Kenya bans Somali warlords Story by DAVID MUGONYI Publication Date: 2006/06/07 Kenya has banned Somali warlords from coming into the country. The Government announced that it had imposed a total ban on the warlords and their associates from Kenya. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released last night said: "The Government of Kenya has with immediate effect imposed a total ban on all forms of travel into Kenya by Somali warlords and their associates." The Government said it would not allow its soil to be used by individuals who were destabilising their country. "The Government would like to re-iterate its position that it will not let its territory to be used by those who persist in destabilising Somalia and undermining our ongoing efforts to restore peace and security in that country," the statement added. Sources disclosed that the decision was reached after discussions between the Office of the President, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry in charge of Internal Security and Provincial Administration. Assistant ministers Moses Wetang'ula and Danson Mungatana said the country had invested a lot in the provisional government stationed in Baidoa and would not like it to be undermined. Foreign Affairs assistant minister Moses Wetang'ula said the Government wanted to address some security issues in Somalia by imposing the ban. He added: "The provisional government in Somali is our baby, we have spent money, time and other resources in it. We cannot have a few warlords spoiling that." "From today on they are persona non grata (prohibited immigrants) in this country...if they are found they will face the consequences," he added. President Kibaki, Mr Wetang'ula added, being the current chairman the IGAD Summit wanted to ensure that Somalia and other countries in the region were peaceful. The country hosted Somali peace talks for more than two years, incurring a lot of expenses, the assistant minister said. But Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti were committed to seeing peace is restored in Somalia, he added. "We cannot as a country or region allow warlords in whatever form to undermine governments we have helped form," Mr Wetang'ula added. "We want warlords who are ministers in the transitional government to make peace." The Government, he added, had taken the extra step to stop them because it did not want to continue hosting people conducting secret activities. A non-aligned movement meeting in Malaysia resolved that the UN Security Council lift an arms embargo on transitional Government to enable it to start putting in place structures to govern the country. The Government initiated peace talks among the warlords which led to the formation of a provisional Government. A Parliament was opened in Baidoa in February after electing President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed and Ali Mohamed Gedi as Prime Minister. The Cabinet was named in August 2004 at United Nations headquarters in Nairobi in 2004. Civil war Somalia has been embroiled in civil war between different warlords since former dictator Mohamed Siad Barre was ousted in 1991. Most of the warlords have set up base in Kenya where they have enjoyed the luxury of five star hotels while their country was being ran into ruins. Somali militia are embroiled in bloody battle for control of Mogadishu. On Monday, the transitional government sacked four warlords for their involvement in violence that has left 350 people dead since February. Daily Nation

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Yalaxow and Raage might seem to have persuaded the n. Mogadishu public, but it sure aint over 'til the fat lady sings! My understanding is that this complication arose after the seizure of Balcad. However, word on the street has it xaal baa mar dhaw laga gaari rabaa taasu Sheikh Shariifne laftigiisu ayaa shatigu u laabanaya siduu reerkiisu kalsoonidi ay Dalada Maxkamadaha Islaamigu u hayeen usoo celin lahaa. Ina Kadare, Dr. Bood, iyo ragaa kale waa u magac jab haday maanta ay noqdeen isticmaar u shaqeeye danta qaas ee ragii ay shalaytoole ka celin wayeen war istaajiya madaafiicdo iyo rusheedka aad rushaynaysaan deegaanka Galgalato iyo shacabku ka tirsan beesha ay maanta ku dhex-duumaalanayaan. Cajaa'ib.

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Baashi, bal labadaan ku dheg! 1. All the key sea and airports in southern Somalia are held by anti-Ethiopian forces. 2. The victory of the Islamic Courts is also a consolidation of Arab influence in Somalia and petro-dollars and armaments are likely to follow, if they have not already been part of the equation.

The ideology is that of the Courts but the fight as always been a people's revolution.

I truly cannot say, but then again it is worthy to note neither Aydiid nor Caato were part of the Anti-"Terror" alliance and neither declared and wage war against the Courts. Two of their financiers who were part of the alliance suffered the consequence though.

Midowga Maxkamadaha Oo Sheegay Inay Dhamaadeen Dagaaladii Muqdisho Iyo Maamul Ay Dhowaan ku Dhawaaqi Doonaan Shir jaraa'id oo ku qabtay xarunta Maxkamadaha ee magaalada Muqdisho, guddoomiyaha Midowga Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah ee magaalada Muqdisho Sheekh Shariif Sheekh Axmed ayaa ku dhowaaqay inay dhowaan magaalada loo dhisi doono maamul mideysan oo loo wado dhan yahay. Sheekh Shariif ayaa shirka jaraaid ku sheegay "Waxaan ku talo jirnaa inaan maamul u dhisno magaalada Muqdisho maadaama ay meesha kabaxday awooddii hogaamiye kooxeedyada ee gacan ku haynta magaalada Muqdisho oo ay hadda intooda badan ay ka carareen magaalada". Sheekh Shariif ayaa ka gaabsaday inuu sheego xilliga ay doonayaan inay ku dhowaaqaan maamulka Muqdisho. Hadalka gudoomiyaha ayaa waxay ku soo beegantay xilli ay ciidamada maxaakiimta ay ka kaga guuleysteen dagaaladii ay isaga horyimaadeen magaalada Muqdisho Isbaheysiga la dagaalanka argagixisida iyo soo celinta nabadda. Sheekh Shariif ayaa sheegay in dagaalladii magaalada Muqdisho dhamaan la soo afjaray haddana ay u gudbeen gobolka Shabeellada Dhexe oo ku tilmaamay goobtii laga soo abaabuli jiray dagaallada lagu soo qaadayo ciidamada maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah. Gudoomiyaha oo ku tilmaamay guusha ay gaareen mid ka yimid shacabka oo ku tilmaamay inay hogaamiye kooxeedyada magaalada Muqdisho ay in muddo dhan 16 sano ay dalka iyo dadka Soomalida ay dhibaato badan ku hayeen, hadana laga xoreynayo shacabka ay afduubka ku haysteen ee magaalada Muqdisho. GedoNews Desk Garba, GEDO

The Great Game in Somalia By Abid Mustafa Extremely poorly constructed article. Soomaal, what was the point of changing the articles around after my post?

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^War heedhe Xuddur Axmaaradi maka kicisay? Mar waliba adigoo wax ku qusayn afka ku taagaye waa la arki jiree.

Mid ka mid ah Saraakiisha Muuse Suudi ee degmada Balcad oo wata 11 gaari oo Tikniko ah oo maanta gaaray degmada Afgooye. June 3, 2006. HornAfrik. Mogadishu, Somalia Mid ka mid ah Saraakiisha dhinaca nabadgalyada ugu qaabilsanaa Muuse Suudi ee degmada Balcad oo ka gadooday maamulka Muuse Suudi ayaa gaaray degmada Afgooye. Sargaalkaas oo lagu magacaabo Maxamuud Xuseen Gudbaaye ayaa ka soo horjeestay dagaalada ka soconaya inta u dhaxeysa magaalada Muqdisho iyo degmada Balcad isagoo sheegay in dagaalkaas uu yahay mid aan sharci aheyn oo dhibaato u keenaya dadka rayidka ah ee ku dhaqan deegaanka ceel Carfiid iyo nawaaxigiis. Maxamuud Xuseen Gudbaaye ayaa sheegay inuu ka soo horjeedo fikirka uu aaminsan yahay Muuse Suudi ee dagaal wax ku doonka ah. Taliye Gudbaaye oo wata 11 gaari oo Tikniko ah ayaa maanta gaaray degmada Afgooye ee gobolka Sh/hoose halkaas oo uu ku soo dhaweeyey guddoomiyaha nabadgalyada degmada Afgooye Xuseen Weheliye Cirfo. Wararka ayaa sheegaya in Gudbaaye uu si weyn uga xumnaaday weerar shalay ay maleeshiyada Isbaheysiga argagaxisada u geystay Macallin Xaashi Maxamed oo ciidankiisa ay fariisin ku lahaayeen deegaanka Muuri ee agagaarka ceel Carfiid weerarkaas oo lagu dilay Toddoba ka mid ah maleeshiyada Macalin Xaashi oo ay jufa hoose yihiin Gudbaaye. Talaabadan uu qaaday Gudbaaye ayaa dhabar jab ku ah wasiirka ganacsiga Muuse Suudi iyo guud ahaan Isbaheysiga la dagaalanka argagaxisada oo dagaala qaraar kula jira maxkamadaha Islaamiga iyadoo dhinaca kale maleeshiyo ku heyb ah Bootaan Ciise oo ka tirsan isbaheysiga la dagaalanka argagaxisada ay maanta iyagana gaareen magaalada Buurhakaba ee gobolka Bay.

Like you I belive the warlords have no use since they can not even lord it over war. Basically they have outlived their usefullnes? I agree sxb, I agree. Ragaan waaba ma xishoodayaal damiirlaawayaal ah. Intaas baa fadhiga dawlada loogu yeerahaye, fadhiga qaranka loogu yeerahaye, fadhiga xukuumada loogu yeerahaye, intaas kibir iyo isla-weyni baa u diidaysay. Haatan, marki lasoo sifeeyene cagahay wax ka dayeen dhinaca kal-fadhigu baarlamaanka. Haka saarto.

^You took quite a bruising for a stance not very popular with our Fish and Chips crew, you enjoy it and let me savor the moment with you also.

Hey, Rahima! Wlc back sis to this part of the forum.

I wish some of you will reflect on the long-term consequencies this current in-fighting will have on Somalia, while am delighted to see the Warlords losing ground and support the question is will this renewed fighting merly result in further counter-attack by the Warlords. A most excellent point. I cannot say I can see into the future as that would be hogwash but I think the majority of people are concerned about the status-quo rather then the long-term consequences (several of whom I can deduce). It is not saying too much when one says the current warlords and their business partners have used, abused, and mis-used the capital of the Somali peoples to this point that needs no description. I think majority of people's support for the Courts', as well as myself, is based on seeing a new chapter for Mogadishu, an awakening from its hybernation of decline and if that is done through religious and moral awareness, what better way? Hizb, let me explain this current war in Mogadishu for you. There is no regrouping and counter-attacking on the parts of the warlords because it is not just the Courts they are fighting but the whole Mogadishu populace as well. Defeat for a warlord at this point in juncture is not go to your "neighborhood" and regroup. No, rather it means your neighbors have reclaimed their neighborhood, your militias have deserted you, your ill-founded financial empire has crumbled, and the only option for you is self imposed exile (or suicide for others). Men such as chief warlord financiers Abdirashid Ilqeyte and Abdiwaal (the man who literally used to sale off innocent religious leaders as alleged terrorists for measily sums of Dollars) are penniless today and in self imposed exile in Kenya. Feared militia commanders for warlords such as Seefdoon and others have taken their own lifes in their hands while still others are very much dead as a result of battle. Warlords such as Bashir Rage, Mohamed Qanyare, Muse Sudi, and Botan Ciise are in hiding, dreading the moment their turn comes up to expectorate the Haraam they have capitalized in the laste decade. It's not too much to say that the Islamic Courts are, naturally, in control of 80% (if not more) of the Mogadishu city and its environs. The only group happy with the situation are the enemies of Somalia. For the most part, I agree that the only people, Somalis or otherwise, that are happy with the situation in Mogadishu are the enemies of our peoples. War is a grueling and truly harsh aspect of human nature. Urban warefare is ten times worse and especially on the side of civilians particularly women, children, and the elderly. What we have in Mogadishu is truly catastrophic in the types and mechanisms of the weapons, the venue they are clashing in, and the proxy nature of the war itself with global ideologies playing out, and often providing key financial and logistical help on the sides of fighters by way of certain forces in the international community. I do hope the Islamic realise this enemy and formulate stragedies to defeat it ... and force is not the way to it. Force was not an option for the Islamic Courts. To explain to you a little bit about the history of the Courts, let me say the Courts were built by all the powerful sub-clans of Mogadishu to deal efficiently with each sub-clan's criminals and criminal enterprise through Islamic justice in the absence of a responsible national, central governmernt. That is the history of the Courts. Over time, the Courts begun to have more influence in the city and became a force to be reckoned with by every day criminals until the Courts last year trascended beyond their objective of each sub-clan deal with members of their sub-clan when they came together and formed an umbrella Islamic Courts grouping. The warlords went into shock. Ever since the ouster of president Siad Barre up to that moment, the warlords had yet to see an individual or an entity that challenged their illegal control of Mogadishu. The warlords, in beginning of this year, set up their own warlord umbrella grouping with a most deceiving name of Coalition for Peace and Anti-terrorism in the hopes of wooing in American financial (and maybe even miliary!) support. They started this current mayhem in Mogadishu when they engaged in pre-emptive attack against the Courts. The Courts had no choice but to defend themselves. Miracolously their attack (the warlords's) opened up a pandora's box of problems for them and from then on they not only had to contend with the increasingly influence of the Courts and their militias but also of the everyday man, woman, and child in Mogadishu that they have been harassing for a decade and half! In short, it was not the Islamic Courts who decided whether to use force or not, that choice was already decided for them.

Gudoomiyaha G/Gedo Oo Maanta Shir Muhiim Ah Ku Qabtay Caasimada Gobalka Gudoomiyaha gobalka Gedo mudane Xuseen Sh. Cabdi Ismaaciil ayaa maanta shir ballaaran ku qabtay xafiiskiisa xarunta gobalka ee degmada G/haarrey,wuxuuna soo bandhigay qodobo ka mid ah barnaamij-kiisa siyaasadeed ee uu qorsheeyay in uu ku tillaabo qaado mustaqbalka dhaw. Qodobka ugu muhiimsan ee uu sida aadka ah carrabka ugu adkeeyay gudoomiyaha G/Gedo ayaa ahaa: dhamaystirka dib-uheshiisiintii miro-dhashay ee ka billaabatay gobalka horraantii sanadkii 2005, taas oo ku hakatay qodobka hanti-usucelinta oo ilaa iyo iminka qabyi ah, in kasta oo ay jireen tillaabooyin wax ku ool ah oo qodobkaasi laga gaaray. Gudoomiyhu waxuu shaaca ka qaaday habka loo agaasimayo shir-weyne lagu soo af-meerayo dhamaystir-ka hannaan-ka nabadeed ee gobaka asaga oo ka faalooday mudada, qarashka, tirada ka qayb-galayaasha shirka iyo waliba goobta uu shirku ka dhacayo. Tirada ka qayb-galayaasha ayuu gudoomiyuhu ku sheegay 61 xubnood oo kala ah: 50 oday-dhaqameed, 10 xubnood oo isugu jirto aqoonyahanno iyo culumaa’udiin, iyo ugaas-ka beesha SADE ugaas Cumar Ugaas Xirsi. Wuxuuna gudoomiyahu intaa ku daray in shirku soconayo muddo ku siman 20 cisho asaga oo sidoo kalana daaha ka qaaday miisaaniyada dhaqaale ee uu shirka u dajiyay taas oo ku salaysan tirada ergooyinka iyo muddda shirka. Qarashaad-ka shirka ayaa waxaa bixinayo jaaliyadaha dibadda ee beesha SADE , kuwaas oo sida uu gudoomiyuhu sheegay ku deeqay taageerada dhaqaale ee shirka. Sidoo kale Mr. Xuseen Fareey ayaa soo bandhigay qodob ku saabsan dhisitaan-ka ciidamo boolis ah oo uu yeelanayo G/Gedo, waxuuna gudoomiyuhu sheegay in ugu horrayntii la tababari doono 100 askari oo boolis ah oo ka hawl-galayo xarunta gobalka, kuwaas oo uu agaasinkooda meel-marin doono maamulka sare ee gobalka. Waxaana markaa ka dib gobalka lagu casuumiyaa madaxa hay’ada UNDP iyo taliyaha ciidamada boolis-ka ee Soomaaliya Gen. Looyaan si loo gudoon-siiyo cutubka ugu horreeya ee ciidamada booliska ee G/Gedo, arrintaas oo la filayo in ay dhiirra-galiso Hay’adda UNDP iyo hogaan-ka sare ee booliska Soomaaliya. Sidoo kale gudoomiyuhu waxuu carrabka ku adkeeyay in la dhisayo barnaamij isugu jiro hub-kadhigis iyo dhaqan-celin loo samaynayo malaysiyaad-ka dhaqan-dhumay ee ku indha-qaaday xasilooni-darrada iyo qalalaasaha siyaasadeed ee mudda 15 sana ah haraysay geyiga Soomaaliya. hase ahaatee qodobka hub-kadhigista ayuu gumarnatooruhu sheegay in uu ka danbeeyo dhamaystir-ka hannaan-ka nabadeed iyo dhisitaanka ciidamada xooga gobalka.gudoomiye Xuseen Fareey ayaa qudbadiisa ku soo gunaanaday baaq uu u jeediyay jaaliyadaha dibada ee beesha SADE asaga oo jaaliyadahaasi ka codsaday in si buuxdo u taageeraan dadaalada nabadeed iyo kuwa dib-udhis ee lagu beegsanayo horumarinta G/Gedo. Masuuliin kala duwan oo ka hadashay kulanka sida: gudoomiyaha degmada G/harrey Mr. Gaarane Nuure, gudoomiyaha gudiga caafimaad-ka ee G/haarrey Cali C/llaahi (Cali Gaas), nabadoon Axmed Ciise oo ku hadlay afka gudiga guurtida ee degmada ayaa intuba hoosta ka xariiqay sida ay lagama maarmaanka u tahay hergalinta qodobada uu gudoomiyuhu soo bandhigay. Waa markii ugu horraysay ee uu gudoomiyaha G/Gedo hadal u jeediyo shacabka Garbahaarrey tan iyo markii uu ka soo laabtay xarunta ku meel-gaarka ah ee DFKMG ah Soomaaliya, halkaas oo uu gudoomiyuhu kulamo kula yeeshay mas’uuliinta ugu sar sarrayso ee DKMG ah, wuxuna nuxurka kulamadaasi gudoomiyuhu ku soo koobay in uu balln-qaadyo muhiim ah ka helay dawlada Soomaaliya. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, hannaan-ka dib-uheshiisiineed iyo dhismaha maamul-ka sare iyo midka degooyinka ee G/Gedo ayaa intaba ah kuwo qabyi ah, waxana hadda la go’aansaday in loo guntado dadaallo umuurahaasi lagu ebyayo ayada oo ay taabagalinta arrimahaasi u taalo shacab weynaha SADE ee ku dhaqan dadalka qurbaha iyo gudaha Soomaaliya halka dawlada taakta daran ee Soomaaliyana laga filayo taageero dhiira-galin ah oo aan haqab tiri karin hawlaha cul-culus ee horyaallo dib-udhiska iyo dib u heshiisiinta gobalka Gedo. Axmed Caafi, Gedonet, Gedo, Southren-Somalia.

The Islamic Courts have managed to overwhelm an alliance of Muuse Suudi and Xaaraan-ku-naax's militas to claim victory in Ceel-Carfiid today. The domino affect does not seem to be ceasing and we pray that it does not! Midowga Maxaakiimta oo la wareegay deegaanka Ceel-carfiid

This just reinforces how much of a defeat the warlords have suffered. The gall of them to undertake this stunt though.

Let the revolution conquer the nation. Inshallah one for all and all for one in the name of Islam. Will the Islamic Republic of Somalia be our destiny?

^Ninyaho Hiiraale shaqadiisuu qabsadaa waliba si raganima lehee taada qabso. Nabad gelyo.

To me Barre is in league with Indhacadde, Seeraar, and Goobaale; the robbers of my beloved south. I love this statement. I don't know why, but I really do. Hiiraale maalinkuu tuug noqdo waa malin aysan diin jidhin. Baroorka orgiga ka weyn iga leexi. Cantarabaqashka kalaad soo shaac bixisayne meel hakaa bixiso.

There is a well-trained and obedient placeholder for Kismayo I'm guessing Hiiraale's men in Kismaayo are the blind, obedient, and subserviant placeholder for the great bogeyman (beesha Guri-Cel) of our Sheikh Xiin, eeh? Hal su'aal. Ninyaho maxaad shaar diimeed iskugu qarisaa? By far you are a hypocrite among us. I have always wondered at you're unwavering support for Maxaakiimta when those of your Somali political ideology have long been questioning them 'till I realized your less then noble reasons for support. One question I am bubbling to ask is this: They are indeed undertaking a noble project; to get rid off Mogadishu the warlords that ruined it. Last time I cared to look Goobaale was a warlord in your opinion and so was Seeraar, never mind the infamously legendary Indhacade! How do you reconcile your love for the Maxaakiim and your despise of the warlords in the case of those men. And oh come on my man, it's I HornAfrique, wax aan goosani karayo keen. Seems as though some have taken the enemy of my enemy is my friend to the greatest meaning, literally.