Xog haye - Waxa-la-yiri columnist.

[Baashi]

The widely distributed and highly regarded Somali e-gazette Waxa-la-Yiri has announced a new addition to its higly acclaimed reporter line up. Waxa-la-Yiri journal is planning to add a new section to its pages. The new section is reserved for columnists. The management are glad to reveal their new arsenal: the one and the only Mr. Xog Haye.

 

The new section will feature Mr. Xog Haye's column once a month Allah willing. As we speak Mr. Xog Haye is on his way to Jowhar. His donkey is healthy and strong and he is scheduled to arrive in Jowhar next week. He has already visited Baidowa and Mogadishu and gained invaluable insight as to what the latest fighting in Mogadishu and the gathering of politicians in Baidowa is all about.

 

Waxa-la-Yiri e-gazette is also presenting the impecable journalist and a graduate of the ivy league school of life Hard-Knock Institute of Wanderers. He will weigh in the happenings of Starbuck corner, Marfish, late night aroos hang out as well as the wire news from Somali Xaafado on the net.

 

Waxa-la-Yiri team is very excited about the prospect of informing the nomads ala Somali style. This type of Journalism is the product of reserach done at the HKIW. The e-gazette is indebted to Ina-Kaadi Najaasle's generous gift and his untiring effort to advance the Somali cause. The adds on this new section are from Somali Anarchist Movement, Somali Islamist Party, Somalia Dismemberment Peaceful Coalition, and No Green Somali Restoration.

 

Waxa-La-Yiri is transparent entity and will always reveal its sources of funding and the management will do their utmost to maintain impartiality and objective reporting.

 

Waxa-la-Yiri News Desk

Run Sheeg waa Ceeb sheeg.

[Guhaad]

^ Baashi, are you the political Shiekh Nur. go ahead. you know i hate everything except ingenuity, originality, and wisdom.

 

with you on this one, all the way :cool:

[Baashi]

Brother Nur is league of his own sxb. We love him, support his mission of rendering soft wano in a creative and novel way, and give him feedback when we deemed it necessary. This is politics and journalism and Nur shuns all things politics let alone Somali politiking.

 

What we will try to do here is take SOL politiking to another level. At this level we will introduce kaftan-dhable. It should be fun. Our main aim is to analyse Somali news from three different angles.

 

The first angel is the national prespective that transcends clan and regional loyalties. We will put events under national interest microscope like VOA Arabic branch Qalaya taxtul majhar that used to air in mid eighties.

 

The second angle is the Islamic prespective and we will confine our analysis within the state borders for obvious reasons. In this prespective we will examine the preparedness level and so called voter ignorance of the faithful about the teachings of Islam. We will juxtpose this background reality om the political manuevers of Maxkamadaha which operate in a highly charged environment under garb of Islam.

 

The last but not the least angel is the regional and local interests. The rsearchers pf Hard Knock Institute of Wanderers have concluded that all politics are local. Waxa-la-Yiri team are mindful of central-prephiry power arrangement platform under which past government ruled the country and the disastrous consequences it had on the citizens of the state. For this reason we will keep eye on what local entity's interests are not accounted in the national pie.

 

This is not your usual bookish and cut-and -paste xaafad prespective masquarading as unbiased and impartial news. A whole different ball game yaa kifaaxiye. Barce your self and subscribe your edition at 20% discount NOW

 

Ma-Shalaaye,

Kaftan-dhable for thick-skinned.

Run Sheeg waa Ceeb Sheeg

[Mr.Faarax]

^ Politikz was never my interest, but this should be worth to look at.

 

waiting to subscribe.

[Baashi]

^Stay tuned bro. In this paper we do indeed examine those who are at the center of Somali politiking. We will look into their public records.

 

Preview of topics under considerations:

 

1. Biadowa - city of death turned city of hope. Xog Haye examines what made Baidowa suitable for the Parliament meeting.

 

2. Complicated city - Mogadishu's stakeholders - who are they?

 

3. Jowhar and its flip-flopper wobly prince. The man of the hour Dheere plus Inna Yussuf's triangulation gamble.

 

4. Falling from grace: Puntland - Public fleecing in sytle. How the untouchables got so invisible dor so long and why Cadde don't want to be under the long shadow of the strong man any more.

 

5. Islamic courts at crossroads. Al Xaaj Mussa Yalaxow and why he showed his true colors by tarnishing the courts' good name. Investigative report on the thin line between Courts and Warlordism.

 

7. Inna Yeey the makeshif president of 4.5 TFG formerly Jowhar faction but soon would-be Biadowa faction. Strong man's juggling act to stay at top.

 

8. Somali British Corner's bid for recognition. On Hargeisa frustration with Ethiopia and Britain's silence on the recognition issue. They don't say out loud what they tell them in private. Politiking gone low, the art of thriving on the misery of one's brother.

 

9. JVA - the coalition of convienence, the most sucessful alliance. How they last this long?

 

10. Sleeping with the enemy. Money talks: Qanyare and Co.'s heads turn when it does. Srange bed fellows - a biography.

 

These topics are under consideration and if and when we decide which one to pick we will use our latest template with the three-angle anylsis sections to cover all the edges of the issue.

 

Stay tuned Digaale.

 

Waxa-la-Yiri content programming dept.

Wax ma yaqaan War moogaa ka liita.

[Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar]

Salaan...

 

Baashi, your political input is missed. Shaaha diyaar waaye, ee noo keen kaftan ka dhabeeye [i think I once saw a book called this name, I am not sure, though].

 

The latest twisting news is Qanyare/Yalaxoow/Finish/Xaaraan-kunaax imminent departure to Addis Ababa. Very interesting. It just tells you how little credibility they have left.

[Baashi]

Miskiin sxb here is a rough draft of Analysis on the go dispatched by Mashalaaye from ground zero.

 

Success in the city of hope and new set of challenges for the fledgling TFG leadership

 

It looks like Biadowa is poised to become the next seat of the TFG (Transitional Federal Government). There is no official announcement on the issue from the soon-will-be-reconciled two factions of the TFG– now talking to each other (in good faith one hopes) and settling their differences in Baidowa first time. That’s the good news.

 

Not so good news is the recent confrontation between the two formidable and well armed Warlords and Courts militia in the most populous city of the nation; a city TFG needs to pacify if it has to succeed its mission of ending the civil war and heralding the nation into new beginning.

 

Equally troubling is the end game of this contest which is no less than ending the practice of make-shift Islamic courts and by extension any hope of political Islam ever materializing in Somalia. All sides of the Somali conflict have a big stake in this new contest. For starters Maxkamadaha, oblivious of what they are up against, have the biggest stake in holding their ground. For eliminating them is the objective of all stakeholders both domestic and foreign.

 

One such stakeholder is the president of TFG Abdullahi Yussuf Ahmed. His ultimate goal is said to be leading a unified Somalia (unreasonable ambition) not as a make-shift president hosted by local warlord but as a president with enough teeth to make the tough decisions needed to bring the normalcy and law and order back. He has sought to equip his fledgling government with sharp teeth. He has asked weapons, military logistics, and even foot soldiers from the regional neighbors. The latest battle in Mogadishu coinciding with the parliament meeting on Somali soil first time proves his assertion that TFG is doomed without military muscle behind it.

 

Mogadishu’s notorious warlords whose political aim is a mystery to anyone who have analyzed the Mogadishu situation have sought to cast themselves as a necessary evil that West needs to have on the Al-Qaeda prone Mogadishu alleys. They have used that card and delivered the goods the anti-terror task force has asked for time and again. They played this card very effectively so much so that they made the case for Ethiopia which has been pointing finger at Mogadishu for its troubles at eastern front. It is no secret that Ethiopia's eagerness to portray itself as an ally of US in the fight against so called Islamic terrorism is arguably for its own end - a means to have Somalia under Adis Ababa's thumb.

 

The third stake holder is the US and its western allies. They need local paid agents on the ground where the alleged suspected terrorists are said to be sheltered by Maxkamadaha. This way the job gets done without setting foot on Moagdishu. The task of getting involved in the intricacies of the Somali clannish politicking is left for Addis Ababa which has so far succeeded to act as the sole king maker of Somalia.

 

Mogadishu warlords deprive the strong man of TFG the task of eliminating the Maxkamadaha and denying them a role in political affairs of the emerging state; an important understanding between the Inna Yussuf and the outside powers. The absence of Islamist members in the TFG parliament was no accident. One can recall how Abdullahi Yussuf and other Ethiopian backed loose collection of warlords have effectively denied the Islamist seats in the TFG parliament. The new man of the hour Mr. Dheere can become the front man of Ethiopia if Abdullahi don’t play his cards (newfound understanding with the Arab countries) right.

 

Absence of important players of Mogadishu faction in the Baidowa gathering and the formation of anti-terror alliance between Jowhar strong man Mr. Dheere and the snake in the grass in Mogadishu Mr. Qanyare is an obstacle to TFG’s hope to finally unite the two factions of TFG. Even though it is manageable blunder Inna Yussuf’s political blunder too – he has repeated the contentious issue of foreign troops by requesting the army embargo against Somalia to be lifted without informing, let alone consulting with, the prime minister and the speaker - can derail the political progress within TFG ranks.

 

That being said, the Baidowa meeting is an important step in the right direction for the TFG. How TFG handles the new formation of anti-terror alliances announced by the most important players of Mogadishu requires a united TFG and the Egypt’s active involvement in this new saga. Egypt is an important ally of US and has an influence on US’s regional policy and played an important role in insisting on that assistance to the TFG be tied to the establishment of unified TFG working in Mogadishu.

 

Background

 

The conflict-ridden Somalia and its war-like inhabitants have experienced enough wars, criminal-enterprise-induced-droughts, and other man-made catastrophes. They have also seen over two dozen reconciliation gatherings in and outside of the country in last sixteen years. Out of these many peace-building efforts, few have succeeded. The ones held inside the country without outside interference proved to be reasonably successful.

 

Garowe, Boocame, Boorame, and Burco grand tribal gathering in which the respected tribal chiefs and elders employing time-tested conflict settlement methodology ,acting as adjudicators and managing the reconciliation proceedings, have produced practical and tangible results. Their collective efforts are what made possible the relative peace enjoyed today in the two northern so-called “recovery zone†regions - namely Puntland and Somaliland.

 

In contrast to the bottom-up, grass-root, and local peace-making initiatives effectively demonstrated by communities in the North to settle their differences under acacia tree (so to speak), the reconciliation meetings held in grand conference hotel rooms outside Somali proper with neighboring countries, Arab league, and to a lesser extent the International observers acting as the mediators, have failed.

 

The divergent local interests and the complicated tribal matrix of the country as a whole is a contributing factor, to be sure, to the disagreement between the disputants. Equally important contributing factor to the prolonged Somali conflict, however, is constant meddling into the internal affairs of the country by outside regional powers.

 

The high expectation experessed this time by many observers is based on the understanding that when Somalis try to settle their differences in their own backyard things move forward.

 

To be continued...

[xiinfaniin]

Originally posted by Baashi:

^Stay tuned bro. In this paper we do indeed examine those who are at the center of Somali politiking. We will look into their public records.

 

Preview of topics under considerations:

 

1. Biadowa - city of death turned city of hope. Xog Haye examines what made Baidowa suitable for the Parliament meeting.

 

2. Complicated city - Mogadishu's stakeholders - who are they?

 

3. Jowhar and its flip-flopper wobly prince. The man of the hour Dheere plus Inna Yussuf's triangulation gamble.

 

• 4. Falling from grace: Puntland - Public fleecing in sytle. How the untouchables got so invisible dor so long and why Cadde don't want to be under the long shadow of the strong man any more.

• 5. Islamic courts at crossroads. Al Xaaj Mussa Yalaxow and why he showed his true colors by tarnishing the courts' good name. Investigative report on the thin line between Courts and Warlordism.

7. Inna Yeey the makeshif president of 4.5 TFG formerly Jowhar faction but soon would-be Biadowa faction. Strong man's juggling act to stay at top.

 

8. Somali British Corner's bid for recognition. On Hargeisa frustration with Ethiopia and Britain's silence on the recognition issue. They don't say out loud what they tell them in private. Politiking gone low, the art of thriving on the misery of one's brother.

 

9. JVA - the coalition of convienence, the most sucessful alliance. How they last this long?

 

10. Sleeping with the enemy. Money talks: Qanyare and Co.'s heads turn when it does. Srange bed fellows - a biography.

 

These topics are under consideration and if and when we decide which one to pick we will use our latest template with the three-angle anylsis sections to cover all the edges of the issue.

 

Stay tuned Digaale.

 

Waxa-la-Yiri

content programming dept.

Wax ma yaqaan War moogaa ka liita.

Wax ma yaqaan War moogaa ka liita .Indeed. War Baashow bal labadaa qodob ka bilow.

[Baashi]

The joke is on me buddy...I'm war mooge

 

I suppose your sources are up and running. What's happening down on the sand dunnes of our beloved Somalia. Fill me in and make sure you got your feeds cross-referenced.

 

Xog-haye is gone for fishing . He will be back.