Puntland Forces Fired Warninig Shorts At British Warship Off Somali Coast

[Jiiroow Bakaal]

Security forces of Somalia’s breakaway region of Puntland said on Saturday that they have fired at a British warship that anchored near the coastline of the semi-autonomous region.

 

 

 

The provincial commissioner of Sanaag region, Mohanmud Dabayl said the war ship sailed towards Laasqoray, a strategic port town in the North of Somalia which is part of a territory disputed by the Puntland and Somaliland authorities.

 

 

 

"The ship appeared to have been misdirected and its captain may have been told that Laasqoray is part of Somaliland. It was sailing towards Laasqoray” Dabayl told the local media in Bosaso.

 

 

 

He said Puntland authorities fired warning shots after it emerged that the warship entered their territory without priori notification, an issue regional officials said is a violation of territorial sovereignty.

 

 

 

“Our security forces fired warning shots towards the ship because it was sailing through the coast off Puntland. The fire warning was to tell the crew that they were not in the territorial waters of Somaliland” he added

 

 

 

The regional commissioner said Puntland security personnel netted one person who was waving the flag of the self declared republic of Somaliland at the time when the ship was fired at.

 

 

 

Reports indicated that earlier last week, a British warship have crossed into Somaliland’s port city of Berbera where President Ahmed Silanyo reportedly met British officials on board the ship.

 

 

 

The ship is believed to be a patrol ship that is part of the western-led anti-piracy initiatives along the dangerous coast off Somalia.

 

 

 

Somaliland and Puntland are engaged in a longstanding border dispute particularly along the borders of the controversial Sool, Sanaag and Ceyn regions in the central north of Somalia.

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Jiroow, The UK government has always sided with the Northwestern Secessionists in hopes of reviving its nostalgic colonial relationship. Even the UN has at one time lodged complaint against this lopsided position as factors engendering a hostile environment & posture on the side of the Northeastern Unionists, that means the main inhabitants of Sanaag & Sool regions of Somalia.

[Jacaylbaro]

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[Som@li]

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[Jacaylbaro]

Puntland Forces Fired Warninig

Shorts

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Puntland forced fired warning shots at British warship off the long Sanaag coast of Somalia

[Jacaylbaro]

I like siduu kan warfaafinta Bugland ugu celcelinayo "Dadka deegaanka maaha ee waa anaga kuwa rasaasta ku riday"

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BRITISH NAVY IN DANGEROUS ACTION OFF NORTHERN COAST OF SOMALIA

Written by ECOP-marine

Monday, 11 July 2011 10:42

AFRICA 11 July 2011. British Royal Navy warship entangled in domestic affairs skirmish.

 

A British warship allegedly having the commander of the Somaliland navy and some of his soldiers on board attracted on Saturday serious military fire when it came close to the shore off Laasqoray, the coastal town of **********land at the Somali shores of the Gulf of Aden. From the foreign warship reportedly one amphibious vessel and two commando boats were launched with the intent to land on the beach.

 

Local officials, observers and media reported the incident as an unprecedented provocation and attack on the sovereignty of Somalia and specifically of the ********** territory.

 

Reports indicated earlier last week that a British warship had come to Somaliland’s port city of Berbera where President Ahmed Silanyo reportedly met British officials on board the vessel.

 

The ship is believed to be a patrol ship that is part of the western-led anti-piracy initiatives along the coasts of Somalia.

 

While neither EU NAVFOR nor the British navy reported the incident, security forces of Somalia’s breakaway region of Puntland confirmed that they had fired towards a British warship near the coast.

 

The political background is the long-standing fight between the former British colony of Somaliland in the Northwest of Somalia, which today prefers to be an independent, though internationally not recognized breakaway republic and Puntland, the federal regional state of Somalia, located to the north-east.

 

Between these two blocks, the land of the ********** and further south the Dulbahante homeland form a buffer zone, which regularly sees skirmishes over the control for these areas, which also contain oil- and other mineral concessions, being fought over between the two blocks.

 

Somaliland and Puntland are engaged in this long-standing border dispute particularly along the borders of the Sool, Sanaag and Ceyn regions located in the central north of Somalia since 1992.

 

The latest incident now involved a British naval vessel on a mission with an obviously pro-Somaliland agenda which was countered by forces loyal to the Puntland government as well as by those of the local ********** governance.

 

The provincial commissioner of Sanaag region, Mohamud Dabayl said the war ship sailed towards Laasqoray, a strategic port town in the North of Somalia which is part of a territory disputed by the Puntland and Somaliland authorities.

 

"The ship appeared to have been misdirected and its captain may have been told that Laasqoray would be part of Somaliland. It was sailing towards Laasqoray” Dabayl told the local media in Bosaso.

 

He said Puntland authorities fired warning shots after it emerged that the warship entered their territory without prior notification, an issue regional officials said is a violation of territorial sovereignty and international law.

 

“Our security forces fired warning shots towards the ship because it was sailing through the coast of Puntland. The warning was to tell the crew that they were not in the territorial waters of Somaliland” he added.

 

According to the local Hiraan media, the regional commissioner said Puntland security personnel had arrested one person from the ship who was waving the flag of the self declared republic of Somaliland at the time when the warning shots were fired.

 

Local observers reported that though heavier weapons including RPGs and also small arms fire were directed against the British naval contingent and three of the Somaliland soldiers, who had landed from the British ship on the beach, were arrested, nobody got hurt.

[NASSIR]

Somalia: Puntland Condemns Provocative Incident at Laasqoray

10 Jul 10, 2011 - 2:30:44 PM

 

PRESS RELEASE| On 9 July, Puntland security forces at Las Korey coast fired warning shots on unidentified foreign soldiers who landed on the coast using small boats and an amphibious Armed Personnel Carrier (APC).

 

The foreign soldiers withdrew to the sea without firing back.

 

Puntland Government sources later revealed the foreign soldiers had disembarked from a British Royal Navy warship and were accompanied by Somaliland military officers, including a man identified as Berbera-based Somaliland Coastguard commander Admiral Ahmed Aw Osman.

 

British naval personnel landed on the Las Korey coast without the permission of Puntland Government. It has since been revealed that the British naval warship was misled by Somaliland authorities, who provided false information that Las Korey town is controlled by Somaliland forces.

 

The incident created high tensions inside Las Korey town, as Puntland security forces fired warning shots.

 

The Government of Puntland strongly condemns the actions of Somaliland authorities that potentially compromise the peace and stability of northern Somalia.

 

This act of foreign public opinion manipulation is unacceptable for good neighborly relations and mutual coexistence to strengthen regional security and stability.

 

Furthermore, the Puntland Government welcomes the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the British Royal Navy’s immediate and direct communication with Puntland officials to clarify this regrettable misunderstanding.

 

Finally, the Government of Puntland calls on Somaliland authorities to respect neighborly relations and to refrain from similar actions in the future, as Somaliland has previously attacked Puntland regions.

 

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Communications Office

The Puntland Presidency

Puntland State of Somalia

E-mail: info@puntland-gov.net

Web: www.puntland-gov.net

[Som@li]

Jacaylbaro;733221 wrote:

I like siduu kan warfaafinta Bugland ugu celcelinayo "Dadka deegaanka maaha ee waa anaga kuwa rasaasta ku riday"

They are trying to take credit for this incident, attention seekers!