Omar Jamal takes post with Somali Mission to UN

[Abtigiis]

Abdilatif,

 

baddal waa abtigay e iska daa. Wuu iska xoogsanayaa. Haddal la soco abti been been ah ma aha. Waa rer-Gurdumi, inkastuu isagu soomaliya u badnaa.

[Abwaan]

Originally posted by Abtigiis & Tolka:

Abdilatif,

 

baddal waa abtigay e iska daa. Wuu iska xoogsanayaa. Haddal la soco abti been been ah ma aha. Waa rer-Gurdumi, inkastuu isagu soomaliya u badnaa.

A&T soo kulligood abtiyaal iyo adeeryaal dadka u noqon maayaan, oo haddana ma wada xoogsanayaan? Soo Omar Jamaal iyo dhammaan abtiyaal iyo adeeryaal dad u noqon maayaan? Ninba kan xiga xaaji haku sheego oo ha cafiyo soo waxa meeshaan na dhigay ma ahan. Ma isku ciyaaraynaa!

[Paragon]

Waa qoloma ninku. Intaa un ii sheega.

[The Zack]

^Loool. Kaama foga laakiin Xiin baa Kaa xiga.

[Abwaan]

Originally posted by Mr.Paragon:

Waa qoloma ninku. Intaa un ii sheega.

lol...Pragon qoladee jeclaan lahayd adigu inuu noqdo.....Waa bilaa qolo...Soomaali maryooleey uga har!

[SayidSomal]

Somalia: Omar Jamal at the UN: A Slap in the Face or Pure Naiveté?

21 Nov 21, 2009 - 12:21:45 PM

 

 

 

Earlier this week, Omar Jamal became the newest attraction at the Somali Mission in New York , representing Somalia at the United Nations . He joined two dysfunctional diplomats: Dr. Elmi Du’ale, the reclusive, frail and soft-spoken ambassador, and

Idd Beddel

, a flamboyant diplomat who is

famous for pouring a hot coffee at a fellow coffee shop warrior (fadhi ku dirir) at a Starbucks

in suburban Washington.

 

 

Mr. Jamal, who in 2005 was convicted for immigration fraud and is pending deportation , is a media magnet known for his Islamophobic outbursts at major US cable networks. Since the early 2000s, Mr. Jamal was a lightning rod among the Somali community in the United States, particularly in Minnesota, where he chaired himself at a one-person nonprofit organization dubbed “The Somali Justice Advocacy Center.”

 

 

Lest you’re fooled by the name, there’s nothing judicious about Mr. Jamal: a college dropout from Toronto with unbeknown past in Europe, Jamal had once described Minneapolis as “ a slaughterhouse for Somalis ” after the city’s police shot a machete-wielding, mentally ill Somali man. The statement was characteristic of Jamal’s knack for grandiosity.

 

 

Still, his nomination as the “First Officer” at the most important Somali mission abroad confounds every Somali-American, not least because Mr. Jamal has consistently defaced President Sheikh Sharif and the erstwhile Union of Islamic Courts as an “ al-Qaeda outfit ,” but because he’s notoriously incompetent.

 

 

Jamal’s unfitness for the post is highlighted by the fact that even Abdullahi Yusuf, the warlord he so dearly embraced, has rejected a request by Mr. Jamal to appoint him to the same position. Reportedly, Mr. Yusuf cited Jamal’s status as a loose cannon within the Somali community in Minnesota, particularly the sub, sub-clan that both men hail from.

 

 

The one-man, nonprofit mascara aside, Mr. Jamal has been habitually jobless. He frequented at the welfare office just as much as he did at the Starbucks in Minneapolis, where he engaged in daily pugilistic shouting matches about the nasty Somali politics. That is as much as he has ever been exposed to the mighty and deliberative art of diplomacy, which is he’s now tasked to perform.

 

 

Buyer’s remorse

 

 

President Sharif’s government, which is remarkably weak, has fatally shot itself right on the head by nominating Mr. Jamal to this crucial post. His knack to usurp others, particularly with respect media relations, is likely to enrage the TFG countless times. His superiors, Dr. Du’ale and Mr. Beddel, must be on edge by now. This cantankerous, forty-something man of brash will undoubtedly make some crazy remarks that will force the already besieged government of Sheikh Sharif to apologize, restate or deny. And that will only go so far.

 

 

Reportedly, the Villa Somalia is already engulfed in buyer’s remorse in response to Jamal’s first statement from the pulpit: “I will help eradicate Al-Qaeda from my country.” Knowing Mr. Jamal as much as I observed him over the years, by that statement he could well mean Sheikh Sharif and all the Kofi-wearing, beard-boasting, regularly-praying, sober clerics who now dominate the TFG.

 

 

Known in some circles by his initials “O.J.,” Mr. Jamal is unapologetically agnostic, bordering Ayan Hersi type. In Minnesota, he led a brazen charade against imams of mosques and other men of God. He molested the Somali community in his incessant press conferences, name-calling community elders as “terrorists.” During the 2008 presidential elections, OJ and a narrow cabal openly campaigned for John McCain, the Republican candidate, largely to irate the Somali community, which overwhelmingly voted for President Barack Obama.

 

 

Pirate lawyer?

 

 

In one of his now infamous media stints, Mr. Jamal summoned the unsuspecting Somali media in early May, and declared that the teenage Somali pirate who was captured after terrorizing the ship Mearsk Alabama for nearly a week is, in his words, “a distant cousin” (a code word frequently used by Jamal to denote clan affiliation), and that the teenager’s family in Puntland had retained him as a “local lawyer.”

 

 

A local lawyer? Sure, Jamal asserted more than once that he’s a “local lawyer”---whatever that means. Regardless, this madness was too much for Rep. Marty Seifert, a Republican state lawmaker, who introduced a bill banning state money to fund Jamal’s grandeur.

 

 

Sensing that the winds are truly blowing against him this time, Mr. Jamal instantly withdraw the my-cousin-is-a-pirate-worth- defending card. But he never ceased to be a radioactive member of the Somali community in Minnesota.

 

 

On another piracy-related stint, Mr. Jamal, a media savvy man, summoned the state press to reveal that he’s working hard to release a Nigerian captain whose brother happens to live in Minnesota. Jamal claimed that the pirates, being the nice distant cousins they are, have agreed in principle to release this captain. The Nigerian brother, desperate for the release of his beloved brother by these marauding criminals, flanked Mr. Jamal emotionless, presumably in despair.

 

 

A slap in the face

 

 

When all said and done, it’s NOT Mr. Jamal’s fault that he was given this privilege. It’s the pressure-prone government of Sheikh Sharif that nominated him, notwithstanding his rancorous past. The nomination is a huge slap on the face on those hard-working Somali-Americans who have shown up in droves at President Sharif’s rallies in Virginia, Minneapolis, Chicago and Columbus. In picking Mr. Jamal, the president sent the message that only agitators get what they want, and that honest, decent people are sidelined because they have not unnerved many people to be noticed.

 

 

Said Shiiq, Ph.D., can be reached at

sshiiq@yahoo.com

Source

[Gheelle.T]

Why doesn't he(Mr.Sadiq)write book about Jamal? Obsession iga dheh.

[SayidSomal]

he was hoping for the job (as phd holder) and they dare give it to this guy whom he laothes (it seems)

[Abu-Salman]

Why not just focus on his allegations of "agnosticism" with detailed evidence if any; he's just coming accross as envious with all these uncalled for details of someone's private life...

[Abtigiis]

SOL Puntland Brigade , why not give the writer the benefit of the doubt? Obviously, the personality of Mr. Omar Jamal lama amaanayn. And he has only outlined the details of what is wrong with this guy.

 

That he is envious or not is a side issue. Talk about the points he raised.

 

Wa xilligaad dadka ku gooban jirteen!!

[SayidSomal]

the write had tons of pure proven things to say about his subject but rather chose it to write about in way that came across a tad envious.

 

BTW - is it true what he wrote about Mr Beddel?

[Abtigiis]

You should then have highlighted where he got it wrong and why some of his allegations are petty (which i think they are in some ways).

 

But one should not use the poor writing of the author or his pointless rants as an excuse to inadvertently defend a bad person.

 

BTW, the author alleged Omar is an opportunist, anti-islam, and outright crook. It is not simple charges for a man who holds public office.

[The Zack]

. .

 

I didn't know Jamal has a pending case for deportation. Illeen the man is trying to keep his a** in the country that is the reason he is so outspeaking person about the argagixiso thing.

 

 

Lool@Iidi spilling hot coffee on someone in the fadhi ku dirir. He,too, is not normal.

[Abtigiis]

Originally posted by S*S:

BTW - is it true what he wrote about Mr Beddel?

I don't live in America to know of what Iid does on a daily basis. But I will not punch someone for lying about my uncle on that issue.

 

Iid can do anything.

 

I think the writer is a bit emotional but nonetheless spoke the truth on all issues. Waa nin xanaaqsan laakin hadalkiisu run kama foga.

 

loooooooooooo@ fellow fadhi-ku-dirir.

[Ducaysane]

Omar Jamaal's appointment is another good reason Shariif's government is out of touch with ordinary somalis. This Jamaal dude is crazy.