Wararka -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 650 lagu diley gobolka Somalida 8 Aug 8, 2007 - 5:37:07 PM I daacadda Ethiopia ayaa sheegtay in ciidammada Ethiopia ay ku dileen dileen gobolka Soomaalida ee Ethiopia in ka badan 650 ruux oo mucaarad ah. Idaacaddu waxay sheegtay in dadkaas lagu dilay hawlgal ay ciidammada Ethiopia ka fulinayeen gobolka tan iyo bishii May ee sannadkan. Raadiyaha Addis Ababa waxaa uu yiri: Ciidanka Ethiopia, oo kaashanaya hoggaamiyayaasha dhaqanka ee degaanku, waxay dileen dadka nabad-diidka ah intooda badan. Wasiirka Difaaca ee Ethiopia, ayaa wakaaladda wararka AFP u sheegay in in ka badan 200 oo fallaago ah lagu dilay gobolka bishii July. Dadka la dilay waxay isugu jiraan, sida ay idaacaddu sheegtay, 500 oo ruux oo ka tirsan jabhadda ONLF, 147 ka tirsan Jabhadda Oromada ee ONLF iyo 8 ka tirsan ururka al Itixaad. War ay soo saartay jabhadda ONLF, waxay beenisay sheegashadan, waxayna ku tilmaantay in ciidankeeda aan wax weyn oo isu dhimay jirin. ONLF waxay tiri Ethiopia si buuxda gacanta uguma hayso gobolka ******. Xigasho/BBC

Wararka -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Geedi oo diidey heshiisyada PL 8 Aug 8, 2007 - 6:27:43 PM Warar laga helayo kulan ay yeesheen waftiga maamul goboledka Puntland ee ku sugan Muqdisho iyo guddi DFKMG ah u soo xushay wadxajodkan ayaa ku dhamaadey khilaaf iyo as-afgaranwaa. Khilaafkan ayaa yimid kadib markii Ra'isal wasaare Cali Maxamad Geedi diidey inta badan heshiisyada DGPL la gashey shirkado shisheeye ayna ugu horeeyo heshiiska Al-jabiri. AKHRI: Nuqul "Darft" la xiriira heshiiska Al-Jabiri Warar GO ka heleyso kulankaas ayaa tibaaxaya in ay isku af-dhafeen Madaxweyne Cadde iyo Cali Maxamad Geedi kadib markii Ra'isal wasaaruhu sheegey in Puntland aysan xaq u laheyn sixiixida heshiisyada caalmiga ah iyada oo aysan xukuumadiisa ka warqabin. Geedi ayaa guddiga Puntland u sheegey in ay u hogaansamaan shuruucda Federaalka hadii kale ay calan gooni ah sameystaan sida Somaliland. Madaxweynaha DFKMG ah Cabdulahi Yusuf ayaa horey ugu soo ansixiyay Xukuumada Cadde Muse heshiiska ay la galeen ganacsade Al-Jabiri xilli uu booqasho ku yimid bishii la soo dhaafey magaalda Garowe. Ganacsatada Puntland ayaa aad uga biyo diidsan heshiiska Xukuumada Cadde Muse la gashey Al-jabiri kaas oo ay ku tilmaameen mid Monoply u siinaya xolihii mandaqada shaqsi gaar ah. Diidmada Geedi ayaa timid xilli ay soo baxayaan khilaaf aan la xaqiijin oo u dhexeeya Madaxweynaha DFKMG ah iyo Ra'isal wasaaraha kaas oo la xiriira heshiisyada shidaalka. AKHRI: Maqaal la xiriira Ra'isal wasaare Geedi ayaa u muuqda nin raba in hanto awooda xafiiskiisa u siinayo in uu galo heshiisyada caalimiga ah. Garowe Online,Muqdisho

"The Ethiopian government should be held responsible for mass killings, disappearances, rape, arbitrary arrests, torture," the group said in a report from its Geneva office. Citing victims' accounts, the group said it had documented 2,395 extrajudicial killings, 1,945 rapes and 3,091 forced disappearances in the region since 1991, when the current government came to power. "The Ethiopian government... encourages, decorates and promotes violators to higher ranks," the report said. Sadly, decades of enslavement, brutality and inhumane treatment of Somali Galbeed citizens continues......

Ethiopia's dirty war By Tom Porteous August 5, 2007 12:00 PM The Guardian 'Comment Is Free' section While the west agonises over Darfur, another humanitarian and human rights disaster is brewing in the Horn of Africa. In June, the Ethiopian government launched a major military campaign in the ******, a sparsely populated and remote region on Ethiopia's border with Somalia. The counter insurgency operation was aimed at eliminating the ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF), a rebel group which has been fighting for years for self-determination for the ******'s predominantly Somali population. In less than two months, Ethiopia's military campaign has triggered a serious humanitarian crisis. Human Rights Watch has learned that dozens of civilians have been killed in what appears to be a deliberate effort to mete out collective punishment against a civilian population suspected of sympathising with the rebels. Villages have been attacked, sacked and burnt. Livestock - the lynchpin of the region's pastoralist economy - have been confiscated or destroyed. A partial trade blockade has been imposed on the region leading to serious food shortages. Relatives of suspected rebels have been taken hostage. Thousands of civilians have been displaced, fleeing across the borders of Ethiopia into northern Kenya and Somaliland. Last week, with little objection from the international community, the Ethiopian government expelled from the ****** the International Committee of the Red Cross, one of the few neutral observers of the crisis left in the region. Vague promise of finding oil drives violence in Ethiopia, complicating a region already embroiled in civil war, as nation's real natural gas reserves attract global attention This is not Darfur. But the situation in ****** follows a familiar pattern of a counter insurgency operation in which government forces show little regard for the safety of the civilian population and commit serious abuses, including deliberate attacks on civilians, mass displacement of populations and interference with humanitarian assistance. Unlike in Darfur, however, the state that is perpetrating abuses against its people in ****** is a key western ally and recipient of large amounts of western aid. Furthermore the crisis in ****** is linked to a military intervention by Ethiopia in Somalia that has been justified in terms of counter terrorism and is firmly supported by the United States and other western donors. Ethiopia has often justified military action in Somalia on grounds of cooperation between what it calls "terrorist" groups in Somalia and the rebellion in ******. The ONLF certainly has strong ethnic and political links to Somali insurgents now fighting against the Ethiopian military presence in Somalia. It may have decided to escalate its rebellion in ****** in response to Ethiopia's full-scale military intervention in Somalia in December last year. Now there are reliable reports that, as a result of Ethiopian military pressure inside Somalia, Somali insurgents including members the militant Islamist al-Shabaab have sought refuge in ****** where they could be regrouping. Thus instead of containing and calming the situation in Somalia, the actions of Ethiopia's forces there may well be exacerbating the conflict and regionalising it. The emerging crisis in the ****** is indicative of an increasingly volatile political and military situation in the Horn of Africa. Predictably civilians are bearing the brunt of the crisis both in the ****** and in Somalia where hundreds of thousands have been displaced by fighting since the Ethiopian intervention. Predictably human rights abuses and violations of the laws of war are being perpetrated by all sides. It could all get a lot worse, especially if it leads to a resumption of the war between Ethiopia and Eritrea. So why isn't the international community doing more to address this crisis. Hasn't the UN being saying for years that crisis prevention is better than cure? The EU and the United States have significant leverage over Ethiopia in the form of foreign aid and political influence. They should use it instead of turning a blind eye to abuses carried out by the Ethiopian security forces in the name of counter terrorism. Western support for Ethiopia's counter insurgency efforts in the Horn of Africa is not only morally wrong and riddled with double standards, it is also ineffective and counterproductive. It will lead to the escalation and regionalisation of the conflicts of the region and may well help to radicalise its large and young Muslim population

Wednesday August 8, 2007 The Guardian Rising tensions in the ****** region of eastern Ethiopia, combined with chronic instability in neighbouring Somalia, Eritrean enmity, and human rights concerns, are testing US support for the Addis Ababa government led by Clinton-era good governance pin-up Meles Zenawi. The Bush administration welcomed the recent release of 38 opposition politicians detained after violent protests over the conduct of elections in 2005. But it has kept quiet over Ethiopia's subsequent expulsion of Red Cross workers from ******'s Somali regional state, following claims they were aiding ****** National Liberation Front separatists (ONLF). The Red Cross condemned Ethiopia's action, warning it would have "an inevitable, negative impact" on an already impoverished, largely nomadic population. The ONLF claimed the expulsions, and a ban on foreign media, were an attempt to prevent the international community witnessing "the war crimes taking place against the civilians of ****** at the hands of the Ethiopian regime". The rebels also blamed Ethiopian government forces for the killing in a roadside attack on July 29 of two leaders of the main indigenous relief organisation, the ****** Welfare and Development Association. Despite Ethiopian denials, the ONLF says the government continues to enforce "a virtual blockade against aid and commercial goods in ******". It has repeatedly called for UN intervention. Congress's Africa committee endorsed legislation last month that could oblige President George Bush to withhold US financial and military assistance to Ethiopia's government unless all political prisoners are freed, freedom of speech and information are respected, and human rights groups can operate unhindered. "Ethiopia's authoritarian prime minister Meles Zenawi was once a darling of the Clinton administration and has forged close ties with the Bush administration. With Washington's blessing, Meles sent troops to Somalia in December to expel the radical Islamic Courts movement linked to al-Qaida," a Washington Post editorial noted. But the paper said the "preposterous" charges against opposition activists, abuses in Somalia and reported atrocities in the "internal war" in ****** meant ties might have to be reviewed. A recent report for the international watchdog Human Rights Watch quoted witnesses describing how Ethiopian troops burned homes and, in some cases, killed fleeing civilians. Human Rights Watch said the separatists were also guilty of serious abuses, a refrain vigorously pursued by the Ethiopian government. "The ONLF, a terrorist group acting in collaboration with the defunct Islamic Courts [in Somalia] and the Eritrean government, has been committing atrocities and human rights violations, including indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians," the foreign ministry said. Wider US interests in the Horn of Africa suggest Washington will be minded to continue to accept Addis Ababa's side of the story, unless the situation grows egregious and the international community becomes more involved. Those US interests include Ethiopia's role in supporting the enfeebled transitional government in Somalia and opposing the spread of Islamist extremism across the region. Keeping a firm hand on ethnically Somali, Muslim ******, the scene of a cold war-era proxy conflict, is a long-standing US objective. The US has also sought Ethiopia's support in peacemaking in southern Sudan and Darfur. But region-wide instability seems to be increasing. Nearly 30,000 Somalis were displaced from Mogadishu in July. Political reconciliation efforts have made no headway so far. Despite their political differences, many if not most Somalis regard the Ethiopian troops as a hostile occupation force. Eritrea, its bitter border dispute with Ethiopia still simmering, is shipping "huge quantities of arms" to insurgents in Somalia, according to a UN report. Concerns about a spreading humanitarian and refugee emergency grow, even as international aid targets undershoot. And now, far from being "defunct", Somalia's Islamist movement may be gaining friends and influence in an increasingly isolated, radicalised ******

Ethiopia says killed 500 ****** rebels By Tseyaye Tadesse ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA (Reuters) Ethiopia said on Wednesday it had killed more than 500 rebels and captured 170 in the past two months during an offensive in the volatile but energy-rich ****** region bordering Somalia. The ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF) dismissed the statement as an attempt by the government to lull oil companies interested in the region into a "false sense of security," and urged foreign firms to stay away. The local president of ******, Abdullahi Hassan Mohammed, said Ethiopian security forces had killed 502 ONLF fighters in a two-month military campaign against the "terrorists." "Rebel activities in the region... have been eliminated," he added in a statement. But the ONLF, which carried out a deadly attack on a Chinese-run oilfield in the area in April, said the government was trying to hide the fact that it had lost control of ******. "Pursuing oil and natural gas exploration activities in ****** at this stage can only be characterized as gross corporate irresponsibility," the rebels said. Related Links Ethiopia says 200 rebels killed in crackdown (AFP) Ethiopia Claims Gains Over ONLF Rebels (VOA) Special Section: ****** Ethiopia In the attack on the Chinese-run oilfield, they killed 74 people and kidnapped seven workers. "Recent claims that the government has been able to realize military gains are designed to give a false sense of security to oil companies," the ONLF added in its statement. The rebels say they are fighting for self-determination for their home region, an arid land of mainly nomadic herders. Addis Ababa calls the ONLF a terrorist group supported by arch-foe Eritrea, and the army has sent large numbers of troops to the region in an effort to root out the rebels. Also on Wednesday, an ******-based rights group urged the United States and the European Union to intervene to stop what it said were killings, rapes, torture and starvation carried out or caused by Ethiopian troops. The ****** Human Rights Committee, which calls itself independent, urged the United Nations to censure Addis Ababa and to designate a safe haven for those fleeing "senseless carnage." "The Ethiopian government should be held responsible for mass killings, disappearances, rape, arbitrary arrests, torture," the group said in a report from its Geneva office. Citing victims' accounts, the group said it had documented 2,395 extrajudicial killings, 1,945 rapes and 3,091 forced disappearances in the region since 1991, when the current government came to power. "The Ethiopian government... encourages, decorates and promotes violators to higher ranks," the report said. (Additional reporting by Laura MacInnis in Geneva and Nicolo Gnecchi in Nairobi)

Govt faces urgent challenges on economy Published Date: July 24, 2007 By Selcuk Gokoluk Five years of stellar economic performance helped Turkey's ruling AK Party win key parliamentary elections, but it will urgently need to tackle stalled privatizations, social security reform and a spending overrun to keep the economy on track. Turkey has recovered from a deep financial crisis, notching up annual growth rates averaging more than 7 percent over the last four years, while per capita income and tourism proceeds doubled and foreign investments soared to $20 billion last year. But analysts said that the new AK Party government would need to immediately confront urgent issues in the economy. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has already promised to quickly push ahead with reforms. "Our view is that it (AK Party) will have to reverse the pre-election fiscal slippage and reinvigorate the stalled social security reform and privatization process, particularly in the energy sector," UBS EMEA strategist Roderick Ngotho said. The centre-right government delayed implementation of critical IM F-sought social security reforms to 2008 after a constitutional court veto forced it to revise the package. Ankara has also postponed several privatizations. "The government will have to show good results in these areas if it wants to keep the current IMF programme alive, and potentially have a new program in place when the current one expires in May 2008," Ngotho said. Turkey's $10 billion loan deal with the IMF, which has helped it recover from a 2001 crisis that nearly bankrupted the country, is due to expire next year and analysts say that while Turkey does not need IMF cash, a follow-up deal with be useful. With all the votes counted from Sunday's poll, unofficial results gave the Islamist-rooted AK Party 46.6 percent, up more than 12 points on 2002, but a more united opposition means it will get 340 out of 550 seats, slightly fewer than before. It was a personal triumph for Erdogan, a controversial but popular politician, who called the poll early after Turkey's secular elite, including army generals, torpedoed his choice of an ex-Islamist ally as next president. Foreign investors - who poured $20.2 billion into Turkey in 2006 from $1.14 billion in 2002, when the AK party came to power - will watch closely how the new government shapes up. The initial reaction to AK's victory from Turkish markets was positive with the lira shooting to a 6-year high and stocks rising 5.1 percent to a record close on Monday. Investors believe that the pro-business party's second term in office will boost the country's economic and political stability, traders said. Analysts also said the government would have to take measures to compensate a slippage in fiscal targets. "Now there is a 1.5 percentage point deviation in the primary surplus target. The government needs to take measures to resolve that and it will be a wise choice to make spending cuts," Fortis Bank chief economist Haluk Burumcekci. Turkey targets the primary surplus at 6.5 percent of gross national product, but monthly budget figures earlier this year failed to meet targets. The government promised in its pre-election campaign to sustain high growth rates to raise Turkish per capita income to $10,000 in five years and pledged to cut tax on employment to create new jobs for Turkey's fast-growing population. Burumcekci said the government had to implement incentives for the industry to back growth and create much-needed new jobs. The improvement in the $400 billion economy has slowed this year as inflation remains well above the annual target, while manufacturers complain about high interest rates and an overvalued lira, now at a six-year high. Implementation of social security reforms is critical to stop a spiralling welfare deficit. Ankara has also postponed the sale of electricity grids and tobacco firm Tekel while changing a planned block sale of a key lender Halkbank into a 25 percent initial public offering as a way to avoid losing votes through job cuts and energy price hikes likely to accompany privatization. Turkish manufacturers welcomed AK Party's victory as this means a continuation of the economic and political stability but called for new measures supporting the industry. "Now it is time for clearing the way for the real (non-financial) sector, production, exports and employment. Our most important expectation is implementation of the economic policies friendly to exporters," said Suleyman Orakcioglu, the head of Istanbul Ready-to-Wear Exporters Union (IHKIB). The textile sector is among the most importan t in Turkey. Turkey has among the highest interest rates in emerging markets, which have crimped demand and made investment more expensive. - Reuters Local News KPTC offers buses for school transportation KUWAIT: Kuwait Public Transport Company (KPTC) has offered to provide 100 buses to transport school students in Hawally Governorate... 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Turkey's Ruling Islamist Party: It's Not as Moderate as Advertised August 02, 2007 Barry Rubin In Istanbul, Turks of every political position told me the same story to explain their situation: To cook a live frog, you don't put it in a pot on a high flame. You put it in cool water and raise the temperature very slowly. This is what they fear is happening following the victory of the Islamic-oriented Justice and Development (AK) party in the July 22 parliamentary election. International media coverage repeats endlessly that the AK party is really moderate now. Despite Islamist roots, they say, it's now a centrist party concerned with Turkey becoming a member of the European Union member and having a prosperous economy. Certainly, such is the image the party has projected over its five years in power, and there is some evidence to accept this conclusion. Half of Turkey's voters supported AK precisely because they became convinced that it had no Islamist intentions. The economy is doing well. Turkey might benefit from having a system more balanced regarding religion. At the same time, though, there is also evidence to doubt that AK is going to be so benign. Even if the party is relatively moderate, it's nothing to rejoice about. No one knows what will happen, but to conclude that Turkey will prove the virtues of Islamists-gone-moderate is somewhere between premature and naïve. Consider foreign policy. If the key issue in the Mideast is the spread of radical Islamism, does the AK government want to see this defeated in Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt or among the Palestinians? No. Even if the AK government doesn't want to impose radical Islamism at home, it's certainly not the enemy of radical Islamism abroad. Once pro-Western, Turkey is now neutral, at best. The U.S.-Turkish alliance, a mainstay since 1946, is dead. This does not mean the two countries are enemies. They still have good relations. But the two governments are not really allies any more. Turks tend to attribute the problems to the Iraq war and to what they see as American indulgence of the PKK, the Kurdish terrorist group trying to seize southeastern Turkey. But the real issue is that the two governments are on different sides regarding the most important struggle of our time. An equally worrisome issue is the long-run trend. What if AK stays in power for a long time? The combination of a large parliamentary majority and choosing Turkey's next president gives it tremendous powers. By naming the judges, it can shape the country's laws; by choosing the armed forces' commander, it can reverse the traditional bar on Islamic-oriented officers and neutralize the military's ability to intervene. Filling the bureaucracy with its supporters will move policies and their implementation closer to an Islamist agenda. In eastern and central Turkey, cities are moving toward the kind of Islamic forms of belief and behavior supported by political Islamists. Those who do not want to face the threat of radical Islam generally are eager to say that all is fine in Turkey -- that the election was a victory for moderation and democracy, and that it's good to have a model of moderate Islamic-oriented politics governing that country. But the victory of AK is not exactly something to be celebrated, even if it can be managed. To avoid the danger of it going too far, to ensure it stays moderate whether or not it wishes to do so, the regime must continue to feel under pressure to stay in the center. This means continuation of the army's power as guarantor of Turkish democracy; that the media not be intimidated; that courts remain independent. An erosion of these control mechanisms could bring disaster. Few outsiders understand that one of AK's sources of appeal -- and, ironically, a cause of anti-Western feeling among domestic critics -- is its claim to enjoy support from the United States, Europe and Israel. Willingness to work with Turkey's government, even if it is an AK one, is not the same as wanting AK to be in power. Western institutions, media and even governments should indicate in appropriate ways that the AK is not their client, and be ready to criticize its behavior. Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center in Herzliya and editor of Turkish Studies.

The AKP, to which Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, belongs, will have 341 of 550 seats in the legislature, while the Kurdish Democratic Society Party will hold 20. The AKP is in firmly in control of a majority despite losing 10 seats from the outgoing parliament Wow, thats pretty impressive show of strength by the AKP.

Kurds return to Turkey parliament Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister Erdogan called an election for July after he failed to win backing for his presidential candidate [AP] A new Turkish parliament dominated by the Islamic-oriented ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) has been sworn in, with Kurdish representatives set to hold seats for the first time in 13 years. Saturday's development prepares the way for a new government that was reminded in the opening speech to safeguard the nation's secular principles. The AKP, to which Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister, belongs, will have 341 of 550 seats in the legislature, while the Kurdish Democratic Society Party will hold 20. The AKP is in firmly in control of a majority despite losing 10 seats from the outgoing parliament. The Kurdish party last had representation in parliament in 1994, when it was removed over alleged ties to groups fighting for a separate Kurdistan in southern Turkey. At the start of Saturday's ceremony, Sukru Elekdag, the interim speaker of parliament who belongs to an opposition party, said Erdogan should act with common sense to prevent polarisation in politics. "Pursuing a policy to protect secular and democratic values would help the country attain its goal of achieving the contemporary level of civilisation, he said. Next government Ahmet Necdet Sezer, the president, is expected to ask Erdogan on Monday to form the next government, the state-run Anatolia news agency said. The election was due in September but was brough forward by Erdogan after he failed to win the necessary parliamentary quorum for his choice as president. The closest opposition to the AKP in the new parliament comes from the Republican People's party, which will hold 99 seats. Abdullah Gul appears set to remain as the ruling party's choice of presidential candidate [AFP] The Nationalist Action Party, a far-right group, will have 70 seats after a five-year absence, while the centre-left Democratic Left Party will hold 13 seats. A Kurdish independent also adds to the seats held by Kurdish representatives, taking the total to 21. The independent has said that he may support the larger Kurdish party. For many Kurds, the Kurdish Democratic Society's return to parliament revives hopes for a fresh struggle for more rights. But many Turks are afraid of a party suspected of being under the influence of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), which is deemed to be a terrorist organisation by the US and EU. Presidency challenge After the new parliament is sworn in, the process to elect a new president will begin. In May, Erdogan failed to win parliamentary backing for his preferred candidate Abdullah Gul, Turkey's foreign minister. Abdullah Gul failed to win backing from Turkey's main opposition in May [AFP] Opposition politicians rejected Gul over his alleged ties to political Islam, while many Turks feared that the government was trying to scrap Turkey's secular principles. Widespread pro-secularist public street demonstrations came after Gul's nomination. The main opposition party's boycott of the presidential vote meant that a quorum could not be reached - and prompted Erdogan to call a general election four months early. Nazinine Moshiri, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Ankara, said the ruling party seems set to continue supporting its previous presidential candidate in a new parliamentary vote. "It looks like the AKP still want to put Abdullah Gul forward but it seems that when the vote takes place next time, opposition parties will be there to vote," she said. "The army generals say they will not be supporting Gul but there is not much they can do. In 2007, we are not expecting to see tanks rolling through the streets of Ankara." Officers dismissed Meanwhile, Turkey's armed forces announced on Saturday that 23 officers had been dismissed for "reactionary activities" or "acts prejudicial to the discipline and prestige of the armed forces". The sackings were decided during the annual meeting of the Higher Military Council, which met for four days under the chairmanship of Erdogan. The army, which considers itself guardian of the country's secular tradition, has sacked dozens of men suspected of harbouring Islamist views in recent years. The armed forces threatened to intervene over Erdogan's attempt to get Gul into the presidential office earlier this year.

One of Turkey's main opposition parties, the MHP, has said it will not boycott next month's presidential election. The move could clear the way for the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul - a former Islamist - to become president. Turkey's secular opposition and the military opposed his candidacy in May, provoking a crisis which led to early parliamentary polls. Elections on 22 July were won by the ruling AKP, an Islamist-rooted party. The MHP (Nationalist Action Party) could, just by turning out, give the ruling AKP (Justice and Development Party) the two-thirds quorum needed in parliament to elect the new country's president. This quorum - 367 deputies out of 550 - eluded the AKP in May. In the subsequent elections, the AKP was returned with a comfortable, albeit smaller majority, still shy of two thirds. Controversial candidate A candidate needs a two-thirds majority to be elected president in the first two rounds of voting and an absolute majority, 276, in the third round. The AKP has 340 deputies. The MHP hopes, however, to be able to put pressure on the government to nominate a less controversial candidate than Mr Gul. Turkish Parliament composition AKP 340 seats CHP 112 seats MHP 71 seats Independents 27 seats Total 550 seats The leader of the nationalists, Devlet Bahceli, has called on the ruling party to name a candidate who is not controversial. That would rule out Mr Gul. The BBC's Istanbul correspondent, Sarah Rainsford says it is still far from clear that the AKP is ready to sacrifice Mr Gul after such a resounding victory at the polls. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been talking about compromise and consensus - and in the end, the decision will be his, she says. But on Wednesday, his right-hand man, Mr Gul, hinted he still wanted to run for president, saying he could not ignore the signals of support for him from the streets.

^Yes I do. Afar women, from the Danakil desert along the Red Sea, dance with the curved knives that have given the Afars a fearsome reputation.

Baydhabo Soomaaliya

Al- Qalam Primary/intermediate and secondary School in Baidoa City

http://www.puntlandpost.com/newspage.php?articleid=10192 Yusuf Daba-Dhilif:"Gobolka Hiiraan waxaan ku dhaqayaa diinta Islaamka" How will this promise be different than that made by the Mafia leader/counterfeit money-maker Cade Muuse to the people of Waqooyi Bari Soomaaliya in 2006 before the Ethiopian invasion. Jen.Cadde Muuse oo ogolaaday in Shareecada Islaamka lugu dhaqo Puntaland Name: Qurac Date Posted: Nov 20, 06 - 2:16 PM IP Address: 137.207.208.182 Email: qurac@yahoo.ca Message: Jen.Cadde Muuse oo wareegto ku shaaciyey in Puntland ay qaadatay ku dhaqanka shareecada Islaamka Madaxweynaha maamulka Puntland Jen. Cadde Muuse Xirsi ayaa wareegto uu ka soo saaray magaalada Gaalkacyo waxaa uu ku sheegay in deegaanada hoos yimaada maamaulka Puntland laga hirgelin doono ku dhaqanka shareecada Islaamka, ka dib kulan maalmo badan socday oo uu la qaatay qaar ka tirsan culumaa'udiinka Puntland. Wareegtadan uu soo saaray Jen.Cadde Muuse ayaa waxaa ku xusnaa fulinta qodobo ay ka mid yihiin in la magacaabo guddi ka kooban isimada iyo culumaa'udiinka Puntland kaasoo ka soo talo bixiya qaabkii maxkamado Islaami ah looga hirgelin lahaa deegaanada Puntland, isla markaana loo ilaalin lahaa nabadgeyada iyo xasiloonida, iyadoo wax walbna lagu xalinayo wadahadal. Sheekh C/qaadir Nuur Faarax oo ka mid ah culumaa'idiinka Puntland ayaa sheegay in heshiiska dhexmaray Jen.Cadde Muuse iyo culumaa'udiinka Puntland ay ku qanacsan yihiin, isagoo xusay in heshiiskaasi uu ku yimid baaqyo kala duwan oo beelaha ku dhaqan Puntland mudooyinkanba ay ka soo saarayeen sida loogu baahan yahay in Puntland ay la jaanqaado isbedelada ka dhacay Koonfurta Soomaaliya, isla markaana ay qaadato ku dhaqan shareecada Islaamka. Lama oga weli qaabka ay noqon doonaan maxkamadaha shareecada Islaamka ee laga hirgelin doono doono deegaanada Puntland iyo waliba iney ka mid noqon doonaan iyo in kale golaha maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah ee Muqdisho, waxana arrimahan ay kala cadaan doonaan kulamada ay maalmaha soo socda yeelan doonaan culumaa'udiinka iyo maamulka Puntland, iyadoo dhinaca kalena talaabadan u maamulka Puntland ku qaatay shareecada Islaamka ay si weyn u soo dhoweeyeen beelaaha ku dhaqan deegaanadaasi. http://pub45.bravenet.com/forum/3826882541/fetch/757797/2

Senator Leahy's statement on U.S. assistance to Ethiopia 08/03/07 We have a long history of supporting Ethiopia and its people, and we want to continue that support. But our support to the government is not unconditional. We will not ignore the unlawful imprisonment of political opponents or the mistreatment of journalists. We will not ignore reports of abuses of civilians by Ethiopian security forces. Statement by Senator Leahy on the the Senate floor today. Aug 3rd, 2007 After the overthrow of Ethiopia’s brutal former Prime Minister Mengistu, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi ushered in a period of hope and optimism. On May 15, 2005, Ethiopia held its first open multi-party elections. The international community praised the people of Ethiopia for an astounding 90 percent voter participation rate, an encouraging beginning to a new political process. The Ethiopian people deserve a democratic process in which opposition parties can organize and participate, and journalists can publish freely, without fear of arrest or retribution. Unfortunately, as it turned out, the 2005 election was not the turning point many had hoped for. Early polls suggested the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party would make gains in the Ethiopian Parliament that could threaten the control of Prime Minister Meles’ ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. These reports were followed by credible allegations of manipulation of the vote-counting process. When the government finally announced results that assured its continued hold on power, thousands of people took to the streets in protest. The police arrested over 30,000 people and some 193 people were killed. Although most of the protestors were released soon after their arrest, 70 opposition leaders and journalists remained in prison. Following these events, I wrote to Ethiopia’s Ambassador Kassahun Ayele and officials at the State Department to express my concern with the imprisonment of the Ethiopian politicians. Human rights organizations and other international figures condemned the detentions and urged Prime Minister Meles to release them. These efforts were to no avail. Some detainees remained in jail for over two years before being brought to trial in a manner that was incompatible with international standards of justice. Last month, they were convicted of such vague charges as "outrage against the constitution” and “inciting armed opposition." They were stripped of their rights to vote and to run for public office. Several were sentenced to life in prison. Nothing was done to prosecute the police officers who fired on the protesters. The situation had gone from bad to worse. Then suddenly, less than two weeks ago, the Ethiopian Government announced the pardon and release of 38 opposition leaders. I am pleased that Prime Minister Meles heeded the pleas of the Ethiopian people and the international community and released these prisoners. The fact is, none of them should have been arrested or tried in the first place. Their release was long overdue and is welcome. I hope the government acts expeditiously to release the remaining political detainees, and bring to justice police officers who used excessive force. I also hope the negotiations that resulted in the prisoners’ release will lead to further discussions between the government and the leaders of the opposition, to ensure that their political rights are fully restored and that future elections are not similarly marred. While this news is positive, it comes at a time when journalists and representatives of humanitarian organizations report human rights abuses of civilians, including torture, rape and extrajudicial killings, by Ethiopian security forces, including those trained and equipped by the U.S., in the ****** region. Congressman Donald Payne, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, and a vocal defender of human rights and democracy in Ethiopia, inserted into the Congressional Record a June 18, 2007, New York Times article that described these abuses. This situation is also addressed in the Senate version of the Fiscal Year 2008 State, Foreign Operations Appropriations bill and report, which were reported by the Appropriations Committee on July 10. The Appropriations Committee seeks assurance from the State Department that military assistance for Ethiopia is being adequately monitored and is not being used against civilians by units of Ethiopia’s security forces. We need to know that the State Department is investigating these reports. We also want to see effective measures by the Ethiopian Government to bring to justice anyone responsible for such abuses. Unfortunately, it appears that the Bush administration has made little effort to monitor military aid to Ethiopia. It is no excuse that the Ethiopian military has impeded access to the ******, as it has done. In fact, this should give rise to a sense of urgency. If we cannot properly investigate these reports, and if the Leahy Law which prohibits U.S. assistance to units of foreign security forces that violate human rights is not being applied because the U.S. Embassy cannot determine the facts, then we should not be supporting these forces. As if the allegations of human rights violations were not enough, the New York Times reported on July 22 that the Ethiopian military is blocking food aid to the ****** region. The article also claimed that the military is “siphoning off millions” of dollars intended for food aid and a UN polio eradication program. A subsequent article on July 26 indicated that the World Food Program and the Ethiopian Government have reached agreement, after weeks of discussions, on a process for getting food aid through the military blockade to civilians in the ****** region. But the same article also reported that regional Ethiopian officials have expelled the Red Cross. Mr. President, during the Cold War we supported some of the world’s most brutal, corrupt dictators because they were anti-communist. Their people, and our reputation, suffered as a result. Now the White House seems to support just about anyone who says they are against terrorism, no matter how undemocratic or corrupt. It is short sighted, it tarnishes our image, and it will cost us dearly in the long term. Prime Minister Meles has been an ally against Islamic extremism in the Horn of Africa, for which we are grateful. But there are serious concerns with Ethiopia’s U.S.-supported military invasion of Somalia. It has led to some of the same problems associated with the Bush Administration’s misguided decision to invade Iraq without a plan for leaving the country more stable and secure than before the overthrow of Saddam. Iraq’s partition now seems only a matter of time, and it is hard to be optimistic that Somalia a year from now will be any more secure, or any less of a threat to regional stability, than before the influx of Ethiopian troops. Ethiopia is also a poor country that has faced one natural or man-made disaster after another, and the U.S. has responded with hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian and other assistance. We have a long history of supporting Ethiopia and its people, and we want to continue that support. But our support to the government is not unconditional. We will not ignore the unlawful imprisonment of political opponents or the mistreatment of journalists. We will not ignore reports of abuses of civilians by Ethiopian security forces. I yield the floor.

code: waxey mudadaaba kala soo dageyeen koontiinaro (Containers) aad u waaweyn oo aanay waxba ka ogeyn maamulka dekedda Berbera iyo waliba maamulka sare ee dawlad somaliland, http://www.hargeysanews.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=406 Sxb don't you think its unfair not to search big Ethiopian containers coming in from Berbera port when your leaders are being thoroughly searched when boarding Ethio airline.

JB wrote: that is a deal between two governments sxb ,, whateva goods they can use Berbera port and that is it. You better talk about the occupied Mogadishu where they directly manage instead of manipulating lies on Somaliland and their relations ,,,,,,,,,, Sxb you are part of the problem. Unlike other independent ports such as Mombasa, Djibouti or Port Sudan, the mafia adminstration controlled port of Berbera is a gateway for Tigre militia to bring dangerous goods from North Korea and other places without fear and possible such weapons are used against innocent civilians in Xamar. Its our right to talk about anything contributing the 7 month Tigre occupation. And sxb, there might not be tens of thousands of Tigre militia and their tanks in your cities and towns, but your man Riyaale submits his reports of whats happening there daily to his master Meles just like Yeey and Geedi.

We are not talking about local movements ordered by Riyaale mafia adminstration sxb, we are talking about Ethiopian military personell moving in not as trainers but as occupiers sxb. Tell us JB, is Riyaale not capable of protecting the movements of Ethiopian goods in and out of Berbera port?

Dhinaca kale ilo u dhuun daloola hogaanka ciidamada qaranka Somaliland waxay tibaaxeen inuu jiro qorshayaal xukuumada M/weyne Riyaale ku doonayso inay dalka ku soo geliso cutubyo ciidamo itoobiyaan ah, kuwaas oo shaki laga muujiyay talaabooyin dhawaan hogaanka taliska ciidanka qaranka Somaliland kaga saaray qoysas dan yar ah oo deganaa guriyihii miiska saraakiisha halkaas oo la sheegay in loo baneeyay dhawaan qaarkood laguna arkay saraakiil ka socday ciidamada itoobiyaanka oo ka yimi dhinaca dalka itoobiya. "Waxa la wadaa isku bedel iyo isku shaandhayn lagu doonayo in ciidamo badan oo halkan [Hargeysa] jooga lagu damacsan yahay in lagu geeyo fadhiisimaha bariga iyo galbeedka ee ciidamada qaranka, waxaanaan tuhunsanahay qorshe lagu keenayo guuto ama laba ciidamo itoobiyaan ah oo la doonayo illaa Berbera iyo Hargeysa inay fadhiisimo ka samaystaan; saraakiil itoobiyaan ahna wayba noo yimaadaan maalmona way nala joogeen" .....sidaa waxa Somaliland Today u sheegay sarkaal ka tirsan ciidamada qaranka oo ka gaabsaday in la shaaciyo magaciisa oo jooga Hargeysa mar aanu khadka telefoonka kula xidhiidhnay.

Port city of Berbera.

Waxey Ethiopia dhawrkii sanadood ee u danbeyaba kontaraak ku heysatay in ay waxa kala soo dagto dekeda weyn ee magaalad berbera, waxey mudadaaba kala soo dageyeen koontiinaro (Containers) aad u waaweyn oo aanay waxba ka ogeyn maamulka dekedda Berbera iyo waliba maamulka sare ee dawlad somaliland, taaso aheyd mid nasiib daro ku ah maamulka soomaliland sheeganaya ee maalin kaste la gudbin jiray koontiinaro waaweyne oo anay waxba kala socon oo dalkoodi ka soo dagay islamarkan laga gudbinayo, taasin waa ta maanta ina dhaxal siisay in la baadho madaxdeeni oo joogta gurigoodi. Mas'uuleyntii Ethiopianka ah ee berbera iman jirey kana daabul jiray kontiinarada waxey aad uga soo hor jeeden in la baadho ama cidii wax weydiiso waxa ku jira kontiinarada waaweyne, isla markaan dad badani waxey la hayeen ama aaminsanayeenba inuu yahey hub iyo saanado mililtari. Haddaba waxey dawlad mareyku sheegtey mudo laga joogo dhowr bilood in ay dawlad Ethiopia hub fara badan ka soo iibisatay waqooyiga korea, warbixinta mereykanka ay i noo cadeynaysa in ay dawladda ethiopia http://www.hargeysanews.net/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=406

Xadhiga Hogaamiyayaasha Ururka Qaran: Tibaaxyo iyo Tuhuno Ah In La Keeno Ciidamo Itoobiyaan Ah Somaliland Posted on Thursday, August 02 @ 15:09:37 PDT by admin "Waxa La Wadaa Is Bedelo Ciidamada Dhexdiisa Ah, Waxaan Aad u Tuhunsanahay In La Wado Qorshe Lagu Keenayo....."...Sarkaal Ka Tirsan Ciidanka Qaranka. Hargeisa, August, 02, 2007 (Somaliland Today)- Xadhiga hogaamiyayaasha Urur Siyaasadeedka Qaran Dr Maxamed Cabdi Gaboose,Eng Maxamed Xaashi Cilmi iyo Jamaal Caydiid oo xukuumadda M/weyne Riyaale xabsiga Mandheera u taxaabtay maalintii Sabtidii ee bishii hore ee July ay ahayd 28-kii ayaa tibaaxaha iyo tuhunada soo baxaya ee la xidhiidha xadhigooda lagu xidhiidhinayaa in uu yahay mid ka yimi dhinaca dawlada Itoobiya oo xukuumadda M/weyne Riyaale ka dhexeeyo gacan saar iyo xidhiidh saaxiibtimino ee labada dhinac. Wararka isa soo taraya ee la xidhiidha xadhiga siyaasiyiinta Ururka Qaran waxay sheegayaan in maamulka M/weyne Riyaale damacsan yahay in uu ku eedeeyo siyaasiyiinta ururka qaran inay yihiin kuwo xidhiidh la lahaa kooxihii maxaakiimta islaamiga ee lagaga adkaaday Muqdisho, taasoo ay dalliil u tahay hadalo ka soo yeedhay dhinaca xukuumada M/weyne Riyaale gaar ahaan xoghayaha guud ee xisbul xaakimka UDUB Maxamed Ismaaciil Bullaale oo shirjaraa'id oo uu maalintii Salaasadii ee bisha July ahayd 31ka ku qabtay xarunta xisbiga UDUB ee caasimada Hargeysa. Waxaanu Xoghayaha guud ee xisbiga UDUB ku eedeeyay hogaamiyayaasha urur siyaasadeedka qaran inay wadeen isku dayo ay ku wiiqayaan xasiloonida dalka isla markaana ay xidhiidh la lahaayeen kooxihii maxaakiimta islaamiga ahaa ee muqdisho lagaga xoog roonaaday iyo inay yihiin niman sifo aan sharci ahayn wax ku doonaya. Dhinaca kale Afhayeenka xisbiga mucaaradka ah ee Kulmiye Maxamed Kaahin Axmed oo isaguna 31-kii Jully shirjaraa'id ku qabtay xafiiska xisbiga Kulmiye ee Hargeysa ayaa sheegay inay caddaymo hayaan in xukuumada M/weyne Riyaale ku oogayso siyaasiyiinta ururka qaran dacwada ku malo awaal ah oo ku saabsan inay xidhiidh iyo gacan saar la lahaayeen maxaakiimtii islaamiga ahaa ee laga saaray Muqdisho. Waxaanu Afhayeenku ku dooday inay markhaati cad u ahayaan dacwada iyo eedanyta xukuumada,isagoo ugu baaqay xukuumada M/weyne Riyaale inay si shuruud la'aan ah ku sii dayso siyaasiyiinta ururka qaran. Dhinaca kale ilo u dhuun daloola hogaanka ciidamada qaranka Somaliland waxay tibaaxeen inuu jiro qorshayaal xukuumada M/weyne Riyaale ku doonayso inay dalka ku soo geliso cutubyo ciidamo itoobiyaan ah, kuwaas oo shaki laga muujiyay talaabooyin dhawaan hogaanka taliska ciidanka qaranka Somaliland kaga saaray qoysas dan yar ah oo deganaa guriyihii miiska saraakiisha halkaas oo la sheegay in loo baneeyay dhawaan qaarkood laguna arkay saraakiil ka socday ciidamada itoobiyaanka oo ka yimi dhinaca dalka itoobiya. "Waxa la wadaa isku bedel iyo isku shaandhayn lagu doonayo in ciidamo badan oo halkan [Hargeysa] jooga lagu damacsan yahay in lagu geeyo fadhiisimaha bariga iyo galbeedka ee ciidamada qaranka, waxaanaan tuhunsanahay qorshe lagu keenayo guuto ama laba ciidamo itoobiyaan ah oo la doonayo illaa Berbera iyo Hargeysa inay fadhiisimo ka samaystaan; saraakiil itoobiyaan ahna wayba noo yimaadaan maalmona way nala joogeen" .....sidaa waxa Somaliland Today u sheegay sarkaal ka tirsan ciidamada qaranka oo ka gaabsaday in la shaaciyo magaciisa oo jooga Hargeysa mar aanu khadka telefoonka kula xidhiidhnay. Si kasta ha ahaatee waxa la dhawrayaa eedaymaha xukuumaddu ku soo oogto hogaamiyayaasha urur siyaasadeedka Qaran oo la filayo in horraanta todobaadka soo socda la hor geeyo maxkamad ku dhex taala xabsiga Mandheera oo horeba loogu dhex xukumay madaxdii iyo weriyayaashii wargeyska madaxa banaan ee Haatuf oo mudo sadex bilood ka badan ku xidhnaa xabsigaas. Somaliland Today Newsdesk

As for the topic, if one has a problem with Yusuf. Take it up with him, he is in Mogadishu. Hasugi waayin sxb, soon Gumeeysi diid forces will penetrate deep into the heavily fortified Tigray village in mogadishu and smoke the rat out his hiding whole once for all.