Somalia MPs killed in al-Shabab suicide attack BBC Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Six people, including two MPs, have been killed in a suicide attack in central Somalia, authorities in the town of Dusa Mareb have said. Eyewitnesses told the BBC the attack targeted a group of about 20 politicians at an outdoor cafe. They were in Dusa Mareb in Galgadud region - which is controlled by a pro-government militia - to promote reconciliation. The Islamist militant group al-Shabab has said it was behind the attack. They are under pressure on a number of military fronts in the south of Somalia - but still mount frequent attacks and control much of the country. 'Act of terrorism' Al-Sunna Wal Jama'a, the militia which controls much of Galgadud, said the suicide attacker was among the dead. Several other MPs and prominent politicians - including former Security Minister Ahmed Abdi Salam - were also injured in the attack, officials told the BBC. Al-Shabab, which merged with al-Qaeda in February, phoned the BBC Somali Service to say it was behind attack on the tea shop where the politicians were resting after holding meetings with residents on Tuesday morning. Somali Prime Minster Abdiweli Mohamed Ali condemned the attack, telling the BBC it was "an act of terrorism". The Horn of Africa nation has been without an effective central government since 1991 and has been racked by fighting ever since. The UN-backed transitional Somali government only controls the capital, Mogadishu. Last month, African Union troops - which back the government - for the first time deployed to Baidoa, a strategic south-western town, after it was wrested from al-Shabab's control by Ethiopian troops.

^^The Commission was based on 4.5 But people who oppose this constitution are not interested in facts. They are literally spoilers and are driven by political motivations as the case has been for the last twenty years.

AFP Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Bomb attacks in Somalia killed at least eight people including twolawmakers Tuesday, as the international community warned that peace "spoilers" threaten to wreck fragile progress in the war-torn nation. A suicide bomber killed at least six people in an attack in the central Somali town of Dhusamareb as lawmakers met with the public, while a car bomb in the anarchic capital Mogadishu killed two, the latest in a wave of violence. The attacks came shortly after the United Nations, African Unionand East Africa's main diplomatic body IGAD warned in a rare joint statement that efforts at establishing peace in Somalia were at risk. The three organisations said they were "greatly concerned" at efforts to undermine a "roadmap" signed by Somalia's disparate leaders, the latest effort to bring peace after more than two decades of war. "The roadmap continues to be jeopardised by the actions of individuals and groups in and out of Somalia, working to undermine the fragile progress we have collectively made in recent months," the statement read. "We have come too far, and too much is at stake, for us to allow the process to backslide at the exact moment Somalia has its best opportunity for peace in decades." In Dhusamareb, witnesses said a man entered a restaurant where lawmakers were meeting with the public to discuss the setting up of a regional administration, before blowing himself up. "The explosion hit a hotel in the town and it killed several people, many others were also injured," said Mohamed Abudlahi Moalim, a senior commander with the Ahlu Sunna Wal Jamaa militia, which controls the area. "The people killed are two lawmakers and four civilians... among the wounded are two other MPs," said witness Mohamud Ibrahim. Witnesses of the car bomb in Mogadishu said the front of the vehicle had been ripped apart by the blast. "I was driving behind the car...there was big explosion that rocked and twisted the car, I saw the mangled dead bodies of the two victims," said Ali Abukar, a witness. No group immediately claimed responsibility for either bombings, but the Al-Qaeda allied Shebab insurgents have launched a series of guerrilla attacks and vowed to topple the Western-backed government. They oppose the roadmap deal. Somali leaders signed in September the agreement for the formation of a government by August 20 to replace the weak transitional body that has failed to bring peace, and is accused of rampant corruption. Under the agreement, the latest among more than a dozen attempts to resolve the bloody civil war, lawmakers must agree on a system of government for Somalia's fragmented regional -- and often rival -- administrations. Somalia must also adopt a new constitution, select a new parliament and convene the national assembly. The Shebab have been fighting for five years to topple the government, but under pressure from African Union and government forces they have retreated from their fixed bases in the capital. However, analysts warn that the rebels, Somalia's most brutal, still remain a serious threat to international efforts aimed at stabilising the war-torn country. The UN, AU and IGAD -- the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development -- said their statement was a "warning and a final opportunity" for those standing against peace. The "unambiguous warning to all potential spoilers" did not specifically name any people or groups, but said non-compliance with the order would result in requests for sanctions from IGAD nations, or from the UN Security Council.

Peace ‘spoilers’ threaten Somalia progress: brokers AFP Tuesday, May 01, 2012 Peace “spoilers” threaten to wreck fragile progress in war-torn Somalia, the United Nations, African Union and East Africa's main diplomatic body IGAD warned Tuesday. In a rare joint statement, the three organizations said they were “greatly concerned” at efforts to undermine a “roadmap” signed by Somalia's disparate leaders, the latest effort to bring peace after more than two decades of war. “The roadmap continues to be jeopardized by the actions of individuals and groups in and out of Somalia, working to undermine the fragile progress we have collectively made in recent months,” the statement read. “We have come too far, and too much is at stake, for us to allow the process to backslide at the exact moment Somalia has its best opportunity for peace in decades.” Somali leaders signed in September the agreement for the formation of a government by August 20 to replace the weak transitional body that has failed to bring peace to the anarchic country, and is accused of rampant corruption. Under the agreement, the latest among more than a dozen attempts to resolve the bloody civil war, lawmakers must agree on a system of government for Somalia's fragmented regional -- and often rival -- administrations. Somalia must also adopt a new constitution, select a new parliament and convene the national assembly. The U.N., AU and IGAD - the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development - said their statement was a “warning and a final opportunity” for those standing against peace. The “unambiguous warning to all potential spoilers” did not specifically name any people or groups, but said non-compliance with the order would result in requests for sanctions from IGAD nations, or from the U.N. Security Council. The trio would take “concrete action” in coming weeks if it continued.

^^Absoluletly waa rag xaajaddii ninka inta aqriya yiraahdaa waxaa iyo waxaa ba ka qaldan. Wuxu quraan maaha, waana la beddeli karaa. laakiin isbaaro ma ogali awoowe

Xiin is content that our Carafaat has been transformed from a passionate opponent of the new draft constitution to a mere entertainer indulging conspiracy theories Taleex, do you know how the 1960 constitution treated the nationality and nationalization clause ? Iska hadal wax ma taree arrinta aqri awoowe. Somalia have always resorted to constitutional ambiguity when it comes in clarifying how its citizenship can be obtained. There are millions of Somalis living in Ethiopia and Kenya whom teh state have a responsibility to facilitate their integration with the Somali society. Adna Chinse baad sida Yalaxow ka baqaysaa

Taleexi u cudur daara dastuurka wuu ku wareeray

Brother Mario B, Tell us which qodob or faqrad in the constitution do you disagree with? Yalaxow is a warlord with no teeth, he has been disarmed by Islamic Courts before and is now under AMISOM dominion.

^^ :D Bravo Mr. Somalia. Cut to the chase and ask them pointed questions.

He is the voice of reason in the midst of a dramatized people , that much is true

lol@now it seems its the time of a new breed of warlords, The professors. Culumaa cannot oppose this. This is one of the most comprehensive constitution ever written by Somalis. Consider following snippets in the draft constitution: 1- The official religion of the State is Islam 2- No Somali Muslim can change his or her religion 3- No religion other Islam can be propagated in Somalia 4- The Law in disagreement with Islam can be adopted by the Somali parliament Adeer one cannot oppose out of ignorance, but when one reads the constitution one finds it rather reflective of the current political realities, and in agreement with the principles of Islam and Somalia social values. Bal car wakaase hasoo baxeen oo ha mucaaradeen, substantively .

My good friend Prof. Abdiwahid did a nice job in comprehensively appraising the new draft constitution , suggesting improvements instead of outright rejection, and admitting teh progress made thus far. Here is his article: Earlier this month, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG)-appointed Committee of Experts (CoE) on the Constitution held a “constitutional review” session in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a gathering that, given the stakes, I wish I had attended. Regardless, in what follows below, I will share my initial thoughts about the constitution--making process currently underway in Somalia. Today, there is a broad regional and international consensus that successive reconciliation conferences on Somalia produced a cycle of ineffectual transitional “governments” leaving nothing in their wake but dashed hopes, squandered goodwill and unfulfilled mandates. For two long decades, Somalis repeatedly failed to negotiate effective and meaningful national government. In an age that is in dire need of alternative views of the future that can break with the bloody past, nothing highlights the general ineptitude of the Somalis to achieving statehood better than the utter failure of the Somali elite, both secular and religious, to pursue their own national interest defined in terms of their ability to achieve broad consensus on national purpose, strong idea of state, establish a shared socio-political vision and sound “political philosophy” for post civil war Somalia. In short, Somalis failed to rejuvenate a collective sense of national identity that would prevail upon the tribal identity and prevent the perpetuation of the inherently discriminatory and un-Islamic “4.5” formula. Alas, the Somali Diaspora, besides being an “ATM” and a vital economic lifeline, continues its role as vicarious participant of the events unfolding back in the troubled country with no ability to marshal any meaningful contribution in order to positively impact the clan-induced political stalemate. Read on: http://www.hiiraan.com/op4/2012/apr/23721/refounding_somalia_constitution_islam.aspx

As if Yalaxow left a country to be inherited by the supposedly invading Chinese What a fool

Sharif dhib baa haysta One cannot ride two donkeys at the same time, or as the proverb goes, he would risk a permanent damage to his behind

Kuwa diidani maxay aqriyeen ?

^^Wallaahi this is embarrassing These are supposed academics who formed a party of national unity, and they cant even articulate what they are opposing here. Where is 4.5 in the new constitution? Where?

^^LOL

^^Horaan ugu daaley Bal car wakaase, qodobkaas iyo faqradaas ha yiraahdo just like his freinds he will say the new constitution is not good for Somalia

^^Not surprising at all No one talks substance ...distoorku waxbuu burburinyaa bay leeyihiin, may sheegaan how.

Madaxda dhaqanka Soomaalida oo Muqdisho kusii qul qulaya Updated:- 2 hours ago| 0 Commnets Magaalada Muqdisho waxaa kusii qulqulaya Isimada beelaha Soomaaliyeed si ay uga qayb galaan kulamada loogu gogol xaarayo shirka ansixinta Dastuurka. Isimada Muqdisho lagu casuumey oo ay tiradoodu 100 kor u dhaafeyso ayaa in badan oo kamid ahi waxay ka tageen deegaanada Puntland. Ujeedada ugu weyn ee booqshada Isimada ee Muqdisho ayaa ah sidii ay madaxda sare ee dalka uga wada arinsan lahaayeen, hanaanka ugu haboon ee ergooyinka ansixinta lagu soo xulayo. Dhinaca kale diyaarad gaar ah oo kasoo duushay magaalada Nairobi islamarkaana Isimo ka qaadi lahayd degmada Doolow ee gobolka Gedo ayaa la xabadeeyey. Kooxo aan ilaa iyo hadda haybtooda si cad loo sheegin haseyeeshee ay maamulka gobolkaasi qas wadeyaal ku tilmaameen ayaa diyaaradda xiligii ay garoonka soo caga dhigan lahayd rasaas ku furay. Ma jirto wax dhibaato ah oo diyaaradaas lasoo gaarsiiyey haseyeeshee waxay dib ugu laabatay magaalada Nairobi oo ay markii hore kasoo duushay. Arintan ayaa kusoo beegmeysa xilli beryihii u danbeeyey ay dowladda KMG ah ee Soomaaliya ku hawlaneyd sidii madaxda dhaqanka ee beelaha Soomaaliya Muqdisho loo soo gaarsiin lahaa.

^It is absolutely pathetic that some would desire the country remain in the transitional status Hadhow bay ku leeyihiin reer hebel baa loo danleeyahay, gushuush waaxid

^^Adeer malaaqyadu iyo reer goboladda dhexe labaatan sano 'maya' lahaayeen, maanta waa inaan laga yeelin. Beesha Caalamka oo digniin u direy qaswadayaasha 1 May 1, 2012 - 6:50:22 AM Qaramada Midoobay Ururada Midowga Afrika, iyo IGAD ayaa war-murtiyeed ay soo saareen maanta 1,May 2012 waxay ugu digeen kooxo ay ku sheegeen inay yihiin qaswadayaal aan doonayn in Somalia ay ka gudubto marxalada adag ee ay ku jirto. Warmutiyeedka ayaa lagu sheegay in kooxaha kasoo horjeeda fulinta heshiiskii lagu gaaray Muqdisho ee Roadmap iyo dhameystirka xiliga kala guurka ah talaaboyin laga qaadi doono, iyagoo sheegay inaan loo dulqaadan doonin in kooxahaas ay qas ku abuuraan ka bixitaanka xiliga meel ku gaarka ah. Ururadan waxay ku sheegeen qoraalkooda inay ka go'an tahay inay qaybtooda ka qaataan hirgelinta Roadmap iyo dhameystirka xiliga kala guurka ah ee ay Somalia ku jirto si loo helo dowlad joogto ah. Sidoo kale Warmurtiyeedkan wadajirka ah ayay IGAD, AU iyo UN waxay ku xuseen in Sitimaanada soo socda ay talaabo ka qaadi doonaan cid walba oo carqalad ku ah hanaanka nabad iyo dhameystirka heshiisyada ay Somalia uga gudbayso Marxalada ay ku jirto. Warkan ayaa lagu soo beegay iyadoo ay maalmahan ka jireen Muqdisho shirar looga horjeedo Dastuurka iyadoo qaybo dastuurka ka mid ah laga been abuurtay, balse dowlada ayaa sheegtay inay ka go'an tahay meel marinta dastuurka cusub. Ururada Warmurtiyeedka soo saaray ayaa waxay ku xuseen qoraalkooda inay tix-raacayaan qaraaro horay ay u ansixisay Qaramada Midoobay kuwaasoo ku saabsan sidii Somalia ay uga bixi lahayd xiliga kala guurka ah. Ambassador Mahiga, Ambassador Diarra iyo Kipruto Kirwa ayaa qoraalkan saxiisay, waxaana sadexdooda ay sheegeen inay ka go'an tahay inay dowlada Somalia gacan ku siiyaan sidii xilliga KMG ah looga gudbi lahaa isagoo aan carqalad la kulmin. GAROWE ONLINE

Carafaat, adeer you are have been complaining about abduction for the last twenty years. It is not an abduction, it is a rescue. You are danger to your self and pose a real threat for the well-being of others. Xaaji Xunuf, I understand you are nearing a deal with Yalaxow to support your 'quest of recognition'. That aside, Yalaxow is not an intellectual in anyone's books. He is a former warlord. That he is opposed to the constitution does not surprise at all.

Afhayeenka Dowladda KMG Soomaaliya oo ku tilmaamay Qas-wadayaal dadka kasoo horjeeda dastuurka sheegay in tallaabo laga qaadi doono Talaado, May 01, 2012 (HOL) — Afhayeenka xukuumadda KMG ah ee Soomaaliya ahna la-taliyaha ra’iisul wasaaraha Soomaaliya, Inj. C/ramxaan Cumar Cismaan (Yariisow) oo si kulul uga jawaabay hadallo kasoo yeeray kooxo uu ku tilmaamay qaswadayaal kuwasoo uu sheegay inay maalmahan bulshada Muqdishu ku kiciyaan hab beel iyagoo si khalad ah ugu fasiraya qabyo-qoraalka-dastuurka. Inj. Yarisow ayaa sheegay in dowladda KMG ah iyo beesha caalamka ay ka go'an tahay in kooxaha qas-wadayaasha ah ee sida bareerka ah uga soo horjeeda in laga gudbo xilliga KMG ah oo la helo isbedel dhab ah oo shacabka u keena horumar iyo maamul wanaag in lagu dari doono liiska qas-wadayaasha, taasoo keeni karta in lagu soo rogo cunno-qabateyn, isla markaana la hor-geeyo maxkamadda caalamiga ah. "Beryahan waxaa Muqdisho isku abaabulayay kooxo doonaya in xaaladihii murugada lahaa ee laga soo gudbay ay shacabka Soomaaliyeed dib-ugu celiyaan iyadoo ay shacabku heleen amni iyo nabad, sidoo kalena ay dib-u-dhis xoog leh ka wadaan Muqdisho si ay u soo celiyaan bilicdii iyo rajadii caasimadda. Afhayeenka xukuumadda KMG ah wuxuu sheegay in shacabku aysan diyaar u ahayn in dib loo noqdo dhibaatadii laga soo gudbay, isagoo ku eedeeyay in kooxaha kasoo horjeeda dastuurka ay diiddan yihiin isbedel iyo in la ansixiyo dastuurka sidoo kalena aysan doonayn in la helo dowlad rasmi ah oo ku dhaqanta shareecada Islaamka iyo maamul wanaag. Inj. Yariisow wuxuu sheegay in 23-kii Febraayo ee sannadkan ay Hillary Clinton sheegtay in qas-wadayaasha isku-dayaya inay is-hortaagaan barnaamijka xilliga kala guurka ah in caalamku uu kusoo rogayo cunaqabateen, sidoo kale Qaramada Midoobay iyo Midowga Afrika in badan ayay sheegeen buu yiri inaan marna la aqbali karin in kooxo ama shaqsiyaadka caqabadda ku noqda horumarka, nabadeynta iyo xasilinta dalka. Sidoo kale, afhayeenku wuxuu sheegay in kooxahan ay caadeysteen inay si khaldan u sharaxaan qabyo-qoraalka-dastuurka ayna ujeeddadoodu tahay inaan la ansixin dastuurka. "Dastuurku waxuu ku ansixi karaa oo kaliya afdi dadweyne, shaqsi walbana wuxuu heli doonaa fursad uu ku sameeyo isbedel, ku daris iyo ka dhimis. kooxdan iyagoon akhrisan dastuurka ayay ayay ka been abuurayaan qodobbada arrimaha dastuurka sida jinsiyada iyo diinta. Qabyo-qoraalka dastuurka ayaa sheegaya dhanka jinsiyada sidan: (Shacbiga Soomaaliyeed waa mid lamana kala qeybin karo, waxuuna ka kooban yahay dhammaan muwaadiniinta. Jinsiyadd Soomaaliyeed waa mid qur ah, sharci gaar ah ayaana xaddidaya sida lagu helayo, lagu laalayo ama lagu waayayo. Qof leh jinisyadda Soomaaliyeed lagama qaadi karo jinisiyadiisa, xitaa hadduu qaato jinsiyad dal kale. Diidmada, laalista iyo ka qaadista jinsiyadda laguma xiri karo arrimo siyaasadeed," ayuu yiri Inj. Yariisow. Afhayeenka oo hadalkiisa sii wata ayaa yiri: "Dastuurku wuxuu dhina diinta ka yiri sidan: "Dastuurka Soomaaliya waxaa saldhig u ah Qur’aanka Kariimka iyo Sunnada Nabigeenna Muxammed (NNK), waxuuna ilaalinayaa maqaasidda (ujeeddooyinka) shareecada iyo caddaaladda bulshada. Soomaaliya waa dal Islaam ah, kana mid ah ummadaha Afrika iyo Carabta. Islaamka waa diinta dowladda. Diin aan ahayn diinta Islaamka laguma faafin karo dalka." Ugu dambeyn, afhayeenku wuxuu sheegay in sababaha keenaya in kooxahan ay been-abuur cad ka sheegaan dastuurka ay tahay iyagoo diiddan in isbedel dhaco rabana inay sii-joogaan oo ay sidii hore Soomaaliya kusoo noqoto sida collaado, dagaallo iyo amni-darro waarta. Dowladda iyo shacabka Soomaaliyeed waxaa ka go’an inay sii xoojiyaan horumarka ballaaran ee dhan walba ah isla markaana lasoo afjaro xilliga kala guurka ah bisha Ogoosto si loo helo dowlad caadil ah oo karti iyo hufnaan leh, awoodna u leh inay dalka u horseeddo midnimo, walaaltinimo, horumar iyo barwaaqo. Maxamed Xaaji Xuseen, Hiiraan Online maxuseen@hiiraan.com Muqdisho, Soomaaliya

Xildhibaan Muuse Suudi Yalaxoow oo ka mid ah waxgaradka ^^This sums it up wallaahi. Wax garad kulahaa