Peace Caravan v1.1: The coming of the Somali Republic!

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Xiinow

Initially "the caravan" was looking like a face-saving formula for the Ethios who were struggling for dear life. Now it seems to turn in to "face-saving" formula for Sh. Sharif ( and to much a lower degree yourself ). That's my humble obinion.

[xiinfaniin]

^^And before that you thought it was a face-saving formula for Yey, didn't you ?

 

As you were!

[Haaraahur.]

Xiin,

 

I genuinely would like to know, what you make of below the article. Credit goes to Warmoog.

 

 

DECLARATION OF THE 13th EXTRA-ORDINARY SESSION OF THE IGAD ASSEMBLY OF HEADS OF STATE & GOVERNMENT

Wednesday, 29 October 2008

NAIROBI, KENYA, OCTOBER 29TH, 2008

 

The IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government held an Extraordinary Meeting in Nairobi on 29th October 2008 under the Chairmanship of H.E Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Current Chairman of IGAD to consider the political, security and humanitarian situation in Somalia. The Assembly was attended by H.E. Ismael Omar Guelleh, President of the Republic of Djibouti, H.E. Mwai Kibaki. President of the Republic of Kenya, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, H.E. Abdullahi Yusuf, President of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia, H.E. Salva Kiir Mayardit, 1st Vice President of the Republic of Sudan.

 

 

Honorable Germain Niyoyankana, Minister of National Defence and Former Combatants, Republic of Burundi participated at the Meeting in Burundi’s capacity as troop contributing country to AMISOM.

 

The Assembly was preceded by the 29th Extraordinary Meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers, held in Nairobi on 28th October 2008. The Assembly was briefed by H.E. Erastus Mwencha, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E Ahmedou Ould Abdellah, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General to Somalia, and Senator Mario Rafaelli, Italian Government Special Envoy for Somalia, representing the Chair of IGAD Partners Forum (IPF).

 

The Assembly also held intensive consultations with the Leadership of the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) and Members of the Transitional Federal Parliament (TFP) of Somalia.

 

After deliberating at length on the prevailing political and security situation in Somalia, the Assembly adopted and issued the following Declaration.

 

We the Members of the IGAD Assembly,

 

1. Take note of the statements made by the representative of the African Union, the United Nations, and the IPF.

 

2. Take note also of the remarks and submissions made by the Leaderships of the TFIs and Members of the TFP of Somalia.

 

3. Express profound concern regarding the political paralysis in Somalia contributing to the continuing deterioration of the security situation in the country as well as to the near hopelessness of the existing situation with respect to achieving the objectives of the transition period as evidenced in the complete failure to establish institutions of governance only nine months before the end of the transitional period.

 

4. Regret the lack of unity and unhelpful competition among the leadership of the TFIs as their working at cross-purposes has been the principal factor that has allowed the deterioration of the security situation in the country, and led to lack of progress in the national reconciliation effort.

 

5. Call upon the international community to support the strengthening of the TFIs through capacity building and provision of technical assistance.

 

6. Call further on the international community to provide the urgently needed humanitarian assistance to alleviate the suffering of thousands of the displaced Somali population.

 

7. Note that delays and prevarications of the international community in its response to repeated calls and appeals by IGAD, the African Union, and the United Nations to strengthen and provide the necessary support to AMISOM had a direct consequence and impact on the political as well as security developments in Somalia.

 

8. Note further the increased incidents of piracy along the Somali coastline and welcomes the United Nations Security Council resolutions 1816 and 1838 authorizing the use of force to combat the vice.

 

9. Commend the Governments of Uganda and Burundi for contributing troops to AMISOM and the Government of Ethiopia for deploying its troops to Somalia under bilateral arrangement with the TFG, and salutes the AMISOM and Ethiopia troops for their commitment to fulfill their tasks under difficult conditions

 

10. Welcome the agreement signed in Djibouti on the 26th October 2008 between the TFG and the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) on the Implementation of cessation of armed confrontation.

 

11. Welcome further the agreement on the formation of a unity government of Somalia based on the principle of 4.5, and an inclusive Parliament.

 

12. Urge the TFG and the ARS to implement fully and in good faith the Agreement reached in Djibouti on 26th October 2008 and call upon the Members of TFP to endorse the same without any delay.

 

13. Decide that the TFIs shall implement the following as per the following timelines:

 

1. Appoint a Cabinet on the basis of the previous resolution of Parliament of 11 October 2008, within 15 days of the issuance of this Declaration.

 

2. Establish a Joint Security Committee (JSC) and its sub-committees as stipulated in the Djibouti Agreement that shall be operational effective 10 November 2008 but not later than 25 November 2008.

 

3. Establish the Banadir administration as stipulated in the Addis Ababa Roadmap within 15 days of issuance of this Declaration.

 

4. Finalize the drafting of the Somali Constitution, enact electoral and parties law within 6 months of the issuance of this Declaration.

 

5. The issue of the extension of the transitional period might be considered in accordance with the provisions of the Transitional Federal Charter (TFC) on the basis of the progress made on the ground.

 

6. Submit progress reports of the implementation (of the above decisions) every 2 months to the IGAD Council of Ministers meeting, which shall review the progress made.

 

7. IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government to meet every 6 months to review the progress made in the implementation of these decisions.

 

14. Decide to establish mechanism headed by a Facilitator to help monitor the implementation of the above decisions and report to the IGAD Council of Ministers and the Assembly of Heads of State and Government on the progress made.

 

15. Decide also that there must be a coordination mechanism among the IGAD states in the area of institutional and capacity building.

 

16. Decide further that the anchor of all the efforts in relation to Somalia must be IGAD.

 

17. Reiterate that in default of the above, the IGAD Assembly shall meet and review its options, as it will not be business as usual.

 

18. Urge the United Nations to take expeditious measures to fulfill its share of responsibilities as stipulated in the Djibouti Agreement signed on 19th August, 2008 and its modalities of Implementation as agreed upon by the parties, in particular the request to cover the financial needs of the 10,000 strong police force starting from 5th November 2008.

 

19. Recommend to the Parties and the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Somalia to be flexible in terms of modalities and timelines of implementation of the Djibouti Agreement(s) by the parties.

 

20. Thank the government and the people of Kenya for hosting the Extraordinary Assembly of Heads of State and Government.

 

21. Decide to remain seized of the matter.

 

Done at Nairobi Kenya, on 29th day of October in the year 2008

[xiinfaniin]

I am agnostic to these statements. I am firm believer of the power of Somali unity. That’s to say, if Somalis succeed in coming to some sort of compromise, political and security compromise, I believe these charged political pronouncements such as the one you posted would be rendered irrelevant.

 

That’s what the Jabbuuti caravan is all about. It had made significant strides. Some mistakes too. But it’s on course to achieve great things. Today as we speak Yey and Adde are in Jabbuuti. You can’t imagine how festive I am about this one. It means a lot to me. The era of dismissals is over. It’s time for dialogue, understanding ones interests and reasonable compromises!

 

That is what you need to support waryee.

[Haaraahur.]

Walaal,

 

I will try respond to your other comments another time. If the Jabuuti Caravan (as you call them) fail to adhere to IGAD & Co, below are the following actions to be taken against them. See points 8, 11 and 13 in particular.

 

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COMMUNIQUE OF THE 30TH EXTRA-ORDINARY SESSION OF THE IGAD COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ON THE PREVAILING PO

 

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

 

The 30th Extraordinary Meeting of the IGAD Council of Ministers was convened at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 18th November 2008 to discuss the situation in Somalia. The Council was chaired by H.E. Seyoum Mesfin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the current Chairperson of the IGAD Council of Ministers. It was attended by H.E. Mahmoud Ali Yusuf, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Djibouti; H.E. Ali A. Jama, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia; H.E. Deng Alor Kual, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Sudan; H.E. Richard Onyonka, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs representing the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya; and H.E. Mull S. Katende, representing the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda. The meeting was attended by representatives of the United Nations, African Union and IGAD Partners Forum (IPF().

 

The Council was briefed by H.E. Ali Jama, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia on the current prevailing situation in Somalia. It was also briefed by H.E. Seyoum Mesfin on the meetings held in Addis Ababa with President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Ade.

 

After deliberating at length on the prevailing political and security situation in Somalia, the Council:

 

1. Expresses utmost dismay on the failure of the top leadership of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to agree on the constitution of a new cabinet for Somalia, and the formation of the Banadir Administration as per the Declaration of the 13th Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government issued on 29th October 2008.

 

2. Regrets the fact that once again the Somali leadership has failed its people, the regional and the international communities at large, by failing to implement the agreements they consented to as set out in the Djibouti Agreement (s), the Addis Ababa Roadmap and the Nairobi Declaration resulting into the deteriorating security and political situation in the country, and further reiterates that the crucial challenge in Somalia remains the lack of political will and commitment and not security.

 

3. Reminds the leaderships of Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) of the decisions contained in the Declaration of the 13th Extra-ordinary Summit of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government held at Nairobi Kenya (especially paragraph 13), and affirms that those decisions must be implemented without any further renegotiation or delay.

 

4. Welcomes the decision of the government of Kenya calling upon the members of the Somali Transitional Federal Parliament still in Kenya to return home to assume their responsibilities as legislators, and calls upon all the others in the Diaspora to do the same.

 

5. Welcomes the statement of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) made at its 156th meeting on 11th November 2008, and the press release issued by the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) on 17th November 2008, appealing to all Somalia's leading figures to put aside their differences and unite their efforts in the interest of their people and their country.

 

6. Reiterates and supports the call by the African Union to all countries that promised to provide troops to AMISOM to do so without any further delay.

 

7. Calls upon the international community in particular the European Union and the European Commission; the United Nations, the League of Arab States, the Organization of Islamic Countries and other potential partners to provide the resources necessary to strengthen the AMISOM deployment, and the 10,000 Joint Somali Security forces.

 

8. Reiterates and affirms that the parties should comply and implement the decisions of the Joint Security Committee (JSC) as set out in the Djibouti Agreement of 26th October 2008, and ensure that the timelines set out therein are strictly adhered to.

 

9. Urges the parties to expedite the formation of a government of national unity and an all-inclusive parliament as per their previous agreement, and seize the opportunity of the upcoming meeting between the leaderships of the TFG and ARS starting on 22nd November 2008 in Djibouti to do so.

 

10. Further urges the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to assume responsibility to save from collapse the institutions of the TFG in order to avoid the worsening humanitarian situation that would result there-from.

 

11. Decides with immediate effect to impose targeted sanctions including travel bans, freezing of assets among others, against all those in and outside Somalia who have become obstacles to the achievement of peace in Somali, and calls upon the African Union and the UNSC to do the same.

 

12. Condemns the continued escalation of acts of piracy along the coastlines of Somalia and reiterates the region's resolve to work together with the international community to eradicate the crime. In this context the Council underlines that a comprehensive approach including the building of appropriate institutions of governance in Somalia is essential to eradicate this menace.

 

13. Recommends the convening of an Extraordinary meeting of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government according to paragraph 17 of the Nairobi Declaration to be held in the first part of December 2008 to review all options, and recommends further to the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government to consider withdrawing political recognition and support on anyone in the Somali leadership who is an obstacle to resolving the Somalia problem.

 

14. Decides to remain seized of the matter.

 

Issued at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the 18th day of the month of November in the year.

[xiinfaniin]

Friday, December 05, 2008

 

On the eve of Eid-al-Adha, the United States Government reiterates its support for the ongoing efforts by Somali leaders to form the Unity Government outlined in the High Level Committee’s November 25 communiqué. The Somali people are at a critical juncture in the process.

 

All parties to this process, including the international community, must resolve once more to cooperate and act in the best interests of the Somali people. The representatives from the TFG and the ARS have shown continued determination to put aside differences and move this process forward.

 

We note that certain members of both the TFG and ARS leadership remain outside of this process. We call on them to engage for the benefit of all Somali people, rather than seeking to impede the commendable progress made to date.

[Thierry.]

Xiin how much truth is in the paragraph in bold and if it is true then it makes the situation for the caravan a lot easier as I thought we were dealing with a deeply entrenched ideological stance when it comes to our Al Shabaab brothers.

 

 

Ethiopia and Somalia

A promised withdrawal

 

Dec 4th 2008 | NAIROBI

From The Economist print edition

Ethiopia says its troops will be out of Somalia soon. Will they? And then?

 

IT TOOK Ethiopia two weeks in December 2006 and January 2007 to invade Somalia and crush fighters loyal to the Somali Islamic Courts Union. By contrast, it has taken two years for it to decide to withdraw, leaving the nastiest of the same Islamists in control of much of the country. Officially, Ethiopia is making good on a promise to quit, signed at peace talks in Djibouti last month between Somalia’s impotent transitional government and moderate Islamists. It has been reducing its presence for some time. Its intelligence network will remain on the ground, though some of its agents may well be killed by the ascendant jihadists. Several thousand of its troops will be stationed on Ethiopia’s side of the border, a day’s drive from Mogadishu, Somalia’s battered capital.

 

The Djibouti agreement is supposed to swell Somalia’s parliament with moderate Islamists, promising the country the first broadly-based government it has known since the collapse of Siad Barre’s regime in 1991, the last time Somalia had anything approaching a government that controlled the whole country. In truth, the Ethiopians are leaving because they are fed up—with the vanity of Somalia’s president, Yusuf Abdullahi, and his constant bickering with his prime minister, Nur Hussein; fed up, too, with the listlessness of the African Union (AU) and the UN. Both have failed Somalia almost as entirely as its own leaders.

 

The AU promised 8,000 troops to control Mogadishu but only 3,000 Ugandan and Burundian peacekeepers pitched up, and then only to protect a few key installations, while other parts of Mogadishu became ever more anarchic. The capital may now be in its worst shape ever. Several hundred thousand of its hungry people are in dangerous, squalid camps outside the city. The UN has tried to deliver aid, but its budget is far too small and the country is far too dangerous for aid workers, many of whom have been kidnapped and killed.

 

Among Ethiopian officials and soldiers, a sense of quiet relief prevails; it could have been worse. Perhaps 800 Ethiopian soldiers have been killed. No one knows the cost of the operation or how much of it may have been borne by the United States, which egged on Ethiopia to invade. But the Ethiopians’ original aims, to shore up Meles Zenawi, their ruthless prime minister, and rout Ethiopia’s ethnic-Somali separatists in the country’s restive ****** region in the east, have largely been realised.

 

Ethiopia, in any case, reckons that the jihadist fighters’ influence in Somalia is weaker than many observers think. It says the reason young men flock to the Shabab (Youth), the former armed wing of the Islamic Courts, wrap their faces in black scarves and kill in the name of Allah, has less to do with al-Qaeda’s virulent internet rhetoric than with the $100 monthly salary the Shabab pays . Somalia’s government forces have not been paid for months.

 

Some Ethiopian officials may hope to be begged to stay on with all their costs paid for, but they know that is as unlikely as the UN sending a robust force of peacekeepers. So far, President-elect Obama’s team of foreign-policy advisers has given no hint that it will drastically change American policy in the Horn of Africa. Until someone has the courage and the equipment to intervene decisively on a large scale, Somalia will remain the world’s murkiest failed state, with ordinary Somalis trapped in their misery.

[xiinfaniin]

^^There is no question in my mind that once Ethiopia withdraws alshabaabs support, or any group for that matter that wants to continue the violence to attain its own political goals, will dramatically diminish. Today Ethiopia’s presence in our soil and the injustices it engenders is the major reason for these groups’s rise and their apparent strength.

 

As we said many times, Ethiopia’s withdrawal is quite critical for any peace process to succeed. I think she will withdraw. There may be some minor delays here and there, but Ethiopia will eventually withdraw, I believe!

 

Things are changing quite fast yaa Thiery. And they are all for the common good. There may be some revisiting to that last agreement to make it a bit palatable to all players involved. That will be good and dandy with us too. After all, we want this to move forward, and we want peace to prevail. Any perceived injustice must be addressed as humanly possible.

 

The last word: peace caravan is the only game in town. Those who doubt it before are being enrolled not into add hoc training class in Jabbuuti to get on with the program…

[Haaraahur.]

Walaal,

 

My concerns regarding the Jabuuti Caravan (as you call them) are pertinent to the IGAD pronouncements. Full article is on HOL.

 

 

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IGAD’s highly intrusive “declaration” on Somalia is more detrimental to the strategic interests of Somalia than the combined perils of the Ethiopian military intervention...

 

 

Left unchallenged, IGAD’s pronouncements on Somalia could reverberate negatively in Somalia for years to come. On October 28, 2008, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and Sudan, under the cloak of IGAD, instructed the weak but internationally recognized Transitional Federal Institutions of Somalia (TFIs) to:

 

• Disband the current government and appoint a new cabinet within 15 days;

• Establish administration for the Somali capital within 15 days;

• Draft a new constitution, enact electoral & parties law within 6 months,

• Submit “progress reports” to the IGAD Council of Ministers every 2 months!

IGAD further decided to establish a “facilitator” whose task would be to “monitor” the implementation of the above directives.

 

IGAD has further stated that it is determined to takeover Somali reconciliation efforts and institutional building from the able hand of the United Nations. IGAD’s resolutions further asked the TFG, the Alliance, and the UN envoy to modify the terms of the Djibouti agreement and its timeline (i.e. the withdrawal of the Ethiopian troops and the formation of government of national unity!).

 

It is very important to highlight the fact that the Extraordinary meeting of IGAD’s Heads of State and Government was held at the time when the Secretary General’s Special Representative for Somalia was well on his way to usher a historic reconciliation in Somalia.

 

Everyone knows that Ambassador Ould-Abdallah was able, on October 26, 2008 (two days before IGAD’s seditious summit) to convince the warring Somali factions (the TFG and Alliance) to sign a ceasefire, agree on the withdrawal date of the Ethiopian troops, and create a government of national unity.

 

The question that needs to be raised here is what is IGAD trying to fix here, and more importantly, why embark on a broad daylight coup d'état against the successful UN envoy? In addition, why is the international community and the UN in particular, silent about Ethiopia / IGAD’s latest subversive ploy?

 

It is clear Ethiopia is using IGAD as a springboard, and hopes to achieve through this entity, what its military intervention failed to accomplish in Somalia.

 

The demeaning and unlawful IGAD pronouncements are, however, not what should scare Somalis. What should trouble Somalis is the unprecedented abdication of responsibly by the bed-ridden but internationally recognized TFIs.

 

Likewise, Somalis should be concerned about the apparent complacency of many Somali politicians (including the Djibouti based Alliance leadership), as well the deafening silence of the Diaspora intellectuals about the gathering storm in the form of IGAD resolution.

 

In nutshell, what the IGAD resolution aims at is to do away with diplomatic niceties and dismantle the already compromised but legally relevant political independence and national sovereignty of Somalia.

 

TFIs Openly Caves In

 

Article 6A of the IGAD Charter outlines the guiding principles of the organization. It states that IGAD member States “solemnly reaffirm their commitment to the following principles: a) The sovereign equality of all Member States; b) Non-interference in the internal affairs of Member States.”

 

If ordering the Somali government to dissolve itself and report to IGAD bimonthly is not meddling, then what is it?

 

What is more astounding is TFG Prime Minister’s response to the humiliation of IGAD. He has stated submissively that he would implement IGAD “directives!”

 

I wonder why he would not make clear to his IGAD counterparts, (after all the men who issued the diktats have titles similar to his!), that the notion of foreigners instructing a sovereign nation blatantly violates the basic principles of international relations as well as the sacred provisions of the Charters of the UN, IGAD and Somalia.

 

The latest IGAD communiqué validates two sad and deadly realities: (a) that Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Djibouti and Sudan consider Somalia NOT an equal IGAD member State, (b) that, the Transitional Federal Institutions are incapacitated and unfit to protect the national interest of Somalia.

 

(Abdullahi Yusuf was present when Meles penned the edicts, Nur Adde told the world he wants to meet the IGAD deadline! and members of the Transitional Parliament are still mute).

 

IGAD Resolutions are unlawful and Dangerous for Somalia

 

Somali nationalists must categorically reject IGAD resolutions. The provisions of the Declaration of the 13th Extraordinary Session of the IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government are menacing danger for Somalia. They are also unlawful.

 

The two Sharrifs, who are unfortunately agitating to join the subjugated, demoralized and practically defunct TFG, should think twice about such a risky adventure.

 

Joining forces with the TFG whose President, Prime Minister and Parliament failed to understand and appreciate the sacred principles of political independence and national sovereignty is an ill-advised move, albeit, threat to the national interest of Somalia.

 

The two Sharrifs should know, even if their Alliance takes the post of the TFG Presidency or the post of the Premiership plus the entire TFG cabinet, that they might not be able to let loose the Ethiopian / IGAD grip of the Somalia file.

 

In addition, if they come into power under IGAD plans, then they might end up being the ones delivering the bimonthly IGAD mandated Progress Report! The proposed IGAD facilitator could well be Col. Gebre – of course this time with a title such as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary!

 

I would strongly advise the Alliance leadership to consider convening an Extraordinary Summit for Somali nationalists and accept the council and input of informed Somalis.

 

What is at stake is the interest of a nation and anything short of sober deliberation and inclusive consultation is disservice to the nation and deliration of duty.

[xiinfaniin]

IGAD is a colllection of desperate states. And if it weren't the direction of the powers-that-be, that Nairobi meeting wouldn't even be worth the paper it was written on. I fail to see any reason as to why even those desperate states hold Somalia down...but if it ever to pass that was trully the intention of this useless body, though i doubt it very much, then you must find some pleasure in the fact that our conflict is a regionalized one and its bell does indeed toll for each and every state in the vicinity...adeer waa la isla degaa maahane, anaga keliyya ma soconayno.

 

No man is an island, entire of itself;

every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main;

if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less,

as well as if a promontory were,

as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were;

any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;

it tolls for thee.

 

Ciid Mubaarak ya Jammaacah!

[xiinfaniin]

Peace Caravan camps at Xamar!

[xiinfaniin]

SHIIKH SHARIIF: “C/llaahi Yuusuf Dadka wanaag ayuu ku metelaa ee xumaan kuma metelo, awoodna uma lahan in uu burburiyo Heshiiskii Jibouti”

 

Khamiis, November 20, 2008(HOL): Guddoomiyaha Isbaheysiga Dib u xoreynta Soomaaliya Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed oo shalay soo gaaray magaalada Muqdisho ayaa maanta wuxuu shir jar’aaid ku qabtay Hotelka Laf-weyn oo uu degan yahay, wuxuuna shirkiisa jaraa’id uga hadlay arrimo dhowr ah oo kala ah ujeedada socdaalkiisa Muqdisho, Heshiiskii Jibouti iyo sida uu u arkayo hadal uu ku mucaaraday Madaxweyne C/llaahi Yuusuf, Bixitaanka Ciidamada Itoobiya iyo Arrinta Burcad Badeedka iyo dhaqamada soo galootiga ku ah dadka Soomaaliyeed ee ay dilalka iyo Af-diuubka.

 

Waxaa uu ka hadlay ujeedka socdaalkooda Muqdisho, wuxuuna sheegay in ay ugu horeyso in ay la kulmaan dadka Muqdisho oo ay ugu horeeyaa sida uu hadalka u yiri Muqaawamada, sidoo kalena waxaa uu sheegay in waxyaabaha ay u yimaadeen ay qeyb ka tahay in la dhaqangeliyo heshiiskii Jibouti oo ay qodobadiisa ka mid ahaayeen in xabadda la joojiyo iyo in laga shaqeeyo sidii ay Ciidamada Itoobiyaanka u bixi lahaayeen.

 

Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed waxaa uu sheegay in ay dadaal iyo juhdi ku bixinayaan sidii dagaallada loo joojin lahaa, wuxuuna sheegay in ay dadka Soomaaliyeed ka daaleen dagaallo, wuxuuna carrabka ku dhuftay in loo baahan yahay in wax kasta laga wada hadlo.

 

Waxaa uu intaas ku daray Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed in ay soo dhaweynayaan oo ay la hadlayaan cid kasta oo mas’alo diineed wadata, cid kasta oo danta dalka ka hadleysa, iyo cid kasta oo dan gaar ah wadata ay soo dhaweynayaan, gacmahoodana ay furan yihiin, wuxuuna caddeeyay in ay diyaar u yihiin in ay ka haraan haddii waxa ay wadaan ay noqdaan wax ka soo horjeeda Diinta Islaamka.

 

Waxaa uu sheegay in dadka Soomaaliyeed oo walaalo ah ay dhibaatooyin soo dhexmareen, wuxuuna carrabka ku dhuftay in ay u taagan yihiin sidii dadkaas loogu cadaalad fali lahaa.

 

Halkan ka dhegeyso

Shirka Jaraa'id

 

Wuxuu ka hadlay Burcad Badeedka, dilalka gaadmada ah iyo af-duubka, wuxuuna sheegay in arrimahaas wax u dhimayaan Qarannimada Soomaaliyeed, wuxuuna ku baaqay in shacabka Soomaaliyeed oo aan arrimahaas looga baran ay la gudboon tahay in uu ka hortago falalkaas.

 

Sidoo kale waxaa uu ka hadlay hadal uu dhawaan sii daayay Madaxweyne C/llaahi Yuusuf oo ahaa in heshiiskaas ay beel gaar ah gaartay, wuxuuna carrabka ku dhuftay in heshiiska Jibouti ay wada galeen Dowladda Federaalka iyo Isbaheysiga Dib u xoreynta, Dowladda Federaalkana ay u saxiixeen dadkii ay soo dirsatay.

 

“C/llaahi haddii uu soo dirsanayo nin ay isku beel yihiin annaga ma diidin, laakin isaga ayaa soo dirsaday Axmed C/salaan, marka markii uu heshiiska saxiixay in uu yiraahdo Axmed C/salaan waa beel kale, waxay ila tahay arrin ku haboon ma ahan madaxweynaha, arrin sax ahna ma ahan, arrinta labaadna heshiiskan ma ahan heshiis C/llaahi Yuusuf iyo qof kale u dhaxeeyo, waxaa uu u dhaxeeyaa Umadda Soomaaliyeed, Adduunkana goob-joog ayuu ka yahay, xil ayaana ka saaran, marka haddii uu u maleynayo in uu heshiiska burburin karo, ma burburin karo, arrinta kale waxay tahay C/llaahi Yuusuf dadka wanaag ayuu ku metelaa ee xumaan kuma metelo”ayuu yiri Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed oo sheegay in Reer Puntland aysan fikirkaas la qabin Madaxweyne Yuusuf.

 

Waxaa uu ka hadlay bixitaanka Ciidamada Itoobiya ee dalka Soomaaliya, waxaana uu sheegay in Ciidamada Itoobiya bixitaankooda heshiis lagu gaaray, heshiiskaasna loo baahan yahay in la fuliyo, “arrintaas waxyaabaha aan u nimid ayay qeyb ka tahay waxaana shacabka Soomaaliyeed u sheegeynaa in ay Itoobiyaanka baxayaan Haddii Alle idmo”ayuu yiri Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed oo sheegay in uu ka xun yahay in sida uu u yiri lugaha lagu dhego Ciidamada Itoobiya iyagoo doonaya in ay baxaan.

 

Salaad Iidow Xasan (Xiis), Hiiraan Online

sxiis@hiiraan.com

Mogadishu, Somalia

[Baashi]

As we creep into another inter-clan warfare season, Sh. Sherrif articulated some needed reminders with rare eloquence. He was, as they say, on the point. I mean this young man nailed several issues on the wall for your examination and review .

 

On Inna Yussuf, he merely reminded him the fact that he leads TFG and in that capacity sent Inna A/Salan as a lead man for his team (ironically as a check to Nur Cadde). On the opposition, he explained what the objectives of their organizations were and how he intends to achieve them. On the Islamists, he is telling them that he will stand corrected if his tactics are proved to be deviation from the good book. And lastly -- and this is where I think he is shoulder and neck above the rest in his capacity to see around the corner -- he repeated his willingness to pursue the dialogue track. To end the conglict he sees reconciling warring factions is the only path open to him. He said this and I quote:

 

"Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed waxaa uu sheegay in ay dadaal iyo juhdi ku bixinayaan sidii dagaallada loo joojin lahaa, wuxuuna sheegay in ay dadka Soomaaliyeed ka daaleen dagaallo, wuxuuna carrabka ku dhuftay in loo baahan yahay in wax kasta laga wada hadlo.

 

Waxaa uu intaas ku daray Shiikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed in ay soo dhaweynayaan oo ay la hadlayaan cid kasta oo mas’alo diineed wadata, cid kasta oo danta dalka ka hadleysa, iyo cid kasta oo dan gaar ah wadata ay soo dhaweynayaan, gacmahoodana ay furan yihiin, wuxuuna caddeeyay in ay diyaar u yihiin in ay ka haraan haddii waxa ay wadaan ay noqdaan wax ka soo horjeeda Diinta Islaamka.

 

Waxaa uu sheegay in dadka Soomaaliyeed oo walaalo ah ay dhibaatooyin soo dhexmareen, wuxuuna carrabka ku dhuftay in ay u taagan yihiin sidii dadkaas loogu cadaalad fali lahaa."

 

You gotta love him. He is simply stating the fact that the Somali civil war is primarily between Somalis. Granted foreign interference is a compounding issue that needs to be dealt with. But with reconciled Somalis is the way to get rid of the folgers. He is saying he underlying forces fueling the conflict are known commodities and as such one has to target the problem at its core if one wants to succeed in bringing the conflict to a close.

 

I am sure one can find many shortcomings in his past or in the course of this marathon he is engaged in now but from the big picture I think he is, as Xiin put it in other thread, right on the money.

 

Having said that I can see the roadblocks from this distance (Qurbaha). The inherent difficulty in appointing parliamentary members and the underlying power-sharing formula associated with the exercise in itself is the game changer here -- always has been. To end the civil strive one has to take into account the very forces that initiated the civil war -- clans!

[Haaraahur.]

Xiin,

 

Any documents concerning the Jibuuti talks? That way we can see where all these are heading. There is a storm brewing walaalo and it will have the most deleterious effect on Somalia.

 

 

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Baltimore Chronical & Sentinal

by Chris Floyd

Thursday, December 11, 2008

 

 

Not content with destroying the only vestige of stability that Somalia had known for almost two decades by arming, backing and participating in a brutal "regime change" invasion by Ethiopia, the Bush Administration now wants to turn the ravaged land into an international "free fire zone," a giant Fallujah where any powerful nation on earth can launch armed incursions on Somali soil, wreaking the usual "collateral damage" in the search for pirates -- or for those arbitrarily designated as pirates.

 

The Bush Regime is drafting a UN Security Council resolution that will give "the international community" carte blanche to "hunt down" alleged pirates on land in Somalia, the Guardian reports:

 

A draft resolution that would permit states fighting piracy to "take all necessary measures ashore in Somalia, including in its airspace" has been circulated to members of the UN Security Council.

 

Prior consent for raids would be required from Somalia's weak and fractured government..

 

As we noted here recently, the "Somali government" is a rapidly collapsing coalition of CIA-paid warlords and Ethiopian collaborators which "controls" only a few city blocks of territory in the entire country.

 

 

It is unfathomable that this near-fictitious entity would or could oppose a "request" by a world power to send armed forces into Somalia in a noble quest to clamp down on pirates.

 

And what happens when these invading forces inevitably clash with the various other armed groups now waging a multi-sided, hydra-headed war in the country? Why, the invaders will have to take stern "force protection" measures, of course.

 

The story goes on to note that the locations of the "pirate lairs are well-known":

Along Somalia's north-eastern coast, villages and towns such as Eyl, Haradheere and Hobyo provide sanctuary and logistical support for pirate gangs holding at least 14 ships.

 

And it is certainly not surprising that the Western backers of the Somali "government" know just where the pirates are: they provided mighty assistance in their rise, as we noted here a few weeks ago:

 

For one thing, [the Times] notes something that is almost never mentioned in any story about Somalia, neither in the very rare stories about the conflict itself or the rather more numerous stories about piracy and its effects on commercial shipping (an issue far more important that the lives of 10,000 innocent human beings, of course): the fact that the main backers and bankrollers of the pirate gangs "are linked to the Western-backed government."

 

The conservative UK paper then goes on to give an accurate account of how these pirate-backing factions came to power -- facts that are almost universally ignored by the "liberal" American media . (Not to mention the "progressive blogosphere;" indeed, you can actually find more references to the Somalia war in the corporate press than among our internet "dissidents.") :

Years of violence, neglect and misguided policies have left Somalia one of the most dangerous countries and a breeding ground for the pirates attacking one of the world’s busiest shipping routes.

 

Today the northeast area of the country, including Puntland, has been carved up by warlords who finance themselves by drug and gun running. This is also the heartland of the pirates, whose main backers are linked to the Western-backed government. Radical Islamists control much of the south, including the key port of Kismayo and the porous border area with Kenya, a staunch Western ally.

 

This has realised a Western nightmare, which was supposed to have been destroyed by Ethiopia’s American-backed invasion of Somalia two years ago in support of a puppet government created by the international community. That alliance spanned the spectrum from extreme radicals to moderate, devout Muslims. The latter were in charge.

 

Everyone – except Pentagon planners, it seems – knew that Somalia had never proved fertile territory for Saudi-style radical Islam. However, indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas by Ethiopia, Somalia’s historic enemy, with huge casualties, put an end to that. The Islamists were driven out, the moderates went into exile and the hardliners took control of the south with a popular powerbase beyond their wildest dreams.

 

A puppet government, installed by foreign invasion, riddled with crime and corruption, alienating and radicalizing the population: here we see the quintessential template of the "War on Terror," replicated faithfully in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia -- and soon, perhaps, in Pakistan.

 

And now the Bush Regime -- going out inof blood and fury aimed at the world (and at the American people) -- wants to intensify the chaos in Somalia, laying it bare to more invasions, "precision strikes," death squad operations, renditions and other atrocities, this time coming from not just from Washington and its Terror War proxies but from all directions.

 

This is the answer of the American militarist state to any problem, such as piracy or terrorism: the blunderbuss assault of massive military force by land, sea and air; vast destruction, social collapse -- and immeasurable, unbounded human suffering.

 

This is the reality of much-praised "continuity" in "national security affairs" that Barack Obama's appointments have promised. This is what will be "continued."

[xiinfaniin]

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