Dood - Maxaa Somaliland loo aqoonsan waayay? Dood laga sii daayay idaacadda VOA oo ku saabsan aqoonsi la'aanta Somaliland . Waxa ka qayb galaya Prof. Ahmed Ismail Samatar & Axmed Silanyo. Source: VOA/Wardhernews Dood - Maxa Somaliland loo aqoonsan waayey

Has anyone listened to a long impressive debate as to why Somaliland is not recognized yet between Prof. Samatar and Siilaanyo and other contributors? and I will open a new topic for it. VOA

“The Bill nullifies the rule of law such as the presumption that one is innocent until proved guilty,” he said. This is indeed a radical departure from the rights of Kenyans enshrined in their constitution. The bill will sure backfire before it is approved as law. The profilic columnist Jay Bookman wrote this in reference to a congressional report in 2002. To address the terrorism threat, the president's report lays out a newly aggressive military and foreign policy, embracing pre-emptive attack against perceived enemies. It speaks in blunt terms of what it calls "American internationalism," of ignoring international opinion if that suits U.S. interests. "The best defense is a good offense," the document asserts. It dismisses deterrence as a Cold War relic and instead talks of "convincing or compelling states to accept their sovereign responsibilities." In essence, it lays out a plan for permanent U.S. military and economic domination of every region on the globe, unfettered by international treaty or concern. And to make that plan a reality, it envisions a stark expansion of our global military presence. "The United States will require bases and stations within and beyond Western Europe and Northeast Asia," the document warns, "as well as temporary access arrangements for the long-distance deployment of U.S. troops."

I doubt that the war in Sanaag has to do with terrorists but it is sure an attempt to open another war front in the north and risk the fragile peace of the region. The seperatist regime thinks that it has the best chance to reverse the course of events by showing the world that it is capable of reaching one fringe of the defunct colonial border with the possible support of Eritrea and other forces. Source

The widespread perception that is circulating in the media about the government as a government that is used as an instrument of power and domination by a certain clan or a cluster of allied clans needs a special attention. This latest interview seems to be in support of the TFG but I will just post for the sake of the diverse readership in Somaliaonline. Wareysi Maqal ah oo aan layeelanay Ku xigeenka Duqa magaalada Kismaayo oo ka waramaya Dagaalkii ka dhacay Magaalada Kismaayo. Kismaayo: (Dhahar.com) Waxaanu Khadka Tilifoonka kula xiriirney Kuxigeenka duqa magaalada Kismaayo Dr. Maxamed Nuur Gacma dheere kadib markii dagaal ka dhacay magaaladaas. Wuxuu Dr. Gacma dheere sheegay in ay magaalada Hada xasiloontahay ayna dowlada federaalka gacanta ku hayaan. Halkaan ka Dhageyso Source: Dhahar.com

Renegade, that is absolutely correct and I am forewarning of ominous portents that this Riyale may bring to the region. True "Somalilanders" admit his inimical intentions towards their peace and dignity. Even in the forum, proponents of secession have gone on a hunger strike until Riyale is removed from office. However, our friend Jacalybaro is in a state of self-denial about the defining feature of this dictator. As the old nautical expression puts, "No wind favors the ship that has no charted course." It is astonishing why Mr. Jacaylbaro favors to sail with this ship over the preservation of mutual benefit through the symbiosis of the peaceful clans in Sanaag and Sool. --------------------- Here is what Allputland reported. Baran: Mudaaharaad lagu diiddan maamulka labaxay Somaliland oo ka dhacay Baran. 20. april 2007 Baran(AllPuntland)- Magaalada Baran ee gobolka Sanaag waxaa maanta ka dhacay mudaaharaad liddi ku ah maamulka la baxay Somaliland. Muddaaharaadkan ayaa dhacay markii la tukaday salaaddii jimcaha, waxaana dadkii isu soo baxay ay muujinayeen sida aysan raalliga uga ahayn fara galinta maamulka la baxay Somalilnad uu ku hayo degmooyin ka tirsan Puntland oo ku yaalla gobolka Sanaag. Sida uu noo sheegay qof goob jooge ah ,mudaaharaadkan oo si tartiibah u bilowday ayaa noqday mid dadkii kasoo qayb galay aad usoo bateen. Dadwaynaha diiddanaa fara galinta Somaliland ayaa ku dhawaaqayay ereyo looga soo horjeedo maamulka la baxay Somaliland oo ay kamid ahaayeen "dooni mayno Somalilnad" iyo kuwo la mid ah. Masuuliyiinta degmada ayaa dadwaynihii muddaaharaadayay kala soo qayb galay mudaaharaadka ay ku muujinayeen diidmada Somaliland. Muddaaharaadyada looga soo horjeedo Somaliland waxay todobaadkii ugu danbeeyay si is daba joog ah uga dhacayeen gobollada Sool , Sanaag iyo Cayn, waxaana kii ugu danbeeyay uu shalay ka dhacay degmada Buuhoodle. CCC Farayaamo AllPuntland

This man has malevolent designs and seems to manifest Siyadist orientation of creating problems that would provoke inter-clan conflicts. He fired the defense chief to humiliate him and his clan. In the history, has it ever taken place the resignation of your general in the midst of an armed conflict? Mr. Waqaf, all he did, was to show restraint of his deep adventures and salvage his troops. To further escalate the tension, he again issued his order of two men, from Sool and Sanaag, to be sentenced to death, possibly to humiliate and resent their people. The two men were unfairly and selectively sentenced to death just because their people are extremely averted to the question of secession. You can’t simply accept at face value that they were sentenced following the deliberation of a legal process, in fact the legal process of a kangaroo court. It is very obvious that the event was intentionally coincided with their humiliating defeat in Dhahar. Today, according to the news from the region, Mr. Riyale sent one official close to his family who accompanied the cretinoid Ahmed Yasin, to resuscitate a highly controversial topic with the elders of LasQorey in Ceerigabo that would ask the people of Lasqorey to close the border, inciting the elders into bitter resentment. His request was rebuffed by the elders and the peace accord signed earlier between the two clans appears to be null and void. Therefore, Riyaale and his stooges are now beating up the drums of war to make sure the continuation and escalation of conflict in Sool and Sanaag regions float on the surface all the time. For the people of Somaliland, they need to deal with this man and make sure that he does not distract the attention of his bleak political landscape only to blow up the little oasis of peace and stability they worked hard for. Xaalada Dagaal oo dib uga soo cusboonaatey Gobolka Sanaag kadib markii.... Listen to the outcome of the meeting between the defense committee of Somaliland and Sanaag Elders

Jacalybaro, IGad issued its organizational directive to the government of Ethiopia not to invade Somalia and be excluded from the AU troops. IGAd has never addressed the violations of its resolve by Ethiopia.

I concur with you but they are part of the polynomial. Out of several theories he identifies , he dissects this particular topic from his empirical enquiry and findings to corroborate and validate his premise as to why is it difficult to build a state in Somalia. Here in Mr. Ken Menkhaus' point ---- Spoilers of State Building in Somalia Ken Menkhaus Spoilers and “veto coalitions” are a third challenge to state-building efforts in Somalia. As noted earlier, a number of important Somali actors promote peace and local rule of law but view a revived central state as a threat. State building repeatedly encounters resistance from groups and individuals who perceive that their economic and political interests are threatened by revival of a functional state. Some of these spoilers are situational—clans, factions, or leaders who feel they have not been adequately represented or rewarded in the government and who withdraw from the TFG in anger or disappointment at not getting their fair share. This category of spoilers—what Stedman terms the “greedy spoiler”—is potentially manageable with astute diplomacy, political bargaining, and external pressure.26 More problematic is a second category of spoilers who reject the state-building project because they believe it poses a fundamental threat to their political or economic interests. This can include so-called warlords for whom the return of rule of law could result in their marginalization or even arrest for war crimes, businesspeople whose activities are illicit, and whole clans that have benefited from armed occupation of valuable real estate during the war. This category of spoilers also includes many local actors who do not engage in illegal activities but who oppose state revival out of well-founded fear, especially fear that a revived central government will become a predatory, repressive force as was the case under Barre’s regime in the 1970s and 1980s. For businesspeople who have beneªted from state collapse, the return of a central government may carry too many risks—of high taxes, corruption, expropriation, and nationalization. Among clans and other social groups is the fear that the central government will again come under the control of a narrow coalition of clans that will use the state as an instrument of domination at their expense. Some civic groups and the media fear unwarranted restrictions on their activities by a revived state. Although the potential rewards of state revival are high, so too are the risks. Evidence from the failed TNG experiment in state building in 2000–03 suggests that many political and business leaders supported the declaration of a transitional government, but not the actual establishment of a functional state.27 Instead, they approached the TNG as an opportunity to create a “paper state”—one that would attract foreign aid, which they could then divert, but not one that could become powerful enough to enforce laws and regulations that might threaten their economic and political interests. State collapse may be unpalatable, inconvenient, and undesirable on any number of counts, but for some political and economic actors who have survived and thrived in a stateless setting, embracing a state-building agenda appears to constitute a leap of faith they were unwilling to take with the TNG in 2000 and the TFG in 2005. In the event that the Islamists assume control over the central government in Somalia, they are likely to face the same resistance to revived central government by some civic, political, and economic actors. Ken Menkhaus

Allamagan, there are rumours that Eritrea is in the thick of conspiracy of aiding the Northwestern seperatist entity against North eastern regions Sool and Sanaag in an apperent adventure to weaken the TFG and "Spread the Mogadishu Insurgency to the Hitherto Peaceful North".

Waxan leeyahay Somalia ha noolaato forever.

^^Although the phenemona is true it partially reflects the true aspect of the conflict. Regional experts call them greedy spoilers of state building in Somalia. Spoilers are situational clans, factions, and business leaders.

You can bark like a dog for all I care. To be a "lander" is to give up my unique Somali identity. You can't lure me into a project that rejects its ethnicity, history, and national identity. Your competitive base in Berbera has dwindled due to this theme of identity rejection that the seperatists often communicate to us and the world.

Leaving IGAD confirms that the organization has primarily lost its significance or legitimacy.

Are you not aware of the so called ministers and president of the Somaliland political party hold foreign passports whenever they travel outside of their tribal enclaves. They had lived in the states and Europe before they become retired from the welfare system and were beckoned by this lucrative deal that preys on the exploitation of the innocent, its land, and the applicability of hate, and the war mongering tactics it cleverly undertakes to generate tribal support for their quest for more domain power and resources coupled by ingrained selfishness and corruption.

I have nothing but a huge respect for Eritrea for coming to our rescue at the time of great need. Horn of Africa is about to blow up once the envenomed frontier dispute resumes to its heightened level and Darfur crisis keep on lacking a viable resolution.

Are you telling us to seal our mouth while our land is being claimed by ruthless warlords in Hargeisa?

Eritrea exits African bloc over Somalia dispute ASMARA, April 22 (Reuters) - Eritrea said on Sunday it had suspended its membership in an east African regional body after a rift with arch-foe Ethiopia at a meeting on Somalia this month threatened to divide the region. The withdrawal from the seven-member Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is the latest sign of deteriorating relations between Asmara and regional countries over Somalia where hundreds died in fighting this week. "The Government of Eritrea was compelled to take the move due to the fact that a number of repeated and irresponsible resolutions that undermine regional peace and security have been adopted in the guise of IGAD," said a statement on the government Web site, shabait.com. A meeting of IGAD foreign ministers two weeks ago in Kenya became a forum for the festering feud between Ethiopia and Eritrea, still bitter over their 1998-2000 border war and locked in what many see as a proxy war in Somalia. Somalia and ally Ethiopia accuse Eritrea of undermining the interim government by giving aid to insurgents involved in some of the worst fighting in Mogadishu in 15 years. Eritrea blames the United States and Ethiopia for "irresponsible" interference in Somali affairs after Addis Ababa and Somali government troops ousted Islamists in a war over the New year. Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea are the countries who make up the east African bloc. The announcement came from the Eritrean foreign ministry, which was given a new chief last week after its former head died of a heart attack in 2005, according to the Web site.

We daily witness the troubling saga unfolding in the North west. The Hargeisa kangaroo court, with a sense of marketability, sentenced two innocent persons to death. The victims are from the regions of Sool and Sanaag, particularly, Badhan and Buuhoodle. They were accused of terrorist acts without competent evidence, but insiders of the politics of the secessionists believe that the sentence is an orchestrated ruse in part to gain not only a diplomatic support from United States and its allies but to nearly peg the time of the sentence by the Kangaroo court to the recent conflict in Dhahar so as to revenge the humiliating defeat and outcome of their adventure into deep Sanaag. The question that begs for answer is whho are we going to held responsible for this reprehensible crime against the victims because the warlords in Hargeisa seem to have innate inability to accept blame or learn from experience and their selfish motivations despite outwardly appearing honest and human. Mudaharaad Ballaadhan oo Maanta ka Dhacay Magaalada Badhan ee G/Sanaag Badhan:- Maanta salaaddii Jimce ka dib ayaa dadweyne fara badan waxay isugu yimaaddeen badhtamaha magaalada , iyagoo sitey boodhadh kala duwan oo ay ku muujinayeen arimaha ay isugu soo bexeen oo ahayd cabasho ka dhan ah xukun dil ah oo maxkamadda magaalada Berbera ay ku ridey labo dhallinyaro ah oo kasoo jeeda degaanada Sool iyo Sanaag , labadaas dhallinyarada ah oo la kala yidhaahdo Jaamac Cabdi Kuutiye iyo Maxamed Cali Ciise . Dadweynaha halkaas isugu yimid ayaa ku dhawaaqayey hal ku dhegyo ay xukunkaas ku tilmaamayeen inuu yahay mid caddaalad darro ah , waa sida ay hadalka u dhigeene. odayaashii iyo waxgaradkii fagaarahaas ka hadlay ayaa waxa ka mid ahaa Cawed Suldaan , Xaamud Liibaan Carab, Maxamed Siciid Saalax iyo Shiikh Cabdi A.Ismaaciil oo dhammaantood isaga daba noqday sida ay uga xun yihiin xukunkaas dilka ah ee labadaas wiil lagu ridey , waxayna ku tilmaameen mid aan caddaalad ahayn , iyagoo maamulka Somaliland ugu baaqay iney arintaasi wax u dhimayso is dhexmarkii bulshada. Xaamud Liibaan Carab oo isugu si faah-faahsan uga warbixiyey xaaladda Maxamed Cali Ciise ayaa hadaladiisii waxa ka mid ahaa " Maxamed Cali Ciise Dhiif waxa laga qabtay magaalada Muqdisho, waxana loo gudbiyey isaga oo dhaawac ah markab uu leeyahay Maraykanku oo badda taagan, markii ay arkeen waa daweeyeen, waxayna u sheegeen iney ku khaldameen, waxayna dib ugu soo celiyeen magaalada Adisababa, halkaas oo lagu weydiiyey meesha uu Somalia ka rabo in la geeyo, isaga ayaa markaa codsaday Hargeysa, markii uu sadex casho joogeyna waa la qabtay. Listen to a crucial interview about this matter.

Xoogsade, Dr. Ali Khalif attended one of the conferences of NSPU. As far as I know he is not a member of the NSPU but an expert commentator on Somali affairs. www.somaliunity.org

Originally posted by Xoogsade: Thanks Maakhir. You welcome Mr. Xogsade. ---------------------- P R E S S R E L E A S E :-Dangerous Attempts to Spread the Mogadishu Insurgency to the Hitherto Peaceful North On April 12 a contingent of “Somaliland” forces, astonishingly led by ten ministers, made a swift and daring incursion deep into Sanaag and claimed to have captured Dhahar town. This surprise incursion provoked a rapid military reaction from Puntland forces which then routed the “Somaliland” contingent and sent them fleeing back to Erigavo whence they came. It is important to note that the “Somaliland” contingent was sent to Dhahar by the secessionist administration of Hargeisa against the advice and objection of the people of Erigavo on the eastern border between Puntland and “Somaliland”. In consequence of its defeat at Dhahar the so-called Somaliland has now amassed its forces in the border areas, with the apparent intention of launching a major attack on Puntland. Furthermore, it is reported that Eritrea has been urging “Somaliland”, with promises to accord it diplomatic recognition later, to open a new war front in order to weaken the recognized Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and ‘destroy’ the home base of President Abdullahi Yusuf. There are confirmed reports also that some southern clan politicians who were leading the insurgency against the TFG in Mogadishu have sought refuge in Hargeisa. They are also in the thick of the conspiracy to involve the North in the civil war and, to please their hosts; they have already made pronouncements agreeing to the dismemberment of the country. The renewal of hostilities by “Somaliland” and Puntland is likely to suck Ethiopia into the conflict, Eritrea being already in it. Once the conflict in Southern Somalia is allowed to spread to the hitherto peaceful North there will be clear justification to deploy international peacekeepers along the borders between Sool and “Somaliland” on the one hand and Eastern Sanaag and “Somaliland” on the other. In order to thwart these warmongering efforts the Coalition of Sool, Sanaag, Cayn and Highland Communities In the Diaspora calls for the immediate intervention of the African Union, IGAD, the Arab League, the OIC, the EU, the UN and the United States by exerting pressure on the secessionist Administration in Hargeisa so that it will desist from its preparations for war and opt for peace. We implore the international community not to allow the civil war which devastated the South to escalate and spread to our peaceful North. We hope and pray that sense will prevail. Executive committee of the Coalition of Sool, Sanaag, Cayn and Highland Communities in the Diaspora, sshccommunitiesindiaspora@yahoo.com Source: Laasqoray.net

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Why is it so bothersome to dissect and analyze their claim and reasons. Somalia's unity is sacred and sealed. The SL entity and their determination to draw a new border by taking over Sool and Sanaag regions will never ever occur no matter how irreconcilably different the seperatists are.

"I was telling mr. Che yesterday, that there is no such thing as Somalis who love their country, always qabiil loyalty comes over loyalty owed to nationhood. A great example this is. The author actually thinks that there is an 'effort' to stablize the country when in reality the world turned against those who would stabalize the country, UIC. If my understanding is correct, they believe that the TFG is legit and are making the effort to stablize somalia, if that is case, then shred this piece and recycle it. I have already explained that inference. The world is not equal to U.S.A and its allies. On the other hand, the article delves into what is right or wrong about the long-term goal of the seperatists and their continual pattern of failure. Equally important is how the article critiques intelligently the antithesis of their ideal state as an illusive state that is a threat to Somalia's unity and brotherhood. They systematically draft articles to negate and dissect the designs and belligerent policies of Hargeisa in pursuing a clan state in the 21 century. I will conclude my thougts with the words of Mwalimu K. Bomani Baruti, "We can not get around this because we are dealing with the human mind, a mind subject to the conditions and biases of its upbringing and the evolved demands of its survival".

"International efforts to stabilize the country" Xogsade, There is a partial international effort that is geared towards the stabalization of Somalia but you can't infer all that is international as an enemy to Somalia and hence, if their inference to stabalize Somalia by the article makes you suspicious of the NSPU organization , I would say that notion is simply wrong. International effort can't be interchanged with Ethiopia and its TFG in such a way as to construe asymmetrical relationships in order to give the illusion of both a fairness to the ongoing exploitation and destruction of Somalia.