Minister of Foreign Affairs with 0 International experience and Minister of Education with who used to run a somali community group in London. Siilanyu himself was never a governor, nor a minister nor a President of any region or state, does that make him unqualified? You are trying to create division, which is not needed. The secessionist I have deep issues with, but no one should wish for the for failure of the state.

Chief Aaqil you have no point adeer. Also stop pretending to be what you are not. I agree with Norf here, its better that people get service than fake clan minisetrs. That wont feed, educate nor help them find a job. Lets hope that this cabinet works to better the region...

^^^You have a point about Faroole, and if Attam was a local independent goat then there would be no issue here. The problem is AL Shabaab, we have been here before and after they are taken care of in Galgala, then Faroole days are numbered.

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WAREYSIYO : Barnaamij ku saabsan colaadaha Galgala 29 Jul 29, 2010 - 10:41:03 PM Waa Barnaamij la yiraahdo hadal haynta Todobaadka oo ka baxa Idaacada Garowe maalin walba oo Jimco ah ayaa todobaadkan waxaa looga hadley xiisada ka jirtey buuraha Galgala. Barnaamijkan oo la idiinku soo ururshey qeybo ka mid ah hadaladii warbahinta ka baxey ee looga hadlayey xiisadaha agagaarka Galgala ayaa waxaa diirada la saarey hadalada kala duwan ee kasoo baxey dhinacyada saameyntu ku yeelatey colaadaan. Dhageyso dhamaan hadaladii warbaahinta laga sii daayey ee ku saabsanaa colaadaha kasoo kordhey buuraha Galgala ee ku yaal duleedka magaalada Bosaso.

30. July 2010 Allidalaamale:-Axmed Xuseen Doonyaale oo ka mid ah siyaasiyiinta ka soo jeeda deeganka Galgala oo wareysi siiyay VOA ayaa shaaca ka qaaday in deegankoda lagusoo duulay,isla markaana ay ku sugunyahiin buuraha Galgala kooxo ajnabi iyo Soomaali ka timid deegano kale oo aan u dhalan gobolada Puntland. Doonyaale oo arinka tilmaamayana wuxuu yiri “Waxaa nagu soo duuley dad aan u dhalan dhulkayaga, waxna nala wadaagin waxayna dadkaasi ku sugan yihiin agagaarka Galgala, ayagoona qab qabsho iyo xarigba u geystay dadka deeganka ee beeralayda ah sidaas daraaded waxaa nagu waajib ah in aan la daaglano kooxahas Al-Shabaabka ah Atamna waa nin lagu shaqeysanayo oo khiyaar laheyn” ayuu yiri Doonyaale.

Xukuumadda iyo dadka degaanka ayaa wadajir xoog isaga saaraya- Allidalaamale:-Wasiirka Arimaha Gudaha,Dawladaha Hoose iyo Hor'umarinta reer miyiga ee dawlada Puntland Gen.C/llaahi Axmed Jaamac (Ilkajiir) oo wareysi siiyay warbaahinta BBC ayaa sheegay in kooxda Al-Shabaab ee deeganka Galgala u oogu baaqayo in ay si nabad ah uga baxaan dhulkaas, haddii kale xukuumadda iyo dadka degaanka oo wadajira ay xoog isaga saari doonaan kooxda kusoo duushay dadka Islaamka ah ee reer Puntland. Ilka jiir ayaa sidoo kale sheegay in kooxahan ay isugu jiraan kuwa degaanka ka soo jeeda iyo kuwo uu ku sheegay in ay dool kaga yimaadeen koofurta iyo galbeedka somalia,ilsa markaana weerar aan gabasho laheyn kusoo qaaday reer Puntland. Wasiirka aya intaa ku daray in isimada,waxgaradka iyo xukuumadda Puntland ay muddo 4 bilood ah ku howlanayaaneyn sidii xal nabad ah loogu dhameyn lahaa Arinta Atam,isla markaan ay u fuliyeen qodobo u soo dalbaday si wada hadal la isugu hor fariisto hubkana uu u soo wareejiyo,balse wasiirku wuxuu xusay inuu ka baxay wada xaajoodkii usocday isaga iyo Odayaasha deeganka weerarna u kusoo qaaday ciidamada Puntland. Wuxuu intaas raaciyey in shirar badan oo ay yeesheen dadka degaanka ay ka soo saareen digniin ay u jeediyeen kooxdan, ayna ugu baaqeen si nabad ah in ay degaanka uga baxaan haddii kale iyagoo kaashanaya dawlada iyo dadka Puntland ay iska saari doonaan. Ilka Jiir oo ka jawaabay in ay doowlado shisheeya gacan kusiinayay dagaalka ay kula jirana Al-Shabaab ayaa beeniyey in arinkaasi wuxuuna ku hoosta ka xariiqay in Dowlada Puntland ay ku filantahay gacan adagna ku qabaneyso kooxahan isu soo beheystay iney xasilooni daro ka abuuran deeganada Puntland. Cumar Afguduud Allidamaale.com Gaalkacyo

Al-shabaab oo ku fashilmey weerarkii ay kusoo qaadeen Puntland,laakiin waxey la soo baxeen qorshe u qarsoonaa(Plan B) Posted by admin on July 30th, 2010 Garowe(Pi) Kooxda Al-shabaab oo intii mudo ahba ku howlanaa iney qaybo kamid ah Puntland gacanta ku dhigaan ayaa markii hore ku guuleystey iney saldhigaan Galgala,Shiekh Atam ayaana hormuud u ahaa kooxda Al-shabaab Puntland isagaana loo xilsaarey inuu dhulkiisa ka xoreeyo dadkiisa. Al-shabaab waxey waayadaan dambe bilaabeen iney wax ka badalaan siyaasadooda iyo dhaqankoodaba deegaanada looga awood badan yahey , Waxey bilaabeen iney isticmaalaan hab cusub oo ah iney fal sameeyaan ka dibna dafiraan,tasoo ay ula jeedaan iney iska horkeenaan dadka degan degaankaas ay doonayaan inay ka howlgalaan ama ay ka bilaabaan dhaqdhaqaaq si ay kooxdoodu u hesho dad taageera hadii ay u arkaan in laga gacan sareeyo. Waxaa tusaale ah qarixii Hotel Shamow ee ardeyda qalin jabineysa lagu laayey, weerarkii lagu qaadey Hotelkii ku yiiley Baladweyne ee uu ku dhintey Cumar Xaashi labadaan weerar waxaa ka dambeeyey Al-shabaab lakiin labadaba way dafireen. Sheikh Atam wuxuu intaan la weerarin sheegey inuu Al-shabaab yahey, Al-shabaab iyagu wax hadala kama bixin xiligaas, balse Markii Ciidamada Puntland ay gacan qaadeen Atam kooxdiisii lana qabqabtey saraakiil badan oo Al-shaab ka tirsanaa ayaa waxaa cadaatey in Al-shabaab ku hungoobeen qorshohoodii ahaa iney weeraraan Puntland, run ahaantiina waa ku fashilmeen arintaas, Al-shabaab oo waayadaan dambe isticmaala siyaasad casriyeysan waxey markiiba badaleen siyaasadooda waxeyna la soo baxeen qorshe u qarsoonaa, Sheikh atam ruuxiisuna wax ka ogaa(Pland B) qorshahasoo ahaa in ay isticmaalaan hab qabiil iney dagaalka u badalaan si ciidankooda loo badbaadsho meeshana ay usii joogaan halkaasna qorshohoodii looga soo bilaaba mar labaad iyo abaabul hor leh, waxey samyeen ugu horeyn Al-shabaab ayaa dafirey iney ku lug leeyihiin dagaalka, shiekh Atam isna wuxuu dafirey inuu Al-shabaab yahey,wuxuuse hilmaamey inuu maalmo ka hor afkiisa ku yiri waxaan ahey Al-shabaab, “waa neef la gowracey geed kama waabtee” . Waxaa hadaba xaqiiq ah in waayadaan dambe ay Al-shabaab isticmaalaan taktik laga yaqaan Afganistaan oo ay badanaa isticmaalaan Alqacida iyo Talabaan kasoo ah iney meel weeraraan ka dibna dadka ka dhaadhacshaan ineysan weerarkaas lug ku laheyn, waxeyna taas Al-qacida iyo Talabaan ka gaareen guulo badan.

Boosaaso:"Waanu ku filanaha Kooxda Galgala"Wasiirka Arimaha Guda D/Puntland. 29. juli 2010 Boosaaso:(Allpuntland)-Wasiirka Wasaarada Arimaha Gudaha,Dawladaha Hoose & Hor'umarinta reer miyiga ee dawlada Puntland Jen,Cabdullaahi Axmed Jaamac(Ilkajiir)ayaa markii ugu horaysay si toos ah uga hadlay Dagaalkii bilowgii todobaadkan ka dhacay buuraleyda gobolka Bari,waxaana uu Wasiirku sheegey in Dagaalkaasi uu ahaa Talaabo Dawladiisa lagu daandaansanayey. Jen,Ilkajiir Wuxuu ugu horayn Hambalyo udiray Dhamaan Bulsho weynta reer Puntland ee imika sanadkii 12-aad Xukuumadooda u buuxsamayo,waxaana uu sheegey in Waqtigan aysan haboonayn in Dagaalo ay shacabku galaan,isagoo sidoo kale sheegey in Kooxda kusugan Galgala ay imika qas cusub bilaabeen,waxaana uu sheegey Wasiirku in Xukuumadiisu ay talaabo ka qaadi doonto cidkasta oo isku dayda Khalkhal Amaan. "Dagaalkii maanlintii dhaweyd dhacay wuxuu ahaa mid nasiib daro ah oo aanan Waqtigan loo baahnayn,Waxaanuna wadnay Xal sidan dhaama oo aanu labada dhinac isugu soo dhaweynayno,waxaanuna ka xunahay in Halkaas ay wax ka dhacaan,imikana ciidmadeenu waxay joogaan goobtii wax ka dheceen oo aanu la wareegnay"Ayuu yiri Jen,Ilkajiir oo saacado un ka hor kasoo noqday Buuraha Bari oo uu kusugnaa maalmihii lasoo dhaafay oo APL la hadlay isagoo kusugan magaalada Boosaaso. Wasiirka Arimaha Guduhu wuxuu sheegey in xukuumadiisu aysan waqtigan diyaar u ahayn inay Dawlahada Caalamka ka codsato inay duqeeyaan Buuraha Galgala oo saacadihii lasoo dhaafay Cabsi badani kajirtay,waxaana uu ku gaabsaday in Xukuumadiisa oo aanan duqaynin ay halkaas isaga filantahay. Cabdiqani Xayir Allpuntland

Garoowe:”Atam & Alshabaab waa isugu kaaya mid” Axmed Doonyaale. 30. juli 2010 APL FIKRAD iyo FALANQAYN KA DHIIBO WARKAAN, KU QOR FORM-KA DHAMAADKA WARKAAN YAAL Garoowe:(Allpuntland)-Axmed Xusseen Doonyaale oo ah Siyaasi reer Puntland ah islamarkaasna bilo ka hor laga qaaday Xilka Wasiirkii Xanaanada Xoolaha ee dawlada Puntland ayaa dhaliil xoogan dusha uga tuuray Hogaamiyaha Ciidamada ku haystay gobolka Bari,waxaana uu sheegey inuu yahay nin Argagaxiso saaxiib dhow la’ah. Doonyaale wuxuu sheegey in Maxamed Siciid Atam uu ciidamo badan oo Alshabaab ah shaqaaleystay,islamarkaasna Ajaanib aad ubadan uu galiyey buuraha xuduudka ay wadagaan gobolada Sanaag & Bari,waxaana uu sheegey in Alshabaab & Atam ay u simanyihiin lana wada dagaalamayaan. “Atam markii hore wuxuu haysta ciidamo deegaankeena kasoo jeeda,imikase wuxuu soo dhaweystay koox aanan waxba naga dhaxayn oo Ajaanib u badan,Annaga Atam & Alshabaab waa isugu kaaya mid waanuna la dagaalamaynaa”Ayuu yiri Axmed Doonyaale. Wasiirkii hore ee Xanaanada xoolaha dawlada Puntland ee Soomaaliyeed wuxuu sheegey in Ciidamada Puntland ay awood u adeegsandoonaan Kooxda Atam,waxaana uu taas ku macneeyey inay diideen Heshiisyo & Dadaalo nabdeed oo lawaday. Cabdiqani Xayir

No one cares about Faroole, as an individual he will be held accountable for his failures. However we will not allow Part time Puntlanders out of misguaded clan envy to destabalise the state. Now Ilkajiir is bad, Doonyaale is bad and Attam is good? One wonders how this is so.

Warar ku Saabsan Xaaladda Galgala [Dhegayso] July 29, 20102 comments| !Wasiirka Arimaha Gudaha Puntland Gen.Cabdullaahi Axmed Jaamac oo maanta la hadley warbaahinta BBC-da ayaa sheegay, in xaaladda Magaalada Galgala iyo goobaha ka agdhaw ay degan tahay wax dagaal ahna aysan jiri, Ilkojiir ayaa sheegay in Ciidanka ka maraqaata Shiikh Attam ay muddo dheer meesha ku jireen ayna isugu jiraan qaar kamid ah deegaanka iyo kuwo doolaal ku yimid kuwaas oo koonfurta iyo meelo kaleba ka yimid. Wasiirka Arimaha Gudaha ayaa sheegay in muddo dheer ay isku dayeen in arintan xal loo helo, xitaa cafis loo fidiyey, waxaana la isku dayey wax kasta lagu qanciyo laakiin waxaa meeshii yimiud rag gobolka aan u dhalan kuwaas oo calan meeshii ka taagey isla markaana bilaabey in ay dhibaateeyaan shacabka, waxaana ku xigtey in ay iyaguba weerar soo qaadeen, anaguna hadde waa u jawaabney. Ilkojiir ayaa meesha ka saarey in dadka deegaanku wax tabanayeen, laakiin waxaa ku adeeganaayey dad yar oo dano gaar ah leh, ugu danbeyntii Wasiirka ayaa sheegay in aysan nabaddana ka harin , inkasta oo kooxda Attam ay dagaalka doorbideen labadana waan wadaynaa, khiyaarkana iyaga ayaa leh ayuu yiri wixii aan mandaqada ah xal waa loo heli karaa, marna nabadda kama quusanayno.

Axmed Xuseen Doonyaale “Xal aan dagaal ahayn ma jiro” Axmed Xuseen Doonyaale oo ka mid ah siyaasiyiinta ka soo jeeda goobaha hadda mashaqadu ka taagan tahay ayaa mar uu u waramaayey VOA-da sheegay in dhulkoodi lagu soo duuley oo ay ku soo duuleen al-Shabaab, Doonyaale ayaa hoosta ka xariiqay in Attam uu u adeegaayo al-Shabaab “….Waxaa nagu soo duuley dad aan u dhalan dhulkayaga, waxna nala wadaagin waxayna dadkaasi ku sugan yihiin agagaarka Galgala, kadib markii ay xir xireen beeralaydii halkaas ku sugneyd, kuwa aan la dagalaamaynaa waa al-Shabaab….” ayuu yiri Axmed Xuseen Doonyaale Axmed Xuseen Doonaayle ayaa sheegay dadka deegaanka u dhashey ee kamid ah ciidanka ku sugan buuraha degmada Galgala, in ay yihiin kuwo aad u yar, waxaana hadda talada haya kuwa doolaalka ku yimid ayuu yiri Doonyaale. Ugu danbeyntii Axmed Xuseen Doonyaale oo horey u ahaan jirey wasiir ka tirsan dawladda Puntland sheegay in dhibta dhacdey aan wax kale lagu xalin karin, shirar badan ayaa la qabtey, kuwaas oo ka dhacay Dhahar, Buraan, Maraje Ceelaayo iyo Balibusle waxaana shirarkaas la isku raacey in dagaal mooyee aan wax kale wax looga qaban karin.

^^^Yeah good on IlkaJiir he happens to be the only good person in Puntland, and Attam the only Wadaad, and the death of that man the only one worth investigating, everything else is meaningless right? The talking points are getting more absurd by the day. It seems like only one group is playing catch up game. So far the Puntland media's coverage has been quite effective and unemotional.

RECRUITING MILITIA Local residents said the rebels had been recruiting militia fighters in the area and were camped out in the hills outside the port city Bosasso. "Sheikh Mohamed Saiid Atom has been recruiting Islamists in those hilly areas since 2005," said resident Hussein Ali. "He has indoctrinated the youth using three means: a huge amount of money from the sales of weapons, sharia law and convincing his clan they have little political influence on Puntland's administration," Ali added. The Kampala bomb blasts killed 76 people and thrust the festering conflict in Somalia and the rebels' links with al Qaeda back into the international spotlight. The July 11 attack was the first foreign strike by Somali militants, and analysts say their ability to launch attacks abroad has been helped by an influx of foreign jihadists. The agreement by African leaders to send an extra 4,000 peacekeepers to Somalia is likely to have little impact in Puntland because the force is based in the capital Mogadishu. The African Union force, known as AMISOM, is stretched as it is to shield the president's residence and guard the port and airport. Al Shabaab and a second group, Hizbul Islam, control much of central and southern Somalia unchecked. A pro al Qaeda website posted a statement saying separately saying it will launch television channel -- Alkataaib -- to spread its message in the anarchic Horn of Africa nation. "The media war faced by the Mujahideen is of the heaviest and most important front in our war with infidel in Somalia, which makes us caretakers of the gaps in the media jihad. This pushes us to the battleground on the media jihad on the bigger Somalia front," the site www.atahadi.com said. Source: reuters.com

Islamist rebels vow jihad on Somalia's Puntland. By Abdi Sheikh -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Islamist militants based in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland will wage a holy war against the administration there until their strict version of sharia law prevails, a rebel commander said late on Tuesday. Sheikh Mohamed Saiid Atom, who says his fighters are allied to the al Qaeda-inspired al Shabaab insurgents behind this month's coordinated bomb attack on Uganda's capital Kampala, urged local residents and businessmen to take up arms. "We shall never stop fighting Puntland. We are part and parcel of al Shabaab, we are brothers united by Islamic sharia (law)," Sheikh Atom told reporters in the town of Galkayo. The United Nations says Sheikh Atom is one of the principal suppliers of arms and ammunition for al-Shabaab in Puntland. A major pirate base, Puntland has been relatively stable compared with the rest of Somalia but in recent months violence and instability has spiked in the region. Islamist rebels in central Somalia have threatened to hound the pirates out of their coastal lairs and in May seized Haradhere, a town that has profited heavily from piracy in the Gulf of Aden.

No clan support, Atom isolated In early 2006, Atom was associated with a minor clan uprising in Galgala area against Puntland’s government after clan militias clashed with Puntland troops guarding foreign geologists, who were surveying the hilly region for potential resources. Atom organized a private militia using momentary clan sentiments, but his transformation into a violent criminal in recent years has alienated the local clans, most of who are "wary of the foreign fighters and Somalis from all regions hiding out in the Galgala hills," according to well-informed sources. Many believe that the Galgala militants' July 26 attack on Puntland government forces at Karin army post was a desperate attack, as Puntland's ongoing security crackdown on criminal elements in Bossaso and even expulsion of hundreds who pose security threats has disrupted Atom's terror operations. For months, Puntland officials have blamed Atom's group hiding in the hills of being responsible for bombings and targeted assassinations of government officials. Sources close to clan leaders say Atom is "isolated" and local clans have come out publicly and endorsed Puntland government's security crackdown against the Galgala militants. Analysts say Mr. Atom's isolation and exposure as a violent criminal and his dangerous connections to Al Shabaab has weakened his position significantly and none of the local clans have supported him publicly. It is possible Atom requested Al Shabaab's public rejection as part of a clever plan to deceive people and attempt to hide Atom's exposed nature as Al Shabaab cell. Such thinking would allow Al Shabaab to mask itself in Puntland. But sources say many locals speak of fear of a pending Puntland offensive against Atom's hideouts, as the war of words over the airwaves builds up. But sources say many locals speak of fear of a pending Puntland offensive against Atom's hideouts, as the war of words over the airwaves builds up. Puntland, located in northeast Somalia, is a self-governing stable region with peaceful elections and which supports the establishment of a federal Somalia. Al Qaeda-backed insurgents who have wreaked havoc in south-central Somalia are actively trying to support new insurgencies in peaceful parts of the country, including Puntland and Somaliland. Puntland's government considers Al Shabaab a terrorist organization and has vowed to crush all threats to state security and has deployed thousands of troops and police in major cities. GAROWE ONLINE

Al Shabaab and Atom: Identical language Mr. Mohamed Said Atom, the Galgala militants' leader, told the interviewer that the July 26 attack on Puntland army post in Karin, 40km south of Gulf of Aden port city of Bossaso, was "an attack but it was preceded by many things. The attackers were locals." "There is no Al Shabaab involved. Themselves [Al Shabaab] are saying they are not involved," Atom said. But Atom's answers were identical to the words of Al Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Ali Dheere and Al Shabaab's violent ideology, and he provided disconnected and vague answers to the direct question: "Are you Al Shabaab member?" Both Atom and Ali Dheere claimed that the "local Muslim people" were fighting against the Puntland government, itself an elected Muslim government in federal Somalia, a country that is nearly 100% Muslim. Not surprising, it is part of Al Shabaab's violent ideology to divide humans into those that surrender to Al Qaeda's global war or those that are "infidels." In April, the largest Islamic conference in 20 years was held in Garowe, Puntland's state capital. More than 50 Somali Muslim scholars met for a week, held discussion panels, and declared that Al Shabaab's violent struggle is "not jihad" under Islamic principles. Al Shabaab officials reacted with anger to the conference's outcome and issued threats against the conference's Somali Muslim scholars from all corners of Somalia, including Mogadishu and Somaliland. In line with Al Shabaab dogma, Atom also claimed that "Puntland government was fighting the Muslims by cutting off supplies to Galgala," a reference to a Puntland army siege underway to flush out the Galgala militants. Puntland officials say they are working closely with clan elders and community leaders in Galgala area to ensure that the flow of civilian goods and supplies to the villages always remains open. Asked why he commands a private militia, Atom said: "We are Muslims and we wish to build an Islamic state and to remove the Ashahado la Dirir from Somalia." Since 2006, Al Shabaab and its parent defunct alliance, the Islamic Courts Union, formerly led by current Western-backed TFG President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, have used propaganda phrases like "Ashahado la Dirir" to refer to all groups that oppose them, Somali or foreigner. Observers say Atom's claim to represent "local clan interests" was overshadowed by his interview answers, dominated by references to Islamic state and political language that links him ideologically with anti-peace forces in Somalia, namely Al Shabaab. In March, a United Nations report identified Atom as a weapons supplier to Al Shabaab, giving him intimate connections to the terrorist group whose ranks are infused by foreign fighters from the Middle East, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, according to regional governments like Kenya. The foreign fighters have flocked into Somalia since 2006 after Al Shabaab invited them to fight Al Qaeda's global war against the West and its alies. In Bossaso, sophisticated roadside bombings have killed Puntland soldiers in recent months, and intelligence officials say its another import from Al Shabaab in the terror group's attempt to destablize Puntland.

Somalia: Al Shabaab and Galgala militants deny each other [report] 29 Jul 29, 2010 - 11:06:58 AM Somalia's insurgent group Al Shabaab has denied connection to a July 26 battle near Puntland's port city of Bossaso, where Puntland troops killed 13 militants and captured many after Galgala militants attacked an army post, Radio Garowe reports. Al Shabaab Somalia July spokesman Ali Mohamud Rage, alias Ali Dheere, said during a VOA Somali Service interview Thursday: "Al Shabaab is not connected to them [Galgala militants] and it's the local people in Galgala that are fighting against the Puntland government and PIS," a reference to Puntland's intelligence and counterterrorism agency which operates under its new name, Puntland Intelligence Agency (PIA). The Al Shabaab spokesman claimed that the "local people have been fighting against oppression by PIA and the Puntland government since the [former Puntland President] Adde Muse's term." Sheikh Ali Dheere, Al Shabaab's spokesman, did not specify exactly what "oppression" he spoke of, but added: "It should not be – that every time a group of Muslim groups fight against current regimes that they are part of Al Shabaab." Many wonder why Al Shabaab, an extremely violent group that proudly claimed the 7/11 bombings that killed more than 70 people watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Kampala, Uganda, is now publicly distancing itself from Mr. Atom, a secretive man hiding out in hills with foreign fighters.

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^^Again as you know there is no such thing as a clan/Islamic inspired movement the Somali people rejected the Mogadishu courts claims, one can not accept this either.

^^^NGOONGE looking at this from a dispassionate view point, this mans actions speak louder than any words, and like we have pointed out its too late for damage control. For me whats clear is that he has been forced to give interviews, unlike Faroole who speaks out on any old rubbish, this man has hidden his motives for a while and that was to his advantage. The other key point is that Al Shabaab have only ever denied involvement on few occasions, one was the Hotel Shaamo bombing because they understood rightly that it was bad PR and would not go down well with their supporters. The other was the last time they were driven out of Dhusa Mareb, after that defeat they claimed it was not them but some local Mulims fighting the Ethiopians. If Attam’s gang had won the other day and say took over parts of Bossaso, then you would have Al Shabaab claiming a major victory and singing their new commanders praise. No one likes a defeat and not the “warriors of God” who are meant to be invincible. I must commend you, you are the only one who has put up a reasonable argument, but Attam is Al Shabaab and Al Shabaab are Attam, as he said it Akhi, you need to seek knoweledge..

^^^Al Shabaab are afraid of the PIS, its time to expand them rather then restrict the organisation as a whole.

^^^For a man who has never given an interview ever he sure is making allot since that skirmish... The two voices are the same no excuse, the man is waffler..

^^^No do explain how Somaliweyn is a problem in this instance?