isagoo sii wata su’aalahiisii ayuu waydiiyey shiekha .
Su’aal- Bashir Goth 'Somaliland waxay samaysatay dawlad taagan oo dhamays tiran, dadkeeduna la daba taagan yihiin taageero buuxda, ka dib markii ay ka noqdeen israacii Somaliya. Siddeed u aragtaa arrintaa? Ma laga yaabaa inaydun ka hirgelisaan Shariicadda halkaana?'
Jawaab-Shariif: ' Waan u tahniyaddaynayaa Somaliland, dadaal badana way sameeyeen. Waa dad aan jecelahay, waana Soomaali. Go’itaanka Somaliland-na waxaa keenay khaladaad hore u dhacay. Xagayagana waanu rabnaa inaanu khaladaadkaa wax ka nidhaahno…….'
Waxaa iyanna waraysatay shabakadda www.somaliweyn.com bishu markay ahayd June, 10th, 2006, Shiekh Shariif, iyaddoo dadku Su’aalo soo waydiinayeen. Waxaa haddaba ka mid ahaa su’aalihii la waydiiyey Gudoomiyaha Maxkamaddaha Muqdishu.
Su’aal- Sulieman Axmed, UK ' Shiekhu siddee buu u arkaa gooni isutaaga Somaliland? Wadda haddal ma jecelyahay inuu la yeesho xukuumadda Somaliland?'
Jawaab- Shariif” Marka hore waxaanu ogsoonahay midnimadda ummadda Soomaaliyeed, iyo xoriyaddeedii oo dhiig badani u soo daatay, hawl badana loo soo galay, gumaysiguna maca daalik wuxuu ku guulaystay inuu 5 qaybood u qaybiyo, marka anaga iyo dadka Soomaaliyeed ee maanta joogaa waxaanu is leenahay, waxaa waajib ku ah inay dhamaantood u shaqeeyaan inay xaqiijiyaan midnimadda ummadda Soomaaliyeed, oo marnaba aan arrintaasi dhicin'.
Haddaba, inagoo xasuusana falalkii dilalka ahaa ee ay maxkamaduhu ka hirgeliyeen Somaliland, kuna dileen dad ajanbi ah, iskuna dayeen inay qaraxyo iyo dhimasho badana u gaystaan ummadda reer Somaliland, markii ay doorashadda Golaha Wakiiladda loolankeeddii ku jireen, ayey maantana argagixisaddii falalkaa geysatay haleeleen inay ka taliyaan Muqdishu. Waxaa hubaal ah inay maanta ka sii awood badan yihiin shalay, taasina ay u saamaxayso inay haddana bilaabaan falal argagixiso ah si ay nabadda iyo dawladda Somaliland loo baabin lahaa.
Waxaan haddaba waydiinayaa xukuumadda Somaliland:
1- Ma isla meel dhigeen siddii ay ugu hortegi la’haayeen khatartan la soo daristay?
2- Waddaadada reer Somaliland ee u hanqalka taagaaya kuwaa, ma lala socdaa? Inteebayse tiraddoodu tahay?
3- Dadka reer Somaliland ma lagu dhiiri galiyey inay u noqdaan dawladda indho iyo dhego?
4- Dhaqaale lagu hawl geliyo arrimahaa dawaladda iyo Golayaasheeddu meel ma isla dhigeen?
5- -Heerka Milateri ee dalku ilaa intee ayuu heegan yahay?
Ahmed Hassan Ahmed-Quick
Ottawa-Canada
Waridaad.saraar@gmail.com
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Mogadishu Islamists ban World Cup, spark protests
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist militiamen shot in the air to disperse hundreds of Somalis protesting early on Saturday against moves by sharia courts to stop them watching the World Cup in the capital Mogadishu, residents said.
The soccer tournament had drawn huge crowds to television screens set up under trees and iron-sheeted shacks, providing some escape from the tension that has gripped Mogadishu since Islamists seized control from an alliance of warlords on Monday.
Witnesses said scores of young men set fire to tyres late on Friday in protests that carried on into the early hours of Saturday after Islamist gunmen pulled the plug on makeshift cinemas airing the soccer tournament.
Two people were wounded when militia tried to break up the demonstrations that centred around the main livestock market in an Islamist stronghold in the capital's north, residents said.
"The Islamic militia of the area issued an order to stop them watching films as well as the World Cup this year in Germany," said Elmi Muse, a resident contacted by Reuters.
"It is unacceptable to oppress the people," he added.
Similar moves by Islamist militia to close cinemas and video stores in Mogadishu last November triggered heavy fighting that killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 20.
Leaders of the capital's influential Islamic courts oppose Western and Indian films which they say promote immorality in the mainly Muslim nation of 10 million people.
Some residents fear the latest move to outlaw foreign entertainment is proof the Islamists want to create a Muslim state following their victory against a self-styled anti-terrorism coalition of secular warlords, believed to be backed by Washington.
The Islamic courts have been popular for restoring a semblance of order through sharia law in parts of the anarchic city, carved into fiefdoms by warlords who ousted military ruler Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
However, the World Cup ban stirred resentment among locals, already weary of the fighting in Mogadishu that has killed 350 people in three months.
"The residents of this area are very sorry about the way the Islamic militia is behaving towards the people at a time when our society needs peace and stability," said Moallim Hussein Abdi, a teacher.
One teenager was defiant.
"We do not accept the Islamic militia stopping us from watching the World Cup," Ahmed Yusuf, 19, said. "We'll continue demonstrating until they relent."
By Mohamed Ali Bile
The soccer tournament had drawn huge crowds to television screens set up under trees and iron-sheeted shacks, providing some escape from the tension that has gripped Mogadishu since Islamists seized control from an alliance of warlords on Monday.
Witnesses said scores of young men set fire to tyres late on Friday in protests that carried on into the early hours of Saturday after Islamist gunmen pulled the plug on makeshift cinemas airing the soccer tournament.
Two people were wounded when militia tried to break up the demonstrations that centred around the main livestock market in an Islamist stronghold in the capital's north, residents said.
"The Islamic militia of the area issued an order to stop them watching films as well as the World Cup this year in Germany," said Elmi Muse, a resident contacted by Reuters.
"It is unacceptable to oppress the people," he added.
Similar moves by Islamist militia to close cinemas and video stores in Mogadishu last November triggered heavy fighting that killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 20.
Leaders of the capital's influential Islamic courts oppose Western and Indian films which they say promote immorality in the mainly Muslim nation of 10 million people.
Some residents fear the latest move to outlaw foreign entertainment is proof the Islamists want to create a Muslim state following their victory against a self-styled anti-terrorism coalition of secular warlords, believed to be backed by Washington.
The Islamic courts have been popular for restoring a semblance of order through sharia law in parts of the anarchic city, carved into fiefdoms by warlords who ousted military ruler Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991.
However, the World Cup ban stirred resentment among locals, already weary of the fighting in Mogadishu that has killed 350 people in three months.
"The residents of this area are very sorry about the way the Islamic militia is behaving towards the people at a time when our society needs peace and stability," said Moallim Hussein Abdi, a teacher.
One teenager was defiant.
"We do not accept the Islamic militia stopping us from watching the World Cup," Ahmed Yusuf, 19, said. "We'll continue demonstrating until they relent."
By Mohamed Ali Bile
Somaliland On Tam Tam Express: Audio Interview.
Recently the International Crisis Group issued a timely report with the title: “Somaliland, Time for African Union leadership”. The report called on the African Union to name a senior envoy to consult with key players and report back to the African Union’s Peace and Security Council. In addition, the report called on the AU’s Peace and Security Council to familiarize its members with the case of Somaliland . Finally it calls on the AU, meanwhile, to grant Somaliland interim observer status. In this edition of Tam Tam Express, Is it fair to keep Somaliland hostage to events in Mogadicio and the surrounding areas or should Somaliland be rewarded for creating stability and democratic governance out of a part of the chaos that is the failed state of Somalia?With these guests Tam Tam will unravel these sensitive yet important issues on the Horn Of Africa.
Persons interviewed:
1. Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Dualeh, Minister Of Information
2. Vice President, International Crisis Group
3. Iqbal Jhazbhay, Institute for Security Studies
Thanks to Ottawa-Somalilanders Group, who forwarded this piece to Waridaad Blog.
To listen please click the link below:
Madaxweyne Riyaale oo Casho Sharafa U Sameeyey Ambassador Francois Fall iyo Wakiilka UNDP
Hargeysa, June 10, 2006, (Somaliland Today)-Madaxweynaha JSL Md Daahir Rayaale Kaahin , ayaa Xalay casho sharaf u sameeyay ergayga gaar ahaaneed ee Xoghaya guud ee qaramada Midoobay u qaabilsan Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya, Amb Francois Fall oo uu Weheliyay wakiilka UNDP-da Mr Eric iyo saraakiil ka tirsan Qaramada Midoobay.Ergayga iyo wakiilka oo booqasho ku yimid dalka Waxay isla maanta (Shalay ) Booqdeen Berbera.
Cashada Ka hor, kullan ay yeesheen , Madaxweynaha iyo wefdigu , waxa uu Amb Fall Madaxweynaha u sheegay in booqashadii hore uu ugu yimid Somaliland, warbixinteedii uu u gudbiyay golaha amaanka , isagoo arrintaa ka hadlayana waxa uu yidhi ‘’ xaqiiqadii halkan waxaan ku arkay aan u gudbiyay golaha Amaanka iyo masuuliyinta qaramada Midoobay , hadda oo aan golaha amaanka warbixin siin doonana waxaan idiin xaqiijinayaa inaan wixii aad qabsateen, mawqifkiina iyo cabashooyinkiinaba sida uu yahay u gaadhsiin doono’’.
Madaxweynuhu, waxa uu si faah faahsan ugaga hadlay arrimaha aynu kaga cabnayno qaramada Midoobay , hay’adda Samo falka iyo bulshada caalamka intaba, waxana nuxurka hadalkiisu ahaa ‘’Waxaanu nahay dal iyo dad xaqooda lagu duudsiyay wax wanaagsan baad qabsateen’’.
Madaxweynuhu wuxuuu intaa ku daray isaga oo yidhi ‘’Kama rabno lacag Qaramada Midoobay, waxase aanu ka rabnaa xaqiiqada ka jirta iyo rabitaanka Somaliland siday tahay inay caalamka ugaga waramaan iyo wixii kaalmo ah qaybtayada ah wax la taaban karo naloogu qabto, si camal abuuris iyo horumar ay wax noogaga jarto’’.
Tusaale waxa uu Madaxweynuhu u soo qaatay heerka Nabad gelyada Somaliland oo uu u sheegay in ay Nairobida ay joogaan ay ka sarayso ay kala mid dhigaan Muqdisho.
‘’Wax badan oonu ka hadalnay in nalaga bedelo arrintaasi ilaa kaaliyaha xoghayaha guud ee arrimaha Dhibaatooyinka Mr Ean Eagland oo aanu halkan ku wada hadalnay ilaa imika waxba lagama bedelin, sidaa awgeed haddii arrintaa aan wax laga qaban waxaanu ku qasbanaan doonaa cidda Nabad gelyada wax laga waydiiyo ee dalkayaga joogta inaanu ka maarano’’.
Madaxweynuhu , waxa kale oo uu u sheegay Wakiilka UNDP-da in uu guddi wasiiro ah u saaray qiimaynta hawlaha laamaha qaramada Midoobay iyo hay’adaha Samo falka dhinacayga iyo dhinaciinaba wixii dhaliilo ka jira, sida wixii lagu ballamay ee aan fullin , ka dibna ay isku soo duba ridi doonaan qaabka aynu ku wada shaqayn doono’’. Kullankaasi oo jawi wanaagsan ku dhamaaday, waxa uu gebo gebadii ku yidhi Madaxweynuhu ‘’Waxaanu ergayoow kaa codsanaynaa in fariintayadu siday tahay ay u gaadho golaha Amaanka iyo masuuliyiinta sare ee qaramada Midoobay’’. Taas oo ergaygu u ballan qaaday .
Kulankaa iyo cashadaba waxa Madaxweynaha ku weheliyay, Wasiiradiisa Arrimaha Dibadda, Qorshaynta Iyo Warfaafinta .
Xigasgho: Somalilandtoday
Cashada Ka hor, kullan ay yeesheen , Madaxweynaha iyo wefdigu , waxa uu Amb Fall Madaxweynaha u sheegay in booqashadii hore uu ugu yimid Somaliland, warbixinteedii uu u gudbiyay golaha amaanka , isagoo arrintaa ka hadlayana waxa uu yidhi ‘’ xaqiiqadii halkan waxaan ku arkay aan u gudbiyay golaha Amaanka iyo masuuliyinta qaramada Midoobay , hadda oo aan golaha amaanka warbixin siin doonana waxaan idiin xaqiijinayaa inaan wixii aad qabsateen, mawqifkiina iyo cabashooyinkiinaba sida uu yahay u gaadhsiin doono’’.
Madaxweynuhu, waxa uu si faah faahsan ugaga hadlay arrimaha aynu kaga cabnayno qaramada Midoobay , hay’adda Samo falka iyo bulshada caalamka intaba, waxana nuxurka hadalkiisu ahaa ‘’Waxaanu nahay dal iyo dad xaqooda lagu duudsiyay wax wanaagsan baad qabsateen’’.
Madaxweynuhu wuxuuu intaa ku daray isaga oo yidhi ‘’Kama rabno lacag Qaramada Midoobay, waxase aanu ka rabnaa xaqiiqada ka jirta iyo rabitaanka Somaliland siday tahay inay caalamka ugaga waramaan iyo wixii kaalmo ah qaybtayada ah wax la taaban karo naloogu qabto, si camal abuuris iyo horumar ay wax noogaga jarto’’.
Tusaale waxa uu Madaxweynuhu u soo qaatay heerka Nabad gelyada Somaliland oo uu u sheegay in ay Nairobida ay joogaan ay ka sarayso ay kala mid dhigaan Muqdisho.
‘’Wax badan oonu ka hadalnay in nalaga bedelo arrintaasi ilaa kaaliyaha xoghayaha guud ee arrimaha Dhibaatooyinka Mr Ean Eagland oo aanu halkan ku wada hadalnay ilaa imika waxba lagama bedelin, sidaa awgeed haddii arrintaa aan wax laga qaban waxaanu ku qasbanaan doonaa cidda Nabad gelyada wax laga waydiiyo ee dalkayaga joogta inaanu ka maarano’’.
Madaxweynuhu , waxa kale oo uu u sheegay Wakiilka UNDP-da in uu guddi wasiiro ah u saaray qiimaynta hawlaha laamaha qaramada Midoobay iyo hay’adaha Samo falka dhinacayga iyo dhinaciinaba wixii dhaliilo ka jira, sida wixii lagu ballamay ee aan fullin , ka dibna ay isku soo duba ridi doonaan qaabka aynu ku wada shaqayn doono’’. Kullankaasi oo jawi wanaagsan ku dhamaaday, waxa uu gebo gebadii ku yidhi Madaxweynuhu ‘’Waxaanu ergayoow kaa codsanaynaa in fariintayadu siday tahay ay u gaadho golaha Amaanka iyo masuuliyiinta sare ee qaramada Midoobay’’. Taas oo ergaygu u ballan qaaday .
Kulankaa iyo cashadaba waxa Madaxweynaha ku weheliyay, Wasiiradiisa Arrimaha Dibadda, Qorshaynta Iyo Warfaafinta .
Xigasgho: Somalilandtoday
Somalia: Afghanistan redux?
Talk about deja vu all over again. The US secretly backs a loose alliance of lawless warlords it had previously fought because they are now opposing an ultra-fundamentalist cleric-led militia with supposed links to al-Qaeda. The clerical militia has just taken the capital and seems set to bring the whole country under its control. It wins support by pledging to bring stability to a war-weary populace long brutalized by the warlords. But Washinghton fears a new regional beachhead for Islamic terrorism. The warlords get hip to this angle, and start spouting "anti-terrorist" rhetoric. Sound familiar? Only this time instead of the Northern Alliance it's the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counterterrorism, and instead of the Taliban it's the Islamic Courts Union. After a four-month siege of Mogadishu, claiming hundreds of lives, the Islamic Courts Union took the capital city June 5. The next to fall may be Baidoa, the inland city where Somalia's recently-assembled (and still largely fictional) official government is based. (Newsday, June 6)
The New York Times was quick on the obvious analogy with June 7 editorial, Somalia Goes Down the Afghan Road." But it noted this critical difference:
The Bush administration wasn't exactly caught looking the other way. But with more than 130,000 U.S. troops tied down in Iraq and some 20,000 more in Afghanistan, and with America's reputation in the Islamic world driven to an all-time low, Washington's ability to respond effectively to a very real danger was severely compromised.
It also offered this warning:
Washington needs to develop more agile responses of its own. It especially has to avoid getting drawn into quagmires that force it to fight on the terrorists' terms and timetable.
Easier said than done, eh?
The Times also displayed on the front page June 8 a report detailing CIA aid to the warlord allaince. The CIA effort, run from the agency's station in Nairobi, channeled hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past year to (supposedly) "secular" warlords inside Somalia with the apparent aim of capturing or killing a handful of suspected members of al-Qaida believed to be hiding there, the Times cited anonymous officials as saying.
The decision to use warlords as proxies was born in part from fears of committing large numbers of US troops to Somalia, a country that the United States hastily left in 1994 after attempts to capture the warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid and his aides ended in disaster, with the deaths of 18 US soldiers.
Shortly after an attack on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, and the failed attempt to shoot down a plane bound for Israel that took off from the Mombasa airport (both in November 2002), the US began reaching out to the Somali clan-based militia in the hopes that local forces might provide intelligence about suspected members, the report said.
Almost universally overlooked in news reports is that not all of what the world recognizes as the state of "Somalia" is war-torn. The strife is in the south, the former Italian colony. The north, the former British colony along the Red Sea coast, is a de facto independent state known as Somaliland, and has acheived comparative stability and good government despite being uncregnized by the "international community." Somaliland declared its independence after the long dictatorship of Mohamed Siad Barre collapsed in 1991, and held a referendum for independence ten years later. In a wonderful political irony, today (former Italian) Somalia has an internationally-recognized government on paper but no effective government on the ground, while Somaliland has a real government with territorial control but no international recognition. The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) responded to the fall of Mogadishu by issuing a statement June 8 calling for the international community to "restart from Somaliland":
UNPO strongly urges the international community to recognize the notable progress made in Somaliland within its de facto borders, to consider support for the democratic wish of the people of Somaliland as manifested in the 2001 referendum, and moreover see Somaliland as a starting point for a stabilization, and ultimately democratization, process for the larger region... "The international community cannot afford to continue its failed policy in the Horn of Africa, but needs to critically reconsider its position, starting with Somaliland," asserts Marino Busdachin, UNPO General Secretary, emphasising the pressing need to save democracy in Somaliland from the combined assault of fundamentalist islamists and Somali warlords.
Somaliland may not have an Olympic team, but it does have a website. Unfortunately, a March 24 press release posted to the site noted armed incursions into Somaliland by the militia of another breakaway region, Puntland, situated at the very tip of the Horn of Africa. Unlike Somaliland, Puntland has not formally declared indpendence, but has likewise long been an effective self-governing autonomous zone within Somalia. The press release charges that that villagers were killed and kidnapped in the incursion, which was repulsed by local village militia. It also charges that foreign interests—principally oil companies—are arming the Puntland militia and grooming it as a proxy force:
We believe that the aim of the recent aggression from the Puntland region of Somalia against the Republic of Somaliland is to chase away the inhabitants of the district of Eastern Sanaag in order to allow foreign companies to illegally prospect for oil deep inside the territory of the Republic of Somaliland. We are also convinced that these repeated provocations are designed to plunge our peaceful country into the kind of turmoil that the Republic of Somalia has been known for during the past fifteen years.
The international community should be informed that the massive amounts of funds that are poured into the pockets of warlords by companies who are interested in oil, as well as the funds that are made available by the international community, supposedly to broker peace between these warlords, only serve to provide them with the funds that allows them to import heavy arms into the Horn of Africa in blatant disregard of the Security Council Arms Embargo that is imposed against the Republic of Somalia.
The New York Times was quick on the obvious analogy with June 7 editorial, Somalia Goes Down the Afghan Road." But it noted this critical difference:
The Bush administration wasn't exactly caught looking the other way. But with more than 130,000 U.S. troops tied down in Iraq and some 20,000 more in Afghanistan, and with America's reputation in the Islamic world driven to an all-time low, Washington's ability to respond effectively to a very real danger was severely compromised.
It also offered this warning:
Washington needs to develop more agile responses of its own. It especially has to avoid getting drawn into quagmires that force it to fight on the terrorists' terms and timetable.
Easier said than done, eh?
The Times also displayed on the front page June 8 a report detailing CIA aid to the warlord allaince. The CIA effort, run from the agency's station in Nairobi, channeled hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past year to (supposedly) "secular" warlords inside Somalia with the apparent aim of capturing or killing a handful of suspected members of al-Qaida believed to be hiding there, the Times cited anonymous officials as saying.
The decision to use warlords as proxies was born in part from fears of committing large numbers of US troops to Somalia, a country that the United States hastily left in 1994 after attempts to capture the warlord Mohammed Farah Aidid and his aides ended in disaster, with the deaths of 18 US soldiers.
Shortly after an attack on a hotel in Mombasa, Kenya, and the failed attempt to shoot down a plane bound for Israel that took off from the Mombasa airport (both in November 2002), the US began reaching out to the Somali clan-based militia in the hopes that local forces might provide intelligence about suspected members, the report said.
Almost universally overlooked in news reports is that not all of what the world recognizes as the state of "Somalia" is war-torn. The strife is in the south, the former Italian colony. The north, the former British colony along the Red Sea coast, is a de facto independent state known as Somaliland, and has acheived comparative stability and good government despite being uncregnized by the "international community." Somaliland declared its independence after the long dictatorship of Mohamed Siad Barre collapsed in 1991, and held a referendum for independence ten years later. In a wonderful political irony, today (former Italian) Somalia has an internationally-recognized government on paper but no effective government on the ground, while Somaliland has a real government with territorial control but no international recognition. The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) responded to the fall of Mogadishu by issuing a statement June 8 calling for the international community to "restart from Somaliland":
UNPO strongly urges the international community to recognize the notable progress made in Somaliland within its de facto borders, to consider support for the democratic wish of the people of Somaliland as manifested in the 2001 referendum, and moreover see Somaliland as a starting point for a stabilization, and ultimately democratization, process for the larger region... "The international community cannot afford to continue its failed policy in the Horn of Africa, but needs to critically reconsider its position, starting with Somaliland," asserts Marino Busdachin, UNPO General Secretary, emphasising the pressing need to save democracy in Somaliland from the combined assault of fundamentalist islamists and Somali warlords.
Somaliland may not have an Olympic team, but it does have a website. Unfortunately, a March 24 press release posted to the site noted armed incursions into Somaliland by the militia of another breakaway region, Puntland, situated at the very tip of the Horn of Africa. Unlike Somaliland, Puntland has not formally declared indpendence, but has likewise long been an effective self-governing autonomous zone within Somalia. The press release charges that that villagers were killed and kidnapped in the incursion, which was repulsed by local village militia. It also charges that foreign interests—principally oil companies—are arming the Puntland militia and grooming it as a proxy force:
We believe that the aim of the recent aggression from the Puntland region of Somalia against the Republic of Somaliland is to chase away the inhabitants of the district of Eastern Sanaag in order to allow foreign companies to illegally prospect for oil deep inside the territory of the Republic of Somaliland. We are also convinced that these repeated provocations are designed to plunge our peaceful country into the kind of turmoil that the Republic of Somalia has been known for during the past fifteen years.
The international community should be informed that the massive amounts of funds that are poured into the pockets of warlords by companies who are interested in oil, as well as the funds that are made available by the international community, supposedly to broker peace between these warlords, only serve to provide them with the funds that allows them to import heavy arms into the Horn of Africa in blatant disregard of the Security Council Arms Embargo that is imposed against the Republic of Somalia.
Friday, June 09, 2006
Madaxweynaha Gambia oo Madaxweyne Rayaale ku Martiqaaday Kulanka Madaxweynayaasha Afrika oo Wadankiisa ku Qabsoomaya
Madaxweynaha Jamhuuriyadda Gambia Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh, ayaa Madaxweynaha Somaliland Md. Daahir Rayaale Kaahin ku martiqaaday Wadankiisa, si uu uga qayb gallo kulanka Madaxweynayaasha Afrika oo loo qorsheeyay in uu horaanta bisha July ee soo socota ku qabsoomo Magaalada Banjul ee wadankaas. Sida uu qoray wargeyska Geeska Afrika cadadkiisii maanta Sidaas waxa dhawaan baahiyay Wargeyska Faransiiska ah ee JEUNE AFRIQUE oo ah Wargeys si weyn loo akhristo, waxaanu intaas ku daray in Madaxweyne Rayaale uu hore safar ugu maray dhawr wadan oo ka tirsan Qaaradda Afrika, isaga oo taageero u raadinayay Qaddiyadiisa.Wargeysku, waxa uu sheegay in haddii Wadamada Miisaanka leh sida Koonfur Afrika, Itoobiya, Senegal ama Nayjeriya ay kulankaas Madaxweynayaasha Afrika ka taageeraan qaddiyadda Somaliland ay taas ka soo horjeedsan doonaan wadamo kale sida Suudaan, Liibiya iyo weliba gaar ahaan wadanka Masar, oo xubin ka ah Jaamacadda Carabta.
Madaxweyne Rayaale, waxa uu dhawaan bilaabi doonaa safar dheer oo uu ku marayo wadamo badan oo Afrikaana, si uu kulankaas ka hor taageero uga raadsado Madaxda Afrika ugana dhaadhiciyo xaqa ay Somaliland u leedahay qaran Madaxbanaan iyo inay ka qayb gasho Shirkaas Madaxda Afrika.
Ilo Diblomaasiyadeed, ayaa Geeska Afrika u xaqiijiyay in Madaxweynaha Gambia, olole u geli doono sidii uu Madaxweynayaasha dalkiisa imanaya uga dhaadhicin lahaa qaddiyada Madaxbanaanida Somaliland iyo weliba xaqa ay u leedahay in la dhagaysto, taas oo suurto gelin karta in Madaxweyne Rayaale kulankaas ka jeediyo Khubad. Sidoo kale Saraakiil sare oo ka tirsan Ururka Midawga Afrika, ayaa iyaguna ku jira dedaal ay ku doonayaan in aanay Madaxweynayaasha Afrika qaadicin in Madaxweyne Rayaale ka qayb gallo kulankaas kana jeediyo khudbad.
Dhinaca kale Magaalada Banjul, ee kulanku ku qabsoomayo, waxa ka socda diyaar garaw ballaadhan oo loogu diyaar garoobayo soo dhawaynta Madaxweynayaasha Afrika, waxaana la diyaariyay, Huteelo, Guryo Fiilooyin ah iyo Baabuur tiro badan oo loogu tallo galay soo dhawaynta Madaxweynayaasha Afrika.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Collapse of US-Supported Somali Warlords Poses Strategic Challenges for Washington, and the Horn
Extract from Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis June 7, 2006 Confidential 1Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis Founded in 1972. Formerly Defense & Foreign Affairs Daily. Volume XXIV, No. 36 Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Special Report
Analysis. By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS, with input from GIS sources in Mogadishu and the Horn of Africa.
The fall of Mogadishu, Somalia’s largest city and sometime capital, on June 5, 2006, to Islamist-jihadist militias linked with al-Qaida was a major blow to the US Central Intelligence Agency and US Defense Department, quite apart from the damage it portended for stability in the Horn of Africa and East Africa. But within the Washington, DC, power establishment, the collapse of the Somali “warlords” of the “Alliance for Restoration of Police and Counter Terrorism” proved to be a vindication for the US State Department which — in the continual power struggle between Defense and State in the US capital — had been left uninformed of the operations being undertaken in Somalia by the CIA and Defense. Significantly, the war underway in Somalia remains as much an inter-clan conflict as one which has been portrayed, for the purposes of gaining international support by the different factions, as a war between Islamist-jihadists and pro-Western anti-terrorist groups.
As well, despite the reported “fall” of Mogadishu on June 4-5, 2006, renewed fighting by Alliance groups against the Islamists began on June 6, 2006, and was described as “the heaviest fighting ever seen in Mogadishu”, a city which had historically seen considerable fighting.
GIS sources in Mogadishu confirmed that at least four major jihadist groups were involved in take-over of the city: al-Ittihad al-Islami (Islamic Union/Islamic Unity Party), al-Takfir Wal Hijra, al-Islah, and al-Tabligh (which provided much of the manpower). These groups on Sunday, June 4, 2006, also seized the town of Balad, 30 miles from Mogadishu, a strategic junction which controls the route to Jowhar, to where most of the warlord troops had withdrawn by the afternoon of Monday, June 5, 2006. The four main jihadist groups had essentially taken the population groups which had hitherto been supportive of the moderate Sufic al-Sunna Wal Jama’a movement.
The routing of the US-armed warlords, or clan chiefs, laid open the prospect for further destabilization in the north of the Horn, particularly in Somaliland, which has been stable and which is under an elected, secular Government, and in the southern border region of Somalia with Kenya. It also posed a major threat to Ethiopia, which now remained vulnerable to a resumption of the conflict in its highland areas adjoining Somalia. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), essentially an extension of al-Ittihad, was reviving operations in the Ethiopian plateau region.
Washington sources said that US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, had been “kept in the dark” about activities being undertaken by the CIA and Defense Department in the region. These activities included, over recent months, the training, arming, and paying of the forces belonging to the warlords. Just before the collapse of Mogadishu, GIS sources reported that US aircraft had been flying cash, and presumably additional weapons and ordnance, in to Mogadishu, and that “white men, believed to be Americans” were seen carrying boxes of cash directly to the houses of the warlords. US sources separately reported that the US had been providing the Alliance for Restoration of Police and Counter-Terrorism with $100,000 a month in cash.
Extract from Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis June 7, 2006 Confidential 2
The US had also been engaged in training and support operations for the warlords, from Ethiopian bases.
Several sources inside the Mogadishu situation told GIS that:
1. The initial target was the take-over of Mogadishu and the routing of the clan chiefs (warlords), the nominal Somalian Government, and any international presence in the city, and then using Mogadishu as a base for expanded offensive operations elsewhere. It was planned to create, around Mogadishu, an Islamist emirate;
2. The second target was the destabilization of Somaliland and the collapse of the Government there, with the takeover by jihadists of the capital, Hargeisa;
3. The third target was the expansion of offensive military operations against Ethiopia on the Ethiopian plateau area, which is essentially occupied by ethnic Somalis. In all of this, the jihadists intended to bypass Djibouti;
4. The fourth target was the expansion of operations through Kismayo and Mombassa to consolidate the existing base of jihadist support in Kenya (using the Somalis in the north-east of Kenya).
The sources confirmed that the jihadist leadership had said that they intended to remove, as quickly as possible, the governments of Somaliland, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
Significantly, many (if not most) of the jihadist fighters were not Somali. In the town of Balad, for example, most of the jihadist fighters appeared hooded, with only their eyes and the face around the eyes showing. Most were clearly lighter-skinned and not African, and were believed to be a mix of Afghanis, Indians, and Pakistanis. Some observers said that they believed also that some of the Africans who were involved were Oromos, who were bent on supporting the Ogaden operations inside Ethiopia, as part of their ongoing war with the Ethiopian Government.
The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) had long been supported and funded by Eritrea, Libya, Egypt, and Islamists, even though the group is mostly not Muslim (but merely opposed to the mostly- Christian Ethiopian Government).
It was also of considerable political significance that, on June 6, 2006, in Mogadishu the conquering jihadists moved into the building which had served as headquarters for the Alliance for Restoration of Police and Counter Terrorism, and converted it to an “Islamic court”. In the north, the Government of Somaliland intercepted several shipments of weapons and fighters which had come in from Yemen, a nominally pro-US supporter in the “war on terror”. The Hargeisa Government had intercepted two major shipments of arms during the three weeks leading up to the collapse of Mogadishu. Of these, one of the groups being attacked by the Government forces had split into two, with one part going into the area of Somalia known as Puntland, on the Somaliland border. One shipment came directly from Yemen into the Somaliland port of Berbera and was captured, and fighters with that group reportedly indicated that they were attempting to start an uprising in the Somaliland city of Burao, which had an enclave of Wahhabist jihadists.
Somaliland, however, does not have sufficient police to handle the growing number of attempted incursions, even though it has mobilized support from the Somaliland Armed Forces. Within all of this, former Somalia Interim President Abdiqasim Salat Hassan, a member of the Ayr sub-clan of the Habargdir (itself a sub-clan of the Haweye), was engaged as much in a territorial war with other sub-clans of the Haweye (notably the Abgal sub-clan) as in supporting the Islamists. However, sources close to Salat said that the former President had now become an “Islamist extremist” and was surrounded by a group of former Somali Army officers and experienced foreign al-Qaida fighters from abroad.
Somali villagers, elsewhere in the country, on June 6, 2006, began grassroots protests against the “Ayr land-grab”, seeing the dispute more as clan-based territorial warfare, rather than a battle over religious beliefs, which were more of a cloak for support from Islamists and Muslims abroad.
Extract from Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis
June 7, 2006 Confidential3
At the same time, one warlord, Hussein Mohamed Aideed, son of the late major warlord, Mohamed Farah Aideed, was now reported to be living in Mogadishu with four wives and was described as a committed Islamist, supporting the jihadist groups engaged in the current conflict. In all of this, the US, in particular, now faced a strategic crisis at a time when the George W. Bush Administration was attempting to focus on easing confrontations in the broader Middle East. Arguably, apart from the critical nature of Iran, the Horn of Africa holds the key to much of the oil and general cargo trade through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, and with it much of the viability of global trade. With the anti- jihadist warlords of Somalia now on the defensive, the US — as well as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and others — faced the question of securing the vital elements of the Horn, particularly Ethiopia and Somaliland. Significantly, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen had, for a variety of reasons, opposed recognition of Somaliland and its highly-successful, stable Government.
Yemen was concerned that the precedent of Somaliland breaking from the Somalia union (entered into by the then-sovereign states of the former British Somaliland, now Somaliland, and the former Italian Somaliland, to create the union) by Somaliland would give impetus for the former South Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen) to attempt a break-away from the now-unified Yemen Republic. The Yemeni Government gave this as the reason it was, de facto, supporting the Somalian leadership of former Puntland warlord Col. Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed, who has historically tried to conquer Somaliland. But, in fact, the true “de facto support” from Yemen was, as a result, in favor of the jihadists.
Egypt consistently blocked Arab League and African Union recognition of Somaliland’s withdrawal from the Somalia union because it feared that the strategically-placed Somaliland and its port of Berbera — from which the entrance to the Red Sea can be dominated — could be used by Israel. Saudi Arabia, too, has consistently rejected Somaliland because, despite being a Muslim country, it had a secular, democratic government.
One of the few options available to the other African Union states — some of which were now under threat from the attempt to create a jihadist state in Somalia — and the US and Britain (which had historical reasons for its strong engagement in Somaliland) was to unilaterally recognize Somaliland, or to ensure massive injections of support into the country to counter any attempts to destroy it. Similarly, the threat to Ethiopia now also translated into a more dire threat to Egypt — because of Ethiopia’s control of the headwaters of the Blue Nile — if a jihadist takeover of part or all of Ethiopia was possible in the medium-term. It was getting to the point where Egypt’s need for a stable Ethiopia, even under the present Ethiopian Government, was more valuable strategically than supporting Eritrea’s animus against Ethiopia and Somaliland.
Special Report
Analysis. By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS, with input from GIS sources in Mogadishu and the Horn of Africa.
The fall of Mogadishu, Somalia’s largest city and sometime capital, on June 5, 2006, to Islamist-jihadist militias linked with al-Qaida was a major blow to the US Central Intelligence Agency and US Defense Department, quite apart from the damage it portended for stability in the Horn of Africa and East Africa. But within the Washington, DC, power establishment, the collapse of the Somali “warlords” of the “Alliance for Restoration of Police and Counter Terrorism” proved to be a vindication for the US State Department which — in the continual power struggle between Defense and State in the US capital — had been left uninformed of the operations being undertaken in Somalia by the CIA and Defense. Significantly, the war underway in Somalia remains as much an inter-clan conflict as one which has been portrayed, for the purposes of gaining international support by the different factions, as a war between Islamist-jihadists and pro-Western anti-terrorist groups.
As well, despite the reported “fall” of Mogadishu on June 4-5, 2006, renewed fighting by Alliance groups against the Islamists began on June 6, 2006, and was described as “the heaviest fighting ever seen in Mogadishu”, a city which had historically seen considerable fighting.
GIS sources in Mogadishu confirmed that at least four major jihadist groups were involved in take-over of the city: al-Ittihad al-Islami (Islamic Union/Islamic Unity Party), al-Takfir Wal Hijra, al-Islah, and al-Tabligh (which provided much of the manpower). These groups on Sunday, June 4, 2006, also seized the town of Balad, 30 miles from Mogadishu, a strategic junction which controls the route to Jowhar, to where most of the warlord troops had withdrawn by the afternoon of Monday, June 5, 2006. The four main jihadist groups had essentially taken the population groups which had hitherto been supportive of the moderate Sufic al-Sunna Wal Jama’a movement.
The routing of the US-armed warlords, or clan chiefs, laid open the prospect for further destabilization in the north of the Horn, particularly in Somaliland, which has been stable and which is under an elected, secular Government, and in the southern border region of Somalia with Kenya. It also posed a major threat to Ethiopia, which now remained vulnerable to a resumption of the conflict in its highland areas adjoining Somalia. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF), essentially an extension of al-Ittihad, was reviving operations in the Ethiopian plateau region.
Washington sources said that US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, had been “kept in the dark” about activities being undertaken by the CIA and Defense Department in the region. These activities included, over recent months, the training, arming, and paying of the forces belonging to the warlords. Just before the collapse of Mogadishu, GIS sources reported that US aircraft had been flying cash, and presumably additional weapons and ordnance, in to Mogadishu, and that “white men, believed to be Americans” were seen carrying boxes of cash directly to the houses of the warlords. US sources separately reported that the US had been providing the Alliance for Restoration of Police and Counter-Terrorism with $100,000 a month in cash.
Extract from Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis June 7, 2006 Confidential 2
The US had also been engaged in training and support operations for the warlords, from Ethiopian bases.
Several sources inside the Mogadishu situation told GIS that:
1. The initial target was the take-over of Mogadishu and the routing of the clan chiefs (warlords), the nominal Somalian Government, and any international presence in the city, and then using Mogadishu as a base for expanded offensive operations elsewhere. It was planned to create, around Mogadishu, an Islamist emirate;
2. The second target was the destabilization of Somaliland and the collapse of the Government there, with the takeover by jihadists of the capital, Hargeisa;
3. The third target was the expansion of offensive military operations against Ethiopia on the Ethiopian plateau area, which is essentially occupied by ethnic Somalis. In all of this, the jihadists intended to bypass Djibouti;
4. The fourth target was the expansion of operations through Kismayo and Mombassa to consolidate the existing base of jihadist support in Kenya (using the Somalis in the north-east of Kenya).
The sources confirmed that the jihadist leadership had said that they intended to remove, as quickly as possible, the governments of Somaliland, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
Significantly, many (if not most) of the jihadist fighters were not Somali. In the town of Balad, for example, most of the jihadist fighters appeared hooded, with only their eyes and the face around the eyes showing. Most were clearly lighter-skinned and not African, and were believed to be a mix of Afghanis, Indians, and Pakistanis. Some observers said that they believed also that some of the Africans who were involved were Oromos, who were bent on supporting the Ogaden operations inside Ethiopia, as part of their ongoing war with the Ethiopian Government.
The Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) had long been supported and funded by Eritrea, Libya, Egypt, and Islamists, even though the group is mostly not Muslim (but merely opposed to the mostly- Christian Ethiopian Government).
It was also of considerable political significance that, on June 6, 2006, in Mogadishu the conquering jihadists moved into the building which had served as headquarters for the Alliance for Restoration of Police and Counter Terrorism, and converted it to an “Islamic court”. In the north, the Government of Somaliland intercepted several shipments of weapons and fighters which had come in from Yemen, a nominally pro-US supporter in the “war on terror”. The Hargeisa Government had intercepted two major shipments of arms during the three weeks leading up to the collapse of Mogadishu. Of these, one of the groups being attacked by the Government forces had split into two, with one part going into the area of Somalia known as Puntland, on the Somaliland border. One shipment came directly from Yemen into the Somaliland port of Berbera and was captured, and fighters with that group reportedly indicated that they were attempting to start an uprising in the Somaliland city of Burao, which had an enclave of Wahhabist jihadists.
Somaliland, however, does not have sufficient police to handle the growing number of attempted incursions, even though it has mobilized support from the Somaliland Armed Forces. Within all of this, former Somalia Interim President Abdiqasim Salat Hassan, a member of the Ayr sub-clan of the Habargdir (itself a sub-clan of the Haweye), was engaged as much in a territorial war with other sub-clans of the Haweye (notably the Abgal sub-clan) as in supporting the Islamists. However, sources close to Salat said that the former President had now become an “Islamist extremist” and was surrounded by a group of former Somali Army officers and experienced foreign al-Qaida fighters from abroad.
Somali villagers, elsewhere in the country, on June 6, 2006, began grassroots protests against the “Ayr land-grab”, seeing the dispute more as clan-based territorial warfare, rather than a battle over religious beliefs, which were more of a cloak for support from Islamists and Muslims abroad.
Extract from Defense & Foreign Affairs Special Analysis
June 7, 2006 Confidential3
At the same time, one warlord, Hussein Mohamed Aideed, son of the late major warlord, Mohamed Farah Aideed, was now reported to be living in Mogadishu with four wives and was described as a committed Islamist, supporting the jihadist groups engaged in the current conflict. In all of this, the US, in particular, now faced a strategic crisis at a time when the George W. Bush Administration was attempting to focus on easing confrontations in the broader Middle East. Arguably, apart from the critical nature of Iran, the Horn of Africa holds the key to much of the oil and general cargo trade through the Red Sea and Suez Canal, and with it much of the viability of global trade. With the anti- jihadist warlords of Somalia now on the defensive, the US — as well as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and others — faced the question of securing the vital elements of the Horn, particularly Ethiopia and Somaliland. Significantly, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen had, for a variety of reasons, opposed recognition of Somaliland and its highly-successful, stable Government.
Yemen was concerned that the precedent of Somaliland breaking from the Somalia union (entered into by the then-sovereign states of the former British Somaliland, now Somaliland, and the former Italian Somaliland, to create the union) by Somaliland would give impetus for the former South Yemen (People’s Democratic Republic of Yemen) to attempt a break-away from the now-unified Yemen Republic. The Yemeni Government gave this as the reason it was, de facto, supporting the Somalian leadership of former Puntland warlord Col. Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed, who has historically tried to conquer Somaliland. But, in fact, the true “de facto support” from Yemen was, as a result, in favor of the jihadists.
Egypt consistently blocked Arab League and African Union recognition of Somaliland’s withdrawal from the Somalia union because it feared that the strategically-placed Somaliland and its port of Berbera — from which the entrance to the Red Sea can be dominated — could be used by Israel. Saudi Arabia, too, has consistently rejected Somaliland because, despite being a Muslim country, it had a secular, democratic government.
One of the few options available to the other African Union states — some of which were now under threat from the attempt to create a jihadist state in Somalia — and the US and Britain (which had historical reasons for its strong engagement in Somaliland) was to unilaterally recognize Somaliland, or to ensure massive injections of support into the country to counter any attempts to destroy it. Similarly, the threat to Ethiopia now also translated into a more dire threat to Egypt — because of Ethiopia’s control of the headwaters of the Blue Nile — if a jihadist takeover of part or all of Ethiopia was possible in the medium-term. It was getting to the point where Egypt’s need for a stable Ethiopia, even under the present Ethiopian Government, was more valuable strategically than supporting Eritrea’s animus against Ethiopia and Somaliland.
Shirguddoonka Golaha Wakiilada Oo Diiday Inay Ansixiyaan Wasiiro iyo Ku-xigeeno Ka Dib Markii Uu Madaxweynuhu Ballanqaad Kaga Baxay
Shirguddoonka Golaha Wakiilada ayaa shalay dib ugu celiyey wasiiro iyo ku-xigeeno uu madaxweynuhu u soo gudbiyay in goluhu ansixiyo.Shirguddoonka waxay ku sababeeyeyeen dib u celinta in wakhtigii loogu tala galay ee dastuuriga ahaa ee ay ahayd inuu madaxweynuhu soo gudbiyo liistada ay mudadeedii dhaaftay.
Hase ahaatee, ilo lagu kalsoon yahay waxay Somaliland Today u sheegeen in uu jiray hadda ka hor heshiis afka ah oo dhex maray madaxweynaha iyo shirguddoonka golaha wakiilada oo ahaa in uu madaxweynuhu Aamina-Waris shaqadaeedii sida xaq darrada ah looga qaaday u celiyo, shirguddoonkuna uu qiil u raadiyo sidii loo ansixin lahaa liiskan wasiirada iyo ku-xigeenada ah oo uu madaxweynuhu doonayay inuu goluhu u ansixiyo.
Golaha wakiilada ayaa dhinacooda iyaguna shalayto ku gacan saydhay inay ansixiyaan wasiirada iyo wasiiro ku xigeenada uu madaxweynuhu soo hor dhigay golaha ka dib markii madaxweynuhu hore u jabiyay heshiiskii ahaa inuu horta Aamina-waris shaqadeedii sida xaq darrada looga qaaday dib ugu celiyo.
Madaxweyne Riyaale ayaa la sheegay inuu dhawr ballan qaad oo hore uu kaga baxay shirguddoonka golaha wakiilada taas oo uu guddoomiyaha kowaad ee golaha wakiiladu, Cabdicasiis Maxamad Samaale, uu sheegay bishan May 9dii inay “quus ka taagan yihiin in xukumadu fuliso go’aamadii ka soo baxay golaha wakiilada”.
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Somaliland sovereignty under attack by Siadist remnants on TFG payroll
Somaliland sovereignty under attack by Siadist remnants on TFG payroll
With Somaliland recognition gaining momentum in recent weeks, Somali websites has seen a flood of articles by panic-struck Siadist remnants on TFG payroll.
Dr Pham, Dr Jean Daudelin and ICG reports have been hatefully slandered in different articles where character assassination replaced honest and clever discussion. Feeling the heat and running out of time before Somaliland upcoming recognition, the burgeoning number notes presented by the Siadist writers, representing a myriad of grievance and personal attacks have prevented them from pursuing a cohesive and integrated set of argumentation underlying where if for example the authors of the ICG report erred.
The usual Anti Somaliland writers Abdalla Hirad, Mohsin Mahad and Ali Bahar either call themselves alternatively Northern Somali for Peace and Unity or Northern Somali Unionist or use pen names agglomerated in the so called Tima Cadde International Center. The tired rhetoric of the trio and their admiration for the tribal dictatorship of Siad Barre is familiar to Somalilanders. For example, Abdalli Hirad is the senior editor of radiossc.net, the only Somali website to my knowledge that glorify day in and day out Siad Barre regime. His recent article, “Somaliland mythology indicted” is posted and signed Radiossc News Desk. Only Radiossc.net can proudly publish outrageous faqash slogans such as “Towradii Barakysan”, historical analysis glorifying Siad Barre “achievements” and vitriolic and hate laden editorial namely attacking some Somaliland clans. I should say Hirad non compartmentalized adulation for Siad Barre is easily understandable since the former dictator has rewarded him, on a tribal base, with a plum job even if the fellow did not finished high school.
In their short-lived and ineffectual propaganda war, the trio Hirad-Mahad-Bahar have made a mockery from history creating a series of unfathomable mythologies. According to them, no state recognized Somaliland (UN Security Council archives prove otherwise) and point Somaliland declaration of independence was reached at gun point in Burao. The truth could not be farther from that since any participant could confirm that the reason why Somaliland elders decided to reach back to the principles of their past sovereignty was an attempt to bring about new agreements between themselves. Burao conference has therefore seen the emergence of a collective orientation thought which all members make decisions and resolve conflicts. What is unacceptable for Siadist writers is the fact that these orientations have become embedded in Somaliland political culture and led to new moral and ethical values where conflict is seen as dysfunctional and distracting from the effective and efficient self development. The most striking consequence is that Somaliland is increasingly becoming a class based society and regionalism is no longer important as a basis of identifying oneself. This fact is of course unacceptable for Siadist remnants always quick on pulling out the tribe card. While claiming to be Somali unionist, Hirad and Mahad resort to expressions like “Darood Kingmen”, “Gadabgursi aspirations...” On this stance, seeking political goals on ethnic grounds, the trio remain faithful to their master Siad Barre.
Faysal Diriye
With Somaliland recognition gaining momentum in recent weeks, Somali websites has seen a flood of articles by panic-struck Siadist remnants on TFG payroll.
Dr Pham, Dr Jean Daudelin and ICG reports have been hatefully slandered in different articles where character assassination replaced honest and clever discussion. Feeling the heat and running out of time before Somaliland upcoming recognition, the burgeoning number notes presented by the Siadist writers, representing a myriad of grievance and personal attacks have prevented them from pursuing a cohesive and integrated set of argumentation underlying where if for example the authors of the ICG report erred.
The usual Anti Somaliland writers Abdalla Hirad, Mohsin Mahad and Ali Bahar either call themselves alternatively Northern Somali for Peace and Unity or Northern Somali Unionist or use pen names agglomerated in the so called Tima Cadde International Center. The tired rhetoric of the trio and their admiration for the tribal dictatorship of Siad Barre is familiar to Somalilanders. For example, Abdalli Hirad is the senior editor of radiossc.net, the only Somali website to my knowledge that glorify day in and day out Siad Barre regime. His recent article, “Somaliland mythology indicted” is posted and signed Radiossc News Desk. Only Radiossc.net can proudly publish outrageous faqash slogans such as “Towradii Barakysan”, historical analysis glorifying Siad Barre “achievements” and vitriolic and hate laden editorial namely attacking some Somaliland clans. I should say Hirad non compartmentalized adulation for Siad Barre is easily understandable since the former dictator has rewarded him, on a tribal base, with a plum job even if the fellow did not finished high school.
In their short-lived and ineffectual propaganda war, the trio Hirad-Mahad-Bahar have made a mockery from history creating a series of unfathomable mythologies. According to them, no state recognized Somaliland (UN Security Council archives prove otherwise) and point Somaliland declaration of independence was reached at gun point in Burao. The truth could not be farther from that since any participant could confirm that the reason why Somaliland elders decided to reach back to the principles of their past sovereignty was an attempt to bring about new agreements between themselves. Burao conference has therefore seen the emergence of a collective orientation thought which all members make decisions and resolve conflicts. What is unacceptable for Siadist writers is the fact that these orientations have become embedded in Somaliland political culture and led to new moral and ethical values where conflict is seen as dysfunctional and distracting from the effective and efficient self development. The most striking consequence is that Somaliland is increasingly becoming a class based society and regionalism is no longer important as a basis of identifying oneself. This fact is of course unacceptable for Siadist remnants always quick on pulling out the tribe card. While claiming to be Somali unionist, Hirad and Mahad resort to expressions like “Darood Kingmen”, “Gadabgursi aspirations...” On this stance, seeking political goals on ethnic grounds, the trio remain faithful to their master Siad Barre.
Faysal Diriye
Ottawa, Canada
Monday, June 05, 2006
Walaac Mareykanku ka muujiyey Somalia
Dowladda Mareykanka ayaa walaac ka muujisay in Soomaaliya hooy u noqoto argagixisa shisheeye, ka dib markii ay magaalada Muqdisho ee caasimadda ah ay qabsadeen malliishiya Islaami ah.Af hayeenka Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibadda ee Mareyaknaka, Sean McCormack, ayaa diiday in uu si toos ah faallo uga bixiyo waxa ka dhacay caasimadda Soomaaliya ee Muqdisho.
"Ma dooneyno in Soomaaliya ay argagixsa shisheeye u noqoto hooy u nabad ah. Aad ayaan walaac uga qabnaa arrintaas," ayuu yidhi.
Waxaan daneyneynaa in aan aragno dadka Soomaaliyeed oo dhistay hey'ado u daneeya umadda Soomaaliyeed isla markaana xaq dhowra xuquuqda dadka halkaa jooga oo dhan" ayuu ku yidhi warfidiyeenka.
Waxaa uu intaa ku daray in labadaas arrimood ay yihiin labada tiir ee siyaasadda Mareykanka ee Soomaaliya ku wajahan.
Malliishiyada Muqdisho
Guddoomiyaha Midowga Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ee Muqdisho, Shiikh Shariif, ayaa maalintii ay ciidankiisu gacanta ku dhigeen Muqdisho waxaa uu sheegay in aanany jirin cid ay Maxkamaduhu duullaan ku yihiin.
Waxaa uu caalamka u sheegay in uu cid walba ula dhaqmi doono sida ay ula dhaqanto.
Maxkmadaha oo heysta taageerada shacab badan oo Soomaaliyeed, weli ma cadda in ay si buuxda uga adkaadeen hoggaamiyeyaashii kooxuhu, maaddaama ay siyaasiyiin hore oo ku sugan magaalada Muqdisho ay dagaalka u ekeysiinayaan mid qabiil ku dhisan
Radical Islamists Take Control of Somali Capital
Radical Islamists Take Control of Somali CapitalBy Anadolu News Agency
Radical Islamists in Somali declared they have taken control of the capital Mogadishu.
Chair of the city's Joint Islamic Courts Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed said his troops claimed victory over the secular warlords.
In a statement read over local radio stations, Sheikh Ahmed said, “We want to implement peace and security again. We are ready to talk to every group and person to be to the benefit of the people.”
Meanwhile, the defeated warlords are reported to have escaped from Mogadishu.
The increasing power of the radical Islamists increase concerns that the country may turn into a hotbed along the lines of Afghanistan during the Taliban rule.
The radical Islamists taking control of the capital accused the other factions of cooperating with the CIA, whereas the warlord alliance accuses its rivals for having links with Al-Qaeda.
The opposition against Muhammad Siyad Barre who seized control in Somali at the late 60’s increased towards the end of the 1990’s and spread across the country. Barre, finally admitting defea,t left his country at the beginning of 1991. Infighting began between opposing groups unable to reach an agreement on ruling the country following Barre’s exile.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Cadalaadda Xitaa Ismaciil Baa Xaq U Leh Aargoosiguna Waa Xaaraan
Cadaaladdu waa wax Ilaahay (SWT) ina faray inaynu ku dhaqanno oo diinta iyo dadnimadaba ku wanaagsan. Waa shay uu Ilaahay (SWT) wanaageeda qiray markuu magacyadiisa suuban ku daray.
Caddaaladu ma aha wax qofkii aynu rabnana u fidino kii aynu necebnayna kaga masuugno. Waa loo siman yahay cadaaladda. Meel aan cadaaladi jirin nabadi ma jirto ayay odhaahi tidhaahdaa.
Cadaaladda waxa ka soo horjeedaa ee lidkeeda ahi waa DULMI. Allah haynaga duwo dulmi.
Haddaba maa daama aynu nahay dad muslina oo ku guda jira dhisme dal laga soo badbaadiyay colaado iyo aafooyin badan oo jecel inay dhisaan umad nabad iyo barwaaqo iyo sinaan ku wada nool waxa aynu u baahannay inay cadaalad ku shaqayno oo xeerka loo sinaado. Waxaynu u baahannay inaynaan kolba kaynu necebnay ama inaga soo horjeeda aynaan dabka saarin ee cadaalad marino oo waxii ku waajiba marino si aan aargoosi iyo dulmi midna ahayn.
Wasiir Ismail Cisman Adan dadka reer Somaliland badidoodu way necbaayeen waxaanay ku naceen kibirkisii iyo dulmigii uu ka galay dad badan intii uu kursiga hayay:
UMADYAHAY YAAN CADDALADDA LAGA TEGIN.
Caddaaladu ma aha wax qofkii aynu rabnana u fidino kii aynu necebnayna kaga masuugno. Waa loo siman yahay cadaaladda. Meel aan cadaaladi jirin nabadi ma jirto ayay odhaahi tidhaahdaa.
Cadaaladda waxa ka soo horjeedaa ee lidkeeda ahi waa DULMI. Allah haynaga duwo dulmi.
Haddaba maa daama aynu nahay dad muslina oo ku guda jira dhisme dal laga soo badbaadiyay colaado iyo aafooyin badan oo jecel inay dhisaan umad nabad iyo barwaaqo iyo sinaan ku wada nool waxa aynu u baahannay inay cadaalad ku shaqayno oo xeerka loo sinaado. Waxaynu u baahannay inaynaan kolba kaynu necebnay ama inaga soo horjeeda aynaan dabka saarin ee cadaalad marino oo waxii ku waajiba marino si aan aargoosi iyo dulmi midna ahayn.
Wasiir Ismail Cisman Adan dadka reer Somaliland badidoodu way necbaayeen waxaanay ku naceen kibirkisii iyo dulmigii uu ka galay dad badan intii uu kursiga hayay:
Wasiir Ismaaaciil:
Waa ninkii isagoo ah masuulkii koowaad ee nabadda u xilsaarnaa oo ay ahayd inuu dadka isu soo dhaweeyo, isagu geed gaaban iyo mid dheerba u fuulay inuu iska horkeeno dadka.
Waa ninkii markii dhacdadii Dhubato ee argagixisada ahayd dhacday yidhi “waxa kadanbaysay beel reer Togdheer ah iyo kuwii aanu kursiga ka helnay”
Waa ninkii dhacdadii lagu Boorame ee lagu dilay Talyaaniyaddi yidhi “waxa ka danbeeyey KULMIYE”
Waa ninkii waxii uu ku magacaabay “inqilaabka xero digaagta” ee uu isgu maleegay ee xaalad abuurka ahaa haddana yidhi waxa ka danbeeyay KULMIYE ee u xidhxidhay rag aan laba socon amuurahaa oo uu suuqa ka qabqabtay. Liiska dadka isagaa gacantiisa ku diyaariyay. Arrintaa waxay ku kala dhinteen Taliyihii Booliska ee dhintay Marxuun Cabdilqaadir Guraaye.
Waa ninkii markii ninka cad lagu dilay Dunbuluq yidhi “maxaa daanta madaw isaga geeyey marka hore”
Waa ninkii markii labada nin ee ay isku beesha ahayn boolisku dileen ku musanaabay “reer baa dilay” isagoo masuul nabadda ka ahaa ee diiday in la aaso aydadka. (Mujahid Muse Bixi ayaa maalintaa ku guntaday arrintaa inaan foolxumo iyo mashaqo ka dhicin isagaana gaadhigiisa ku qaaday maydkii oo xabaasha geeyey) Ilaa iminka arrintaa xal lagama gaadhin.
Waa ninkii ay agoomahu ku eedeyeen inuu gunadoodii ka cunay.
Waa ninkii odayaasha reer Hargeisa ee deegaanka Woqooyi iyo Galbeed soo xidhxidhay markay su’aalo ka weydiiyeen xuduudda degmooyinka Darasalaam iyo Lughaya iyo meelaha sanaadiiqdii doorashada la dhigi lahaa.
Waa ninkii odayaasha shiriyay ee yidhi soo saara baaq odhanaya dadka ka soo jeeda bariga Burco ha nooga baxaan Hargeisa.
Waa ninkii dayaaradda ka kacaysa Berbera joojiyay laba saacadood si caruurtiisa oo Hargeysa ka tegaysaa ay u sii raacaan. Markay tegeenna yidhi baasaboradii ayay soo ilaabeene ha la sugu dhawr saacadood oo kale inta Hargeisa laga soo qaadayo.
Waa ninkii labadii hablood ee ilma adeerka ahaa ee Raqiya Cabdilahi Omaar iyo Amina Maxamud caayay. (dhaqankeena waa waxyaabaha laysku dilo)- Waa ninkii Cabdalla Farax Xarbi u maleegay masabidka ee ku soo xidhay “xabaalahii gaalada ee Hargeisa ayuu burburiyay”. (arrintaa dadkii galay baan ahaa)
Waa ninkii dhacdadii aan loo baahnayn ee uu Jamac Maxamed Qaalib ku xidhay ee dadku ku dhinteen kaga jawaabay “qof iyo qabiil toona uga baqan maayo” isagoo ah masuulkii nabadda.
Waa ninkii boqor Cisman Buurmadaw intuu laamiga shacabka Hargeysa ku joojiyay yidhi “halkan aad sidaa ugu dhaqmaysaa waa Hargeysa ee Burco maaha” isagoo reer Hargeisa iyo reer Burcaba u wasiir ahaa.
Waa ninkii askartiisu ku dhirbaaxday ninkii ay London isku yaqaaneen ee is yidhi salaan. Wuxuu yidhi “gaadhigayguu usoo dhawaaday”
Waa ninkii Mujaahid Otto Bixi Calin iyo Muj. Bashe Fanax lacagta siiyay ee yidhi saxaafadda ku soo qora cay ku saabsan Mujaahidiint SNM oo Muse Bixi ka reeba. ( lacagtii way qaateen laakiin cid may caayin ee way fashiliyeen)
Waa ninkii caruurtiisa lagu eedeyeen inay dad badan waxyeeleeyeen oo qaarna dakhreen qaarna gawaadhi jiidhsiiyeen ee dadkii u soo ashkatooday xidhxidhay.
Waa ninkii isku deyay inuu si qabyaalada u rido Maayarka Hargeysa ee dadku ka hortegeen iyagoo isku duuban oo diidan falalkiisa isku dhaca abuuraya.
Waa ninka hadda lagu eedaynayo inuu lunsaday gunnadii askarta SPU ee ay NDP bixin jirtay.
Waa ninka dadku ku eedeeyaan inuu yahay booli cun musuqmaasuq ah oo dhulboob ku mamamy.
Waa ninka lagu eedaynayo inuu dad badan ku xidhxidhay xeerka degdegga ah oo ay dulmi jeelasha uga buuxaan.
Haddaba waxaan leeyahay isagoo intaa iyo boqolaal kale oo arrimood sameeyay qaarna lagu eedeeyay aan laba arrimood oo keliya ogaanno.
Waa arrinta koobaade Ismaciil waxaynu maqallay durba in ciidan iyo CID iyo wax lagu wareejiyay oo gawaadhi laga qaaday oo haddidaad lagu sameeyay. Waxaan leeyahay sharciga uun si caddaalada ha loo mariyo haddii wax lagu haysto oo yaan laga gudbin sharciga isaga xaqiisa muwaadinmo yaan la seejin. Tuu ku dhaqmi jirayna yaan lagula dhaqmin. Aargoosi sharciga ka baxsan ma oggolin xitaa Ismacil haddii lagu samaynayo. Guddidan hadda Ismaaciil baadhaysa mid aanu indhaha faraha gardarro ka soo gelinini ma kuma jiro. markaa waxaan iyana kula dardaarmayaa inaanay sidiisii noqon oo ay aargoosi ka fogaadaan oo ay sharciga ku koobnaadan.
Waa ta labaade markuu waxaas oo dhan samaynayay waxa soo dirayay oo dadka ku eegayay Madaxweynaha Mudane Dahir Rayaale Kaahin. Isagaa adeegsanayay oo gaashaan iyo garab u ahaa. Isagaa matagga siyaasadda isaga dhigayay. Waxaan xusuustaa markii odayaashu ka cawdeen caydii Raaqiya Oomar, waxa uu ugu jawaabay Madaxweynuhu “iyadaa kaga horraysay”. Markaa maanta inuu nagu jeediyo Ismaciil baan eryay oo aan sharciga si ka baxsan ula dhaqmayaa waxaanu ku farxayno ma aha. Maskii dabadii baa laga jaray ee madaxii wuu ku yaallaa, dabaduna way u soo baxdaa maska sida cidiyuhu inoogu soo baxaan hadday u soo bixi waydana waxba uma noqdo. Waxaan leeyahay Madaxweyne xeerka iyo shuruucda dhawr adna ha lagu dhawree.
UMADYAHAY YAAN CADDALADDA LAGA TEGIN.
Abdillahi Geeljire
Xubin Fulinta KULMIYE
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Midowga Afrika Oo Soo Dhaweeyey Talo-Bixintii ICG Iyo Safiirka Xukuumada Imbagaati Ee Addis Ababa Oo Cambaareeyey
Masuuliyiiinta ururka midowga Afrika ayaa soo dhaweeyey warbixintii talo soo jeedintii uu ka soo saaray ururka qalalaasaha adduunka ee ICG todobaadkii hore Somaliland,taasi oo uu kula taliyey midowga Afrika kala furdaaminta mushkilada Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya oo uu sheegay inay ku haboon tahay in lagu dhameeyo hab diblomaasiyadeed.
Sida uu qoray wargeyska Haatuf Alcarabi iyo wargeyska Haatuf oo ay mataano yihiin cadadkiisii maanta masuuliyiinta ururka midowga Afrika waxay muujiyeen sida ay niyad samida ugu hayaan hindisahaasi ka soo yeedhay ururka ICG oo sidoo kale ku taliyey in Somaliland midowga Afrika uu u magacaabo ergay gaar ah iyo in kursi goob-joogenimo laga siiyo midowga Afrika si ay labada dhinac ee Somaliland iyo Somaliya-ba ay goob-joog uga noqdaan doodaha uu ururka midowga Afrika ka leeyahay arinta kala furdaaminta Somaliland iyo Somaliya,taasoo la sheegay inay si diiran u soo dhaweeyeen madaxda midowga Afrika iyo sidoo kale diblomaasiyiinta shisheeye eek u sugan Addis Ababa.
Laakiin sida la sheegay waxa isagu cambaareeyey talo soo jeedinta midowga Afrika safiirka xukuumada Imbagaati u fadhiya Addis Ababa oo magaciisa la yidhaahdo C/kariim Faarax oo isagu warbixinta ICG ku tilmaamay mu’aamarad lagu wax yeelaynayo midnimada iyo wada jirka ummadda Soomaaliyeed.
Sida la sheegay C/kariin Faarax waxa uu qaaday olole uu ku diidan yahay fulinta talo soo jeedinta ee ururka ICG isaga oo isku dayey inuu shaki ka geliyo macluumaadka ku jira diblomaasiyiinta ku sugan Addis Ababa,isla markaana waxa uu u sheegay madaxda midowga Afrika in nabad raadinta Somaliya ay khatar geli doonto haddii uu isku dayo midowga Afrika inuu hirgeliyo talo soo jeedinta ICG,lamase sheegin wax guul ah oo uu ka gaadhay ololihiisa ku lidka ah Somaliland,balse waxa uu fursad ka helay iyada oo aanay dhinaca Somaliland cidi uga ololeyn mawqifkeeda iyada oo uu haatan Hargeysa ku sugan yahay wakiilka Somaliland ee Addis Ababa Yuusuf Jaamac Buraale.
Sideedaba waxa la sheegay in xafiiska wakiilka Somaliland ee Addis Ababa uu yar yahay dhaqdhaqaaqiisa diblomaasiyaydeed eek u waajahan inuu kasbado taageerada diblomaasiyadeed ee ay qadiyada Somaliland u baahan tahay,iyada oo ay hawlaha xafiisi ku kooban yihiin soo saarista fiisayaasha iyo macluumaadka dadka safraya ee reer Somaliland iyo adeegyada ay u baahan yihiin,taasoo sabab looga dhigay iyada oo ay xafiiskaasi ku yar yihiin dadka khibrada diblomaasiyadeed leh iyo dhaqaale yaraan soo wajahday xafiiskaasi.
Warbixinta ICG oo sheegtay in Somaliland 26-June 1960 ka qaadatay gobanimadeeda Ingiriiska inay isla sanadkaasi bishii July 1-deedii la midowday qaybta kale ee Somaliya ee uu gumaysan jiray Talyaanigu,iyaga oo isku noqday Jamhuuriyada Soomaaliya waxaanay ku taliyeen in midowga Afrika uu talaabo wax ku ool ah ka qaado kala furdaaminta Somaliland iyo Somaliya si looga baxsado dhibaato iyo mashaqo ka dhacda geeska Afrika.
Liibaan Maaweel Shire
Somaliland Today Correspondent
Hargeisa, Somaliland.
Sida uu qoray wargeyska Haatuf Alcarabi iyo wargeyska Haatuf oo ay mataano yihiin cadadkiisii maanta masuuliyiinta ururka midowga Afrika waxay muujiyeen sida ay niyad samida ugu hayaan hindisahaasi ka soo yeedhay ururka ICG oo sidoo kale ku taliyey in Somaliland midowga Afrika uu u magacaabo ergay gaar ah iyo in kursi goob-joogenimo laga siiyo midowga Afrika si ay labada dhinac ee Somaliland iyo Somaliya-ba ay goob-joog uga noqdaan doodaha uu ururka midowga Afrika ka leeyahay arinta kala furdaaminta Somaliland iyo Somaliya,taasoo la sheegay inay si diiran u soo dhaweeyeen madaxda midowga Afrika iyo sidoo kale diblomaasiyiinta shisheeye eek u sugan Addis Ababa.
Laakiin sida la sheegay waxa isagu cambaareeyey talo soo jeedinta midowga Afrika safiirka xukuumada Imbagaati u fadhiya Addis Ababa oo magaciisa la yidhaahdo C/kariim Faarax oo isagu warbixinta ICG ku tilmaamay mu’aamarad lagu wax yeelaynayo midnimada iyo wada jirka ummadda Soomaaliyeed.
Sida la sheegay C/kariin Faarax waxa uu qaaday olole uu ku diidan yahay fulinta talo soo jeedinta ee ururka ICG isaga oo isku dayey inuu shaki ka geliyo macluumaadka ku jira diblomaasiyiinta ku sugan Addis Ababa,isla markaana waxa uu u sheegay madaxda midowga Afrika in nabad raadinta Somaliya ay khatar geli doonto haddii uu isku dayo midowga Afrika inuu hirgeliyo talo soo jeedinta ICG,lamase sheegin wax guul ah oo uu ka gaadhay ololihiisa ku lidka ah Somaliland,balse waxa uu fursad ka helay iyada oo aanay dhinaca Somaliland cidi uga ololeyn mawqifkeeda iyada oo uu haatan Hargeysa ku sugan yahay wakiilka Somaliland ee Addis Ababa Yuusuf Jaamac Buraale.
Sideedaba waxa la sheegay in xafiiska wakiilka Somaliland ee Addis Ababa uu yar yahay dhaqdhaqaaqiisa diblomaasiyaydeed eek u waajahan inuu kasbado taageerada diblomaasiyadeed ee ay qadiyada Somaliland u baahan tahay,iyada oo ay hawlaha xafiisi ku kooban yihiin soo saarista fiisayaasha iyo macluumaadka dadka safraya ee reer Somaliland iyo adeegyada ay u baahan yihiin,taasoo sabab looga dhigay iyada oo ay xafiiskaasi ku yar yihiin dadka khibrada diblomaasiyadeed leh iyo dhaqaale yaraan soo wajahday xafiiskaasi.
Warbixinta ICG oo sheegtay in Somaliland 26-June 1960 ka qaadatay gobanimadeeda Ingiriiska inay isla sanadkaasi bishii July 1-deedii la midowday qaybta kale ee Somaliya ee uu gumaysan jiray Talyaanigu,iyaga oo isku noqday Jamhuuriyada Soomaaliya waxaanay ku taliyeen in midowga Afrika uu talaabo wax ku ool ah ka qaado kala furdaaminta Somaliland iyo Somaliya si looga baxsado dhibaato iyo mashaqo ka dhacda geeska Afrika.
Liibaan Maaweel Shire
Somaliland Today Correspondent
Hargeisa, Somaliland.
Friday, June 02, 2006
Mr. President: Thanks, But No Thanks
The President’s dark past, suspicious ascendancy to power; sheer ineptness, unfavourable policies, corruption, and shadowy actions are an embarrassment to the intrepid people of Somaliland, an insult to the long and bitter liberation struggle of this country, and a chagrin to the Somali national Movement (SNM) and its living and martyred Mujahideen (may God rest their soul in peace). In addition, his boring leadership style; imprudence, uncharismatic nature, lack of pragmatism, dishonesty, and constant blunders are a colossal combination of political deficiencies and a liability to UDUB Party as well as a set back to the cause, aspirations, and interest of the people and existence of the democratic Republic of Somaliland.
prisingly, with such unfavourable qualities couple with lack of post secondary education; the president still soldiers on and continues to lead his heavy footed and slow to react subjects. Worse still, his devil-may-care actions, uncivil behaviour, sheer arrogance, empty rhetoric and promises, and hollow bravado towards the general public as well as his colleagues in government have permeated the atmosphere, muddled the political, economic, and social discourse of the country, poisoned the working relations of the hard working and loyal civil servants, threatens the peaceful coexistence of the citizenry, and hampers all aspects of progress in Somaliland.
Is it then, not a wonder that the people of Somaliland have tolerated this mediocre president to this extent? Is it not a miracle that they have somewhat allowed this unproductive president to remain in office this long? Is it not surprising that such a small timer and happy-go-lucky president who have long lost the confidence of the people of the democratic Republic of Somaliland, continues to make massive mistakes, persists in mocking other national officials, carries on to incite and provoke the public, threatens the peace and security, disregards the constitution and the rule of law, and endangers the existence of Somaliland? So what is wrong with the people of Somaliland? Have they been bewitched or what?
Even though the president’s chain of negative actions are no longer a surprise or interesting or worthy of news anymore, his recent pretence of courage and hasty actions in removing from office the Minister of Interior and the Police Commissioner even before they have been investigated or been proven guilty of the crimes they have been suspected of, have raised some eye brows within the country and in the Diasporas and it therefore warrants a thorough investigation to uncover the truth.
The intelligent people of Somaliland smell a rat and can not be hoodwinked or be led to believe otherwise, and they will not let go this serious issue until it is dealt with thoroughly and the truth but, the whole truth is uncovered. As a result, we say to the president: Thanks but, no thanks for the public suspects and utterly rejects the manner in which you have humiliated and removed these senior government officials from office even though they do not welcome their return in office!
Although the general public, opposition parties, civil society organization, Traditional Elders, Business community, citizenry in the Diasporas, and others had been calling on the president for years and have been loudly demanding the removal from office the Minister of Interior and the Police Commissioner as well as the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Information, the Minister of Planning, the Minister of Parliamentary Coordination, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunication, and other Cabinet Ministers and bureaucrats in the interest of the public and nation; the president ignored their legitimate concerns and complaints, pleas to restore sanity and accountability in government, and invaluable advice they provided, and continued with his usual reckless endeavour as, if they are nobodies or as if nothing has ever happened!
Nonetheless, the presidents recent chain of negative actions or breach of the Constitution and the laws of the land (from the Breach of Parliamentary Immunity and his attempts to disrupt the parliamentary procedures and the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Hargeisa Hospital incident to the Dumbuluq incident to the Terrorist Jail breakage and attempted escape to the Amina-Weris Case to the Containers and contraband incident in Berbera Port to the Guurti/House of Elders’ illegal and unconstitutional four year increment in their tenure in office to the Firing of the Trade Minister and the Governor of Sahel Province and its regional Police Chief to his suspicious visit to Yemen to his visit to Ethiopia to the present firing of the Minister of Interior and the Police Commissioner) neither shocks the stray cats in the streets nor ruffles the feathers of the hens in Hargeisa city, let alone its proud residents or the people of Somaliland in general. After all, it is widely believed that he fired these senior government officials who have been his closest and most loyal comrades in order to:
.To cover-up the trail of corruption that would possibly lead to the Executive Branch of government, the First Family, the Minister of Planning, and others.
· To deflect the recent artificial constitutional crisis he unnecessarily created by conspiring with the Supreme Court Justice and the Chairman of the House of Elders who illegally and unconstitutionally increased their tenure in office to four (4) more years to the year 2010, which will certainly not stand, and
.To showcase his pretence of courage and dictatorial tendencies as strong leader, that is, a sheer pipe dreams.
Whatever the case, we strongly demand boldness from the Legislative Branch of government and from the elected Members of Parliament in upholding the Constitution and the laws of the land and accountability and to bring to justice those who have wronged and caused untold hardships to our proud, gallant, hard working, and patient Security Forces and their families.
Farah Ali Jama,
Ottawa, Canada.
prisingly, with such unfavourable qualities couple with lack of post secondary education; the president still soldiers on and continues to lead his heavy footed and slow to react subjects. Worse still, his devil-may-care actions, uncivil behaviour, sheer arrogance, empty rhetoric and promises, and hollow bravado towards the general public as well as his colleagues in government have permeated the atmosphere, muddled the political, economic, and social discourse of the country, poisoned the working relations of the hard working and loyal civil servants, threatens the peaceful coexistence of the citizenry, and hampers all aspects of progress in Somaliland.
Is it then, not a wonder that the people of Somaliland have tolerated this mediocre president to this extent? Is it not a miracle that they have somewhat allowed this unproductive president to remain in office this long? Is it not surprising that such a small timer and happy-go-lucky president who have long lost the confidence of the people of the democratic Republic of Somaliland, continues to make massive mistakes, persists in mocking other national officials, carries on to incite and provoke the public, threatens the peace and security, disregards the constitution and the rule of law, and endangers the existence of Somaliland? So what is wrong with the people of Somaliland? Have they been bewitched or what?
Even though the president’s chain of negative actions are no longer a surprise or interesting or worthy of news anymore, his recent pretence of courage and hasty actions in removing from office the Minister of Interior and the Police Commissioner even before they have been investigated or been proven guilty of the crimes they have been suspected of, have raised some eye brows within the country and in the Diasporas and it therefore warrants a thorough investigation to uncover the truth.
The intelligent people of Somaliland smell a rat and can not be hoodwinked or be led to believe otherwise, and they will not let go this serious issue until it is dealt with thoroughly and the truth but, the whole truth is uncovered. As a result, we say to the president: Thanks but, no thanks for the public suspects and utterly rejects the manner in which you have humiliated and removed these senior government officials from office even though they do not welcome their return in office!
Although the general public, opposition parties, civil society organization, Traditional Elders, Business community, citizenry in the Diasporas, and others had been calling on the president for years and have been loudly demanding the removal from office the Minister of Interior and the Police Commissioner as well as the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Information, the Minister of Planning, the Minister of Parliamentary Coordination, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunication, and other Cabinet Ministers and bureaucrats in the interest of the public and nation; the president ignored their legitimate concerns and complaints, pleas to restore sanity and accountability in government, and invaluable advice they provided, and continued with his usual reckless endeavour as, if they are nobodies or as if nothing has ever happened!
Nonetheless, the presidents recent chain of negative actions or breach of the Constitution and the laws of the land (from the Breach of Parliamentary Immunity and his attempts to disrupt the parliamentary procedures and the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Hargeisa Hospital incident to the Dumbuluq incident to the Terrorist Jail breakage and attempted escape to the Amina-Weris Case to the Containers and contraband incident in Berbera Port to the Guurti/House of Elders’ illegal and unconstitutional four year increment in their tenure in office to the Firing of the Trade Minister and the Governor of Sahel Province and its regional Police Chief to his suspicious visit to Yemen to his visit to Ethiopia to the present firing of the Minister of Interior and the Police Commissioner) neither shocks the stray cats in the streets nor ruffles the feathers of the hens in Hargeisa city, let alone its proud residents or the people of Somaliland in general. After all, it is widely believed that he fired these senior government officials who have been his closest and most loyal comrades in order to:
.To cover-up the trail of corruption that would possibly lead to the Executive Branch of government, the First Family, the Minister of Planning, and others.
· To deflect the recent artificial constitutional crisis he unnecessarily created by conspiring with the Supreme Court Justice and the Chairman of the House of Elders who illegally and unconstitutionally increased their tenure in office to four (4) more years to the year 2010, which will certainly not stand, and
.To showcase his pretence of courage and dictatorial tendencies as strong leader, that is, a sheer pipe dreams.
Whatever the case, we strongly demand boldness from the Legislative Branch of government and from the elected Members of Parliament in upholding the Constitution and the laws of the land and accountability and to bring to justice those who have wronged and caused untold hardships to our proud, gallant, hard working, and patient Security Forces and their families.
Farah Ali Jama,
Ottawa, Canada.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
Yemen halts Somaliland cattle imports
SANA’A, May 31 — Media sources mentioned last Tuesday that top government directives were given to Al-Mokha Port officials to cease importing cattle from Somaliland Republic ports in Barbarah and Hergisah.Al-Shoura Net, which published the news, reported that informed sources explained such a step as punishment to pressure the secessionist Somaliland government, which backs war princes coalition forces, accused by Yemen and the legitimate Somali government as the reason for the ongoing war in Mogadishu.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Somaliland president sacks minister over police protests
HARGEISA (Reuters) - Somaliland's president sacked his interior minister and police commissioner after dozens of police attached to the country's anti-terrorism unit held a demonstration to protest non-payment of wages.
President Dahir Rayale Kahin blamed the protests on personal differences between the minister Ismail Aden Osman and the head of the police Mohamed Egeh Elmi.
"I have tried to resolve your misunderstanding a number of times, your personal conflict is the cause of the protests," a statement from Somaliland's presidency said on Tuesday. "I am obliged to remove you from your ministerial post."
A separate statement gave almost a similar reason for the sacking of the police commissioner.
About 50 members of the 300-strong Somaliland's Special Police Unit (SPU), trained to fight terrorists, marched to parliament on Monday complaining that they had not received their full $50 monthly allowance for the last three months.
They said $9 had been deducted each month from their allowance that is given by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and paid by the interior ministry.
Despite its relative peace unlike the rest of Somalia, the enclave of Somaliland is not recognised internationally, it broke away from the rest of Somalia in 1991 after dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted by clan militia.
President Kahin appointed a committee chaired by Vice President Ahmed Yusuf Yasin to deal with the protests.
"The action taken by members of the SPU is against the culture and discipline of the security forces," he said. "I urge the committee ... urgently investigate in order to bring to justice those who were responsible for the protest."
President Dahir Rayale Kahin blamed the protests on personal differences between the minister Ismail Aden Osman and the head of the police Mohamed Egeh Elmi.
"I have tried to resolve your misunderstanding a number of times, your personal conflict is the cause of the protests," a statement from Somaliland's presidency said on Tuesday. "I am obliged to remove you from your ministerial post."
A separate statement gave almost a similar reason for the sacking of the police commissioner.
About 50 members of the 300-strong Somaliland's Special Police Unit (SPU), trained to fight terrorists, marched to parliament on Monday complaining that they had not received their full $50 monthly allowance for the last three months.
They said $9 had been deducted each month from their allowance that is given by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and paid by the interior ministry.
Despite its relative peace unlike the rest of Somalia, the enclave of Somaliland is not recognised internationally, it broke away from the rest of Somalia in 1991 after dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted by clan militia.
President Kahin appointed a committee chaired by Vice President Ahmed Yusuf Yasin to deal with the protests.
"The action taken by members of the SPU is against the culture and discipline of the security forces," he said. "I urge the committee ... urgently investigate in order to bring to justice those who were responsible for the protest."
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Bashiir Raage Sheeraar Oo Booqasho Kedis Ah Ku Yimi Magaalada Madaxadda Somaliland, Hargeysa
Bashiir Raage sheeraar oo booqasho kedisa ku yimi magaalada HargeysaHargeysaWaxa booqasho aan hore loo sii sheegin ku yimi magaalada Hargeysa Bashiir Raage Sheeraar oo ka mid ah isbahaysiga la dagaalanka argagixisada ee dhawaan looga dhawaaqay magaalada Muqdisho waxana ciidamadiisu haatan ay safka hore kaga jiraan dagaalada ka socda magaalada Muqdisho.Bashiir Raage Sheeraar waxa la sheegay in uu haatan ku sugan yahay magaalada Hargeysa.ma cada sababta keentay in uu yimaado Bashiir Raage magaalada Hargeysa, balse dadka qaar ayaa sheegay in uu u sii dhaafi doono magaalada Djibouti halkaasi oo uu marti qaad ka helay qaar ka mid ah saraakiisha sare ee ciidamada ku sugan Djibouti ee la dagaalanka argagixisada, waxana la sheegay in uu Hargeysa joogi doono oo qudha saddex cisho ka dibna Djibouti halkaasi oo uu wada hadalo kula soo yeelan doono xaalada iyo halka uu maraayo dagaalkii Muqdisho ee u dhaxeeyay iyaga iyo Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah.
Ilaa hada ma jiro war cad oo ku saabsan booqashada Bashiir Raage ee Hargeysa oo ka soo baxay maamulka Somaliland, balse dad badan ayaa qaba in uu bashiir Raage saaxiibo fiican ku leeyahay Somaliland taasina waxa cadaynaysa sida uu had iyo jeer u taageero gooni isu taaga Somaliland.
Waxana xafladii 18May ee maalinta gooni isu taaga Somaliland uu ku qabtay magaalada Muqdisho halkaasi oo hadal uu ka jeediyay uu sheegay in Somaliland ay qabsatay wax fiican.wixii warara ee ku soo kordha socdaalka Bashiir Raage waxa aad kala socon doontaa halkan
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Saturday, May 27, 2006
Some Somali Professors and BBC Somali Service Anchors Are Natural Fools, Envy-sick, And Hate-filled villains
Close scrutiny of the behaviour, utterances, and actions of some Somali professors and the type of news, current affairs, commentaries, and interviews broadcasted by the BBC Somali Service anchors clearly indicates that these individuals are, apart from being unprofessional, unethical; and immoral, and that they are undoubtedly natural fools, envy-sick, and hate-filled villains that need to be stopped on their destructive tracks before they cause more mischief or damage the wellbeing, psychic, and security of all Somalis.In addition, their support and advocacy for the backward forces of destruction, mayhem, and bloodshed and their opposition to the progressive forces of peace, democracy, and development must be exposed and ended immediately. Examples of the stated professors and media anchors are: Prof. Ahmed I. Samatar, Prof. Abdi I. Samatar, Prof. Ali Khalif Galaydh, and Yusuf Garaad Omar—current Head/Anchor of BBC World Service Somali Service, to mention a few. These professors/teachers who all live in the State of Minnesota, USA have a close contact or are closely knit and are known to masquerade as THINK TANKS and disguise themselves as what is widely known in Somali language as “AQOONYAHAN (Intellectuals/Think Tank), which they are not.
Unfortunately, most Somalis are misled to believe that the possession of certain credentials such as undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees is an “Aqoonyahan” (Intellectual/Think Tank). The fact remains that the possession of credentials such as B.A, M.A, PhD, etc. and prestigious employment status does not render one to be considered an “Aqoonyahan”. Therefore, it is time that the Somalis to ponder with this issue and come up with a concrete idea as to who is the masquerader “aqoonyahan” and who is the real “aqoonyahan.” Perhaps the following discussion will enable us to understand the issue much easier.
Prof. Abdi Ismail Samatar:
This so-called “aqoonyahan” claims to have a long list of specialties under his belt such as in the areas of: Africa and Southern Africa, Agrarian Change and Rural Development, Third World, etc. (for complete profile see this pro-Faqash website: www.saylac.com, www.saylac.com/profiles.htm , Note: the map they have happily depicted on their home page and the similarities of its content with that of: www.Awdalnews.com website)!
Nevertheless, the fact remains that this masquerader is simply a geography teacher who knows nothing about Africa, given his absurd and biased views on the political, economic, and social events taking place particularly in Somaliland, his own motherland. If he cannot call a spade a spade and interpret correctly historical facts, the reality on the ground, and the prevailing Somaliland-Somalia predicament what specialty or expertise does he have in Africa? So on what grounds does he oppose the cause and aspirations of an entire people and the existence of Somaliland, his own motherland? And why does he support the war criminals and the enemies of humanity who continue to perpetuate the sufferings, bloodshed, rapes, tortures, massacres, and genocide of the innocent people of Somalia particularly women, children, elderly, and the an unarmed minority groups as well as the hundreds of thousands of the dehumanized Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP)? Is he not culpable of the ongoing crime and genocide in Somalia?
It is not known why this simple teacher doesn’t mind his own business or why he does not want to spare the people of Somaliland his usually irrational, baseless, hollow, and repetitive arguments. But, one thing is for sure, that is, he will be tried for Treason upon his arrival in Somaliland, and as soon as Somalia stands on its feet, a UN War Crimes Tribunal for Somalia will be appointed and his brother and him and their ilk will be among the suspects to arraign before this court, God willing. There is no doubt that they will pay a dear price in supporting and advocating for or acting as a tool or as agents of remnants of deposed fascist and tyrannical military regime of Dictator Siad Barre, criminal “Beast-Man” Warlords, tribal factions and militias, and tribal demagogues who had been shedding the blood of the innocent people in Somalia and Somaliland from 1978-present
Prof. Ahmed Ismail Samatar:
Likewise, this so-called "aqoonyahan” who is the brother of the former professor who together are best known as the "Mischievous Samatar Brothers” is an opportunist who have somewhat managed to be promoted to the position of a Dean and who equally claims a wide range of specialties and expertise in the areas of: Global Political Economy, Political and Social Theory, and African Development, etc. and author of various publications including “Northern Somalia: The Women’s Mosque in Gabiley”! Is widely known to be utterly wrong each time he opens his mouth or writes something. Despite attending most of the 14 so-called Somalia Reconciliation Process for the last 15 years, where he clearly towed the line of the criminal “Beast-Man” Warlords, tribal factions and militias, remnants of the fascist and tyrannical military regime of Dictator Siad Bare who were usually gathered in those conferences; he is completely out of step with those who are gathered there each time and oblivious of the magnitude of the catastrophe that has been unfolding in the collapsed and anarchic state of Somalia since 1991. In addition, he is grossly out of touch with the state of affairs of Somaliland, his own motherland. And he is known to be fond of badmouthing the cause, peace, progress, and democracy of the intrepid people and the Republic of Somaliland.
So what specialization or expertise can he claim to have in the areas of “African Development”, if he cannot see the authentic DEVELOPMENT OF SOMALILAND as an AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT? Is the successful and rapid transformation of Somaliland from a ruinous, insecure, chaotic, and unstable state to a bastion of peace, progress, development, stability, and the beacon of democracy in the Horn of Africa region, which some real intellectuals have referred it to, “The Best Kept Secret of Africa”, “The Little Country That Could”, etc. not a great AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT that is worthy to be publicity and that we all ought to be proud of?
In other words, is the liberation of the innocent people and country from the fascist and tyrannical military regime, which totally ruined the land particularly reducing the major cities and the infrastructures to ruble or the restoration of peace and order from the grassroots level or the launching of the National Reconciliation Conference in Burco in 1991, the National Reconciliation Conference in Borame in 1993, the National Reconciliation Conference in Hargeisa in 1997, etc. or the provision of a general amnesty to the supporters of the defeated and deposed regime or the restoration of the independence and sovereignty of Somaliland in which all the ethnic groups in Somaliland were represented/participated and signed the peace accord including his own ethnic group or the demobilization of the powerful Somali National Movement (SNM)—the very guerilla movement, which liberated Somaliland, a move that never happened in Africa or the returning of power to civilian rule in an amicable manner or the return and reintegration of hundreds of thousands of Somaliland refugees from the neighbouring Ethiopia and Djibouti or the ability for Somaliland to enter into bilateral relations with other nations or the peaceful succession of three administrations to power including the present administration, which is led by his own cousin or the free and fair referendum to affirm the Constitution and restoration of the Sovereignty of Somaliland in which 97% voted YES or in favour or the holding of successive free and fair local government; presidential, and parliamentary elections or the erection of an entirely de facto state with a fully functioning government from the scratch without any foreign help or advise, technical support, and funds not an authentic indigenous AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT that we ought to be proud of and publicize?
How wrong could he then, be out of step with or so wrong, all the time, about this indomitable fact on Somaliland, that is, out there and clearly visible to everyone in the Horn of Africa region, African continent, and by the rest of the international community, which even the staunchest enemies of our people and state are beginning to openly admit? Is the marking and celebration of the 15th anniversary of independence and restoration of sovereignty of Somaliland in 18 May 1991 all over the globe including in Mogadishu, Somalia ring a bell in ears of this poor, desperate, and lost soul? What “aqoon” or intellect can he claim to possess if he cannot tell good from evil, peace from war, right from wrong, justice from injustice, inhumanity from humanity, domination from freedom or liberty, colonization from independence, dictatorship from democracy, development from undeveloped, city from jungle, etc?
Prof. Ali Khalif Galaydh:
As for this another poor soul, I know him in person as we were both employees of Juba Sugar Project (JSP), a crown corporation, that is, before he was tribally promoted to become the Minister of Industries of the fascist and tyrannical military regime of Dictator Siad Bare of Somalia. During the period, he was the Chief Executive Officer of JSP, four other teenagers and I (Three males and two females) all of whom Isaaqs were employed by JSP in early 1980 as administrative clerks. Our net salaries were then, Shs. 900/-, and were immediately admitted to the Somali Institute of Development and Management (SIDAM) formerly known as Somali Institute of Public Administration (SIPA) in Mogadishu for further administrative studies and training at the company’s expense. After completion of the training, we were all flown to the project site at Marerey near Jilib city, where I was later promoted as Administrative Supervisor at the Department of Agriculture.
However, my first encounter with this individual begun when my friends and I planned to launch a grand party and invited the most influential Casanovas and their girlfriends of the Hawlwadaag neighbourhood. Even though we had already depleted our savings, we went ahead with our plans since it was midmonth and as employees we were entitled for a portion of our salaries or an advance payment to be deducted from our salaries at the end of the month. Therefore, we went to our Head Office, which was located at the Jirde Hussein House in Xamarweyne and next to the so-called National Security Court (“Maxkamadda Badbaadada Qaranka”), and immediately filled the advance payment forms for some Shs. 200/- each. But after completion of the forms, we declined to hand them to the Englishman in charge of the company trainees who was a good man whom I do not remember his name now or to Mr. Mohamud Adan Dheri who was then, in charge of the administration section of the Head Office.
Instead, we went straight to Prof. Ali Khalif Galaydh and handed him the advance payment forms for approval. At the time, our intentions were not only to garner his approval of the advance payments but to find ways to first, acquaint ourselves with the Chief Executive Chairman, the highest Somali ranking official of JSP, and second, after proper familiarization to then, directly request him to find ways in which he and the company could assist us and send us abroad for further studies and training. And after saying high to him in a respectful manner and even shaking his hands one by one, we handed him the advance payment forms for approval. He looked at it scornfully and abruptly declared that: There is no money, tore the forms to pieces, and threw them in the dustbin! We then, tried to keep our cool and begun to plead with him and calmly tried to explain to him that according to the company policy and the country’s labour laws that we are entitled for this advance payment but, his answer was a rude and loud: GET OUT OF MY OFFICE!!
Surprised and angry, we quickly went out of his office as demanded, filled another advance payment forms and, this time, and handed them to the Englishman in charge of the trainees who approved them without a single question asked!! We then, took the forms to the cashier who handed us the money and copies of the advance payment forms. Since the problem was now over and we had nothing to worry about in regards to our planned party we, once again, went to Prof. Ali Khalif’s Office, showed him the money and the copies of the forms and told him that his junior Englishman is more reasonable than him. He then, stood up angrily and loudly called his secretary who quickly came running to his office, and told her in plain language: Take the full names of these boys and girls and forward it to the Security Court (“Maxkamadda Badbaadada”), now in which we quickly shot back at him and asked sarcastically: What crimes are you going to accuse us of? “Kacaandiid”? (Anti-revolution?) or “Qurmis”? (Anti-government guerillas”?) or “Basaas”? (Spies?), and banged hard the door behind us. And off we went to launch our hard won party.
My second encounter with him was when he visited the JSP project site. We then, confronted him in front of the General Manager, the Agricultural Manager, the Factory Manager, and the Personnel Manager who were all British expatriates. He immediately recognized us and said: “Ma nimankii ila dagaalamay baa”? (Are you the guys who fought me?) And we replied back: “Ma ninkii Maxkamadda Badbaada noo gudbin rabay baa?” (Are you the man who wanted to forward us to the Security Court?), and went about our business. So that is the mentality of Prof. Ali Khalif Galaydh, the irrational tribalist who is widely suspected of embezzling large sums of money from Juba Sugar Project. In addition, he had been accused of swindling millions of dollars, during the period, he was the so-called Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government (TNG) of Somalia, a paper government, which was concocted in Djibouti in 2000 but, soon afterwards collapsed under the weight of its own falsehoods
On the other hand, this individual is a small timer and a failed “politician” who have fallen from grace when Dictator Siad Bare was deposed but was wrongfully resuscitated during the Arta Conference, Djibouti in 2000. He has no reputation among the large Somali community in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he resides and works. I say this because I have been there and seen it all. In addition, he had long been sidelined by Mr. Omar Jamaal, a young Somali activist and Head of the Somali Advocacy Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota whom I consider as a friend. Moreover, he has no reputation among the large Somali community in Minneapolis or political standing and clout in both Somaliland and Somalia even among his own Harti sub-clan particularly among the Majeerteen, let alone the Darood Clan or the Hawiye Clan or the Isaaq clan or the Dir clan, or the Digil and Mirifle clan or the Barwaani clan or the Jareerweyn clan, etc. Therefore, each time he opens his venomous mouth; he emits a yellow tribal poison of hate. And what he stands for and advocates is actually not Pan-Somali Union but Pan-Isaaq Hate.
Nonetheless, the people and state of Somalilanders are exposed to a hollow barrage of pervasive expressions from these traitorous so-called professors such as the mischievous Samatar brothers, Ali Khalif Galaydh, and their cohorts whose foul burbling and unpleasant clicking sound of their tongues and lips permeates the environment and reverberates on the BBC and other media outlets, from time to time. These good for-nothing professors either ignore or are ignorant of the reality on the ground in Somaliland, and perhaps have a narrow view of what a peoples aspirations and the struggle for freedom, justice, liberty, democracy, human rights, and development is. Do they understand the right and the need for the people and state of Somaliland to terminate the ill advised, illegal, unworkable, and disastrous union with the anarchic Somalia? For God’s sake, why don’t they spare us their widely despised and recycled arguments that are manifestly perverse?
BBC anchor, Yusuf Garaad Omar:
During the brief period (three months in late 1979), I worked for Radio Mogadishu as a broadcaster at the Swahili Service with Mr. Bakari, a Bajuni broadcaster and the Head of the Swahili Service Section, and with Mr. Bashe, a seasoned broadcaster; I have not known Mr. Yusuf Garaad even though I can still remember other mainstream Somali Service broadcasters such as Cagmadhige, Cawke, and others. Note: I quit this job because of heavy censorship and the presence of known and unknown NSS seconded to Foreign Languages Department and other departments (Somali Service, English Service, Italian Service, Arabic Service, etc.).
Although I do not dispute that Mr. Yusuf Garaad has worked for Radio Mogadishu, I do not know him in person. However, what most Somalis and I do know is that since he joined the BBC Somali Service in 1992, the viability, reputation, neutrality, objectivity, and the significance of the institution as well as the spirit, enthusiasm, and self-esteem of the senior and seasoned reporters and broadcasters had been impacted negatively and the station had been on a downward spiral for the last 14 years
The problem that has plagued the BBC Somali Service is that Mr. Yusuf Garaad has turned the once highly reputable station as his personal or tribal property and has in a nepotistic manner a) Purged the senior, highly qualified, and seasoned reporters and broadcasters, and have replaced them with many mediocre and unqualified staff most of whom are from his own Hawiye ethnic group or Habargidir sub-clan b) Is known to sympathise or identifies with certain territories, tribal factions, and militia c) Has covertly and overtly turned the BBC Somali Service as the pulpit or mouthpiece of certain criminal “Beast-Man” Warlords such as Warlord Abdiqasim Salaad, Warlord Hussein Aydeed, Warlord Indhocade, and some religious extremist such as Colonel Sheikh Aweys, the leader of the notorious Al-Itihaad terrorist group, and others all of whom are from the collapsed and anarchic state of Somalia d) Is openly hostile to the cause, aspirations, peace and security, progress, democracy, territorial integrity, stability, and the existence of the intrepid people and Republic of Somaliland, e) Openly supports and propagates the status quo specifically the ill-adviced, voluntary, illegal and illegitimate, and ungratified Union between Somaliland and Somalia in 1960 f) Discriminates against the elected leaders of Somaliland and provides more air time and interviews to tribally appointed or unelected criminals in Somalia, and g) Is known to hype the significance of certain events and actions of certain individuals in areas controlled by factions and militias from his own clan or sub-clan or tribe in Somalia, while largely not reporting the events taking place or reporting them in a biased manner or generally trivializing the important newsworthy news, events, and the overall development of Somaliland.
Furthermore, the BBC Somali Service is known to discriminate in its coverage the other Somali peoples and territories such as the Republic of Somaliland, Djibouti, the Somali State of Federal Ethiopia, and the North Eastern Province of Kenya as well as the millions of Somalis in the Diasporas and, most importantly, those Somalis languishing in the refugee camps particularly those in Kenya and Yemen. And when it happens to cover the historical and current events in these territories, it does so in a biased, shallow, insignificant, and inciting manner. It also reports and exaggerates the minor negativity of these areas and covers-up the positive side in order to depict or portray or present a bad picture and views of those Somali peoples and territories.
Conclusion: It is evident that, from time to time, the pride, intelligence, cause, and aspirations of the intrepid people of the peaceful, progressive, and democratic Republic of Somaliland are intentionally bad-mouthed over the BBC Somali Service by a mishmash of criminals, tribal demagogues, and social misfits such as prof. Abdi Ismail Samatar, prof. Ahmed Ismail Samatar, prof. Ali Khalif Galaydh, Mr. Yusuf Garaad Omar, and their ilk. What these traitorous professors think is that they can hoodwink a highly conscious and visionary people with a legitimate cause and purpose in life. But what they do not know is that they have brains but, they are hare-brained; they have eyes but, they are blind; and they have ears but, they are deaf. In other words, they are dumb, blind, and deaf. Therefore, no mater how close they collaborate, coordinate, and attempt to twists or misrepresent or misconstrue the historical facts or obfuscate the current affairs or cover-up the reality on the ground in Somaliland, they will not be able to put a dent on the legitimate and indomitable cause of our Motherland. Their hateful efforts will go down the drain, and their publications will go in the dustbin of history. Ironically, although the people and Republic of Somaliland (former subjects and the Protectorate of British Somaliland) were the pioneers of the BBC Somali Service, it is not known, other than sheer hate, why this station is unfair to them or is turned against them or is hostile to their cause, aspirations, interests, and existence. However, it is not a secret that Mr. Yusuf Garaad has turned the BBC Somali Service into an apologist and a propaganda tool for some of the most odious and barbaric war criminals who spread hate and wrecked havoc in the lives of millions of innocent Somalis and who continue, even as we speak, to massacre and wage genocidal wars in Somalia. In addition, it has become the disseminator of misinformation, broadcaster of mediocre programs and shallow commentaries, and conductor of biased and meaningless interviews.
Whatever the case, in this day and age or era of information age, the present state of affairs of the BBC Somali Service is obsolete and its continued existence in the present state is absolutely a waste of the tax payers’ money. This once reputable institution and station, which millions of Somalis relied upon and enjoyed a wide range of loyal listeners in Somaliland, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Kenya, Middle East, and in the Diasporas has been losing ground since Mr. Yusuf Garaad was appointed its head. There is no doubt that it is now on a serious downward spiral and is nearing its final deathbed.
Overall, I hope you now get the picture of what we had been discussing here all along, and the type of individuals we had been dealing with here who are, nothing but, some natural fools, envy-sick, and hate-filled villains. So what should we do about these heedless supporters and advocates of the avowed enemies of humanity in Somalia as well as the enemies of the intrepid people, cause, aspiration, interests, and the existence of the democratic Somaliland? What I vision is the desperate scrambled of the Somali professors and BBC Somali Service anchors in trying to defend themselves and spending their little cash by hiring lawyers and their imminent bankruptcy, and the end of their envy, hate, and intransigence!
Recommendation:
1. The people, civil society organizations, and the citizenry of Somaliland in the Diasporas should forward a formal petition to the appropriate organizations and employers of these Somali professors, BBC Somali Service anchors, and their ilk.
2. The government of the Republic of Somaliland should submit thoroughly researched and detailed formal complaints to the appropriate organizations and employers of these Somali professors, BBC Somali Service anchors, and their ilk.
3. The victims of the robberies, tortures, rapes, massacres, and genocide in Somalia should immediately file a Class Law Suit against these Somali professors, BBC Somali Service anchors, and their ilk for their covert and overt support, advocacy, collaboration, and propagation of the perpetuation of these ongoing horrendous war crimes and crimes against humanity in Somalia.
4. The people of Somaliland and Somalia should begin to collect evidence such as photographs, audios tapes, discs, videos, interview, articles, books, and other publications of these professors, BBC Somali Service anchors, and their ilk as exhibits to be presented before the future UN War Crimes Tribunal for Somalia.
Farah Ali Jama,
Ottawa, Canada.
Courtesy of Somalilandtoday.net
Friday, May 26, 2006
Kulan Dhex Maray Madaxweyne Riyaale Iyo Madax Dhaqameedyada
Hargeysa, 26, 2006(Somaliland Today)- Madaxweyne Daahir Riyaale Kaahin iyo Madax Dhaqmeedyada Somaliland ayaa kulan ku yeeshay shalay qasrida madaxtooyada ee caasimada Hargeysa. kulan kula yeesho xubno ka mida madax_dhaqameedyada Somaliland.Kulankan oo albaabadu u xidhnaa ayaan la ogeyn arimaha ay kaga wada hadleen labada dhinac,balse waxa loo malaynayaa qodobka lagu lafo guray inuu yahay arinta mudo kordhinta golaha guurtida,taas oo uu ka aloosmay isla markaana uu ka taagan yahay muran ku saabsan sifaha sharci ee loo maray mudo kordhintiisa.
Waxaana warar lagu kalsoon yahay oo ku dhowdhow kulankaasi ay tibaaxeen in M/weyne Riyaale ka dhega adeygay soo jeedinta Madax Dhaqameedyada oo ahayd in uu ka noqdo mudo kordhinta golaha guurtida oo la sheegay in ay ku tilmaameen mid dib u dhac ku ah hanaankii geedi socodka dimoqraadiyada isla markaana aanu sifaha loo maray mudo kordhintaasi aan waafaqsanayan sharciga dalka.
Hase yeeshee wararka qaar waxay sheegayaan in M/weyne Riyaale dalbayaday in kulan dambe ay isugu yimaadaan isaga iyo Madax Dhaqameedyadu,kaasoo la sheegay in lagu sii amba qaadi doono waxyaabihii lagaga wada hadlaylay kulankii shalay balse lama sheegin wakhtiga uu noqon doono waxayse warar aan lagu kalsoonayan oo ku saabsan kulankaa tibaaxayaan in aan la siku afgaran kulankii shalay ka dib markii M/weyne Riyaale si toosa ugu gacan saydhay talooyinkii iyo soo jeedimihii Salaadiinta.
Waxaanu kulankani ka dambeeyay murano sharci oo ku saabsan mudo kordhinta golaha guurtida oo xiisad ka dhex abuurtay xisbiyada mucaaradka,golayaasha sharci dejinta iyo xukuumada taasoo dad badani oo aqoonyahan ah ay soo jeediyeen in ay soo dhex galaan xiisadan salaadiinta iyo Madax dhaqameedyadu.
Liibaan Maaweel Shire
Somaliland Today Correspondent
Hargeisa, Somaliland.
Waxaana warar lagu kalsoon yahay oo ku dhowdhow kulankaasi ay tibaaxeen in M/weyne Riyaale ka dhega adeygay soo jeedinta Madax Dhaqameedyada oo ahayd in uu ka noqdo mudo kordhinta golaha guurtida oo la sheegay in ay ku tilmaameen mid dib u dhac ku ah hanaankii geedi socodka dimoqraadiyada isla markaana aanu sifaha loo maray mudo kordhintaasi aan waafaqsanayan sharciga dalka.
Hase yeeshee wararka qaar waxay sheegayaan in M/weyne Riyaale dalbayaday in kulan dambe ay isugu yimaadaan isaga iyo Madax Dhaqameedyadu,kaasoo la sheegay in lagu sii amba qaadi doono waxyaabihii lagaga wada hadlaylay kulankii shalay balse lama sheegin wakhtiga uu noqon doono waxayse warar aan lagu kalsoonayan oo ku saabsan kulankaa tibaaxayaan in aan la siku afgaran kulankii shalay ka dib markii M/weyne Riyaale si toosa ugu gacan saydhay talooyinkii iyo soo jeedimihii Salaadiinta.
Waxaanu kulankani ka dambeeyay murano sharci oo ku saabsan mudo kordhinta golaha guurtida oo xiisad ka dhex abuurtay xisbiyada mucaaradka,golayaasha sharci dejinta iyo xukuumada taasoo dad badani oo aqoonyahan ah ay soo jeediyeen in ay soo dhex galaan xiisadan salaadiinta iyo Madax dhaqameedyadu.
Liibaan Maaweel Shire
Somaliland Today Correspondent
Hargeisa, Somaliland.
Thursday, May 25, 2006
50 dead in Mogadishu fighting
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Terrified Mogadishu residents hid in their homes from flying bullets in the battered capital on Thursday as fierce fighting between rival militias killed at least 50 people, witnesses said.Firing mortars, grenades and anti-aircraft guns, militia linked to Islamic courts squared off with gunmen for a self-styled anti-terrorism coalition of warlords, in a resumption of the worst violence in Mogadishu for a decade.
"I am sure 50 people have died, the wounded are countless because mortars and missiles were hitting everywhere," Ali Nur, alliance militia member who was wounded in the fighting, told Reuters by telephone as he left the hospital.
By Thursday afternoon, the fighting in Kilometre Four area, where the main battle had taken place, had subsided. But it continued in the Galgato and Dayniile areas.
Reluctant Africa must tackle Somaliland issue - ICG
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somaliland's 15-year quest for independence may turn violent if the African Union fails to address the breakaway Somali enclave's case, including granting it observer status, a think-tank said on Wednesday.A former British protectorate with semi-desert terrain roughly the size of England, Somaliland declared independence in 1991 after warlords toppled Somali dictator Mohamed Siad Barre.
But the world has not recognised it, Africa prefers to respect old colonial borders to avoid fanning secession conflicts, and Somalia's interim government claims sovereignty.
That leaves the government on an eventual collision course with Somaliland authorities, while the presence of a "vocal minority" of Somalilanders and "a violent network of jihadi Islamists" in favour of unity, adds further risk, the influential International Crisis Group (ICG) warned.
"The AU needs to engage in preventive diplomacy now, laying the groundwork for resolution of the dispute before it becomes a confrontation from which either side views violence as the only exit," it said in a new report.
The mainly Muslim area of northwestern Somalia is relatively peaceful -- certainly compared to the anarchic south and east of Somalia -- and has held elections as well as set up functioning institutions like a police force and parliament.
The ICG said support was growing for Somaliland's case.
The fact that it is a functioning constitutional democracy distinguishes it from the majority of entities with secessionist claims, and a small but growing number of governments and the West have shown sympathy for its cause," it said.
DEMOCRATIC "RARITY"
A multi-party political system and successive competitive elections have established Somaliland as a rarity in the Horn of Africa and the Muslim world," it added.
Somaliland's formal claim to sovereignty is based on the five days in 1960 when it was independent from Britain before joining the rest of Somalia.
Most international bodies have preferred to focus on trying to stabilise Somalia before addressing the Somaliland issue
"This approach risks both sides becoming more entrenched and the dispute over Somali unity more intractable," ICG said.
If the (interim government's) authority expands, the dispute over Somaliland's status is likely to become an ever-increasing source of friction, involving serious danger of violent conflict."
The ICG noted that the interim government's request for a U.N. arms embargo to be lifted so it can arm itself has infuriated Somaliland's government. "(It) has threatened to increase its own military strength if this happens," it said.
Adding to the tensions, Islamic extremists from the Somali capital, Mogadishu, sought unsuccessfully to disrupt last year's parliamentary elections with bombs, according to Somaliland.
ICG urged the AU to appoint a special envoy for Somaliland to work out options in six months. "Pending final resolution of the dispute, (it should) grant Somaliland interim observer status, so both sides can attend sessions on Somali issues."
Monday, May 22, 2006
Cade Muuse oo kalsoonidii kala noqday DFK!!! Maxayse keeni kartaa arinkaasi?
Madaxweynaha maamul goboleedka Puntland Jen. Cadde Muuse Xirsi ayaa maanta wareegto uu ka soo saaray magaalada Garoowe waxa uu ku sheegay in maamulkiisu kala laabtay kalsoonidii iyo wada shaqayntii Dowladda federaalka Soomaaliya ee uu madaxda ka yahay Cabdullaahi Yuusuf Axmed waxuuna ku dhaliilay xukuumada Prof. Geeddi inay tahay mid isbedel badan isagoo sheegay in 8 bilood ka hor go’aankii ay wada gaareen uu 18-kii May buriyay Prof. Cali Maxamed Geeddi.“Ma aqoonsani xukuumada Geeddi waana nooga dhamaatay dhinaceena” ayuu yiri Jen. Cadde Muuse oo intaas ku daray in ra’isul wasaare Geeddi uu hor istaag ku sameeyay sidii maamulka Puntland uu xor ugu noqon lahaa deegaankiisa isla markaana uu ku soo saaran lahaa kheyraadka dihan isagoo maamulku heshiis ku saabsan shidaal soo saarid la saxiixday shirkad qaabilsan isla markaana Prof. Geedi uu isku dayay inuu hor istaag ku sameeyo arrintaasi,dhinaca Dowladda federaalka ayaan wax jawaab ah ka soo saarin hadalka ka soo yeeray Jen. Cadde Muuse Xirsi.
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Thousand questions for Prof. Ahmed Samater
Thousand questions for Prof. Ahmed Samater1-If the Prof agrees that Somaliland did very good after disassociating itself with Somalia, why is he warning against total break-up?
2-If the medicine called Somaliland Republic, self prescribed by the people of Somaliland for themselves after a long ailment, produced favorable results for everybody concerned, and the Doctor of Politics was himself confessing to that , why would he advise the discontinuation of that medicine?
3- Does not that make him some what a strange Doctor who does not want the political process to get well?
4- One reason that the Doctor of Politics based on his objection to Somaliland, despite the fact that he was congratulating all the successes of that society that he claimed to have studied with detached and unemotional scholarly manner, is the somewhat bizarre reason that Somaliland if recognized will fragment into mini-mini states? Well my question here is: Did that happen in Syria and Egypt, in Gambia and Senegal, Slovakia and Czech Republic and many other places that abolished their union and opted for their old status as separate states?
5-Did he ever reflect on what the situation would have been, had the people of Somaliland still depended on approval for any action that they are taking on a Government in the Somalia?
6-Would it have been Possible for the body that is called Somaliland to heal itself, if they joined their mind with the minds in Mogadisho.? God forbid that.
7-Why would the Doctor of Politics advice Somaliland which is completely recovered, not to get out of the hospital until Somalia gets on its feet. Would not a good doctor of politics say: Good luck and pray for your brother! The prognosis is not good for Somalia; however your road to recovery might become tempting to them, once they see that it took you out of hospital. Would not a good Doctor say that?
8-While the Prof is conceding to the undeniable fact of the great society and the promising opportunities that the people of Somaliland made for themselves, why would not he concede to the fact that all the success that the people of Somaliland reached is based only in one statement: FORGET THE PAST THIRTY YEARS AND BEGIN AGAIN. ?
9- Why don’t he prescribe the same therapeutical approach to the country called Somalia, instead of telling Somaliland, which is already recovered, to change the course and tie their fate with that of the sick minds’ body in Somalia?
10-Is the Doctor of Politics trying to cure one country at the expense of the other? Or is he trying to kill them both. Or is he involved in some grand experiment of Political Engineering?
11-If the Prof agrees to the fact that the UNION was a voluntary act unexercised by the people of the two nation sates of Somaliland and Somalia, why would not the dissolution of the union be a voluntary act also?
12- Is my professor telling me that the union of 1960 between the two nations was a permanent, forever contract? Was it sanctioned in the heaven?
13- Can the Prof tell me how high the bar for dissolving that union is?
14- Is the near total annihilation of the majority people in one nation, a so trivial a matter that it does not reach the bar in the Professors’ books for dissolving the union?
15- If the ethnic cleansing can be the cause of the dissolution of Yugoslavia, and therefore Bosnia is a state of its’ own today, with the blessings of the entire world including you, then why on earth would you deny the same rights for your own people?
16- May I ask you, what would be the extent of the damage by one nation on the other to qualify it for the right of opting out of the union?
17- You are from Somaliland. We two grew up in the same town. You were always a man of exceptional talents. Perhaps you are the best soccer player I have ever seen in my life, one of the best singers I have ever listened to, a great broadcaster and journalist both in the BBC and radio Mogadisho, and Now an internationally respected professor. I ask you with all your talents and education what have you done for your people in Somaliland?
18-Did you participate in the peace processes and the conflict resolution programmes.
19-Did you contribute to the democratization processes and the elections that earned the
respect and the praise of all the free people in the world?
20-Did you in any way contribute to the development of the country in any sector: Health, Education, Infrastructure, Agriculture, Trade, Sports, and Culture in anything in anything?
21-Did you ever volunteer to teach one trimester in Amoud, your alumni, or in Hargeisa or Buroa?
22-Do you pay any taxes to the Government of Somaliland?
23-Then do you have the right to express an opinion on a process that you chose to ignore in its’ totality?
24- Why would your opinion about this process that has brought positive results for everybody concerned be termed by you as sad and unfortunate?
25- Does anything sad and unfortunate produce something as beautiful as Somaliland, a beauty that you yourself can not deny?
26-For fifteen years you were saying Somaliland will fail, and on the contrary we were doing better and better. Did we or did we not prove that you were wrong for fifteen years?
27-If you were wrong for fifteen years; does that mean that you will continue to be wrong forever? Or will you stop for a moment. Reflect and say: May be I missed something!!?
28-The professor said that the process is not unanimously endorsed by all the regions of Somaliland. One example, a region in the east. My question is: Does the rule of ALL OR NON APPLY HERE? Since when was unanimity of an opinion a factor in politics? What happened to the rule of the majority vote? Can one region have a veto on the process over the totality of the others? Do you see that as fair?
29- Here in Canada the debate for the Independence and seperation of Quebec is whether the bar to reach is 50%+1 or over 60%. . Why would the Doctor of Politics apply a different set of rules that calls for a 100% to Somaliland, while he knows that we have got over 90% ayes? Is not that a little discriminatory?
30- Did the professor dig into the secret behind the success of Somaliland?
31-Does three Somali separate, independent states ring a bell?
32-Why would the professor hold together two of them while leaving the other on its’ own?
33-Does not that show that what he is advocating is not a pan-Somali union?
34-If it is not a Pan-Somali union what is that he is talking about, then why holding this two together? Is there a conspiracy here? To whom is the conspiracy directed? What is going on?
35-Ultimately is not the condition of the people and what is good for them the deciding factor?
So far is Somaliland good for the people in Somaliland? Why be against what is good for the people?
36-If Somaliland is recognized people will have markets for their livestock and products. Are you my professor against that?
37-If Somaliland is recognized students will get scholarships around the world and many will get PhDs like you, are you against that?
38-If Somaliland is recognized more companies will come and invest in this peaceful democratic place and resources will be tapped and people will be employed. Are you against that my professor?
39-Just last week I was with members of the Canadian parliament discussing means of rebuilding the infrastructure in Somaliland. It would have been easier had Somaliland been a member state of World Bank and other International agencies. Are you against the rebuilding of roads my professor?
40- Would not everything be in the plus if Somaliland was recognized. Are you against the progress of your people my dear professor?
41-I know from long time in Mogadisho that you had a lot of friends from Majeertinia. I remember Mr Walde. Adam Biihi. Hassan Ali Mirreh. Nothing wrong with that. Now I know you are writing a book about Abdirazak Haji Hussein. Nothing wrong with that. I know that you are a friend of General Abshir Musa. Nothing wrong with that. I just want to know whether you are borrowing their ideas or this is your independent thinking.
42- Political ideas are usually laden with regional biases. When I listen to your ideas, I see them carrying the biases and the jargon of Bosaso, rather than Gabileh and Borama. I do not see anything wrong with that People are free for their independent choices. . I just want to know whether you are aware of it or not?
I have got more than a thousand questions for the professor and his like, however this is all I think you can tolerate to read.
Mohamud Tani
mohamudtmohamud_t@yahoo.com
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