THE PEOPLE OF ABUDWAQ IN THE MUDGUG LAND ARE PART OF PUNTLAND BECAUSE WELL MUDUG IS PART OF PUNTLAND AND IF THEY DONT THINK THAT WELL ASKED THE PEOPLE OF MUDUG WHO TAKES YOUR TAXES AND THEY WILL SAY PUNTLAND AND ASKED THEM WHO CONCROL MUDUG AND THEY WILL SAY PUNTLAND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY I AM NOT TEYING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PEOPLE OF ABUDWAQ BUT IF THEIR NOT HERE TO TALK FOR THEM SLEFS I WILL TALK FOR THEM IN PART OF PUNTLAND BECAUSE I TALK FOR ALL PUNTLANDER IN PUNTLAND AND ABUDWAQ IS PUNTLAND THANKYOU THEY MAY NOT SAY THAT BUT SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS SO THE PEOPLE OF ABDUWAQ BE PROUD BECAUSE IN SOMALI TODAY THEIR IS NOT THING BETTER THAN PUNTLAND

IT'S NOW BIG DEAL IT'S JUST TO CLOSE BROTHERS DOING BUSNESS AND THAT'S THE WAY IT IS AND ALL WAY'S WILL BE AND ALSO PUNTLAND IS EVERY'S FRIEND

BROTHER THEIR IS NO ONE CRYING BECAUSE I HAVE NOTTHING TO LOST JUST TELLING THE TRUTH AND IF THE THRUTH HURTS YOU I AM SORRY BROTHER. ALL I HAVE TO SAY NOW IS STAND BACK SOMALILAND I DO NOT THINK U WANT TO MISS WITH PUNTLAND OK

I THINK THE Q YOU ARE ASKING IS SOME THING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ASKED BY THE PEOPLE OF CABUDWAQ AND LET'S US SEE WHAT THEY WOULD SAY AND WHAT THEY WOULD SAY IS YES WE ARE PART OF PUNTLAND AS A CITY FOR ONE IT IS PART OF MUDUG AND SECOND THE PEOPLE OF CABUDWAQ ARE PROTECTED BY THE PUNTLAND GOVERMENT AND WITH OF THAT I DO NOT THINK AT WE WOULD HEAR THIS NAME TODAY SO THE CABUDWAQ PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST PART OF PUNTLAND THEY ARE PUNTLAND AND THEY HAVE NO SAY IN THAT BECAUSE IT IS PUNTLAND LAND AND THE POEPLE OF CABUDWAQ ARE PROUD TO TO PART OF A STRONG NATION UNIT THE COUNTRY OF SOMAILA IS ONE AGAIN

Puntland’s VP addresses the nation amid invasion from Somaliland - Friday, January 09, 2004 at 21:50 Garowe (AllPuntland) – “Young and old; Men and women, we must all defend our country” excerpts from a radio speech by the Vice President of the Puntland State of Somalia, H E Mohamed Abdi Hashi who addressed the nation in the wake of armed raids by militias from the neighbouring Somaliland (Northwest regions of Somalia). Reports indicate clashes between the Puntland police and militias loyal to Somaliland government lead by the minister of Rural Affairs, Mr Fu’ad Adam Adde in Tifafle, 15km to the northeast of Las Anod, capital city of Sool region. Three people have been reportedly killed with dozens injured after Mr Fu’ad Adam Adde whose whereabouts are not known thus far attacked the Puntland police. Our local reporter notes that the Puntland police came under attack, but were quick to disperse the attacking militias killing two of them and taking eight of them as prisoners. Included are the son and a brother of Mr Adde who is believed to have escaped to villages near Aynaba. The injured were being submitted to Las Anod main hospital for treatment while the prisoners were transferred to Garowe, Puntland State capital. Diplomatic intelligence from sources in Jibouti and in Hargeysa indicate that the government of Djibouti is encouraging Riyaale government in invading Puntland State to destabilise the region with shipments of military and ammunition backing already reaching Borama. Reports just reaching our local office in Hargeisa mention a conflict between Riyaale who ordered the attack earlier today and his generals refusing to engage in any kind of war, with neighbouring regions in particular. Mr Hashi in his State address called upon the public to remain vigilant, calm and defend the country from invading forces of Hargeisa administration. “I am calling upon the people of Puntland State of Somalia, young and old, men and women, to defend the country against the blatant invasion and cowardly aggression of the Hargeisa administration. We shall be victorious for we are being attacked. And we are on the defence” said Mr Hashi in his radio speech. People in major cities of Puntland are said to have been vigilant ever since the Parliament of the self-declared republic of Somaliland declared war on Puntland on the 21st of December 2003. It came as no surprise when militias taking order from Somaliland’s minister of Rural Affairs attacked the police, as theirs had been expected. At a time when all Somalis are focusing upon the ongoing Somali reconciliation and peace summit in Nairobi billed as the last hope to end the 14-year-old civil war in Somalia, no one seems to know exactly why and what the Somaliland government wishes to gain by waging a war on its neighbouring Puntland State. Both Puntland State and Somaliland had remained relatively peaceful during years of civil unrest in other regions of Somalia. Claims by both administrations to Sool, Sanag & Ayn regions lie at the heart of the conflict.

UAE 'bans visas for Somalis' Much of Somalia is in ruins after years of fighting Reports from Somalia say the United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing visas to holders of Somali passports. The BBC's Daud Aweis in Mogadishu says this will have a huge effect on war-torn Somalia, because most imports come through the UAE. Somalis also go to the UAE for medical reasons, or when travelling to Europe. Kenya stopped issuing visas to Somalis last month, complaining passports were being widely forged in the absence of a central government in Somalia. Somali travel agents said they had been informed of the decision by letter. The letter said the measure would come into force immediately, but did not explain the reasons behind it. UAE has not yet confirmed the ban, or explained the reasons behind it. The ban apparently came to light when officials of Somali travel companies were denied visas, reported the Somali HornAfrik Online website. They were also issued letters informing them of the UAE's decision to stop issuing visas to holders of Somali passports with immediate effect, it reported. Cheap passports Reports suggest forged passports are available in the markets of the capital, Mogadishu, for as little as $25, and in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. Kenya cited security concerns and illegal migration when it banned visas for Somalis in April. Numerous other countries do not recognise Somali passports. The country has been without a central government since 1991, when the then president Siyad Barre was ousted. A transitional government was established in 2000, but has little control outside Mogadishu. Long running talks have been taking place in Kenya to try to establish a new government.

A country exists because its people want it to exist. That is its only moral basis for being. If part of its population actually desires to separate, they obviously have the fundamental right to do so. We must provide the constitutional means by which every person living in [somaliland ]can decide whether to remain Somali or join a tribally defined republic. The overthrow of Said Barre in 1991 led to a de facto division of Somalia, with the self-proclamation of the northern Republic of Somaliland on 18 May 1991. The international community and the United Nations, which upholds the territorial integrity of Somalia, have firmly rejected the partition of Somalia and so far no single country in the world has recognized Somaliland. Somaliland is populated by various tribes: Gedabuursi and Isse in the Awdal Region, Habar Awal (***** ) in the South-West Region, Habar Jecllo, Habar Yonis, Isse Muse (all ***** ) and *********** (****** ) in Togdheer Region. The ***** clans of Habar Yonis, Habar Jecllo and Isse Muse together with ****** clans of *********** and warsangeli are in Sanaag region. Sool Region is mostly *********** (****** ). Members of any of these tribes can also be found living in all corners of Somaliland, especially in the urban centers like Hargeisa, Berbera and Borama. Furthermore, there are other tribes from the whole spectrum of Somali population, however small, in number that lived there since time immemorial. The non-***** tribes of Somaliland, such as the Gedabuursi, Isse, *********** and Warsangeli did not participate in the armed liberation struggle for independence by the SNM against the brutal regime of Mohamed Siad Barre. In fact, most of these tribes were armed and mobilized as local militias. They waged a merciless war against the Isaaqs and their movement (SNM). Mr. Dahir Riyale Kahin (from Gedabuursi tribe ), who is now the president of Somaliland, and his speaker of the "exclusive" men only" rubber stamp parliament, Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Aden (from *********** tribe), were part of the violent campaign to crash and exterminate the SNM. Mr.Riyale was a senior officer in the notorious Secret Service NSS that carried out killings and torture of the civilians suspected of being supporters of the SNM guerrilla movement. Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Aden (Qaybe) aided in the war effort of the regime and successfully negotiated with Menghistu Haile Mariam, the former dictator of Ethiopia, the expulsion of SNM from their bases in Ethiopia. Non-***** tribes (and some Isaaqs) of Somaliland do not share the separations of some separatists who would like to break up Somalia. The *********** and Warsangeli will never accept to be separated from their ****** blood brothers in Puntland, Somalia. They do not want to become like the Kurds of Iraq and Turkey, a minority in Somaliland and a minority in Somalia and lose their historic hegemony in Somali politics. The Gedibuursi tribesmen in the Diaspora also have been very vocal in their opposition to the secessionists. A country exists because its people want it to exist. That is its only moral basis for being. If part of its population actually desires to separate, they obviously have the fundamental right to do so. It remains important, however, to expose the fallacy and danger in the notion that Somalia is divisible by unconstitutional or extra-legal action. There are not a dozen people outside the special interest group in Hargeisa and Berbera who believe that if Somalia is divisible, Somaliland is not. Equality of rights in a constitutional democracy requires the full application of democracy - not a resort to unconstitutional methods. We must provide the constitutional means by which every person living in [somaliland ] can decide whether to remain Somali or join a tribally defined Republic. The end result of any such redrawing of boundaries should be that as few persons as possible are forced to live on the "wrong" side of the new international frontier." The remnants of Siad Barre Regime (or ****** ) are ruling Somaliland today. The potential for catastrophe in their agenda, for everyone concerned, is very high. They see the current crisis in Sool and Sanaag regions as an opportunity to use the ill- treated SNM fighters as a battering ram against the peoples of Sool and Sanaag. They are whipping up anti-Southern chauvinism and hysteria. People who monitor Radio Somaliland, the voice of the regime in Hargeisa, are reporting an alarming Rwanda-like propaganda inciting people to take arms against their fellow countrymen. If war breaks out, and it seems inevitable, genocide of unprecedented swiftness could be conducted with the approval of the state apparatus The killing will swiftly spread from Hargeisa to all corners of the counry. There are reports of people from the Dhulbahnte and Warsangeli tribes fleeing their homes in Hargeisa and other urban areas because of fear. People should reject the reactionary campaign by the remnants of Siad Barre regime and seek peaceful solution to the conflict. I would like to call upon Mr. Kofi Anan, the General Secretary of the United Nations, and Mr. George W. Bush, the President of the United States, to send immediately to the region whatever it takes to prevent genocide worse than the one in Rwanda.

come togather we need a country and we need it now make a goverment