LayZie G. Posted June 3, 2009 View the interview here, UK residents only and to all others, you need not watch to know the end result, the minister won hands down. The man of the hour:- The interview started with Sackur's usual spiel about, "you said this on reuters, or he said that mantra" but ofcourse the minister gave in just as hard as he was getting it from Sackur. Sackur sounded Kasha at one point, talking about the puppet government of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, heck he even brought the fact that the minister, mohamed abdullaahi Omaar was an absentee citizen the better part of post civil war. All in all, the minister stood on level footing, defended the government and his boss Sharif. He mentioned that the government had 4-5 thousand soldiers and two thousand more soldiers and police officers were in training. He spoke about the governments plea for international support but denied asking for more foreign troops. Minister Omaar said the government of Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was in control of major strategic areas of the country and have taken over areas that were once controlled by the opposition groups and for this reason they now control major parts of south mogadishu, contrary to other reports. When asked by Sackur of the government's mandate, foreign minister Omaar was firm on the 6months to a year timeline of achieving security and stabilizing the country and not just Mogadishu. He was on point throughout the interview, he is a man's man, a real thoroughbred. He repeatedly said the government was still pursuing its earlier goal of mainting peace through negotiations and they have not stopped calling for peaceful negotiations. In conclusion, minister Omaar talked about the foreign powers that be who are commanding the al-shabaab group and who are fueling the insurgency but still called the opposition to put down arms in order to take part in the reconciliation process. Foreign Minister Omaar did not fall for Sackur's hardline approach, matter of fact, he bombarded him with his own talking points. Somaliyeey, foreign ministerkiina barta:- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted June 3, 2009 Until i watch the interview ,,,,, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wacdaraha_aduunka Posted June 3, 2009 We've only been a gov for 3 months is all he could say responding to all the failures put to him..... The funny thing is when asked you've been appointed FM while being outside of Somalia and you havent been to somalia for over 20 yrs.. He responds and says I've been to Puntland and rest of northern Somalia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fabregas Posted June 3, 2009 good summary. ps. was this your version of Hassan Turki and the eagles of Raskamboni ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted June 3, 2009 Originally posted by wacdaraha_aduunka: We've only been a gov for 3 months is all he could say responding to all the failures put to him..... The funny thing is when asked you've been appointed FM while being outside of Somalia and you havent to somalia for over 20 yrs.. He responds and says I've been to Puntland and rest of northern Somalia ,, I expected that .... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wacdaraha_aduunka Posted June 3, 2009 Lool JB,,,,, Fabregas who're you talkin to? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
