WTF, a unique gift? Where is the recognition?

Its good that we are all Puntlanders now. Thats the positive thing we will take from these new articles..

^^^ I like your new found confidance in the secessionist project since the coronation of Siilanyu. However as we have been pootning out from the outset, this was never about my people in Sanaag and app about a criminal who worked forthe interest of Al Shabaab. Now if he being treated in Burco or housed in Zaylac it maters not for the fact remains his Al Shabaab group have been crushed by the state. Again advantage Faroole.

^^^ I like your new found confidance in the secessionist project since the coronation of Siilanyu. However as we have been pootning out from the outset, this was never about my people in Sanaag and app about a criminal who worked forthe interest of Al Shabaab. Now if he being treated in Burco or housed in Zaylac it maters not for the fact remains his Al Shabaab group have been crushed by the state. Again advantage Faroole.

Madaxweyne kuxigeenka Puntland oo booqday deegaanka Galgala (Sawiro Goordhow!) November 4, 20102 comments| leave your own! Share Waxaa maanta kormeer ku aaday deegaanka Galgala ee ka tirsan gobalka Bari wafdi balaaran oo uu horkacayo Madaxweyne kuxigeenka Dowlada Puntland Gen.Cabdisamad Cali Shire. Wafdigan oo ka kooban 7 xubnood oo wasiiro ah ayaa waxaa kamid ahaa Wasiirka Arrimaha Gudaha Gen.Cabdullahi Ilkajiir iyo Wasiirka Amniga Gen.Yusuf Axmed Khayr iyo xubno kale oo ka tirsan xukuumada Puntland. Xubnahan oo saaka ka baxay magaalada Bosaaso ayaa safarkooda ku tagay deegaanadii ay dagaalada ku dhexmareen Ciidamada Dowlada Puntland iyo kooxda uu hogaamiyo Shiikh Maxamed Siciid Attam. Wararka horudhaca ah ee soo gaaraya Horseed Media ayaa sheegaya in Madaxweyne kuxigeenka iyo xubnaha wehliya ay booqasho kormeer ah ku mareen xarumaha ciidamada ay ku sugan yihiin ee ku yaal buuraleyda Galgala iyo deegaanka Madarshoon oo dhanka galbeed kaga beegan Galgala. Dowlada Puntland ayaa 20kii bishii hore ee Oktoober ku dhawaaqday inay soo afjartay dagaaladii deegaanadaasii ay kula galeen kooxihii saldhiyada halkaasi ku lahaa ee uu hogaaminayey Wadaadka Maxamed Siciid Attam. Waa markii ugu horeysay oo wafdi noocaan ah booqdo deegaankaasi tan iyo intii dowlada Puntland sheegtay in dagaaladii buuraha Galgala iyo Madarshoon la soo gaba gabeeyey. Warbixinta Wafdigan oo dhameystiran iyo sawirada goobaha ay booqdeen wafdigan goor dhow baanu idiin soo bandhigi doonaa haduu eebo idmo. Horseed Media

^^^^Talexi, Puntland is NE Somalia which includes all the regions of SSCMNBH.. As for the report, while its exagerated the brothers are taking the heat from Burco and the fact that the State has enough evidance of the secessionist involvement. Its good we agree though, secessionist and unionist of the utter defeat of Attam and his Al Shabaab group...

^^^^Talexi, Puntland is NE Somalia which includes all the regions of SSCMNBH.. As for the report, while its exagerated the brothers are taking the heat from Burco and the fact that the State has enough evidance of the secessionist involvement. Its good we agree though, secessionist and unionist of the utter defeat of Attam and his Al Shabaab group...

Originally posted by Suldaanka: ^No, they haven't recognised. But they have extended a cordial red carpet treatment however. So after 19 years you get excited at a red carpet treatment? The same red carpet that sent him off in Hargaysa..

Originally posted by Suldaanka: Well done to Djibouti. Have they recognised the "country" that the SNM warlord leads?

^^^Yeah right, now how do you dismiss me in my own thread? Oh I forget you are from that country that no one recognizes, not even little Djibouti.

^^^^ So it’s an Independent nation that’s unrecognized, inhabited by Anglo Saxon Somali’s, right?

Taleexi; adeer as usual you make very little sense. I am not here to defend Faroole, however your claims that he has somehow created the issues on the ground is ludicrous at best. Puntland leadership can not be exempt from blame; however the political and traditional leaders of this community have made the situation worse. The current Puntland administrations has done well so far to address many issues, including the budget and chasing out the Al Shabaab agents in our territory. The secessionist will be dealt with faster when there are no Puntlanders being used as human shields by them. Again this will take time, but unifying this community should be the priority. If I am right what you are calling for is for the State to get directly involved in this and use what ever means necessary to bring a resolution to this problem?

Originally posted by Libaahe*: ^^^ Women getting into clan politics looks ugly. She is just damaging her image as a somali nationalist. So says a secessionists who thinks his clan region is a seperate country.

AfricaOwn, if NW Somalia or Somaliland is not part of the republic, why is it seeking recognition? Give us a break, and I hope that there is peace between Siilanyu and Saado.

Good stuff..

"It has not yet set in," said Samatar, who ran unopposed for the board's District 3 seat. "I just hope that this will be one of many elections to come" for natives of Somalia, he said. "Not for the sake of winning, but to have an impact on the state." Thats a direct quote from the above article. Also the African American population came from various nations throughout the continent and form a distinct minority of 30 million, Somali's are one of those groups. I think he is spot on. Also he ran for office to serve everyone.

^^^I think he has a point, you dont get Dutch-American, or Russian-American anymore, why should he not be an American as a label?

Hussein Samatar: American first, and African-American By Beth Hawkins | Published Thu, Oct 14 2010 8:30 am After a recent story I wrote about a candidate forum, Minneapolis School Board candidate Hussein Samatar sent me an e-mail asking that I not refer to him as Somali-American. His preference: Just American, or, if I insist on using a modifier, African-American. A former banker and the founder of the African Development Center, Samatar is a thoughtful, accomplished man — not the kind of guy, in my experience, who would make such a request without an interesting reason. Once I heard it I thought this blog would be a good place to lay out his explanation, which follows in his words. But first a smidgen of context is in order: The story was the second I have written taking note of the strange electoral mix that may, for the first time in half a century, leave the Minneapolis School Board without any representative who is African-American or from the city’s north side, and about the tensions this has generated. The topic interests me for several reasons. The new board will most likely have a Puerto Rican member and one from Somalia — great news for a school system struggling to meet the needs of English-language learners. But MPS in recent years has campaigned hard and made headway wooing back some of the thousands of African-American families who have fled for charters and suburban schools. In part, this is because the current board has dived in to issues of race and equity that its predecessors often found too charged to take up in any meaningful way. Now, with the possible loss of two African-American members — Chris Stewart, who did not seek re-election, and T. Williams, who did not get endorsed — and one white member, Pam Costain, who was adamant about the issue, will the discussion continue? Samatar says it will, and offers his thoughts on being African — and American — as fodder:

A good man, well done indeed.

Hussain is the founder & CEO of the African Development Center of MN.

Historic victory for Minneapolis school board Hussein Samatar of Minneapolis is the first Somali immigrant to be elected to public office in Minnesota - and possibly the country. By COREY MITCHELL, Star Tribune Wednesday, November 03, 2010 Hussein Samatar With his election Tuesday to the Minneapolis school board, Hussein Samatar became the first Somali immigrant elected to public office in Minnesota and possibly the United States. The founder and CEO of the African Development Center, who came to the United States as a refugee in 1993 and learned English in less than a year, in part by watching soap operas, said the thought of making American history is humbling. "It has not yet set in," said Samatar, who ran unopposed for the board's District 3 seat. "I just hope that this will be one of many elections to come" for natives of Somalia, he said. "Not for the sake of winning, but to have an impact on the state." With a historic win of his own, Alberto Monserrate became the first Latino elected to the school board. He defeated John H. Saulsberry for the District 5 seat. The CEO and president of Latino Communications, Monserrate came to Minnesota from Puerto Rico, where his parents worked as teachers. Samatar and Monserrate have expressed interest in improving education for the district's English language learners. Educating Minnesota's growing immigrant population is key to the state's future, they say. While the city's immigrants gained new advocates on the board, the city's North Side and black community may lose theirs. Incumbent Theatrice (T) Williams and Chanda Smith Baker, both black North Side residents, trailed in the race to fill two district-wide seats. With 95 percent of precincts reporting, Richard Mammen and Rebecca Gagnon led, with Smith Baker trailing Gagnon by less than a percentage point. If the results hold, it would mark the first time in decades that an American-born black has not served on the board. Samatar considers himself an African-American but sees a difference between his experience and that of blacks born in the United States, he said.

^^^Every Somali must cheer for Saado, she is after all the one being threatened by Dhahabshiil and Siilanyu. We have seen what Maryan Mursal and K'naan have added to the secessionists. Now its time to see what Saado takes away..

^^^AfricaOwn I belive you are far smarter than that. If NW Somalia is not part of the republic why are they seeking recognition? Also the President of Somalia today can not visit Afgoyee, that does not mean that village is not part of Somalia, does it now?

^^^Forget SOOL adeer. Hargaysa itself is still part of Somalia. Untill you get recognition there is no issue. Also its not us who covets the support of Maryan Mursal and are now in battle with Saado Ali... So far, Saado has all of you shook.