MOMBASSA: Madaxweynaha Somalia oo ka codsaday Madaxweynaha Kenya in dowladda loo gacan geliyo shisheeyaha... Posted to the Web Jan 03, 07:01 Mombassa (PP) - Kulankii ay ku yeesheen Magaalada Mombassa ee dalka Kenya Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed iyo Madaxweynaha Kenya Mwai Kibaki ayaa waxay ka soo saareen go'aanno ku saabsan xaaladda dalka Soomaaliya. Kulankaan ayaa waxay labada madaxweyne isku garteen in la qaboojiyo xaaladda dalka Soomaaliya ka taagan maadaama ay dowladda Federaalka gacanta ku dhigtay dalka Soomaaliya oo dhan isla markaana meesha laga saaray Madaxdii Maxkamadaha. Madaxweynaha Kenya Mwai Kibaki ayaa qoraal uu soo saaray shirka kaddib ku sheegay in loo baahan yahay in kooxaha Soomaalida ee dagaallada lugta ku leh ay joojiyana dagaallada isla markaana wax walba lagu dhameeyo nabad iyo wadahadal, waxaana uu sheegay in dowladdiisu ay taageersan tahay dowladda Federaalka Soomaalyia. Madaxweynayaasha ayaa kulankoodan wuxuu yiri kaddib markii ay booliiska dalkaas sheegeen inay gacanta ku dhigeen kooxo shisheeye ah oo gacan ka siinayay Maxkamadaha dagaalladii ka dhacay gudaha Soomaaliya ee ay dowladdu ku xoog roonaatay. Yuusuf oo ah Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya ayaa isagu ka codsaday Madaxweynaha dalka Kenya inay xiraan xuduudda dalkooda, si ay uga gaashaantaan inay soo galaan dalkooda kooxihii laga eryay Somalia, waxaana uu sidoo kale ka codsday in lagu soo wareejiyo Dowladda Somalia kooxaha hadda la qabtay. Inksatoo aysan Kenya wax hadal ah ka keenin codsiga Madaxweyne Yuusuf ayaan haddana la garanayn siday ka yeeli doonto kooxaha ay booliiska dalka Kenya sheegeen inay qabteen ayna su'aalo weydiinayaan. Maxamed Xuseen Jantiile Wakiilka Puntlandpost - Mogadishu E-mail: puntlandpostmog@hotmail.com

The man lacks the art of speaking all together. It is a set back for him personally. The TFG will have to do more to calm the people down. Even staunch supporters can not accept this type of comments.

Even Shabbele is on the act.. Hussains gaffe is a big one. Afhayeenka DFS oo fikir shaqsiyadeed ku tilmaamay hadalkii Xuseen ceydiid Baydhabo 03, Jan.07 ( Sh.M.Network) – Afhayeenka dowladda KMG ah ee Somalia, C/raxmaan Diinaari ayaa hadaladii uu RW K/xigeenka dowladda Somalia ku sheegay in ay mid noqonayaan dowladaha Somalia iyo Ethiopia ku tilmaamay fikir isaga u gaar ah oo uu qabo. C/raxmaan Diinaari ayaa waxa uu sheegay in arinka ku aadan in labada dalka ee Somalia iyo ethiopia in mid laga dhigo ay ka go'an tahay shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Isagoo la hadlayay idaacadda Shabelle, ayaa Diinaari waxa uu sheegay in hadalka ka soo yeeray Xuseen Ceydiid uu yahay mid isaga u gaar ah, isla markaana aan la joogin waqti laga hadlo barnaamijyo nuucaasi oo kale ah. Hadalka ka soo yeeray RW K/xigeenka ama wasiirka arimaha gudaha Xuseen Ceydiid ayaa caro badan ka dhex dhaliyay shacabka Soomaaliyeed, iyadoo dadku intiisa badan ay wali hadal hayaan wararka ka soo yeeray Xuseen Ceydiid. Xuseen Ceydiid oo shalay kulan la qaatay odayaal dhaqameedyo Soomaaliyeed ayaa waxa uu sheegay in ay qorsheynayaan in ay baabi'iyaan xuduuda u dhaxeysa Somalia iyo Ethiopia, isla markaana la qaato hal baasaboor, lana sameeyo hal dhaqaale iyo hal ciidan oo isku dhaf ah. Shabelle Media Network Baay E-mail us: info@shabelle.net

Mombasa: Madaxweyneyaasha Kenya iyo Soomaaliya oo ka wada hadlay arrimaha Soomaaliya Arbaco, January 03, 2007 Mombasa(Allpuntland)-Madaxweynaha dalka Soomaaliya Md. C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed oo maalintii shalay gaaray magaalada xeebta ah ee Mombasa ayaa halkaasi kula kulmay dhigiisa dalka Kenya Mwai Kibaki, iyagoo ka wada hadlay arimaha dalka Soomaaliya, iyadoo kulankaasi uu ahaa mid wadatashi ah sidii loo joojin lahaa colaadaha ka jira dalka Soomaaliya. Madaxweyne C/llaahi Yuusuf Axmed ayaa intii uu socday kulankaasi waxaa uu warbixin ka siiyay howlgaladii ay ku cirib tirayeen kooxaha maxkamadaha Islaamiga isagoo u sheegay in dowladdiisa ay la wareegtay guud ahaan dalka Soomaaliya. Md. Yuusuf ayaa dowladda Kenya ugu mahad celiyay dadaalka dib u heshiisiin ee ay u gashay sidii Soomaaliya cagaheeda isu taagi laheyd iyo taageerada ay dowladda Kenya siiso shacabka Soomaaliyeed, wuxuuna ka codsaday Madaxweynaha Kenya in dalkiisa uu ku dhiiri geliyo ururka Midowga Afrika iyo urur goboleedka IGAD in ay ku taageeraan dowladda Soomaaliya sidii ay u heli lahaayeen tababaro ciidan. Gelinkii danbe ee shalay ayaa magaalada Mombasa waxaa lagu qabtay kulan looga hadlayey amniga xuduudaha dalka Soomaaliya iyo Kenya sidii loo adkeyn lahaa iyadoo laga hortagayo in gudaha dalka Kenya ay u soo gudbaan madaxda maxkamadaha Islaamiga ee laga awood roonaaday. Cali Sandheere Allpuntland, Muqdisho

Nairobi: Dawladda Kenya oo sheegtay inaan qaxootinimo laga aqbalayn 10 nin oo ay qabatay sababtoo ah... Arboco, January 03, 2007 Nairobi(AllPuntland)- Markii midowga maxkamadaha laga saaray magaalada Kismaayo oo ah halkii ugu danbaysay ee ay haysteen ayaa waxaa maxkamadaha iyo ajnabi la sheegay inay u dagaallameeynba ay u baxsadeen xudduudda dalka Kenya. War kasoo baxay waaxda xudduudaha dalka Kenya ayaa sheegtay in 10ka nin ee ay gacanta ku dhigeen ay sheegteen inay rabaan inay qaxootinimo u galaan Kenya, hase ahaatee dawladda Kenya ay diidday inay qaxooti ahaan u diiwan galiso kadib markii lagu arkay lacago aad u fara badan oo ay boorsooyin ku wateen. Kenya ayaa shaki wayn ka qabta in raggaasi ay yihiin masuuliyiinta maxkamadaha u qaabilsanayd dhinaca dhaqaalaha, ayadoo baaritaan lagu wado lacagaha ay boorsooyinka ku wateen. Masuul kale oo u hadlay dawladda Soomaaliya ayaa sheegay in raggan xabsiga Kenya lagu sii hayn doono tan iyo inta maxakamad Soomaaliyeed la mariyo. Laba nin oo watay baasaboorka dalka Canada ayaa kamid ahaa ragga la hayo, ayadoo dawladda Canada ay sheegtay in rag haysta dhalashada Canada oo dhowr ah ay wali la'adahay inay Soomaaliya joogan iyo inkale. Dhinaca kale dawladda Itoobiya ayaa si kama ah u duqaysay xudduudda Kenya , ayadoo lasheegayo in wax waxyeello ah aysan duqayntaasi gaysan. Madaxwaynaha Soomaaliya C/laahi Yuusuf ayaa wali shir kula jira dalka Kenya masuuliyiinta sar sare ee Kenya, arimaha la isla soo qaadayna waxaa kamid ah xaaladaha ugu danbeyay ee dalka . CCC Farayaamo AllPuntland

BAYDHABO: Afhayeenka Dowladda C/raxmaan Diinaari oo sheegay in siyaasadda Dowladda uusan ku qotomin hadalkii.... Posted to the Web Jan 03, 07:02 Baydhabo (PP) - Afhayeenka dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya C/raxmaan Nuur Maxamed (Diinaari) ayaa daboolka ka qaaday saakay in hadalkii ka soo yeeray Wasiirka Arrrimaha Gudaha Xuseen Caydiid uusan ahayn mid ku qotoma siyaasadda Dowladd. Afhayeenku wuxuu sheegay in hadalkaas ka soo baxay Xusee Caydiid shalay ee ahaa in dalalka Soomaaliya iyo Ethiopia la isku darayo ay tahay mid ku eg fikirkiisa, balse aanu ahayn mid ay qabto Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya. "Hadalka Wasiirka Gudaha ee Soomaaliya Xuseen Caydiid uu shalay ka sheegay Muqdisho ma ahan mid ku qotoma siyaasadda Dowldda, balse waa hadal uu iskii isaga yiri, waxaana caddeynayaa in dowladdu aysan siyaasad ahaan xilligaan ahayn mid doonaysa in la isku daro Soomaaliya iyo Ethiopia" ayuu yiri C/raxmaan DIinaari oo hadal dheer siiyay BBC-da qaybta Afka Ingiriiska. C/raxmaan Diinaari ayaa hadalkiisa sii daba dhigay: "Dowladda Federaalka Soomaaliya siyaasadeedu waa mid ku qotonta fikradaha labada gole, mana ahan in dunidu ay ka dhigo hadal fikir ah mid siyaasadda dowladda ku qotoma". sidoo kale Afhayeenka Dowladda wuxuu sheegay in Xuseen Caydiid uu yahay xubin ka tirsan Dowladda uuna fikirkiisa sheegi karo balse aanay ahayn fikradda ay qabto Dowladda Federaalka. "Dowladda Federaalka fikradaheeda waxay ku soo bandhigtaa si sharciyeysan, waxaana marka hore ansixin looga dalbaa labada gole ee Dowladda dabadeedna waxaa laga sii daayaa warbaahinta" ayuu hadalkiisa ku yiri Afhayeenka Dowladda C/raxmaan Nuur Maxmaed (Diinaari) oo warbixintaas ka bixiyay xarunta dowladda ee Baydhabo. Maxamed Xuseen Jantiile Wakiilka Puntlandpost - Mogadishu E-mail: puntlandpostmog@hotmail.com

^^Camir thanks for the update, though Geedi has every right to name certain positions, such as who runs the port and so on. From my knowledge Abdiqasin fled a week or so ago when there was no progress on Baidoa front. The disarmamament plan is still on schedule, with the AU troops on their way.

^^^Rudy, the TFG is gonna relocate to Mogadishu soon insha Allah.

^^^Horn listen to his comments on the BBC, the man is talking rubish. Remmeber when he said that Baidoa was in danger and he requested the President to relocate to Galkacyu?

These people are still bitter about something. Because in a logical world we know wars cost a great deal, occupation even more. Look at te US, the richest nation on Earth and it is finding it difficult to be in Iraq, an oil rich state. Now they want us to belive , little poor Ethiopia can sustain a long term occupation of Somalia, the poorest on Earth. Taking into account, Somalia being a soverign nation, hostile. Also the Adis regime has said it over, and over gain it will leave in matter of weeks. What information, evidance do you have to back up these claims, you keep making? Or are you using the same logic that made you belive that the Clan Courts would be able to defeat the TFG and Ethiopia a few weeks back?

The interim government will invite the genuine and honest elements of the UIC (Sheikh Sharif calibre) to join the rebuilding of a broken nation. The interim government with the help of the International Community will stabilize Somalia and reinstate a working government apparatus (Puntland, Somaliland standard) till the elections in 2009. Hopefully 2010 will be the official start of Somalia's rebirth with massive investments and large-scale development programmes. Insha Allah. Agree, we need a new generation of leaders to move the ship forward.

Kii hadlaaba X**r ha ka kaco! But this ***** is in a league of his own.

^^^When Hussais gets on my nerves I will also comment on this out of place quote. janitor and Caydiid, the shit There you go again, my advice to you and Aydeed Jr , is to leave it alone, make no further comments regarding the sensative topics, his Ethiopia, yours all things Gay, if not all you will do is inflame the situation.

Confused Castro, I know you have not had any success lately, Somaliland and Riyole not getting any where. This comment by Aydeed, only hihglights his own ignorance and not any real policy, or one that even Melez Zzanawi belives is possible. Hussain Aydeed will always remmeberd for this as you are for your famous comment. You could not make Homosexuality natural and he will not be able force the Somali government into a union with Ethiopia.. Anyone can say what ever he or she wants.. Though he needs to be replaced.

^^^There is no way that they can implement such plans, to get a union takes years and generations however he was uttering comments without thinking, he insulted an envoy from another country accusing him of corruption, no sane person does that publicly. The man is unfit for any position least of all deputy PM and interior minister.

I was listening to his comments on the BBC/Somali section. He has no clue, he was comparing our region to the European Union which is rubish. The man is truly disturbed, he even insulted the Italian envoy to Somalia, for corruption and being on the side of the courts.

^^^Hussain made a major gaffe, a political suicide and has given the opposition groups, defeated courts and their media a new lease of life. He has highliughted his ignorance, and I know that no one will support this. Its an outrage but in no way speaks for the government and what is in our interests. This is not a bill in front of parliment or even any major policy, but the ranst of a disturbed mind. In some way we need this debate to start. The role of Ethiopia, the TFG national plans.

No one fought for this, or agrees with this. Its a national outrage and if the rest of the TFG keeps quite and does nothing it will reinforce the negative perception many hold.

Xussen Caydiid oo Dalkii Soomaaliya sheegay in ay ku darayaan Itoobiya Last Updated::2007-01-03 02:05:46 Muqdisho:- Ra'iisul Wasaare kuxigeenka Somaliya Xussen Caydiid ahna Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha ayaa carabka ku dhuftay Arrin ay horey uga wel welsanaayeen dad badan oo kamid ah Shacabka Soomaaliyeed. Xussen Caydiid ayaa hadalka uu ku dhawaaqay ay tahay in ay Xukuumada uu ku jiro qorsheenayso in la tir tiro xuduudaha u dhaxeeya Somaliya iyo Itoobiya. Xussen Caydiid ayaa intaasi raaciyey in labada dal loo sameenayo hal Basaboor iyo hal Ciidan. Hadaladan naxdinta ku abuuray in badan oo kamid ah Muwaadiniinta Soomaaliyeed ayuu wasiirku ka jeediyey shir uu la yeeshay qaar kamid ah oday dhaqameedyada magaalada Muqdisho. Hadaladan ayaa wuxuu Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha ku sheegay in labada dal ay yihiin kuwo walaalo ah isla markaana u midoobi karo sidii ay u midoobeen dalalka Yurub. Balse hadaladan ayaa noqday kuwo waji madow u yeelay siyaasada dhabta ah ee Dowlada Federaalka, ayadoo aysan jirin wax jawaab rasmi ah oo kasoo baxay Hogaanka sare ee Xukuumada. Hadaladan ayaa soo baxay wakhti ay dalka Somaliya gudihiisa ku sugan yihiin ciidamo Itoobiyaan ah oo gacan siinaya kuwa Dowlada Federaalka. Dowlada Somaliya ayay siyaasadeed khatar ku jirta hadii ay dhab noqoto in qorshaha uu sheegay Xuseen Caydiid uu noqdo mid ay ku heshiisay DFKMG, taasi oo dhabar jab ku noqon karta dhamaan Shacabka Soomaaliyeed oo ah kuwo baahi weyn u qaba Dowlad iyo Nidaam, balse aan niyad u heyn in lagu daro dal kale oo ay taariikh dheer ka dhaxeyso. Horey ayey u jirtay Qariirad ay soo bandhigeen xildhibaano ku sugan Muqdisho, qariiradaasi oo ay ku sheegeen in laga helay Xafiiska Ra'iisul Wasaaraha ayagoo tilmaamay in ay mas'uuliyiin DFKMG kamid ah qorsheenayaan in dalka Somaliya lagu daro dalka Itoobiya, isla markaana la tir tiro dhamaan astaamaha Qarankii Somaaliyeed. Hadaba dadka siyaasada indha indheeya ayaa ku sheegay hadalada Xussen Caydiid kuwo dhaawac weyn ku ah DFKMG isla markaana shaki weyn abuuri doona xili ay dowlada ku guuleystay in ay gacanta ku dhigto inta badan dalka Soomaaliya ayadoo adeegsaneysa Awooda ciidanka Itoobiya. Warkan uu sida dadban usoo saaray wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha ayaa sidoo kale lagu soo beegay xili la doonayo in hubka laga dhigo shacabka ayadoo Ra'iisul Wasaare Cali Maxamed uu Sadex maalmood u qabtay shacabka ku dhaqan caasimada. Maanta ayaa la arkayey goobihii loogu talo galay in hubka lagu aruuriyo oo ah kuwo faaruq ah ayadoo aysan jirin Hal Ruux oo hubkiisa soo wareejiya. Maxamed Cabdi HorseedNet.com

Dawlada KMG ah oo maanta saansaan gumaysi u shaqayn ah la soo baxday ka dib markii Xuseen Caydiid sheegay in Somaliya lagu darayo dalka Itoobiya taasoo soo cusboonaysiisay shaki iyo cabsi horey u jirtay Posted to the MOL January 2, 2007, 9:18 pm Muqdisho:- Ra'iisal wasaare ku xigeenka Somaliya ahna wasiirka arimaha gudaha ee dawlada KMG ah ayaa maanta sheegay hadal aad uga yaabiyay ugana nixiyay dad badan oo Somali ah isagoo sheegay dawlada KMG ahi doonayso inay baabi'iyaan xadka u dhaxeeya labada dal ee Somaliya iyo itoobiya rabaana inay u sameeyaan hal baasaboor iyo hal ciidan oo isku dhafan. Hadalkaan Xuseen Caydiid oo ay ka muuqatay aqoon la'aan taariikhda u dhaxaysa Somaliya Iyo Itoobiya ayuu ku sheegay mar uu Villa Somaliya kula hadlayay qaar ka mida odayaasha dhaqanka Somalida kuwaasoo uu ku dhiirigalinayay in ay doorkooda ka qaataan xasilinta dalka Soomaaliya. Xuseen Caydiid, waxaa uu yiri: "2 malyan oo qaxootigeena boqolkii 60 itoobiya ayay joogaan, baasaboorka itoobiyay qaataan, dhulka itoobiyay ku nool yihiin, dibaday ku aadaan, way ka soo laabtaan, xoolo dhaqatada waa galaan, waa ka soo laabtaan, haye xudduud 2000 oo kilomitir ayaa isla leenahay, xudduudaas in aan baabi'naan rabnaa xitaa, maxaa yeelay Itoobiya walaalaan nahay oo wax dhibaato ah oo noo dhaxeeya ma jirto, hal baasaboor, hal ciidan, ciidan nabad illaalin(security) iyo hal dhaqaale in aan suubsanaan rabnaa." Hadalka Xuseen Caydiid ayaa ku soo beegmay hal asbuuc ka dib markii Ciidamada dawlada KMG ah oo kaashanaya kuwa Itoobiya ay Somaliya kala wareegeen maxkamadihii islaamiga Taas oo badi dadka Soomaaliyeed meel walba ka soo dhaweeyeen balse hada waxaa soo baxay shaki weyn ujeedada runtaa ee Itoobiya ka leedahay Somaliya. Qaar ka tirsan xildhibaanada baarlamaanka ku meelgaarka ah ee Soomaaliya, ayaan intaan dagaalku dhicin oo aysan ciidamada Itoobiya Somaliya soo galin horay u shaaciyay qariidad ay sheegeen in ay ka heleen xafiiska Ra'iisal wasaare Geedi taasoo muujinaysay qariiddada geeska Africa oo Soomaaliya ay ka maqan tahay meeshii qariirada Somaliya kaga Tiila lagu qoray Itoobiya, taasoo oo xildhibaanada Muqdisho ay ku micneeyeen inay itoobiya rabto inay Somaliya oo dhan ay la wareegto si ay u isticmaasho qayraadkeeda ay Somalidu ka faa'iidaysan waayeen. Wali dawlada KMG ahi si cad oo rasmi ah ugama hadlin hadalka xuseen caydiid balse dad badan oo Somaliya ayaa qaba tuhun ah in Ra'iisal wasaaraha laf-ahaatiisu aad ugu dhow yahay dawlada Itoobiya, lagana yaabo inuu arintaan wax ka ogyahay iyadoo tuhunkaasina sii kordhay ka dib markii Ra'iisal wasaare geedi sheegay inay ciidamada Itoobiya sii joogayaan Somaiya inta loo baahan yahay. Waxaa xaqiiqa ah haddii aan sida ugu dhaqsaha badan dadka Somaliyeed ee markii hore soo dhaweeyay imaansha dawlada looga raali galin hadalka Xuseen Caydiid wax cadna laga qaban inay arintaani wax weyn ka badali doonto siyaasada Somaliya mar kale oo dawlada KMG ahi mari doonto meeshii ay mareen dagaal oogayaashii iyo maxkamdihii Muqdisho ee ka dambeeyay. Mudugonline.com

Somali leaders claim full control The transitional government's success will be judged on whether it can restore central rule [EPA] Somalia's prime minister has said he does not expect any more major conflicts with fleeing Union of Islamic Courts fighters. The statement by Ali Mohamed Gedi came on Tuesday as government forces and Ethiopian soldiers pursued the remnants of the militia, which until two weeks ago controlled most of southern Somalia. Gedi said Islamic Courts fighters "are scattered in the bush" and that "small fights can take place, but we are trying to destroy them". He said several fighters had surrendered to government forces. Meanwhile, two Ethiopian soldiers were killed in an ambush in the country's southern region. Tuesday also marked the start of a three-day armistice for Somalis to voluntarily surrender their arms to government-designated centres. But despite government claims, reports suggested that the armistice centres have not been a success and even with a UN arms embargo on Somalia, Mogadishu remains one of the most gun-infested cities in the world. The government's success will be judged on whether it can install itself in Mogadishu, the capital, and restore central rule to the country for the first time since 1991. An Al Jazeera correspondent said on Tuesday that Mogadishu residents felt collecting weapons at this time was not a good idea because the government had not yet deployed policemen in the city and security remained a big concern. Organisations and individuals, mostly businessmen, have expressed the fear of theft and robbery in the absence of firearms for self-defence, he said. No surrender For their part, Islamic Courts leaders have said they will not surrender to the government. Abdirahim Ali Mudey, a spokesman for the militia, was reported as saying: "If the world thinks we are dead, they should know we are alive. We will rise out of the ashes." Somali transitional government soldiers patrol the streets of the capital, Mogadishu [AFP] He said that any power the government wielded was thanks to its backing by Ethiopian forces and predicted a return of the "chaos and violence" Somalia knew before the Islamic Courts' campaigns. As if on cue, suspected Islamic Courts fighters attacked an Ethiopian camp, killing two Ethiopian soldiers and wounding another one, AFP reported on Tuesday. Local officials and residents said said the assailants emerged from a jungle and opened fire at an Ethiopian camp in Jilib, about 100km north of the key southern port town of Kismayo, which the Islamic Courts lost on Monday. "The first insurgency attack has been carried out," said Mohamoud Dahir Farah, the chairman of the local authority. Ethiopian backing Ethiopia, which has backed the Somali government, described its operations in Somalia as being within weeks of completion. In an interview aired by Al Jazeera on Tuesday, Meles Zenawi, the Ethiopian prime minister, said that his country was not an invading or an occupation force, and that his troops would pull out in two weeks. Ethiopia did not choose to enter Mogadishu, but was asked to do so by tribal leaders, he said. Separately, Zenawi told the country's parliament that Ethiopian troops were not peacekeepers and it would be too costly to keep them in Somalia for much longer. He said "we will stay in Somalia for a few weeks, maybe for two weeks", and called on the international community to act quickly to send peacekeeping forces to Somalia. "It is up to the international community to deploy a peacekeeping force in Somalia without delay" Meles Zenawi, Ethiopian Prime Minister "It is up to the international community to deploy a peacekeeping force in Somalia without delay to avoid a vacuum and the resurgence of extremists and terrorists." Somalia's transitional government and its Ethiopian allies have for a long time accused the Islamic Courts of harbouring al-Qaeda activists. Although the militia denies any link to al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda's leader, and Ayman al-Zawahri, bin Laden's deputy, have issued statements saying they see Somalia as a battleground in their global war on the West. Three suspects wanted by the US for the 1998 bombings of US embassies in East Africa are believed to be Islamic Courts leaders. Kenyan support In other news, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Somalia's president, met with Mwai Kibaki, the Kenyan president, in Mombasa on Tuesday. Kibaki said Kenya would not be used as a refuge for people seeking to destabilise governments in the region. Kenya, which has voiced support for the Somali government, has already deployed troops and armoured vehicles along its 675km border with Somalia in an attempt to seal its border with Somalia, officials said. Anthony Kibuchi, the Kenyan provincial police commander on the border, said on Monday that 10 foreigners had been arrested as they tried to cross into Kenya. Border post hit In a related development, Kenyan officials said four Ethiopian helicopters pursuing the Islamic Courts missed their target and bombed a Kenyan border post, prompting Kenyan fighter planes to rush to the area. A top Kenyan police official, who requested to remain unnamed, said the helicopters targeted the Somali town of Dhobley, about 3km from the frontier line, only to end up dropping bombs on Kenya's Har Har border post. There was no immediate mention of the casualties and damage on the grounds hit. "Four military helicopters flew over our town several times and bombarded somewhere on the Kenyan side of the border," said Mohamud Ilmi Osman, a Dhobley resident.

Somali President jets in, meets President Kibaki By Catherine Karongo & Correspondent The leader of Somalia's interim government Abdulahi Yusuf has arrived in Mombasa for crucial talks with President Mwai Kibaki over the fate of Islamists in the war-ravaged country. The plane carrying President Yusuf arrived at the Moi International Airport at 4.30pm. His entourage is expected at State House Mombasa for the discussions. The meeting by the two presidents comes barely hours after another by Kenya's top security chiefs, at the Coast PC's office. The meeting brought together Internal Security Minister John Michuki, Njenga Karume of Defence and Immigration Minister Gideon Konchella. Others at the meeting were the Secretary to the Cabinet Francis Muthaura, Military Chief General Jeremiah Kianga, Police Commissioner Major General Hussein Ali and Attorney General Amos Wako. The media was not briefed on the outcome of the meeting. Meanwhile, the United Nations estimates that there are some 300 refugees from Somalia camping at Liboi and Kiunga since late last week. United Nations High Commission for Refugees Tuesday said that there are about 200 refugees who have come in at Liboi and another 100 in Kiunga border points. A senior regional officer at the UN refugee agency in Nairobi Millicent Mutuli however said they have not managed to gain access to the border areas to ascertain their condition. Mutuli said: “We have advice from the government that there is security personnel at the border and they would prefer that we do not go at the border at this point.” She also expressed fear that there could be other people coming in directly to the refugee camps without passing through the border crossing though she said they are not in large numbers. Mutuli told Capital Newsbeat in an interview that they're prepared to handle up to 50,000 new refugees within the region that covers Kenya, Ethiopia and Yemen. “We are talking to the government even as at today and our staff in Daadab are in touch with provincial authorities in Garissa to see if we could get access to Liboi and bring people back to Daadab; but if the government is in a position to help them and to bring them across to the refugee camps that would be the ideal,” she said.

Islamists left behind try to make sense of new Somalia Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times Tuesday, January 2, 2007 (01-02) 04:00 PST Mogadishu, Somalia -- Their leaders slipped out of this capital under the cover of darkness. The plum jobs are gone. Their former offices were the first to be looted in a spasm of vandalism last week by angry young men. On Monday, Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi renewed his offer of amnesty to midlevel officials and fighters of Somalia's now-defunct Islamic Courts Union who put down their weapons. He also issued a three-day deadline for everyone in Mogadishu to turn in their guns. But for the Islamists left behind in Somalia's long-troubled capital, the ordeal is not over. While top Islamic officials escaped south toward Kenya last week, thousands of employees, fighters and other court supporters remain trapped in Mogadishu, struggling to comprehend the new reality. Once part of the city's new elite, many have gone into hiding, fearful about retribution or worried that enemies might finger them as Islamic Court collaborators to Somali soldiers, Ethiopian troops allied with the 2-year-old transitional government, or the warlord militias reasserting control in the city. On Monday, weary Mogadishu residents tried to return to normalcy after a week of turmoil and a three-day Eid holiday. Shops and offices reopened. People ventured out on the streets. Only a handful of soldiers were visible patrolling the congested roads or guarding government buildings. Ethiopian troops seen in public generally drew large crowds of Somali onlookers, who would stand together in groups and observe the soldiers from afar. Most of the city quickly has adapted to the fall of the Islamists, resuming activities once discouraged. Cinemas reopened. Children played soccer again on the beach. Vendors of khat, the leafy stimulant, resumed the daily deliveries in the marketplace. But supporters of the courts remained largely in the background. Some still defend the courts and predict resurgence of the once-powerful alliance of Islamic leaders. But others insist they were misled and exploited by an organization that fell victim to infighting and greed. "It was a black day for Somalia," said one midlevel court official, referring to when Islamist fighters abandoned Mogadishu on Thursday to advancing troops from Ethiopia and Somalia's transitional government. The official, who was too afraid to have his name or former position revealed, said the courts began to split in recent weeks into two factions. One wanted to pursue negotiations with the weak transitional government; another was pushing for an attack on Baidoa, the temporary seat of the government. The latter group won out, only to find their fighters routed by Somali forces and more than 4,000 Ethiopian troops. Nevertheless, he said he had no inkling Wednesday that the movement he devoted his life to would collapse the next day. Co-workers phoned him that evening with rumors that his bosses had fled. It wasn't until he heard the radio the next morning that he realized the courts had disintegrated. "I was just an employee," he said. "They didn't invite us to go with them." Now he's scrambling to find another job to support his children and turning to his clan for protection. Afrah Adan Gagale, 27, a former Islamist fighter, said the court's leadership was corrupted by power and its sudden success. The courts seized Mogadishu in June after a surprising victory over U.S.-backed warlords, bringing a degree of stability to a country that had been without an effective government since 1991. "Their ambition was high, but they had no plan," Gagale said. He blamed the court militia's defeat on conflicting orders from superior officers, who first called for an attack and then a retreat. Many court supporters accused top security officer Yusuf Mohammed Siyad of mishandling the standoff. It was Siyad who issued the seven-day ultimatum for Ethiopian troops to leave the country and later publicly welcomed Islamic jihadists from around the world to come and fight in Somalia. Such rhetoric pushed Ethiopia to attack the Islamists on Christmas Eve. "We could have stood up to the Ethiopians, but we were told to retreat," he said. "It was a betrayal." He added that the courts collapsed before paying fighters their $200 monthly salary. Jamila Abdi Abdullahi, 21, is the mother of two small children and the wife of one of the Islamist militias' commanders. She and her husband were adherents to one of the courts' most hard-line factions, known as Shabab. She first worked as a nurse, and later picked up a gun to join fighters near the Ethiopia border last week. Her husband fled with other Islamic leaders Thursday. She has stayed indoors since, afraid of being attacked. She hoped to join her husband in Kismayo and resume the struggle against the government. But by Monday, Islamist fighters had again retreated, this time toward the Kenya border. Government soldiers held the port city of Kismayo. "My work is to defend Islam and help those defending against the enemy," she said, predicting the courts would return to power soon. "Next year, we will be back in Mogadishu."

Somali Government Asserts Authority As It Reopens Borders (RTTNews) - In a clear signal that the Somalia's new powerful transitional government is all set to assert its authority over the violence torn country, the once weak and fragmented administration on Tuesday announced reopening of air and sea borders from Wednesday. "From Wednesday, the airport and the seaport are open and airlines can come in. We imposed the border seal for security reasons," Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi told a press conference in Mogadishu. The Somali government with the backing of Ethiopian troops dealt a severe blow to the Union of Islamic Courts - UIC in a two-week offensive and captured most of the country, and forcing a mass retreat and desertion of Islamist fighters over the past few days. However Gedi's call to Mogadishu residents and militias to surrender their arms on the first day of a 72-hour grace period went unheeded. On Monday, Gedi had urged Somalis to hand over their weapons or have them confiscated by his troops after the deadline Thursday. Mogadishu's old port and the former UIC headquarters, the two weapon drop-off points wore a deserted look with not a single gun being left behind. Somalian troops were manning the seaport and the airport, which the Ethiopians attacked with fighter jets last week. Kismayo, the last Islamist stronghold to be taken by the joint troops, was also calm, with the warlord who once ruled the port town reclaiming his authority. Meanwhile, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said his forces, which boosted the government troops in a two-week offensive using fighter jets and tanks, could pull out in two weeks. "We will go out as soon as possible. It could be in two weeks in order to achieve stability," Zenawi told parliament in the capital Addis Ababa.

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