Go cry to the Economist. :

xiinfaniin;686781 wrote: same old same. South Sudan is a bad analogy for Somaliland's case. Somaliland will remain part of Somalia. Why don't you write to the New York Times?

puntland has been blamed and shamed waleeh. They even try to hijack the thread.

Yes, let's promote piracy, sell mineral and oil contracts, start deportations of Koonfurions, and divide all the Cities just like Galkacyo, all in the name of Somalinimo. What a great idea.

Xiiny, you do suffer a form of paranoia. pirates who are a drift in the sea too long are known to suffer from acute paranoia. This report was written by Africa Confidential, posted by Wardheer website and Nassir started this topic here. None of then supports Somaliland.

Calling names won't help you to free your land nor does it help you in the debate. Back to the topic. ONLF does not have the support of its own people of who many participate in the Somali Ethiopian administration and who control almost the entire region.

Timur;686621 wrote: The Red Sea stops at the Djibouti-Eritrea border, even Djibouti city isn't on the Red Sea; all of Khatland's coast is on the Gulf of Aden along with Djibouti and Bosaso. Maybe the Khat region needs a better understanding of geography before addressing international matters. Pirates do have good knowledge of the Sea.

Somalina;686278 wrote: How about askarta Soomaliyeed in laga caawiyo mushaarkooda loona kordhiyo. Kuwa cusub recruitment lagu sameeyo ayadoo lagu soo jiidaanaayo US Dollars-ka loogu tala galey askariga shisheeye instead. More askar shisheeye = more AS and their likes. There has to be another alternative. Why dont you ask former PM Geedi for some caawimo, he is 50 years old and has 50 miljoen dollars. Or ask Abdiqasim Salat what he has done with the 300 miljoen dollar Carab support, or ask all the other tuugs from Muqdishu who have been robbing the money which was meant to rebuiold the nation.

Well done by the Aboow's and Abaayo's of Muqdishu. Now why dont you go there, and then let us see how they welcome a refugee.

UWSLF;686657 wrote: I mean, somebody obviously told them to wait for him and dance/sing. I don't think is spontanous, I mean you don't see this in the UK wuxu mooday Jaalle Siyaad oo kale. War ninku dadka ayaa doortay, dadka ayaa usoo baxay, baritoolena dadka ayaa kurisga ka qaadioya marke mid kale ee doortaan. wax fahan.

Mon frere Thierry, I did not link ONLF to one clan, the name does. which is ****** National Liberation Front. That clearly suggest the name of a certain clan. And you claim that ONLF has support in numerous non-Og territory and has support from non-Og people. Well, I dont know about that. I only know they dont have even support from all Og people.

MoonLight1;686458 wrote: Since some ppl draw a misleading comparison parallel between South Sudan's referendum and S'land I would say the two cases are different altogether, let me give you my humble view. 1) This marriege between the south and north Sudan was a forced one since the British empire did not give the Southerns any chance to express their idea against this marreige on 1st of January 1956. British Somaliland & Italian Somaliland's marriege was a consented one between the bride and the groom. 2) South Sudan's independency has always been supported since 1983 by the neocons & church institutions of USA led by Rev: Jimmy Carter, plus the Jewish lobby groups who always saw South Sudan state as a brotherly state to Israel and a pressure to Egypt's nile resource. 3) South Sudan has one of the largest oil fields in Africa which gives to it a unique status between the competing sides such as China & USA. 4) Ethiopia will never accept a third breakaway republic (Somaliland) on its backyard since it had two in less than two decades (Eretria 1993, South Sudan 2011), accepting another nation will energise the sepretist rebels in Ethiopia such as ONLF, OLF, AFAR, and other armed groups. 5) South Sudan's independency is supported by very influential regional African countries such as Kenya and Uganda. 6) The South Sudanese people are united under the SPLM leadership and all South Sudan territories are under their control, there are no unionist regions in South Sudan, but there are parts of Somaliland not controlled by that goverment and there are a very large number of people oppose to the idea of breakaway such as sool, sanaag and a good porpotion of awdalites. So let me summarize your arguments in here. Basicly you sum up what the neocons & church institutions want, what China & USA interest are, what Ethiopia wants, what Kenya and Uganda want, etc. Now my questions is how about what the people want? Is that not relevant?

Somaliland representatives were in Juba, trying to buttonhole Western and African dignitaries and plead for recognition of Somaliland. “I’m encouraged,” said Abdillahi M. Duale, a former Somaliland government minister, who met with Mr. Mbeki this past week. “What’s happening here in South Sudan is going to help us.” Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullahi Mohamed Duale is right, what is happening in South Sudan will be an encouragement for Somaliland to follow its aspirations.

Thierry, why dont you tell us what diffrence a one clan entity(ONLF) can make in a multiclan inhabitated area(Somali Region). And do you really belief ONLF can unite and free the Somali people, when it cant even unite its people to support ONLF?

Why is this coming from the Fisheries Minister and not from Faroole? Is this issue related to Fisheries?

Nassir, what do you think of the facts mentioned in the article? Are you worried about the current developments in Puntland and its intentions.

Look at the Binti holding on desperately to the Man carrying the Somaliland flag.

JUBA, 10 January 2011 (IRIN) - The question on the minds of many Somalis and other Muslims living in Southern Sudan is: should the ongoing referendum result in secession, what will happen to them? "We are worried about our future after secession because Somalis are considered pro-Northern Sudan because we are all Muslims," Ahmed Mohamed, a Somali businessman in Juba, capital of Southern Sudan, told IRIN. "I am from Somaliland [a self-declared independent republic in Somalia], which has a lot of similarities with the Southern Sudan, but we are Muslims. Southern Sudanese people have sensitive thoughts about Islam, because they consider it a tool used for their oppression by the Northern Sudan government in the last decades." Ibrahim Abdalla Sheikh, an imam at a mosque in Juba, said he hoped Muslims were not in any danger. "More than 30 percent of the Bari community in Southern Sudan are Muslim and we hope nothing will happen to us whether or not the South becomes an independent state," he said. "Of course Islam is the largest religion in [Northern] Sudan, but in the South we are the minority." It is expected that the Southern population will vote overwhelmingly for secession in the referendum that began on 9 January. There are an estimated 5,000 Somalis living and working in Southern Sudan. Many have businesses, mostly dealing in food and fuel. Mohamed Ali, a Somali shopkeeper in Juba, said: "We are worried that if Southern Sudan separates from the rest of Sudan, the Southerners may say, 'Somalis have taken our businesses', as has happened in South Africa." However, Dr Barnaba Marial Benjamin, Minister of Information for Southern Sudan, assured the Somalis and other Africans in the region they would be safe. "Somalis and other Africans who have businesses here will have nothing to worry about whether we get our independence or not," he said. Somalis fleeing the civil war at home have established businesses in many parts of Africa, particularly in Kenya. Many Somalis have suffered xenophobic attacks in South Africa. maj/js/ah/mw[END] CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO READ THE REPORT ONLINE Http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=91594

The Somali Region of Ethiopia is developing rapidly. Well done by the Somali Ethiopians.

Xaaji Xunjuf;686484 wrote: xita carabti berbera so baxay waleh cidi ma hadhin Hindidii Berbera mee so bixin. yagu UDUB ayee tageeraan, waa mucaarid.

Press freedom in Somalia what a joke.

South Sudan became independant after a struggle of more then 60 years. Inshallah Somaliland who is already independant, will be recongnized one day.

Funny storry!

He also said he would capture Las Anod by september 2010.

And what if its not? Will you start writing letters to them to come to Puntland as well.