Warlords Don't Love Ethiopia Any Less But Hate Yusuf More

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Warlords Don't Love Ethiopia Any Less But Hate Yusuf More

 

Warlords Don't Love Ethiopia Any Less But Hate Yusuf More

By Faisal Roble

March 21, 2005

 

The story of Somali collective memory is told and retold as being short and selective. Here is another variation of such a story pertaining to the controversy about Ethiopian peacekeeping mission in Somalia.

 

 

Maxamed Siyaad Barre

In the 1980s, the Somali National Movement (SNM), the United Somali Congress (USC), and the Somali Salivation Democratic Front (SSDF) were all housed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. They all collaborated to overthrow Mohamed Siad Barre, the late dictator that ruled Somalia from 1969 to 1990. Most of the constituents that these movements claimed to have represented showed or seemed to have shown a high degree of affinity towards Ethiopia throughout the last 20 or so years, a period that has one of the lowest points and marked the speedy erosion of Somali nationalism.

 

One way that the above-mentioned groups and their followers showed gratitude towards Ethiopia was carried:

 

By helping the late Ethiopian dictator Megistu Haile Mariam to dismantle Somalia and create what has since then deteriorated to the current disarticulated stateless nation;

By killing and or throwing Somali Galbeed refugees out of their respective districts. In Mogadishu, for example, helpless civilians who hailed from the Somali Region of Ethiopia were killed mercilessly during the early years of Somalia's civil war. In Jalalaqsi refugee camps, hundreds of people were beheaded and thrown to the Shabelle river and were denied any proper Islamic burial ceremony. In Hargeisa, thousands of refugees were slaughtered in what was called the Dam, or “Biyo xidheen.†And not many refugees went to Garowe or Bossaso, although these cities were as hostile when one looks that the sternest verbal abuses came from these regions. And so far, neither Ethiopia nor its yesteryear's or today's allies in Somalia has raised this human tragedy.

 

Faysal Ali Waraabe - UCID Party Chief

 

Somalilanders are on the record to say that they loved Ethiopia more than their own Somali brethren inside and outside of the republic. This sentiment is represented by one of the leader of Somaliland, Faysal Cali Warabe's [in] famous saying: “a boy born in Hargeisa has more commonality with one born in Addis Ababa than one in Mogadishu.â€

 

"Inanka Xamar ku dhasha, Kan Addis Ababa ku dhasha ayaa iga xiga "

 

"Haddii Ethiopia Xamar ciidamo u dirto wabiyo dhiig ah ayaa qulquli doona "

 

Faysal Cali Waraabe

 

In the case of USC supporters, love for Ethiopia was captured by a pamphlet that I read in the early years of the 1990s that said some thing akin to “Hobyo port for Ethiopia.†As a result, the late General Caydid used to be the only warlord who was received in Ethiopia with a red carpet stretched out to his Pole Airport arrivals.

 

As to Garowe's loyalty to Ethiopia, retelling the story here would be an overkill. Suffice it to say Bosaaso port is almost to replace the role Berbera had hitherto played for Ethiopia.

 

Today, irrespective of past affinity, all these groups are using Ethiopia as their bogyman to get to the top price and that is derailing Abdulahi Yusuf's government. They all have somehow agreed to shame Ethiopia not because they love Ethiopia any less, but because they hate what Ethiopia is doing for Abdullahi Yusuf more. It is a reminiscent of Shake Spear's assessment of the Rome of Caesar's killing of Brutus when he wrote: “It is not that I Love you any less, but that I love Rome more.â€

 

One Somalilander Website (Awdelnews) ran an editorial (Ethiopia as an enemy is engraved in the collective memory of Somali people) and went as far as suggesting that Ethiopia's animosity with the Somali people goes back to the war of Imam Ahmed Gurey in the 15 th Century. That is precisely the case. But, can one talk about Ethiopia's animosity and its role to stunt Somali national aspirations, and then let have Ethiopia train its navy at the coast of Berbera at will?

 

 

Other websites prematurely wrote in droves op-ed pieces to condemn Ethiopia as Somalia's eternal enemy while Yalaxow was telling the press that Ethiopia had in the past supplied weapons to himself (Yalaxow), Aidid, Qanyare and of course Abdullahi Yusuf. In another instance, one Somalilander, who recently decried about Ethiopian troops as peacekeepers in Somalia, once equated the search for Somali unity to racial purity, hence equating greater Somali nationalism with racism. To make matters worse, this piece was posted on Ethiopian websites!

 

Where does really Ethiopia fit in each group's particular and narrow agenda? As the Somali clan politics shifts like the weather of London, we may never give a precise and short answer to this question. It is intriguingly puzzling, however, to know that Ethiopia, as an old and more complex country, correctly reads the uncontrollable and immature emotions of Somalis for the authorities in Addis Ababa refer to Somalis as a simplistic tribal groups, as in “ armane ya Somale Zalan gosawoch,†pagan Somali tribal groups. As such, Ethiopia perhaps reads where every one of these different interest groups stands and it claims to understand their agenda in the current fiasco.

 

The issue of Ethiopian peacekeeping mission in Somalia itself is as strange as Ahmed Silanyo of Kulmiye party carrying the banner for the reinstitution of the former Democratic Republic of Somalia. That does not mean all of the critics of Ethiopian peace mission in Somalia do not have merit. Some of them may have. However, painting Ethiopia as a cruel colonial force that is Somalia's eternal enemy is quite a laughable matter. Did we suddenly wake up as of January 2005 from the slumber that Dr. Ali Abdul Rahman Hersi, a genuine proponent of Somali nationalism and critic of Ethiopian intervention all along, identified as a plague in today's Somalia?

 

All of the groups beating the drum against Ethiopia have in the past used or are still using Ethiopia (as in the case of Puntlanders and Somalilanders) as their friend to weaken Somali nationalism. As viciously as clannish Somali clans and groups are, the current controversy surrounding Ethiopian peacekeeping mission is a classical case where a Somali clan or a political group would use anything at its disposal to advance its narrow tribal interest, even if that is smoking up the nation.

 

And one may suspect that the rest of the world, with the exception of some gullible western liberal groups like the International Crisis Group (ICG), sees said controversy as one of the many manifestations of Somalia's clan politics. If so, the entire Ethiopian bashing is nothing more than a political gymnastics by one political group against another.

 

What is disheartening is that Somalis in Ethiopia have lost what is estimated to be a third of their land in a sham plebiscite this past October that the Ethiopian parliament hastily rubber-stamped. Not a single Somali group, party or news group ever mentioned this historical miscarriage of justice with the exception of Wardheernews. Ethiopia is carrying the most comprehensive land grabbing policy .

 

Most of the groups shedding crocodile tears have their own hidden agenda about their bone of contention with Ethiopia, but are masquerading it as Somali nationalism.

 

Having said this, I join those on the other side of the fence and argue that Ethiopia may not be the right force to enforce either disarmament or peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Ethiopia is already, though, in Somaliland, Puntland, Hiiraan region, Baydhabo. Worse, Ethiopian Airlines have been flying into Somali cities, violating its air space for a number of years.

 

But, the very forces that have destroyed anything that was good about being Somali must not opportunistically use the cause of Somali nationalism in their political gymnastics to reach their parochial agenda.

 

Using Ethiopia as the bogyman must not be read outside the web of clan politics. To maximize one's clanist agenda, no stone is usually left unturned and that is the story of the 1980s and 1990s that would be told and retold. The Ethiopian bogyman is nothing more than one such a stone to be turned by as many groups and individuals as we have seen within the last two weeks. This is the real story retold, unflattering as it may sound.

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Faysal Cali Waraabe warned Ethiopia over Somalia

 

Faysal Cali Warabe's [in] famous saying: “a boy born in Hargeisa has more commonality with one born in Addis Ababa than one in Mogadishu.â€

 

"Inanka Xamar ku dhasha, Kan Addis Ababa ku dhasha ayaa iga xiga "

 

Faysal Cali Waraabe oo canbaareeyey Ethiopia ugana digeya dhibaatada ka imaan karta siyaasadeeda Somalia ku wajahan “xaq uma laha inay u tallawdo Soomaaliya" "Itoobiya haddii ay Soomaaliya u talowdo khamaar xun bay ciyaaraysaa"

 

 

hadhwanaag 2006-07-24 (Hadhwanaagnews) Qaybtii labaad ee waraysigii Faysal Cali Waraabe

 

Hargeysa (Ogaal)- waxaanu halkan idiinku soo gudbinaynaa qaybtii labaad ee waraysi uu Ogaal la yeeshay guddoomiyaha xisbiga UCID, Faysal Cali Waraabe. Kaas oo wax lagaga waydiiyay dhinacyo badan, qaybtiisii koowaadna aanu idiinku soo gudbinay cadadkii hore. Qaybtii labaad ee waraysigaasina wuxuu u dhacay sidan;

 

S: Guddoomiye, sideebaad u aragtaa mawqifka xukuumadda Madaxweyne Rayaale ka qaadatay xaaladda Soomaaliya ee mandaqadda ka taagan, ee aad labadiina Xisbi mucaarad hore uga hadasheen?

 

J: Horta, Itoobiya haddii ay tidhaa Soomaaliya ayaan gelayaa, khamaar xun bay ciyaaraysaa. Waxa laga yaabaa intay is leedahay Soomaaliya iska caabbi, oo dawlad aan diini ahayn ka samee, inay Itoobiya lafteeda xitaa burbur u keento. Waanu ognahay waxa Itoobiya dhibaato dhexdeeda yaala iyo sida ay hoosta uga shidan tahay. Markaa anagu jaar ahaan waxaanu leenahay, Itoobiya xaqbay u leedahay inay xuduudeeda ilaashato iyo inay nabadgelyadeeda ilaashato. Laakiin, xaq uma laha inay u tallawdo Soomaaliya. Mid kalena waanu sheegaynaa oo IGAD Soomaali ma xukunto, waxa ay IGAD saxeexayaan ee ka Kenya lahaa Jabuuti ka joojin kari mayso, waxaanu leenahay, Kenya inay arrinta Soomaali dhex gashaba maaha. Waayo, Kenya iyadaa dhul Soomaaliyeed haysata, oo 1984-kiina Soomaali ku xasuuqday. Sidaa darteed, Kenya inay maanta tidhaahdo Soomaali danteed ayaan ka hadlaynaa qalad weeye. Itoobiya xaqeeda ha ilaashato oo ha is-difaacdo, laakiin inay tallowdo maaha. Waanan ka xunahay in aanay ilaa hadda dawladda Somaliland mawqif ka qaadan arrimahan taagan.

 

S: Guddoomiye, mawqifka xukuumadda Somaliland miyaanay hore uga hadal Wasiirka Arrimaha dibeddu, Marwo Edna?

 

J: Kaasi ma ahayn go’aan adag oo ofishal ah, oo waxay u muuqatay qof shakhsi ahaan u hadlaysay. Laakiin, dhawaaq dawladeed oo adag ma ahayn. Waraysi yar buu ahaa, shir jaraa’idna may qaban, ee arrin saxaafaddu daba-gashay bay ahayd. Markaa, mid baanu sheegaynaa oo waxa la yidhi, nin hagoog xumi inuu wax qarsanayo ayaa la moodaa. Hadda, Rayaale far baa ku godan ilaa intuu tegay Yemen, intuu tegay Itoobiya, labadaa jeerba iyo Kenya xitaa way isku arkeen Cabdilaahi Yuusuf. Arrimahaas inuu shacbiga u soo bandhigo weeye.

 

S: Adigu, miyaad hubtaa inay Kenya isku arkeen Cabdilaahi Yuusuf iyo Rayaale?.

 

J: Way wada joogeen, aragtidaa macnaheeduna maaha inay labada Madaxweyne goob isugu tagaan, balse madaxda waa loo kala hadal qaadaa, oo waa loo kala dab-qaadi karaa. Laakiin, Yemen waan ogahay in loo kala dab-qaaday Rayaale iyo Cadde Muuse, oo minitiskii baanu haynaa, wax badanna waanu ognahay oo aanan hadda umadda u sheegayn.

 

S: Guddoomiye markaynu gudaheena u soo noqono, 25-ka bisha waxa laga yaabaa sida aad hore u baahiseen in Xisbiga UCID uu shirweynihii qabsado, dhinaca dimuquraadiyadda marka laga hadlayana Xisbiyadiina laftooda waa la dhaliilaa, waqtiganna waxa la tilmaamaa in aydaan dimuquraadiyadda lafteeda hoos ugu daadejin xisbiyadiina. Markaa, adigu wali ma musharaxa Madaxweynaha ee UCID ayaad u taagan tahay, mise…?

 

J: Dimuquraadiyadda macnaheedu maaha in kolba madaxda la bedelo. Waxyaabaha aynaan aqoonin weeye taasi. Muhiimku waxa weeye in xisbiga la dhiso, dawladda la dhiso, dalka la dhiso weeye. Hogaanka markaa jooga waa in rikoodhkiisa la eegaa, haddii inta uu hayay uu wax soo kordhiyay oo uu wax qabtay, dee ceeb maaha in lagu celiyo. Laakiin, inaga haddii aad dib u raacdo taariikhdii SNM oo kale, dhibaatada haysatay waxay ahayd, labadii sanaba waxa la yidhi mar ha la shiro, oo wax hala bedelo iyada oo aan la qiimayn qofkii markaa xilka hayay. Markaa hogaanka uunbaa la eegayay iyo kursiga yaa maanta fadhiya? Reer hebel baa ku fadhiya, dabadeedna sanadka dambe reer hebel kale baa isa soo abuubalayay. Hadda, anagu waxaanu nahay Xisbi qudha. Afar jeer ayaanu Golaha dhexe simanaaro u qabanay, sharcigana waanu ku soconaa. Imikana shirkani golihii shanta sano ahaa weeye. Markaa waxa imika la dooranayaa waa, guddoomiyaha xisbiga, saddexda guddoomiye ku-xigeen, xoghayaha iyo xoghaye ku-xigeenka. Shantaa qof ayaa la dooranayaa.

 

S: Xisbiga dhexdiisa cid guddoomiye-nimada kugula tartamaysaa, ma jirtaa?.

 

J: Qof walba way u furan tahay, laakiin qofka haddii loo garto, oo la yidhaahdo hogaankiisu horumar buu keenay, sharaf ayuunbay u tahay. Inagu waxaynu badanaa ka qabnaa xasaasiyad haddii dadku wada shaqeeyo. Imika, waxa aad u wada shaqeeya shirguddoonka Wakiillada. Saddex qof oo wada tashada weeye, oo si fiican u wada shaqeeya. Taasi waxay neerfis ka dhigtaa UDUB iyo Madaxtooyada. Taasina waxa weeye siyaasaddii uu Afweyne inagu maamuli jiray, ee macnaheedu ahaa haddii aanay labada qof col ahayn, sir ka heli maysid. Markaa waxa weeye Xisbigu haddii uu madaxdiisa ku kalsoonaado, dee ceeb maaha. Xisbigayagu waa Xisbi aanu ka ilaalino tafaraaruqa, waa xisbi doonaya inuu wado cusub jeexo. Xisbiga qofkan abaabulay ee sameeyay aragti ayuu leeyahay, aragtidaa horta waa inuu dadka baraa, oo uu faafiyaa, oo uu sameeyaa dad badan oo fikraddan ay doonayaan qaba, oo haddii uu isagu meesha ka baxo sii wada. Maxamed X. Ibraahim Cigaal, UDUB ayuu dhisay, maanta UDUB mee?, Rayaale wuu ku soo booday, wax aragti siyaasadeed ah oo uu dhisay ma hayo. Isaga oo aan baran oo Madaxweynihii hore aanu siyaasadda Xisibigiisa wax badan kala samaynin, ayuu xilka qabtay. Markaa, waa kaa maanta la yuurura ee gees alla gees uu u dhaqaajiyo garan la’.

 

S: markaa ma waxaad leedahay anagu dimuquraadiyadii waanu dabbaqaynaa, oo aragti baanu leenahay, laakiin UDUB dimuquraadiyaddii may dabbaqin, oo aragti ma leh?

 

J: maya, siyaasad baan jirin, anagu siyaasadda waanu wadaynaa, oo marka aanu dadka siyaasadda barno ee mabda’eeda la barto, ee hadhaw aanu ogaano inaan aragtidayadii baaba’ayn, marka aanu ka tagno meesha, markaas ayaanu dhiibi doonaa Insha-Allah. Laakiin, madaxda uunbaa la bedelaa maaha dimuquraadiyad.

 

Ogaal Newspaper

Hargeysa,Somaliland

ogaalwar@hotmail.com

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Su’aal: Waxaan maqalnaa inaad tahay “ninkii Ethiopiaâ€. Siidee bay Ethiopia kuu taageeraysaa?

 

A.YUSUF: Dabcan, waxaan ahay Ethiopian,(xagga saaxiibtinimada) Ethiopia waa dal aan saaxiib nahay, waxaan la leenahay xiriir wanaagsan, anagoo wadaagna xuduud 2500Km ah, waana joogi doonaa Gobolkan waligayo, sidaa aawadeed waa inaan xiriir wanaagsan yeelano waligayo; mana waxyeelaynayno danaha dalkale; dabcan. Ethiopia kaligeed maaha, wxaan taageero waydiisaney Midowga Africa(AU), Egypt, Sudan iyo dhammaan dalalka kale ee xubnaha ka ah ururka, inay tageeraan Somaliya, waxaana ka rajaynaynaa taagero buuxda dhammaantood; waddan kasta oo ku jira Midowga Africa.

 

Su’aal: Awood ma adeegsan doontaa si aad u midayso Somaliya ama u balaariso Somaliya (ama see u aragtaa fikradda Somaliyada wayn (Greater Somalia, waxaa loola jeedaa, Somaliya oo lagu soo daro, Somalida Kenya iyo Ethiopia, waana fikraddii Somalidu wadatay xilligii Siyad Barre oo keentay dagalkii 1977 ee Somaliya iyo Ethiopia).

 

A.YUSUF: Waxaan filayaa inay tahay siyaasad gaboowday taasi (old-fashioned politics). Ma jiro hadda fikir ama ra’yi noocaas oo kale ah.

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Good thread Garaad

 

And here what Warlord Riyaale is saying

 

 

Riyaale “This is not the first time that I met Meles. We are always received warmly when we come to Ethiopia, because this is a brotherly country. This time we shared issues that concern our area. Although we are not recognized by Ethiopia we share security, border and many other things. So we talk about these and new developments in our area. We just correspond on that and we have good understanding when we come here… We always discuss about our destiny as one of our major issues… It's good. We have no better friend than Ethiopia… They always treat us as brothers(Ethoipians) , as young brothers. They help us better than any other country in the area… Ethiopians come to Berbera and send their goods through Berbera and bring their goods from Berbera. It is open for them… we have captured a lot of people that tried to infiltrate Ethiopia. They are now in our custody. They are members of the ONLF, About thirty. They have been trained in Eritrea. Luckily we have captured them. And they are now in court; because we don't accept anyone to attack our neighbours… We were united in 1960 but we have with drawn from that union. We will not go back to the union. This is their problem. They have to solve their problem, as we have solved our problem, We will call them(non-somalilanders). We know each other. We will tell them the truth. They cannot cheat us (non-somalilanders) as they cheat the other people…How can we help them? There are about 50 warlords. Everyone has his area. Who do we reconcile? To whom do we talk? We don't know…We don't know. They are terrorists. They want to destabilize our country, because we are practicing the rule of law in our country. They want to make our country the same as those in Mogadishu. They have been sent from Mogadishu, Al-Quaeda and all that, To certain extent, yes . We have captured the main organs operating in our country, While I was away from the country. Another four were captured while I was in the country… No, thank you for the interview. I would like to thank the Ethiopian people, the Ethiopian government. That's what I want say. “

Source

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Qanyare joined the pro-Ethiopian Camp

 

Awalba warlord buu ahaa

 

 

Maxamed Qanyare Oo Xalay Ku Hooyday Magaalada Baydhaba.

 

July 24, 2006 Horn Afrik, Muqdisho , Somalia

 

Maxamed Qanyare oo wata ilaa 8 gawaarida dagaalaka iyo 150 maleeshiyo ayaa deegaanka Waajid waxaa uga hor tagay xubno ka mid ah dowlada KMG ah ee Soomaliya oo ay ka mid yihiin xildibaan Balck iyo Maxamed Xuseen ***** Afaraale oo ay la socdeen maleeshiyo uu madaxweynaha Soomaaliya C.laahi Yuusuf Axmed u diray so galbinta Maxamed Qanyare Afrax.

 

Inkastoo Qanyare uu gaaraya waqti danbe oo xalay ahayd ayaa misna lagu soo waramay in si weyn loogu soo dhaweeyay magaalada Baydhaba .iyadoo soo dhaweynta Qanyare ay ka duwaneyd sidii loo soo dhaweeyay xubnihii ay iskula jireen isbaheysigii bur buray ee gaaray magaalada Baydhaba.

 

Warar hoose ayaa tilmaamaya in Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya C/laahi Yuusuf Axmed uu markii hore ka soo horjeeday laakiin markii dambe lagu guuleysatay in laga qanciyo,iyadoo saraakiil la socotay Maxamed Qanyare Afrax ay xaqiijiyeen in qaar ka mid ah gawaaridii looga soo tagay wadada ayna magaalada la galeen ilaa iyo 8 gaari iyadoo horay ay u ahaayeen ilaa 13 gaari.

 

Waxaa lagu wadaaa in saacadaha soo socda Maxamed Qanyare Afrax uu la kulmo sedexda mas`uul ee uga sareysa dowlada KMG ah ee Soomaaliya.,warar soo baxayana waxa ay sheegayaan in mas`uliyiinta ugu sareysa Dowlada ay ka warqabeen imaashiyahsa Qanyare,waxaana jiray wadahadal qadka taleevonka oo dhex maray Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya C/laahi Yuuusf Axmed Iyo Maxamed Qanyare Afrax.

 

Maxamed QanyareWasiirkii hore ee amaanka qaranka ayaa lagu waramay in iminka la dajiyay xarun si aad ugu dhaw hoyga gudoomiyaha baarlamaanka Soomaaliya Shjriid Xasan Shiikh Aadan.

 

Ma jiran wax war ah oo ka soo baxay dhanka xubnaha dowlada eeku aadan sida ay u arkaan talaabada uu magaalada Baydhaba ku yimid Maxamed Qanyare Afrax.

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Courts xal ma u noqon karaan Somalia oo dhan Garaad?

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This is tragic. In early 1990s when ethiopia invited somali warlords, I heard they taped their conversations to get a good idea of how the players thought and how each group was trying to undermine the other. They must have learned valuable secrets to have been able to continue the devide and rule policy they successfuly managed to enforce untill recently when it lost Muqdisho to the courts. Surely, they ruled that city by proxy obviously as indicated by the article. It was known that Yalaxoow and co used to recieve weapons and money but I never clearly linked the dotts and understood Muqdisho itself was ruled by Ethiopia. It makes sense for them to set the TFG on a war footing to reclaim Muqdisho.

 

Ethiopia was unconcerned months back when Mahamed Dheere evicted A/Y and the TFG from Jowhar. They asked him to leave the TFG alone halfheartedly pleasing A/Y though in reality they didn't care. They kept their quite while the TFG languished in baydhabo with the warlrods of Muqdisho effectively sealing the town for themselves after not only they discreditted A/Y as reer hebel ODAY but the entire TFG they were part of and insulted somali clans over the radios. Sakhaajiimiinti afka xumaa ee iyagoo niman waayeel ah sidii ciyaalsuuqa soomalida u aflagaadeen jiray aa hadda baydhabo wada dhooban iyagoo Agoomo ah. A/Y should have kicked their butt big time and threw them out. They would find no mercy or group of people coming to their aid as everybody hates them. Dadka dadkay ka dhasheen hilfaha usoo laabay qofka soo dhoweeyay, you have to wonder? But then again and looking at the facts above, Duqa is beholden to ethiopia. He has to do what they want.