Saalax Posted February 17, 2011 Dawlada Mareykanka”waa la maxkamadeyn karaa Gen Cali Samatar,dawlada Soomaaliyana ma aqoonsanin” Abdulkadir / February 16, 2011 Virginia Feb 17 11-(SDN)-Xaakim ka hawlgala mid ka mid ah maxkamadaha gobolka Virginia ee dalka Mareykanka ayaa xukmisay in la maxkamadeyn karo wasiirkii hore ee gaashaandhiga ee dalka Soomaaliya Maxamed Cali Samatar. Cali Samatar ayaa hore maxkamadi u xukmisay in uu heysto damaanaqaad diplomaasiyadeed oo cid walba ka hor joogsaneysa in ay maxkamadeyso. Gooanka xaakimka Virginia ayaa noqonaya mid burinaya goaankii hore,waana goaan taariikhiya . Labada dhibane ee dacwada ku soo oogay Gen Maxamed Cali Samater ayaa ku eedeynaya in kol kuu ahaa Wasiirka Gaashaandhiga Soomaaliya xiligii sideetamaadkii in uu amray tacadiyo ciidamada dawladu u geysteen shacab Soomaaliyeed oo ku noolaa goboladii Woqooyiga Soomaaliya oo iminka la yidhaa Somaaliland. Dacwada cali Samatar oo mudo lix sanadooda socotey ayaa 2007dii xaakim Leonie Brinkema xugmisay in aan Gen Samatar la maxkamadeyn karyn bacdamaa uu ahaa masuul dawladeed,balse racfaan ay eedeeyeyaashu goaanka ka qaateen ayaa la horgeeyay maxkamada sare ee Mareykanaka oo dib ugu celisay dacwada xaakim Leonie Brinkema si baaritaan dheeraad ah ay u sameyso. Goaanka xaakim Leonie Brinkema ayaa yimi ka dib kolkii todobaadkan ay wasaarada arrimaha dibadda ee Mareykanku sheegtay in Soomaaliya leheyn dawlad la aqoonsan yahay oo Cali Samatar u dalabta codsi Diplomaasiyadeed. Abdiaziz Diiye oo ah mid ka mid ah dhibaneyaasha dacwada ku soo oogay Cali Samatar ayaa sheegay in uu ku faraxsan yahay goaanka,isla markaana aanu sugi karin xiliga maxkamadu bilaabaneyso. Qareenka Gen Cali Samatar ayaa sheegay in ay heli doonaan sababo kale oo ay ku difaacaan Cali Samatar,bacdamaa aaney Maxkamadu iminka goaan ka qaadan karyn dhacdo 20 sanao ka hor ka dhacday dal aan Mareykanka aheyn. SDN-Ottawa Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Xaaji Xunjuf Posted February 17, 2011 Good stuff danbiile dagaal wa in la maxkamadeya Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saalax Posted February 17, 2011 After 6 years, judge denies immunity for former Somali prime minister now living in US By Matthew Barakat Wednesday, February 16, 2011 Former Somali PM Mohamed Ali Samantar MCLEAN, Va. — A judge has denied legal immunity to a former Somali prime minister now living in northern Virginia who is accused in a federal lawsuit of torture and war crimes. The judge's ruling, issued Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, represents a significant reversal in the case against Mohamed Ali Samantar, who was a defence minister and prime minister of Somalia in the 1980s during the regime of dictator Siad Barre. Two Somali men filed the lawsuit against Samantar in 2004, alleging that he oversaw abuses committed as part of the government's campaign of repression against the ***** clan in the northern part of the country. But the case has languished in courts for more than six years. In 2007, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema dismissed the case and determined that Samantar was entitled to immunity under federal law. But last year, the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to Brinkema for further deliberation on whether Samantar deserved immunity. Brinkema changed course this week after receiving a rare "statement of interest" from the State Department which said Samantar should not be entitled to immunity. The State Department reasoned that Samantar was not qualified for immunity because there is no recognized government in Somalia that can request immunity on his behalf. Brinkema had requested guidance from the State Department back in 2006 and 2007 when she made her initial determination, but the State Department, then under the administration of George W. Bush, never provided any guidance. The Center for Justice and Accountability, which filed the lawsuit against Samantar on the plaintiffs' behalf, said it is extremely unusual for the State Department to issue a statement of interest that recommends against immunity. While the government determined that Samantar ought not be granted immunity, it made clear in its legal filing that it takes no view on whether the lawsuit against Samantar has merit. Aziz Deria, one of the two plaintiffs who alleges that his father and other family members were killed by forces directed Samantar, said he is looking forward to the day when Samantar will have to answer his accusers in court. Deria said he pursued the prosecution despite large pockets of opposition in the Somali-American community, which does not want to dredge up the past, or remembers Samantar as a military hero in Somalia's war against Ethiopia. "He was a great military man, and a lot of people respect him," Deria, 46, said in a phone interview from Washington state. "But at the end of the day, he used the same army that he used to defeat Ethiopia to defeat his own people." Samantar's lawyer, Joseph Peter Drennan, is now seeking to dismiss the lawsuit on other grounds. Drennan said Samantar denies the allegations, and Drennan said that a U.S. court is not the place to settle inherently political questions of who was right and who was wrong in a civil war more than two decades old. Drennan also said the lawsuit seeks to hold Samantar accountable for alleged atrocities committed against the ***** clan without any direct evidence that Samantar participated in those abuses. "He appears to be the target of this litigation mainly because he was a diplomat in the Siad Barre government and because he happens to live here" in the U.S., Drennan said. Source: Canadian Press Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
General Duke Posted February 17, 2011 The Ali Samatar show should come to an end. Once and for all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Qaranki Posted February 17, 2011 The State Department reasoned that Samantar was not qualified for immunity because there is no recognized government in Somalia that can request immunity on his behalf. Finally a confirmation that the TFG is practically worthless, with no power whatsoever. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
