Hargaysa: Somaliland releases Russian crew - loot uniforms equipment..so much for the bravado

[Saalax]

Mayaani;684601 wrote:

Bililiqo cad baa meesha ka dhacday....

 

 

Mac Sonker. At the end of the day it's Pirateland's fault their equipment's got consficated.

[Timur]

Like the others said, Saracen lost the equipment and will refund it immediately. But kudos to Khatland for scoring professional uniforms, I know they got tired of outfitting their militia with UN donated uniforms from abandoned peacekeeping missions.

[Abdirazak_PTL]

Its such a disgrace that at an OFFICIAL level biliqo ka socdo ma ahan marka ugu horeyso arintan. They did same thing to sri lankan captain and asked him to pay $2 million dollar fine to release a ship in berbera. The sad part of it is. If their mamul is doing it imagine what their citizens are doing? its THUGGERY and THUGGERY at an OFFICIAL level which makes it even worse.

 

Somaliland and its hoo-rah about arms embargo is ridiculous when they only caught uniforms, boots, and military gear. The arms embargo is against ARMS but the qowdhan dont know the difference lama yaabo. What I am more suprised about is why is Puntland not responding about this at an official level. Usually looting marku dhaco at an official level it requires an OFFICIAL response

[Abdirazak_PTL]

Somaliland frees Russians over weapons for Puntland

 

Three Russians are among six air crew freed in Somalia's breakaway Somaliland territory a day after they were jailed for arms smuggling, officials say.

 

The Russian foreign ministry said it had intervened to "clarify the situation and settle the incident".

 

Their aircraft was seized earlier this month carrying military equipment bound for the neighbouring semi-autonomous state of Puntland.

 

The company behind the flight, Saracens International, denied it was illegal.

 

Initial reports said all six of the crew were Russian but the Itar-Tass news agency says only three were Russian citizens.

 

The nationality of the other three remains unclear.

 

A court in the Somaliland capital, Hargeisa, on Thursday sentenced the six to a year in jail and fined them $500 (£320) for supplying military equipment to an enemy.

 

The uniforms and mines which were found on board the aircraft were confiscated by the court.

 

Reports say the Russians were told that if they paid a larger fine they would serve a shorter sentence.

 

Some South African journalists on the plane, which had landed without permission in Hargeisa to refuel, were released earlier.

 

BBC Africa analyst Martin Plaut says that this is a very murky case and that many elements of it are unclear.

 

Disputed territory

 

After the crew were arrested the interior minister of Somaliland, Mohamed Abdi Gaboosi, said the cargo was in violation of the United Nations arms embargo on Somalia.

 

Saracens - a private military contractor, which is based in Uganda and South Africa - told the BBC at the time that the cargo was destined for its operation in Puntland, where it is training an anti-piracy force.

 

Somaliland declared itself independent from Somalia in the early 1990s, but is not internationally recognised. It is relatively stable, unlike the rest of Somalia, and organises regular elections.

 

However, it has a border dispute with Puntland and the two security forces occasionally clash.

 

Unlike Somaliland, Puntland says it does not seek recognition as an independent entity, wishing instead to be part of a federal Somalia.

 

Somalia has not had an effective national government since 1991.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12100049

[oba hiloowlow]

Saalax;684612 wrote:

Mac Sonker. At the end of the day it's Pirateland's fault their equipment's got consficated.

lool oo kan waaba xalaaleysana miyaa

[Mr. Somalia]

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