This is a well rehearsed statement which totally is a hearsay that holds no water. There was an empty shell of Somalia Army still around by 1990. If this statement was meant to be said in 1988, then it could hold water because the Somalia Army still had flesh and bones. But in 1990, it was totally and absolutely on its last legs. The SNM's strategy to export the conflict to the South was a decisive knockout bunch. The Somalia Army in the North only needed for the Air supply from South to be cut and they were done.

From looter's inc to intellectuals, what transformation.

This is his therapy session.

I remember the Caydiid-Cali Mahdi fights. Apart from secessionists, who are grievance driven, other Somalis change sides often. So, these morons will be singing their tune tomorrow. What I feel sorry for is the masses who have no sense of agency.

Cali Maxamed Geedi was: Ragga Geela leh (Xabashida) Ninka daba-yaal (Col. Yey) Ka sii daba-yaal (Cali Maxamed Geedi). Qof taariikhdiisu ku bilaamatay Jaajuusnimo waliba ka ugu xun oo ah inu jaaajuus kale ka sii hoos shaqaysto. Inu dadka ka dhuunto ama is deldelo ayaa ku haboon, inu microphone ka soo muuqda waa liignimo. Halkani waa Xalane. Waa Ciidankii Xabashida ugu horeeyay inta la xasuusto taariikhda ee xeeb Soomaaliyeed calankooda ka taaga, sanadku waa 2006. Taariikha waxa aabe u ahaa Col. Yey, waxa jaajuus ka ahaa waa Cali Maxamed Geedi. Guulaha uu gaadhay Meles Zenaawi ee diwaanka u gali doonta.

Faqashism has nothing to do with clan as you pointed out, or the ordinary clansman in the bushes for that matter, but it is the wicked select few elites who exploit the ignorant masses by using the clan card to hold on to their privileges and power. Just as they are too eager to use a "borrowed muscle" to hold on to power, they will not hesitate to inflame clan sentiments among the masses to camouflage their true intentions.

Looters of their own home Wallee annakaa yaab aragnay. Faqashism garannay, Looters Incism garannay, tolow SNMism maxaan u bixinnaa? That said, the D-block are doing quite well. Their areas are the safest in the South today with the highest level of governance. I recently had the pleasure of interacting with Hay'adda Dhulka Jubbaland and I was mightily impressed. Did you know, other than Somaliland, Jubbaland is the only area in the former Somali Republic to use GPS technology to accurately map and locate land boundaries? So let's be honest, the 'defeated lot' are not doing that bad.

Diktoore, Just flip some coin...

When Soomaaliya is rising daily, Soomaalidiid cuqdad ku nool sewage-dwellers hurdo uma taalo. Har iyo habeen waa inay soo taagnaadaan with their mijimo jaad. Even on a site called Soomaaliya-online. Their trembling little fingers must type or click that each and every time. Laa ictiraaf, laa hurdo walaa jiif.

According to Ministry for Finance, the first 6months of 2019, Somaliland imported close to $200 million worth of Khat. or if annualised, $400 million dollars. Muddo Lix Bilood Kaliya ah oo Somaliland Sheegtey In ay Kaga Baxdey Cunista Qaadka $190 million. | WARSOM.COM - Wararka Soomaaliya,warka soomaaliya,Somalia News WARSOM.COM

Khat should be banned, do you have the numbers in SL? The Somali productivity is stollen by this drug, all work stops at lunch time.

Sometimes one has to hammer the point home.

LOL I have never seen someone reword the same sentiment so many times. Your first paragraph would suffice but it looks like that gave you some catharsis.

They have chewed more than they can swallow. The Pirate boys see the end coming. Their best days are surely and truely behind them. When they called the shots in South Somalia, not because they were any better, but because there was nothing else in South to compare it against to in terms of administration. Those days are coming or have come to an end. As Mogadishu assumes more control and specially the H-clan builds its area in terms of Administration and infrastracture. It translates more power and more influence, a direct correlation to Puntland's declining political influence and deminising econimic and military prowess. There is almost next to zero for Pirate boys to bargain with Mogadishu. Probably a realisation that they are coming to terms with. They offer Mogadishu almost nothing either by way of influence on the ground in the deep South or by influence on regional dynamics. They may try to jump from the frying pan and into the fire by trying to go alone, something some of their intellectuals have been dipping their toes in and out and some of their diaspora have entertained wholeheartedly. It is a dead-end though. The curtins is closing down. How soon and how fast, is the question really.

Unless Cheeseman sold you out right, there is nothing to fear from Hargeisa. Somaliland and Ethiopia have a demarcated border. They will not trespas. However, Somalia and Ethiopia have no formally defined border. The current border between Somalia (Italian Somalia) and Ethiopia is a Provisional Administrative Line agreed between British Administration and Ethiopians in 1950. This border can be changed at any time. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?&httpsredir=1&article=1123&context=africancenter_icad_archive

Suldaamka, Do not read much in to the political maneuvering of the Unaka and others who want to use the Somaliland issue as a stick to whip Farmaajo and gain few votes. Hassan Sheikh welcomed Siilaanyo but in his last two years he was disappointed and cut ties. Anyway, This guy Cali Mahdi were put there by Manifesto to undermine Caydiid and create discord. He was the man who through his incompetent Ina Carte Qalib dismantled the Somali military force. Cumar Carte issued an order telling the Somali army to give their weapons to the criminal rebels organized by Ethiopia. After dismantling the army, Carte failed to get any traction and flew to Dubai few years later and said, " Nin walba cid buu ka dhashay" . And in 1993 , Carte the man holding the title of the prime minister of Somalia, showed up in Borama and decided to run for president against Cigaal and others. Cali Mahdi, the dinosaur who caused so much death and destruction in Mogadishu is back again. What a shame.

In fact, to transfer his dead body to Nairobi from Lagos, the clan members had to do 'Qaadhaan', due to the expensive Air service at the time. And after he got to Nairobi, he had to be flown to border town using a small aircraft. And then transported on truck to his final resting place. A long and undeginfied journey. He must have been glad to finally be rested, after several days of loading/unloading a dead body. In another sad but be-fitting death, was General Gaani who died in a hotel room in Nairobi. It took almost week and after the hotel management recieved complaints from other guest about the awful smell coming of Gaani's room.

From below zero. This is the schools of Hargeisa in early 1991s. Students bring a tin-can to sit on. The months before, it was clearing the area of mines and unexploded ordnance.

come on, do you have jump in in every thread and throw the same old garbage. it is midnight in LOndon. Take some medicine, go to bed and forget about this Galbeedi guy, please.

I don't see astaan dowladnimo I see 5 guys who are under the payroll of the EU and the US who wear fancy suits while hiding inside a bunker protected by African Union troops. These people don't rule or control anything.