Somaliland Militia unleash new aggression in Buuhoodle Region

[A_Khadar]

Northern Somali Unionist Movement (NSUM)

NSUM PRESS RELEASE

1 februari 2011

Somaliland Militia unleash new aggression in Buuhoodle Region

 

Spawned by the terrorist organisation inappropriately called the Somali National Movement (SNM), the

one-clan secessionist entity calling itself Somaliland has remained true to its genesis. Ever since they

laid their hands on the weapons left behind by the disintegrated Somali national army after the collapse

of the Somali State in 1991, waging war or unleashing terror against unionist clans in the north(former

British Somaliland) has become their hallmark. Chasing the mirage of recognition, no means to achieve

it has been excluded.. Thus, their first target and victim was the western Awdal region. And once this

area was brought by force under their hegemony, it was the turn of the regions of Sool, Sanaag and

Cayn (SSC)- regions that are technically part of Puntland but betrayed by its administration, letting

Somaliland's militia capture Lascanod, the regional capital, in October 2007. The incalculable human,

social and economic disaster they caused continue to linger.

The struggle between the SSC resistance to the occupation and to the forced secession and the militia of

the occupying secessionist entity has entered a new and dangerous turn since Ahmed Mohamed

Mohamoud (Siilaanyo) was elected "president" of the enclave in July 2010. Hitherto, the conflict did

not affect the peaceful coexistence among the SSC clans and neighbouring clans hailing from the

secessionist heartland. All that unfortunately has changed to the detriment of the ordinary people on the

both sides of the clan and regional divide.

What Siilaanyo has brought, apart from jumpstarting the quest for recognition, was an explicit new

policy in which his clan is used as auxiliary forces in support of their militia. Their use is not only to

fight alongside their militia against the SSC resistance but also to attack the non-combatant SSC

nomads. Ethnic-cleansing, occupying new territory and weakening the support to the resistance are the

driving forces behind Siilaanyo's new strategy to bring the SSC to heal. This strategy is doomed to

failure and all it can achieve is to poison the long enduring peace among clans. It is easy to start clan

conflict as Somali history attests to, but it is difficult to end it once the genie of tit-for-tat clan vendetta

is out of the bottle. That is the heritage that Siilaanyo in his old age will bequeath these long suffering

people.

In the latest assault on the defenders of Buuhoodle, Somaliland's militia and supporting clan auxiliaries

have kidnapped 18 SSC nomads and taken them to Burco as "prisoners". If that was not a war crime,

they went further and paraded them on the local television in contravention of the Geneva Convention.

Sadly, this is only one episode in this unravelling tragedy in which ordinary people on both sides will be

the main victims. For the defenders of SSC, no price is high enough to defend their land and their

inalienable right to remain part of Somalia. For the aggressors, they will gain nothing but hate and the

loss of the invaluable peace they hitherto enjoyed.

It therefore behoves the international community, and in particular those who wield leverage over the

secessionists, to counsel them to end their secession for the benefit of all Somalia, north and south, but

as a minimum to get out of the SSC regions in which they have no right to occupy. The SSC regions and people are part of Somalia and it is the responsibility of the TFG to speak up and condemn this

aggression against its territory and its people by the secessionists. It may not have the force to face the

secessionists but it should mobilise international support to minimise their damage until such time as a

future strong Somali government can deal with this one- clans secession once and for all.

NSUM Executive Committee

[NGONGE]

^^ Why do I get the feeling the NSUM "Executive Committee" is just one man and his Blackberry? (not even PC I bet)

 

unleash indeed!

[A_Khadar]

^^ Did you read all first?

 

FYI, they are a lot more than 1 man, and watch out some of them are your neighbors..

[NGONGE]

^^ I read every single word, saaxib. Of course, seeing that I support SL (not to mention that the so called "auxiliary forces" forces are my kin) I am, understandbly, not going to be considered the most objective person here. However, my gripe is not with the content itself (that is a point of debate between us), my problem is with the delivery. It's as subtle as a Froole speach, which is what led me to think this stuff was written by some irate man with a handy Blackberry. If, however, you say there is more than one person dee ragga la tali, saaxib. Ask them to sack their statement writers.

[A_Khadar]

Check their website http://www.n-sum.org/. I see your point. Possibly they may lack Guru writer but the important part is conving their message. Well done.

[Jacaylbaro]

Bacaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaac ..

[Somalina]

Xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka Federaalka oo Cambaareyey Dagaalkii Kalshaale

 

 

Xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka Federaalka ee Soomaaliya ee kasoo jeeda gobolada Sool iyo Ceyn ayaa si aad ah u canbaareeyay dagaalkii dhowaan deegaanka Kalshaale ee gobolka Ceyn ku dhexmaray ciidamada Somaliland iyo dad degaanka.

 

Cabdi Maxamed Cali oo kamid ah Xildhibaanada Baarlamaanka Soomaliya ee kasoo jeeda deegaanada Sool,Sanaag iyo Ceyn oo u waramayay Horseed Media ayaa ku eedeeyay dagaalkaasi inay Somaliland ku doonayso inay isaga horkeento beelihii dhowaan ku dagaalamay deegaanka Kalshaale oo uu sheegay inay yihiin dad walaalo ah oo wax walba ay ka dhaxayso.

 

”…Inta Calanka buluuga ah ee Soomaaliya ay saaranyihiin way ka xunyihiin maleeshiyada kooxda goosashada ama burburinta qaranka Soomaaliya,waxayna gaysteen xasuuq si ay isaga horkeenaan beelaha walaalaha ah ee wada dega Buuhoodle iyo Burco…”,ayuu yiri Xildhibaanka.

 

Arintaan ayuu ku tilmaamay Xildhibaanka inay salka ku hayso kadib markii ay shacabka degaanka Buuhoodle ay diideen inay ka go’aan Soomaaliya isagoona si gaar ah ugu eedeeyay Madaxweyne Axmed Maxamed Siilaanyo inuu uu barakicinayo dadka dega gobolada Sool,Sanaag iyo Ceyn ayna dadka deegaanadaasi ay si nabad ah ay ugu dhexnoolaadaan.

 

Waxaana Xildhibaanka sidoo kale uu sheegay in dhibaatooyinka soo noqnoqday ee u dhaxeeya beelaha dega magaalooyinka Burco iyo Buuhoodle in loo baahanyahay inay qaab wadahadal ay ku dhameeyaan.

 

Dhowaan ayay ahayd markii degaanka Kalshaale ay Ciidamo ka tirsan maamulka Somaliland soo weerareen,iyadoo weerarkaas uu ka dhashey khasaaro dhimasho iyo dhaawac.

 

Horseed Media

[A_Khadar]

Sidii qoof caadiya u hadal.. Civility is an asset.

[Taleexi]

The linguistic aspect of the piece can be critiqued and, open to a debate but its message and essence is what matters most. And the secessionist cult the likes of JB, XX and, Ng may never foresee or grasp that all parties in the conflict, a friend and foe alike, will come to negotiation table when everyone is in much more worse situation than he/she is today. We shall wait and see that day and listen to what JB’s kinfolk have to say.

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

What aggression an armed rebel group attacked the national army of the country opening fire on a Military vehicle what did you expect the Somaliland army would do ? Any how the rebels learned their lesson not to attack the national army when they are patrolling the buhooodle region

[A_Khadar]

;) Really XX.. Ma hubtaa sheekadaaa that they learned their lesson. Armuu aamus xigaa faataa bakhdaadani???