It seems Cabdialhi has been ourmanouvered in the terror business in Kismayo.

He is not to blame but the bovine people who put their trust on him and still..

Out of time but this critique by Osman of the solution theories of Somali Intellectuals without Borders adheres to the same principle that holds the blessed resistance in unity. No Capitulation whatsoever. SIWB’s Call Is a Recipe for Appeasement and Capitulation By Osman Hassan 07 Sept, 2007 The captivating paper by the Somali Intellectuals without Borders (SIWB) on the current situation in Somalia, which recently appeared in WardheerNews, is to be commended. The thrust of the paper is that it has pronounced unambiguous judgement on the opposing sides fighting for power in Somalia. The Islamic Courts Union (ICU) has been depicted as the “proponents of anarchy” who “adhere to the support of most radical forms of terrorism and the indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians under most dubious and phoney pretext of defending the country from Ethiopia”. On the other hand, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has been cast as “the only choice left for Somalia” for the simple reason that “it is a conscious choice between a glimmer of hope and a total chaos and anarchy…”. More controversially is SIWB‘s sanguine perception about Ethiopia’s occupation of Somalia as being for altruistic motives for the interest and welfare of the Somali people!! Many Somalis will beg to differ with one or more of these judgements. A. The Islamic Court Union Much as the ICU has a lot to be blamed for, yet the SIWB have gone overboard in their sweeping damnation. Indeed, the SIWB contradict themselves since they have grudgingly acknowledged elsewhere in the paper that what it calls these “clan-warlord-turned Islamists” did “bring briefly a semblance of relative peace in Mogadishu but it is fallacious to equate the whole of Somalia to Mogadishu”. If there is one thing that the international community and all objective Somalis agree on, it is that the ICU, far from being the proponents of anarchy, were on the contrary the ones who restored peace and stability to most of Southern Somalia after it had been plagued by lawlessness and anarchy for over a decade and ruined by rapacious warlords in cahoots with Ethiopia. The warlords’ defeat therefore had at once opened a window of opportunity for the return of the TFG to the capital, thereby ushering in the end of Somalia’s statelessness and anarchy. Unfortunately, this did not happen and, as to be expected, people are divided as to who was responsible for this failure. Another broadside by SWIB against the ICU gratuitously branded them as: “Opportunists and business groups who prospered in the chaos and lawlessness, Islamists with extremist and discriminatory agenda, politicians who lost their political power and the renegade former members of the Parliament who are currently based in Eritrea”. No one can deny that there are certain elements of truth in these charges but once again they go too far to be credible. Surely, former members of Parliament, like the former Speaker of Parliament, who gave up their jobs for nationalistic reasons in protest against Ethiopia’s occupation of their county, do not deserve such derisive remarks. What they did is something others would call honourable and self-denying - qualities hardly shared by the rest of the Embgathi clique. In comparison with the ICU, the TFG and Parliament are dominated by far worse undesirables: former warlords and all types of greedy hangers-on. But at the end of the day, the ICU was nationalist and that puts them a world apart from the puppet government we have. Detractors of the ICU, including the SIWB, are also quick to point out to its alleged domination by one sub-clan as if that necessarily nullifies its achievements, which at the end of the day were what mattered to the long-suffering people of Mogadishu and Southern Somalia. Accusations regarding clan domination are as common in Somali political life as accusations of racism in the West even when these are not always well founded. This is not intended to absolve the ICU, but has their alleged clan domination gone beyond what most reasonable people would consider it as unacceptable in the Somali context? Is the SIWB the final arbiter on the matter? In historical terms, a more fitting comparison to the ICU is another religious/nationalist Somali movement- the Darwish. They too were dominated by the clan of its birth place but that did not make its mission any less desirable. If anything, the ICU, unlike the Darwish movement, had supporters and volunteers from almost every corner of Somalia and all the way from the ******. As was the case with the Darwish, Islam and Somali nationalism- two pillars decried by SIWB- enabled the ICU to rally its supporters, defeat its enemies and free Southern Somalia from bestial warlords. No one can however defend the indefensible. Notwithstanding its initial usefulness, the ICU had in the end hanged itself in its own rope. By irresponsibly and provocatively daring Ethiopia for a fight, they provided it the pretext it had been waiting for to invade Somalia and unleash death and destruction on the capital. That blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the leaders of the ICU who allowed the movement to be hijacked by criminal elements/former warlords-turned- Islamists. In this respect, I am at one with the SIWB. Apart from finger-pointing, the gist of the SIWB paper is that it was right to liberate Mogadishu from our own warlords but wrong to do so again from foreign occupation and a worse one at that. Far from following this unpatriotic and unacceptable advice, it is the national duty of the ICU, irrespective of its past mistakes, as behoves us all as Somalis, to support the liberation of our country. To do otherwise is to, willy-nilly, condone the Ethiopian occupation and, embrace appeasement and capitulation. B. The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) As the Somalis say:“hal xaaraanihi nirig xalaala ma dhasho”. Less we forget the genesis of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG), it is the baby of that so-called Somali reconciliation conference in Embgathi, Kenya and whose participants were mostly self-serving warlords, opportunists and other undesirables. The whole spectacle was masterminded by neighbouring countries, notably Ethiopia, for the purposes of establishing a supine Somali government headed by hand-picked puppets under their thumb. Both the President and Prime Minister owe their positions to Ethiopia and who henceforth will remain in hoc to Melses Zenawi so long as they want to keep their jobs. In normal circumstances, the Somali people would reject out of hand, for understandable historical reasons, anything bearing Ethiopian’s imprint, and more so an illegitimate government conceived and stitched together by Meles Zenawi. But these are not normal times and it is a measure of their desperation for a government that they were prepared to hold their noses and give the TFG the benefit of the doubt, believing that things could never be worse under it than they had been over the last decade or so. This “glimmer of hope”, shared by SIWB, was nothing more than wishful thinking- more like a mirage by any other name. With two years left of its term, the TFG, like the TNG before it, had dismally failed to deliver its obligations to the nation. No one realistically expected this government to wave a magical wand and move mountains. The cry of the people was not so much for immediate relief from their long enduring deprivations but for modest achievable goals: a modicum of government that would rally the nation, make its presence felt in most parts of the country, restore law and order and revive the dysfunctional state. Mogadishu might have been beyond their reach or control but as the SIWB rightly pointed out, “Mogadishu is not the whole Somalia”, most of which had been relatively peaceful and receptive to government initiatives if only it had the will. A government that was able to shepherd the Ethiopians into most parts of the country would have had little difficulty to install itself in these places and get on with the business of governing the country. Yet, for all the three years they had been in power, the President and his Prime Minister had never deemed it necessary to visit other regions in the country other than their own respective home grounds. This conspicuous failure speaks volumes about their concerns and priorities of which nation building ranks lowest. This failure was predictable and its causes are inherent in the leadership weaknesses of the President and his Prime Minister Seeing the Two Charlatans in Close-Up The President might have been officially proclaimed president of Somalia but he remains incorrigibly a warlord at heart, still wedded to his dictatorial disposition and his clannish mentality. When he is not in Mogadishu, he would rather be back in his native Puntland where he is received like royalty among his admiring local devotees. Here is a man obsessed with power for its own sake, for whom the end justifies the means; the first senior Somali army officer to collude with Ethiopia and who paved the way for the collapse of the Somali State just to be president. The President’s dictatorial and ruthless make-up is reminiscent of his bét noire, the late Siyad Barre. But there ends the similarities. Siyad Barre, whatever his other drawbacks, was at least a nationalist whose place in history would be recognized by future historians and Somali generations less blinkered by petty clan xenophobia. Nationalism and national interest are alien to President Yusuf. His past record should have been enough to stop his election as president at Embgathi. But those corrupt, unscrupulous participants who chose him cared less about national interest and his fitness for the post and only about the generous bids for their votes. Meles Zenawi and other financial backers of course got good value for their money. For Somalia though, its worst fears have come true. Unless you believe in miracles, how can the betrayer of his country, the irredeemable destroyer, the divisive clannish warlord par excellence, the dictator by nature, overnight become a born again conciliator, a consensus-maker, a healer, a peace-lover, a nation- builder, a democrat? No question: most people would see him beyond the pale of redemption. With all his faults, the President is in some ways more Somali than his Prime Minister. The latter shows little or no attachment to his people or country. Judging by his actions, his heart is in Ethiopia and Kenya. Above all, he genuinely looks up to Meles Zenawi as his Godfather. His demeanour on those rare occasions when he returns back to his Mogadishu constituency speaks for itself. Where other leaders might show common touch, radiate empathy, mingle and connect with their ordinary folk, the Prime Minister for his part returns to his native neighbourhoods in Mogadishu like a visiting foreign head of a State. He comes back riding in an open car, escorted by convey of speeding cars, donning exquisite suits, and looking distant, aloof and indifferent to his welcoming, down-trodden ****** multitudes. If one did not know him, he could have been mistaken for an alien coming from another world. This unbecoming conduct from a former local boy who made it good to the top post is not typically Somali. All the same, if that is the way he treats his constituency, the rest of Somalia would mean even less to him. His lack of empathy for his own people is in sharp contrast for his preferences for other countries, other peoples, and in particular whites. These days, it is rare to see him without being accompanied everywhere by his so-called French Chief Political Advisor, who happens to be his former supervisor at a veterinarian NGO. It is not as though he could not find equally, or even better qualified, Somali advisors inside and outside the country. The choice at his disposal, if he was interested, is considerable. More likely, the P.M suffers from an inferiority complex rare among the proud Somali race. Like oil- rich Gulf Arabs, he believes it is only the whites who have superior intellect and competence in every field. Or perhaps he derives, in his misguided ways, certain self-importance, or one-upmanship on the President who, by contrast, surrounds himself with his clan cronies, some of whom are reputed to be barely literate. But when it comes to a choice between these two objectionable practices by the two men, the President’s way is nonetheless less damaging than engaging a foreigner whose advice or harmful influence on sensitive national issues may be detrimental to the nation’s interest. But of course, protecting national interest is of little concern to the P.M, the President and Parliament all of whom see it as marginal to their myopic interests in present day Somalia. While holding power for its own sake is the raison d’être for the President, the P.M’s single shameless obsession is to make money by any means. This is the same man who recently bought a million dollar house in Nairobi. All that money of course could not have been saved as he claims from his meagre salary from his former NGO but can only be aid money scandalously pocketed. But nothing could be more revealing about the Prime Minister’s lack of probity and sensitivity to the plight of his suffering people than the lavish wedding he recently organised for his son at one of the most expensive hotels in Nairobi with no expense spared to give his son something like a royal wedding. All this obscene wedding extravaganza and real estate acquisition were happening at a time when hundreds of thousands of Mogadishu residents who were forced to leave their homes, are languishing in the wilderness in bleak and squalid conditions. The above snapshots on the President and P.M are only meant as indicative glimpses of their overall unsuitability for the offices they hold. After three years in power, the country is no better situation than when the TFG was created. If anything, things are far worse. We now suffer the additional pain of an Ethiopian occupation which is acquiring a permanency of its own and who are increasingly acting as the de facto authority in Somalia, with the TFG pathetically shunted to the sidelines as an impotent, irrelevant spent force. Needless to say, the two leaders of the TFG –and the sham parliament- are not contributing to a solution of Somalia’s problems; they are part of the problem. If there is any “glimmer of hope”, it is that we may see the back of these two men once the term of the TFG ends and are hopefully replaced by better successors, selected or elected by Somalis free from Meles Zenawi’s manipulations. Preparing for these prospects should concentrate our minds now, and not allow others decide for us by default. C. Ethiopia: a Foe or a Friend? When we were taught British colonial history at school, our English teachers would condescendingly tell us that the white man came to Africa not to colonise it but to civilise the natives and save them from themselves. And of course, we were not prepared to swallow such balderdash even though we were then very young and susceptible to brainwashing. Today, SIWB is telling a whole nation licking its wounds that the Ethiopian army came to Somalia to bring peace and stability and to save the Somalis from one another!! What a great disservice to the dead from Ethiopian atrocities and to those thousands displaced people who were forced to flee their capital, systematically destroyed by merciless Ethiopian army. In its pro-Ethiopian stance, SIWB calls for a STOP (their emphasis) to what they call the big lie that “Ethiopia and Somalia are eternal enemies”. It cites the example of Germany and France as two former enemies that have restored normal relation after the Second World War. But this normalisation was consequent on the end of Germany occupation of France following its defeat. European colonisation of Africa was also involuntary occupation and once those occupations ended and independence granted, normal friendly relations were established. Algeria’s good relations with France only became possible after years of a liberation war, when France was in the end forced to give up its claim to Algeria as “Francaise”. No colonised peoples in history have ever renounced their inalienable right to freedom. Muslims do not believe in eternity and hence in eternal enemies. Peace and reconciliation are important part tenants of the Islamic faith. But Islam does not condone capitulation to aggression and indeed does instruct its faithful followers not to turn the other cheek when aggressed, but to defend themselves and their rights. Somalis had been for over a century at the receiving end of Ethiopian occupation and aggression. They would of course like peace and harmony with it if only it would end its occupation of all Somali territories. That includes the ******. Until it does that, Somalis have no choice but to liberate themselves. The ball has always been in the Ethiopian court. So far, all they want is to have their cake and it: in other words, colonise the Somalis and still demand submission. Another equally fallacious assertion by SIWB is its claims that “Ethiopia and Somalia have never gone to war on their own but they had been forced to become pawns in imperial wars fought over world economic and hegemonic interest by imperialists”. It is in this context that they put the 1977 war. It says we were “pawns, plain and simple and our two countries were militarily set up against each other by the cold warriors”. This is historical revisionism at its height. The fact, pure and simple, is that outsiders had nothing to do with the two wars between Ethiopia and Somalia. Although Somalia had declared after independence that it would seek the liberation of other Somalis territories through peaceful means, it was also aware that a war between the two countries was inevitable either because Ethiopia could launch a pre-emptive strike to weaken Somalia as it did in 1964 or Somalia itself might use force to liberated Ethiopian-held Somali held territory if peaceful means failed. As such, Somalia gave the utmost priority to building one of the strongest army in Africa which in the end drove the Ethiopian army from the territory in 1977 for a while until the USSR intervened on Ethiopia’s behalf. Far from the imperialists setting up the two countries against each other, as SIWB claims, the international community led by the big powers had on the contrary imposed an onerous arms embargo on Somalia for its alleged aggression against Ethiopia. Another fact sidestepped by SIWB is that Ethiopia opposed Somalia’s independence but could not stop it. It rightly saw Somalia’s independence as a rallying magnet for Somali irredentism and nationalism, which could unravel its shaky grip on the ******. In order to forestall that, Ethiopia had adopted a two pronged strategy: on the one hand to oppress the Somali’s ****** beyond endurance as a disincentive to entertaining independence aspirations, and at the same time to do everything possible to render their benefactor, the Somali State, dysfunctional. In pursuing its objectives and strategies, Ethiopia played a decisive role in bringing down the government of Mohamed Siyad Barre by arming and supporting clan-based anti-government insurgents. Since then, Ethiopia under Meles Zenawi spared no effort to prevent the revival of the Somali State. It accepted the TFG only because it was its baby and knew, as time has proved, that it would be nothing more than a toothless bull dog. A more ludicrous assertion by SIWB is that Ethiopia has no imperialist designs on Somalia. This is plain sophistry. Somalia may not be an Ethiopian colony in the conventional sense, but it has all the hallmarks of being an Ethiopian dominion. It promoted fractious clan and regional rivalries, supported warlords, and engineered the balkanisation of Somalia into various Bantustans, each entity de-linked from Somalia but instead coming directly under Meles’ insidious tutelage. Somaliland and Puntland epitomise this Bantustanisation of Somalia. It is not a coincidence that “President,” Dahir Riyale’s recent visit to Addis took place at the very moment when that much trumpeted national reconciliation conference was taking place in Mogadishu. Nothing could give a more unambiguous message about Ethiopia’s total disregard and contempt for Somalia’s unity, sovereignty and honour than its direct dealings with regions that are supposed to be part and parcel of Somalia over the head of the national government. Another powerful reason for Ethiopia to control Somalia is because it has successfully packaged itself as an indispensable strategic alley of the USA in the “war on terror” in the Horn. This has earned it multiple benefits, not least it has deflected Western criticism of its human rights violation in Ethiopia proper, but more importantly from our perspective, it blunted any outcry against it’s atrocities in the ****** and Somalia. So long as the war on terror retains its current highest priority in the present USA administration, Meles can count on it to give him free hand in Somalia and to shield him from criticism or sanctions coming from else where. The Conclusion So far, things have been moving Meles’ way, but his gains could only be temporary as nothing is guaranteed in the future. For one thing, he cannot forever count on unquestioning future US support. But with or without the US support, Meles would do every thing to maintain his control of Somalia- gains he will not give up voluntarily and would do everything to maintain them. But he will be increasingly up against nationalist Somali forces that would strive to free their country totally from the yoke of Ethiopian neo-colonialism. The outcome of these opposing forces will depend on the will of the Somali people and their readiness to pay the necessary price. This is the challenge, which should shape our actions for the future. Osman Hassan Email:ohassanomar@yahoo.co.uk

My heartfelt sentiment goes with Miskiin-Macruf-Aqyaar and Xoogsade. We aught to continue the resistance and never present our enemy the elusive chance for a temporary respite, doing so lengthens their time of occupation and brutalities of revenge on our civilians. Monuments would be built for the heroes and heroins who died during the painful course of liberation and the struggle for our inalienable rights. We shall never surrunder our inalienable rights.

America's militarized foreign policy is a failure Jeffrey Sachs , December 3, 2007 Many of today's war zones - including Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Sudan - share basic problems that lie at the root of their conflicts. They are all poor, buffeted by natural disasters - especially floods, droughts, and earthquakes - and have rapidly growing populations that are pressing on the capacity of the land to feed them. And the proportion of youth is very high, with a bulging population of young men of military age (15-24 years). All of these problems can be solved only through long-term sustainable economic development. Yet the United States persists in responding to symptoms rather than to underlying conditions by trying to address every conflict by military means. It backs the Ethiopian Army in Somalia. It occupies Iraq and Afghanistan. It threatens to bomb Iran. It supports the military dictatorship in Pakistan. None of these military actions addresses the problems that led to conflict in the first place. On the contrary, American policies typically inflame the situation rather than solve it. Time and again, this military approach comes back to haunt the United States. The US embraced the shah of Iran by sending massive armaments, which fell into the hands of Iran's revolutionary government after 1979. The US then backed Saddam Hussein in his attack on Iran, until the US ended up attacking Saddam himself. The United States backed Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union, until the US ended up fighting bin Laden. Since 2001 the US has supported Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan with more than $10 billion in aid, and now faces an unstable regime that barely survives. US foreign policy is so ineffective because it has been taken over by the military. Even postwar reconstruction in Iraq under the US-led occupation was run by the Pentagon rather than by civilian agencies. The US military budget dominates everything about foreign policy. Adding up the budgets of the Pentagon, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Department of Homeland Security, nuclear-weapons programs, and the State Department's military assistance operations, the US will spend around $800 billion this year on security, compared with less than $20 billion for economic development. In a stunning article on aid to Pakistan during the Bush administration, Craig Cohen and Derek Chollet demonstrated the disastrous nature of this militarized approach - even before the tottering Musharraf regime's latest crackdown. They show that even though Pakistan faces huge problems of poverty, population, and environment, 75 percent of the $10 billion in US aid has gone to the Pakistani military, ostensibly to reimburse Pakistan for its contribution to the "war on terror," and to help it buy F-16s and other weapons systems. Another 16 percent went straight to the Pakistani budget, no questions asked. That left less than 10 percent for development and humanitarian assistance. Annual US aid for education in Pakistan has amounted to just $64 million, or $1.16 per school-aged child. The authors note that "the strategic direction for Pakistan was set early by a narrow circle at the top of the Bush administration and has been largely focused on the war effort rather than on Pakistan's internal situation." They also emphasize that "US engagement with Pakistan is highly militarized and centralized, with very little reaching the vast majority of Pakistanis." They quote President George W. Bush as saying, "When [Musharraf] looks me in the eye and says ... there won't be a Taliban and won't be Al-Qaeda, I believe him, you know?" This militarized approach is leading the world into a downward spiral of violence and conflict. Each new US weapons system "sold" or given to the region increases the chances of expanded war and further military coups, and to the chance that the arms will be turned on the US itself. None of it helps to address the underlying problems of poverty, child mortality, water scarcity, and lack of livelihoods in places like Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province, Sudan's Darfur region, or Somalia. These places are bulging with people facing a tightening squeeze of insufficient rainfall and degraded pasturelands. Naturally, many join radical causes. The Bush administration fails to recognize these fundamental demographic and environmental challenges, that $800 billion of security spending won't bring irrigation to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, and Somalia, and therefore won't bring peace. Instead of seeing real people in crisis, they see caricatures, a terrorist around every corner. A more peaceful world will be possible only when Americans and others begin to see things through the eyes of their supposed enemies, and realize that today's conflicts, having resulted from desperation and despair, can be solved through economic development rather than war. We will have peace when we heed the words of President John F. Kennedy, who said, a few months before his death, "For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." Jeffrey Sachs is a professor of economics and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. THE DAILY STAR publishes this commentary in collaboration with Project Syndicate © ( www.project-syndicate.org ).

Somalia is Somalia to them. Our country is so vulnerable to acts of betrayal and sabotage. We have to bear the tragedies of the "war on terror" and the direct consequences of the Congress' support for strategic shift of America's foreign policy to the Military since Sep 9, 2001.

According to this news, Apparently, the Pentagon officials has ordered its Navy forces to infiltirate this port on an allegation that it is the main source of smuggling activities. Besides, these military officials see no legitimate administration anywhere in Somalia. Dekeda wayn ee Magaalada Bosaso oo saaka gebi ahaanba albaabadu u xiranyihiin ka Dib markii ay Ciidamada Bada Maraykanaka iyo kuwa Puntland ay iskumaan dhaafeen. Dekeda Magaalada Bosaso ee Xarunta Gobolka Bari ayaa Saaka Xiran Mana Jiraan Wax Dhaqdhaqa oo Dekedaasi saakay ka kala Soconaya Waxaana ay ku Waaberiisatay Maanta in Si Rasmi ah ay u Xirnaato Go aankaasi oo ay Soo Dejiyeen Ciidamada amaanka ee ilaalada Xeebaha Puntlnad oo isku Dayey inay Gacanta Ku so Dhigaan Doonyo iyo Maraakiib Si Sharci daro ah uga Sahqaysanaysa Xeebta Magalada Bosas. Waxaa Saaka ka taagan Dekeda Magaalada Bosaso Xiisad Colaadeed taasi oo Iminka Siwayna looga Cabsi Qabo in uu Dagaal ka dhaco 2 Ciidan ee isku Horfadhiya Gudaha Dekeda Magaalada Bosaso Ciidamo Maraykan ah oo ay Wataan Kooxo Burcada ayaa Ku sugan Dekeda Bosaso waxaana ay ku Qalabaysan yihiin Hub Waxaana Saaran Dad Cadaana oo u dhashay Dalkaasi Maraykanka Waxaana ay Shegeen Ciidamada Maraykana iyo kuwa kalee Gacanta ka heliya ee ka soo Jedaa Puntland inay Xabad Kaga jawaabayaan Werarka ay Doonayaan inay Soo qadaan Ciidamada Amaanka ee Haatan ku Horfadhiya Dekeda Magalada Bosaso ee Xarunta Gobolka Bari. Ciidanka Amaanka ee Xeebaha Puntland ayaa shaqada dekeda Hakiyey ka dib markii ay Arkeen oo ay garteen Ciidamadan mareekanka ah ee Gudaha u soo galay Dekeda wayn ee Magaalada Bosaso. Waxaa ay Ciidamada amaanka Xeebaha Puntland Sheegayaan oo iminka ay ujeedadoodu tahay inay Gacanta ku soo dhigaan kooxa Horseedka ka ah Keenitaanka Ciidamada shisheeye Xeebaha DGPL Mana Doonayaan inay Wax dhib ah u geystaan Ciidamada Puntland Dadka ajaanibta ah ee ka soo Jeeda Dalka Maraykanka Balse waxa ay Sheegayaan Ciidanka ilaalladu in Hadii ay Kooxa haasi Sidaas wax ku sii wadaan ay Xaladu is bedelasyo oo ay Dagaal noqonayso Ma jirto Wax dhaq dhaqaaq ah oo Saaka ka jirey Dekeda Wayn ee Magaalada Bosaso Guud ahaan waxaa ku Xayiran Doonyo iyo Marakiib Donayey inay Maanta Dejiyaan Rarka iyo Xamuulka ay wadaan. Lama garanayo Halka ay ku dambayn Doonta Xaladaasi ka aloosan Saaka Dekeda Magaalada Bosaso ee Xarunta Gobolka bari. Maxamed Axmed Ciise Dhahar.ocm Geedi7@hotmail.com Bosaso Somaliya

The Painful Rematch: Rankling the Hideous Black Sunday!! (Dec 31, 1990) Abdirasaq Hashi December 03, 2007 Many of us recall dejectedly the hideous black Sunday. The day that the first bullet was triggered and fired in the sky of the Somali's capital, Mogadishu, to whistle the beginning of what was unknown to many aardvarks who were exhorted to dig up the sparks of the hell-fire to tip them over onto the entire peaceful nation—a nation that had been drowned in tribal divisions, ignorance, and poverty. Following that day, every thing changed. The low and order were savagely violated and trampled by both the disobedient regime and the so-called opposition groups—the caterpillars (diir-diir) and the aardvarks (faranfar) that disorderly dispersed in to the streets of Mogadishu and the entire Somali cities, towns, and villages—who had been driven and united only by one agenda, a blatant tribal political objectives. People with guns, knives, axes, spears, bows and arrows spouted out from every direction. Then what next? The country turned in to a big abattoir or slaughterhouse if you wish. Many innocent civilians became victims of massacres and displacements for only they were from different tribes and regions. Long-time friends, relatives, in-laws, and neighbors became suddenly enemies to each other and hunted one another. Some mothers were killed because they were simply the wives of men from different tribes whom the killers at the first place granted them. Nieces and nephews were repudiated for they were belonging to other tribes; even some reports indicate that some of these children were killed by their uncles—the brothers of their mothers; shame and inhuman acts that oppose Islamic teachings and Somali’s tradition and culture. Surprisingly, it was the first time in the recent history that human being turned into caterpillars. Forget about other public and private properties on the surface of earth that were looted; even the wires in the ground were not save; they were dug out from the deep inside the holes and then peeled off. At one event, the Somali National University was a chock-a-block with hundreds of looters; some were shouting each other; some were shooting each other inside the administrative offices of the university. They took every thing that their hands could scrabble—tables, chairs, files, folders, and the computers—and then chased each other endlessly in circled rooms until bigger aardvarks with bigger machine-guns came along the site and tackled them one by one. As all these difficulties were happening, Somalia’s once pre-eminent military power in the Horn of Africa vanished from the scene. If one pays sanely a quick glance at the events of the last 30 years and recourse the truth not fabrications and lies, our military bonded together these tribally divided Somali society and transformed them into one nation with one country. This military machine, as we all remember, fought fanatically and confidentially in every war to defend the country from any ferocious enemies both inside and outside the country. On one hand, they were acclaimed for their vigilance and attention day and night, working so hard in every abominable condition; they never allowed the enemy and its deceitful betrayers to impede the country and intimidate its citizens. On the other, they played an indispensable role for the country’s economic, social, and educational development; some hospitals, factories, educational institutions, and other various community services were run by many well-trained military technocrats. The huge military institutions contributed medical doctors, engineers, civil pilots, and some university professors. And remarkably, no one can forget how they pioneered to save thousands of lives, both human and animals from the well-known drought of Daba-dheer in 1974. Gallivanting peacefully in the streets of the cities, villages, and even countryside, Somali citizens were happily indebted to their indispensable brave army for the kind of protection they offered to them. They had never worried about any kind of incursion from the Ethiopian army which is now deep inside the country, in the capital, committing war crimes against humanity day and night in the same slaughterhouse that we had been using against each other since the Hideous Black Sunday. Unexpectedly, this praiseworthy army was gradually degraded and lost its reputation to save the country after many years of transcending the enemy and its evil traitors—an event completely traumatizing the entire Somali nation and boosted the enemy’s ego. This was the result of a misuse of power and misguidance from both the regime and the opposition groups. The government used the public resources to fight against its own people while the opposing betrayers and in their turn used the enemy’s resources to fight against their own country. Conclusion Excluding a decade or more of unbounded killings and a blood-curing situation from a cruel government and vengeful tribal opposition groups, seventeen years or more passed since the beginning of this ongoing turmoil and bloodshed in Somalia. And still, the caterpillars and aardvarks that ought to be blamed for this untidiness are the masters and the dominants in the Somali’s political theater. These are the warlords—the So-called TFG— who granted Ethiopia a golden opportunity to invade Somalia as a 'Retaliation for Conquest of Abyssinia.’ The painful rematch that Somali people have to regain. A/Rasaq Hashi, Columbus, OH E-Mail:iraad69@yahoo.com

By reading this news article of Washigton Post, I recalled Tamrat Nega 's article and the subsequent commentary of the NSPU . Allah Bless Somalia. U.S. Debating Shift of Support in Somali Conflict By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, December 4, 2007 CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti, Dec. 3 -- The escalating conflict in Somalia is generating debate inside the Bush administration over whether the United States should continue to back the shaky transitional government in Mogadishu or shift support to the less volatile region of Somaliland, which declared independence in 1991, U.S. defense and military officials said. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates discussed regional issues during a visit to Djibouti on Monday, including Somalia and the presence there of about 8,000 Ethiopian troops, the officials said. Ethiopian forces intervened a year ago to install the fledgling government in Mogadishu and they continue to fight Islamic radicals in Somalia. "My biggest concern about Somalia is the potential for al-Qaeda to be active there," Gates said on his first visit to the Horn of Africa as defense secretary. Asked about allegations of human rights abuses by Ethiopian troops in Somalia, Gates said: "We're obviously very interested in helping the African Union and Ugandans to try and exercise some constructive influence on the Ethiopians." U.S. military officials say Somalia is the greatest source of instability in the Horn of Africa, leading them to seek new ways to contain the violence there. One approach, Pentagon officials argue, would be to forge ties with Somaliland, as the U.S. military has with Kenya and other countries bordering Somalia. A breakaway region along Somalia's northwestern coast, Somaliland has about 2 million people and an elected president, and offers greater potential for U.S. military assistance to bolster security, even though it lacks international recognition, they say. "Somaliland is an entity that works," a senior defense official said. "We're caught between a rock and a hard place because they're not a recognized state," the official said. The Pentagon's view is that "Somaliland should be independent," another defense official said. "We should build up the parts that are functional and box in" Somalia's unstable regions, particularly around Mogadishu. In contrast, "the State Department wants to fix the broken part first -- that's been a failed policy," the official said. The official U.S. government position is that the United States should withhold recognition from Somaliland because the African Union has yet to recognize it. "We do not want to get ahead of the continental organization on an issue of such importance," said Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi E. Frazer in an e-mailed response to questions. The issue is diplomatically sensitive because recognizing Somaliland could set a precedent for other secession movements seeking to change colonial-era borders, opening a Pandora's box in the region. In Djibouti, U.S. military officials say they are eager to engage Somaliland. "We'd love to, we're just waiting for State to give us the okay," said Navy Capt. Bob Wright, head of strategic communication for the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa. The task force is composed of about 1,800 U.S. troops who conduct military training and reconstruction projects such as digging wells and building schools in 11 countries in the region. Meanwhile, the United States continues to back Somalia's weak Transitional Federal Government, set up in late 2004 with support from international organizations and the African Union. Lawlessness in Somalia, where a political vacuum since the government's collapse in 1991 has been filled by rival warlords and militias, is a concern for the U.S. military because the country has provided sanctuary for terrorists and has fostered groups that seek to impose strict Islamic law, or sharia. In late 2006, Ethiopia dispatched thousands of troops into Somalia to unseat a group know as the Islamic Courts movement, which the U.S. military says is affiliated with al-Qaeda. That incursion also created an opportunity for the U.S. military to take action in Somalia with counterterrorism raids by small Special Operations teams. Together with the CIA, they are attempting to eliminate members of what is known as the East Africa al-Qaeda cell, thought to be responsible for the U.S. embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, according to defense officials. "They are precise, laser-like focused, small, a handful of guys who go in and out," the defense official said. "Some things the agency [Central Intelligence Agency] does, some things they allow us to do," the official said, adding that counterterrorism operations are ongoing. In Somalia, the U.S. military has also staged at least two AC-130 gunship strikes and a naval strike targeting suspected al-Qaeda operatives in the past year. In recent months, human rights groups have accused Ethiopian forces of abuses such as rape and indiscriminate killing of civilians as they bomb and burn villages in counterinsurgency operations. Despite these allegations, the Pentagon continues to back the Ethiopian presence. "Any government that provides Somalis with assistance we support, including Ethiopia," a senior defense official said. "I am unaware of specific allegations regarding the conduct of the Ethiopian troops." Source:Washington Post

This girl needs our help. The reason she said "she would rather die than live this" "Obstetric fistula is a hole in the birth canal caused by prolonged labour without prompt medical intervention, usually a Caesarean section. The woman is left with chronic incontinence and, in most cases, a stillborn baby... Like maternal mortality, fistula is almost entirely preventable. But at least 2 million women in Africa, Asia and the Arab region are living with the condition, and some 50,000 to 100,000 new cases develop each year. The persistence of fistula is a signal that health systems are failing to meet the needs of women" Source: endfistula.org Many people displayed a much emphatic desire to help this girl If someone should furnish her family name and exact whereabouts.

Al-Sumali, your point is an aggregate of the mechanics of running the business of hegemony, subjugation, and domination of poor people and oppressed nations except for a few billion details.

Somaliland: Reason of an All-out War in the Horn of Africa November 13, 2007 In earlier articles we reported about the rise of the pro-Somali unity state of Maakhir between Somaliland and Puntland, and the undeclared war incidents occurred around Las Anod, a Puntland town that was attacked and invaded by the militias of the troops of Somaliland. We first published prior to the events on September 20 ('Somaliland and Puntland in War, as Moderate Leader rises in Somali South'); we then criticized on October 25 the overall political situation in Somaliland ('Somaliland turns from Hope to Despair'). Quite unfortunately, the political degradation in Somaliland, as result of vicious advice malignantly given by the intruding Abyssinian terrorist government of the Tigray tribal dictator Zenawi, causes despair and provokes retaliation in the Somali North. Abyssinia: Top Reason for Somaliland's Failure to get International Recognition We stated in the aforementioned articles that the main responsible for Somaliland's failure to get international recognition is Abyssinia – fallaciously re-baptized 'Ethiopia'. We therefore contributed to the exasperation of many brainwashed Somalis of Somaliland who are made to believe that fake 'Ethiopia' has – or could ever possibly have – good intentions towards Hargeysa. The Abyssinian advice and intelligence help as regards the illegitimate Las Anod attack clarify the issue very well. Pushing unrecognized Somaliland to war against Puntland, the criminal and misrepresentative Abyssinian class of 'diplomats' knew that if a secessionist state like Somaliland was met with 16-year long difficulties to get international recognition, its chances drop to zero when this secessionist state is internationally held responsible for triggering wars in an already unstable region. The Abyssinian advice was deliberate, intentional and malignant; all that followed and all that will come to pass in that area was easy to anticipate. The only unable to see clearly – probably due to their anti-O9gadeni hatred – are the few advisers and political decision makers around the unrepresentative and unrecognized pseudo-president Rayaale, the panicked puppet of the cruel and murderous Abyssinian tyrant Zenawi. The international community never recognized, never will, a secessionist state that triggers wars with neighboring states. To mention an example, Turkey is the only state to have recognized the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a state formed by the Turkish Muslim Cypriots who had been prior to the military putsch of July 15, 1974 tyrannized by the Greek speaking Christian Orthodox majority of Cyprus. The prevention of the international recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not the main concern of either Southern Cyprus or Greece but mainly England. If the chances of an international recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are not very strong now, they will be nil, if that state attempts a military attack against its southern neighbors. No one wants in the UN a country that, even when unrecognized, triggers hostilities, enmities, wars, and discord. Knowing this, and anticipating the forthcoming escalation, the Abyssinian advisers – directors of 'president' Rayaale pushed him to make the step that would cancel once forever Somaliland's chances for international recognition. Somaliland Permanently Plunged into Chaos: an 'Ethiopian' Wish One may find it difficult to believe that the supposed ally of Somaliland would pursue so duplicitous and mendacious policies towards a supposed 'friend' and 'ally'; yet, the Nazi Amhara and Tigray Abyssinian rulers of the Failed State 'Ethiopia' have demonstrated for over a century that they are not, genuinely cannot be, the allies of any other nation, ethnic group, religious group, tribe or political leadership. This hinges on their racist nature, their racist and inhuman education, and the state-imposed (among the Amhara and Tigray Abyssinians exclusively), bogus-historical dogma that in terms of historical and ideological analysis is far more dangerous than Hitler's National Socialist ideology described with his Mein Kampf. Even worse, the racist, state-imposed, bogus-historical dogma of Abyssinia pertains also to a) vicious alterations of the Old and New Testament scriptures (in their inaccurate Gueze translations), b) ensuing devious theological interpretations and erroneous, anti-Biblical and anti-Christian, perceptions, and c) ultimate religious fornication actively manipulated at the level of political ideology and practice. All this translates to desired, planned and performed racist policies of discrimination and absolute differentiation that lead to permanent isolation. The best for the demented rulers of Somaliland would be to study the attitude of the Amhara and Tigray Abyssinian rulers towards the selected Oromos, Sidamas, ******is, Afars, Anuak, Kaffas, Shekachos, Kambatas, Wolayitas, and Agaws with whom they used to close deals involving the treachery of their respective nations, the abolition of all their ideals for National Independence, and the eradication of all their aspirations for Freedom, Democracy and Justice. Although these selected traitors, who betray the totality of their compatriots, risk their lives to serve their Amhara and Tigray masters, criminally misrepresenting and undeservedly swindling their nations, the Abyssinian racist tyrants deprecate, humiliate, and before too long imprison or exterminate them. This is the Abyssinian plan for Somaliland too. Beyond the racist attitude, fully displayed within the walls of the Hargeysa governmental buildings by the criminal gangsters, who impersonate the 'diplomats' of 'Ethiopia', there are several reasons for which Abyssinia cannot tolerate a successful and complete nation building in Somaliland, which would involve international recognition. Here are some of the reasons: Somaliland, merged with Afars, to rise as Bab el Mandeb Major Power The Abyssinian tyrants know very well that, even combined, the Christian Monophysitic (heretic) Amhara and Tigray populations do not exceed 17 – 18 % of the country's entire population. And they are currently divided. They are fully aware of the fact that the Muslim Amhara and Tigray Abyssinians deeply resent the bogus-Christian tyranny of the Abyssinian Church and their illiterate monks, the notorious Debteraw, and are currently preparing a thunderous hit against the cruel Tigray dictator Zenawi. They also know that all the other subjugated nations, Oromos, Sidamas, ******is, Afars, Anuak, Kaffas, Shekachos, Kambatas, Wolayitas, Agaws and others, totally reject the existence of the inhuman Hell 'Ethiopia' – the illegal fabrication of the Abyssinian regional imperialism. The dissolution of 'Ethiopia' is an easy affair for an independent neighbor without inner problems. A successful nation building procedure in Somaliland would free the local politicians and statesmen from any obligation towards their Abyssinian masters; in such a case, they would levy higher taxes from the Berbera harbour! With fast progress and increased income, little Somaliland would have no fear to ally itself with Eritrea, the Oromos and the Sidamas, and ultimately contribute to the final demolition of 'Ethiopia'. Even worse, to rise to level of Bab el Mandeb Major Power, Somaliland would have it easy to set up an alliance with the Afars of 'Ethiopia', the Afars of Eritrea, and the Afars of Djibouti, merging therefore all the ***** Somalis with the Afar multi-divided and long tyrannized nation into kind of 'Greater Djibouti' that would control the Bab el Mandeb straits in cooperation with Yemen. Somaliland: Possible Leader of Regional Attack against Abyssinia The Abyssinian intelligence are fully aware that, under the surface of Somaliland's political life, and the false appearance managed by 'president' Rayaale, a great and ever growing number of Somalis of Somaliland come to understand that their unrepresentative leadership's enmity towards Puntland, Maakhir, the Somalis of the South, and the Somalis of ****** is simply a non option. In the case international recognition stimulated the nation building process and democratic practices, president Rayaale would be soon forgotten, and the Nationalist Somalis, as represented today by the Northern Somalis for Peace and Unity (NSPU), would rise to power. Bringing into deliberations, negotiations, dispute settlement, and concord agreement the leaderships of Maakhir, Puntland, ARS, TFG (if it survives until then), and ******, the new – definitely democratic and thus anti-Abyssinian – Somaliland leadership (we mean the NSPU here) would become a major contributor to a united, peaceful, and politically well diversified Somalia, thus triggering an involvement in ****** where Zenawi's soldiers have no right to stay even for a moment. This would be the beginning of the end of fake 'Ethiopia', the most appalling and anachronistic tyranny in the world. Somaliland in the Path of Chaos: Continuation of the War with Puntland All political forces in Somaliland, the local businessmen, intellectuals, administrators and spiritual leaders, the entire average people have the great obligation to think, carefully reflect, consider options, and do their best to impose them on the impotent and inane current political leadership. Somaliland has no stamina for a war. And what is the value victory in the front that is translated to a disaster at the level of international diplomacy? War with Puntland will cause Chaos in Somaliland itself. Somalis of Somaliland must come to terms with the dire consequences of the recent attack against Las Anod. A few days ago, the parliament Speaker of Puntland clearly announced that the Puntland government intends to recapture the disputed town of Las Anod within a set period of time or face consequences. Puntland set to get Las Anod back The Puntland Parliament Speaker, Mr. Ahmed Ali Hashi, interviewed by Radio Garowe last Thursday, said that "the administration was told to return the freedom of Sool region, especially the capital Las Anod, and to guarantee the borders of Puntland, which have been invaded by aggressors". More specifically, Mr. Ahmed Ali Hashi said that a defense and security motion had been passed in the Puntland Parliament, giving the administration of President Mohamud "Adde" Muse a set number of days to get Las Anod back from the Somaliland militias that had captured the town last October. The Puntland Parliament Speaker said: "we gave the administration a set period of time to recapture Las Anod and that time is secret between government members". He then urged the Puntland government "to reach the border so that the Las Anod injustice does not continue". Brave Las Anod Inhabitants in Rebellion As a matter of fact, conflicting news from Las Anod let us understand that a confusing situation has prevailed there since the days of the Somaliland invasion. A popular uprising similar to that of Mogadishu seems to take place these days in Las Anod, as local people demonstrate their full opposition to the Somaliland military. Heroic and brave Las Anod Somalis took to the streets and were successful in liberating a part of the town, by setting up barricades. Rioters shut off the main road by using objects, rocks and burned tires, witnesses said ( Garowe Online ). Last Wednesday, in an effort to react and recapture the Las Anod liberated district, hundreds of Somaliland troops, backed by more than 100 armed trucks, reportedly participated in an operation inside Las Anod to clear roads closed off by protestors since last week. Locals woke up to find Somaliland troops and armed trucks along the road. The Somaliland forces were led by a local commander allied to the secessionist government in Hargeysa. Somaliland soldiers fired into a crowd of angry locals who attempted to place the objects back on the road. One young male was killed in the incident and three others, including a woman, were injured, a local journalist confirmed to Garowe Online. The situation in Las Anod grew calmer as the day progressed. By afternoon time, the riots came to a halt and the situation returned to normal. Las Anod people may function as litmus paper for the entire Somalia; thought to be against Somalia's unity in the past, they seem to have become – due to their terrible experience, some of the most fervent supporters of Somalia's re-unification We have to add that, as it happens in Mogadishu over the past ten days, approximately 20000 civilians have reportedly fled Las Anod since October 15 when Somaliland forces invaded the large Northern Somali town. Speaker Hashi incited Puntland government to go ahead with the military effort to get Las Anod back, using blatant words, as follows: "Puntland must make an immediate decision about the defense of Puntland or Puntland will not exist" ( AllSanag ), thus increasing fears of an impending major war that would devastate the Somali North, ridiculing at the same time president Rayaale's assumption that Somaliland is 'an oasis of peace in a chaotic Somalia'. Despite all this, Speaker Hashi saw a "Somali solution involving Somaliland" close, as probable reaction to the discredited Somaliland leadership that proved able only to incite this war. By Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis

Somaliland: Reason of an All-out War in the Horn of Africa November 13, 2007 In earlier articles we reported about the rise of the pro-Somali unity state of Maakhir between Somaliland and Puntland, and the undeclared war incidents occurred around Las Anod, a Puntland town that was attacked and invaded by the militias of the troops of Somaliland. We first published prior to the events on September 20 ('Somaliland and Puntland in War, as Moderate Leader rises in Somali South'); we then criticized on October 25 the overall political situation in Somaliland ('Somaliland turns from Hope to Despair'). Quite unfortunately, the political degradation in Somaliland, as result of vicious advice malignantly given by the intruding Abyssinian terrorist government of the Tigray tribal dictator Zenawi, causes despair and provokes retaliation in the Somali North. Abyssinia: Top Reason for Somaliland's Failure to get International Recognition We stated in the aforementioned articles that the main responsible for Somaliland's failure to get international recognition is Abyssinia – fallaciously re-baptized 'Ethiopia'. We therefore contributed to the exasperation of many brainwashed Somalis of Somaliland who are made to believe that fake 'Ethiopia' has – or could ever possibly have – good intentions towards Hargeysa. The Abyssinian advice and intelligence help as regards the illegitimate Las Anod attack clarify the issue very well. Pushing unrecognized Somaliland to war against Puntland, the criminal and misrepresentative Abyssinian class of 'diplomats' knew that if a secessionist state like Somaliland was met with 16-year long difficulties to get international recognition, its chances drop to zero when this secessionist state is internationally held responsible for triggering wars in an already unstable region. The Abyssinian advice was deliberate, intentional and malignant; all that followed and all that will come to pass in that area was easy to anticipate. The only unable to see clearly – probably due to their anti-O9gadeni hatred – are the few advisers and political decision makers around the unrepresentative and unrecognized pseudo-president Rayaale, the panicked puppet of the cruel and murderous Abyssinian tyrant Zenawi. The international community never recognized, never will, a secessionist state that triggers wars with neighboring states. To mention an example, Turkey is the only state to have recognized the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a state formed by the Turkish Muslim Cypriots who had been prior to the military putsch of July 15, 1974 tyrannized by the Greek speaking Christian Orthodox majority of Cyprus. The prevention of the international recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is not the main concern of either Southern Cyprus or Greece but mainly England. If the chances of an international recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are not very strong now, they will be nil, if that state attempts a military attack against its southern neighbors. No one wants in the UN a country that, even when unrecognized, triggers hostilities, enmities, wars, and discord. Knowing this, and anticipating the forthcoming escalation, the Abyssinian advisers – directors of 'president' Rayaale pushed him to make the step that would cancel once forever Somaliland's chances for international recognition. Somaliland Permanently Plunged into Chaos: an 'Ethiopian' Wish One may find it difficult to believe that the supposed ally of Somaliland would pursue so duplicitous and mendacious policies towards a supposed 'friend' and 'ally'; yet, the Nazi Amhara and Tigray Abyssinian rulers of the Failed State 'Ethiopia' have demonstrated for over a century that they are not, genuinely cannot be, the allies of any other nation, ethnic group, religious group, tribe or political leadership. This hinges on their racist nature, their racist and inhuman education, and the state-imposed (among the Amhara and Tigray Abyssinians exclusively), bogus-historical dogma that in terms of historical and ideological analysis is far more dangerous than Hitler's National Socialist ideology described with his Mein Kampf. Even worse, the racist, state-imposed, bogus-historical dogma of Abyssinia pertains also to a) vicious alterations of the Old and New Testament scriptures (in their inaccurate Gueze translations), b) ensuing devious theological interpretations and erroneous, anti-Biblical and anti-Christian, perceptions, and c) ultimate religious fornication actively manipulated at the level of political ideology and practice. All this translates to desired, planned and performed racist policies of discrimination and absolute differentiation that lead to permanent isolation. The best for the demented rulers of Somaliland would be to study the attitude of the Amhara and Tigray Abyssinian rulers towards the selected Oromos, Sidamas, ******is, Afars, Anuak, Kaffas, Shekachos, Kambatas, Wolayitas, and Agaws with whom they used to close deals involving the treachery of their respective nations, the abolition of all their ideals for National Independence, and the eradication of all their aspirations for Freedom, Democracy and Justice. Although these selected traitors, who betray the totality of their compatriots, risk their lives to serve their Amhara and Tigray masters, criminally misrepresenting and undeservedly swindling their nations, the Abyssinian racist tyrants deprecate, humiliate, and before too long imprison or exterminate them. This is the Abyssinian plan for Somaliland too. Beyond the racist attitude, fully displayed within the walls of the Hargeysa governmental buildings by the criminal gangsters, who impersonate the 'diplomats' of 'Ethiopia', there are several reasons for which Abyssinia cannot tolerate a successful and complete nation building in Somaliland, which would involve international recognition. Here are some of the reasons: Somaliland, merged with Afars, to rise as Bab el Mandeb Major Power The Abyssinian tyrants know very well that, even combined, the Christian Monophysitic (heretic) Amhara and Tigray populations do not exceed 17 – 18 % of the country's entire population. And they are currently divided. They are fully aware of the fact that the Muslim Amhara and Tigray Abyssinians deeply resent the bogus-Christian tyranny of the Abyssinian Church and their illiterate monks, the notorious Debteraw, and are currently preparing a thunderous hit against the cruel Tigray dictator Zenawi. They also know that all the other subjugated nations, Oromos, Sidamas, ******is, Afars, Anuak, Kaffas, Shekachos, Kambatas, Wolayitas, Agaws and others, totally reject the existence of the inhuman Hell 'Ethiopia' – the illegal fabrication of the Abyssinian regional imperialism. The dissolution of 'Ethiopia' is an easy affair for an independent neighbor without inner problems. A successful nation building procedure in Somaliland would free the local politicians and statesmen from any obligation towards their Abyssinian masters; in such a case, they would levy higher taxes from the Berbera harbour! With fast progress and increased income, little Somaliland would have no fear to ally itself with Eritrea, the Oromos and the Sidamas, and ultimately contribute to the final demolition of 'Ethiopia'. Even worse, to rise to level of Bab el Mandeb Major Power, Somaliland would have it easy to set up an alliance with the Afars of 'Ethiopia', the Afars of Eritrea, and the Afars of Djibouti, merging therefore all the ***** Somalis with the Afar multi-divided and long tyrannized nation into kind of 'Greater Djibouti' that would control the Bab el Mandeb straits in cooperation with Yemen. Somaliland: Possible Leader of Regional Attack against Abyssinia The Abyssinian intelligence are fully aware that, under the surface of Somaliland's political life, and the false appearance managed by 'president' Rayaale, a great and ever growing number of Somalis of Somaliland come to understand that their unrepresentative leadership's enmity towards Puntland, Maakhir, the Somalis of the South, and the Somalis of ****** is simply a non option. In the case international recognition stimulated the nation building process and democratic practices, president Rayaale would be soon forgotten, and the Nationalist Somalis, as represented today by the Northern Somalis for Peace and Unity (NSPU), would rise to power. Bringing into deliberations, negotiations, dispute settlement, and concord agreement the leaderships of Maakhir, Puntland, ARS, TFG (if it survives until then), and ******, the new – definitely democratic and thus anti-Abyssinian – Somaliland leadership (we mean the NSPU here) would become a major contributor to a united, peaceful, and politically well diversified Somalia, thus triggering an involvement in ****** where Zenawi's soldiers have no right to stay even for a moment. This would be the beginning of the end of fake 'Ethiopia', the most appalling and anachronistic tyranny in the world. Somaliland in the Path of Chaos: Continuation of the War with Puntland All political forces in Somaliland, the local businessmen, intellectuals, administrators and spiritual leaders, the entire average people have the great obligation to think, carefully reflect, consider options, and do their best to impose them on the impotent and inane current political leadership. Somaliland has no stamina for a war. And what is the value victory in the front that is translated to a disaster at the level of international diplomacy? War with Puntland will cause Chaos in Somaliland itself. Somalis of Somaliland must come to terms with the dire consequences of the recent attack against Las Anod. A few days ago, the parliament Speaker of Puntland clearly announced that the Puntland government intends to recapture the disputed town of Las Anod within a set period of time or face consequences. Puntland set to get Las Anod back The Puntland Parliament Speaker, Mr. Ahmed Ali Hashi, interviewed by Radio Garowe last Thursday, said that "the administration was told to return the freedom of Sool region, especially the capital Las Anod, and to guarantee the borders of Puntland, which have been invaded by aggressors". More specifically, Mr. Ahmed Ali Hashi said that a defense and security motion had been passed in the Puntland Parliament, giving the administration of President Mohamud "Adde" Muse a set number of days to get Las Anod back from the Somaliland militias that had captured the town last October. The Puntland Parliament Speaker said: "we gave the administration a set period of time to recapture Las Anod and that time is secret between government members". He then urged the Puntland government "to reach the border so that the Las Anod injustice does not continue". Brave Las Anod Inhabitants in Rebellion As a matter of fact, conflicting news from Las Anod let us understand that a confusing situation has prevailed there since the days of the Somaliland invasion. A popular uprising similar to that of Mogadishu seems to take place these days in Las Anod, as local people demonstrate their full opposition to the Somaliland military. Heroic and brave Las Anod Somalis took to the streets and were successful in liberating a part of the town, by setting up barricades. Rioters shut off the main road by using objects, rocks and burned tires, witnesses said ( Garowe Online ). Last Wednesday, in an effort to react and recapture the Las Anod liberated district, hundreds of Somaliland troops, backed by more than 100 armed trucks, reportedly participated in an operation inside Las Anod to clear roads closed off by protestors since last week. Locals woke up to find Somaliland troops and armed trucks along the road. The Somaliland forces were led by a local commander allied to the secessionist government in Hargeysa. Somaliland soldiers fired into a crowd of angry locals who attempted to place the objects back on the road. One young male was killed in the incident and three others, including a woman, were injured, a local journalist confirmed to Garowe Online. The situation in Las Anod grew calmer as the day progressed. By afternoon time, the riots came to a halt and the situation returned to normal. Las Anod people may function as litmus paper for the entire Somalia; thought to be against Somalia's unity in the past, they seem to have become – due to their terrible experience, some of the most fervent supporters of Somalia's re-unification We have to add that, as it happens in Mogadishu over the past ten days, approximately 20000 civilians have reportedly fled Las Anod since October 15 when Somaliland forces invaded the large Northern Somali town. Speaker Hashi incited Puntland government to go ahead with the military effort to get Las Anod back, using blatant words, as follows: "Puntland must make an immediate decision about the defense of Puntland or Puntland will not exist" ( AllSanag ), thus increasing fears of an impending major war that would devastate the Somali North, ridiculing at the same time president Rayaale's assumption that Somaliland is 'an oasis of peace in a chaotic Somalia'. Despite all this, Speaker Hashi saw a "Somali solution involving Somaliland" close, as probable reaction to the discredited Somaliland leadership that proved able only to incite this war. By Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis

I will also Somaliland and all over Somalia ------------------------------------------- Somalia: Our Puntland brothers must help us end the Nazi Ethiopian Empire Abdirahman Mahdi All Puntlanders in the Diaspora and our native dwellers need to understand the significance of this period in the history of Somalia. It is not time to fight each other or to worry about old grudges. We are about to witness the end of the inhumane Ethiopian empire and the Puntland administration should not be the savior of the Ethiopian demons. This is a calling to all Somalis inside "Ethiopia" (******ia), Kenya and Puntland to unite against the Abyssinians and their TFG puppets. It is a calling to join your brothers fighting in Mogadishu and join our Eritrea allies. These next 4 months will shape the history and the destiny of Somalia, a country that was brutally carved up and cut apart like a piece of cake by the Europeans and their Abyssinian friends. Today is one of the weakest points of this Abyssinian (Ethiopian) empire. This evil empire was supposed to collapse 17 years ago but the criminal Tegrein warlords like Males Zenawi wanted to maintain its inhumane existence to continue the typical Abyssinian parasitical acts of robbing our people and massacring our children. But today, we have another big chance with the help of our friends in Eritrea and with the ONLF and OLF freedom fighters who have never abandoned their people who are imprisoned under this hell on earth. When Puntlanders blindly give help to the TFG traitors, they should not forget the thousands of innocent civilians who have been massacred in their homes in *******ia by the inhumane Abysinians for the last century. When Puntlanders think about giving help to the TFG, they should remember the millions of innocent people in *******ia and Oromia who have been locked up in this famine infested Morgue "country" that avoided Yugoslavication in 1991 because of the American imperialists. The imperialists want to keep feeding these Amarra and Tegre demons because of their religion and to use them as proxies. But all of the American and Tegre efforts are failing and the oppressed people of east Africa will soon achieve independence! Patriotic Somalis from around the world have stood up against Ethiopia but Puntland is blocking our freedom. Puntland must stop helping the detested TFG traitors. After the Tegrein warlord Males is defeated by the coalition forces, the only powerful group left in this region will be ONLF and our OLF brothers. So the oppressed people in "Ethiopia" can soon be free but Puntland is still hindering progress by helping the TFG. Overstretching the Tegrein army of Males will not be achieved if Puntland continues to give help to the TFG puppets. The UN has already abandoned the Ethiopian invaders after watching Abysinian corpses dragged around Mogadishu just like the American imperialists during Black Hawk Down. Even humane Abyssinian groups are helping our ONLF fighters to end this evil Ethoipian Empire created by their inhumane forefathers like the bloodthirsty Menelek. So why is Puntland protecting the TFG? Wasting this great opportunity is a crime against Somalia. It is a crime against humanity. The Abyssinians themselves, who never liked each other, are fighting between Amarra and Tegre as they have been mercilessly massacring each other the last 1000 years. Historically, the abesh people are cursed and parasitical creatures who have been drinking blood and tyrannizing east Africa since they arrived from Yemen. To expect any peace from these Abysinians who have no peace among themselves is to be a fool. Today, it is not because of their strength, but only because of our weaknesses and lack of unity among Somalis, which has allowed the Nazi Ethiopian Empire to survive. While the inhumane Abyssinians stole power from each other the last 1000 years by using violence, Aaden Cadde and our civilized leaders have been giving up power peacefully. This is the holy and democratic history of Somalia, in contrast to the parasitical abesh. Likewise, we need and we fully expect Puntlanders to reflect the proud Somali culture of brotherhood and nationalism that Aaden and all our heroes passed down to us. Stopping the current Puntland assistance to the TFG will significantly weaken the Males army and help our Eritrean brothers finish off the most inhumane empire in world history. All citizens and leaders of Puntland have a historical & moral obligation to stop the suffering of all Somali people who are scattered in imperialist countries of Ethiopia and Kenya. by Abdirahman Mahdi, mahdi.abdirahman@yahoo.com

Somalia, America, Values, Metaphysics and World Politics By Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis Published: 11/7/2007 It is not without reason that Somalia was early identified among all African Nations as the Nation of the Poets par excellence; due to refined thoughts, open minded attitude, noble behaviour, a deeply humanistic Weltanschauung, vast abilities in metaphors, great narrative skills, and a magnificent and unlimited power of imagination, Somalis approach everything, Literature to Politics, Faith, Death and Life, with their own way. The problem is that it is at times difficult to match the wealth of the Somali Thought with the aridity of today’s world. Assuming a lot, and viewing everything through beatification lenses can have disastrous impact on a political group, a people, a nation. The thunderous strives of the Somali sociopolitical life have demonstrated very clearly over the past 16 years that the imagination spirals of the emerald-coloured Somali coastlines can be extremely dangerous in a world deprived of Poetry. Among the dozens of mails I received recently from Somalis of different backgrounds, beliefs, ideologies, and visions, I have chosen a very particular, brief but thought provoking, mail that I intend to discuss in public. The mail offers me an excellent opportunity to clarify my criteria, my judgment, my values, and my approaches to World Politics. Above all, this mail corroborates my knowledge and perception of Somalia, which is not widely shared among readerships of various backgrounds throughout the world. Precisely because among many people prevails the wrong impression about the Somalis as Islamic fanatics, I publish here this letter – Somali Plead for America. My Somali correspondent’s warm support of, great love for, and deep attachment to the American Values and Ideals is not unique, and is not fake. Contrarily to mendacious Amhara and Tigray Abyssinians, who use America to promote the most inhuman barbarism, and to perpetrate the most appalling violations of Human Rights, this Somali intellectual’s pro-American enthusiasm is real and true. I know many Americans who would not agree with my Somali correspondent’s idealizing presentation of America. I do not agree with him either; but does it truly matter? Anyone in this world has the right to an idealizing vision. However, I do not know many people in the world who would expect a Somali Plead for America in 2007; to them I dedicate the present article. And to all the journalists who contributed to the fallacious portraying of the Somalis as extremists. A Somali Plead for America Dear Professor, We understand these are difficult times. But our policy is to steer away from controversial issues. We advise anyone against anti-Americanism. The United States, as the leader of the world may not have the best leadership at the moment. But generally, the U.S is a force of good. It is the almighty who chose the U.S to be his world's super power. Not to mention the U.S is home to all nationalities. Personally, I have 20 direct descendants of my father in the U.S. My advise is the U.S is a terrible adversary. Do not make enemies. The purpose of life is to make friends and stay well clear of animosity. Ahmed Response on Anti-Americanism, Values, Metaphysics, and World Politics Dear Ahmed, Thank you for your letter and explanations. As you are a knowledgeable person, and your text hinges on several issues, I find good reason in discussing with you the following! It goes without saying that I would value your response! If you advise anyone against anti-Americanism, this is certainly good, because nobody should be anti-anything! Anti-Americanism, Anti-Russianism, Anti-Germanism and the like would truly look meaningless. But what is Anti-Americanism? There are already many people in America, native Anglo-Saxons, who find that the US has become a very negative center of power, and that it will soon be terribly punished by natural disasters; leaving the examination of their argument's correctness or incorrectness, I want to ask you this: - Can we truly call these Americans "Anti-Americans'? If you answer positively, I believe that this would create a comical repetition of usual accusations of some non Zionist Jews as anti-Semitic! I believe this is the same paranoia as the real anti-Americanism, anti-Semitism or anti-anything of anyone.... Actually, I was never anti-American. Neither in the 70s nor in the 90s. However, I never make the terrible mistake of considering all the existing Anti-Americans as one group; they may belong to more 100 possible categories of ideological and political approach! Anti-Americanism Certainly Anti-Americanism exists; it is real, bit not in the dimensions some may think, taking as Anti-Americans people who simply are non-American or un-American. Francois Mitterrand and Nikita Khrushchev were both Anti-American, but also extremely different one from another. And then Khomeini was also Anti-American, but also chaotically different from both, Francois Mitterrand and Nikita Khrushchev! Furthermore, I believe it is very wrong to portray a non-American or an un-American as Anti-American; an attempt like this would be a totalitarian trick to enforce an incredible assimilation, namely an undesired Americanization. You understand of course that, although any anti- stance should be denounced, every person in the world has the right to identify him/herself in a way that is different from, other than, and unrelated to the American identity. America, a force of good America, a force of good? Well, most of the people allover the world, and most of the countries of the world have been forces of good. In very few cases, a state admittedly becomes a force of evil. Nazi Germany, the Catholic Holy Inquisition in the Middle Ages, and so on. Accepting the aforementioned, one is automatically confronted with the following puzzle: Why – with all these ‘Good’ establishments – are we obliged to see ourselves in the middle of so fierce unrest, so terrible fights, and so disastrous wars? Are the few evil countries able to counterweight the many forces of good? No! This is not possible. Simply, your analysis is wrong! Neither America is a force of good, nor Italy is a force of good; neither Russia is a force of evil, nor Iran is a force of evil. Good and Evil, West and Islam In fact, after the Humanity’s early moments of the Paradise, Good and Evil coexisted in every man, every woman, every child. If now this happens within a single human being, you realize how reasonable it is to see the vast realms that are the modern states as places where Good and Evil coexist. Of course in difference proportions here and there, but unfortunately we have not yet found a measure to let us conclude that f.i. Norway is 86% "Good" and Belgium only 71% "Good"! Certainly the Western world emerged in the Modern Times on the ideological - philosophical - intellectual - academic vehicle of Humanism, Enlightenment and Modern Democracy. By definition, there is a moral superiority not of the Western world over the Muslim countries, but of the proclaimed Values and Ideals of the Western World over the collapsed, unrevised and misperceived Values and Ideals of the Muslim countries. Corrupt and disintegrated worlds But, today, centuries after the emergence of the Western world, centuries after the times of Leonardo da Vinci, Pascal, Shakespeare, Montesquieu and Voltaire, the Western world deviated to a so terrible extent that in most of its expressions it violently contradicts the ideals, the principles, the concepts, and the wishes of the aforementioned thinkers, authors and artists, and those of many other pillars of the Western Thought. In the origins of the Western world there is a great part of the Islamic Civilization’s values, and in today’s Muslim countries there is a great part of Western impact. But both worlds are corrupt, disintegrated, and ready to collapse socially, politically, economically; they represent no value, either you like it or not. And this is due to the fact that both worlds reached an extreme degree of deviation that places them at the very antipodes of their founding constituents and fundamental ideals. Their moral collapse heralds their final breakdown. To avoid saying that the total destruction of the Western World is very close does not make you pro-American or American-friendly; to announce the collapse of the West does not make you anti-American or anti-Western, as much as to denounce Islam’s absolute degradation does not make of you an Anti-Islamic theoretician. When talking Politics, leave God out! To go beyond, your next sentence, ‘it is the Almighty who chose the US to be the world’s superpower’ is equally meaningful and meaningless. The simplest I would answer is that ‘it is the Almighty who chose Babylon to be the world’s leading power’, but the Jews rightfully fought against the Babylonians. I should add that ‘it is the Almighty who chose Sassanid Iran to be the world’s greatest power’ but the early Muslims fought against it, and destroyed it. Following your logic, one would be right to conclude - as regards the latter example - that it is good to oppose God because like that one can manage to win! Others would say that many people, armies and kings in the World History crushed God, by joyfully destroying what you in every case – like now with America – would be ready to describe as God’s choice, option, wish or predilection. Of course, all this is utterly nonsensical; in fact the proper answer to your assumption is that in the same way the Almighty ‘chose the US to be the world’s superpower’, he may also choose a small country like Venezuela to cause a terrible damage to it, or that he may send three asteroids to turn the US to dust. When we bring God into our discussions, either everything is absolutely possible, or the god we evoke is not God, but the expression of our erroneous perception of God, who – of course (!) – sides always with us and fights all our enemies. This attempt has been widely attested in the World History as the Epitome of Sin. In real terms, it is a covered case of sick egoism, a paranoid persistence to our ideas that we erratically imagine as correct – to our own detriment. I would therefore suggest that in our discussion we leave God at the door. Criteria are only Moral Values, not Personal Interests. Your sentence that the US became home to all nationalities does not make the US correct or wrong, good or evil. It only makes it different. I would fully agree with the idea that the Founding Fathers had truly great plans for the US, and did launch a completely new model of state that was absolutely unconceivable before 1773. And very promising it has been indeed! Again the number of your relatives living in America does not prove anything except your vulnerability; this is nothing particular, everyone with 20 family members in America or China, Mogadishu or Washington, Stalingrad or Hiroshima, is equally vulnerable. However, if the personal concern becomes the measure of evaluation of a country as good or evil, then the Nazi Germans were right to support Hitler, because they all had "20 relatives" in Germany! When discussing Values, I would therefore suggest to leave acquaintances and relatives, friends and neighbors at the door. A terrible adversary! The US is a terrible adversary! Following such a statement, I feel the need to hide at the center of the Earth! I should rather consult Jules Verne, and find the way through a volcano in Iceland! If I give your sentence a chance to analyze, it would make me explode to laughter! It consists in an over-generalization that means truly much and nothing at the same time! Remember Vietnam? For the Vietcong forces the US was an embattled – not terrible – adversary over whom they won a staggering victory! On the contrary, I would say that China is a terrible adversary because China invaded Tibet and Eastern Turkistan, Inner Mongolia ad Manchuria, and no one managed to drive the Chinese out! To what misconception is your mistake due? Simply, when a great number of parameters is involved, the importance of one of them is automatically conditioned. A great power? Certainly, America is a great power. But for many, Venezuela to Iran, Eritrea to Burma, let alone Russia and China, America is not a ‘terrible adversary’. In fact, right at this moment, the US proves to be incapable to defend their position of superpower. In real terms, the world in 2007 ceased to be uni-polar; the basic traits of the current situation bear witness to the gradual shift to a multi-polar situation. Friends or Values? The same mistake you seem to repeat in everything; it’s due to over-generalizations. ‘Do not make enemies!’ To whom are you saying this? To Jews living in Nazi Germany? Or to fighters of Freedom in Soviet Union? It makes no sense. If you place your sentence within the context of a free and righteous environment, yes it does make sense; but only within such an environment. Otherwise, if I make the axiom ‘Do not make enemies!’ my top priority, while living in a tyrannical regime, I will have to keep silent in order to please the obnoxious rulers, and this will mean that I have become a slave! Your last sentence about the purpose of life has also to be seen within the context of the aforementioned differentiation – juxtaposition. And my key question: After all this, what I did not understand is where truly lies my supposed Anti-Americanism in the article entitled ‘How America is led to Disaster in Eastern Africa’. I would truly love to see what excerpts you would select from my article in support of your statement! Thank you for your time, Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis

I agree with the rest of your comments and appreciate once more your candid effort to perfect the means to our goals. Thanks and remember always that Our country has produced many people who are capable, brave, virtuous, skilled, and wise. Allah's willing, they shall succeed in creating patriotism and the unification of our people from Hargeisa to Kismayo.I pray for God's mercy to ease and alleviate the Great suffering of Somalis in the Horn of Africa. They are the most wronged, the most isolated the most forgotten society in the whole wide world.

November 5, 2007 I think it went out of the air, but Oggaden.com site has recorded the documentary. Here

Xoogsade, Forgive me again for making inconclusive remarks on what you stand for. Everyone should condemn the atrocity, but how can we forge unity in times of great adverstity and division within our people. I leafed through the pages on the site and I have seen a couple of your posts clearly indicative of a biased view of the Mogadishu's predicament. I am sure many Somalis from Puntland Somaliand and Makhirland see the bigger picture and are desirous of bringing Somalis together. Such notions of our solidarity, notwithstanding, could be whitled away if a few among us perceive strength at mobilizing support at the expense of excluding others. United we Stand Divided we Fall. Let us work on how to unite Somalis in in the ideal process of consolidating and strenghtening the recent outbreak of revolution for Independence and Freedom.

Samir iyo Iimaan

Xoogsade, Forgive me but I am under the assumption that you took this Somaliaonline site too seriously as a platform for conveying our grievances. We know Somalia is under brutal Ethiopian invasion. Mustn't you lose your restraint and let emotion overcome you and twist your thoughts and wise thinking. We need to be united first to form effective defense forces to liberate our country. I am very positive that Ethiopia's invasion is being supported by Somalis of every clan whether they are in Mogadisho or outside of Mogadisho. If you charge one clan alone and let other clans in Mogadisho such as the ****** and others off the charges, many of us would construe it with a reasonable degree of assurance as unfair charges with no ethical and rational measure.

Xoogsade, Forgive me but I am under the assumption that you took this Somaliaonline site too seriously as a platform you can convey our grievances. We know Somalia is under brutal Ethiopian invasion. Mustn't you lose your restraint and let emotion overcome you and twist your thoughts and wise thinking. We need to be united first to form effective defense forces to liberate our country. I am very positive that Ethiopia's invasion is being supported by Somalis of every clan whether they are in Mogadisho or outside of Mogadisho. If you charge one clan alone and let other clans in Mogadisho such as the Ab-gal and others off the charges, many of us would construe with a reasonable degree of assurance it as unfair charges with no ethical and rational measure.

Originally posted by Baashi: Taa xal uma hayo boowe. Waxan diidanahay qoloda jifada hoose ah ee tidhi is miidaamin baan Somalia ku xoreyneynaa. Waxaan kaloo diidanahay kuwa buka ee eeda reer gaara huwiyay oo ka weecweecanaya halka xaalku ka qurunsan yahay. Waa qalad weyn in reer gaar ah eeda dusha laga saaro. Waxa Somali kala diley waa waxaas oo miiran iyagoo og dhabta iyo xaqiiqda loo kala qaybsan yahey.

^Nimaan Shaqaysan shaah waa ka xaaraan. Fadhiga halaga kaco. "We decided to abandon the HDI this year and instead make the selection based solely on how cool the name of each country sounds. Djibouti was clearly the coolest." I missed this part

I am sure this announcement came after the Letter from Djibouti by Jacon Laksin pubslished and dissiminated on Somali newswires. ---------------------------------------- "THE EXPLANATION for some of this disrepair can be summed up in one word: khat. A green, leafy shoot common to East Africa and Yemen, the plant is supposed to act as a kind of African Viagra, speeding up blood pressure and generally boosting one's energy reserves. If so, it seems that Djibouti has acquired a particularly bad batch, because khat's effect on the locals, particularly the men, is anything but energizing. "After 12 o'clock the men are completely useless," one civil-affairs worker in Djibouti told me. She meant 12 o'clock in the afternoon. Casual observation bears this out. Look around the capital city any time after midday, and you will see whole packs of men collapsed in restful torpor on roadsides and street corners. It's no surprise that many of the maintenance workers at the American military base in Djibouti, Camp Lemonier, hail from neighboring Ethiopia and Somalia. The locals are just not up to the job. All of which prompts an uncomfortable conclusion. Because crushing poverty is such a famous fact of African life, it's sometimes assumed that Africans bear little to no responsibility for their plight. It's sobering to realize that, in Djibouti at least, one of the chief obstacles to progress and development is Djiboutians. Consider the central government. Djiboutian president Ismail Omar Guelleh's smiling, avuncular face appears on scores of billboards throughout the capital, but his presence throughout the remainder of the country seems decidedly more limited. Colonel Robert Adamson, a trained veterinarian who travels across Djibouti as part of a military-led initiative to inoculate local livestock, notes that he and his colleagues are doing a job that the government won't do. "It's not like we're competing with local projects" Adamson says. "We're doing things that no one is providing for the people."

A Balance Approach to the Somali Problems By Ismail Ahmed Ismail 30 Oct, 2007 In these days numerous interesting articles are appearing on the various web sites, about the pathetic situation in which Somalia traverses politically. Amongst these, there is a one which my attention has been drawn to for its elaborate analysis on the problem that has derail of any progress and development. “Somalia crises: Reality check and the road ahead by “Abdirashid K Hashi.” I have no much comment to make on this well written paragon piece of analysis except to applaud it. In fact the writer of the article had covered almost every conceivable factor that can contribute to the persistent failure of Somalia for the past seventeen years saga of chaos and destruction. However, I have been prompted by the political development of the newly formed opposition group in Eritrea. I often ask myself how much longer this poor nation could survive under the ordeal of this power struggle. Ironically, no solution can be reached to end the conflict as long as the T.F.G. pursue its negative approach in her dealings with the opposition groups and failed to compromise on the issue of Ethiopian Force’s withdrawal. On the other hand, the opposition insists that any mediation between themselves and the T.F.G. is subject to the withdrawal of the Ethiopian troops from Somalia. It is clear that without concessions and compromises the conflicting positions of the groups/parties would remain unchanged. I feel that the seven point recommendation in Mr. Hashi’s Article could be used as a BENCH MARK for both parties, the T.F.G. and the Alliance for Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) to agree. Having said this, I would like to avail myself of the occasion to raise one or two points that are relevant to the context. When the T.F.G. was born after thirteen previous conference had failed, it was hailed that an era of hoped inspiration has been dawned for Somalia and that the period of chaos and mayhem is over. That anticipation was fizzled out when after 3years of predicament of the T.F.G.began with President Abdullahi Yusuf’s visit to Addis Ababa, soon after his election, where he met the assembled A.U. heads of State and asked 20,000 troops to sub-due the refractory rug-tag militias in the capital, Mogadishu. The visit was characterized as inopportune and untimely by the parliament, since there was no government in place. It was also coincided with a time when the tragedies inherent from the civil wars were still fresh in the hearts and minds of the people with lingering animosities of suspicion and mistrust. The founding of the opposition group in the parliament was the fist split of the T.F.G. The wedge of contention grew and worsened by the continued arrogance of President Abdullahi Yusuf and his Prime Minister whose pugnacious attitude often frustrated any attempt for negotiations. The controversy thus developed blew out of hand when the T.F.G. invited the Ethiopian Army to intercede by capitulating the independence and the infallible national sovereignty. In the dearth of constitutional safeguard Otto Gabre became the supreme authority in Mogadishu and the Ethiopian flag fly over Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. This is a victory for Otto senawi, for he has been successful in his “road map” for Somalia as a satellite of Ethiopia and that the “fictitious nirvana” of his ancestors has become a reality. Let us grief over the moribund of our hardly won SOVERNEIGNTY and repent for this not a Divine affliction but is our own making. The Islamic Courts have shown an epitome of good governance during the short time they have ruled Mogadishu and its environs. They introduced Law & Order and it so happened that it was the first time for 17 years the people in Mogadishu inhaled the air of freedom and peace. It is a land mark that the inhabitant of Mogadishu, with gratitude and affection remember the heroic role that they had taken in the extirpation of the notorious warlords. Although their rule lasted very short period, they remain an object of veneration that the people invoke their name with respect and admiration. Inadvertently, they have made some mistakes that must have been the cause of their sudden collapse. One of these mistakes, I believe, was the pre-matured declaration of JIHAAD which alienated some powerful nations and encouraged the enemy to stage its coup-de-main attack In the statement that was released by the Alliance (ARS) in its conference at Asmara, Eritrea, and echoed constantly by its leaders, it declared that it will wage a war of liberation against foreign troops in Somalia including the Ethiopian occupiers, to drive them out of the country. The T.F.G. by whose invitation the troops are here will become involved in the event of this war takes place. This harbingers to a state of renewed hostilities and protracted wars of an inexorable cycle of “reprisal provoking counter reprisal ad infinitum.” In this connection it might be relevant to highlight that since the demise of the central authority in 1991, Somalia suffered the worse atrocities of carnage and destruction in the hands of its own people. Millions have been killed, maimed, mutilated, raped or fled in panic to escape the hell unleashing back home. It has witnessed misfortune, disaster and catastrophes more than any country in the world. Today, Somalia is in desperation for peace and not wars. It needs to recuperate from the wound that have been inflicted in the 17 horrible years. It needs to forget and forgive clan based animosities and bickering that has been the impediment of its progress and development. It needs a Government that will re-unite the NATION and restore its sovereignty and independence. A Government that is free of venality, free of nepotism, free of clan tendency and prepared to serve the nation in the best interest of its people. With determination and resolve, the target that we are aiming at can be reached and the problems that rend the nation for 17 years can be solved with concessions and compromises allowed by all concerned. In conclusion, may I suggest that a new conference should be convened in which all parties/groups are invited to participate with an agenda focused on the seven points in the bench mark and topped with following subjects that are of priority. The conference should be held in a neutral friendly country, preferably the Sudan to allow the parties/groups to continue to debate on the agenda that was disturbed when the hostilities broke. Immediate cease fire. Re-shuffle of the Government by allowing equitable power sharing with Alliance Immediate withdrawal of the Ethiopians from Somalia Immediate mobilization of the National Army and Police (On basis of 4.5 ratios Re-writing the constitution. Rescind the replacement of dissident parliamentary group. TOGETHER WE CAN…….. ALLAH BLESSES SOMALI. SOMALIA HA NOOLAATO Ismail Ahmed Ismail Email:Ismail1800@yahoo.com