Ifiye, ninyahow, you are way ahead of everyone on this issue. Why would a washed up stooge like Odinga spent these issue unless he thought these things might earn him some money from others. Just like many , I was wondering why Puntland with the wide open land and the affinity the Garaad community had on them, could not produce anything for them. All they supposed to do was train few thousands of Khaatumo soldiers and clear Laascaanood. AS you said, they have been contracted to hold Khaatumo hostage . I knew FAroole was up to something, but I could not believe a Somali leader would harm his own people for foreign entity. Things are getting clear, and the next Puntland leader including C/weli Gaas must speak in a language and actions that is clear for all to understand. Gooni, a man with few words ,but with great wisdom had said that , " Sool waa meesha lagu horjoogsan lahaa gooni goosatada" yet they were destroyed internally by both sides. Look OO, what the British do is their business. THey can throw money for development in Somaliland, which goes no where, but to the pockets of the ruling class, yet they can not decide the future for the Somalis. No one is against Somaliland, and stop defending Somaliland or any other enclave from us because we are Somaliland ourselves. WE want the national government to work hard and throw out your useless army from Ethiopia and others and take are of the business. On the idea of relocating the capital, that is another discussion. Mogadushu is getting better already. It needs hard work and constant detectives and intelligence people coordinating 24/7. It is not all about army, it is about intelligence people following the leads and constantly apdating the new threats. What we doing here is encouraging the state to change strategy. That has nothing to do Somaliland or what she does. Here we have a Tigray ruling Jijijga, a foreign country and people , yet you do not want us to keep the idea of united people among us.

OO, just like Ethiopia everyone is playing their interest in the open field. The Tigray love us during the day, and at night they leave a cache of weapons for Al-shabab at night. They claim to be respecting the sovereignty of Somalia, yet they trying to steal Berbera through unusual scheme. It is all a fair game. If we ever come to power, we will shake your hand and unleash 80 rebels within Ethiopia to dismantle the old empire that should have been folded long ago. Salaan aan niyo ahahyn Gacmo laysa saara laysa soo dhaweeyaa Runta laga siqaaya. The Saudis worry a lot about a Shia hegemony that took over four capitals in ten years of American invasion of the middle east. The American talk loudly about the threat of IRan in the region, yet their actions strengthen Iran and her proxies. So the Saudis were trying to use the Kurds both against Iran and Iraq. Sometimes interests clash. We know the Saudis are afraid of Islamic democracy and open system like Turkey, yet at the end, they both keep the doors of dialogue and business open. The UAE is a tiny scraping mafia. Dubai is the offshore heaven of criminals and those who cheat on taxes and those who steal money from other nations including Somalis. Magudbe OOdweyne, DP World took over Berbera over a year ago, yet they just signed a deal. A year ago the so called false parliament of Somaliland signed a brochure with no genuine document that explains the shares and the terms. Why don't you go Berbera and find out what they did build for over a year. THey done nothing. since Arabs are emotional people like Somalis, they wanted some kind of consolation for the Djibouti issue. If the Arab League says do not do it; if the United Nation says it is illegal; if the international courts dismiss the DP World argument, why in the world would they just throw money to prove a point. So far they paid 20 million or so of kick backs to the hungry ruling tribe, and for our information, they have already recovered ten times that amount with little investment. If you take over a functioning business, cut the work force, and the budget without any investment , they made millions already. I have no intension rehashing Waber issue or tribal conflicts anymore. I am A God fearing person , and I have no intension of waging anymore tribal campaigns. Other than stick to the idea of one nation, one people, under Allah Subhana Wa TaCaala, I am out grown and discarded the tribal pride. Of course, I will speak for the well being of my community, and yours, but I have redeemed myself from tribal wars. Kubada kor Ayaan ka ciyaaraya. Qaranimo guud wax aan ka ahayna wakhti ku lumen mayo. Waxaanse kugula talin lahaa inta aad walaalkaa ka cararaysid meel xun yaanay kula gelin.

This must be a lesson for the Somali government. After 17 years, America and NATO could not build an Afghan army. 19,000 is the number. If the most powerful army in the world with a billion dollar a week to spend in Afghanistan is trying to survive and defend the capital let alone the country side, why would we put our future security in poor African soldiers trying to make few dollars from the Somali insecurity. Why would a 20,000 Amisom forces are doing In Mogadishu while there is war going on Balcad, Shebeelaha Hoose and Bay?. Why do you need a group of soldiers sitting in a base some where while the country side is controlled by insurgents. I would kick all them out. what kind of nation is trying to build and defend itself without sacrificing it's own capacity. This folly of using others to clean your mess must end. The battle to pacify Somalia must be done by Somalis with help of others.

OO, The Saudi and Turkey issue is probably bigger your pay grade. There are certain things that you might not understand due to cultural differences. Also, my friend do not assume you to know the whole pulse of the region. I was in Saudi Arabia lately and the Turkish companies are every where, whether it is In Makkah , Madinah or Jeddah. They just signed multi billion dollar contactor to do the maintenance of one of the largest airlines in the country (Flynus), they share weapons construction and many things. Millions of Saudis are traveling to Turkey for holidays, I can go on. Of course there are geopolitical differences but the relationship is strong. Turkey (the Ottomans) were and are the protectors of the holy land. Despite differences with the Qatar blockade, Turkey has obligatory relationship that binds her with Hejaz. For you, it is okay for the Russians to protect Ethiopia when they even had a pro western king, yet you do not want to swallow the idea of Turkey -Saudi bond that goes 500 years. Ethiopia could work with Chinese and the UAE, at the same time you could have good relations with Turkey and others, yet you want us to draw lines. Any way, we will tell the Saudis that these ports in Berbera and Boosaaso could be developed by the UAE on certain tough conditions like: 1- You must declare the sovereignty of the Somali state from coast to coast ( Zaylac to KIsmaayo). 2- The sesionists must renounce the secession publicly before and contact are signed. It was always In my plan that I will never sit and negotiate with Somaliland before they publicly renounce the separation. Only after that could we discuss any thing. That is how nations deal with these issues. 3-THe Somali government must sign in Mogadishu any deal concerning the development of the said ports. 4-Somalia must have the right to cancel the deal if the UAE violate the contact. 5-The majority stakes of the deal must be owned by the Somali state , namely 60% vs 40% of DP world, and there will not be any third party who could take a stake (Ethiopia). 6-Eventually, all that agreement is subject to the parliament approval. If the parliament decides to keep it's ban, then the whole thing is gone and can not be revived. I can assure that as we speak , the DP world will not spend any penny in Berbera other than suck the dollars from the poor people of Berbera.

They are doing a lot of bad things, yet we should not shut the door from the Saudis. The Syria/Iraq thing is over now. I also believe that the Houthis who are less than 30% of the population should not be allowed to subdue the larger Sunni to submission. Our brothers in the Shia community must stop trying to dominate the region. A settlement must be arranged in Yemen, but if you let the Houthis take over of Yemen, they might get a crazy thought of taking over Makkah and the Haram . I have been following their media and they are claiming to be ahlu Bayt which is very dangerous.

I think the Mooge analysis are closer to the logic. The American foreign policy is a policy organized by many sectors. Everyone is saying that Israel and UAE are winners, but the issue is more complicated than that. The Iran deal is no longer an American deal but a multilateral agreement by EU, Russia China , America and Iran. If America abandons, it will isolate itself. It wasn't Obama alone who wanted this deal but also the American military which does not want to fight another war instigated by others mainly the Saudis and Israelis. For our OO, Ethiopia is always save regardless of the changes. It will be protected by everyone including Russia. How long Ethiopia will expect to be baby sitted?.Sooner or later it has to stand in it's own leg like every other nations. Ilaa imisaa la naga ilaalin inta aan ka qabsanayno.

Saudis are OK. THey have good relationship with both Turkey and Somalia. They are more responsible than UAE. Somalia should keep it's relations with the Saudis. It is where Makkah and Madinah are located. It is very important place for the Umah and we do not want the Fitnah from Yemen to reach their. We welcome the Saudi mediation.

So, OO, Ethiopia is safe but everyone else is in trouble if they do not flow the line. The western nations are not ruthless as Americans. Canada, EU (Germany and others) are trading nations that want peace and coexistence. The world is not bipolar anymore.There are superpowers, soft powers and middle powers. No one can dictate anymore. The One Belt One Road is a trade geopolitical strategy to diversify the Chinese trade routes. If the American pacific fleet tries to choke the Chinese in South China sea things could get bad for the Chinese. THe Americans have superior carriers and ships, and if conflict happens in the Pacific the Chinese trade could collapse. So, these new routes including Gawdar,, Pakistan are putting the Chinese at the mouth of the Persian gulf. Trains and highways are also going through central Asia , Turkey and Europe. No one can stop trade among nations.

The propaganda of Somali tribal movements had shaped what Somalia was prior 1990, yet no one can deny that the Somalia of 1986/87 had less poverty and more developed cities than many places. When I visited Addis Abeba in 2011, I could not believe how dirty the city was. By that time, billions of foreign aid was streaming to the country, the Tigray nomads were cashing the dollar and building hotels , and there were also a lot of investment from the Amhara and the diaspora, yet their boulevards and streets were crowded and dirty. In 1986, Makkah Al Mukaramak was a wide boulevard with four lanes on both sides which was decorated with flowers and stop lights. The Mogadishu bus stops were well organized where minibuses picked and dropped passengers every half kilometer. Wide open roads, Cinemas, Shops and clean streets. How about the clean beaches of Liido and Jeziira. Folks, if we had kept what we had we could looked like a first world country. China changed just since 1991. India was poor third world country in 1985. It seems everyone one have grown for the last thirty years. Because of our free wheeling nature and our entrepreneurial spirit, we could change Somalia within a decade. The separatist traitors could even prosper with open trade with Somalis and the world. THey can still keep their City (Hargeisa) yet share the free trade of the world that needs the strategic location of the Somali Republic. If they keep going these road, I swear that they will be doomed, because the Somalis attitude toward the sessenists is hardening as time goes.

They were denied to bring a cable from the sea or land. The Jeegaan government is/was serving the interest of Somcable (Ina Aw Siad) and Somtel (Dahabshill) for eight years. Dahabshiil supposed to be a money transfer and banking company, yet now his Sometel which is carrying the internet cables of In Aw said is trying to destroy Sometel, the oldest telephone company in Somaliland. If Biixi and his corrupt oligarchs does not back off , this will lead to war.

DP World does not have any money to spare. THey are pinching every penny in Berbera. The freight that used to came through Wajaale is no more. People are broke from Berbera to Wajaale.They have fired already a third of the workforce. The intension of DP is to hold Berbera as ransom until other issues including the geopolitical issue of Djibouti , Aden (Yemen) and Somalia is resolved. THey will suck the money out of Berbera and throw few bucks to the ruling class without investing any real money. Hoe can an agreement will be signed in spring of 2017, and then again in 2018 with another agreement. The fact is that Siilaanyo and those hungry boys cashed few millions for a port that is worth half a billion dollars. Muuse Biixi could not find one single region in Somaliland to support this move. Mogadishu even told him that there will not be any useless talks in Djibouti or any where else. That was probably the main reason he was crying.

OO, Stay with the topic. No one can raise their head and even say any thing nice about the gulf boys these days. In fact, the Somali knifes are out these days. Is that what Ethiopia is relying on these days?. Other than few sesionists everyone is in line. We Somalis might be tribal in some cases, but in terms of liberty and sovereignty , we are more united than anyone. I talk to people from different background and they all speak the same voice on these issues. I know you like talking about Somaliland or Puntland or that regions or something similar, or make the Somali issue as a balkanized . At this In this juncture Somalis are different. If you check social media, there are a whole new group of young men and women who are nationalist despite hailing from different parts of the country. Please do not rai on our parade because when we are united, we could move mountains. If those who want to dethrone Gaas are Faroole and his minions, I will stick to C/weli Gaas. He supports Farmaajo and the national project. I think , Gaas should give Boosaaso to the Turks or Singapore. America is broke.

Look, the Americans did not even build a viable base in Djibouti. They took over a former French base. Go check in Halane and Jeziira, they use container homes or movable hoses. The Chinese base in Djibouti is state of the art. America has lost long time ago, but they did not realize yet. The Chinese started their technological pursuit just three decades ago. It was 1979 that Deng Xiaoping visited Houston, Texas and said, " I want to see the chips, not the potatoes chips but the micro chips". America was chasing the middle east wars for the last 27 years since the first gulf war of 1991. The Chinese never objected any war by America. When Bush Jr. was pushing the United Nations for resolution to invade Iraq, they abstained. They have Veto power, yet in all these wars, they had always abstained. While uncle Sam was spending trillions for wars and going through deficit , the Chinese used their trade surplus to buy American treasury bonds which now $1.3 trillions . America could became a second rate country if they do not change their policy. Even domestically, their people have been killed in schools , universities and malls by deranged or mentally ill people with guns, yet they can not even debate to implement common sense gun laws.

They always like to use AWdal in so many ways. Sometimes , deep down " Awdal way weheshanayaan oo waxa ay isleeyhihin Soomaalidu waxa ay idin odhan waa meel "Isaaq land" laakiin inta reer awdal indinla joogo aduunyada ayaad ku baadhanaysaan. On the other hand they fear us that is why they blockade us economically. sida Maakhiri Sheegay Haddaan u midowno waan kala diraynaa. OOdweyne#2 , I hope the Awdalites will wake up and throw the Habro out someday.

You did not even understood the Surrah, which meant that the Somalis are going through hardship but as Allah says, " In every hardship there is an ease". God Willing this problems will end one day. In fact they might end sooner than you think. Waxaad isleedahay darajo ayaad haysata laakinng anigu ma qabo inaaad meel fog tagtay. Unemployment in Smaliland 75% No drinking water in Hargeisa, in fact, it has better water access in the 80ites. Not one single hospital built in 27 years. No rule of law exists among the people. No functioning courts. Of course there are no bombs among the tribe as of now. Go celebrate my friend.

Holac, do not be fooled by the desperation of the secessionists. Suldaanka used to be the level headed guy, but lately he seemed to be panicking. There is almost zero intermingling of the Bay people and Ethiopians other than the soldiers that are stationed there. In fact other regions have more Ethiopian or Kenyan and Ugandan presence than Bay region. I could even say that there are more ethnic Amhara and Oromo who have settled in Hageisa than any where else in Somalia. I am not kidding , but some ethnic Amhara had even joined some of the Hargeisa tribes in the nineties and were given papers. Suldaanka probably knows. Imikana ma reer Baydhabo ayey idinla gashay. Waar duulkani waa duul cajiib ah.

Haven't we all complain about neighboring countries especially Ethiopia by passing the federal government. They should be following the leads of the national government. Soon they will help the regions . They have started some projects in Jubba Land. The typical zero some guy of the Somalis had even claimed few years ago that the Turks were pro HAG or similar issues. We should be grateful. No one except the Turks want to help Somalis. We are tired of western media amplifying only our hardships while burying our potential. They have shown all of us how nations have to be built. People want results. We Somalis in general do not build things, especially public things. If peace comes, this nation could be transformed within few years. We have half million diaspora Somalis just waiting for the peace to take hold. With help of Turkey , China and others we could build trains, highways and other modern communication infrastructure which could make easy for Somalis to intermingle and trade. I know Ducaale (OOdweyne #2) is wishing evil both for Turkey and Somalis but Allah said, " Ina macal cusri Yusra", certainly In every hardship, there is an ease" For 27 years Hargeisa Maamul haven't build one single hospital in any major town, but they have used foreign aid to build false government ministries who serve no one.

Muxuu Yidhi " Qiiro Taariikheed". This supposed to be a women's day. A day to celebrate women's achievements around the world. To point out their contribution to Somaliland or I thought. so As the media shows, those Jeegaan women were crying at the end. " Waar Haweenkii maxaa ka oohiyey,? marka Madaxweynuhu ooyo maxaad ka rajaynaysaa dumarka". This one is for the books. I North American politics, there are people whom we call chicken hawks (Trump, Ramsfield, Dick Cheney and other republicans who dodged the Vietnam war). Men who never fought a war, yet screaming for war. This man reminds me of those. Former fighters said he was one of those who never involved real war. He was usually behind the scene manipulating and concerned with food and logistics. Those who fought the war are either dead, in exile or unemployed. Hersi Gaab who never seen compact, even claimed ridding tanks. Now , let us concentrate the topic at hand. In terms of Djibouti, life went from bad to worse since independence. Now the whole country is belonged with few hundred families who are super rich and those who are connected with them. THere were no inflation and having a job, even if it was a waiter, paid enough to sustain the family. Djibouti can not afford to supply it's people even basing things like water or electricity. Your monthly salary might not cover the electric bill. poverty is spread out and due inflation and corruption, it became the most expensive island in the world. On the other hand , the only group of people who had great advantage in terms development, commerce and government jobs from the Somali Republic were those from Hargeisa. Dawladii Kacaanku waxa ay dhistay labada Webi, Benaadir iyo Woqooyi Galbeed oo laga reebay galbeedka Hargeisa. Puntland were a ghost in late seventies and eighties. Central MUdug and Galgaduud never had seen any government development, so was Gedo, Bay and Bakool. Reer Hargeisa and Burco were the only group of Somalis that were allowed to run a capitalist economy while the country was supposedly to be a communist. In 1981, when they declared SNM, they were the richest group of Somalis who took advantage of the Somali state. IN fact, those who formed the SNM in the gulf were probably those who took advantage of the work visa given to Somalis after we joined the ARAB league. Among the 4000 visa offered , half went to Cumar Carte and his own sub clan. By 1980, almost every family in WEst Hargeisa had someone in Cuman, Qatar, Dubai and Riyadh.From 1978-1981, Hargeisa doubled in size. A third of the cabinet were from the Habro. THree men from east Burco alone were ministers (Siilaanyo, Ismaciil Cali Abokor, and Ahmed Hassan Muuse). Does Hargeisa or Woqoyi Galbeed had more people than Bay, Bakool and Shabeele?, Of course not, but they had huge influence in the SRC (Golihii SAre Ee Kacaanka). Even today, Hargeisa is getting hundred of millions of aid while people have no water in SAnaag, Zaylac or Baki.The same people who got that unfair advantage also are accusing the civilian government of the sixties by them treating unfairly . Besides, The crying Biixi, a man who is presiding a government which are 90% of one clan is calling others who were more just than himself. Finally folks, the Somali nation and people are much bigger than the so called Hargeisa, Puntland and HAG communities in the South. Half of Mogadishu population is not from USC community. Millions are between Burco, Hiiraan , Bay, JUbba, Shabeele , Awdal and Gedo. THe Jareen Wayne community alone started from the mouth of the Shabbelle river in Hiiraan all the way to Jamaame. The Bay community is in Mudug and in Puntland. Talk is cheap. I have to reach out to my friend MMA and organize. REmove the power from the Corrupt HAG and The EVil " D" block and save this country.

OO, Ghelle can guarantee the Americans to keep their base and stay Djibouti. OUr main weapon is to keep our ports away from Dubai. If we keep them out , they can not do much.

OO, you did not answer the question. Is the Amhara deputy premier is front runner or someone . Maybe the Abiy Ahmed guy is better than the Amhara.

Both Djibouti and Ethiopia were the beneficiaries of 911. As the Sheikh said the war between Somalis including Djibouti and the gulf has just started. Just like British empire of the nineteenth century the UAE want to be a sea power . THey are serving foreign powers to dominate the comercial lanes of the gulf. I heard long ago that the great powers of the world have given them the go ahead to control the entrance to Babel Mandab, the Red SEa and the Gulf of Aden. When the British left Hong Kong in 1997, many of the commercial banks , money laundering businesses and save haven accounts had moved to Dubai. THe Russian oligarchs who can not access western and American banks due to the sanctions have settled Dubai. It is ten times the new Hong Kong with billions of cash flow from the oil. Gulf Sheikhs might like fancy airplanes or banks and malls, but port management and dirty metal scraping is not their thing. Others are running and managing while it is giving them to the power to control sea lanes. Now, we Somalis and Djiboutians can not fight these rich boys in terms of money and diplomatic power. Arab league is no more, what is left is Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf. Al least we should concentrate what we can contrll. 1-Never allow any business entity that is connected to UAE to make deals in Somalia. 2- The Hawala business and others should leave these Dubai banks and relocate their businesses to other countries including Turkey. 3- The deal between Dubai Port and Bosaaso must be scrapped, and Kismaayo should be out of the question. 4- The Berbera deal should be fought and litigated through the United Nations, the international court and other international forums. 4-Somalia should threaten to leave the Arab league totally if they do not stop modeling. 5- All diplomatic relations must be severed with UAE. THEir Ambassador must be kicked out until they change their behaviour. If FArmaajo keeps the UAE in the country, the he must be part of the problem. HE should know that people can not be fooled by mere pronouncements, actions are needed. 6- Ethiopia military must leave Somali within 90 days and the parliament must lead that effort. We knew the Ethiopian games all along , but thanks to Dubai they have shown their contempt for Farmaajo and country.

This picture shows Emirity sitting in the floor while Siyaad Barre is holding the court.