Somali Pirates Now Operating In Nigeria, Says NIMASA DG The Director-General, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh, has raised the alarm that Somali pirates are now active in Nigerian waters and the Gulf of Guinea. Jamoh made the disclosure when he received the new Consul-General of the Korean Embassy, Kang Haenggu, and Ambassador Designate of Belgium, Daniel Bertrand, who visited the agency’s headquarters in Lagos. A statement by NIMASA spokesman, Philip Kyanet on Sunday, quoted the NIMASA DG as saying that the pirates often navigated through Nigeria’s maritime boundaries, and sometimes came through the land borders. He said that a maritime intelligence unit established by NIMASA to nip maritime crimes in the bud through identification of early warning signs had revealed a relationship between crimes in the Nigerian maritime domain and the Somali pirates. “We discovered a correlation between crimes in our waters and the activities of the Somali pirates. They have a means of navigating from the coast of Somalia to Nigeria, through the waters of our West African neighbours. In some cases, they enter through the land borders and commission boats to carry out their activities,” he said. Jamoh called for South Korean and Belgian investments in the Nigerian maritime industry, particularly in the areas of wreck removal and shipbuilding, as well as assistance in the training and certification of Nigerian seafarers. The South Korea and Belgium envoys separately acknowledged the security challenges in the Gulf of Guinea and promised to support Nigeria’s efforts to improve security and enhance trade in the Nigerian maritime domain. Xigasho

What does Garyaqaan Maxamed Raajis Maxamed has to do with this? Rabi ha u raxmada marxuumka. Cali Mahdi iyo kii kale waalnaa had failed Soomaaliya. They had no plan, nothing. Dadka Xamar joogay, sida aniga camal, looma sheegi karo waxee ka sameeyeen mooryääntooda magaalada sanadkii 1991. Iyagaaba u koow ahaa inay bililiqeystaan warshadihii, xarumihii ciidamada, xafiisyadii, laamihii dowladda iyo goobihii kale dowladda lahayd.

Remittance Firm Fights Money Laundering Claims Somalia's money remittance firm Amal Express says it is open to an audit by regulators to prove it has not aided money laundering for purchase of illegal arms. The company, which runs the semi-formal transfer service known as Hawala in most East African countries, says it has always followed local laws and standards, including limits on the amounts of money to be sent by individuals. "We reiterate our long-standing commitment to upholding our corporate integrity and full compliance with laws and regulations in all the countries we operate in," Guleid Jama, the firm's Chief Executive Officer, said in a statement on Friday. "We have invited the Central Bank of Somalia, our regulators, to audit our internal systems regarding the alleged dealings with blacklisted persons. We expect the findings of the independent audit would be made public." The company is reacting to a report by Geneva-based Global Initiative Against Organised Crime. Published in September, the report claimed a number of Hawala service providers including Amal had been used to settle illegal payments to arms dealers in Yemen. With Somalia under an arms embargo since 1993, any purchases of arms could be both illegal in the country and the region, given the UN Security Council's resolutions that are binding to all member states where Amal is licensed to operate. Thresholds surpassed The report titled "Following the Money", authored by former UN Expert panellist for Somalia, Jay Bahadur, said illegal payments were as high as $3.7 million between 2014 and 2020. It also said that Somalia's port city of Bossaso in Puntland state was the origin of most of the illegal payments to arms sellers in Yemen. Some of the payments reportedly went above the $10,000 threshold, where, normally, the handling firm should raise red flags and report to authorities. Amal was particularly accused of handling cash sent to Abdulrab Salem al-Hayashi, who was in October 2017 sanctioned by the US Treasury for "assisting in, sponsoring, or providing financial, material or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of" Al-Qaeda-linked terror groups in the Arabian Peninsula. Amal rejected claims it transferred money to such an individual and refutes a copy of the receipts published in the report. "The document was not authentic. It was a very poor imitation of our real receipts and had several inconsistencies and formatting mistakes. We proved [this] to the author of the report when he sought to establish its authenticity, before the report's publication," the CEO said. "As we speak, auditors from the Somalia Central Bank are in Bossaso and they have been given adequate access to our systems to verify for themselves that our systems have stringent checks," Jama told the Nation when asked about the company's know-your-customer rules." Little scrutiny Somalia's Hawala system has been influential in reaching millions of people who remain largely unbanked. According to local regulations, individuals can send or receive up to $300 without undergoing rigorous background checks. But Somalia doesn't have national ID data and the Global Initiative report claimed some senders and receivers may have used variations of their names to dodge scrutiny. Amal officials told the Nation they cooperate with authorities and use a system called World-Check to flag transactions involving persons listed as high risk. The World Bank estimates that just about 15 per cent of the 15.5 million Somalis have bank accounts, leaving the Hawala system as the main service for transmitting the estimated $1.3 billion sent by the Somali diaspora every year. It advised the Somali government to begin developing a robust identification system to eliminate the loopholes. "An effective identification system would help narrow the significant financing gap in Somalia and address de-risking issues," it said in a report titled "Rapid Growth in Mobile Money". "Better mobile money regulation and a robust identification system are closely connected and need to be developed in parallel." Xigasho

Ninkaan sanka balolan afxumaa horta. Markaa aragtidba qof ayuu aflagaadeynaayaa. Does he think sidaan in lagu magac yeesho ama lagu muuqdo? _______________ Sanbalooshe: Waare waa nin jiis ah, lugta kalena ay geed uga xirteen Cali Guudlaawe, Cismaan Barre iyo Fahad Yaasiin aliyihii hore ee nabad-sugida iyo sirdoonka Qaranka, Mudane Cabdullahi Maxamed Cali (Sanbaloolshe) oo wareysi siiyey Telefishinka Universal ayaa ka hadlay xaalada HirShabelle iyo doorashooyinka maamulkaasi. Sanbaloolshe ayaa sheegay in HirShabelle oo ka yar maamullada kale ee dalka ay hadda joogto meel ka hooseyso sidii lagu dhisay 2016-kii, wuxuuna tilmaamay inay isku biirsadeen daruufo adag, sida ammaanka, fatahaadaha, khilaafaad iyo horey u socod la’aan. Taliyihii hore ee NISA ayaa soo hadal qaaday dooda ka taagan doorashada HirShabelle, gaar ahaan kursiga madaxweynaha, isagoo hoosta ka xariiqay in markii horeba aan is-ogol lagu dhisin HirShabelle, balse madaxweynaha la siiyey Hiiraan iyo caasimadana Shabeelaha Dhexe. Sidoo kale wuxuu intaasi ku daray in mar-weliba ay muhiim tahay in la dhowro waxa ay dadku heshiis ku yihiin ama doorasho lagu kala baxo. “Anigu ma aaminsani in kursiga reer hebel u sun-tanyahay, laakiin waxaan aamin-sanahay dadku inuu ku heshiiyo ama doorasho inuu wax ku kala helo,” ayuu yiri. Mar wax laga weydiiyey sababta ay kursiga madaxweynaha isku laheysiineyo beesha uu ka soo jeedo ee Xawaadle ayaa wuxuu ku jawaabay “Dadka hadda **** wax ka tabanaayo waxaa la rabaa in iyaga naftooda haddii ay run sheegayaan raadiyaha inay ka qeyliyaan maahinee ama ay ka doodaan maahinee waa walaalahood inta ay u yeertaan inay ugar dhigtaan, haddii xittaa ay is fahmi waayaan dad u kala gar-qaadi kara oo dhex-dhexaadin kara ayaa jira,” Siyaasiga Cabdullahi Maxamed Cali (Sanbaloolshe) oo hadalkiisa sii wata ayaa carabka ku dhuftay in dhibaatada ugu daran ay ka socota dhanka dowladda federaalka, isaga oo ku eedeeyey inay iska horkeeneyso dhinacyada hadda isku haya doorashada Hirshabeelle. “Meeshaan dowladda ayaa dadka isku direyso saaxibkey Mahad Salaad ayaa wuxuu dhihi jiray waxbaa la’isku qataaraa sidii ay ahaan jirtay oo Ahlu Sunna iyo Xaaf la’isku qataaray, Axmed Madoobe iyo Team-kiisa la’isku soo qataaray oo kale waaye,” ayuu sii raaciyey. Dhinaca kale taliyihii hore nabad-sugida ayaa weerar culus ku qaaday madaxweynaha maamulka HirShabelle, Mudane Maxamed Cabdi Waare, wuxuuna tilmaamay inuu rakaato ku jiro, islamarkaana uu dhexda u galay madaxweyne ku xigeenka maamulkaasi, Cali Cabdullahi Xuseen Guudlaawe, guddoomiyaha baarlamaanka, Sheekh Cismaan Barre Maxamed iyo Fahad Yaasiin, sida uu hadalka u dhigay. “Waare waa nin sida aad la socoto jiis ah lugtuu ka jiran yahay mo’ogiyee tan kale Cali Guudlwaawe nin la yiraahdo, Sheekh Cismaan Barre iyo fahad yaasiin ayaa geed ku xirtay oo nin argagixiso lagu hayo waaye,” ayuu markale yiri Mr. Sanbaloolshe. Sidoo kale wuxuu sii raaciyey “Ninkaas niman la yiraahdo Nabad iyo Nolol ayaa sida sheydaankii biyo la agfadhiyo Cali Guudlaawe iyo ninka baarlamaanka joogana bistoolad ayey madaxa uga haayaan marka nin xoreyn u baahan waaye,” Ugu dambeyn wuxuu shaaca ka qaaday in HirShabelle ay u baahan tahay bad-baado, iyo hogaamiye ay kalsooni ku qabaan shacabka labada gobol oo samata bixin kara. “Qof kasta oo imaanayo meeshaas waxaa muhiim ah kalsoonida shacabka inuu heysto,” ayaa hadalkiisa ku soo gaba-gabeeyey. Hadalkan ayaa ku soo aadaya, iyadoo haatan khilaaf xoogan uu hareeyey doorashada HirShabelle, iyada oo muddo xileedkiina uu ka dhamaaday madaxda sare ee maamulkaasi. Xigasho

It is another blatant sabotage attempt by the usual mercenaries oo rabo Soomaaliya inay waligeeda iska ahaato curyaan. ________________ Feared Shabab Exploit Somali Banking and Invest in Real Estate, U.N. Says The Shabab, the Somalia-based militant group that is Al Qaeda’s most powerful ally in Africa, is not only collecting millions of dollars in tariffs and payoffs but moving the money through local banks and even investing it in real estate and businesses, according to a new United Nations Security Council report. The report describes how the Shabab, known for suicide attacks and a severe interpretation of Islam that bans music and other pleasures, have diversified their funding streams. Although financial dealings with the Shabab are prohibited under Security Council sanctions, the report said the group had found ways to expand from strictly cash transactions into utilizing bank accounts and electronic mobile services to save, transfer and invest money. A Security Council panel of experts that monitors Somalia produced the report, which has not yet been made public. The New York Times obtained an advance copy. The Shabab’s deadly attacks have wreaked havoc in Somalia and across East Africa. The group sustains an estimated 4,000 fighters, and expands its power, by collecting money from around south and central Somalia, including in the capital, Mogadishu, the report said. The group charges vehicles transporting goods, demands that businesses pay a monthly fee and forcibly collects zakat, the annual alms that observant Muslims are expected to pay. The Shabab also have penetrated Mogadishu’s port, blackmailing importers to pay a levy on goods, the report said. In all the cases the report documented, business owners paid up, citing threats and violence if they refused. The report found evidence that Shabab operatives had stored and transferred the money through accounts operated by Salaam Somali Bank, a leading bank in Somalia. In response, the bank said that it had never “opened an account for a sanctioned individual or entity” and that it had taken unspecified actions against suspicious accounts, but it did not rule out the possibility that the Shabab had found surreptitious ways to use the bank. The country’s finance minister also acknowledged the Shabab’s ability to exploit the banking system and called the group’s financiers “very cunning.” Editors’ Picks ‘S.N.L.’ Has a Theory About the Fly That Landed on Mike Pence’s Head C.E.O.s Rediscover the Family Dinner Table Airline Miles Programs Sure Are Profitable. Are You the Loser? Continue reading the main story The report comes just a few months before crucial elections in Somalia, a strategically located country in the Horn of Africa that has endured cycles of dysfunction and mayhem for decades. It also is contending with the coronavirus pandemic, swarms of locusts that are destroying crops and floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people. The Shabab pose a growing threat to Somalia and the region, even though the group has lost territory in the past five years, suffered high-level defections and been degraded by sustained American airstrikes. The report is especially damning for the Somali government, which is backed by the United States and the United Nations. They have insisted that Somalia take steps to modernize its banking so that groups like the Shabab that are under sanction cannot exploit the system’s weaknesses. “Al-Shabab’s use of formal banking systems enables the immediate transfer and distribution of large amounts, including in areas it no longer directly controls, eliminating the risk of physically transporting cash across hostile territory,” the report said. The Security Council’s experts on Somalia, a six-member panel based in Nairobi, are responsible for monitoring compliance with sanctions imposed on Somalia. The panel undertook the same work on Eritrea, another Horn of Africa country, until 2018, when sanctions there were lifted after Eritrea mended relations with neighboring Ethiopia. In past years, the panel’s reports have examined topics such as how food aid in Somalia was redirected by corrupt contractors and how the Shabab’s bomb-making operations became sophisticated. But the focus this year has largely been on the Shabab’s sources and movement of funds. During the reporting period, from last December to this August, the report’s authors found evidence that the Shabab had generated about $13 million in revenue. This included an estimated $2.4 million from checkpoints in the Lower Juba region in southern Somalia and $5.8 million from charging businesses in the southern port city of Kismayo. The report includes redacted copies of receipts for these transactions. Two bank accounts associated with the Shabab — paid into by retailers, shipping agencies and car dealerships — generated more than $3 million. The report linked the transfers to the Salaam Somali Bank. In two separate accounts reviewed by the panel of experts — one receiving port duties, the other alms collection — the panel found large cash deposits and frequent transfers that exceeded the $10,000 limit that would have required the bank to report them. In one of the accounts, $1.7 million was transferred entirely in 87 transactions, with one person receiving $310,000. Over a 48-hour period in May, more than $322,000 was transferred from these two accounts to a third bank account, the report said, showing “an institutional link between the accounts and an organized approach to the distribution of funds.” The panel of experts recorded a total of 128 transactions that would have warranted disclosure to Somalia’s Financial Reporting Center, which investigates suspicious financial activities. A review of the accounts “revealed no obvious legitimate outgoings or expenditures,” the report said. In a statement, a Salaam spokesman said the bank had taken “appropriate actions against numerous accounts” believed linked to “suspicious activity.” The bank also said the United Nations had reached out to it about the panel’s investigation but that since the bank had not “received the details of these accounts” it was “unable to determine whether the appropriate action has been taken against these accounts.” After decades of war, Somalia has achieved a modicum of peace, as it looks to build functioning public institutions. This includes oversight of financial outlets like banks and the passage of laws against money laundering and terrorism financing. Continue to read

I know for a fact he had stolen a lot in that bogus shirka dib u heshiisiinta in 2007. I know this because my older brother and his friend ku xigeenkiisa ayuu ahaa. Meesha shaah ayaa lagu cabay shirkaas. He also says he had 'returned' the funds he had stolen from dowladda dhexe in 1960s after he had an epiphany in 2012. What he did not mention was he only returned the exact amount that was in 1968 in US dollars without mentioning the cumulative inflation rates. Anyway, I have a soft spot for Cali Mahdi, especially compared to that other infamous, fanatical qabqable ishayeen in early '90s.

He can really isolate them by using both Eritareeya and Amxaar neighbours. They are landlocked, so what can they do.

Si quman ayaa loo aasay, loona sharfay. Rabi janadiisa fardowso haka waraabiyo.

Cowke ayee hore u sumeeyeen lagu heystay Xabashada after his sudden death in 2015 in Jigjiga. Sangub sidaasoo kale sanadkii hore. Maantana tan. I also remember Soomaali war veterans of 1977, many of them generals and colonels, mysteriously being shot to death in 2000s when Xabashi occupation soldiers were present in many Soomaali cities and town. _________________ War cusub oo kasoo baxaya sababta geerida Cali Khaliif – Maxaa ka jira in la dilay? Cali Khaliif Galeyr oo ra’isul wasaare kasoo noqday Soomaaliya ayaa isagoo 78-jir ah ku geeriyooday magaalada Jigjiga ee caasimadda ismaamulka Soomaalida Itoobiya. Sida ay shaaciyeen masuuliyiin ka tirsan xukuumada dowlad deegaanka Cali Khaliif Galeyr wuxuu u dhintay xanuunka Covid19. Wasiir ku xigeenka Caafimaadka Mukhtaar Yuusuf ayaa shaaciyay inay arrintaas ku ogaadeen baaritaan ay sameeyeen. Hase yeeshee waxaa hadda soo baxaya warar taas ka duwan. Cadaani Hirmooge oo ah hogaamiyaha ururka ONLF ayaa sheegay in Cali Khaliif Galeyr la sumeeyay islamarkaana jirkiisa uu isbadalay. “Odayga cunto ayaa lagu sumeeyay baal la yiri – wuu shubmay, wuu matagay, qandho ayaa qabatay, jirkiisana wuu isbadalay, jimcadii beyna bilaabatay howshaan,” ayuu yiri hogaamiyaha. Ma jirto cid madax banaan oo xaqiijin karta sababta rasmiga ah ee ka dambeysa geerida Cali Khaliif Galeyr, mana jiraan baaritaan la dalbaday oo la sameynayo. Dowladda Soomaaliya waxey magacowday guddi qaban-qaabinaya aaska qaran ee Cali Khaliif, balse ma jirto wax baaritaano ah oo ay ku dhawaaqeen si loo ogaado sababta uu u geeriyooday. Dadka siyaasadda falanqeeya waxey maleynayaan iney jirtay cadaawad hore oo kala dhaxeysay Itoobiya maadaama uu sanadkii 2000 ciidamada Itoobiya ka saaray Gedo oo ay ku sugnaayeen muddo afar sano ah. Xigasho

Why Abiy is not trying to squash them? Mise wax kale ayuu la sugaayaa.

Cali Khaliif Galaydh oo geeriyooday – Taariikhdiisa oo kooban Rabbi ha u naxariistee waxaa magaalada Jigjiga ku geeriyoodey Cali Khaliif Galaydh oo horey Soomaaliya uga soo noqdey Raysalwasaare iyo weliba Xildhibaan. Cali Khaliif oo ahaa 78 jir ayaa maalmihii u danbeyey xanuunsanaa, waxaana uu ku sugnaa magaalada Hargeysa ee xarunta Somaliland, ka hor inta aan la geyn Jigjiga, laba maalmood ka hor. Geerida Cali Khaliif Galaydh waxaa warbaainta u xaqiijiyey Wasiir ku xigeenka Madaxtooyada ismaamulka Soomaalida Cumar Warfaa. Cali Khaliif Galaydh ayaa sanadkii 2000 loo magacaabey Raysalwasaaraha Soomaaliya , dowladdii lagu dhisey Carta dalka Jabuuti, waxaana uu xilkaas hayey muddo laba sano ku dhaw. Waxa uu siyaasadda mar kale dib ugu soo noqdey sanadkii 2012 markaas oo uu ka mid noqdey Baarlamaankii u horeeyey ee dalka gudihiisa lagu dhiso, waxaana uu u tartamey Xilka guddoomiyaha Baarlamaanka taas oo looga guuleystey. Cali Khaliif ayaa u soo wareegay deegaanada gobolka Sool, waxaana uu asaasey maamulkii Khaatumo oo uu ka noqdey Madaxwdeyne, kadib dagaalo badan oo dhex marey Somaliland iyo Khaatumo waxa uu u wareegay dhanka Somaliland oo uu muddo ka war sugaayey sidii loo heli lahaa wax uu ugu yeeri jirey Somaliland la wada lee yahay. Cali Khaliif Galaydh waxa uu ahaa aqoonyahan waxaana uu wax ku bartey jaamacado ku yaala dalka Maraykanka sidoo kale waxa uu ka mid ahaa asaasayaashii machadyadii (SIPA) iyo SIDAM oo oo kasoo shaqeeyey, sanadkii 1974 waxa uu ahaa Agaasimihii wershaddii sonkorta ee Jowhar. Xigasho

Waa war deg deg breaking news ah: DEG DEG: Cali Khaliif Galayr oo geeriyooday Ra’iisul Wasaarihii hore ee Soomaaliya Cali Khaliif Galaydh ayaa goordhow ku geeriyooday magaalada Jigjiga, sida ay shaacisay dowladda Soomaaliya. Warkan ayaa lagu sheegay qoraal kooban oo uu barta twitter-ka soo dhigay afhayeenka wasaaradda warfaafinta Soomaaliya Ismaaciil Mukhtaar. Wax faah-faahin oo intaas dheer lagama bixin geeriday Dr. Cali Khaliif Galaydh. Wararka ayaa waxay sheegayaan in Cali Khaliif Galaydh uu u geeriyoday xanuun kusoo booday xilii uu joogay magaalada Jigjiga ee xarunta gobolka Soomaalida Ethiopia. Cali Khaliif Galaydh ayaa noqday ra’iisul wasaarihii ugu horreeyey ee dalka kadib burburkii, markaasi oo uu magacaabay madaxweynihii dowladdii ku-meel gaarka ahayd Cabdiqaasim Salaad Xasan, sanaddii 2000. Xigasho

So is my abaayo and her husband in 2008 when they were visiting Nairobi. They married in 1988 and had eight kids by then. Dad waalan ayaa meesha iska maamulo. It also happened to me. I was staying in Islii in early 2009, habeen igu noqotay oo hoteel iska raadsaday. Waxaa ila socotay my cousin from U.S. oo intaa hoteel ka helaayo ila wareegeysay since most hotels buuxeen qolalkooda at that late night time. Two of those available rooms from two hotels waxeeba moodeen inay gabadha abtigey dhalay ila galeyso qolka oo waardiyaha ayaaba leh kuma raaci karto. I was offended, maan and did not even bother to talk back and left both times. I eventually found one, not my choice but no questions asked.

C/rashiid dude has been exposed as a corrupt and anti-Soomaaliya opportunist.

I didn't say he was GD. I meant like GD, he might have been a member.

He probably could have been a SOLer, like Duke and was diehard pro-C/llaahi Yuusuf between 2004 to 2008. Xataa asaga shaqa u geeyey at UN's Soomaaliya office.

Subject of Project Veritas voter fraud story says he was offered bribe Liban Osman is still trying to figure out how he became a symbol of voter fraud in America. “It’s insane,” said the brother of newly elected Ward 6 Minneapolis City Councilman Jamal Osman. Liban Osman is featured prominently in a video released last week by the conservative media operation Project Veritas claiming there is “massive voter fraud” in Minnesota orchestrated by Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. In his first interview, Liban Osman tells the FOX 9 Investigators he was offered $10,000 by community activist Omar Jamal to say he was collecting ballots for Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. “He was setting me up,” said Liban Osman. Tale of Two Videos It is clear from the raw video, obtained by FOX 9, that Liban Osman was working for his brother’s campaign. Liban Osman admits the Project Veritas video footage looks incriminating, but he said the group deliberately left the full context on the cutting room floor. Project Veritas used two separate videos he posted on Snapchat while driving in his car to make it appear as if he was illegally picking up ballots and offering money for votes, he said. In a video from July, Liban Osman said he was collecting mail in ballots from sick and elderly voters who had requested them through the campaign. Liban Osman denies that he filled out the ballots or altered them in any way. He said what appears to be open ballots laying on the dash of his car are actually the envelopes the ballots came in. He said voters concerned about identity theft asked him to shred the envelopes. Despite his boast that he had 300 ballots in the car, he said the actual number was closer to 20. ‘Money Is Everything’ Because of various court decisions, so-called ‘ballot harvesting’ - collecting more than the statutory limit of three ballots - was permitted during a five-week period this summer, from July 28 to September 4. An attorney for Project Veritas claims Liban Osman’s Snapchat video collecting mail-in ballots was recorded in early July, making it illegal at the time to harvest more than three ballots. Liban Osman could not recall the exact date he recorded the video, but said he believed it was in late July. That video from July is edited with another video from August, when Liban Osman is heard boasting about money in politics. “Money is everything. It’s the key to this world,” he says. The unedited video reveals the comments were clearly directed at his brother’s 11 opponents in the Ward 6 special election, many of whom were operating shoe-string campaigns. ‘Why are you defending Ilhan Omar?’ Liban Osman said he was approached by community activist Omar Jamal, who is a so-called ‘insider’ for Project Veritas and appears to be their primary source. Omar Jamal, who he had not met previously, told him Project Veritas would pay him $10,000 to say he was harvesting ballots for Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. “He said, ‘Why are you defending Ilhan Omar?’” Liban recounts. “’They (Project Veritas) are not after you or your brother. Why are you defending her?’’” “I told him he was insane and walked away,” Liban Osman said. Project Veritas denies manipulating or misrepresenting its undercover video and claims it never offered Liban Osman $10,000. Project Veritas Responds “These are wild, and crazy, and baseless accusations,” said Jered Ede, chief legal officer for Project Veritas. “This, to me, is a man who is drowning in the consequences of his own actions, who is trying to grasp at every possible straw to keep himself from going under,” Ede said. In a second report from Project Veritas, surreptitiously recorded video shows a man receiving $200 in “pocket money” in exchange for his agreement to vote for Ilhan Omar. James O’Keefe, the founder of Project Veritas, calls it “an explosive piece of tape.” But two sources tell the FOX 9 Investigators the man is a relative of Omar Jamal, and that during the encounter outside Cedar Riverside Apartments, it is Jamal who is handing the man $200 which was intended for the family of a sick relative in Somalia. The Project Veritas reports also contend, without evidence, that the cash for ballots scheme is being bank rolled by Lake Street businessman Basim Sabri. In the second video, an anonymous woman said, “He’s Palestinian. He’s funding the whole thing.” “It’s so un-American, it’s so illegal,” said Sabri, reached at his home in Miami. Sabri provided the FOX 9 Investigators with a letter from his attorney threatening to sue Project Veritas for defamation if they do not remove the video. Sabri acknowledged that he is a long-time supporter of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, and said he has also complained to the DFL about prior voting fraud in Ward 6. “I would never do that. Ever. Never. Because I would be a hypocrite,” said Sabri. For his part, Omar Jamal has used his appearance in the Project Veritas reports to raise nearly $30,000. In an interview with Somali American TV, he reportedly backtracked on claims he witnessed cash being exchanged for ballots. Omar Jamal declined an interview request, referring questions instead to Project Veritas. President Trump has repeatedly tweeted about the Minnesota voter fraud claims and mentioned it at his campaign stop in Duluth last week. “What about Omar that she gets caught harvesting,” Trump bellowed at the campaign event shortly before he became sick with COVID-19. “What the hell is going on?” Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s campaign has categorically and repeatedly denied any involvement in voting fraud, harvesting ballots, or paying for votes. A Pattern of Disinformation The lack of verifiable evidence, allegations of misrepresentation and entrapment, and coordination with conservative causes, has been part of Project Veritas’ method of operation. The Stanford Internet Observatory reports there is evidence that the voter fraud story was coordinated with the Republican Party and rushed to publication to distract from the New York Times blockbuster on President Trump’s efforts to avoid paying federal income tax. Days before the publication of the report, James O’Keefe of Project Veritas met with Trump’s Minnesota Campaign Chair, Mike Lindell, - founder and CEO of My Pillow Inc. - who tweeted out a tease that the report was forthcoming that night. A week later the first Project Veritas video on alleged voter fraud in Minnesota had been viewed more than one million times on YouTube. The second report had been viewed more than a half-million times. Source

It is a sad and unfortunate one of our own - Cumar Jamaal - being used by the far right's propaganda against our own sister. Not first time being a foreign mouthpiece and against fellow Soomaalis. I knew this guy was opportunist at large ever since he was a staunch Xabashi defender back in mid 2005-2007. __________________ Omar Jamal, key source of Project Veritas election fraud video, backtracks on cash-for-ballots allegation Earlier this week, a right-wing media outfit called Project Veritas released a two-part video sting that, without clear evidence, alleged to discover voting fraud in Minneapolis’ Somali community, including payments for ballots. On Wednesday, however, Omar Jamal, a man who Project Veritas said was the main source for its investigation, gave a starkly different account of his participation in the Project Veritas segments. His new claims seemed to contradict key facts and scenes described in the original tape—what Project Veritas on Twitter describes as “the biggest systemic voter fraud smoking gun in American history.” In a 25-minute video on Minnesota-based Somali American TV—a program that provides news and information about Somalis and broadcasts online via social media channels—Omar Jamal speaks in Somali about the election fraud story. Omar Jamal specifically alleges that he thinks a clip that purports to show a “ballot harvester” paying a voter $200 in exchange for a vote was instead a demonstration of how that process allegedly works. That is, not an example of “systemic voter fraud” seen in real time. Project Veritas leader James O’Keefe introduces the political video as “an explosive piece of tape [that] shows a man buying a registration form for an absentee ballot for a voter, giving him ‘pocket money’ of $200 and expecting to collect his ballot when the voter receives it.” In the Somali American TV interview, the show’s host, Ali Harare, asks Omar Jamal whether he met anyone who received cash in exchange for a vote. He replies no. Project Veritas did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the Omar Jamal interview. Omar Jamal declined an interview request from Sahan Journal. Omar Jamal’s new statements muddled what was already a confusing story. In some sense, that confusion seemed to match the methods of Project Veritas, which media researchers at Harvard University have labeled a “right-wing disinformation outfit.” Project Veritas and its leader, James O’Keefe, have gained a measure of fame in right-wing media circles for their sting operations, entrapment tactics, and deceptively edited videos. The group’s current focus is to undermine the credibility of mail-in voting, also a major goal for President Donald J. Trump, who is trailing in election polls. The operation’s purpose, according to a source close with Project Veritas who spoke to The New Republic, is “literally to get Trump reelected.” Much of the footage in the two videos released this week comes from hidden cameras or social media accounts. While it’s difficult to follow the plot line, the sting depicts a variety of voting practices, which may or may not be illegal. Anonymous sources accuse a collection of separate Somali Americans of paying cash for votes and also organizing “ballot harvesting.” This is a mail-in ballot practice, often legal, in which a third party collects election ballots from voters and submits them to election judges. The first tape purports to show a man collecting absentee ballots for the August primary election. In Minnesota, it’s legal to turn in up to three ballots for other voters—although Minnesota courts eliminated that limit for a five-week period this summer. The second tape purports to show an exchange of cash for a voter registration form. However, the video footage doesn’t clearly depict any exchange of money. Omar Jamal now says he never saw cash paid for ballots The key source in the Somali community—who speaks with Project Veritas voluntarily and on the record—is Omar Jamal. In the videos, he alleges that prominent politicians are engaged in a cash-for-ballots scheme. A community activist, Omar Jamal has a history of making provocative and unsubstantiated allegations in the media, dating back more than a decade. In 2009, he made appearances on national television to share unsubstantiated opinions that al-Qaeda cells were operating in the Twin Cities. He’s also participated in a panel organized by Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher about a controversial training program on stopping terrorism. At the time, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations denounced the panel. And it expressed doubts about Omar Jamal, pointing to allegations that he lied to immigration officials in the early 2000s. In the Somali American TV interview, Omar Jamal says he decided to work with Project Veritas after the group approached him with alleged evidence of voter fraud. He says the group was specifically targeting Representative Ilhan Omar. He also states that Project Veritas sent some of its operatives to polling centers during Minnesota’s August primary election. In the interview, Omar Jamal says he sometimes was obliged to go with the group when they were secretly filming their interviews. He maintains that at other times he wasn’t aware that the group was taping him. At one point, host Ali Harare asks Omar Jamal specifically about the part of the video where two men are talking about how to fill out the voter registration form and appearing to joke about when they will close a “deal.” The host asks Omar Jamal if the Project Veritas clip showed people being told to vote for a certain candidate in exchange for money, or whether he met anyone who offered cash for a ballot. Omar Jamal responds to Ali Harare: “No, I haven’t met them. I think that incident was one that was depicting how [cash-for-ballot] works.” President Trump has so far tweeted about or retweeted the Project Veritas video ten times, starting Sunday night. His first tweetstorm started shortly after the New York Times published a bombshell report showing that Trump has paid almost no taxes over the last ten years. He also cited the video in his Duluth campaign appearance Wednesday night. Though Omar Jamal’s new comments seem to contradict what Project Veritas claims, he is raising funds to continue collaborating with them through the November election. Since the Project Veritas videos came out, Omar Jamal has set up a GoFundMe fundraise page. He’s seeking $500,000 to “further expose potentially more election fraud come November,” fight potential legal challenges, and establish financial stability for his family. On social media, Project Veritas has been asking its supporters to donate to Omar Jamal’s fundraiser. GoFundMe said it’s investigating the authenticity of the page. “I can confirm that our Trust & Safety team is investigating this fundraiser and has reached out to the organizer for more information,” a GoFundMe spokesperson told the Daily Dot, a news source that covers internet culture. Three days after launching the campaign, Omar Jamal had raised more than $30,000. Xigasho

Waaba u maleeye, that is why I wrote war la hubo ma'aha.

I don't think he was talking about this. I know men like him, hoteellada Islii ayaa ku arki jiray, xataa dad decades isqabo kala celinaaye.

Nothing is guaranteed, widaay. Remember that infamous shock face of Gabre on Febraayo 8th, 2017? He was very confident and was expecting his stooge Xasan Sheekh to win. Xildhibaanada Soomaaliya doolarka wey qaataan but kuu codeeyaan is different, especially in second rounds.

Ninkaan howshaan maxaa giliyey? Shaqadiisa muu ku ekaado. DF oo soo saartay amar la xiriira lamaanayaasha isla aada hoteellada Muqdisho Guddoomiyaha Maxkamadda Sare ee dalka Baashe Yuusuf Axmed ayaa maanta amar dul dhigay dadka iska leh hoteellada magaalada Muqdisho, xilli uu xarigga ka jarayey waax cusub oo lagu kordhiyey xarunta dembi baarista booliska Soomaliya ee CID-da. Guddoomiye Baashe ayaa sheegay in waxyaabo badan oo aan lagu aqoon dhaqanka Soomaaliyeed ay hadda dalka ku soo kordheen, isagoo laamaha amniga dowladda faray in ahmiyad weyn la siiyo la dagaalanka dunuubta. “Waxaa lagama maarmaan ah in qorshe loo dejiyo habka hoteellada loo dego, hadaa dooneyso inaad Hotel degto, kaliya waxaa lagaaga baahanyahay inaad lacag bixiso, ceeb ka weyna ma jirto in dembiyada aan ka hadleyno ay hoteellada ka dhacaan, banaanka in dembi ka dhaco layaab malahan oo weligeed ayaa la arki jiray, laakiin Hotel Xamar ku yaalla oo aan garaneyno in la dhaho dembi noocaas ah ayaa ka dhacay, ceeb ka weyni ma jirto” ayuu yiri guddoomiye Baashe. Isagoo hadalkiisa sii watay ayuu yiri “Labo qof oo rag iyo dumar ah oo aan la xaqiijin inay is qabaan Hotel ma wada degi karaan. Hotelkii aan weydiin shahaadada Nikaaxa waxuu ka qeyb-qaadanayaa baahinta xumaanta iyo dhiira gelinta dunuubta.” Guddoomiyaha Maxkamadda Sare ee dalka ayaa wasaaradda amniga gudaha, taliska booliska, wasaaradda awqaafta iyo arrimaha diinta waxa uu faray inay iska kaashadaan dejinta qoshe qeexaya hoteellada qaabka loo dego. Xigasho

War la hubo ma'aha, but here it is anyway: Wararkii u dambeeyey askar Soomaali & Liibiyaan ah oo ku dagaalamay wadanka Turkiga Ugu yaraan illaa ’25’ askari oo isugu jira Soomaali iyo Liibiyaan ayaa ku dhintay dagaal gacan hadal ah oo labada dhinac ku dhexmary xero lagu tababarayey oo ku taalla Turkiga, sida ay warisay warbaahinta gudaha ee dalkaasi. Wararka ayaa sheegaya in askarkaasi ay ku wada jireen hal xero oo ku taalla magaalada Isparta oo dhacda galbeedka Turkiga, waxaana ay isku adeegsadeen intii uu dagaalku socday Mindiyo iyo waxyaabo kale, sida ay ku warrameyso warbaahinta gudaha. Dagaalka ayaa yimid, kadib markii askari ka tirsan ciidamada Liibiya uu midkood Toorey ku dhaawacay askari Soomaaliyeed, taas oo keentay inay ka dhiidhiyeen ciidanka kale ee Soomaalida ee tababarka kula jiray, waxaana sidaas ku billowday dagaalka labada dhinac. Sidoo kale waxaa jira dhaawacyo ka dhashay dagaalkasi, iyadoona askarta qaarkood la dhigay goobaha caafimaadka si looga daweeyo. Weli war rasmi ah kama soo bixin dowladda Turkiga oo ku aadan shaqaaqadaasi dhex martay ciidamada ay u tababareyso dalalka Soomaaliya iyo Liibiya. Dhanka kale ma jiro weli wax hadal ah oo iyana ka soo yeeray dhinaca dowladaha Soomaaliya iyo Liibiya ee la xiiriira isku dhacdadaasi. Si kastaba ha’ahaatee Turkiga ayaa tababaro siiya ciidamada dalalka Soomaaliya, Liibiya iyo Suuriya, kuwaas oo ku jira xeryaha milatariga ee gudaha dalkaasi. Xigasho