Showqi: To this end. I definitely agree. Well done to the secessionists.

Waa hagaage; xaal qaado oo soo dhowow.

Oo odaygu afxumadii dad qalnimona ma ku darsaday?

Interesting.

Tolow kee wax diiday?

War NinaNC tay keentaaba tii kale karan, Illaahay amarkii

Finely crafted.

It is not the end of the road balse waynu jabnay. Allow sahal umuuraha.

Koleyba anigu I've my own reliable sources of which I dare exposing them in public if I'm pushed to. In the case of my quest of minyaro, I rather prefer not to comment on it. Af dab-oolan dahab Illaahay amarkii.

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Will Silanyo revisit the magic 97% ?

I guess rehab centers in UK are overcrowded... we are asking one for admission, please!

is that all Xaajiyow?

Tragedy indeed. Hope he gets a just punishment. This incident is a manifestation of no where is safe....yesterday Interstate Sex trafficking in the US and today porno movie in Somalia. Allow sahal umuuraha, Illahay amarkiis

Ethiopia think tank folks in Addis are neither gullible nor naïve idealists as some of us on SOL are: Ethiopia interests are served well in the current status quo. SL and PL being satellite states that report periodically to Mekelle clan and, the nominal TFG which also operates under the blessings of Zenawi. On astronomical view, Ethiopia has no need to review or adjust its diplomatic ties with Somali political players. What is the point of recognizing SL while antagonizing PL, and the rest of Somalia when unionists and secessionists alike are doing Ethiopia’s bidding; Al Shebab included. In the case of recognition; it is as much of distant and elusive dream as it ever been. Twenty years passed, SSC & Maakhir communities have taken things into their own hands. Awdalites have awakened and determined to run their own affairs. The multi clan party system of the north western enclave has reached its stagnation point. How can clannish dogmas driven enterprise give a birth to a modern state, is in the minds of diehard secessionist? What is next is anyone’s guess….. Revolution within is inevitable methinks.

The qoute indeed speaks for itself and its monolithic view is apparent.

Welcome horta! and who do you represent if you don't mind?

Some were naive idealists, others gullible and the rest malaa waa ugu jirtey and couldn't see trees from the forest. War Che, haday ragu hadda kulka arkeen, ha cabudhin?

Is it me or something is brewing in that part of the country?

Does Awdal Community Ever Learn? By Mohamed F. Yabarag November 24, 2010 Following the appointment of seven “Somaliland envoys” (all from the same clan as has recently become a pattern for Silanyo’s government), communities from Awdal must have by now learned their lessons through the hard way, unless they are living in a fantasy world. I bet they are. Those in Awdal who are still in doubt about the direction to which Ahmed Silanyo’s government is heading should take a pause for a moment and consider what the future holds for them. Like it or not, Somaliland is for one clan. Despite the entire furor surrounding the formation of the earlier government that was exclusively made up of one clan, the SNM men on the driving seat of this one-clan administration in Hargeisa are not in the mood of heeding to anybody’s advice or protestation. End of the story. Cidna loo joojin maayo. The public fallout between the minister of interior, Mohamed Abdi Gabboose and Awdal elders earlier last month in Rays hotel, Borama, seems now a distant memory. The minister’s pledge that President Ahmed Silanyo will address the situation as “a matter of urgency” has turned out to be an empty gesture. Everything has been swept under the carpet. Perhaps in the eyes of Hargeisa administration there are more important and pressing issues that need to be attended in the eastern parts of “Somaliland”, Sool to be precise. Awdal is now treated by Hargeisa-based authorities as a colonial outpost. The very mention of a planned demonstration against the government in Awdal usually brings about a few “armored technicals” being sent out to Borama. This is going to become a norm in the future. If you cannot support your words with actions, nobody could give a toss about what you may or may not do. This is exactly the case in Awdal communities and their elders. General Xudhuun has gone despite Awdal elders and their constituents making furious statements one after another that nobody could take him away from Awdal. Empty talks, isn’t it? Here is a short list of events that could have acted as warning signs for Awdal communities: Four innocent Awdal civilians were slaughtered and their bodies mutilated on a public road between Gabiley and Dilla by the Gabiley supporters of the Kulmiye party, and to add insult to injury, their violent death was blamed on the former government by the man in charge of the current Somaliland administration. Despite this incident taking place at the heart of Somaliland and in the public domain, perpetrates of this heinous crime are believed to be under the protection of Kulmiye government according to my local sources. Three ministers under Rayaale’s cabinet who are of the same clan as of Ahmed Silanyo have resigned right at the death and on the eve of the presidential election to join their kinship. The newly-formed government of Ahmed Silanyo has produced a lopsided government, choosing the main cabinet posts (including Finance, Interior, Foreign ministries, etc.) from one clan, hence the entire decision making fell into the hands of a few inner circle ministers of the same clan. The rest are simply there to make the numbers, or police their community as our representatives in the Silanyo cabinet do in Awdal. All senior civil servants were dismissed on presidential decree and replaced with members from the same clan under the guise of riding the government off corrupt officials from previous administration. This move hurt Awdal as they lost some key posts in the treasury and other important civil servant posts. General Xudhuun, the bulwark of Awdal security and a long time civil servant as well as his second in command, were relieved from their posts with immediate effect following the ONLF fiasco, and replaced with Silanyo’s clansmen despite some Awdal communities taking to the streets in protest. An army exclusively recruited from areas inhabited by the one-clan administration in Hargeisa, including a contingent of police force, was brought in and around Borama at the beginning of Silanyo’s reign to keep Awdal community under check. This is what prompted the former governor of Awdal to resign before his time. Osman Jama aka Kalluun, one of the heavyweights of Somaliweyn politicians, was this month extended a hand of friendship and possibly the freedom of Hargeisa by none other than Silaanyo himself while Abdo Shoodhe, Sitiin Hussein (MPs from Sheikh Sharif government) were arrested in Borama and asked to leave the country or ask for pardon. Double standards, isn’t it? (Nin leh ayaa u doobiyey) While communities from Sool and eastern Sanaag have grabbed their destiny with their own hands, the Awdalities have simply chosen to become second class citizens and settled in to play a second fiddle to the one clan administration in Hargeisa. This is an undisputed fact despite some Awdal so-called politicians (mercenaries I would say) claiming otherwise. In fact, they should take stock of the bravery shown by their fellow Awdalite, Faisal Omer Guleed, who rightly turned down an opportunity to become the junior minister of education in Mohamed Abdillahi Farmajo’s government in Mogadishu, or follow the courage demonstrated by the venerable Sheikh Abdillahi Sheikh Ali Jowhar who said no to Silanyo’s advances when he appointed for him to head the Sakaat-gathering agency. Faisal stated in his resignation speech that the post nominated for him is an insult to his clan, particularly when Prime Minister Farmajo’s ministers are nominated on the basis of the notorious four point five. Refer to PM Farmajo’s interview with the BBC on this issue. Some would argue that Rayaale, the former president of Somaliland, who hails from Awdal, was in power for eight long years and as such Awdalities should not feel alienated. Well, that may be the case, but the distribution of power among Somaliland clans always remained the same even under him: one clan taking all the most important seats and leaving the leftovers and the insignificant posts for the rest was never the case. Rayaale was only presiding over what was pre-determined. Waa lagu awr-kacsanayey. Neither the previous administration led by Rayaale himself nor the current one Abdirahman Saylici who is second in command did anything meaningful for their own people. Waad baahan tahay looma bahalo cuno. While the very few Awdal politicians who benefited from this Silanyo’s lopsided administration may be rejoicing, the fact remains that the majorities of Awdal community know for certainty that they had been short changed. Sool and Eastern Sanaag communities are not even in the equation; they have been left out before, or they opted out from the secessionist project in Somaliland. For years Awdal community was following obediently or rather blindly (depending on one’s view) decisions made elsewhere which had little or no bearing on their day to day lives. Even our politicians could not foresee the demise of the last Somali government when everyone else could predict its imminent collapse with their minds fixated elsewhere. Everyone knows how Somaliland had come to being in early 1991. It was concocted in Burao and forced down the throats of communities whose acceptance or rejection of the secession would have made no difference at the time, as the venue of the meeting was deliberately chosen and gun totting SNM fighters were everywhere. It is obvious now that the hidden agenda behind carving up “Somaliland” from the mother country by the SNM tribal militia who played a major role in bringing down the last Somali government alongside USC in the south was to create its fiefdom i.e. an administration run and owned by one clan. Why the guy from Sool, Awdal or eastern Sanaag should abide by the rules set out by the SNM militia. Who gave them the mandate to form an administration in the northern regions of Somalia without fully consulting the local communities in the former British Somaliland? If referendum is conducted today in non-***** inhabited regions, I bet the outcome will be an absolute rejection to “Somaliland’ administration in Hargeisa. In an era where Somalia is further disintegrating into tribal regional administrations coupled with 19 years of one-clan administration in Hargeisa, Awdal politicians and elites could not yet make up their own minds where the interest of their people lies. I believe the time is ripe for Awdal community to determine their destiny instead of relying on others for everything. Will Awdal ever learn? Mohamed F Yabarag E-Mail:Myabarag@yahoo.co.uk Source: WDN

Xiin: Yaan lagaa waalin saaxiib Ibtisaam, JB, Xaaji and others aint indigenous SLers as they claim waa sujuuwi, iyo ciyaalkii carabta ku koray oo hadda green cards uu Riyaale siiyey

Originally posted by xiinfaniin: It is not only Xamar whose demographics have changed as a result of the civil war. So too have Boosaaso, Garoowe, Hargeysa, Burco Galkacyo, Baraawe, and Kismayo. Don’t be stuck in the past. Xamar is for who lives there NOW. It is NOT for everyone. You possess a pragmatist and realist point of view; and you are properly right while I might have been a naive and an idealist who has sung in a vacuum regarding the demographic shift after the civil war. Your word of wisdom on this is well taken……inkastoo aad marmarka qaarkood marka geela loo heeso aad shimbiraha u heesto.

Arooryo suuban to all... I'm happy to be in the eve of the thanksgiving..... off tomorrow and the day after and then the weekend.

lol @Sayid: Ku qabso ku qadi mayside sheekadu waa u yare egtahay mase aha... Horaa loo yiri labo nin hadba waxaa adag kii haweenaydu raacdo, aragaanee meesha sheekadu ku danbayso