Police Department Officials Say They Were Unaware Ethiopian Troops' Entry to Beledweyn Town Somalia — Salad Hared, a deputy chief of the security of TFG troops in Hiran region has said on Sunday that they were not aware the Ethiopian troops' sentence into Beledweyn town inn central Somalia. The commander said that they were not also the mastermind of the decision that the Ethiopian troops crossed the border between both countries Somalia and Ethiopia saying that could be possible that some of the high officials of the transitional government might know. The official also said that the transitional government's next step they will take face to face Bulo Burde and Jalalqsi district in Hiran region where there are Islamist forces against the TFG by no accompanying with any Ethiopian troops. It was yesterday when the government soldiers with Ethiopian troops poured into Beledweyn town and made operation in the west site of the town as some of the people indicated that the government troops robbed health and educating centers in the town.

Ethiopian Troops Start Vacating Parts of Beledweyn Town Hassan Osman Abdi 31 August 2009 Beledweyn — The Ethiopian troops who recently reached in Beledweyn town have vacating from their bases in the west site of the town in central Somalia, witnesses told Shabelle radio on Monday. Residents told reporters that more Ethiopian troops with more 15 heavily armored battle wagons could be seen leaving from their bases in the town and traveling to the side of the Somali administration in Ethiopia. Reports form the town indicates that most of the areas that the Ethiopian troops left were Burjada Inka and abase about 10 kilometers to the west of the town though there are some areas that the foreign troops still remain. There is no official from the transitional federal government that talked about the Ethiopian troops' entrance and vacation of in and out of the Beledweyn tow in central Somalia.

Hiiraan Online: Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo ay wehliyaan kuwa Dowladda Soomaaliya oo saaka la wareegay ammaanka guud ahaan Magaalada Beledweyne. Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo ay wehliyaan kuwa Dowladda Soomaaliya oo saaka la wareegay ammaanka guud ahaan Magaalada Beledweyne. Sabti, 29, Aug, 2009 (HOL) Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo aad u hubeysan oo ay wehliyaan kuwa Dowladda Soomaaliya ayaa saakay waabarigii hore la wareegay dhamaan gacan ku heynta ammaanka guud ee Magaalada Beledweyne, gaar ahaan Xaafadda Howl-wadaag ee Galbeedka Magaalada oo ay gacanta ku hayeen xoogagga ka soo horjeeda Dowladda Soomaaliya. Ciidamada Itoobiya ayaa fariismo ka sameystay Labada Buundo ee Magaalada, Saldhiga Baliiska halka Ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya oo ku hubeysan gaadiidka dagaalka u gudbeen dhinaca Xaafadda Howl-wadaag oo ay Ciidamadu ka wadaan baaritaan guri guri ah, waxaana intii uu baritaanku socday Ciidamadu ay soo qab qabteen dhalinyaro sida la sheegay loo shakisan yahay in ay ka tirsan yihiin kooxaha ku kacsan Dowladda Soomaaliya. Ma jirin wax iska horimaad ah oo dhaxmaray Ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya iyo kooxaha ka soo horjeeda, waxaana wararku sheegayaan in Xoogaggii gacanta ku hayay Xaafadda Howl-wadaag isaga baxeen kaddib markii ay ka warheleen Ciidamada ku soo wajahan, inkastoo meelaha qaar sida dad goob joog ah sheegeen lagu arkayay gaadiidka dagaalka kooxaha ka soo horjeeda Dowladda oo sii socda saakay Waabarigii hore. Inkastoo isbadalka dhacay uu ahaa mid inta badan dadku saakay uun ku soo baraarugay ayaa haddana waxaa muuqaneysa in siweyn dhinaca kale loo hadal hayo Ciidamada Itoobiyaanka ah ee saakay fariisinka ka dhax sameystan gudaha Magaalada , iyadoo hadal heynta ugu badana tahay bal in Ciidamadu Itoobiyaaku ku sii nagaan doonaan Magaalada iyo in kale. Soo galintaanka Ciidamada Itoobiya ayaa ku soo beegmeysa iyadoo shalay Ciidamada Dowladda Soomaaliya ee ku sugan Magaalada Beledweyne ka warheleen guri sida loo maleynayo lagu sameeyo waxyaabaha qarxa kaa oo laga soo saaray noocyada Banbooyinka Qaraxa, Biro yar yar oo la jar jaray, iyo waliba hub ay ku jiraan Bastoolado. Sidoo kale Ciidamada Itoobiya ee maanta howlgalka ka wada Magaalada Beledweyne ayaa soo galintaakoodu ku soo beegmayaa saacado uun kadib markii uu Magaalada Beledweyne soo gaaray Guddoomiyaha Maamulka Goballka Hiiraan Shiikh C/raxmaan Ibraahim Macow oo bilihii ugu danbeeyay safar shaqo ugu maqnaa Magaalada Muqdisho. C/raxmaan Diini, Hiiraan Online diini@hiiraan.com Hiiraan Online: Magaalada Beledweyne oo ay saaka gudaha u galeen Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah Wararkii ugu dambeeyay ee Magaalada Beledweyne oo ay saaka gudaha u galeen Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah Sabti, August 29, 2009(HOL):Wararka naga soo gaaraya magaalada Beledweyne ee Xarunta u ah Gobolka Hiiraan ayaa sheegaya in xaaladda magaalada ay haatan degan tahay, inkastoo weli ay dhaqdhaqaaqyo ka wadaan Ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo saaka gudaha u galay Magaaladaas. Wararku waxay intaas ku darayaan in Ciidamada Itoobiya ay xarun ka sameysteen Xarun Dhaqancelin ah oo Iftin lagu magaacaabo, taasi oo ku taalla gudaha Magaalada. Waxaa jira warar sheegaya in Ciidamadan Itoobiyaanka ah ay dhaqdhaqaaqyo wadaan, iyadoo aan la ogeyn in dhaqdhaqaaqaas uu yahay mid ay dib uga noqonayaan Beledweyne iyo inuu yahay mid socodkooda ku sii wadayaan. Dhanka kalena, waxaa jiro bililiqo loo geystay goobo ganacsi iyo guryo ganacsi oo ku yaalla Galbeedka Beledweyne, iyadoo bililiqadaasna ay dhacday kaddib markii ay Ciidamada Dowladda oo ay kaalinayaan kuwa Itoobiya ay la wareegeen gacan-ku-heynta Galbeedka Degmada Beledweyne. Waxaa kale oo jira warar sheegaya in rasaas ay fureen Ciidamada Dowladda intii ay la wareegayeen gacan-ku-heynta Galbeedka Beledweyne , taasi oo sababtay dhimashada hal ruux oo rayid ah, iyadoo dilka ruuxaas rayidka ahna si weyn looga xumaaday. Wixii ku soo kordha Xaaladda Magaalada Beledweyne kala soco halkan haddii Alle idmo C/raxmaan Diini, Hiiraan Online diini@hiiraan.com

BBC: Ethiopia 'seizes' town in Somalia AL Jazeera: Ethiopian troops enter Somali town AFP: Ethiopian forces drive Islamist rebels from Somali town Reuters: Ethiopian troops enter key Somali town, locals say TransWorldNews: Ethiopian Troops Reportedly Seize Control of Strategic Town in Somalia Associated Press: Ethiopia troops chase Somali Islamists out of town Ethiopia 'seizes' town in Somalia By Will Ross BBC News, Nairobi Ethiopian soldiers in Mogadishu Ethiopian troops ousted Islamist forces from Mogadishu in 2006 Ethiopian troops have seized control of a strategic town in Somalia, eyewitnesses say. Belet Wayne is near the Ethiopian border and the Ethiopian troops are reported to have taken control of the town without a fight. Ethiopian troops intervened in Somalia in 2006 and removed Islamists from power. They officially left Somalia in January as part of a peace deal. The Ethiopian government has denied that their troops have returned. In recent months, there have been frequent reports that the Ethiopian soldiers are back. While eyewitnesses say they have taken control of the town of Belet Wayne, this has been denied by the government spokesman in Addis Ababa, Bereket Simon. Rebellion fears Christian Ethiopia does not want hardline Islamist insurgents in charge of territory near the common border. It fears that this could fuel the rebellion in the ****** region of Ethiopia which is inhabited by ethnic Somalis. Recently there were reports that a large number of Ethiopian soldiers had entered Somalia at a time when Islamist forces had taken control of part of Belet Wayne. Eyewitnesses say that as the Ethiopians moved in the Islamist troops left the town without a fight. In 2006, Ethiopia invaded Somalia and defeated the Islamists who had seized control of much of the country. This caused a great deal of resentment in Somalia and helped the Islamists gain support. They returned with a more extremist agenda and in recent months have been fighting the interim government for control of the country - a conflict which has forced more than a million people to flee their homes.

Somaliland Globe : "Armed Policemen Enter Parliament To Aid MPs of Somaliland’s Ruling Party" Armed Policemen Enter Parliament To Aid MPs of Somaliland’s Ruling Party 29 August 2009 | News Bookmark and Share HARGEISA, Somaliland (Somaliland Globe)- Around two hundred armed policemen entered Somaliland’s parliament to force the Speaker of the House to allow six legislators of the ruling party, UDUB, to attend and participate in today’s parliamentary session although the legislators were disciplined and given 3 day suspension from attending sessions. The Speaker of the House abruptly ended today’s business when the armed policemen aiding the six legislators walked into the building of the lower house of parliament. The legislative leadership and other members of the parliament came out of the building and protested against the police’s unwarranted intrusion into the parliament. “Today’s Parliamentary session is cancelled following the deployment of a large contingent of police that won’t take orders from us,” said Abdurrahman Mohamed Abdillahi, Speaker of the lower house of parliament. The police commander of Somaliland, Mohamed Saqadi Dubad, was quoted as saying that the police was “acting on orders from the president”. He also told the Speaker that his order to suspend the six legislators from attending the parliamentary sessions will not be followed. The six disgraced legislators, who are zealously loyal to Dahir Rayale, faced a disciplinary action, according to parliamentary regulations, and were, as a result, suspended from attending three parliamentary sessions due to gross disorderly conduct. They were protesting against a parliamentary agenda which included impeachment proceedings against the president. As soon as they were given the suspension, the six fanatical loyalists joined by other pro-presidential legislators held a hastily arranged press conference yesterday at which they bizarrely “appealed to the police, the military and the minister of interior to come to their aid”. The president had answered their appeal and directly ordered the police to force the legislative leadership to allow the six men to attend and participate in the parliamentary session without any hindrance irrespective of the Speaker’s decision. On 24th August, the six MPs began to cause criminal damage by breaking chairs and ripping off wires in the parliament following their failure to make any amendments to the parliamentary agenda. Consequently, they used foul language and threatening behavior against fellow members and made a spectacle of the parliament. Witnesses described the incident as an absolute disgrace and a conduct unbecoming a Member of Parliament. Analysts point out that Rayale’s political difficulties have deepened in recent weeks and as a result he has become increasingly paranoid. He has feuded with the leaders of both Houses of parliament, breached the Electoral Law of the country by reaching a “unilateral decision” to hold the forthcoming presidential election without voter registration list, ignored donors countries’ appeal to reverse his “unwise decision” and contemptuously rebuffed a parliamentary resolution calling for him to reverse his decision within seven days. The time remaining for Rayale to put his house in order is fast running out: his mandate will expire in October this year. He is therefore constantly haunted by the prospect of impeachment and immediate removal from office. Somaliland Globe

Comments from Somaliland press 19 Comments To "Ethiopia Backs Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin" #1 Comment By Abdi On August 29, 2009 @ 3:59 am What are you talking about? Are you drunk? Ethiopian colleges, ethiopian banks, ethiopian airlines, ethiopian everything has been helping our people in Somaliland the last 20 years when the rest of the world ignored us. So all pro-democracy Somalilanders support Ethiopian assistance. VIVA ETHIOPIA AND SOMALILAND!!! #2 Comment By ethiopian On August 29, 2009 @ 6:07 am I am an Ethiopian. If the people of Somaliland have any sense keep Meles Zenawi at arms length. He will poison and create an enmity among brothers. I implore every somalian not to take their quarrel to Meles Zenawi. He will devastate you as he did millions. Having a democratic somaliland as a neighbor does not reflect very well on Meles Zenawi. Therefore he will not think twice before devastate Somaliland if you give him the chance. By the way Meles Zenawi is not an Ethiopian creation. If any thing he is a somalian creation. #3 Comment By Haadka On August 29, 2009 @ 1:40 am I heard this from a high official: The Ethiopian Minister said to Riyaale: ” if you do not fix your problems, we will take over somaliland before shabab does” Riyale didn’t say a word back! #4 Comment By tdd On August 29, 2009 @ 8:33 am meles is not the devil and he has at his heart the interest of ethiopia for sure, but he also meant good for somaliland! it is not as the naysayers put, but meles believes that a peaceful and democratic ally is all the more important than otherwise! case in point is eritrea and the rest of somalia!!!!! Somaliland is well positioned for an enduring business /economic and other relationships! ethiopia can use the port of somaliland and somaliland can compete with djbouti for port service! ofcourse the relationship is mutually benefitial and ethiopia has no intention of intimidating any neighbouring country; it desires peace and economic prosperity together with neighbouring countries and bring together the people of the horn! good wishes to the people of somaliland, and may u get what u wish! #5 Comment By keep on aye Eth On August 29, 2009 @ 8:35 am I should agree Dalmar Ambiguous part-time mediation I expect and keep watching any movements that Ethiopian troops may exercise at border areas of Togwajaale and Harshin. This volatile situation will soon take different posture first, these troops will proclaim securing border their rightful territory. 2nd they would pose threat to what certainly can be explained as villain antagonist in Somaliland, Thus, opposition parties. It is obvious, Meles political perspectives in the Horn of Africa favours feeble corrupt leader who does the job for him and can be easily manipulated. Again, the more Somaliland fails to make its home work, the more the Eastern gate way to the sea (of Berbera, Zaila, Lukhaya) would come closer to them. It was said, in politics, nothing is impossible. So, what is barring us to discuss the sarcastic and hideous Ethiopian motives behind the veil of so called part-time mediation between Somaliland political stake holders? . ………… read with the next commentry #6 Comment By mohamed On August 29, 2009 @ 8:44 am you have every right to edit, discard, post as you may think fit. Also you could comment ask me clarity through e mail. #7 Comment By faisal On August 29, 2009 @ 3:28 am Although i believe Ethiopia has good intentions towards Somaliland, they should keep out of our internal affairs. Too many cooks spoils the broth. #8 Comment By Mahomed On August 29, 2009 @ 10:07 am Somaliland needs Ethiopia and Ethiopia needs Somaliland. We live in a global neigbourhood. So, good, friendly and cordial realtions are important, if Somaliland and Ethiopia want to develop their economy and a better life for it's peoples. Clearly, Ethiopia has developed healthy relations with Somaliland and both peoples have benefitted. Countries cannot choose who their neighbours are!! Somaliland has shown through its day-to-day efforts that it was able to develop a "home-grown, bottom-up" polical entity. The ball now is SERIOUSLY in the hands of Somalilanders to negotiate a way forward via dialogue, negotiations and the time honoured Somali principals of heer and consensus seeking. The media, public, leaders and all political players, cannot affird to create further tensions, leading to clan clashes. #9 Comment By Mahomed On August 29, 2009 @ 10:07 am In a world and rough neighbourhood of Al-Shabaab, and a world where there are their own pressing problems, such as the world financial melt-down, Somalilanders should do everything to find that home grown solution. The world outside wants to hear a good, home-grown negotiated solution. It does not want to see Somaliland, as another Kenya or Zimbabwe. War, violence and ongoing stalemate is not an option, less Somaliland wants to repeat the behaviour of southern Somalia. South Africa also mediated their own home solution. The outside world did play a role, when it was required to pressure certain leaders. Friends, such as the African Union Special Envoy, made time and visited Somalialnd as they are concerned of the future stability of Somaliland. We await the good news ahead and pray for a peaceful Somaliland in this blessed month of Ramadaan. Let us not squander the sacrifices of those who died for Somaliland. They surely did not die in vain. #10 Comment By Mr Ethiopian On August 29, 2009 @ 11:02 am I bet you are eritrean. Any way good luck to our Somaliland brothers and sisters #11 Comment By somalilander1 On August 29, 2009 @ 11:45 am This is the scenario i had in mind when rayaale started acting like a wannabe dictator,he must have been getting advice from his 2 dictator friends one of them being meles zenawi,you reader can figure out his second dictator friend.rayaale will cause a civil war among somalilanders and then call for military assistance from his friends but what he is blinding himself to is that once tigre soldiers enter somaliland that would be the end of somaliland as a free state.the people of somaliland are going to regret the day they chose a mindless and corrupt leader like rayaale,God help the people of somaliland,they are going to need it.LONG LIVE SOMALILAND. #12 Comment By Ibrahim On August 29, 2009 @ 12:20 pm All of Somaliland’s people have failed. If not this political crisis would never have occurred. If all the citizens of Somaliland did not support any politician because of clan affiliation, no corrupt evil man would have ever got any power over us. Continued down………………….. #13 Comment By Ibrahim On August 29, 2009 @ 12:21 pm Think of this: If the parliamentarians had legislated sound laws, and the police enforced them, the courts judged everyone from the president to the beggar on the street using those laws, and the military made it clear to the government and the nation that they would protect the country's constitution with their lives, which politician on the land could have dared t destroy our democracy? By saying law I mean a law that is produced in accordance with the Shariah. The first thing the parliamentarians should have done when they were elected to serve the nation was transferring control of the military, police force, the prison service, and all the courts to a body independent of the government and directly appointed by the two houses of parliament. This independent body then should have been given control of national security and the safeguarding of peace and democracy. In this way, no president would have broken the law without facing the consequences. Separation of power is the foundation of all the real democracies. #14 Comment By somalilander1 On August 29, 2009 @ 12:53 pm I absolutely agree with you,meles is not only an enemy of the ethiopian people but an enemy and a danger to the whole of the horn of africa,when if ever are so-called african leaders going to wake up to the fact that they are no more than lackeys of foreign powers who are out to rob and keep africa forever backwards.there should be no enmity between somalis and ethiopians but the enmity is created from outside using dictators who are patted on the head and given a few million dollars to subjugate their freedom and peace loving peoples. #15 Comment By somalilander1 On August 29, 2009 @ 12:57 pm How very true,our blind clanism is undoing all efforts to create a stable and progressive nation. #16 Comment By khadar On August 29, 2009 @ 2:28 pm haaka be sure before u talk we are in the holy month of Ramadan and its is not good for u to tell some thing lie who was the high official u saying i heard this fantastic words. #17 Comment By ahmed On August 29, 2009 @ 3:13 pm What will happen next? only time will tell but i hope they sort this problem out quickly. P.s riyale has to go by any means neccessary! he can not be trusted. #18 Comment By Abdi On August 29, 2009 @ 6:25 pm I think that this whole story is just lies. I think that the person that made this story is anti riyale. And if indeed it is true that meles zenawi promised riyale that he would send him troops if there was any uprising against him, then i think meles is just making empty promises! believe me he won't back it up. He's got troops getting killed by onla and eritrea is giving him a hard time and al shabab is another threat so i doubt he would send any troops to somaliland to help riyale if there is an uprising. plus america won't let him. But like i said this could all be just a lie to make more people angry with our government. i'm against riyale but the message must be spread to all somalilanders to not OVERREACT. We definately need to get rid of our current useless government but we must do it peacefully. #19 Comment By watchfull On August 30, 2009 @ 4:59 am Well, it will depend how the satuation develops the following weeks, whether Meles is backing Riyale or not. But, what we are thinking is:- If Somalilanders could not agree anything and that there will not be solution for this conflict, then where Ethiopians will stand? Tell me what you think?

Ethiopia Backs Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin Ethiopia Backs Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin Ethiopia Backs Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin thumbnail (Somalilandpress)-Th e recent visit of the Ethiopian delegation to Hargeisa, Somaliland capital, may be disguised as a routine diplomatic tour to strengthen the relationship between Somaliland and Ethiopia, but the rosy pictures painted by Hargeisa could be misleading. In fact the visit could be the prelude for a devastating political storm gathering momentum in Somaliland. We are now learning that the Ethiopian delegation led by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu arrived Hargeisa to mediate the Somaliland government and the opposition parties’ political gridlock created by the upcoming presidential election’s possible fiascos. But the truth is: many Somalilanders are sceptical about Ethiopia’s involvement in their internal affairs. But never before have foreigners attempted to mediate Somaliland’s quarrelling groups. After Ethiopia pulverized Somalia to dust in 2006-2008 and launched a brutal campaign of terror against the Somalis in the ****** region of eastern Ethiopia, hardly anyone in Somaliland or Somalia receives Ethiopia’s crocodile tears for Somalia or “good-will” towards Somaliland as an honest gesture. Both Somaliland opposition party leaders bitterly protested against Ethiopia’s atrocities in Somalia. Ever since then, Ethiopia viewed Somaliland opposition parties as hostile. Yet another reason that Ethiopia is not keen on the idea of Somaliland opposition parties winning election is: if either Somaliland opposition party leaders Mohammed Ahmed Silanyo or Faysal Ali Warabe win the election, the winner would put lots of weight on resolving Somalia’s crises which held Somaliland hostage for almost two decades. This is something the current Somaliland regime is reluctant to do. However, through the eyes of the Ethiopian rulers, having a lasting peace in Somalia is not in the best interest of Ethiopia, despite its shrill about insecurity in Somalia. On the other hand, surely, Somaliland people are not hostile towards Ethiopia and wish to have business relationships with Ethiopia’s landlocked population, but Somalilanders don’t appreciate Ethiopia poking its nose into their affairs, nor do they trust it. That is a fact. Many Somalilanders are now convinced that the Ethiopian delegation delivered a message from the Ethiopian Prime Minster Meles Zenawi to Somaliland President, Dahir Riyale Kahin. That is, Mr. Zenawi using his experience of how he crushed the Ethiopian opposition groups during the 2005 election disputes promised Mr. Kahin that Ethiopia would send troops to Somaliland to quell any upraising against Mr. Kahin’s government if election violence erupts. Also, Mr. Zenawi may have assured Mr. Kahin no matter how much he [Mr. Kahin] rigs the election, or how many times he postpones it, the International community can do very little. Take Ethiopia and Kenya’s election scandals as an example. Not surprisingly, I warned about Ethiopia’s meddling into Somaliland’s affairs a year ago. Last year, in January, I wrote a piece entitled, “Somaliland: A Democratic State In East Africa Or A Tinderbox Waiting To Explode?” In this article I predicted that a failed election will lead to a failed state. See this link: http://www.somalilan dtimes.net/sl/2008/3 12/78.shtml As I have mentioned in the article, Ethiopia will be a major player in Somaliland’s election scandals. And the game just began. See also: Somaliland regime “Hostages to Peace” documentry by Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/e n/node/84296/section /9 The truth is Somaliland faces formidable challenges: for one thing, unresolved internal tribal feuds in the Gibbilley region and Alshabaab terrorists bent to bomb polling stations in September 27, 2009 presidential elections remain an impending disaster. For another, election scandals and foreign interventions lurk around the corner. (See articles about tribal feuds and Alshabaab terrorists: http://somalilandpre ss.com/7172/somalila nd-elections-formida ble-challenges-terro rism-tribalism/ and http://www.awdalnews .com/wmview.php?ArtI D=12037 ) In short, the elections and politicians will come and go, but violence ensued election disputes will linger for years, create tribal animosity, and set the clock back. That is why we have to understand what is at stake: it not just the “election” or “Mr. Kahin, Mr. Silanyo or Mr. Warabe” that will suffer but the entire nation could crumple faster than a block of ice melts in a harsh desert. We all must be vigilant and not fall into the diabolical tribes of tribal feuds, Alshabaab terrorists, and Ethiopia’s crocodile tears. The opposition parties must outsmart the current Somaliland regime to rescue our nation from falling into a dark abyss. As for the ruling party, just revisit our dark history; if any junta leader could rule Somaliland with iron fist, Gen. Mohammed Siad Barre, the former Somali regime president from 1969 to 1990, would not have died in exile. That is Mr. Kahin, his vice president Mr. Ahmed Yassin, and the rest of their cliques must not repeat our ugly history. Dalmar Kaahin dalmar_k@yahoo.com

Somaliland Globe Somaliland: Further Presidential Term Extension May Result in Public Revolt, Warns UCID Leader LONDON, United Kingdom (Somaliland Globe)- Faisal Ali Warabe, the leader of Somaliland’s second largest opposition party, Justice and Welfare party, known by its Somali acronym, UCID, has warned, in an interview with the BBC Somali Service, that if president Rayale’s term of office is extended this time around there will be a nationwide revolt against the government. Faisal said the country will enter an uncharted territory because it is not clear from the text of the constitution as to what will happen if the presidential election fails to take place on 27 September as scheduled and the president’s term of office subsequently expires in October. Faisal said Rayale has reached a dead end in his presidential term extensions and that there is no other option available for him and his vice-president. He said president Rayale cannot invoke article 83 of the constitution because of security considerations. He should be ashamed of himself for the current political morass which he precipitated and should face the reality, he added. He disclosed that the Ethiopian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Tekeda Alemu, accompanied by European delegation from donor countries will return back to the country. Faisal said whilst most of the issues have been resolved the most vexing question that remains unanswered is who will replace the president and vice-president once their term expires since they cannot invoke article 83 this time around. He ruled out any further extension of presidential term as that would be “impossible” because the public have no stomach for it. Article 83, Clause 5 of the constitution states that “if on the expiry of the term of office of the President and the Vice-President, it is not possible, because of security considerations, to hold the election of the President and the Vice-President, the House of Elders shall extend their term of office whilst taking into consideration the period in which the problems can be overcome and the election can be held”. “The President and Vice-President cannot invoke article 83 because there are no existing security considerations. In the past, it was the opposition that made compromises and acquiesced with the president to have his term of office extended but this time he should accept the brutal reality that all party leaders will contest on a level playing field,” Faisal told the BBC. Faisal said that the opposition is united in their standpoint. Somaliland Globe

Somaliland cracks down on independent media New York, August 24, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists called today for an end to an ongoing government crackdown on independent journalists in Somaliland. On Sunday, the Sahil regional court in the costal city of Berbera sentenced the editor-in-chief of the online publication Berberanews, Mohamed Said, in absentia to three years in jail on defamation charges, according to local journalists. Said has been in hiding since mid-August. Judge Osman Ibrahim read a letter that claimed Berberanews published articles that "spread scandals" against local officials, the National Union of Somali Journalists reported. The verdict banned the Web site from operating in Somaliland for an indefinite period. Local journalists told CPJ that Said plans to appeal the verdict. The regional court ruling also banned Yasin Jama, a contributor to Berberanews, from practicing journalism until further notice from the court. Local police arrested Jama and detained him for 10 days with no official charges, local journalists told CPJ. Police accused Jama of defamation after he posted two opinion pieces, not written by him, that accused local officials of misusing public funds to support a local political party. "Somaliland authorities must end this crackdown on independent reporting," said CPJ's Africa Program Coordinator Tom Rhodes. "We call on the authorities to drop the charges against Yasin Jama immediately and on the court of appeals to overturn the verdict against Mohamed Said." Police in the northwestern town of Burao have been holding private Radio Horyaal journalist Fowsi Suleiman since August 3 for a story that accused local Governor Jama Abdillahi of embezzlement, local journalists told CPJ. Fowsi has been detained without charge or brought to court for 21 days despite the 48-hour limit for detentions without charge permitted under Somaliland law. Repeated calls to Abdillahi went unanswered. On August 17, four relatives of the chairman of the ruling party beat Ali Adan, a reporter for Horn Cable TV and Radio Horyaal, with sticks in Erigabo, a city in northeastern Somalia. According to Horn Cable TV Director Abdu Hakim, the chairman of the ruling party in Erigayo had threatened him three days earlier for covering recent political rallies. Adan told CPJ he has been released from the hospital but was still recovering from injuries. Police reportedly arrested the four relatives but the governor released them the next day. The semi-autonomous republic is preparing for presidential elections on September 27.

Wasiirrada Xukuumadda Soomaaliya oo la isku shaandheeyay, Wasiiru-Dowlayaalna lagu soo daray Talaado, August 18, 2009(HOL): Sidii la sugayayba Xafiiska Ra’iisal Wasaaraha Soomaaliya ayaa waxaa maanta ka soo baxday Digreeto isku shaandheyn lagula sameynayay Xubnaha Golaha Wasiirrada Soomaaliya, iyadoo isla digreetadan lagu magacaabay ilaa 6 Wasiiru-Dowle. Magacyada Wasiirada iyo Wasaaradaha 1.Ra’iisul wasaare ku-xigeen ahna Wasiirka Kalluumeysiga iyo Kheyraadka Badda: Prof. Cabdi-raxmaan Aadan Ibraahim (Ibbi) 2.Ra’iisul wasaare ku-xigeen ahna Wasiirka Maaliyadda: Shariif Xassan Sheekh Aadan 3.Ra’iisul wasaare ku-xigeen ahna wasiirka Shidaalka iyo Tamarta: Cabdiwaaxid Cilmi Goonjeex 4. Wasaaradda Cadaaladda iyo Garsoorka: Cabdi-raxmaan Maxamuud Faarax Janaqow 5.Wasaaradda Arrimaha Dibedda: Cali Jaamac Jangeli 6.Wasaaradda Arrimaha gudaha: Cabdi-qaadir Cali Cumar 7.Wasaaradda Gaashaandhigga: Cabdalla Boss Axmed 8.Wasaaradda Amniga: Cabdulaahi Maxamed Cali (Sanbaloolshe) 9.Wasaaradda: Qorsheynta Qaranka Cabdi-raxmaan Cabdi-shakuur Warsame 10.Wasaaradda Dekadaha iyo Gaadiidka Badda: Cabdi-casiis Xasan Maxamed (Laftagareen) 11. Wasaaradda Haweenka iyo Arrimaha Qoyska: Fowziyo Maxamed Sheekh Xasan 12. Wasaaradda Xanaanada Xoolaha: Abuukar Cabdi Cismaan 13. Wasaaradda Dastuurka iyo arrimaha Federaalka: Madoobe Nuunow Maxamed 14. Wasaaradda Beeraha: Maxamed Ibraahim Xaabsade 15. Wasaaradda Hantida Qaranka iyo qalabeynta: Maxamed Mursal Sh. Cabdi-raxmaan 16. Wasaaradda Hidaha iyo Tacliinta sare: Prof. Ibraahim Xassan Caddow 17. Wasaaradda Dhaqancelinta iyo naafada: Maxamed Cali Ibraahim 18. Wasaaradda Gargaarka Bani’aadaminimada: Dr. Maxamuud Cabdi Ibraahim 19. Wasaaradda Warfaafinta: Daahir Maxamuud Geelle 20. Wasaaradda Cilmibaarista iyo Teknoolojiyada: Maxamed Cali Xagaa 21. Wasaaradda Macdanta iyo biyaha: Maxamed Cabdulaahi Oomaar 22. Wasaaradda Dib u dhiska: Xuseen Ceelaabe Faahiye 23. Waaaradda Shaqada iyo Shaqaalaha: Maxamed Cabdi Xayir Maareye 24. Wasaaradda Dalxiiska iyo Duurjoogta: Maxamed Xuseen Siciid 25. Wasaaradda Caafimaadka: Qamar Aadan Cali 26. Wasaaradda Boostada iyo Isgaarsiinta: Cabdirisaaq Cusmaan Jurile 27. Wasaaradda Jaaliyaddaha Dibedda: Cabdillaahi Axmed Cabdulle Azhari 28. Wasaaradda Ganacsiga: Cabdi-rashiid Maxamed Cabdi (Ciro) 29. Wasaaradda howlaha guud iyo guriyeynta: Maxamed Cabdi Yuusuf 30. Wasaaradda Warshadaha: Cabdi-raxmaan Jaamac Cabdalla 31. Wasaaradda Gaadiidka Cirka iyo Dhulka: Maxamed Cabdi Gaandi 32. Wasaaradda degaanka iyo illaalinta Beyada: Burci Maxamed Xamza 33. Wasaaradda Isboortiga iyo Dhalinyarada: Saleebaan Colaad Rooble 34. Wasaaradda Horumarinta Reer Miyiga: Khadiija Maxamed Diiriye 35. Wasaaradda waxbarashada: Axmed Cabdillaahi Waayeel 36. Wasaaradda Awqaafta iyo arrimaha Diinta: Sheekh Nuur Cali Aadan 37. Wasaaradda Dib u heshiisiinta iyo nabadeynta: Cabdi-rashiid Xaaji Deerow 38. Wasaaradda Lacagta: Eng. Cabdi-raxmaan Omar Osman (Yarisow) 39. Wasaaradda Hub ka dhigista iyo jiheynta Maleeshiyooyinka: Farxaan Cali Maxamuud Magacyada Wasiiru-dowlayaasha iyo Wasaaradaha Wasiiru dowlaha Madaxtooyada :Xasan Macallin Wasiiru dowlaha arimaha gudaha : C/rashiid Maxamed Xiddig. Wasiiru dowlaha Xafiiska Ra’iisul Wasaarah : Khaalid Cumar Cali. Wasiiru dowlaha Dastuurka iyo Arrimaha Federaalka : C/llaahi Yuusuf Cigaal. Wasiiru dowlaha Gaashaandhiga: Sheekh Yuusuf Max’ed Siyaad Indha Cadde. Wasiiru dowlaha Wasaaradda Qorsheynta iyo Iskaashiga :C/laahi Shiikh Cali. Xafiiska Ra’iisal Wasaaraha Soomaaliya Salaad Iidow Xasan (Xiis), Hiiraan Online sxiis@hiiraan.com Muqdisho, Soomaaliya

Wasaaradda cusub ee Lacagta: Wasiir Eng. Cabdi-raxmaan Omar Osman (Yarisow) The finance portfolio was split in two, Abdirahman Omar Osman, former protocol chief in President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's office, being named treasury minister alongside Finance Minister Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden. PM splits finance portfolio into two positions Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke has reshuffled and expanded his cabinet in an attempt to end in-fighting in the face of a long-drawn-out insurgency, officials said on Tuesday. Ali Jama Ahmed and Abdalla Boss Ahmed were named as foreign and defence minister respectively, the same posts as they had held in the former transitional federal government. The finance portfolio was split in two, Abdirahman Omar Osman, former protocol chief in President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's office, being named treasury minister alongside Finance Minister Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden. The impoverished Horn of Africa nation has been mired in civil war for 18 years, and the government controls only small pockets of the coastal capital Mogadishu. It is fighting groups including al Shabaab, which the United States says is al Qaeda's proxy in Somalia, with the help of pro-government militia across southern and central regions. The Ahlu Sunna Waljamaca militia, fighting on the government's side, said it had captured the central town of Wabho, a day after it wrested Bulahawa from the militants. "Our forces have taken control of Wabho after a brief fight with al Shabaab," spokesman Sheikh Abdullahi Sheikh Abu Yusuf said. "We shall continue our operation to oust al Shabaab from the country." One senior government official said Sharmarke seemed to have heeded demands from the president's Abgal sub-clan for more influence. Abgal elders held talks with Sharmarke in the Kenyan capital Nairobi last month. Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar was transferred to the water and mineral resources ministry, and Defence Minister Mohamed Abdi Ghandi became transport minister. The new jobs raised the number of cabinet posts to 39.

Sheikh Yusuf Indahhade -- a powerful Islamist warlord who recently joined forces with Sharif -- was appointed deputy defence minister. Defence, foreign ministers changed in Somali reshuffle (AFP) – 5 hours ago MOGADISHU — Somalia's prime minister reshuffled his cabinet Tuesday, replacing his foreign and defence ministers as his embattled administration struggles to fend off a bloody Islamist insurgency. The reshuffle saw one minister sacked, two new portfolios created and appeared to mark an attempt by the transitional federal administration to defuse clan tensions and be more inclusive of some key regions. "After lengthy discussions between the president and the prime minister, a decision was made to reshuffle the cabinet in order to help improve the situation in the country," Abdulkader Mohamoud Walayo, a spokesman for the transitional federal government (TFG), told AFP. "I hope this cabinet will be able to perform better and restore stability in Somalia," he added. Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke reshuffle comes three and half months into a bruising military offensive by a coalition of hardline Islamist insurgents groups aimed at toppling internationally-back ed President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. One of the most notable changes was Mohamed Abdi Gandi's removal from the defence ministry. He was replaced Abdallah Boss Ahmed, a politician from the self-proclaimed northern region of Somaliland. Gandi was criticised for failing to significantly beef up the TFG's military capacity and not taking the fight to the Shebab -- an Al Qaeda-inspired rebel group -- and their allies from the more political Hezb al-Islam. Significantly, Sheikh Yusuf Indahhade -- a powerful Islamist warlord who recently joined forces with Sharif -- was appointed deputy defence minister. Sharmarke also appointed Ali Jama Ahmed Jengeli as foreign minister, in place of Mohamed Abdullahi Omar, who was given the water and mining portfolio. Jengeli is from the semi-autonomous northern region of Puntland and was already a foreign minister under Sharif's predecessor, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, who resigned last year. Dahir Mohamud Gele was named the new minister of information, replacing Ali Mohamed, who will now be in charge of militia rehabilitation. A new post of treasury minister was also created to work alongside the existing finance minister and handed to Abdirahman Omar Osman. The changes in the cabinet bring to 39 the total number of ministers and appear to address the grievances of some key Somali clans. "There are two new Abgal ministers. They had been unhappy with the previous distribution of portfolios and this reshuffle looks like an attempt to prevent any internal destabilisation," one official said on condition of anonymity. With or without changes to the cabinet, observers remained sceptical as to the administration's ability to make any impact on the situation in Somalia, which continues to be ravaged by an 18-year-old civil conflict. Sharif, a young radical cleric who spearheaded the 2006 struggle against Ethiopia's invasion, was elected as the country's president in January. He has since failed to assert his administration's and remained largely boxed into his presidential compound in Mogadishu, owing his survival mainly to the presence of African Union peacekeepers.

TORONTO STAR: Harper says 'first priority' to get Mohamud home Harper says 'first priority' to get Mohamud home TheStar.com - Canada - Harper says 'first priority' to get Mohamud home NICK WADHAMS FOR THE TORONTO STAR A Kenyan passport officer arrested Suaad Hagi Mohamud, saying her lips were unlike those in the passport photo. Accounting ordered of role played by Border Services Agency in case of Canadian woman stranded in Kenya for nearly three months August 13, 2009 Iain Marlow Allan Woods John Goddard Staff Reporters Prime Minister Stephen Harper said today the Canada Border Services Agency will have to answer for its role in the plight of a Canadian woman marooned in Kenya for nearly three months. "Our first priority as a government is obviously to see her get on a flight back to Canada," Harper said in Kitchener today, referring to Suaad Hagi Mohamud, a Canadian citizen who was detained because Kenyan and Canadian officials there thought she did not look like her passport photo. "In the case of the Canadian Border Service Agency," Harper continued, "I know that minister (of public safety Peter) Van Loan is asking that organization for a full accounting of their actions in this case and we'll obviously review those." Based on what officials at the Canadian High Commission in Nairobi said were "conclusive investigations including an interview," Mohamud was branded an "imposter." Her passport was handed over to Kenyan officials for prosecution on charges of improper use of a travel document. Harper said that Canadian officials are eager to resolve "what is not an easy case" and to get Mohamud back to Canada. Kenyan authorities are expected to drop all charges against the woman tomorrow, clearing the way for her to be reunited with her 12-year-old son in Toronto. Neither Van Loan nor Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon, who has responsibility for managing all consular cases involving Canadians in need of help abroad, have commented on the case since Mohamud's identity was confirmed through a DNA test that showed she was a 99.99% match with her son. Mohamud, a Somali-Canadian, was branded an impostor by staff of the Canadian High Commission in Kenya because she did not resemble her passport photograph. Her lips were different from the four-year-old picture, as were her eyeglasses. In a telephone interview from Nairobi yesterday, Mohamud gave further details of the event that started her ordeal when she tried to board a KLM flight home on May 21 after a three-week visit to Kenya. A Kenyan KLM employee stopped her. "He told me he could make me miss my flight," she said of the KLM worker, who suggested Mohamud didn't look like her passport photo. He seemed to be soliciting a bribe, she said, an experience Somali-born Torontonians say is commonplace for them at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. When she didn't pay, a Kenyan immigration official arrested her. Canadian consular officials went along, returning Mohamud to the Kenyans, who threw her in jail on charges of entering Kenya illegally on a passport not her own. On Monday, DNA tests proved Mohamud's identity. Yesterday at the high commission, officials continued to treat Mohamud with indifference, a friend who drove her there said. When Mohamud asked if Canada might help her retrieve her luggage, seized when she was unable to pay her room bill while trying to prove her identity, consular officials refused, the friend said. In Toronto, lawyer Raoul Boulakia said a friend of his has arranged to pay the bill as a donation. The Kenyans also owe her $2,500 (U.S.) in bail money, posted after she spent eight days in June at Nairobi's Langata Women's Prison. Mohamud said the high commission advised her yesterday to stay in the country until she collected the money from Kenya, a process that could take weeks. But Boulakia said he told her to get out of the country first and get the high commission to collect it for her later. The case highlights the often-puzzling approach the Conservative government takes when deciding which citizens imprisoned or stranded in foreign countries are entitled to high-level help. Trade Minister Stockwell Day, for instance, requested clemency this summer for a 24-year-old Canadian sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, but the government abandoned a convicted killer from Alberta sitting on death row in Montana. Last week, Ethiopian diplomats were called on the carpet after the conviction for terrorism of Canadian citizen Bashir Makhtal. But Abousfian Abdelrazik, who was never charged with a crime and was cleared by Sudan and Canada of suspected Al Qaeda links, lived a prisoner's life for six years, the last of which was spent in limbo on the grounds of the Canadian embassy in Khartoum. He needed a judge's order to bring him home. For the few Canadians who do get Ottawa's ear, dozens of pleas go unanswered, say advocates and lawyers for citizens who get into tight situations abroad. "What I find most disturbing is that Canadians are possibly being judged in absentia by an Orwellian jury comprised of the Canadian cabinet," said Dan McTeague, the Liberal MP for Pickering-Scarboroug h East who was tasked with handling cases of citizens in need of help abroad under prime minister Paul Martin. Ottawa lawyer Yavar Hameed argued Abdelrazik's case against the government. He said the most troubling government decisions inevitably involve security questions. "There is this kind of interpretation that we can't do something that's going to be perceived as soft on the war on terror or showing that we're not holding up our end of things," said Hameed, suggesting Ottawa has an ever-present fear of being cast as a security threat to the United States. Toronto lawyer Lorne Waldman knows better than most how fickle the government can be. He represents Makhtal, an ethnic Somali sentenced to life in an Ethiopian prison for terrorism. Makhtal's case got the backing not only of Cannon but Transport Minister John Baird, who took up the mantle after being approached by the large Somali community living in Baird's Ottawa West-Nepean riding. They are pushing the Ethiopian government to accept that Makhtal's only link to terror is hereditary — his grandfather founded a separatist Somali group in eastern Ethiopia. But Waldman has also done battle with Ottawa. He took the government to Federal Court after the Tories decided Ronald Allen Smith, the death row inmate in Montana, was no longer deserving of Canada's help or official government appeals on his behalf that the death sentence be commuted, help that Canadians on death row have received for decades. In 2007, the Conservatives cut all ties with Smith's case — he was convicted in the 1982 killing of two aboriginal men — because he had been tried and convicted in a democratic country, the United States. It was the launch of a controversial new policy that was first announced on Nov. 1, 2007 and repeated several times with subtle changes and conditions over the next five months. But legislation, or amendments to existing laws or policies, never followed. This March, the court ruled that no clear policy actually existed and making life or death decisions on the fly breached Smith's right as a Canadian citizen to the full protection of the federal government. The judge ruled that while the government has every right to make foreign policy, it must give fair warning and a detailed explanation of those decisions. The trend of picking which Canadians get access to help and which don't has put the government on a collision course with courts. With files from Robert Benzie

already, we told you need to seek medical attention, to cure your many diseases, because you are crazy man who is suffering from mental illness, you cannot understand to help yourself, but you can ask help people who care about you, if they normal, its problem if they are crazy like you. marka aad cudurka iska soo daaweesid, hadal sooma lagu oran, nin xanuun wali ah qaba sidaafooo kale inuu waxba fahmeen waa la ogyahay, adigu isma caawin kartid, waxaa u baahantahay cid kaa naxasa inay ku caawiyaan hadiiba ee ku dhamaan.

Nin waalan oo xanuusanaya, waxa uu moodaa inay dadka kale waalanyihiin, waayo isma arko marka aad cudurka iska soo daawesid hadal, hada hadal kuuma yaal First you to take medicine to cure your disease, them talk when you become normal human again

G. Duke, Don't listen to some because they have nothing to contribute, they only know how to hate waxa ee u baahanyihiin in laga daaweeyo cudarka haya, ha layaabin

JB, enjoy your stay in Garowe, insha allah in another day you will have a chance to visit other somali towns like Mogashu, Kismayo, when they are more peaceful Don't listen to haters who only know how to hate, I am telling you sleep well, and have a good time,Garowe is your hometown as well, like every somalitown

First, Saudi foreign minister was never a sheikh or scholar as our sharif hotel pretended the ex-sheikh, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, the foreign minister is politician and member of royal family nothing more, and was never a religious leader Second, Saud faisal just like many saudis,and many arabs, wears both his traditional saudi and western suit The fact is the saudi prince never stopped to wear his traditional saudi clothes Third, the Saudi prince didn't change his ideologies or policies, he is still the same man, who works for the saudi kingdom But our sharif in 2009, he is completely a different man comparing to 2006, sharif changed altogether, everything about him is opposite, different clothes, different friends, different ideology, different rhetoric, etc In 2006, Sharif was leading ICU and was waging jihad war against anti-terror alliance of somali warlords, TFG, United States, CIA, Ethiopia,ets In 2009, Sharif is leading TFG with the backing of CIA, United States, Ethiopia. and calling for the defeat of terrorists of ICU courts, shabaab, and aweys - his former friend Yes, sharif is the current leader of the weak TFG, but that doesn't mean that no one can criticize him, people have right to express their views toward the obvious hypocrisy of sharif In America, many criticize obama everyday, and there is nothing wrong with people saying what they think about issue, event or politician. But weak individuals, they care more about selfish politician, then their country or people, They are loyal to one politician/warlord, and blindly follow to whatever he tells them like a parrot I believe Somalis should hold accountable to their leaders whether they are political, religious, or business leaders Its better if people their brains, and do some critical thinking exercises Dadka qaar waa dad aad u liita, oo afxuma/cay ayeey ku fiicanyihiin oo wax kale lama barin Hadalo macno laheen sida xaasid baa tahay ayeey caado ka dhigteen, waayo xasadka ee sheegayaan waa xanuun ayagu isku ogyihiin, qofkii ee arkaan inuu inyar si kale wax u arko xaasid baa tahay bey ku sheegayaan, oo waxba ma dhaamaan sida kuwa gaalo ku sheegaya shariifka

Cabdirixiin Ciise Cadoow: Aniga waaban shumin lahaa Hillary Clinton KN: Cabdirixiin Ciise Cadoow,Afayeenkii maxaakiimta ayaa wargeyska Washington Post u sheegey in uusan waxbo arkin salaantii gacanqaadka ahayd ee Shariifka iyo Hillary Clinton, wuxuuna yiri :anigu waaban shumin lahaa: Hadalkani ayaa waxa ay jariidada qortey malain ka hor intii aysan kulmin ninka iyo naagta, islamarkaasina kaga hadashay dooda ka taagan salaanta gacan qaadka ah Shariifka oo la weeydiiyey sida uu u arko in uu salaamay Hillary Clinton ayaa yiri :waa Suaa; raqiis ah:, taasoo loo fasirtey in uu sameeyey wax ka weyn salaanta oo ah hab siin ama shumis sida caadiga ah. Cabdiraxiin Ciise Cadoow ayaa si cad u qirtey in uusan waxbo u arkin salaanta gacanqaadka ah, alse isaga uu xittaa socon laha illaa heer uu afka ka shumiyo naagtani. Arrintani salaanta gacanqaadka ah waxay noqotey moowduuc weyn oo si weyn u saameeyey Soomaalida iyo qalabka warbaahinta gudaha iyo dibada

Dabshid, Be patient, already many people think the shaikh is going at the speed of the light Its step by step process, now August 2009 hand-shake with gaalo females became halaal, but its still haraam to hand-shake with our somali sisters, maybe next month is the tie, and then shorts will follow Not everyone who criticize sharif government, supports the misguided youth (shabaab), innocent youth fall prey to the rhetoric of politicians like sharif hotel, who were only interested to power and government position by any means. Sharif is the current Somali president, and he is best hope for Somalia presently, but still people can criticize him, and should hold accountable for his blatant hypocrisies and his changing characters, personalities, policies, ideologies. One time leading jihad war in 2006 against America and its allies, and another time anti-jihad/anti-terr or battle in 2009 with America and its allies.

AFTER 2009

BEFORE 2006

CHE, Meiji didn't make sense at all, The issue is not that somali or muslim leader hand-shaking with gaalo female politician, that is not the issue Most muslim politicians of our time do hand-shake with females all the time. King Abdullah never claimed to be religious person, or shaikh, Abdullah is just a member of a royal family who became a king also King Abdullah never changed from one extreme to other extreme like our sheik Ahmed King Abdullah wears SAME cloth, his traditional saudi attire On the other hand, We have a man who was pretending to be religious leader and scholar, who led jihad that many young people believed and in process lost their lives answering his call to fight gaalo ,cia (america) and somali warlords- the anti-terror alliance In 2006, he was unwilling to shake-hands with females, what changed? why it was haraam in 2009? and hallal in 2009 in few years he changed drastically, today, sharif is different man, he is not anymore shaikh, he doesn't wear the same Islamic attire, he shaved his beard. Now he is more westernized compering when he was rebel leader, that its not bad thing necessarily, but it shows how one man can change so much? Ahmed use to start with every speech,"alhamdulilah , wasalaatu wasalaam, ama abacad;" For Sharif, his historic meeting with American ambassador in Nairobi, was U-turn change, from that moment he was never the same man. ninka waxbaa lagu akhriyey This is a big lesson for young people, they learned the hard way to never again believe one person so much and be gullible. Thousands of youth sacrificed their lives while their leader shaikh sharif turned to sharif hotel. Regardless of what took place, I think all somalis both young and old should support our current president sharif and give chance to succeed, BUT never believe him or anyone else so much, because at end of the day he is politician with personal interests.

kismaayonews.com: Coowro Geed!! Coowro Geed!! Published: 6 August 2009 KN: Wuu salaamay, salaan gacanqaad ah, Shariifka madaxweynaha DKMG waxa uu jabiyey rikoorkii ugu dambeeyey oo si rasmi ah isaga siibey shaarkii Sheekhnimada, kullankii Shariifka iyo Hillary Clinton wuxuu ahaa hilfaha u laabay sharaftii Shariifka, waa hadiiba uu inaba wax u laabnaayeen Su'aal uu weeydiiyey wariye ajnabi ah ayaa ahayd "maxaad u salaantey haweeney kiristaan ah", wuxuuna ku jawaabay "waa su'aal raqiis ah", Kullankii Shariifka iyo Hillary Clinton wuxuu ahaa mid yeeshey xiisihii ugu badnaa aduunka oo dhan, iyadoo wax ka kasta ay ka xiiso badnaayeen isgacanqaadka Shariifka iyo haweeneydani caariyaadka ah ee masiixiyada ah. Waxaa dadka kasii yaabiyey waxay ahaayeen labiska Sheekha oo xirnaa Koofiyad, wuxuu inyar u jirsaday in uu hab siiyo, taasoo aanan la ogaan karin in uu siiyey iyo inkale intii ay qolka gaarka ah ku jireen Sida la wada xasuusto mid ka mid ah asbaabihii dowlada reer galbeedka ay ku diideen dowladii Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xassan waxay ahayd habeenkii Carte lagu doortey in uu salaanta la garab maray haweeney safiir u ahay Maraykanka oo salaan usoo taagtay iyadoo aduunka oo dhan uu daawanayo. taageero badan ayuu Cabdiqaasim arrintaasi kaga heley shacabweynaha islaamka ah ee Soomaaliyeed iyo bwaliba dunida islaamka oo dhan Dhacdadani waa muujintii ugu dambeeyesey ee Shariifka uu ku raali galiyo Maraykanka, isagoo waliba fariin qaldan u direy aduunka islaamka ah oo dhan taasoo ah in nimanka islaamka ahi ay qsalaan qacan qaadi karaan dumarka, waliba iyagoo leh darajo sheekhnimo. Kullanka waxa uu ku biloowdey kullan gaar ah oo fool ka fool ah oo ay si qaas ah u galeen Shariifka iyo Clinton, kadibna waxaa ay yimaadeen qol loogu talogalay shir jaraa'id oo ay kaga faaloodeen wixii ay ka wada hadleen, Hillary Clinton waxay sheegtey in ay isla garteen in la taageero DKMG ah, waxay intaasi ku dartay in ay labolaabeyso kaalmadii gaar ahaan xagga ciidamada. waxay sheegtey in 150 milyan oo doolar ay ku Maraykanka ku bixiyeen taageerada DKMG ah iyadoo loosoo mariyey ciidamada AMISOM, waxay eed culus dusha uga tuureen dowlada Eritrea oo ay ku sheegeen in ay caqabad ku tahay nabada Soomaaliya. waxay si wada jir ah u cambaareeyeen Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al-Shabaab iyo isbahaysigooda ay yihiin argagixiso, isla markaasina ay tahay in laga wada hortago. Hillary Clinton waa mas'uulkii ugu heerka sareeyey ee ebed la kulma madaxda Dowladihii isaga dambeeyey Soomaaliye ee kumeelgaarka ah laga soo bilaabi tii Cabsiqaasim nSalaad Xassan Dadka qaar waxay u arkaan in kullankani uu DKMG ah u keeney qasaaro lixaad leh halkii laga doonayay in uu ahaado mid kaalmeeya, sababto ah waxay ku sheegeen mid lumiyey kalsoonidiii ugu dambeeysey ee dadka ay u hayeen madaxnimada Shaarifka oo lagu taageersanaa kaalinta diinta. Waxay u muuqataa in salaantani gacan qaadka ah iyo kullanka uu ahaa mid istaraatiiji ah oo uu Maraykanku qorsheeyey si loo tijaabiyo daacadnimada hogaanka Shariifka ee Maraykanka ku wajahan, waxaa lasoo dirrey haweeney. Shariifka waxaa wehliyey Shariif Sakiin, Maxamed Cali Ameriko, Maxamed Cabdullaahi Oomaar, Casho Axmed Cabdalle

VIDEO: Sharif and Hillary Clinton