Qaranki

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    Don't you think? I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen him review it or base one of his articles on it.

     

    One wonders why he places so much emphasis on what this foreigner writes as opposed to what the collective Somali population has gone through. Should the the injustices that have been inflicted on every clan by every clan go unheard if there is a book which looks at only one's family's suffering?

     

    http://www.wardheernews.com/book-review-clan-cleansing-somalia-ruinous-legacy-1991/

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    A very informative piece on what's taking place in Turkey - http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2013/06/talking-turkey/

     

    But – and this is what it is never in the interest of Western politicians to understand – Government bad does not equal protestors good. A very high proportion – more than the British public realise by a very long way – of those protesting in the streets are off the scale far right nationalists of a kind that make the BNP look cuddly and Nigel Farage look like Tony Benn. Kemalism – the worship of Ataturk and a very unpleasant form of military dominated nationalism – remains very strong indeed in Istanbul. Ataturk has a very strong claim, ahead of Mussolini, to be viewed as the inventor of modern fascism

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    A_Khadar;943447 wrote:
    Beautiful and very nationalistic asnwer.. The man has a principle..

    True, however he provides a good distinction to the nationalism practised by Cali Khilaaf Galaydh, which he points out.

     

    Samatar - "Labaatan sanno ayaan ku jiray inaan ka soo shaqeeyo Somaliweyn, imika anigoo taa iloowsanayn, bal Somalia ha ii yaro fadhidee, bal inaan isku dayo inaan Somaliland iyo intii taagtayda ahaa inaan soo ogaado halkay marayaan, dhibaatohooda, wanaaga, markaa inaan tamartayda iyo oodkayga kuu biiriyo..."

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    Listening to the opening stages of the interview and I have to say what has been reported looks like it has been exaggerated.

     

    So far in the interview Samatar has said he was invited by the UK govt to write a paper on who he regards as the stakeholders of Somalia, resigned from the parliament, looking to go to his home town of Gabiley + go to Puntland as well as he doesn't want to confine himself to Xamar.....

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    I’m perplexed.

     

    The Khatumo ideology dictates that the holy land of Khatumo was the birthplace of Somali nationalism and the state of Somalia itself, with the struggle of creating a ‘Greater Somalia’ still ongoing, therefore any politician who traces their lineage back the clan which inhabits this area CANNOT pledge allegiance to anything but the blue flag and legitimise the ‘infidel borders’ of the British.

     

    So why are some happy with a woman who has done exactly that but angry against others who have done the same thing?

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    Che -Guevara;937621 wrote:
    "Somalia however still owes some $352 million to the Fund"

     

    Really?

    As the article says "relations broke after the civil war in the 90s", meaning when there was last a recognised government - Barre's regime.

     

    All the things people say Barre did that made the country 'great' or his government 'did' for the people, do you think that money came from thin air or fell down from trees? All those who governed from independence up until the collapse of Barre's regime in 91 consisted of begging for money from the IMF, the World Bank, or whatever superpower it was client to.

     

    I read an article the other day which said the UN has assigned some lawyers for the Arab states which had leaders deposed so that they can go after all the money stashed away in bank accounts across the world, I think the Somalia government should ask for such assistance, you never know how much money could be out there, it'll help pay of that debt.