Northern Somali Unionist Movement (NSUM) - Press Release

[A_Khadar]

Northern Somali Unionist Movement (NSUM)

 

2010-02-10

Press Release

 

 

 

The one-clan dominated secessionist enclave in NW Somalia, calling itself Somaliland, continues to occupy Sool region and its capital Lascanod which it invaded in October 2007. With the passage of time, and in the face of no submission to the secession by the occupied populations of the regions of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) in NW Somalia, the occupiers, like others before it, or elsewhere in the world, can only resort, in its desperation, to piling up the painful collective punishment it inflicts on the occupied local population. Each new punitive measure is supposed to do the trick and deliver its objective. When that fails, new situations are created that provide the occupiers the pretext to unleash new terror, believing this will work where others have failed.

 

 

 

Thus, under this cycle of terror on the defenceless SSC people, Lacanod has last week witnessed its worst period under the occupation, with sadly no word or reaction from the international human rights organisations and above all the United Nations Political Office for Somalia based in Nairobi. Such collective silence can only send the wrong message to the perpetrators of human rights violations in Somaliland that they can act with impunity in the occupied SSC regions. What they merit is to be indicted at the International Criminal Court for their crimes against humanity and join the ranks of Slobodan Milosevic of former Yugoslavia and Charles Taylor of Liberia.

 

 

 

In the latest terror against the SSC civilians, hundreds of Lascanod's residents, including women and children were arrested after rioting against the earlier detention of school teachers who were interned as scapegoats for recent bombings in the city masterminded by the occupiers for their own ends. All detainees were shipped off to Somaliland's version of Guantanamo Bay in terms of its harshness and remoteness from families and friends. These desperate and barbaric measures are bound to fail like all the others before them. Sooner, rather than later, they will serve as the catalysts that will bring about the undoing of the occupation as people, tormented for too long and pushed against the wall beyond endurance, see no other option but to rise up against their oppressors and send them whence they had came.

 

 

Somaliland's invasion and occupation of Lascanod was driven originally by three objectives but has recently taken a new dimension. Firstly, was the hope that its long- aspiration for recognition would now be received sympathetically by the international community now that- with capture of Lascanod- they would be seen to be in control of most of former British Somaliland. Secondly, was the desire to create new facts on the gourd, à la Israel in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, in which as many SSC people would be driven out of their regions and give way to settlers from the secessionist heartland; and thirdly, with the remaining SSC people rendered a minority in their own regions, to lay their hands on the regions' proven but as yet unexploited natural resources including oil.

 

 

The secessionists, clearly playing to the international gallery, have now embraced a fourth objective: to concoct threats in the SSC regions from Al-Shabab and allied Jihadists in order to latchet onto the "war on terror" bandwagon. This opportunistic move was reckoned to yield instant rewards from the USA and its western allies. Much as the USA might be keen on some of Somaliland's unsolicited services, yet they should be wary of how far they get mired in Somalia's murky waters. Lest they forget, they should be mindful of their blunders elsewhere in southern Somalia and their fathering of Al-Shabaab in the first place through their misguided support to Ethiopia's invasion and occupation of southern Somalia. History will repeat itself again if they again support another occupation, this time in the SSC regions with its dire and predictable consequences.

 

 

In reality, it is the agents of the regime in Haregisa who had been behind bomb the explosions in Lascanod in order to blame it on imaginary Jihadists.One should know that Al Shabab, or other Islamist types, are the first to claim their actions immediately in order to reap whatever glory they can get from it. The fact they have not done so in the case of Lascanod speaks volumes about their alleged presence and operations. What needs to be emphasized is that Somaliland's baseless scaremongering about the presence of Al-Shabab and others in the SSC regions could become self-fulfilling. The longer Somaliland's occupation persists, the more likely the occupied people will be radicalised and join the ranks of Al Shabab as happened in the south. When that happens, no doubt Somaliland will disingenuously saying "what did we tell you!"

 

 

 

 

 

The SSC traditional leaders have issued a joint final warning to the administration based in Hargeisa that their patience is at an end after two-and-half years of occupation. It is in every body's interest, they stressed, that Somaliland's militia leave the SSC regions immediately or face the consequences. The Northern Somalia Unionist Movement (NSUM) fully subscribes to the warning given by the traditional leaders

 

 

The liberation of the occupied SSC regions is a matter for its people and that is their God given right in the face of aggression by a predatory expansionist clan. If true to its past, Al Shabab would miss no opportunity to be drawn to wherever it perceives the conditions as favourable. That is not the case yet in the SSC regions but it could happen if Somaliland's occupation continues. If Al Shabab's intervention in the SSC is to be stymied, the best course of action is for Somaliland to withdraw its militia immediately from the region. The USA and other countries who wield influence over the secessionists should tell them so in no uncertain terms.

 

 

 

NSUM

 

 

 

Excecutive Committee

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

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[A_Khadar]

^ ^ Telling the facts on the ground became calaal at your school of caqli... All they did is revealing the violations committed against civilians by the thugs, you two support blindfolded just because of your clan motivation, occupying a city that is not theirs.

[Qudhac]

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IYO QAAR KALOOO BADAN

 

 

lool talk about being everywhere and not being anywhere at the same time.

[Jacaylbaro]

what else do u have to do when you have nothing but a computer and Internet ?? ,,,,,,,,, Too many "fake" press releases

[A_Khadar]

NSMU is giving nightmares to the one-clan secessionist.

[xiinfaniin]

OOdweyne, Qudhac, and Jacaylbaro hadday iskugu tageen press release kan, it tells me wax weyn baa jira

[Kamaavi]

^ Xaji_Xunjuf maxaad ooga reebtay? Mise isagu gabayada ayuu ku fiicanyahay...

[Herer]

Originally posted by Jacaylbaro:

what else do u have to do when you have nothing but a computer and Internet ?? ,,,,,,,,, Too many "fake" press releases

[A_Khadar]

NSUM waxay fashilisay the ill-advocacy of secessionists. NSUM presented facts contrary to secessionists’ fallacies and brought to the day light out of what they have in behind the curtains.

Let JB say NSUM only have computer and internet and all they do is press releases but his outcry signals that this project (secession) ran dry and is about to cease.

[NASSIR]

The liberation of the occupied SSC regions is a matter for its people and that is their God given right in the face of aggression by a predatory expansionist clan.

continues to occupy Sool region and its capital Lascanod which it invaded in October 2007.

Recognizing that conflict exists is part of a democratic process and it entails both rights and obligations.

For objectivity and credibility of future press releases, I would highly and seriously recommend tha application of [the clan x in the SSC regions]

 

This is turn will deal with internal problem at hand, minimize media confusion, avoid engendering resentment of those with seperate clan identity ,character, locality, and finally bring into criminal justice the agents of the Sool issue.

[GAAROODI]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Originally posted by Dajiye:

^ Xaji_Xunjuf maxaad ooga reebtay? Mise isagu gabayada ayuu ku fiicanyahay...

Anigu isku ma mashquuliyo qolladan xarafyada baddan leh nsum , waxay isku eekeysinayeen mujaheedinti snm. waxa lugu yidhi Somaliland sadexda xaraf bay ka baqaan alla ya run u sheega

[The Zack]

Sool shall be free!

[Herer]

from whom?