With that said, I'm done with the going in circles nacnac with none-shareholders of SL. That surely includes, Borama, Erigavo and LA as well, its good that your true colours are showing my sister. I like you more today than before.

Chief_Aaqil Why did Tuur & Egaal fight and where they not from Burco as you stated? Give us a break lad its better to have a unionist view than this clearly absurd clan phantom nation.

^^^Indeed, the last time the old Mugger spoke was a few days before the result, since then it’s been quite with clan euphoria from the usual suspects. Has Siilanyu visited him yet?

^^^Oodweyne has Riyaale conceded yet? Koley diga the ummah reunion waan ka reebi laha, after all you would insist your atheer who does not even know al-hamdu leads. Oh thats funny now you are claiming your folks know the religion better than mine. So religious of you dear sister. One knew you was fake from the first day.

^^^I am not spinning anything adeer. NW Somalia’s election is as important to me as the elections in Wisconsin the neighboring state to the one I currently reside in. I am interested in what’s going on and the dynamics but not really bothered if the Mugged ones are now in Villa Morgan, or if the Mugger wins. To me this is just the charade until the restoration of the Somali state which includes Hargaysa and the triangle. You on the other hand seem to be all hot and bothered probably had a bad sleep last night. Where are you on the league tables in the Traingle now? Your old Burco rivals are your masters now, and that’s something you need to spin for us.

Pardon? Burco has never deliverd leaders in Somaliland?? President Egal was from Burco. President Abirahman Tuur was from Burco. Yeah but not that part of Burco, pardon.

Originally posted by *Ibtisam: Cantarbaqash.com, why would Riyaal clan be marginalised, Kulmiye 3rd hand is Riyaal's atheer :rolleyes: Miis you did not know? Oh my is it the deveout religious lady, who wants to unite the Ummah, yet rushes in to defend the secessionist agenda based on clanish nonsense at every turn.

^^^Oh my we are still in the early years. Adeer...

Oodweyene, the secessionist agenda has failed adeer, the Mugged ones happiness highlights the negitive effects that the Riyaale years have had on the confidance of the SNM. The joy in Burco and the dancing is merited, since this group have never been leaders in NW Somalia let alone the republic. Its their time to shine. The unionists are overjoyed, we have a new leadership in Villa Morgan, this will present us many new opportunities.

Gen Mohamed Siyad Barre, President of Somalia from 1969 till 1991

Abdullahi Esse & MohamedIbrahim Egaal Abdirizaq Haji Hussain, second PM of Somalia Third PM of Somalia

Founding fathers of the republic Dalka Soomaaliya oo 50-jirsaday...........

Where is Duke I am right here, son!

after 7 years of abuse Mugger no more The symbolisam were powerful, an "election" held on the 26th of June and the result declared on the 1st of July. In the city where 50 years ago Somali’s celebrated their independence, the SNM now celebrated their victory over Riyaale and the restoration as some described of the clan pride. No doubt seven years of Mugging was difficult to accept and it seems Riyaale and his clan will be marginalized now as the sons of the clan struggle over run Villa Morgan once again. Yes my candidate for the Presidency of NW Somalia Dahir Riyaale Kahin lost, and one hopes and expects that Dahir for once acts like a grown up and leaves Villa Morgan in peace. Siilanyu has much to do, it has been said that he is an honest man who has a diffirent view towards the Somali republic as a whole in comparison to the secessionist clowns that we have become accustomed to. What matters the most is peace and that there is a smooth transition of power, and new policies that will help the average individual rather than enrich corrupt officials.

^^^He is playing the fool, but there is no man who knows the game as well as Diago..

Diago Maradona will have the last laugh, Argentina so far are the best team in the group stages.

Somalia: EU envoys in historic visit to Puntland 19 Jun 19, 2010 - 3:19:31 PM A delegation from European countries toured Somalia’s Puntland state for the first time, Radio Garowe reports. The plane carrying the delegation led by the Spanish envoy to Kenya, whose country temporarily hold EU chair, landed at Conoco, in the outskirts of Garowe city, the administrative capital of Puntland. Puntland State President Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed "Farole," and senior government officials received the delegation comprising of envoys representing European countries to Kenya, in Garowe presidential palace. “It is a historic trip for the EU envoys in Kenya to Garowe, they are arriving at a time when the region is green and rainy season, and they have even seen how Puntland is rich interms of livestock,” he said after the meeting with the envoys. Among the things discussed is strengthening cooperation and advancing EU-sponsored development projects in Puntland State, which has been successful, added the president. He however noted that the envoys had short time to spend on the trip, promising another tour to take them around and discuss development projects in Puntland State. The envoys were then taken to Salahley, in the outskirts of Garowe, where they were prepared for special lunch. After the wonderful lunch, the envoys met with traditional elders who included Islan Isse Islan Mohammed, Sultan Said Mohammed Garase, Garad Abdullahi Ali Iid, Sultan Said Mohammed and Sultan Mohammed Mashqare. “I am telling you that Puntland enjoys peace and tranquility both in the rural and urban like you have seen now, the peace is a common interest for everyone in Puntland,. We only need the developed countries to support us on what we can’t achieve. We pray to God for the stability of the rest of the country that is suffering from conflict. We call on you to offer your help and we will always welcome you,” said Islan Isse Islan Mohammed. . The EU delegation flew back to Nairobi, Kenya, later Saturday. GAROWE ONLINE

EU Ambassadors in Structural Dialogue with Puntland. Garowe - A historic meeting took place in Puntland when a delegation of Ambassadors and Embassy representatives from the European Union convened with high-ranking officials from the Puntland Government. The meeting was an initial step taken towards the establishment of structural dialogue between Puntland and the European Union. It is envisaged that the EU and Puntland will engage in a similar dialogue to be held in Nairobi a few months from today. Heading the EU delegation was the Temporary President of the EU to Somalia, H.E Nicolas Martin Cinto. H.E Nicolas Martin Cinto is also the Ambassador of Spain to Kenya. The delegation comprised of H.E Mr. Stefano Antonio Dejak, the Ambassador of Italy to Kenya, Mr. Renaud Ferrand , the first Counselor at the Embassy of France in Kenya and Mr. BIELECKI Andrzej the First Secretary at the Embassy of Belgium in Kenya. From the Embassy of Finland Mr. Jussi Laurikainen, the Assistant/Governance for Good Governance and Regional Issues/Somalia was present while Ms. Paula Vazquez Horyaans presented the EU Somalia Operations Unit. Mr. Mohamed Osman Aden, the Counselor at the Somali Embassy in Kenya, accompanied the delegation. The Vice-president of Puntland, H.E Brig. Gen. Abdisamad Ali Shire and members of the Puntland Government warmly received the EU delegation at Garowe Airport today before escorting them to the Presidential Palace in Garowe. On arrival at the Presidential Palace, the delegation met privately with H.E President Abdirahman Mahamed Mahamud in his office at the palace. Then, they were ushered into the conference facility where they discussed with Cabinet Ministers and authorities from the Office of the President. In the conference room, the delegation was introduced to the Minister of Security, the Minister of Interior, Local Government and Rural Development, the Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, the Minister for Marine Transportation and Ports, The Minister for Environment and The Minister of Health from the Puntland Government. The delegation also met the State Minister of the Puntland Presidency for Democratization and Federal Affairs, The State Minister of the Puntland Presidency for Security, the Special Police Unit Commander and the Chief of Staff at the Office of the President. "This is a historic moment for Puntland," H.E President Abdirahman Mahamed Mahamud said. "It is the first time that Puntland has received such a high ranking delegation." President Abdirahman read a message from Puntland to the EU delegation and an official dossier was handed out to the delegation. On behalf of the EU delegation, H.E Mr. Nicolas Cinto presented a message from the EU to Puntland. The delegation also presented a report on EU funded interventions in Puntland. The parties discussed a number of issues regarding piracy, security and development in Puntland. The EU and Puntland mutually agreed upon suggestions for further collaboration and correspondence before wrapping up the meeting on a happy note. After the meeting, the delegation was treated to a traditional Somali Buffet in a scenic mountainous setting located in the Nugal region countryside before their departure. Source: puntland-gov.net

Report: Israel Proposes ‘International Force’ to Monitor Gaza Ports Officials Decline Comment on Media Report by Jason Ditz, June 03, 2010 Email This | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Though Israeli officials have so far declined to confirm or deny the reports, an Israeli television station is claiming that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed allowing an “international force” to monitor every ship entering Gaza ports in return for “easing” the blockade. Israel has had a full blockade on the Gaza Strip for years, preventing everything from chocolate and toys to cement from reaching the tiny enclave’s 1.5 million people. But while Israel has regularly stopped aid ships attempting to reach the strip it was an Israeli attack on an aid ship on Sunday night, an attack which killed at least 9 aid workers (initial reports indicated the toll could be as high as 19) that has drawn renewed attention to the blockade. Israel has responded by defending not only the blockade but the killing of the aid workers, who they claimed were secretly in league with terrorists. Yet international pressure is clearly on the rise, and despite claims to the contrary it could force Israel to rethink the blockade, at least as it is currently constituted.

Lift the Siege of Gaza In June 1948, our wartime ally imposed a blockade on Berlin, cutting off and condemning to death or Stalinist domination 2 million Germans, most of whom, not long before, had cheered Adolf Hitler. Harry Truman responded with the Berlin airlift, in perhaps the most magnanimous act of the Cold War. For nine months, U.S. pilots flew into Tempelhof, carrying everything from candy to coal, saving a city and earning the eternal gratitude of the people of Berlin, and admiration everywhere that moral courage is admired. That was an America that lived its values. And today, President Obama should end his and his country’s shameful silence over the inhumane blockade of Gaza that is denying 1.5 million beleaguered people the basic necessities of a decent life. Time to start acting like America again. That bloody debacle in the Eastern Mediterranean last Sunday was an inevitable result of Israel doing what it always seems to do: going beyond what is essential to her security, to impose collective punishment upon any and all it regards as hostile to Israel. Israel claims, and film confirms, that its commandos rappelling down onto the Turkish ship were attacked with sticks and metal rods. One was tossed off a deck, another tossed overboard into a lifeboat. But that 2 a.m. boarding of an unarmed ship with an unarmed crew, carrying no munitions or weapons, 65 miles at sea, was an act of piracy. What the Israeli commandos got is what any armed hijacker should expect who tries to steal a car from a driver who keeps a tire iron under the front seat. And the response of these highly trained naval commandos to the resistance they encountered? They shot and killed nine passengers, and wounded many more. But we have a blockade of Gaza, say the Israelis, and this flotilla was a provocation. Indeed, it was. And Selma was a provocation. The marchers at Edmund Pettus Bridge were disobeying orders of the governor of Alabama and state police not to march. Yet, today, liberal Democrats who regard Martin Luther King as a moral hero for championing nonviolent civil disobedience to protest injustice are cheering not the unarmed passengers trying to break the Gaza blockade, but the Israelis enforcing the blockade. Where were these fellows when "Bull" Connor really needed them? Comes the retort: Israel is a friend and ally, and we stand with our friends. But is not Turkey a friend and ally of 50 years, whose soldiers died alongside ours in Korea and who accepted Jupiter missiles targeted on Russia, even before the Cuban missile crisis? Was it not Turkey whose citizens were wounded and killed in the bloody debacle? Why are we not at least even-handed between our friends? On the trip to Israel where he was blindsided by news that Israel would build 1,600 new housing units in East Jerusalem, Joe Biden told Shimon Peres, "There is absolutely no space between the United States and Israel when it comes to Israel’s security." And that is the problem. America is a superpower with interests in an Arab world of 300 million and an Islamic world of 1.5 billion — interests Israel treats with indifference if not contempt when it comes to doing what she regards as necessary for her security. While Israel had a right to build a wall to protect her people from terror attack, did she have a right to build it on Palestinian land? While Israel had a right to go after Hezbollah when her soldiers were shot on the border and several kidnapped, did Israel have a right to conduct a five-week bombing campaign that smashed Lebanon, killing hundreds of civilians and creating upward of a million refugees? While Israel had a right to go into Gaza to stop the firing of crude rockets on Sderot, did she have a right to smash utilities and public buildings and kill 1,400 people, most of them civilians? Is whatever Israel decides to do in the name of her security fine with us, because there is "absolutely no space" between our interests and hers, our values and Israel’s values? Even with Winston Churchill’s Britain, there was "space" between us on strategic goals and national policies. Israel has a right to secure Gaza to deny Hamas access to weapons, especially rockets that could reach Israel. But that does not justify denying 1.5 million people what they need to live in decency. According to The Washington Post, "80 percent of the population (of Gaza) depends on charity. Hospitals, schools, electricity systems and sewage treatment facilities are all in deep disrepair." With our silence, we support this. And we wonder why they hate us. Obama should tell the Israelis that Joe got it wrong. There is space between us. The Gaza siege must end. And America will herself be sending aid, but will also support Israel’s right to inspect trucks and ships to see to it no weapons get through to Gaza. Let’s start behaving like who we once were.

'Irreparable scar' Abdullah Gul, the Turkish president, has said that Israel's raid has caused "irreparable" damage to his country's relations with Israel, and will "never" be forgiven. "From now on, Turkish-Israeli ties will never be the same," Gul said to around 20,000 people at the funerals in Istanbul. "This incident has left an irreparable and deep scar." Bulent Arinc, Turkey's deputy prime minister, said on Friday that Turkey was reducing its economic and defence co-operation with Israel. "We are serious on this issue. New co-operation will not start and relations with Israel will be reduced,'' he said. Protesters in Greece and Bosnia turned out in their thousands on Friday to demonstrate against Israel's action and to call for an end to the blockade on Gaza. Israel says its commandos opened fire on Monday as a last resort after they were attacked, and released a video showing soldiers in riot gear descending from a helicopter into a crowd of men with clubs. Returning activists admitted fighting with the Israeli commandos but insisted their actions were in self defence because the ships were being boarded in international waters by a military force. Israel has rejected calls for an international investigation into the incident, and warned that it was ready to intercept another aid ship, the Rachel Corrie, that is expected to reach Gaza on Saturday.

Turkey flays Israel over killings Turkish leaders have criticised Israel further over their deadly raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip, in which nine Turkish activists were killed. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister of Turkey, said in a televised speech to members of his AK Party in the city of Konya on Friday that Israel had betrayed its religion, and stood up for Hamas, the de facto rulers of the Gaza Strip. "You [israel] killed 19-year-old Furkan Dogan brutally. Which faith, which holy book can be an excuse for killing him?" Erdogan asked, referring to one of the nine dead activists. "I am speaking to them in their own language. The sixth commandment says "thou shalt not kill". Did you not understand? I'll say again. I say in English "you shall not kill". Did you still not understand? So I'll say to you in your own language. I say in Hebrew 'Lo Tirtzakh'." Talking about Hamas, he said: "[They] are resistance fighters fighting for their land. They are Palestinians. "They won an election and now they are in Israel's prisons. I told this to the Americans, that I do not accept Hamas as a terrorist group."