Kismaayo: Ciidamada Maxkamaddaha oo isaga baxay Kismaayo isla markaana ciidamada Dowladda ay ka gudbeen Jilib Isniin, January 01, 2007 APL Muqdisho(Allpuntland)-Ciidamada maxkamaddaha Islaamiga ee ku sugnaa magaalada Kismaayo ayaa xalay isaga baxay degmadaasi iyadoo aan wax dagaal ah ka dhicin, kadib markii gelinkii danbe ee shalay dagaal qaraar degmada Jilib uu ku dhex maray ciidamada Dowladda KMG ah oo ay wehliyaan ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah iyo kuwa Maxkamaddaha Islaamiga. Ciidamada Dowladda Federaalka ayaa gacan ku heynta Jilib ay si rasmi ah ula wareegeen, waxaana la filayaa in saacadaha soo socda ay ciidamada dowladda gaaraan magaalada Kismaayo. Maliishiyooyinkii Isbaheysiga Dooxada Jubba ayaa bilaabay in ay la wareegaan hub iyo rasaas ay ka tageen maxkamadaha Islaamiga, waxaana xalay tacshiirad ay is weydaarsadeen ciidamada maxkamadaha iyo kuwo taabacsan Barre Hiiraale ay gudaha magaalada rabshada ka sameeyeen, waxaana halkaasi ciidamadii maxkmadaha looga dhaawacay labo ruux. Mas'uuliyiinta maxkamadaha iyo maliishiyooyinkooda ayaa waxaa lagu soo waramayaa in ay u dhaqaaqeen dhinaca Buulo Gaduud oo ugu sii gudbay deegaanka Raasgiyambooni oo ku dhow xuduuda dalka Kenya. Dadweynaha ku dhaqan magaalada Kismaayo ayaa saakay u diyaarsan iney soo dhoweeyaan ciidamada Dowladda KMG ah iyagoo luxaya caleemo qoyan, waxaana magaalada Kismaayo saakay laga dareemayaa jawi ka duwan midkii horay ee maxkamaduhu kusoo rogeen, waxaana la arkayey goobaha ganacsiga oo lagu iibinayo Sigaarka iyo Tubaakada oo horay ay maxkamadaha u mamnuuceen Cali Sandheere Allpuntland-Muqdisho

Around 5 p.m., the fighting started, with the Ethiopian-backed forces unleashing an artillery barrage against Islamist troops dug in near Jilib, a town about 30 miles north of Kismayo. As the shells began to rain down, residents said, clan militias within Kismayo turned on the Islamists. That set off running gunbattles across the city, with several people reportedly killed. It also accelerated the exodus out of Kismayo, with thousands of residents hastily tossing a few things over their shoulders and joining the stream of people fleeing the fighting in southern Somalia. Source

At this point in time, how is it possible some can root for a pre-ICU like Mogadishu :confused: Or is the whole objective just not to see the TFG succeed :confused:

Cheap diatribe, mayhaps? Waxba Gheedi ha xigsan like our friend Caaqil. Both Barahaad i xijinaysid and him are in the same camp!

(killing families of sheekhs) Where did you get this tidbit? I could not find it anywhere runtii.

Originally posted by Xoogsade: Hey waryaada, leave Horn alone, isaga Barre uunbaa u daran ee lama tuso TFGda Ragaa la garaye, halkeed ka doodaysaa adigu?

Caaqil Why would you accuse me of something you are guilty of? Sheikh/Yonis Cadue- Whether you cry foul or not, I believe this is an interesting biography and I stand by that statement.

Ali Mohammed Ghedi-Meles Zenawi's Stooge and Somalia's Traitor Sophia Tesfamariam December 28, 2006 Meles Zenawi’s war of aggression against the people of Somalia was not a surprise to folks like me who have been watching the developments in Somalia since June 2006 when the Union of Islamic Courts took over Mogadishu and restored peace in Somalia after 15 years of anarchy and chaos. It was obvious that the US State Department was not happy with the developments in the Horn and turned once again to its trusted ally and mercenary Meles Zenawi to help return Somalia to its chaotic past. Using the Security Council as its bully pulpit, the US got its proxy war in Somalia. That is another topic for another day, my interest today is Ali Mohammed Ghedi, the illusive Prime Minister of the Transitional National Government of Somalia. Very little is divulged about this man in the US led western media…I wonder why. He got my attention when he openly vouched for the deceptive street smart Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia, and called for the invasion of Somalia. During a 5 December 2006 Press Conference in Addis Ababa, he justified Meles Zenawi’s unprovoked war of aggression against Somalia by saying: “…Terrorism is a global issue. But, the so-called UIC with their allies in Mogadishu clearly targeted the country and people of Ethiopia . Therefore, it is the duty of the government of Ethiopia to protect the interests of its people and country. That cannot be compromised. That is our decision…” What about the interests of the long suffering people of Somalia? I wondered how a leader of country, whose people have experienced untold suffering for 15 years, could openly call for war against them, and prolong their suffering. I was also surprised at his reluctance to create a more conducive environment for Somali reconciliation and dialogue. When the entire world knows that it is Meles Zenawi’s armed forces that were in Somalia, Ali Mohammad Ghedi harped about unnamed “foreign fighters” and “Eritrean forces” in order to cover up for his masters at Menelik Palace and divert attention from Meles Zenawi’s criminal acts in Somalia. He refers to the Somalis who are fighting to defend Somalia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as “Islamic terrorists”. Today, he is applauding the US backed Meles Zenawi invasion of Somalia, which has cost the lives of thousands of innocent Somalis, caused untold destruction to vital Somali infrastructure including its airports. Who is Ali Mohammad Ghedi and whose interests and agendas is he promoting? If you rely on the spin being repeated over and over again in the US led western media, you will not get much. It is as if they are bending over backwards to create a clean slate for the man. Whilst so many genuine African leaders who have stood beside their people have been unnecessarily maligned and vilified by the Western media and their coteries, Ghedi, who has betrayed the people of Somalia over and over again, is getting a makeover. Here is the often repeated phrase about Ghedi: “…He has not been involved with the factional fighting of the past 13 years…a qualified vet, Mr Ghedi is relatively unknown in political circles, and was only sworn in as a member of Somalia's parliament-in-exile hours before his appointment, after a Mogadishu warlord gave up his seat for him…” I suppose that means he is being cleared of any wrong doing, or responsibility for the anarchy and chaos that has plagued Somalia for the last 13 years. How does a “relatively unknown in political circles” get a seat in Somalia’s parliament? Who is the Mogadishu warlord that “gave up his seat” for Ghedi? Why did he do that? Obviously, no one is telling, for good reasons. Here is an excerpt from a 5 November 2004 IOL article under the title “So who is Ali Mohamed Gedi”: “…Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed plucked the former lecturer in livestock at the University of Mogadishu from the African Union and assigned him the responsibility of forming the first recognised government in 14 years…Friends describe Gedi as a soft-spoken leader with a humble personality and one without political skeletons in his cupboard, a characteristic of several armed leaders, including Abdullahi Yusuf…All the warlords, except Mohamed Omar Habeb, who controls the Middle Shabelle and Mogadishu faction leader Bashir Raghe, have yet to throw their weight behind the new premier…” Neither the Transitional National Government of Somalia, nor Ghedi enjoys popular support in Somalia. As for Mohamed Omar Habeb, he is after all Ghedi’s relative with a vested interest in the TNG, as we will see later when we unravel Ghedi’s true identity and provide a more complete dossier on the man behind Meles Zenawi’s unprovoked war of aggression against the people of Somalia. As for Abdullahi Yusuf, his reign will soon be over, if Ghedi and Meles have their way. Background Ali Mohammad Ghedi was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1951. He is from the Abgal subclan ***** Abgal and sub-sub clan Warsaageli. After his mother’s divorce, his step mother Hewa R. from Ayr-habergedir clan raised the young Ghedi. His father was a Colonel in the Somali National Security Service (NSS). Ghedi was recruited by the NSS while he was in secondary school and worked for them throughout his college days. He also completed military service training in the 70s. Ghedi was given the task of spying on his fellow secondary and university students. During the Barre regime hundreds of students were arrested and tortured “on the basis of reports given by Ghedi”. After completing secondary school at Jamal Abdul Masic Allah in Mogadishu in 1974, he went to veterinary school at the University of Mogadishu and graduated in 1978. From 1979-1981 he was in Italy at the University of Pisa on a two-year scholarship. He returned to the University of Mogadishu’s Veterinary School and served as assistant lecturer in 1982. He was soon appointed as its Head, and held that post until the collapse of Siad Barre’s regime in 1991. The fall of Siad Barre’s regime brought the era of the warlords. Ali Mahdi Mohammed is one of the two main warlords to have emerged after the fall of Siad Barre; Mohammed Farah Aideed was the other. Ghedi worked with Ali Mahdi as head of the logistical section. The power struggle between Aideed and Mahdi in 1991-1992 was one of the deadly turning points in Somalia’s history. During that time Ghedi was working as Assistant Defense Secretary with Ali Mahdi. That civil war cost the lives of 50,000 Somalis of which Ghedi is accountable. Link with Meles Zenawi In the mid 80s, Professor Ghedi’s father was assigned to assist Meles Zenawi, the then head of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), to provide for Meles’ basic needs. Eventually he was appointed as the coordinator between the Somali government and TPLF. The assistance given to Meles Zenawi was facilitated by Ghedi’s father. It was during this time that Ghedi’s relationship with Meles Zenawi flourished. Trail of Betrayal After the failure of UNOSOM operations in March 1995, Ghedi’s father made a courtesy call to his former friend Meles Zenawi. Colonel Mohammed, Ghedi’s father requested political support and assistance to elevate his son, to play more prominent and key roles in Somali politics. It was after Colonel Mohammed’s visit to Addis Abeba that Ghedi began to distance himself from Ali Mahdi and his organization and began to openly challenge him. This began Ghedi’s trail of betrayals of the Somali people in general, but also of the people that assisted him in his rise as a prominent figure in Somali politics. When civil war broke out in Somalia, Ghedi remained in exile, mostly in Ethiopia and Kenya. He served as consultant in various regional livestock bodies in East Africa. From 2003-2004 Ghedi worked for the Red Sea Livestock Trade Commission (LTC). The RSLTC is a USAID funded autonomous body operating under the African Union’s Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), making Ghedi a USAID employee. A luxury hotel in Nairobi, Kenya served both as his office and residence. According to news reports: “…From Nairobi he also oversaw an internationally funded animal disease control programme for Somalia…” The truth is that he used his profession and his position to undermine the thriving Somali livestock export market in order to help his godfather and mentor Meles Zenawi. In 1996 a USAID funded livestock export project which was given to Ethiopia, instead of Somalia based upon Ghedi’s recommendations. None of the media reported that Ghedi was singularly responsible for the ban on export of Somali livestock. When Ghedi was working with the Italian NGO Terra Nuova, he issued a certificate saying that Somali livestock was infected with Rift Valley fever, resulting in the ban on Somali’s livestock by the Gulf States, costing Somalia millions in export revenues. This erroneous claim was repeatedly denied by international organizations and Somali herdsman. This opened up a short lived opportunity for Ethiopian livestock to monopolize the livestock market in the Gulf States and other Arab countries. After 14 trials to form a Transitional Government for Somalia failed due to Ethiopia’s interference, the current Transitional National Government was formed in 2004 in Kenya with Abdulahi Yusuf as its head. Following Meles Zenawi’s orders, Yusuf chose Ghedi as the Prime Minister. He faced problems because Ghedi was not a member of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) and a request for a Constitutional amendment to allow non-members to serve in the Somalia government was rejected. Mohamed Omar Habeb "Muhammad Dheere” the Jowhar based faction leader is Ghedi’s relative and a Meles loyalist. He was an elected member of the TFP but stepped down in favor of Ghedi, allowing Yusuf to name him Prime Minister. In the mid 90s, Ghedi’s relationship with the minority Tigrayan regime in Ethiopia tightened and he was subsequently recruited as the regime’s spy. He was paid a monthly salary for his contributions of confidential intelligence to Meles’ regime. Ghedi continues to put the interests of the minority regime in Ethiopia ahead of that of the Somali people and has worked aggressively to scuttle any peace talks, calling instead for the invasion of Somalia by his godfather’s forces. The US led international community has emboldened Meles Zenawi, the mercenary leader of the Tigrayan minority regime in Ethiopia, to defy international law, invade sovereign territories of neighboring countries, trample and violate the human rights of the Ethiopian people. They have once again proved that when it comes to Africa, African lives are dispensable, and the end justifies the means. The real question is to what end… Therefore, the reports about Ghedi being a political novice, having no skeletons in his closet etc. etc. are not only erroneous and self serving, but they are also a futile attempt by his handlers to clean up his corrupt and traitorous history against the people of Somalia. His acts of treason will continue to be exposed and history and the Somali people will judge him harshly…there is no where to hide. He will have to answer to the Somali people sooner or later. Finally, Meles Zenawi and Jendayi Frazier can use force and install Ghedi’s puppet regime in Mogadishu, but they cannot force the people of Somalia to accept him as their leader. The US led international community may have shattered the hopes and aspirations of the Somali people temporarily, but no amount of fire power can kill the spirit of a people fighting for justice forever. The rule of law will prevail over the law of the jungle Source

^I have noticed.

Somalia's top cop faces anarchic Mogadishu By C. Bryson Hull MUNDUL SHAREY, Somalia (Reuters) - Bespectacled and gentle-mannered, Somalia's police chief cuts an almost reluctant figure. In a nation synonymous with guns and anarchy, Brig-Gen Ali Mohamed Hassan Loyan does not carry a pistol, just a swagger stick. Until now, his government has had only one city under its control and even there he has been shot at. Yet having defeated a Mogadishu-based Islamist movement bent on ruling Somalia through Islamic law, his government has at last set foot in the traditional capital for the first time since it was set up with U.N. backing in late 2004. Speaking as he journeyed to the city with Prime Minister Ali Mohamad Gedi and other officials, Loyan, known as "Madobe", had no illusions about the challenge ahead. "If we handle it perfectly, control it in the right way, then we can handle the rest of the country," he told Reuters in an interview deep in the Somali bush. "I think our success or failure depends on Mogadishu." With just 1,000 newly minted officers at his command, Madobe admits he faces a daunting task bringing law and order to a nation that has long resisted it. Asked if he had the world's toughest job, a grin spreads under his salt-and- pepper moustache: "It is very hard when you want to mend something that has been destroyed completely." And he knows what he is talking about when it comes to crime in Somalia. Clan militiamen opened fire on him when he went to the airport at the government's base in Baidoa to make sure his officers took over security as agreed with the clan leaders. UNARMED POLICE As for any cop -- brigadier-general or not -- bureaucracy is also an enemy, this time in the form of a reluctance by foreign donors to break a 1992 United Nations arms embargo on the volatile Horn of Africa nation. The weapons ban, the world's most ignored, prevents Madobe from legally getting his men and women the guns they need in a country awash in them. This week's deployment of 40 police officers to secure the town of Buur Hakaba, a former Islamist forward base near Baidoa, was a case in point, he said. "They don't have weapons. If we could get 10 or 20 guns, maybe it would work. But we can't send them to protect people if they can't protect themselves, the place where they stay." The same restrictions apply to four-wheel-drive vehicles, police radios and a host of other supplies. "They say 'No, you can use this for a military purpose'," he said. A sliver of hope is the December 7 waiver by the U.N. Security Council on the arms ban for military purposes, which Madobe is lobbying to be applied to his forces as well. After that he will concentrate on training another 1,000 to 2,000 officers who were supposed to have been schooled by now, but were not because of a lack of money, he said. Asked why he took such a challenging job, Madobe said his 19-year-old daughter's brush with racism in The Netherlands, where the family had moved to escape the turmoil in Somalia, spurred him back into uniform to give her a chance to grow up in a place she hardly knew. A classmate had told her 'Go home black chocolate', Madobe said. "Then I said I better go home."

He was sacked from his ministerial position, but not the parliamentarian one. You cannot be sacked from the parliament. Qanyare might have come back but the only thing he carries is a hollow name. The long-term investment of arms, money, and men is not there and most certainly not the post-Barre environment that allowed him to lay those investments down by way of checkpoints and such. Some would say this is the only positive development from Ethiopian soldiers being in Mogadishu.

U.S. urges ceasefire, unity talks among Somalis WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - The United States urged Somalia's interim government on Friday to work toward a ceasefire with ousted Islamists and to include all Somalis in political dialogue to put the shattered country back together. "What we'd like to see happen as soon as possible is arrangements take place between the Islamic Courts Union and Transitional Federal Government for a ceasefire," State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey said. Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi swept into Mogadishu in an armored convoy on Friday a day after his Ethiopian-backed forces drove Islamic Courts Union rivals from the city they had ruled by sharia law since June. Washington had accused the Islamic movement of harboring al Qaeda operatives and defended the role of Ethiopia in helping Somalian interim government forces, saying Addis Ababa had reasons for concern about the country's internal warfare. Washington was also willing to help efforts to launch an African peacekeeping force to monitor the ceasefire and support the government, Casey said. So far only Uganda had offered troops to a force that has been backed by a U.N. Security Council resolution. Casey told reporters the United States was talking with the interim government in Somalia as well as with neighboring Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda to urge all sides to "make sure that we have an open and inclusive political process." "We want to see the transitional federal authorities engage with all the various political actors in the country," he said, adding that that included members of the deposed Islamist movement who wanted to cooperate. "Certainly individuals and groups that supported the Council of Islamic Courts, or elements thereof, that want to be part of and want to help develop Somali society and a lasting, durable government are people who need to be included in this process," Casey said. Consultations the Transitional Federal Government held with clan elders of Mogadishu were an "important step" that showed acceptance by traditional leaders in the Horn of Africa country, he said.

There would be nothing wrong with it but it is a lie nonetheless. Why would Afgaduud led them when the man who lead them in Iidaale and then to Diinsoor and has spoken on the airwaves admitting he is leading them towards the Jubbas is well known? Col.Fartaag Iyo Ciidamado Uu Hogaaminayo Oo Ku Sii Fool Degaanada Jubbooyinka Dec 29,2006 Col.Cabdullahi Sheekh Ismaaciil (Fartaag) oo ka tirsan saraakiisha sarsare ee dowladda federaalka Soomaliya iyo Boqalaal ciidamo ah oo ku hubaysan noocyada qoryaha fudud ayaa ku sii jeeda dhinaca gobolada jubbooyinka oo haatan ay ku sugan yihiin ciidamada dowladda federaalka Soomaliya. Ciidamadan ayaa ahaa kuwo ka tirsan ciidamada Wasiirka Gaashandhiga oo mudooyinkanba ku sugnaa Baardheere iyo kuwo kale oo dhawaan xerada Bulsho oo ku taal duleedka Baardheere uu tababar uga socdey. Col.C/laahi Sh.Ismaaciil (Faratag) oo la hadlayey saxaafadda ayaa ku micneeyey ka bixitaankooda magaalada Baardheere inay ka dambeysay amar ka soo baxay Col.Bare hiiraale, kaasi oo lagu amrey dhaman ciidamada jooga Baardheere inay soo gaaran degaanada jubbooyinka si ay ugu qeybqaatan ayuu yiri hawlaha amniga dalka lagu sugayo. Ciidamada dowladda federaalka ayaa la wareegay gebi ahaan saaka xarunta gobolka J/dhexe ee magaalada Buaale, kadib markii halkaasi ay isaga huleen maleeshiyadii maxkamadaha oo ku sugnaa degaankaasi. Xaaladda Nabadgalyo ee degmada Bu'aale oo aheyd maalmihii la soo dhaafay mid kacsan, iyadoo cabsi laga qabay dagaal halkaasi ka dhaca ayaa saakay waxaa dib u howl-galay isgaarsiintii fooneeyaha ee magaaladaasi. Lama soo sheegin wax isku dhacyo ah ama iska caabin ka hortimid dowladda Somalia ciidamadeeda iyo kuwa dowladda Ethiopia. Ciidamada dowladda iyo kuwa Ethiopia ayaa kaabiga ku sii haya magaalada Kismaayo ee xarunta gobolka J/hoose, iyaga la sheegay inay dhaafeen magaalada Buaale. A-C Saalixi-GEDO-NN-Baardheere by Baardheere-GEDO-NN

Adeer, there is no reason to rub salt on open wounds.

I feel this man has aptly described my feelings this day.

While the Europeans and Kenyans are watching their international political faces, it is obvious they wish to continue the earlier support they gave to the ICU by now extending amnesty to the top leaders who did nothing but peace and security to Mogadishu.

Major Somali Islamic Official Reportedly in Kenya By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 28 December 2006 A major official of the Islamic Courts Union is reportedly in Kenya to discuss with Kenyan government representatives the situation in Somalia. As Cathy Majtenyi reports for VOA from Nairobi, there appears to be some confusion as to the details of the meeting. A Western aid worker with operations in Somalia told VOA that Ibrahim Adow, a foreign affairs official with the Islamic Courts Union, flew out of Mogadishu early Thursday morning to Nairobi at the request of the Kenyan government, ostensibly to discuss with them the recent fighting. The aid worker had no details about the meeting. Attempts by VOA to contact Kenyan government officials for verification were unsuccessful. Somalia's foreign affairs minister, Esmael Mohamud Hurreh, tells VOA that he has also heard of Adow's presence in Kenya but could not get any information when he contacted the Kenyan government and the European Commission. "The Kenyans told me it's the Europeans who brought them here, and the Europeans are telling me it's the Kenyans who brought them here," Hurreh says. "And that's a mystery we want to know." Hurreh says he thinks everyone wants to distance themselves from the Islamic Courts Union. He says he has heard that top Islamic officials have fled to Djibouti, Eritrea, and other locations. After a week of heavy fighting, the Islamists Thursday abandoned Mogadishu as government troops encircled the city, the Islamists' base. Earlier this year, the Islamic Courts Union seized control of the capital and other areas before reaching a truce with the government. The two sides signed a peace accord in September that, among other things, called for the creation of a joint national army and police force. But negotiations Somalia's transitional government and the Islamic Courts Union that were meant to finalize the accord collapsed in Sudan on November 2. The Islamists said they would not continue the negotiations until all Ethiopian troops that are supporting the transitional government leave Somalia.

I think he said "ka qeyb qaadatay".

Correction; They are headed for Ras Kambooni. The Kismaayo ICU members have already left for there. Ras Kambooni happens to be Sheikh Hassan Turki's former base, pre-ICU. If they left Mogadishu to avoid bloodshed and a possible bombing of the place, it would make no sense for them to go to Kismaayo and risk exposing that city to what they are sheltering Mogadishu from.

That is why they had the support and confidence of the majority of Somali people including I in the beginning. Before opportunists started taking advantage of the wadaado's good intentions.

Jimcaale haygu cayn waxaad ka raali tahay. Rag badan walle dhabarkoodu wuu qaawanyahay!

Castro, Gheedi has already spoken. Send your concerns there.

I do not see why I should not celebrate the liberation of people who were under occupation. Demo in Kismaayo, who called for the Courts? 20 Women Arrested at Protest in Somalia Somali militia open fire at demonstrators Another day of civil unrest in Kismaayo? Reuters video on the reaction of the Kismaayo populace. Kismaayo being shaken by another bout of civil unrest. The administration of Jilib arrested for supporting Barre Hiiraale. Mostly women, among them Barre Hiiraale's wife, arrested for attacks within Kismaayo.

Xox, abti I truly hope the era of warlords does not spring up again.