Washington Conference Failed ?

[Jacaylbaro]

Shirkii lagu casuumay Kooxaha soomalida ee Somalilandna dhan iskaga durkisey ee ka dhici lahaa Washington DC, ee dalka Maraykanka manta June-25-2009 ayaa dhicisoobay kadib markii ay kukala aragti duwanaadeyn Kooxihii lagu Casuumay.

 

Sida lawada ogsoonyahay shirkan Washington ka dhici lahaa waxaa marti qaaday Sida lagu shegay Warsaxafaded kasoo baxay dalka Maraykanka ee Gudi hooseedka Congreska ee Gudoomiyahoodu soosaaray,hase yeeshee wararka Hadhwanaagnews helayso ayaa sheegaya innaanu shirkii u dhicin sidii loogu talo galay sababtoo ah waxaa ka baaqday Waftigii uu hogaaminayay Wasiirka arimaha Dibadda dawladda ku meel gaadhka ah Maxamed Cabdilaahi Oomar.

 

Wararka kale aynu helayno waxa ay sheegayaan xaga Qabanqaabada shirka inay wax ka qaldanaayeen taasoo lagu eedaynayo inay jireen Kooxo Soomali ah oo farsamadii Shirka lug ku lahaa, dhinaca kale Wasiirka arimaha Dibadda dawladda ku meel gaadhka Maxamed Cabdilaahi Oomar ayaa kabiyo diiday Madaxweyneha Mamul Goboleedka Puntland Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Faroole lamurankiisa congreska dhexdiisa sababtoo ah isagoo u arka mamul hoosyimaada Dowladiisa,halka Madaxweyne Faroole isaguna u arko Wasiir Kooxeed.

 

Iskusoo wada duuboo Shirkii Congreska Maraynkanku uu Kooxaha ku macsuumay Halkaas ayuu ku burburay taasoo dadka Qaarkii u tarjumtay Shir Majara Habowsanaa oo fashilmay iyo Somaliland oo Codsigoodii laga yeelay oo ahhaa inaanay lafariisan Kooxaha Caalwaaga Soomaaliya.

 

Wararka imika nasoo gaadhaya ayaa sheegay in Wafdi Baladhan oo uu hogaaminayo Wasiirka Arrimaha dibadda ee Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland Mudane Cabdilaahi Maxamed Ducaale ayaa kusoo fooleh Dalka Maraykanka iyagoo Casuumad ka helay Dowlada USA.

[Jacaylbaro]

Wararka imika nasoo gaadhaya ayaa sheegay in Wafdi Baladhan oo uu hogaaminayo Wasiirka Arrimaha dibadda ee Jamhuuriyadda Somaliland Mudane Cabdilaahi Maxamed Ducaale ayaa kusoo fooleh Dalka Maraykanka iyagoo Casuumad ka helay Dowlada USA.

[Poker]

Of course it did.

[Gabbal]

It is a House hearing awoowe. A hearing does not fail or pass, it only seeks to gain information. This does not translate into official U.S policy whatsoever. Perhaps you can get that news source to employ a secondary school student of Somaliland origin in the states to inform them about U.S government matters.

[Poker]

^^^

 

It didn't take place accordingly, did it? Simply the point....dadku indha adkaa!

[Gabbal]

It would not mean anything even if it did not take place but according to the House website, it did and the Somaliland representative was simply substituted with Ould Abdalla and an AU official.

 

http://foreignaffair s.house.gov/hearing_ notice.asp?id=1093

[Som@li]

Of Somalia transitional government and regional officials invited to the hearing, the foreign minister of the Republic of Somaliland declined to attend.

 

But the President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, appealed for foreign assistance to stable areas of the country, saying this would be the best way to prevent extremist groups from expanding areas they control:

 

"There are limited options for dealing with extremists and terrorist threats in Somalia. The international community must support stable regions, for example Puntland, and offer long-awaited development incentives in order to attract the attention of other Somali regions that see the benefits as counter-weight to joining extremists," he said

Conference did happen here

[Jacaylbaro]

Hmmmm ...

[Poker]

With only Faroole present. no?

[Che -Guevara]

^"dadku indha adkaa"...true that

 

Just misuse of language, there was no conference, just a hearing, and nothing for there to fail since this is information gathering session.

[NGONGE]

^^ They failed to gather information then.

[Che -Guevara]

^It's just an exercise duqa

[NGONGE]

A failed exercise?

[Che -Guevara]

^Is there other with Somalis?

[Peace Action]

NG has to renew his seccesiont card from time to time. The meeting did take place.

 

 

US Congressional Hearing Examines Military, Political Situation in Somalia

By Dan Robinson

Washington

26 June 2009

 

 

 

Islamist insurgent fighters near Mogadishu, 1 Jun 2009

The violent and unstable situation in Somalia was the subject of a U.S. congressional hearing on Thursday. Testimony by officials from Somalia, the United Nations and the African Union, and experts came as the Obama administration confirmed it has decided to bolster Somalia's embattled Transitional Federal Government against Islamist forces.

 

With each day bringing further deterioration in Somalia, including among other things the recent bomb attack that killed the Somali transitional government security minister, Thursday's hearing was timely.

 

Coinciding with the hearing, the State Department confirmed that the U.S. is providing urgent shipments of weapons and ammunition to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government, the TFG, to help it avoid a complete takeover by Islamist rebels the U.S. suspects has ties to al-Qaida.

 

Ted Dagne, African Affairs Specialist with the Congressional Research Service, predicted that violence is likely to increase in coming months as the Islamist group al-Shabaab, backed by foreign fighters, attempts to oust the transitional government. "The primary objective of this offensive is to force the collapse of the TFG (Transitional Federal Government), and to force AMISOM (African Union Mission to Somalia) to leave Somalia," he said.

 

Al-Shabaab has taken over much of Mogadishu and southern Somalia, and is on a U.S. government list of international terrorist groups.

 

Dagne says highly de-centralized and mobile al-Shabaab forces threaten the Transitional Federal Government, and noted that African Union forces are constrained because they are not authorized to take offensive action. He said al-Shabaab is supported by more than 400 foreign fighters, and is funded by al-Qaida and certain foreign governments.

 

Peter Pham, Associate Professor of Justice Studies, Political Science and Africana Studies at James Madison University, says conditions in Somalia threaten security and stability of the Horn of Africa:

 

"Even without toppling the TFG, al-Shabaab has already achieved a major objective by securing a territorial base from which like-minded militants and terrorists can carry out attacks elsewhere, especially against targets in the Arabian Peninsula as well as participating in the current violence against Somalis," he said.

 

Representative Donald Payne, who chairs the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, said further violence can be avoided only if Somalis from all three regions of the country come together: "As we gather today many Somalis continue to be displaced, maimed and killed. The dream and aspirations of millions of Somalis are on hold or crushed," he said.

 

Of Somalia transitional government and regional officials invited to the hearing, the foreign minister of the Republic of Somaliland declined to attend.

 

But the President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, appealed for foreign assistance to stable areas of the country, saying this would be the best way to prevent extremist groups from expanding areas they control:

 

"There are limited options for dealing with extremists and terrorist threats in Somalia. The international community must support stable regions, for example Puntland, and offer long-awaited development incentives in order to attract the attention of other Somali regions that see the benefits as counter-weight to joining extremists," he said.

 

Speaking for the Transitional Federal Government, Idd BedelMohamed,Deputy Permanent Minister of Somalia at the United Nations, read a statement accusing al-Shabaab and some hardliners of rejecting reconciliation, and acknowledged that the transitional government faces intensified attacks:

 

"Insurgent groups continue to attack [the] Somali government and AMISOM forces with a new influx of foreign fighters allied and in support of al-Shabaab and its radical agenda. Attacks by radical groups against the combined forces of TFG and AMISOM are becoming more sophisticated, coordinated and lethal," he said.

 

Ugandan Minister of Defense, Crispus Kiyonga, said the African Union force, composed of 2,590 Ugandan troops 1,600 from Burundi, has so far been able to defend the transitional government's state house, Mogadishu port and airport, but said reinforcements to al-Shabaab have created a difficult situation.

 

"What we have in Somalia is an extraordinary situation that requires extraordinary means. For the U.N. to keep urging that peace be created first before a U.N. peacekeeping force can be sent continues to deny the Somali people badly-needed international forces to assist in the stabilization of that country," he said.

 

Ngoga Gateretse, Senior Advisor to the African Union Special Envoy for Somalia, called the situation in Mogadishu grave and said al-Shabaab is trying to force an extreme form of Islam on the Somali people, "This is completely new and shocking to the majority of the Somalis. It is unfortunate that some would use the religious zeal of sincere Somalis to prosecute what amounts to terrorism and the promotion of their agenda," he said.

 

A State Department official did not provide details of military aid going to the U.N.-backed transitional government. However, news reports quoting U.S. officials said it consisted of small arms as well as training which would be conducted outside the country.