N.O.R.F Posted December 26, 2007 Terrorists in Puntland??? Gunmen kidnapped two foreign aid workers Wednesday in northern Somalia, the region's information minister said. "Two foreign aid workers were kidnapped," said Abdirahman Mohamed Bangah, the information minister in the Puntland region. "We are collecting more information." He said the workers were believed to be Spanish, although a witness said one was Spanish and one was from Argentina. source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N.O.R.F Posted December 26, 2007 Has the Piracy dried up? The boat loads of Somalis to Yemen not fruitful anymore? Two female foreign aid workers kidnapped in northern Somalia 36 minutes ago MOGADISHU, Somalia - Gunmen in northern Somalia kidnapped two foreign women working for the aid group Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday, officials and a witness said. "Two foreign aid workers were kidnapped," said Abdirahman Mohamed Bangah, the information minister in the Puntland region. "We are collecting more information." The victims are employees of the international group Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, said Sahro Sheik Muse, who lives near the MSF building in Puntland and said she saw the incident. She said one was Spanish and the other was from Argentina. "Six gunmen armed with AK-47s blocked a minibus carrying the female aid workers, then they impounded their mobile phones and ordered the driver and a translator to go away," Muse told The Associated Press by telephone. Puntland is associated with coastal piracy and known as a staging post for human traffickers running boats into Yemen. A French journalist was kidnapped in the same region on Dec. 16, but he was released after eight days. The region's deputy governor, Yusuf Mumin Bidde, confirmed the latest kidnappings but had no further information. A spokeswoman for MSF in Nairobi, Kenya, said she could not confirm the abductions. The region is about 1,500 kilometres north of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, which is at the center of an Islamic insurgency that has killed thousands of people this year. The United Nations says Somalia is facing Africa's worst humanitarian crisis. source Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Action Posted December 26, 2007 Boosaaso(HRNet):-Wararka naga soo gaaraya Taliska Booliiska Boosaaso ayaa sheegaya inay rasaas isdhaafsadeen ciidamada Amniga iyo koox hubeysan ee afduubtay labo haween oo ajaanib ah oo u shaqeeya hay'ada MSF Spain. Rasaasta la isweydaarsaday ayaa ka dhaceysa Bariga magaalada Boosaaso. Ciidamada Booliiska ayaa gacanta ku dhigay labo kamid ah kooxda wax afduubatay iyo waliba gaarigii ay kooxdan wateen. Ciidamada ayaa hada ku hareeraysan kooxdii afduubka geystay oo weli gacanta ku haya labo haween ah oo kasoo kala jeeda dalalka Spain iyo Arjantiin. Ciidamada Booliiska iyo kuwa kale ee Booliiska khaaska u ah hay'adaha ee loo yaqaan PSU ayaa ku hareeraysan goobo ku taal duleedka Boosaaso oo xigta dhinaca Biyo kulule halkaasi oo hada laga maqlayey rasaas xoogleh. Dowlada Puntland ayaa sheegtay in aysan dib danbe ulla xaajeysan doonin kooxahan soo baxay ee afduubka geysanaya. Madaxweyne kuxigeenka Puntland Md.Xassan Daahir Maxamuud oo maanta mar asagoo ku sugan Garowe ka hadlayey afduubkan cusub ee kadhacay Boosaaso, ayaa sheegay in dowlada ay hada wixii ka danbeeya ay awood u adeegsan doonto kooxaha falalkan geysta. "...falalkan waa kuwo amniga iyo sumcada Puntland wax loogu dhimayo, waxaana balan ah in tilaabo adag laga qaado kooxahan..." ayuu yiri Md.Xassan Daahir M/kuxigeeka Puntland oo ka khudbeenayey xaflad ka dhacday magaalada Garowe oo lagu xusayey musiibadii Tsunamiga ee sadex sano kahor ka dhacday Puntland. Afduubka loo geystay labadan sarkaal ee u shaqeeya hay'ada MSF ayaa kusoo beegmay labo maalmood kadib markii lasii daayey saxafi u dhashay dalka France oo ay kooxo ku afduubteen deegaanka Mareera oo 30km dhinaca Bari ka xigta magaalada Boosaaso. Wixii war ah oo dhacdadan kusoo kordha kala soco HorseedNet haduu Eebe idmo Xassan Ciise HorseedNet.com Boosaaso,PL Somalia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peace Action Posted December 26, 2007 I wonder who is behind it. This is definately terrorism and the sooner they are captured, the better. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AfricaOwn Posted December 26, 2007 Clearly Duke should speak about these looters in puntland Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juje Posted December 26, 2007 Originally posted by Peace Action: I wonder who is behind it. This is definately terrorism and the sooner they are captured, the better. No no this is not terrorism, these are thugs. Terrorism is only found in the 'Bakaraha' square, and it is also now been discovered in Kismayo. You have to understand the TFG terminology, and the paramount one is that 'there is no terrorism in P/land. Having said that it is worth to notice it is all happening in the north-east border - afduub iyo madax furasho. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Suldaanka Posted December 26, 2007 It looks like this is an organised crime by some Puntland bigwigs. GEN. Cadde Muuse oo Afduubka Ku Eedeeyey in ay ka Dambeeyaan Wasiiradii la casilay!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted December 26, 2007 They should be shott. This crime issue is a problem and we will insha Allah, manage to overcome it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jacaylbaro Posted December 27, 2007 It is clear the admin gangs in Bugland have been those shufto since the beginning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
