Somalia: From Clan Fighting to Ideological Battleground UN Integrated Regional Information Networks May 11, 2006 Posted to the web May 11, 2006 Nairobi Though the latest fighting in the Somali capital Mogadishu started on 7 May, the violence goes back to as far as 18 February, when Mogadishu-based faction leaders and their business associates formed an alliance to fight Islamic courts. Many people in Mogadishu that IRIN spoke with said they believe the new conflict is different from the past. Previous violence has based on rivalries between Somalia's various clans, Abdullahi Shirwa, a member of Civil Society in Action, an umbrella organisation made up of over 12 groups in Mogadishu, told IRIN. "This time it is not between clans but between two groups with different ideologies." The two heavily armed militias are the Union of Islamic courts and the Alliance for Peace and the Fight Against International Terrorism, which calls itself "the alliance". Members of the alliance include warlords and government ministers. Shirwa said the perception among Somalis is that "foreign powers are supporting the faction leaders to reduce the perceived power and influence of the Islamic courts." This, he said, is backfiring, "and if anything the courts are more popular today than in February." The courts have earned some popular praise for bringing a semblance of order in areas under their control, something the faction leaders have been unable or unwilling to do. According to Mogadishu residents, the past three months of violence in the Somali capital has been the worst they have seen for over 10 years. More than 201 people have died and 1070 wounded according to hospital sources. The majority of these victims are civilian, with militiamen accounting for less than half of the total deaths and a third of the injured. "Some of the injuries we are seeing are even worse than what we saw in 1992," said a doctor working in a Mogadishu hospital who also worked there at height of Somalia's civil war. "We are seeing children of six months and less with parts of their bodies missing." He said he so far knew of 35 children and 44 women who have been killed in the current fighting. Speaking to IRIN from the Medina Hospital, Muhubo Salad said she was keeping vigil over her five-year-old daughter who was injured in the crossfire. She said that it was too dangerous to leave the hospital. "We need help but instead [the faction leaders] have been feeding us bullets for the last 16 years," she said of Mogadishu's faction leaders. "It is our children they are killing. Their children are in safe countries." The Islamic courts, say some residents, have recently gained support. "At least the courts don't loot or steal from us and they have been able to arrest some criminals," Muhubo said. Many observers say they believe that faction leaders feel threatened by the emerging power of the courts, and some also maintain that outside forces are influencing the faction leaders. Elders and civil-society groups trying to intervene in the conflict have so far been unsuccessful. Mediation efforts have been complicated by the fact that clan elders are not sure "how to deal with this new type of war", said Shaykhdon Ilmi a doctor at Medina Hospital. "The clan elders do not have road map to resolve it," he said. "It was a lot easier when it was between clans." Many people think that for now the areas in the city under the control of warlords is shrinking. "If I were to put a percentage on the area under the influence and control of the courts I would say 60 percent. The rest is controlled by faction leaders and business people," said one observer. The alliance also includes relatively well-known faction leaders, such as Muhammad Qanyare Afrah, Muse Sudi Yalahow, Omar Finnish, Bashir Raghe and Abdirashid Shire Ilqeyte. The United States administration says it is concerned that Mogadishu's Islamic Courts could help harbour Islamic militants. Rightly or wrongly, many people in Mogadishu believe that the warlords are receiving support from the outside. Speaking in Washington last week, a US state department spokesman, Sean McCormack, said, "Our other operating principle is to work with responsible individuals, and certainly members of the transitional [somali] government, in fighting terror. It's a real concern of ours, terror taking root in the Horn of Africa. We don't want to see another safe haven for terrorists created." AllAfrica

U.N. Council Rejects Somalia Sanctions By NICK WADHAMS , 05.11.2006, 06:07 AM Associated Press The U.N. Security Council ignored recommendations for targeted sanctions and a tighter existing arms embargo in Somalia, despite a spike in violence and fears that Islamic fundamentalists have gained strength in the chaotic nation. The recommendations Wednesday had come from one of the council's own committees, which warned that warlords in Somalia routinely violate the current arms embargo and have enriched themselves by selling fishing licenses and exporting charcoal. The council committee said in a report that the influence of the Islamic fundamentalists was great now that they are a "third force" on par with the transitional government and an alliance of groups in the capital, Mogadishu. Those fundamentalists have gained the "backing and military capability to be a credible contender for power in Somalia," the committee said. The report came as secular warlords and Islamic extremists clashed for a fourth day in Mogadishu. At least 96 people have been killed in the escalating violence. The fighting has intensified steadily since Sunday, when the Islamic militants, who have alleged ties to al-Qaida, and the warlords took up strategic positions in Mogadishu. Most victims in the recent fighting have been civilians caught in the crossfire. Nearly 200 people have been wounded in the violence, doctors say. The Security Council passed a resolution Wednesday urging all nations to adhere to the existing arms embargo in Somalia and asked U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to re-establish a monitoring group to investigate violators and make recommendations on how to improve compliance. The resolution ignored recommendations from the committee that the council impose travel bans and asset freezes against some Somali warlords. Some ambassadors said they would keep up pressure for sanctions. "The situation is deteriorating so I think it's important that we continue to press the sanctions, and we're trying to target them and have an effect on a place that has no functioning government," Deputy U.S. Ambassador Jackie Sanders said. The resolution also refused to address calls for two economic embargoes: one on Somali charcoal, which is environmentally destructive and enriching the warlords; and another to ban the export of fish from Somali waters, which are caught by foreign vessels that pay the warlords expensive licenses. "In our discussions we called upon everybody to observe arms embargo, and if things continue that way maybe tougher measures will need to be taken," Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said. Somalia has had no effective central government since 1991, when warlords ousted longtime dictator Mohamed Siad Barre and then turned on each other - carving this nation of an estimated 8 million people into a patchwork of anarchic, clan-based fiefdoms. Islamic fundamentalists have portrayed themselves as an alternative capable of bringing order and peace, but they have not hesitated to use force and have allegedly linked up with al-Qaida terrorists. Rumors abound that the United States is backing an alliance fighting them. Source: AP, May 11, 2006

US support for Somali warlords may violate UN arms embargo By Matthew Lee NAIROBI (AFP) - Covert United States support for an alliance of Somali warlords now fighting Islamic militias for control of Mogadishu may violate a 14-year-old United Nations arms embargo, diplomats said. As the two factions clashed for a fifth straight day on the streets of the capital, provoking international concern about rising violence, the diplomats said Washington's backing of the warlord alliance was legally questionable. The comments came a day after a panel of experts monitoring the 1992 arms embargo on Somalia told the UN Security Council it was investigating clandestine "financial support" to the alliance from an unnamed country. Washington has not publicly confirmed its support for the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism (ARPCT) but US officials and informed Somali sources have told AFP the group has received US money. The cash, amounting to several hundred thousand dollars, was delivered by former US military and intelligence officials on at least two occasions to Mogadishu warlords in January and February, sources in Somalia told AFP. The ARPCT was formed shortly after the second injection of US funds, in a bid to curb the growing influence of Mogadishu's 11 Islamic courts. Some believe the courts are protecting Muslim extremists, including Al-Qaeda operatives. Although US officials say Washington has not supplied the warlord alliance with weapons or military equipment, diplomats said the money could be a breach of the embargo. "Money is fungible (mutually interchangeable)," one Nairobi-based diplomat told AFP. "It may not be weapons coming in by ship or truck but if the cash is going to buy military equipment that would be a violation." "It's all about how the money is used and the intent of the donor," said a second. "Funding the alliance was always a risk for stability but it may have been illegal." The US program is controversial -- not least because of Washington's disastrous military intervention in Somalia in the early 1990s -- and Somalia's fledgling and largely powerless transition government has complained about it. The government, which argues the US support is fuelling divisions, has long sought the lifting of the arms embargo. But it wants it removed so it can build up its own security forces. The Security Council has several times rejected the government's request. The embargo was imposed shortly after Somalia descended into anarchy with the 1991 ousting of strongman Mohamed Siad Barre. But it has been widely ignored by many countries seeking to back competing warlords in the country. In its report to the Security Council, the UN monitoring group said "a widening circle of states are providing arms and military-related support to Somalia in violation of the arms embargo". The panel identified six nations -- Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Yemen -- believed to have violated the embargo since December 2005 but made pointed reference to "clandestine" involvement by another country. "The Monitoring Group was informed that during January and February 2006, and at other times not specified ... financial support was being provided to help organize and structure a militia force created to counter the threat posed by the growing militant fundamentalist movement in central and southern Somalia," it said. "The Monitoring Group did not specify third-country involvement because at the time of the writing of the present report it had not completed its investigation," it said. Although the panel did not name the country, the timing of the support detailed in the report coincides with the deliveries of US funds mentioned to AFP by Somali sources. The US embassy in Nairobi, which US officials say is coordinating the covert support for the warlord alliance, declined to comment and referred questions to Washington. Last week, the US State Department acknowledged the United States was working with "responsible individuals" in Somalia to prevent "terror taking root in the Horn of Africa" but declined to specify who its partners were. Source: AFP, May 11, 2006

Castro, that's quite an analysis sxb. I get the impression you believe your on my enemy list. Why so?

Xiine, you are more then welcome to mock adeer. Realize, however, that I find it much more prudent to discuss with you about Bossaso politick then Kismayo's.

Nameless-Chick, you are a shining beacon amongst the stagnant darkness. Calling Allah "unjust" is akin to blasphemy because that judgment is beyond us. It is not in our position to judge what Allah's justice. The only thing in our position is patience and acceptence. Great job and I just want to let you know that you have support.

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: Generalle, let me know when the TFG army is going to bring a sense of law and order in the south, especially Kismayo where good HornAfriik is busy reporting its looming regional admin . HornAfrique, good Xiin.

You are the bearer of bad tidings aren't you sxb? There is plenty of positive news around Muqdisho and indeed in the whole country. Why don't you for once post something on that rather then this shock-and-awe titled posts' of yours. I am not being harsh on you and neither am I accusing you of hating the people of Muqdisho or other ludicris suggestions, but post something positive about Muqdisho for once. Infact I dare you to.

I honestly believe we are underestimating the political twists and turns of the day. Russia, China, and various other nations challenging and increasingly stepping up to the United States just really marks the beginning of not only a new century but also a new World Order. That one that started with the disintegration of the Soviet Union is ending. This new one has been rising for some years or so but has only gotten momentum with the U.S's disregard for the United Nations in the months leading up to the Iraqi invasion. Truly we are in a changing world.

Dowlad Goboleedka Jubbaland Oo Yeelan Doonta Madaxweyne Iyo Labo Madaxweyne Ku Xigeen Nuqul hor u dhac ah oo tibaaxaya qaabka dhismeedka dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland oo soo gaaray Gedonet ayaa sheegaya in dowlad gobolleedka Jubbaland oo ay ku bahoobeen gobollada GEDO, jubbada iyo jubbada hoose uu yeelan doono madaxweyne iyo labo madaxweyne ku xigayaal. Nuqulka soo gaaray Gedonet oo ay weli gacanta ku hayaan guddiga farsamada ee diyaarinta dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland ayaa qeexaya qaabka ay ergooyinku ku dooran doonaan iyo weliba shuruudaha looga baahan yahay inay ka soo baxaan madaxweynaha iyo labadiisa madaxweyne ku xigeen. Xeer hoosaadyadan oo aanu halkan ku soo wado koobi karin ayaa qeexaya masuulka kasta waxa looga baahan yahay inuu fuliyo ka hor inta aan loo dooran xilka uu isku soo sharaxay iyo weliba masuulka xilkiisa inta uu ku kooban yahay iyo sidii bedel loogu sameyn karo markii loo baahdo. Qaab dhismeedka dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland ayaa waxaa kale uu qeexayaa qaabka ay u wadoshaqeyn doonaan maamulada gobollada GEDO, jubbada dhexe iyo jubbada hoose iyo maamulada degmooyinka iyo weliba golalayaal ay yeelan doonaan seddexdaasi gobal oo hoos imaan doona golaha baarlamanka ee dowlad goboleedka jubbaland. Golaha baarlamanka dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland ayaa waxaa ka koobnaan doonaa 64 mudanyaal oo ka kala imaan doona degaanada jubbooyinka iyo gobalka GEDO, yeelan doona gudoomiye baarlamaan iyo labo ku xigeenno. Mid ka mid ah guddiga farsamada diyaarinta dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland oo u warameyey Gedonet ayaa sheegay in weli ku gudajiraan ama iminka meel gebagabo ah u marayso diyaarintii dastuurkii iyo xeeer hoosyaadyadii lagu hagi dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland oo la filayo in dhowaan looga dhowaaqo magaalada Kismaayo. Masuulkan oo hadalkiisa sii wata ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in weli socdaan wadatashiyadii iyo wadahadallo hoosaadkii u dhaxeeyey beelaha dega degaanada jubbooyinka iyo gobalka GEDO iyo qaabka ay degmooyinku marka hore wadotashiyadooda ku dhameystirtaan, kadibna soo dirsadaan ergooyinka matali lahaa shirka guud ee udubka loo dhigi doono dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland. Gedonet News Desk Gedo, Somaliya

Baarlamanka Dowladda Goboleedka Jubbaland Oo Ka Koobnaan Doona 64 Mudane Nuqul qaab dhismeedka dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland oo GEDONET soo gaaray ayaa tibaaxaya in golaha baarlamanka ee dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland uu ka koobnaan doono 64 mudane oo ka kala imaanaya seddexda gobalka ee kala ah gobalka GEDO, Jubbada Hoose iyo Jubbada Dhexe. Aqoonyahnno ku sugan waqooyiga Ameerika, Kenya iyo magalaada Kismaayo oo ka tirsan guddiga farsamada ayaa ayaguna in muddo ah ku howlanaa diyaarinta dowladda goboleedka Jubbaland oo dhowaan la filayo in lagaga dhowaaqo magaalada Kismaayo sida ay noo sheegeen xubno ka tirsan guddigaasi. Aqoonyahanadaasi mid ka ah oo u waramayey Gedonet ayaa carabka ku dhuftay inay intii muddo ah ay ka shaqeeynayeen ayna wado tashi badan ay la sameeyeen ayna weli ku guda jiraan shuruurcdii iyo qaabka lagu hagi lahaa dowladda goboleedka Jubbaland dhowaan ay shirar hoosaadyo lagu kala qaban doono magaalooyinka iyo degaamada hoosyimaada dowladda goboleedka Jubbaland. Mid ka mid aqoonyahanada oo hadalkiisa sii wata ayaa sheegay y in wadotashiyada iyo shirar hoosaadka marka la soo gabagabeeyo lagu dhowaaqi doono maamulka dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland maadama ay diyaar yihiin qaab dhismeedkii kore ee dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland, balse ka gaabsaday goorta lagu dhowaaqi doono. Masuulkan ayaa waxaa kale uu ka gaabsaday qaabka loo qeybin doono ama loo xuli doono 64 mudane oo ka koobnaan doono maamulka dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland. Wasiirka dib u dhiska iyo dib u dejinta ee dowladda federaalka soomaliya ahna gudoomiyaha isbaheysiga dooxada Jubba ayaa asaguna dhowaan shaaca ka qaaday in asaga iyo madaxweyne Cabdullahi Yusuf Axmed ay isla garteen in maamul laga sameeyo goballada jubbooyinka. Masuuliyiinta ugu sareeysa isbaheysiga dooxadda jubba ayaa ayaguna u fadhiya xaruntooda Baranwaa ee magaalada Kismaayo shirar isdaba joog ah oo ay la yeelanayaan hogaamiyo dhaqameedyada iyo waxgaradka degaamada hoosyimaada maamulkooda, iyada oo la rajeynayo in wafuud badan ay ka kala yimaadaan magaalooyinka dowlad goboleedka Jubbaland oo ay isugu yimaadaan magaalada Kismaayo. Gedonet News Desk Gedo, Soomaliya

I call it representing the interests of your consituency.

I do not know about Dayton, but Feingold has always been considerably interested in Somalia. After the September 11th attacks, he was the senator that spear-headed a sub-committe hearing on whether or not the United States should engage in direct intereference in Somalia. He has also previously called for American recognition of the defunt Carta government. It is said he has quite a number of friends among former members of the Siad Barre government living in and around Washington D.C and the greater Virginia/Maryland area.

Wafdi kasocda dalalka Canada iyo Germany oo maalmahan joogey gobolka Gedo kuwaasoo u kuur galayey xaalada bani’aadanimo iyo horumarineed ayaa maanta u baqooley tuulooyin katirsan gobol kaasi. May 08, 2006. HornAfrik. Mogadishu, Somalia. Maxamed Gaarane. Baardheere. Wafdi kasocda dalalka Canada iyo Germany oo maalmahan joogey gobolka Gedo kuwaasoo u kuur galayey xaalada bani’aadanimo iyo horumarineed ayaa maanta u baqooley tuulooyin katirsan gobol kaasi. Wafdigan heerka sara ah oo uu horkacayo Duuliye Sare Cabdi Guuleed Maxamed oo katirsanaan jirey wasiiradii dowladii KMG aheyd ee lagu dhisey shirkii Carta ee wadanka Jabuuti, oo aykamid yihiin duuliyayaal iyo dhakhaatiir ajaanib ah, kuwaasoo maalintii shaley soo gaarey magaalada Garbahaareey xarunta gobolka Gedo ayaa maanta gaarey qeybo katirsan bartamaha gobolka. Tuulooyinka ay maanta booqdeen wafdigani oo ay kamid yihiin dhakhaatiir iyo khabiiro kasocda hey’adda Humanitarian medical assistance oo u kala dhashey dalalka Canada iyo Germany iyo duuliyayaal ayaa waxaa kamid ah tuulooyinka tuula barwaaqo, buraa, ceel guduud, daableey, bahweyn iyo deegaanka ceel cadde, sida uu saxaafada u sheegay Cabdi Guuleed oo hoggaaminayey wafdigaasi. Sidoo kale maalintii shaley ayaa waxey wafdigani booqdeen qeybo muhiim ah oo ku yaala magaalada Garbahaarey oo ay kamid yihiin dhul loogu tala galey in laga hir galiyo dagi cusub oo lagu magacaabo Gedo International Airport, taasoo noqon doonta haddii lagu guuleysto madaarkii ugu weynaa ee abid laga hirgaliyo gobolka Gedo. Socdaalka booqashada wafdigani xiligan ay ku imaadeen gobolkani ayaa la tilmaamayaa iney qeyb ka tahay dadaalo ay qaar katirsan hey’addaha samafalka kudoonayaan iney ugu kuur galaan xaaladaha dhibaatooyinka iyo horumarineed ee la doonayo in laga qabto gobol kani, iyadoona safarka xubnahani uu kusoo beegmey xili jawiga nabad gelyo uu yahay mid sii wanaag sanaanaya sanadihii aynu kasoo gudubney. Xubnaha wafdigan oo ka kooban shan xubnood ayaa lagu wadaa in maalmaha inagu soo aadan ay u kicitimi doonaan dhinaca magaalada Nairobi ee xarunta wadanka Kenya.

Oh shut it please. You really shouldn't copy me.

Duke- What Jaylaani was trying to say is we are all aware of what is going on in Mogadishu, no need to bombard the forum.

^Oh shut it please. Gross generalization will not do.

I hardly think Socod Badne would have posted "Bush Blinks first" if the alleged letter was written by the U.S rather then Iran. Hatred for Islam leads him to hate everything associated with Islam.

Miskiin- You can ignore my posts all you want my friend, but I want you to go back and see if this is an official UN report or a culmination of Danish/Swedish interviews on the possibility of returning Somali asylees from those European Regions. What account is using? Primary? Secondary? And also see if the man whose name is overwhelmingly running around that report as a source is not the man who spoon-fed all those lies. Marka sxb, laabo oo waxaan keenay si raganima leh bal u eeg haday kaa suurta gasho. Gedo waan aqaan adeer, weyna i tiqaan adeer. Xamuurka Garbaharay iyo kaa Baardheere waa isku kaayo mid. Midka Baardhere iyo kaa Cabudwaqna waa isku kaayo dhadhan! Midka Luuq iyo kaa Ballanballena waa isku kaayo caraf. Hakaa saarto!

Xoogsade- What do you think about this quote from Shabelle: Sheekha Cumar macalin Xuseen oo ka soo jeeda beelaha aan hubeysneyn

War nimanyaho ninka haku goobanine. I can bet my life Maskiin has never set foot in Gedo. The young man is regurtitating every hearsays concerning Gedo and its over-whelming majority inhabitants. Clan sentiment has led him to not only to believe what he might have heard but to fight for something that most people would look at as amusing and incredulous. Shabelleda intaan la gaarin ayuu yidhi. Rer Bari hadaan maanta ahaan laha walle "Boowaad ugu tahay" maahee wax kale ma odhan lahayn.

Wafdi heer sare ah oo booqasho ku tagay caasimada G/Gedo Wafti heer sare ah oo uu horkacayo Duuliye sare Cabdi Guuleed oo ahaa mid ka mid ah wasiiradii dawladii Carte ayaa soo gaaray degmada G/haarrey ee xarunta Gobalka Gedo. Waftigan oo isugu jiro xubno ka socdo dalalka Canada iyo Germany ayaa ujeedada socdaalkiisa waxay ku salaysantahay qiimaynta iyo u kuur-galidda xaaladaha caafimaad ee gobalka iyo walibo qursho lagu doonayo dhisitaan-ka iyo furitaan-ka gegi diyaaradeed oo caalami ah oo uu yeesho G/Gedo. Madaarkan la qurshaynayo oo lagu magacaabay GEDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ayaa lagu wadaa in uu noqdo mid baaxad ballaaran oo ay ku dagi karaan dhamaan noocyada kala duwan ee diyaaradaha, waxana loo calaamadeeyay goob muhiim ah oo ku taal hareeraha caasimada gobalka , goobtaas oo horay loo diyaariyay hase ahaate la go’aansaday in iminka si rasmi ah loogu tillaabo-qaado sida uu Gedonet u xaqiijiyay madaxa waftiga Cabdi Guuleed Maxamed. Duuliyoyaal caalami ah oo waftiga la socdo ayaa hubinayo halka iyo habka tayo-galineed ee uu si buuxda ugu unkuma karo ayroboot-kan heerka sare ah oo lagu tilmaamay mid kaalin muhiim ah ka galayo barnaamijyada horumarineed ee gobalka Gedo. Axmed Max’med Caafi Gedo News Network Southern-west somalia.

As for your shrill about mistreatment and force accorded to other clans including rer Baidoa by rer Gedo holds no weight. Let's read your "U.N Report" again and see what your third persons had to say on the subject: One of the latter is Abdishakur Othowai, who thought in particular that any human rights problems arising in Gedo were the same as those experienced elsewhere in Somalia. In his view, Gedo's M*****n clans often showed greater tolerance towards non-M*****n clans present in the area than was the case between many other clans elsewhere in Somalia . Kenneth Menkhaus did not consider there generally to be any human rights violations in Gedo Abdishakur Othowai reported instances of criminals having been detained for lengthy periods before being brought to trial. He found it difficult to assess legal safeguards in Gedo, however, while pointing out that the ******* clans' general tolerance towards other clans did as a rule ensure a fair trial for members of non-******* clans . On the human rights front, there was reported to be no persecution of people for political reasons or on account of their clan membership. Generally speaking, the M*****n clans were considered quite tolerant towards other clans in their area According to Steve Gluning, there was no persecution on account of political views held. Steve Gluning stated that nobody in the Gedo region suffered persecution merely on account of their ethnic background or clan membership. As mentioned above, Gedo's M*****n clans are considered quite tolerant towards other clans.

Gedoy xaal qaado! Maskiin adeer qabyaalad baad u karaankaraysaaye, yaa weeye dadkaad sheegeesi oo la ceyrshe? Ileen waad inoo sheegtay inaad ahayd nin Ciyaalka Xaafada rer Xamar iska ahaaye, reer ahaane aad kasoo jeedid Degmada Xudur ee ku taal gobolka Bakool, ujadadaada maxay tahay? Qabyaalad haday tahay, qabyaalad waa kula galikaraynaa, xaq haday tahayne aan ku aragno shaqsigaadoo bal mar ka hadlaya ama sheegayo turaanturoodka Somaliland ee ula turaanturayaan dhul aynan qabaa'iladeedda lahayn. Ha ahaato. Waxaad keentay "A U.N report" miyaad tidh? Report waxay ku dhisantahay various levels of accounts. Is it primary account? A secendary account? Those accounts are a testament to the impartiality and objectivity of the report. Let's see what sort of account your report used: Abdishakur Othowai said that, before the civil war, the R*******n clans formed the largest community in Bardera. Abdishakur Othowai explained that, before the civil war, the Bantu community known as the Gabaweyn were in the majority in Luuq, but during the war most Gabaweyn members fled to Ethiopia. Abdishakur Othowai , Coordinator for the Nomadic Primary Health Care Programme, Mandera however, took the view that, although the Gedo region was generally considered a M*****n one, the M*****n clans formed only the fourth largest clan group in Gedo. Inagaa ba'nay! Ninka magaciise baa cadayn u ah cidahuu kasoo jeedo, siyasadiisa waa mid taadu la siman. Maskiin, do not take our intelligence for granted sir. If this is the truth behind the fact-finding you have brought as the golden proof, I am sorry sxb to have even taken you seriously in the outset. Ha ahaato. Magaalada Baardhere Somaliyoo idil ayaa dagto, dadkaa deegaan ahaan u lehne shaki kumo jidho, murana kama taagno where it matters. Luuq sidoo kale. Garbaharey sidoo kale. Buurdhuubo sidoo kale. Beled-Xaawo sidoo kale. Doollo sidoo kale. El-Wak kali weeye meel ay muran ka taagnayd, iyadana la xaliyay. Gedo walaal ha u qaadan inay ku dhex-taal meel Baydaba iyo Buur-Hakaba u dhaxayso. Marka adeer Soomaali waa iyadii kol horay tidhi Ninba kaskisuu hadlaa.

"I neither support this government nor oppose it" Is that "your indivitual" position or does it got to do with the politics of Barre Hiraale and his JVA faction. In another words, would you take a different position to that of Barre and his faction? From my understanding, Mr. Hiiraale supports this government and has even declared his loyalty to it in the heart of Abdulahi Yusuf's opposition; the city of Mogadishu. I believe I will let you figure out just whose position that really is. I know this is about Dayniile, but from the way you put it, you seem to be content with what other "warlord media" spew (good or bad), so I asked why only Dayniile? Obviously you don't like what the owners of that Website write/publish, but equally, there are people who do not like as much what other "warlord media" spews. Sxb if we get into a topic on the legitimacy of Somali news mediums, it take us days and a few more pages. There is the good, the bad, and the laughingstock. Dayniile is among the laughingstock and I say that as honestly and objectively as I can. I have voiced negative opinion about Allpuntland too, but although allpuntland is very subjective, I would not call it a laughingstock. They did not bring that on themselves; Dayniile did. I am not very familiar with Somaliland news sources, but what is your opinion on the lengthy piece on Haatuf that dealt with a meeting between Riyaale and Cabdala Salah, even though Cabdala Salah was on a state visit to China during that same time in question? I'm just curious.