^^Dont worry about them, Puntland must continue to develop its infrustructure and economy..

^^^Putting a brave face on ot mate... Old news you say, if it was all normal why on earth did your VP and minister of defence make all those load threats..Hummm, its a bad set back for the secesionists..

^^^ Some here have a difficulty in understanding things. The TFG will get arms and training for free, from the who, world including the great powers, China, US and so on.. Who will arm the opposition? We are not talking about an AK47 but heavy armour and air cover. That in the end is what the courts and their fellow warlords always cried about. That is what is making Horn and the JVA partners here nervous...

^^Good news..

New York: Dowladaha Ingiriiska iyo Shiinaha oo Taageero Buuxda Siiyay in dawlada Soomaliya laga qaado cunaqabataynta Hubka Thursday, July 13, 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Print This Article | Daabaco warkaan New York( AllPuntland)- Maalinkii shalay oo aheyd xilligii loo balansanaa dhagaysiga warbixinta xaalada Soomaaliya, ayaa waxaa warbixin dheer ee uu jeediyey ergeyga gaarka ah ee United Nations Mr Francois Fall kadib wadamada ku sugan Golaha Amaanka Qaramada Midoobay ay guda galay in ay mid mid usoo bandhigaan aragtidooda ku saabsan isbedelada kasoo cusboonaaday Somaliya. Dowlada Ingiriiska ayaa aheyd wadankii ugu horeeyey oo soo gudbiyey warbixin ay ku koobnaayeen xaqiiqooyin ay kasoo uruuriyeen xaalada ka jirta Soomaaliya, iyo aragtida Britain ee geynta ciidamo nabadsugid ah oo Soomaaliya taga. Dowlada Britain waxaa ay qoraalkeeda ku cadeeysay in ay lagama maarmaan tahay ciidamo nabada ilaaliya dowladana garab istaaga in Soomaaliya loo diro, arinta cunaqabataynta hubkana loo fududeeyo dowlada oo kelia ah si ay kaabadaheeda dowladnimo u dhameeystirto. Wadanka Shiinaha oo horay isagu u taageersanaa in Soomaaliya fursad labaad la siiyo, loona diro ciidamo dowlada Somaliya la shaqeeya, ilaaliyana xarumaha dowlada, kana saacida dhismaha ciidan qaran oo wadanka hanta, haatan waxaa ay Shiinuhu ku celisay in ay lagama maarmaan tahay in Soomaaliya la garab istaago, cuna qabateeynta hubkana lagu koobo inta aanan dowlada ka aheyn, oo cunaqabataynta lagu sii hayo kooxaha kale, balse dawlada Federaalka laga qaado maadaama hey'ada keli ah ee sharciga ka ah ay tahay dowladu. Wadanka Mareykanka ayaa isna si taxadar leh usoo dhaweeyey aragtida ah in cunaqabateeynta laga qafiifiyo Somaliya, lana xoojiyo awooda Dowlada Somaliya, Mareeykanku wuxuu ka dhawaajiyey in Qaramada Midoobay ay ka caawin doonaan dowlada Somaliya howlaha dhismo ciidamo qaran oo tayo leh Golaha Amaanka Qaramada Midoobay ayaa soo dhaweeyey soo jeedinta ay wadamadu ka dhawaajiyeen, kuna tilmaamay mid sahleeysa in xilligaan Golaha amaanku arimaha Somaliya go'aan waafi ah ka qaadan karo. Golaha Amaanka oo dhowr jeer oo hore si dadban u diiday codsi in xayiraada hubka laga qaado dawlada Soomaaliya, codsigaas oo ay golaha u jeediyeen Dawlada Federaalka Soomaaliya, IGAD iyo Midowga Afrika, ayaa isagu hadda u muuqda mid u dhago nugul inuu badalo mawqifkiisii xayiraada hubka ka gadaal markii xaalada Soomaaliya hal mar is badashay ayna gacanta u gashay caasimadii Soomaaliya Maxkamadaha Islaamiga ah oo dawladaha golaha Amaanka hogaanka u hayaa ka wal wal qabaan inay kusii fidaan Soomaaliya ayna ka dhalato dawlad la mid ah tii Daalibaan, Afganistaan oo ciidamada ka socda Qaramada Midoobay xukunka ka tuureen. Golaha amaanka oo ay xubno ka yihiin ilaa 15 dal ayaa 5 ka mid ah waxay lee yihiin awooda diidmada qayaxan ee VITO iyadoo wadamada Ingiriiska, Shiinaha iyo Maraynkanku ka mid yihiin shanta wadan ee codka diidmada Vito leh. AllPuntland.com

^^^ NN, Well said... Horn, keep playing the role of the envious step child. The TFG has had one real goal, security and building up its institutions, I am against these factions and the clan courts is a new name thats all.. The TFG has real legitimacy, it is accepted by the people not the armed factions but the masses, today in Kismayu who apart from your clan accepts the JVA? The answer is no one.. Every Somali has a right to live in peace, and without these armed clans pretending to be a clan movement one day and then fighting for Islam the next.

Geediid says As far I am concerned its only a matter of time before Yusuf and his sidekick Geedi start searching for a new city to relocate to cuz you know the wadaads are heading to Baidoa soon as Kismaayo and the surrounding areas have been liberated..... Geediid says Great but do you think we could get folks like Duke and his like to say the same or are they going to label them as qabiil hebel Gediid, these courts have only beaten their unpopular and idiotic warlords, I supported this move just like the countless souls who lived under these tyrants. I wait to see them take over Basidoa as many here predict, but as I know the accuracy of your prediction I am at ease.. Hold on a second, what has this go to do with the article regarding the failure of Dahir Riyaale to get any support from neighbouring countries? ME. Col Aways, comments regarding his love for the occupied people of western Somalia or the ******, is like President Bush's professed love for freeing the people of Iraq. If he wants to start let him deal with the savage Inda Cade, Cirfo in Afgoyee and Marka...Words mean nothing, actions are required. His comments were ludicrous and was meant to gain the support of the ONLF..

askar reer Soomaliland ah oo oodda soo goostay oo soo gaaray Garoowe Garoowe:-Waxaa soo garay magaalada Xarunta ah ee Garoowe Ciidan la sheegay inay ka soofakadeen maamulka Somaliland, kuwaas oo soo gaaray Qaybta 54aadoo saldhig u ah ciidanka maamulka Puntland. Mauul ka tirsan ciidnka Puntland oo lagu magacaabo Siciid Maxamed Jaamac ayaa waxaa uu saxaafada u sheegay in ciidan tiradodu garayso ilaa 60 oo fakad ahi ay soo gaareen isla qabyta 54aad ee Garoowe, waxana ay wateen buu yiri laba baabuur oo kuwa milatriga ah weli ma cadda inay inay yihiin kuwo qoryaha waaweyn xanbaara iyo in kale, waxaanu sheegay in ciidankaasi ay yihiin dhalasho ahaan kuwo ka soo jeeda deegaanka Burco iyo Laascaanod. Ciidamadan ayaa sheegay inay la kulmeen dhibaatooyin xagga dhaqaalaha ah, waxaana ay sheegeen inuusan jirin wax daryeel ah oo ay ka helaan maamlka Sooomaaliland. Maahan mar kii ugu horaysay ee soo fakadaan Ciidan ka so baxsaday dhinaca Soomaaliland Bishii aan ka soo gudubnay bay ahayd kolkii laba nin ay la soo fakadeen baabuur uu qori saaran yahay, taasi oo muran ka dhex aloostay labada maamul ee deriska ah. Xarunta war qabka Waayaha.com

Ciidamadii 3aad oo kasoo baxsada Somaliland oo soo gaaray Garowe Last Updated::2006-07-12 13:26:20 Garowe:- Ciidamo Gaaraya 40 oo kasoo baxsaday dhinaca maamulka la baxay Soomaliland ayaa soo galay Caasimada Puntland ee Garowe. Ciidamadan oo wata labo gaadiid ah ayaa la sheegay in ay hada ku sugan yihiin Taliska dhexe ee Daraawshiita Puntland ee magaalada Garowe. Taliyaha Taliska Guud ee Puntland Dhamme Siciid Maxamed Jaamac ayaa isagoo ku sugan taliska 54-aad ee Garowe saxaafada u sheegay in ciidamadan ay hada arrimahooda la wareegeen Saraakiisha Puntland. Taliyaha ayaa sheegay in ciidamadan ay yihiin kooxdii sadexaad oo kasoo baxsatay Somaliland oo soo gasha dhinaca Puntland. Horey ayey u jireen 12 askari oo Somaliland ah oo kasoo gashay dhinaca Waqooyi Galbeed oo soo galay Puntland. Waxaana kasii horeeyey labo askari oo Puntland lasoo galay Gaari tikniko ah, kuwaasi oo ayaguna ku biiray ciidamada Puntland. Dhamme Siciid Maxamed Jaamac ayaa sheegay in ciidamadan ay lasoo gudboonaatay duruufo badan taasi oo ku khasabtay in ay usoo galaan ciidamada Puntland. Ciidamadan ayaa isugu jira kuwa kasoo jeeda gobalka iyo Togdheer gaar ahaan magaalada Burco. Ciidamadan soo galay Puntland ayaa kusoo aaday wakhti uu magaalada Garowe dib ugu soo noqday Madaxweynaha Puntland Md.Maxamuud Muse Xirsi (Gen.Cadde Musse). Madaxweynaha Puntland oo horey uga hadlay hanjabaad uga timid dhinaca Somaliland oo sheegay in hadii Puntland ay dib usoo celin waayan ciidamada soo baxsaday ay dagaal qaadi doonaan, ayaa sheegay in Puntland aysan cidna gardareysaneyn balse is difaaci doonto. Madaxweynaha Puntland oo sheegay in dadka ku dhaqan Somaliland iyo Puntland ay yihiin kuwo Somali wada ah oo walaalo ah isla markaana ixtiraam ka dhaxeeyo, balse wuxuu digniin horey u siiyey Maamulka Somaliland inuu isku dayo inuu xiisado abuuro taasi ay Puntland diyaar u tahay in ay jawaabta ku haboon ka bixiso. Madaxweynaha Puntland oo horey uga hadlay ciidamada dhinaca Puntland soo galay ayaa sheegay in dadkaasi aan la celin doonin, isla markaana aysan labada maamul ee Puntland iyo Soomaaliland aysan ka dhaxeyn sharuuc ay ciidamada isugu celiyaan. Saraakiisha Ciidamada Darawiishta Puntland ayaa sheegay in ay soo dhaweenayaan ciidamadan usoo galay isla markaana ay ku biirayaan ciidamada difaaca hore ee Puntland. C/risaaq Shiino HorseedNet.com

Ciidan ka soo baxsaday Somaliland oo soo gaarey Garoowe Garowe-12.July.2006 Ciidamo ka tirsanaa maamulka Somaliland ayaa iyagoo baxsad ah soo gaarey xarunta maamul goboleedka Puntland ee magaalada Garoowe. Taliyaha Taliska Guud ee Puntland Dhamme Siciid Maxamed Jaamac ayaa isagoo ku sugan taliska 54-aad ee magaalada Garoowe SBC u sheegay in ciidamadaasi soo baxsaday ay tiradoodu tahay 40 waxaynta wateen laba baabuur oo kuwa militariga ah. Taliyuhu wuxuu sheegay in Ciidamadan soo baxsaday ay deegaan ahaan isugu jiraan kuwo u dhashay magaalooyinka Burco iyo Laas Caanood. "Waxay noo sheegeen in ay ka soo baxsadeen saldhigyadii ay ku sugnaayeen ka dib markii ay la kulmeen xaalado dhinaca daryeelka ciidamada ah" sidaasi waxaa SBC u sheegay Dhamme Siciid Maxamed Jaamac. Taliyuhu wuxuu intaasi ku daray in ciidamadaasi ay u sheegeen inay jiraan ilaa 12 askari oo iyaguna ka soo goostay dhinaca Somaliland, kuwaasoo wata ayuu yiri hal baabuur. Wuxuuna intaa ku daray in ciidamada soo baxsaday ay taladooda la wareegeen saraakiisha sar sare ee ciidamada Puntland, waxaana haatan lagu biiriyay ayuu yiri ciidamada Puntland. Ma ahan markii ugu horeysay ee ciidamo ka soo baxsada dhinaca Somaliland ay soo galaan Puntland. Bishii hore ayay ahayd markii labo nin ay la oo wata baabuur ay ka soo baxsadeen dhinaca Somaliland kuwaasoo soo galay dhinaca Puntland. Jawaabtii Somaliland ay ka bixisay waxay ahayd inay tallaabo ka qaadi doonto Puntland haddii dib loogu soo celin waayo ragga ka soo baxsaday iyo baabuurkooda. SBC News Room

Laaska: Racii Labaad ee Ciidamo Soomaliland ka amar qaadan Jiray oo usoo baxsaday Puntland Wednesday, July 12, 2006 Laascaanood (AllPuntland) Maanta Galinkii hore ilaa 40 askari watana gawaarida dagaalka oo ka tirsanaa ciidanka maamulka la baxay Somaliland ee xooga ku fadhiyay deegaanka Ari-Cadeeya ee duleedka Laascaanood xarunta gobolka Sool ayaa usoo baxsaday dhanka Puntland iyagoo usoo galay Daraawiishta difaaca jiida Ari-cadeeye, iyadoo Daraawiishtuna usoo gudbiyay taliskooda gobolka Sool oo fadhiya magaalada Laascaanood oo isaguna ciidankaas usii gudbiyay taliska guud ee ciidanka Daraawiishta Puntland oo fadhigiisu yahay xarunta Puntland ee Garoowe. Laakiin Caawa maqribnimadii warar aanu ka helnay deegaanka Abeesalay ee isla aagaas ayaa sheegaya in halkaasi ay iyana soo gaareen Rac (Koox)labaad oo ciidan kale oo ka soo baxsaday dhanka Somaliland. Wali ma hayno tirada saxda ah ee ciidankaan maqribnimada kasoo baxsaday Soomaaliland, laakiin taliyaha Daraawiishta aaga Laascaanood ayaa saxaafada u sheegay in ciidankani ay kasoo talaabeen maqribkii masaafo 2 KM ah una soo gudbeen dhanka jiida ay difaaca kaga jiraan Daraawiishta Puntland, wuxuu sheegay isagoo markaas joogay Laascaanood in uu barito war rasmiya ka bixin doono ciidanka labaad ee isla maanta usoo galay. Ciidamada kasoo tagay Somaliland ee soo galay maamul goboleedka Puntland ayaa kooxdaan maqribka soo gashay ka dhigaya kooxdii 4 aad, iyadoo la sheegay sababta ay u soo talabeen inay tahay ka gadaal markii maamulka Hargaysa uu ku ilaaway furinta. Sargaal u hadlay Daraawiishta Puntland ayaa saxaafada u sheegay in arimaha ciidankaan ay la wareegeen saraakiisha Puntland loona sameeyay soo dhawayn wacan. AllPuntland.com

Horn, there is no difference between Cgristian regime in Eritria and the Christian regime in Ethiopia. Your reasoning are infintile concerning the so called Habash. What is sad is when those who fight in the name of clan and occupy land from Mogadishu to Kismayu, start pretending to be fighting for Islam. As for the courts they are exclusively led by and fight for the interest of their clans.

Horn, you are indeed a comedian, NN, covered all the real points. The TFG will get strength to secure the whole country. It has not happened yet, so we wait..

Horn, your source above was from last year, since then much has changed since then. The US stance has changed also. How can the governemnt procure arms without the lifting of the arms embargo, and it does apply to the governemnt since the warlords and now courts have recieved wepons from a number of countries. Its laughable that you pretend to be more intellegent than the government of Somalia and the international community on this issue.. The warlords were against the lifting of the ban, they must have had the best interest of the nation. Now their offspring the courts are against it, while most of the nation would support a strong Somali government not held hostage to certain armed clans...

UN council eyes foreign peacekeepers for Somalia By Irwin Arieff Reuters Tuesday, July 11, 2006; 6:12 PM UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Britain circulated a draft U.N. Security Council statement on Tuesday that diplomats said could eventually open the door to a long-delayed deployment of foreign peacekeepers in Somalia. The draft statement, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters, would express the council's willingness to consider plans for a "peacekeeping support operation" as proposed by the African Union and the seven-nation regional Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, or IGAD. Council support for foreign peacekeeping troops for the Horn of Africa country -- which has had no real central authority since 1991 -- would be crucial as the soldiers could not go in unless the council eased a 1992 arms embargo. The draft would also express the council's readiness to ease the arms ban to enable Somalia's shaky Transitional Federal Government to develop its own security forces. The Western-backed interim government was formed in neighboring Kenya in 2004 with help from IGAD. It is based in Baidoa, 150 miles northwest of Mogadishu, because it was too weak to set up in the former capital. Mogadishu, long dominated by feuding warlords, was captured on June 5 by Islamists seeking to impose Sharia law across the country. The Islamists also oppose foreign peacekeepers, although interim President Abdullahi Yusuf says they are needed to get his government on its feet and pacify the country. Council action on Somalia has been stalled for weeks over internal divisions. The United States has been hesitant to embrace the idea of easing the arms embargo, while China has argued this was merited by the need for foreign peacekeepers. A formal council statement would require a unanimous vote of the 15-nation council to be issued. Francois Lonseny Fall, Secretary-General Kofi Annan's special envoy for Somalia, told the Security Council in a closed-door briefing on Monday that Islamic hard-liners aspired to control all of Somalia and posed a serious threat to its fledgling interim government, his office said in a statement. But Fall told reporters on Tuesday he was encouraged that the interim authorities and the Islamists had met once in Sudan in June and were due to meet there a second time on Saturday. He urged both sides to launch talks aimed at stability.

^^^I could not find anything outside the Somali media. However I do not think it was the Ambasador interview, the UN security council seems to have agreed. The difference now is that Koffi Annan is on board, the US is also using the AU programm as proof of their new unilateral policy towards Somalia.... U.S. cites African support for policy on Somalia Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:55 PM BST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday that its opposition to the emergence of a militant Islamist state in Somalia has won support from the country's neighbours in east Africa. Jendayi Frazer, assistant secretary of state for African affairs, said it was not clear if the powerful Islamist courts movement that has captured a large swath of southern Somalia can overcome clan barriers to form a broader political front. Somalia, which has had no effective central government for 15 years, has seen some of its worst fighting in recent months as Islamists defeated a U.S.-backed coalition of secular warlords in the capital Mogadishu. Frazier spoke as Mogadishu's last secular warlord surrendered to the Islamists after two days of heavy fighting in which more than 60 people died. She told a Senate subcommittee that the international community, from the African Union to the Arab League and United Nations, view Somalia's fragile transitional federal government as the country's only legitimate governing body. Frazer, who recently returned from a trip to the region, urged the Islamists to engage the government in dialogue. "Leaders in the region are urging stronger U.S. engagement," she said. "We speak with one voice, I believe except for Eritrea, in opposing an extremist Islamist takeover of the government in Somalia," she said. U.S. officials say al Qaeda, which used Somalia as a base to bomb the U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya in 1998, still has a presence in the country and could expand operations under the protection of government run by Islamist extremists. © Reuters 2006. All Rights Reserved. | Learn more about Reuters

SOMALIA: UN PRESS RELEASE Tue. July 11, 2006 12:25 pm. Send this news article PRESS RELEASE United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) Secretary General’s Special Representative for Somalia Briefs UN Security Council on the Rise of ‘Hardliners’ and other Security Concerns Ambassador Fall warns of a grave and continuing humanitarian emergency New York 11 July - The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Somalia, Francois Lonseny Fall, told members of the United Nations Security Council in New York yesterday that the rise of ‘hardliners’ within the Islamic Courts poses a serious threat to the peace process and to the country’s Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) in particular. Ambassador Fall told the Council that expectations raised by the 22 June Khartoum meeting between the three main leaders of the TFIs and a delegation of the Islamic Courts, under the auspices of the League of Arab States, had been quickly eroded by cease-fire violations. Against the backdrop of renewed fighting in Mogadishu since the weekend, Ambassador Fall said that finding a compromise during a second round of discussions scheduled for Khartoum on Saturday (15 July) would be difficult, given the fact that the Islamic Courts no longer hid their aspirations of ruling all of Somalia. Ambassador Fall noted that although “a semblance of peace and security†had returned to Mogadishu and the surrounding areas before the latest round of fighting, some of the Islamic Courts had begun to assert versions of Shariah Law and security in Mogadishu and militias of the three defeated warlords of the anti-terrorist alliance, continued to hold onto small sections of the city. The murder on 23 June of Martin Adler, a Swedish journalist on assignment in Mogadishu, had also raised concerns about security for foreigners in the city, he said. The humanitarian situation in the country remained grave, he said. Armed conflict in Mogadishu had exacerbated an already dire situation in a country where coping mechanisms are overstretched. Although timely rains had averted a possible famine in some areas of southern Somalia, the situation demanded reinforced and sustained efforts to address vast humanitarian needs and southern Somalia would remain in a state of humanitarian emergency at least until December 2006. Among the worst affected, were some 250,000 Somalis now internally displaced within Mogadishu itself. Ambassador Fall is scheduled to meet the Press at today’s noon briefing by the Secretary General’s Spokesman in New York. Live Webcast: http://www.un.org/webcast/index.asp News Category: Somalia Send this news article

Golaha amaanka oo isku raacay in la qaado xayiraada hubka ee saaran Somalia New-york 11, July. 06 ( Sh.M.Network ) Xubnaha golaha amaanka ee Q.M ayaa isku raacay in xayiraada hubka ee saaran Somalia la qaado, iyadoo loo balamay dabayaaqada todobaadkaan in la ansixiyo qodobkani. K/xigeenka Safiirka Somalia u fadhiya Q.M Ciid Badal Maxamed oo u waramay Shabelle ayaa waxa uu sheegay in dowladaha xubnaha ka ah golaha amaanka ay isku raaceen in la qaado xayiraada hubka ee saaran Somalia. Ciid Badala ayaa waxa uu intaasi ku daray in kulanka la soo hordhigay war bixino qoraal ah oo laga helay sida uu sheegay waxyaabihii ka soo baxay kulan madaxeedka lagu qabtey magaalada Banjul ee dalka Gambia. Sidoo kale golaha amaanka ayaa waxaa la hordhigay war bixino ay soo direen Midowga Yurub iyo Gudigii xaqiiqo raadinta ee dhowaan yimid dalka Somalia ayaa golaha dood dheer uu ka yeeshay waxa uu isku raacay in Mabda' ahaan la qaado xayiraada hubka, iyadoo go'aanka arinkaasi ku aadan dhowaan ay ku dhawaaqayaan golaha. Dowladda FS ayaa u ololeyneysay in la qaado xayiraada hubka ee saaran Somalia si ay u soo galaan ciidamo nabad ilaalineed oo dowladda ka caawiya xagga amaanka. Shabelle Media Network, USA

Cunaqabatayntii xagga hubka Soomaaliya oo la qaadi doono New York:-Golaha Ammaanka ee Qaramada Midoobey ayaa mabda’ ahaan isku raacay in Soomaaliya laga qaado cuna qabataynta hubka ee saarnayd dalka tan iyo sadii 1993markii ay ka baxeen ciidamadii American iyo kuwii aduunka kale iyaga oo aan wax xal ah ka gaarin dhibaatadii Soomaaliya ka jirtay. Arintan ay isku raaceen Qaramada Midoobey ee qaadista xayiraadda hubka Soomaaliya ayaa ka dambeysey kadib markii golaha ammaanku ay ka doodeen isla markaasna eegeen warbixinaha Midowga Afrika,urur goboleedka IGAD, Midowga Yurub iyo weliba ka socday beesha caalamka oo dhowaan booqday Soomaaliya,waxana ay guud ahaan isku raaceen in la qaado xayiraada hubka si loo celiyo hay’adihii dawliga ahaa. In la qaado xayiraada ayaa waxaa soo dedejisay ka dib markii maxaakiimta islaamigu ay meesha ka saareen hogaamiye kooxeedyadii ka talin jiray magaalada Muqdisho,waxaana inta badan dalalka deriska ah oo ay hormuud ka tahay dawlada Ethiopia, iyo reer galbeedku u arkeen khatar soo korortay. Waxaa laga yaabaa in todobaadka dhexdiisa si buuxda ay QM xayiraada hubka u qaado Soomaaliya taasi oo in badan FS ay dalbanaysay beesha caalamka si dawladu u noqoto mid awood leh oo shaqaysa. Xarunta wararka Waayaha.com

QM oo cunaqabataynta hubka ka qaadaysa Soomaaliya New York sbconline.net - 11.July.2006 Golaha Ammaanka ee Qaramada Midoobey ayaa mabda’ ahaan isku raacay in Soomaaliya laga qaado xayiraadda hubka ee saarnayd dalka tan iyo sannadkii 1992-kii. Isku raacidda golaha ammaanka ee Qaramada Midoobey ee qaadista xayiraadda hubka Soomaaliya ayaa ka dambeysey kadib markii go’aha ammaanku ay ka doodeen isla markaasna eegeen warbixinaha Midowga Afrika, Midowga Yurub iyo guddigii xaqiiqa raadinta ee dhowaan Soomaaliya booqday, kuwaas oo dhammaantood ku taliyey in Soomaaliya laga qaado xayiraadda hubka. Toddobaadka soo socda ayaa lagu wadaa in golaha ammaanku uu si rasmi ah u ansixiyo qaadista xayiraadda hubka ee Soomaaliya, tallaabadaas oo oggolaansho rasmi ah siineysa in Soomaaliya loo soo diro ciidamo nabadda ilaaliya. Aamino Ladan Axmed Cali SBC Boosaaso

Northern Somali for Peace & Unity (NSPU) P R E S S R E L E A S E WHITHER ‘SOMALILAND’ AFTER THE FIASCO IN BANJUL? July 10, 2006 For the last decade and half the secessionist leaders in the Northwest region of our country have been deploying efforts far and wide to get diplomatic recognition for an independent “Somaliland†of their own. They have been knocking all doors and turning every stone to achieve that purpose. Although there was no central government to frustrate their efforts the manifold distortions of the facts on the ground – both historical and current – on which they built their case laid bare the bankruptcy of their claim. We have recently explained the nature of those distortions in our pamphlet, “The Illusory ‘Somaliland’: Setting the Record Straight†(June, 2006). But in the course of the last two years the secessionists have launched intensified campaigns because they were scared to death by the prospect of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) gaining legitimacy and increasing international recognition, a prospect which would spell out the end of secession. Such campaigns were launched in concert with individual journalists, academics, as well as the International Crisis Group (ICG) which dealt a death blow to its claim to being a “Think Tank†by so openly becoming an advocacy group for secession (vide their report: “SOMALILAND: Time for African Union Leadership’, 23 May 2006, prepared in Hargeisa, the capital of the secessionist enclave). Even the AU Secretariat was prevailed upon to play a part in the conspiracy to dismember our country (see its unpublished report: “AU Fact-Finding Mission to Somalilandâ€, 30 April to 4 May 2005). Numerous articles were also published in newspapers and journals by the hirelings of the secessionists in order to carry forward the propaganda of the breakaway administration in Hargeisa. The ‘President’ of the enclave, Mr. Dahir Rayale Kahin, using the two mendacious reports of the AU and ICG, himself went on a diplomatic offensive and tried to bring the campaign to a successful conclusion by undertaking visits to six countries ( Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Rwanda and Ethiopia) just before the AU meetings in Banjul early this month. We know how he was met and what he was told in each country and we know that his mission failed. Upon return to Hargeisa Mr. Kahin was , according to the secessionist media, in an angry mood and, asked what he had achieved in his mission, he took refuge in brevity and resorted as usual to prevarications and equivocations but claiming success and refusing to give details. He had left behind in Addis Ababa two of his ‘ministers’ to make further diplomatic contacts there and then travel to Banjul to lobby for an invitation to be sent to him to attend the AU meetings. Naturally, the ‘ministers’ were denied access to the meeting halls and had to make whatever contacts they could (at lower levels of course) on the fringes of the meetings – the corridors and snack areas. Mr. Kahin, though he told his people that he was going to Banjul, did not receive any invitation and had to stay behind. The fiasco in Banjul was blamed on Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and the TFG as if the other 49 countries would have otherwise welcomed Mr. Kahin to the meetings. Despite the fiasco, however, the ‘Minister of Information’ of the secessionist enclave made in his interview on the BBC (Somali Service) on 3 July two important points both of which were totally inaccurate. He said: (a) that there were a few countries which were friendly to and even lobbying for ‘Somaliland’; and (b) that the ‘question of Somaliland was discussed in the Executive Council’. However, he declined when pressed for details to name the countries. These two points fly in the face of logic. First, one would have expected countries that were convinced of a case for ‘Somaliland’ to recognize it first before they would lobby with others for its recognition. That the ‘minister’ does not ‘want’ to name those countries indicates that there were no such countries, and the fact still remains that there is not a single country that has recognized a state called ‘Somaliland’: there is not a single African country which condones, , much less supports, secession. On the second point of the ‘minister’ we know that Somalia as a whole (which includes ‘Somaliland’) was discussed in the context of supporting the TFG and restoring peace to Somalia. The case for secession did not figure anywhere in the agenda of the Executive Council or that of the Summit and, of course, it received no mention in the deliberations and the resolutions that came out. Yet we find articles by foreign interlopers who drum up support for the secession of our northwestern region (see, for example, James Butt. “Somaliland Statehood Discussed at the AU Summit, Washington, DC 6 July 2006). Such a headline could not be farther from the truth. Conclusion Our people in the Northwest of the country have been led through a dark alley by secessionist politicians who have been feeding them with hate for their fellow compatriots in the other regions. The history of secession in that part of Somalia has been for the last fifteen years nothing more than a cycle of climax and anticlimax, of expectations and frustrations, of hope and despair. The struggle for the minds and hearts of fellow Africans and of the rest of the world for that matter to support secession in our country has led to a cul de sac. It is therefore time for reflection, time for revision and reversal of sterile policies; it is time for sense to prevail and to realize that unity is more attractive than division because it is productive of peace and progress while division is costly and ruinous. It is senseless to dissipate meager resources which should be spared for development and for the fight against poverty. We call upon our brothers and sisters in the Northwest of our country to forgo secession and to join hands with us in order to ensure that the federal structure which has been adopted will mean genuine devolution so that we will all be masters of our homes. We should channel our energies and resources towards building a peaceful, prosperous and united Somalia. Long may our unity live! Contact: Gamal Hassan, Communication Director NSPU P O Box 5470, Merivale Rd. Ottawa, Ontario. K2C 3M1 Canada E-mail: info@somaliunity.org website: www.somaliunity.org _______________________ NORTHERN SOMALIS FOR PEACE & UNITY (NSPU) is a grass-root organization based in Ottawa and with Branches in Somalia, United Arab Emirates, USA, UK, and South Africa. We are dedicated to the promotion of peace and unity among the long suffering people of the Somali Republic. We believe the ‘Somalia problem’ can only be dealt within the framework of a holistic strategic approach aimed at the empowerment of a central government to rebuild national democratic governance institutions and restore law and order throughout the country. We welcome the submission of all articles for possible publication on WardheerNews.com So please email your article today Opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of WardheerNews

ME, you are right, but do not worry no one takes these secesionists seriously..

^^^ Paragon, First of all I never insulted anyone with the term Islamist, I do not belive in labeling people and these courts are not Islamist much like I never belived the titles of the SSDF,USC and SNM factions before them. I am a muslim and dream of united Muslim Ummah, may Allah create it in my life time. Thus being an Islamist is not a crime, I have said Al-Qaeda is a myth. Why hide behind a smokescreen, why pretend that you are suporting anything other than a new faction? Whats with the ignorance, why make accusations against me? A leapord you say, but you do not know my person, or what my beliefs are? Back to the topic.. I support the Somali government,I do not agree with it, but I disagree with your like who are subjective in outlook. You support these courts led by Inda Cade, Xasan Dahir and Abukar Cadaan. Are they saints, who fell from the sky? The answer is no.. We all know their history and actions throught the last 15 years.. Can you deny that the above men have been involved in the deaths of countless innocent Somali's? Can you deny that members of these courts are causing injustice throught southern Somalia? Can you deny that high ranking members of these courts, have played a key role in the war, looting, pilliging, and have been alleged to deal in drugs? The fact is Mr Paragon, Ubahane and others is that you are trying to take the Moral high ground, when you can not. For example I never knew the difference between Tigray coptic Ethiopia and Tigray coptic Eritria, but one supports the TFG and the other the courts.. My position is while the TFG, is weak, incompetent, corrupt it is still the one institution that represents the country, even If Abdullahi Yusuf died today, it will still be that. He is but a man an old man at that... So long as these courts keep the likes of Inda Cade, Cirfo, Dhuxulow, Goobale and others and so long as they pay lip service to the plight of the Muslim population of Banadir and down south, they will not deserve my support...That has been my stance from the beggining..

^^You are making unwaranted assumptions, Its like me beliveing the secesionists are all learning Hebrew as a prerequisite to getting recognition from Israel. Those who hate unity and profess to be children of the English have to be punished.. Where is Shiekh Sakhar..

^^You are making unwaranted assumptions, Its like me beliveing the secesionists are all learning Hebrew as a prerequisite to getting recognition from Israel. Those who hate unity and profess to be children of the English have to be punished.. Where is Shiekh Sakhar..