OK. So he is a "Maareeyihii Laydhka Iyo Agaasimaha Guud ee Tacliinta Sare" and not the Education minister. i stand corrected

Feysal Cali Waraabe "Xisbiga ucid waa Social Democratic barti". classic:D

OK, the answer your question then I don't know who the Sayid would have back in todays conflict. Largely due to the fact that the man has been dead for almost a century now.

Xaaji Xunjuf;991765 wrote: All somalis are cousins somaliland should never change its foreign policy because of warring factions in somalia. .

Che -Guevara;992048 wrote: Garmaaqe. Xaaji thinks his tribe and the English were just buddies, it was not colonialism. :D

Xaaji Xunjuf;992046 wrote: . So now answer my Question who would've Sayid Muhammad abdulla hassan supported if he was put to live today again ,the Amisom guarded Somali government or the Shabaab Youth. Is this a valid question?

He was found not guilty! and still you call him pirate. First of all i did not calling him a pirate, i said he was on trial for piracy.You ought read things before you comment!. Besides the jurors are still "deliberating on two remaining charges of hostage-taking and conspiracy to commit hostage-taking" He was not minster but siilanyo named shortly after the election win as general director of MoE. and shortly after he dismiss due this allegation and even some time jailed by secret service in Hargeisa According to what i have read he was still the Education Minister when he was arrested, that is why "To lure him back to the US, the FBI created a fake charitable foundation, supposedly backed by four wealthy American donors who were seeking to invest in education in Somalia". If you have evidence contrary to this then i would like to see it.

Where do you stand on the army strugle against colonialism?

He was found not guilty last month. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/26/somali-man-not-guilty-piracy

His name Ali Mohamed Ali and he was actually arrested whilst he was the Somaliland's mister for education. He was lured to USA by inviting him to an education convention. How did you Somalilanders miss this news?

Xaaji Xunjuf;992027 wrote: If Ina abdilla hassan could've blown up buckingham palace he would have done it. . That is becuase the Royal Air Force has blown up his house to smithereens and his country was under the shackles of colonialism. Where do you stand on the army strugle against colonialism?

"Somaliland, has kept both piracy and Islamic extremism at bay" And yet there is a farmer Somaliland Minster on trial in the USA for Piracy and the head of al shaabab is a Somalilander. The statement I just made is factual correct but it is not a fair assessment of Somaliland and it still tells you more about Somaliland then the article above. It is also more than the Economist Journalists know about Somaliland.

Yes, the Dervishes were international Jihadist who espoused to restoration of the caliphate and the global dominance of religous extremism.

Xaaji Xunjuf;992012 wrote: The dervishes did the same there is little or no difference between shabaab and the dervishes takfirism jihadism. Kill those who reject your islamism ideology make a fatwa against them. How absurd!

xiinfaniin;991796 wrote: It is clash between armed nomadic migrants from Central regions vs local communities with long history of political conscious. On another level, it is violent manifestation of the inherent bottom up approach of federal framework. Those who ruled the region for half a century are now finding themselves under the wrath of local communities uprising against them. Somalis are clans, and clans can never be defeated in their home turf. What you say is true. However, your sense of moral outrage here is not guided by an innate sense of right and wrong but by the opportunistic offering to piggyback on the injuctice inflicted on the people of Shabeele to make some sort of moral grandstanding or tribal moral relativism.

xiinfaniin;991810 wrote: No candidate in current election can dare question whether these 17 MPs from Sool and Sanaag have the right to participate in the election. This issue is a structural one and it does go beyond opposition soundbites . ceydhin iyo xaraan ninkii u badheedh calooshisa uun bey Ku maqantahay.

Suldaanka;991809 wrote: There are potential flash points among which include the legitimacy of the 19 MPs from Khaatumo clan. Almost all the traditional leaders of Khaatumo, ,with the sole exception of the Garaad of Taleex, do not support and will not participate the selection process of the MPs. So the question remains, will these MPs be excluded from the next parliament or will Faroole hand pick them from the streets? The 17 xildhibaans from khaatumo mps will determine the outcome of this election. Both Faroole and his adversaries are aware of this fact and hence the dispute about this so called commission. All of the Khaatumo Garaads apart from one manor insignificant boqor have categorically stated that they will not send any xildhibaans to puntland. This is a major stumbling block since every xildhibaan has to be nominated by his Isim. Therefore the appointment of any xildhibaan from khaatumo will be illegitimate. Faroole is hoping to engineer the selection of the khaatumo xildhibaans and if he succeeds he will be reelected without any problem whatsoever, since the 17 mps are more enough to push him through the threshold. But his opponents will not accept the appointment of any xildhibaan who is nominated without the consent of his Isim and they have legal right to do so. The other candidates cannot compromise on this issue because to do so will effectively ensure their defeat. This will be source of conflict and the defining factor this election.

His first test is the selection of the new cabinet. If he brings back more than one of the previous ministers then there is really no change and his appointment is nothing but cosmetic.

malistar2012;990302 wrote: ] Why does the president have his own picture hanging above his own chair.:D

:D

Tallaabo;990294 wrote: We can even have a common ceremonial head of state like the UK, Canada, . :D

The only reason why i posted the picture is because you tried to give the whole thing a postive spin. Actually i would have had more respect for somaliland if they rejected to attended that degrading 'celebration'. It is telling how they reject to attend International meetings in London and Turkey with the goverment of Somalia but they are willing to attend the celebrations of the Ethiopian provincial and ethnic diversity day and be happily seated next to the two month old Jubbaland. BTW Culusow should be commended for not attending.

Wish the row was about a Civil Aviation Safety Authority, which would be more beneficial for all Somalis

^^ How much tax do you thinking Ethiopia pays for the $2 billion worth of goods it exports from Berbara, better yet how much tax do you think it pays on the billions worth of goods it anually imports from Berbara?

Who cares, it would not make it any less embarrassing. Unlike you i'm not entirely blinded by tribalism.