Warqadii ina Cigaal udiray Yuhuuda ( What A Shame)

[guraad]

Text of the letter sent by fax to former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak

Rabin by President of the Republic of Somaliland Mohamed Ibrahim Egal.

 

 

Republic of Somaliland

The Presidency

Our Ref: SLR/PO/ISPMI/7/95

Your Ref: .......................

 

3 July 1995

Hargeisa

 

His Excellency The Prime Minister

of Israel Mr Yitshak Rabin

Hakirya, Fax No. 972 2 513 950

Jerusalem, Israel.

 

Your Excellency

 

Establishing Strategic Partnership with the State of Israel

 

In my capacity as the President of the Republic of Somaliland, an admirer

of the state of Israel and the courage of its people, please accept my

compliments and my people's profound felicitations to you, your Government,

President and the people of Israel for their tenacity, strength and

resourcefulness which had finally constrained its adversaries to make peace

with the State of Israel. I have the honour of representing the people of

Somaliland and its nascent state in this opportunity for seeking to

establish amiable and strategic links with the State of Israel.

 

It is important to note that our two nations have had strong links since

time immemorial. Indicative of such historical links, stretching well

before the advent of Islam to this date, is the influence of the Hebrew

culture in Somaliland and how Jewish legends and their mystical powers are

widely acknowledged and homage paid to them. In addition, the people of

Somaliland are appreciative as they have an indelible memory of the fact

that Israel was among the first three countries who recognised Somaliland

after it declared its independence from Britain on 26th June 1960, alas,

that independence lasted no more than four days as Somaliland entered into

a voluntary union with the UN Trust Territory of Somalia on 1st July 1960,

in the hope of creating Greater Somalia.

 

Exactly, thirty five years later, the dreams of Greater Somalia are

discredited and disavowed. It was under the union with Somalia that

Somaliland found itself a pathetic captive within a ruthless, destructive

and hostile state. Indeed, it was this union whose culmination was the

tyrannous and repressive regime of the late Siyad Barre which brought

about the enormous suffering, starvation and destruction in which the

world had witnessed and came to notice, too well, during the past five

years or so. The people of Somaliland have renounced such a union in May

1991 and reclaimed their independent sovereign entity, and nothing will

make them reverse the decision to extricate themselves from the captivity

of Somalia.

 

The vice-president and the Foreign Minister of Somaliland have, recently,

paid an official visit to Eritrea and while there met H.E. Ariel Kerem,

the Ambassador of Israel in Eritrea, who furnished them with valuable

advice and suggested that I, the President of Somaliland, should write to

your Excellency, as the Prime Minister of Israel, in person, informing you

about Somaliland's eagerness to establish an ex parte relationship based

on strategic partnership with the State of Israel and sharing with you

about my government's concerns and fears vis-a-vis the alarming menace

emanating from the expansion of Islamic influence in our strategic region.

 

As I am sure you are aware, at the height of the cold war Somalia's

strategic geographical location was acknowledged by both sides

(East/West). Today, however, although the West had won the cold war and

the threat of communism appears to be vanishing in many parts of the

world, we, in the Horn of Africa, are being threatened by a more sinister

and pernicious enemy in the form of encroaching Islamic influence. It

would be true to say that the State of Israel and its people are, perhaps,

more aware and alert of such threats than most other countries, and know

how perilous and pestilential the spread of Islamic influence would mean

for the entire region.

 

The political upheavals which have been taking place in the Horn of Africa

and the lack of stability in the region could be aggravated further if the

influence of Islamic Fundamentalism is not curtailed or contained very

soon. Somaliland's concern is reinforced by the growing influence of the

Saudis and the pro-Islamic Yemen, particularly ever since it had crushed

and defeated the South Yemeni's courageous attempt to forsake or renounce

its union with the north. Discovering that Eritrea is not interested [in]

to act as an Arab satellite, both Sana' and Riyadh, as well as Khartoum

(not to mention how pariah states like Iran and Libya are meddling into

the internal affairs of my country), are now directing their efforts to

force Somaliland to forfeit or withdraw its independence with the

intention of installing a pro-Islamic Somali state (under a federal

Somalia). This will most definitely render the control of both the north

and southern coasts of the Red Sea to pro-Islamic regimes, with the

exception of Eritrea and the miniature state of Djibouti which has no

significance leaving the whole region to become a bed-rock for Islamic

influence.

 

Your Excellency, my government firmly believes that owing to this region's

strategic geopolitical importance as a result of its propinquity to the

oil routes and the narrow Babul-Mendeb entrance, as well as its proximity

to the Gulf, the Middle East and the access to the Indian Ocean, it will

be highly deleterious if such a strategic region falls almost entirely

under the dominion of pro-Islamic regimes. Needless to say that this

should be a portentous eventuality which will in turn adversely affect the

national security of the State of Israel, and that of other countries in

the Horn of Africa who are trying to recover from years, if not decades,

of both man-made and natural disasters i.e. civil wars, military coups,

draughts and famines, etc. In addition, since countries in the region are

not politically stable the encroachment of Islamic influence will most

certainly have a destabilising effect. For instance, in Ethiopia with its

various nationalities and particularly with its large Muslim population,

the expansion of pro-Islamists in the region would act as a tinder-box

with the potential to enflame the entire region.

 

Although the people of Somaliland are over 98% Muslims, they are,

nevertheless, averse to adopt an antiquated Islamic Sharia Law as their

way of living and governance. In contrast my government intends to make

Somaliland a beacon of democracy and oasis for stability in this region of

upheavals and turmoil. But this is unlikely to happen in the present

climate, as we are ranged against by strong and powerful Islamic proxies

whose primary aim is to put out such an illume of hope. A foretaste of

what will happen if dark forces of Islamists will succeed in their pursuit

of bringing in a passé or an out-moded system, could be seen in Mogadishu

today, where a de facto administration from a coalition of Islamic proxies

and minority tribal groups headed by not so long ago UN/International

fugitive warlord General Aideed, where Islamic surrogates have been

infringing people's human rights with impunity; people are being stoned to

death for committing no crime other than fornication; and limbs are being

chopped off for petty crimes such as mugging and burglary in a barbaric

inhuman and uncivilised manner. My government has, in lieu of imposing

Sharia Law on our people, just completed the draft of a new secular

Constitution which is very liberal and mundane, for I am conscious that

Sharia Law does not reflect the needs of my people who are aspiring to

become a modern society.

 

Pro-Islamists are hell bent on spreading their influence & version of

Islam in the region, and are exploiting the plight of the people of

Somaliland. Islamists are the kind of people inspired by a boundless hate

who could even exculpate and excuse the crimes of the Holocaust. They have

scant regard of the dire needs of the Somali people. All they are

interested in is to have their way and are pouring arms and funds to

set-up a pro-Islamic regime in our country and establish more Islamic

proxies throughout the region. Their modus operandi is to take advantage

of people's predicament and impose unsuitable Islamic regimes upon and

unsuspecting people. Somalila nd is doing all it can to be a bulwark

against the spread of Islamic fundamentalism and sees this as an

international issue, thus would appreciate it if your Excellency would use

your good offices & enormous influence in the West, particularly in the

US, to alert them about the portentous/ominous situation developing in

this region, so that they would not remain hapless on-lookers while their

national/international interests are being threatened. I am absolutely

certain that those Arab countries noted above, as well as Iran, will

whip-up Islamic/Arab passion against Somaliland establishing amiable &

strategic partnership with the State of Israel and thus could use this as

a pretext to exacerbate our situation further both inside and outside

Somaliland. However, those countries need to know that my government is

not playing with empty emotions, as they often do, but playing pragmatism

and real politick for the best interest of its people and country. The

people of Somaliland have a daunting and onerous task to overcome their

Islamist adversaries and contain the encroachment of Islamic influence,

considering their strength, however, we are like David facing Goliath, but

then there were an overwhelming odds against Israel when it defeated Arabs

in three major wars. In order to surmount such an onerous task my

government needs the support and assistance of the State of Israel, not

only to defend our nascent state from the menace of pro-Islamist dark

forces, but also in terms of relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of

this devastated country. In this regard my government has a number of

priority areas where your Excellency's assistance is pivotal to the people

of Somaliland, among these are: First, military equipment and counter

insurgency experts. Second, conducting plebiscite on the issue of

independence at the end of next year 1996 or early 1997. Third, relief and

rehabilitation aid as well as development advisers, petroleum and mineral

exploitation expertise. The people of Somaliland have full confidence in

their government and are absolutely behind me in this historic decision of

establishing strategic partnership with the state of Israel and I am

determined to see it come into fruition.

 

Shalom,

I have the honour to remain,

Your Obedient Servant

 

Mohamed Ibrahim Egal

President

Republic of Somaliland

[Gabbal]

WHAT!!? WHAT!!?

 

That is an enemy of Islam!And some of us were more than eager to call that person a president. A leader.! Subxanallah.

 

WHAT? :confused: :mad: :mad:

[Che -Guevara]

Let the dead rest in peace.....Have some respect for the departed!!! I think it is bit of over the top to lambast Muslim and fellow somali, the way you did.....I don't quite see what purpose this article serves, other than to defame fellow somalis!!!

[Modest]

Subhannallah

 

I seem to lost the word/speech.....Since the former President is gone i have too keep my mouth shut and my eyes open and see what happens next.

 

But I must say this is an embarrassment not only for Somaliland and its administration but also greater Somalia and Somalis everywhere.

[Gediid]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

What else will desperate people come up with,that maybe Ina Cigaal liked to cross dress as well.LOL.He was a true leader whose leadership made it possible for people to live in peace and who will forever be remembered by Somalilanders and Somalis alike for leading wisely.May the Almighty rest his Soul in peace.Amiiiiiiiiin

[India]

Amiin Gediid

 

Somaliweyn walahi you should have at least an ounce of decency-but I guess even an ounce is too much to expect.

[General Duke]

Egal is dead, lets leave it at that. But this document is historic as it gives a profile of his character.

[Gediid]

Originally posted by SmithNwestern:

Egal is dead, lets leave it at that. But this document is historic as it gives a profile of his character.

Yeah right like you can even come close to judging him on some fabricated letter.Says so much on what you want to believe.

[Haashim]

I agree with Che Guevra and sNw let the dead people they're with their ALLAH, if they're good they will get their reward otherwise it's upto their ALLAH if he forgive him/her or punish him/her.

Wasalaam

[guraad]

SmithNwestern ,Agree with you in that.

 

 

I posted this facts not to dis-respect the dead man , but to show that somaliland(hargayiesa,berbera,burco) was and still licking for israel to gain regonition. and you all that somaliland is now opening its berbera port for ethiopia(an other enemy of islam and somalia) and for free .

[guraad]

Gediid did you say fabricated letter ? come on man even saudia arabia nows about this fact .

 

Here is the source of the letter, i got it from islamic website , which is not even somali owned.

 

Source: Liberty For the Muslim World

Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 15:54:57 +0000

Email: info@liberty.netkonect.co.uk

Title: Liberty: Somalia Report: From Pres Mohamed Ibrahim Egal to PM Rabin

 

TEXT:

 

Liberty For the Muslim World,

Postal Address: BM Freedom, London WC1N 3XX, U.K.

Tel: 0181-4526210

Fax: 0181-4502019

Mob: 0468298219

 

 

Text of the letter sent by fax to former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak

Rabin by President of the Republic of Somaliland Mohamed Ibrahim Egal.

 

......................... ( And you all know what follows next )

[Gediid]

Originally posted by guraad:

SmithNwestern ,Agree with you in that.

 

 

I posted this facts not to dis-respect the dead man , but to show that somaliland(hargayiesa,berbera,burco) was and still licking for israel to gain regonition. and you all that somaliland is now opening its berbera port for ethiopia(an other enemy of islam and somalia) and for free .

Guraad get a life my man.....Aren't the Arabs making "PEACE" with Isreal or is that ok with you.Ethiopia oh my God I can't believe that you forgot to add here that Somaliland does not get weopons from Ethiopia to kill its people but I'm sure you know that Abdillahi Yusuf ,Morgan n their likes get supplied by Ethiopia to kill fellow Somalis or are you turning a blind eye to that.You see my dear friend words when not used properly can turn upon you.The same Gaalo Ethiopians you mentioned above are the the same ones that support n prop up Abdillahi Yusuf "your hero" if I may add here.

[Xalimo7]

Amazingly, i wasn't trying to respond this thread, since the man is dead, god bless him, but i am not even sure if this a true letter or it is made up story, and what is the point of this information, i don't understand, are you telling somalilanders, we are all what the letter stands for, if that is the reason you are publishing this letter, then you do need to apologize and get a grip to your rumors.

 

see you

[Ladiif]

I just dont see the point of posting such as this post other than creating more hate and animosity among somalis.

 

You said somaliland is licking for Isreal and Ethiopia, and what do you think Puntland is doing and has been doing?

 

Hadii gof unaageyo xabashi iyo intuu Ilaah nacay, waa adeerkaa Cabdullahi Yussuf balse ma arkeysid taas oo wali Ilaah buu kula yahay adi. Before you Accussed others, make sure you aint worse than them!!

[BN]

Gediid,

 

"Somaliand"(Hargeisa, Berbera) government is proped up by the Ethiopian government. Without their support the hargeisa warlords would not survive one day.

 

By the way if you think Puntland is so weak, why not forcibly take SS&H of Puntland? Because you know that they can't. All they can do for the last 5+ years is cry to the world and hope that maybe Britain will come back and help take SS&H. It aint gonna happen!!

 

Just today, more crying:

 

_______________________________________________________________________________

 

Puntland denies interfering in Somaliland's[External] affairs

 

 

NAIROBI, 4 Aug 2003 (IRIN) - The authorities in the self-declared autonomous region of Puntland, northeastern Somalia, have dismissed accusations[Read: Crying] by the neighbouring self-declared republic of Somaliland[Hargeisaland] that they are interfering in Somaliland's internal[sS&H] affairs.

 

A statement issued by the Somaliland[Mafia] authorities on Monday warned Puntland's leader Col Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmad to stay away from the disputed[Puntland] regions of Sool and Sanaag.

 

"We will not tolerate his threats against parts of Sool and Sanaag regions," it said, adding that Abdullahi Yusuf "will bear full responsibility for the consequences" of his actions.[5+ of the same whining and crying...]

 

But Dahir Mire Jibril, a spokesman for Abdullahi Yusuf, told IRIN that Puntland "does not consider Sool and Sanaag as part of Somaliland".

 

"Sool and Sanaag are part and parcel of Puntland, and the people there do not consider themselves part of Somaliland[Hargeisaland]," he stressed.

 

Dahir added that the recent[Corrupt&Bogus] elections in Somaliland "during which no voting took place in either region[sS&H], are proof of that".

 

He warned the Somaliland authorities "not to foment instability in these stable regions".

 

Both Somaliland and Puntland claim the two regions, which geographically fall within the borders of the former British Somaliland, but where most of the resident clans are associated with Puntland.

 

Source: IRIN, Aug 04, 03