“Sir Culus” AGREEMENT Between the European Union and the Somali Republic on the status of the European Union-led naval force in the Somali Republic in the framework of the EU military operation Atalanta Shalay waxay ahayd iibka Xuduud-badeedka Soomaaliyeed ee soohdin beenaanka aan la wadaagno Kenya, waxaa ku xigay khayaanadii Norway iyo UN ee ku aadanayn dacwadii qalfoof badeed Xeebaha Soomaliyeed, taas oo loo adeegsaday dulaalo ku jira dowlada shariifka huwana magaca wasiiro. Hadaba waxaa intaas oo fadeexadood ka xun, kana dhibaato badan khiyaanada qaran oo ay xambaarsan tahay waraqada ama heshiis beenaadka aad halkaan ka arki doontaan, taas oo sajaran doonta sidaan isleeyahay ama dowguba yahay rag badan oo masuuliyad ka soo qabtay TFG ama ilaa iminka ku jira haykalka dowladeed ee Soomaaliya. Fadeexadani waa mid lagu sifayn karo godob laga galay qaranka iyo shacabka Soomaaliyeed, waa mid meel uga dhacaysa jiritaanka Soomaaliyeed iyo aayaha jiilka soo socda, waa dulaalnimo iyo is been fariinmad saamaxday in lagu xadgudbo badda, berriga iyo sharafta muwaadinka Soomaaliyeed. Maqaalkaan iyo fariinta uu xambaarsan yahay maaha been abuur iyo dacaayad, maaha kutiri ku teen, mana aha mid lagu doonayo in meel looga dhaco sharafta iyo haybada shakhsi ama koox, balse waa qoraal lagu difaacayo Xuquuqda Muwaadinka Soomaaliyeed, lagu soo noolaynayo sharafta iyo haybada dhimatay ee Shacabka soomaaliyeed, dibna loogu soo celinayo karaamadii dhuntay ee Qaranimadii Soomaaliyeed. Daliilka dhanbaalkaan waxaad ka heli doontaan kaydka lagu xifdiyo heshiisyada iyo warqadaha muhiimka ah ee bahwadaagta reer Yurub ay la gasho wadamada caalamka. Balse inta aynaan guda gelin ama faahfaahin ka bixin warqadan ama heshiis beenaadkaan waxaa haboon si aynu u fahamno silsilada soo taxnayd ee lagu xaalufinayo khayraadka Soomaaliyeed, lagu daliilsanayo xadgudubka Xeebaha Soomaliyeed, laguna dhaawacayo jiritaanka qaranimada Soomaaliyeed iyo xuquuqda Muwaadinka, inaan bal dib u yare jaleecno taariikhda iyo sababaha kalifay khiyaanadan iyada ah, iyo dowrka ay Faransiiska iyo Isbayn arimahan iyaga ah. Hagardamada Reer Yurub oo ay hormudka ka yihiin France & Spain: Waxaynu ka wada dheregsanahay hagardaamada ay reer Yurub u gaysatay shacabka, bay’adeed, bari iyo badeed ee Soomaaliya. Waxba kama soo wareeyin burburkii haykalkii dowladeed 1991 kolkii ay cadaaday in Switzerland iyo Italy ay qashinka warshadaha iyo suntan nugliyeerka ku aaseen meelo ka mid ah Soomaaliya sida agagaarka muqdisho iyo meelo kale ee ka mid ah xeebaha Soomaaliya. Sidoo kale waxaa nool oo jooga ragii Soomaaliyeed ee lagu eedeeyay ficilkaas inay u saxiixeen kana danbeeyeen, iyadoo aan ognahay in wariyeyaal isku deyay inay wax ka ogaadaan arintaas lagu toogtay Muqdisho. Waxaynu kaloo ognahay xaalufinta khayraadka badeed ee Dowladaha ay ugu horeyaan Spain iyo France ay ku hayaan xeebaha Soomaaliyeed. Waana taas mida keentay in France iyo Spain ay yihiin dadka ugu qaylada iyo sawaxanka dheer marka laga hadlayo burcad badeedka Soomaaliyeed, taas oo ka dhalatay hoos u dhac wayn oo ku yimid Maalaayiinta tan ee kaaluun ee ay sharci darada uga qabsan jireen xeebaha Soomaaliyeed. Taas oo ka dhalatay dagaalka ay qaadeen dhalinta Soomaaliyeed kuwaas oo loo yaqaan burcad badeed, dagaalkaas ka dibna uu sicirkii Tuunada ee aduunku uu kordhay 60%. Piracy off Somalia's coast is a cause of falls in tuna catches in the Indian Ocean - one of the world's richest sources of the fish, experts say. Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7845173.stm Taas waxaa ka sii daran indha adayga ay tuugada reer Yurub sheeganayaan inay haystaan heshiisyo ay si sharci ah uga kaluumaysan karaan xeebaha Soomaaliya. (waa xaqiiq in rag sheeganaya magacyo wasiir kaluumaysi ay jiraan kuwaas caasumadaha aduunka wareeya heshiis hoosaadyo aan cidina ogayn la soo gala shariikadahaas iyo dalalkaas iyaga ah). Oceana, the environmental group that focuses on threats to the sea, has long been studying illegal fishing in the region.According to the group, within Somalia's exclusive economic zone waters, or EEZ, EU-flagged tuna vessels, particularly from Spain, regularly headed there to fish until 2006 when the pirate threat made it too dangerous. These fishing firms engaged in such practices even though there had not been any agreement negotiated between Somalia and the European Commission. The Spanish boats claimed what they were doing was legal because they had signed private agreements with Somali "officials" or companies. However, it is up to the European Commission to negotiate fishing agreements with countries beyond the EU. This is currently the case with a number of African countries. As a result, from an EU perspective, no European fishing should be happening in Somali waters. Source: http://euobserver.com/9/27966 Cilmi baaris ay samaysay khubaro Kanadiyaan ah ayaa waxaa lagu sheegay in lacag ahaan in Kaluunka sharcidarada ay ee reer Yurub ay ka qabsadaan xeebaha Soomaaliya ay shan goor ka badan tahay lacagta ay deeq ahaanta u siiso Soomaaliya. (taasi waxay ka dhigan tahay hadii 1 milyan oo deeq ah ay siiyaan Soomaliya waxay xadaan 5 Milyan oo Doolar kaluun u dhigma, inagoo og 1 milyan laftigiisu inuusan sooba dhaafin Nayroobi oo uu dib ugu noqdo iyaga oo si magac ururo aan dowli ahayn ku xada). Sida ku cad cilmi baaris ay sameeyeen khubaro Ustaraaliyaan ah ayay ku sheegeen in maraakiibta kaluumaysiga ee sida sharcidarada ah uga adeegta xeebaha Soomaaliya ay xaga hore kaga jiraan France iyo Spain. Bal nuqulkan aan ka soo mid guuriyay qormadaas iyada ah: A recent Canadian study estimates that the total value of current IUU catch worldwide is between 11 and 26 million tonnes, and valued at between $10 billion and $23 billion annually. The European Union alone is assessed to import half a million tons of fish worth €1.1 billion. It is estimated that illegal fishing by EU vessels has taken out of Somalia more than five times the value of its aid to the country every year. The impact of such robberies on the high sea has been evident in Somalia, where piracy of one kind begat another. In the chaos that engulfed Somalia since the collapse of Siyad Barré regime in 1991, unlicensed foreign fishing vessels moved in large numbers into the country's fish-rich waters. In 2005, a UN agency estimated that 700 foreign fishing vessels were operating in Somali waters, many employing illegal and destructive fishing methods. A recent Australian study reported that vessels from France, Spain, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Egypt, Kenya, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Yemen, Belize and Honduras have exploited Somalia's fish stocks with virtual impunity. Source: http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/innovations/data/000147 Waxaa intaa ka sii xun in tuugadaas is biirsatay oo ay hogaanka u hayaan France iyo Spain ay maanta ku doodayaan ama caalamka isku tusinayaan inay la dagalamayaan Burcad Badeeda Soomaaliya, taas oo ay uga danleeyihiin in diirada laga dulqaado oo aan la arkin sharcidarada , xadgudubka iyo xaalufinta ay ku hayaan khayraadka badeed ee Soomaaliya. Sida cilmi baarista aynu kor ku soo aragnay taas oo ku salaysan xaqiiqo aan laga been sheegi Karin , waxaa ku cad in Burcad Badeeda runta ah ay yihiin kuwa xaalufinta ku haya badaha caalamka, kuwa sida sharcidarada ah uga kaluumaysta xeebaha dalalka kale, xulafadaas tuugada ahna waxaa hormuud u ah Faransiiska iyo Isbayn. Wasiirkii arimaha dibada ee Faransiiska Mr. Kouchner, maqaal uu ku qoray jariidada la yiraahdo “La Figaro” ayuu wuxuu ku tilmaamay cida ka danbaysa xulafada reer Yurub ee la dagaalanka Burcad Badeeda, taas oo ku sheegay inay tahay Faransiiska iyo Isbayn. Soomaalidu waxay tiraahdaa “maxaa waranka iyo weedha kulmiyay” waxaan oran karnaa xulafadni waa mid aan barakaysnayn oo ujeedo badan ah. Soomaalidu waxay kaloo tiraahdaa “tuugaas lax ma ka dhaarsan lahayd” labada dowladood ee France iyo Spain oo lagu tilmaamay aabayaasha xaalufinta iyo xadista khayraadka badeed ee dalalka kale inay maanta caalamka ka dhaadhacshaan waxaan la dagaalamaynaa burcad badeed Soomaaliyeed waxana oran kartaa waa sheegaso lagu qoslo. Fadlan fiiri nuqulkan aan ka soo qaaday qoralkii Mr. Kouchner. ..thanks to the French European Union presidency, we launched in partnership with Spain the first European maritime operation under the European Security and Defence Policy – "Atalante" – to provide security for European ships passing through the Gulf of Aden. Source: http://www.franceonu.org/spip.php?article3818 Waxaa intaa ka sii dan in maanta Spain ay caalamka ka codsato in cuna qabatayn lagu sameeyo xeebaha Burcad badeedka, meesha Faransiiskuna uu heshiis dowlado aan jirin saxiixo isagoo adeegsaday qowlaysato aan cidna matalin balse ku qaraabta magaca Soomaaliya waa ayaan daro haysata Shacabka iyo Qaranimadii duntay ee Soomaaliyeed. Taasi sowlama mid aha aan dhecee gacmaha ha la ii qabto. SIR CULUS: Akhristow waxaan halkaan idiinku soo bandhigayaa cida iska leh ama ka danbaysa heshiis beenaadka Yurub loogu saamaxayo soogelista xeebaha Soomaaliya, ku xadgudibka xuduudaha bad iyo beri , u saamaxida dilka iyo xariga muwaadiniinta Soomaaliyeed iyo ka cafiska waxkasta oo denbi ah oo ay ciidamadaasi ku galaan beriga iyo badaha Soomaaliya. Inagoo og cida heshiiskaas dhinaca Yurub u matalaysay ama kaba danbaysay waa France iyo Spain. Labadaas dal oo soo huwanday Calanka midowga Yurub iyo NATO , kuna andacoonaysa inay la dagaalamayaan waxa loogu yeero Burcad Badeeda Soomaaliyeed, labadaas dal oo sida kor ku xusan ku soo xadgudbaan xuduudaha badeed iyo bari ee Soomaaliya, gacmahoodana ay weli ka qoyantahay dhiigii dhalintii Soomaaliyeed ee ay ku dhileen xeeba dalkooda hooyo, meesha ay qaarkalena ka sooo qabteen beriga iyo badaha Soomaaliyeed laa maantana ku hayaan xabsiyadooda iyagoon horkeenin wax sharci ah. Waxaa xeer Caalamka u dhigan ah markii uu ciidan uu gelayo xuduud dal kale oo xor ah inuu ku soo galaa ogolaansho iyo heshiis dhexmada labada dal, sidoo kale markii qof danbi galay oo muwaadin ah loo gudbinayo dal kale oo uusan u dhalan si sharci loo horgeeyo waa inuu jiraa heshiis ka dhexeeya labadaad dowladood oo ah inay isku gudbin karaan maxaabiista ( extradition treaty). Soomaaliya waxay safka hore kaga jirtaa wadama aan weligeed saxiixin ama heshiis la gelin wadan kale iyadoo la balan qaadayo in Muwaadiniinta Soomaaliyeed loo gudbin karo wadan kale si loogu xabiso ama loogu maxkamadeeyo. Hadaba inoo intaas og , sidoo kale og ficilada ay ciidamada Faransiiska iyo Isbaanishku ka sameeyeen xeebaha Soomaaliyeed, iyagoo ilaa Bariga Soomaaliyeed ka soo qabqabtay dhalinyaro kadibna hore u kaxaystay kuwana sidii xoolo la xaraashayo hadba dowlad laga codsado inay xabsiyadeeda ku hayso sida Kenya, Siishalis iyo Muritaaniya oo uu Faransiisku ka codsaday inay aqbalaan oo xabsiyeyan Muwaadiniintaas Soomaaliyeed abaalmarina dhaqaalena uu u balan qaaday hadii ay sidaas sameeyaan. Waxaa wax laga naxo ah inaynaan ogayn cida u fasaxday ku xadgudubka intaa le’eg ee lagu hayo dalka iyo dadka Soomaaliyeed. Baaritaan dheer oo ay sameeyeen dad ay weli ku hartay wadaniyad iyo dareen dal iyo dad jacayl ayaa waxay soo heleen warqadii heshiiskaas isaga ah, kaas oo ay dowladaha Midowga Yurub ku andacoonayso inay la gashay ama la xasiixatay dowlada Soomaaliya. Yaa Saxiixay heshiis Beenaadkaan: Warqada heshiiskaas waxaa la kala saxiixday 15 Janaayo, 2009, waxaana qalinka ku duugay nin Soomaaliyeed oo loogu yeero Maxamed Cali Nuur, ninkaas oo dadka u indha daloola xukuumada maanta jirta iyo tii ka horaysayba ay sheegeen in ninkaasi yahay Safiirka Dowlada Soomaaliya u fadhiya Kenya ninkaas oo loogu yeero “Maxamed Cali Ameerika” . Hadaba akhristow waxaa su’aal ah maxaa sababay in safiir Soomaaliyeed oo loo dirsaday Kenya uu galo heshiiska intaas le’eg , aaway wasiirkii Arimaha Dibada Mr. Jangeli, Aaway Ra’iisal Wasaare Nuur Cadde , aawayse Madaxweyne Cabdullahi Yusuf. Fadlan warqada ka eeg halkaan: AGREEMENT between the European Union and the Somali Republic on the status of the European Union-led naval force in the Somali Republic in the framework of the EU military operation Atalanta. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:010:0029:0034:EN:PDF Go’aankii heshiiskaan gelistiisa oo uu shirgudoon ka ahaa Wasiirka Arimaha Dibada ee Faransiiska Mr. Kouchner fadlan hakaan ka akhriso: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:010:0027:0028:EN:PDF 30 December, 2008 ayuu iscasilay Cabdulaahi Yuusuf, sidaa awgeed dowladiisii uu ra’iisal wasaaraha ka ahaa Nuur Cadde iyo Golihiisa Wasiiradu sidaas ayay ku dhaceen. 31 January, 2009 Ayaa Shariif Axmed loogu doortay Jabuuti inuu noqdo Madaxweyne. Taas micnaheedu waxay tahay in wax dowlad Soomaaliyeed la yiraahdo oo awood u leh saxiix heshiis aysan jirin intii u dhaxay iscasilistii Madaxweyne Cabdullahi ee 30 Dec, 2008 iyo Doorashadii Madaxweyne Shariif 31 Jan, 2009. Hadaba Heshiiska la saxiixay 15 January, 2009 waa mid khilaafsan qaanuunada dowliga ah, waa mid khiyaano iyo isbeen fariin ku salaysan, waa dulaalnimo iyo dal iibsi aan geed loogu soo gaban, sidaa awgeed ciidamada reer Yurub ee Jooga xeebaha Soomaaliya, iyo dhamaan wixii ficil ay sameeyeen intuba waa mid ka hor imanaysa mabaadida caalamka kala haga, waxayna biyaha iyo bariga Soomaaliya ku joogaana waa xaqdaro iyo xoog. Kuwa heshiiskaas ka danbeeyay ee masuuliyiin Soomaaliyeed sheeganayana waa khaa’iniin aan dal iyo dad kala jeclayn balse dirham iyo diinaarka dulaalnimo dhaafsiistay sharafkii iyo qaranimadii Soomaaliyeed. Dadka aadka ugu dhuun duleela arintaas waxay aaminsan yihiin in Ra’iisal Wasaarihii hore Mr. Nuur Cadde arintaan ka danbeeyay, maadaama uu dareensanaa inuu xilkiisii dhacayn laga soo bilaabo 30 Dec, 2008na, wuxuu u xilsaaray saxiixa heshiiskaas Maxamed Cali Nuur. Mr. Nuur Cadde abaal marintii arintaasna wuxuu maanta ku mutaystay inuu noqdo safiirka Yurub iyo Itaaliya u fadhiya Soomaaliya si howlihii wixii qabyo ahaa ay meeshii uga sii socdaan. Ama hadaan hadalka sida kale u dhigo “Haku socoto sidii loogu tala galay”. Hadaba akhristow su’asha furan waxay tahay dowllada uu hogaanka u hayo Sh.Shariif Axmed talaabo caynkee ah ayay arintaan ka qaadi doontaa, ma sidii Dulaal Ibbi iyo Shariif Sakiin ayuu xaga danbe marsan doonaa oo ku tilmaami doonaa muwaadiniin aamin ah oo howlkar ah mise Labada Nuur (Nuur Cadde iyo M.A. Nuur Ameerika) talaabo geesinimo ayuu ka qaadi doonaa. Sidoo kale Baarlamaanku ma qaadi doonaan talaabo la mid ah tii ay ku diideen iibsiga badeed, mase horkeeni doonaan baarlamaanka hortiisa Labadaas masuul iyo intii kale oo arinta ku lug lahayd, sidoo kale ma la xisaabtami doonaan Madaxweyne Shariif iyagoo dib u eegi doona wixii uu balan qaaday inuu sameeyo iyo wixii ay dowladiisa, wasiiradiisa iyo safiiradiisu sameeyeen taas oo meel ka dhac dhaawan u gaysatay qaranimadii iyo jiritaankii Soomaaliyeed ah. Shacabka Soomaaliyeed aqoon yahan iyo indheer garadba ma midnimadii iyo difaacii ay ka muujiyeen khadiyadii xuduuda badeed lagu iibsanayay ayay samayn doonaa mise sheekadu waxay noqon doontaa “Afkii baa juuqda gabay”. Ma Dhulkan dhanee tagay baa nina dhagax u tuuraynee!!!! Uurku taalo waynaayee!!!! Farah Aw-Osman awosman@gmail.com

Where have things gone sour? First the Shariif enrages Faroole's admin, then the Ahlu Sunna Waljameeca and now it seems he is out to enrage even more investors by picking a fight with Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, the only honest man left in the TFG.

Madaxweyne Shariif oo Ra’isulwasaaraha Xukumadda la rabo Ali Jama Jengeli Mogadishu 16 November 2009 - Madaxweyne Shariif Sheekh Ahmed ayaa madaxda dalka Ethiopia u sheegay inuu isbedelada lagu sameeynayo Madaxda sare ee dowladda Federalka Somalia uu ka mid yahay Ra’isulwasaarre Omar Abdi rashiid Ali Sharmaarke oo hada socdaal shaqo ku jooga dalka Italia. Madaxweyne Shariif oo sharciyan aan awood u lahayn inuu xilka qaadis ku sameeyo Ra’isulwasaarre Omar lama ogga dhabaha uu xilka qaadistiisa u mari doono hasse yeeshee hadii ay dhacdo in xilka laga qaado wuxuu Ra’isulwasaaraha cusub u magacaabi doonaa Ali Jama Jengeli oo u dhashay beesha ***** *******, ahna Wasiirka Arrimaha dibadda ee Xukumadda hada jirta. Magacaabista Jengeli ee Ra’isulwasaarenimada waxay tahay mid daba taal heshiis lala galay xilligii khilaafka ba’an uu ka dhaxeeyay Nuur Cadde iyo Abdullahi Yusuf. Ali Jama Jengeli oo ballanqaadka la galay Madaxda geeska Africa iyo diblomaasiyiin reer Galbeeda wuxuu wadaanta siyaasadda la sii daayay Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed isagoo wareeysi uu siiyay BBC Somali ku sheegay in Nur Cadde gar leeyahay oo Korneyl Yusuf gardaran yahay. Jengeli wuxuu hadalkaas ka jeediyay xilli uu ka qeybgalay Kulankii Qaramadda Midoobay ee beesha Caalamka. Inkastoo Madaxweyne Shariif guluf ugu jiro sidii isbedelo loogu sameeyn lahaa Dowladda Somalia hadana beesha Caalamka waxay si weyn kaga shaqeeynee inay xilka Madaxweynenimada saarta Korneyl Nur Cadde marka Shariif Sheekh Ahmed dhameeysto waqtiga yar ee uga haray jiritaankiisa siyaasadeed, Madaxweyne Shariif wuxuu hore u qaadacay heshiiskii Ra’isulwasaarre Omar la saxiixday Madaxweynaha maamul goboleedka Puntland Mr. AbdiRahmaan Faroole waxaana la rumeeysan yahay in khilaafka labada masuul ka biloowday heshiiskaas. Wasiirka Warfaafinta ee Xukumadda Federalka Somalia Sheekh Dahir Mohamud Gelle oo Warbaahinta la hadlayay isagoo jooga Jibouti ayaa riyo maalmeed ku sifeeyay heshiiskii Galkacyo ay ku kala saxiixdeen Omar Abdirashiid iyo AbdiRahmaan Faroole. Wasiirka Warfaafinta oo Madaxweyne Shariif isku dhowyihin wuxuu dafaray jiritaanka heshiiskaas, wuxuuna ku sifeeyay mid aan quseeyn dowladda Somalia laakiin uu yahay mid shaqsiyaad isku ehela ay wada saxiixdeen.

Originally posted by MoonLight1: Siyad Bare: A Dictator or a Dear Leader? There were never anything "dear" about Siyad Bare, he was a dictator and if you believe otherwise I think your mental. That said, an article recently posted on hiiraan.com really sums up this man's legacy: "With the demise of Sharmarke, the democracy experiment in Somalia vanished and the civilian rule ended. The incident changed the course of Somali history. That myopic elimination of Abdirashid was the mothers of all evils as it opened the door to dictatorship that culminated to failed state." Indeed, Somalia could have been a different place if Siyad Bare got the receiving end of the bullet that ended the last proper president to walk Somalia's soil. Maybe then the little remains of the Somali fabric today wouldn't have been so little; how I wish that was the case.

Meles Proposes a Two-State Solution for Somalia By:Tamrat Nega According to a source with intimate knowledge about the affairs of the hilltop palace of Meles Zenawi, the prime minister of Ethiopia, who is not willing to be quoted due to the sensitivity of the issue, Meles has commissioned a committee of Somali specialists early this year to come up with a strategic analysis and a menu of options with respect to Ethiopian national interest towards Somalia. The committee chaired by Ethiopia’s foremost expert on Somalia, Dr. Alemu Tekede, minister of state for foreign affairs, comprised senior officials of the ruling EPRDF, several military generals and security and intelligence officers. According to the source, after five long months of deliberations, the committee submitted to Meles a well-thought-out “red” dossier containing confidential policy proposals in last August. The committee of experts persuasively argued that the reconstitution of Somalia to its pre-1991 status would not serve the national interest of Ethiopia. Furthermore, the committee emphasized the possibility of landlocked Ethiopia becoming “sandwiched” between two hostile countries, i.e. Eritrea in the north and Somalia in the south, underlining Ethiopia’s vulnerability to gruesome civil-war and disintegration if the current Ethiopian efforts in Somalia fail and the country fall back to the hand of ousted Islamic forces. The committee further emphasized the possibility of Ethiopian Muslims becoming influenced or radicalized by Somalia’s Islamists which could ultimately ignite a devastating religious war in the country. The committee recommended the following propositions: 1. A two-state solution for Somalia along the pre-independence colonial boundaries. The committee suggested the Ethiopian government play a lead role in advocating for the international recognition of the breakaway republic of Somaliland. 2. Southern Somalia (former Italian Somaliland) to be divided into four federal regions in line with ethnic based Ethiopian federal system, namely, Puntland, ****land, Jubbaland and ****land. 3. The Somali region of Ethiopia to be “isolated” from the rest of Somalia, and limit to the extent possible commercial and traffic links between the Somali region and Somalia. According to the source, Meles has discussed the proposed two state solutions with Rayaale Kahin, the president of Somaliland, Abdillahi Yusuf, the president of the TFG, and with Mohamed Gedi, the prime minister of the TFG, in separate meetings held in September in Addis Ababa. While Mr. Yusuf rejected any discussion on the subject, Mr. Rayaale has praised the initiative and committed to deploy ten thousand Somaliland troops in Mogadishu to work with Ethiopian military forces to help quell the growing insurgency in the Somali capital. Mr. Rayaale also assured Meles that Somaliland will help Ethiopia in subduing the ****** National Liberation Front (ONLF), a Somali rebel group based in the Somali region of Ethiopia. According to the source, Mr. Gedi began to entertain the two-state notion after the rift between him and Mr. Yusuf reached to a point of no-return, though he reportedly rebuffed the idea in the initial discussion back in September. The relationship between Yusuf and Meles has deteriorated since, according to this knowledgeable source. Subsequent to the September discussion between Meles and Rayaale, a Somaliland delegation comprising ministers of foreign affairs and finance and chief of staff of Somaliland army held several meetings in Addis Ababa with Dr. Tekede and the chief of staff of Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF). The two sides discussed the role Somaliland can play in quelling the growing insurgency in Mogadishu and part of the Somali region of Ethiopia, deployment of Ethiopian troops to Berbera to protect Ethiopian military hardware coming through the Somaliland controlled Red Sea port and Ethiopia’s support to Rayaale’s re-election for another five years term. The Somaliland delegation highlighted the fear of Somaliland drifting towards Eritrea if the KULMIYE opposition party wins the presidential election scheduled to take place mid next year. The Somaliland delegation also tabled a number of evidences accusing Puntland of providing sanctuary to ONLF and Oromo dissident groups. The Somaliland delegation has agreed to send an advance team of military officers to Mogadishu to pave the way for the eventual deployment of Somaliland troops in Mogadishu and to extradite to Ethiopia members of the ****** clan residing in the territory of Somaliland. Ethiopian government believes that the ONLF is drawing support from ****** businessmen and some segments of the **** clan who largely hail from the Togdheer region of Somaliland. In light of these discussions, Somaliland was given the green light to secure the borders of the former British Somaliland. According to the source, Meles has taken into confidence members of the Ethiopian opposition parties who have fully endorsed the proposed two-state solution for Somalia. With the blessing of the Bush Administration, Ethiopian troops invaded Mogadishu and much of southern Somalia in last December. They were successful in overthrowing the radical Islamist dominated regime of the UIC and in installing divided and unpopular TFG. His troops bogged down in the messy quagmire of Mogadishu where the remnants of the ousted Union of Islamic Court (UIC) continues to wage Iraq-style bloody insurgency, Meles is understandably frustrated with the apparent failure of the internationally recognized but toothless fledgling Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in pacifying the tumultuous Somali capital. The Somali experts in Addis Ababa view the two-state solution as a vital long-term strategy for Ethiopia’s national interest. [ October 20, 2009, 12:57 AM: Message edited by: Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar ]

“We, Puntlanders, must cooperate or we are lost. Three million people who join in intelligent self-help can never be long ignored or mistreated” adapted from Du Bois, a black American civil rights leader of the NAACP*, late 1800s. In Puntland’s 11th anniversary, we take the opportunity to renew our pledges of allegiance to our leader, Dr Faroole, and his administration. These are our wishes that have been echoed as we competed to vow our full support to our leaders in their recent trips to the US, the UK and beyond. There is no doubt that Puntland possesses the moral fibre required to transform its realities, it has the virtues, the spirit, the self believe and the intelligence needed for a rapid progression. Listening and seeing the footsteps of the Faroole administration, which included the best brains in Puntland, some we had encountered in their trip, Ilka Jiir, Minster of Interior- Jimcaale State Minster for Democratisation and Federal Affairs, and Dhalla the Minster for Planning, shows that Puntland may well be in her way to economical, social and political recovery. Soon Puntlanders will find their place in this world, not as imitators but as creators of knew knowledge and understandings as we together advance on disorder. After years of obscurity, we accept that Puntland’s enemy is poverty compounded by ignorance, which is widespread and is not specific to few clans. However, we believe that Puntland has the capabilities to defeat these social ills. Puntland has inherited old survival skills from her ancestors, the few men and women who crossed over to populate the rest of the world and begun the journey of the modern human race. These ancestors bestowed upon Puntland a transcendent destiny which must be accepted; Puntland is here to inspire, to motivate and to awake the sleeping elephant of Africa. The recent events in Puntland, the cold blooded murder of our Minster, Seefta Banaanka, and the death of our beloved former Police Chief, Juqurafi, however painful they maybe, brought us together to share our national grief. These challenges ground Puntland and are reminders of all that needs to be overcome. They also show that new skills are required. It will be foolish to expect change while Puntlanders fall back into some old habits or old ways that clearly have been demonstrated as destructive in the past. With the change Puntland desires must come, acceptance that some of our habits and old ways must change. Indeed there are many walls to redeem and so many bridges to rebuild. This is not to say that Puntland has not achieved remarkable changes. Far from being the case, it organised and invested heavily in the future through building the foundations for a safer, more prosperous, politically ripe Puntland. Puntland and Somliland are realities founded due to the disfranchisement with the south. Many refer to former Somalia as a failed state; Somalia has indeed disintegrated, not much is left of the structure and unitary factors that made it a state from the first place. Puntland should accept with realism the unfeasibility of a reincarnation of a Somali state with the fortitude of the 60s due to the disfigurement caused by years of domestic violence and abuse. The marriage has ended; a reunion perhaps will and should be preconditioned. Puntland, therefore, should never apologise for wanting to join a Federal Somalia with devolved powers, whilst maintaining a national identity. Of course there are agencies that cause a degree of nuisance by remaining aloof to our reconstruction movement. Their actions are antagonistic and aim to frustrate our efforts and to dent our spirit and morale. These are the petty criminals that cause pain such as the killers of our Minster, the selfish pirates, assassins of our faculties and aspirations - the khat sellers, and of course the NGO’s who under the slogan of conflict resolution, plant and nurture seeds of hatred. Agencies such as the ICG, with middle class, middle aged men who live and operate from affluent areas of Nairobi. Some of whom have long lost their sense of realities and with it their professional ethics. They pursue maintaining their standard of living through scavenging on aid to the poorest of people in Africa. The ICG for instance has printed something they have claimed to be research findings titled “The trouble with Puntland”. This was not as much a trouble with the land as it is a statement of folly and arrogance that intentionally or out of thoughtlessness fuels conflicts not amongst Puntlanders only, but amongst Somalis, neighbours, Africans and other agencies. Their infamous recommendations include the bizarre suggestion that Puntland seeks to employ independent auditors from perhaps as far a place as my country Britain, the implications being that Accounting professionals in Puntland are not trustworthy. They also delusionally propose to suspend Puntland’s constitution, and condescendingly sanction Puntland authorities to yet another clan conference to build consensus around something. Perhaps short sentences such as (you are incapable of ruling yourselves) and (re colonisation is the solution) would have won them more respect from Puntlanders and the environmentalists for being frank and saving on paper. The timing of their report is also to be frowned upon, a time when Puntland was grieving its national loss. It obviously shows more sinister motives than it is taken for. Perhaps it meant to have a knock off effect on Puntlanders’ confidence and self believe. This should not come as a surprise knowing that ICG may hold grudges due to the suspension of their operations in Puntland by the former regime. To make things worst, the Horn of Africa Director of the ICG, went on to bully Puntland in his bizarre interview with Daljir radio. He used phrases such as “want International donors to force Puntland to reform” “We have the mandate” “I am in position to”. The report demonstrated patches of unrelated topics aiming only to discredit Puntland across a spectrum of issues. Much of the work is based on a hindsight interpretations and perceptions and lacks use of any rigorous research method. Although not intended as such, one cannot help warming up though to the suggestion of a Pan D***** project. Unlike the writers of the ICG report, I believe it is worth examining how a Pan D***** project can join in with the grass root empowerment and the building bloc approaches taking place, blend in with the Pan Somali movement, the Pan East Africa movement, and of course with the Pan Africa movement. These movements complement each other as they all are working towards ensuring socially harmonised, more tolerant, politically and economically healthy Africa that can compete in the current climate of globalised world and labour market. Puntlanders accept that nuisances are facts of life; we accept at the same time our weaknesses and the genuine grievances by people whom their lives and livelihoods have been distracted by reasons most of the times not of their own making. We accept also that we have been victims of 40 years of political disasters and 18 years of broken hearts. Our pain is real and magnified by the sheer fact that some of the very conditions that caused it still continue. However Puntland rejects being hostage to madness and committed herself to CHANGE, nothing should get her eyes off the ball. I also take this opportunity to call for our brothers in “Ufeyn” to cease all hostilities and remind them that the age of clannism, and the retired tit for tat approach have ended. No Puntlander should be refused access to any corner of Puntland. Puntland belongs to all of us. I also remind them to not to hold Puntland back and become an obstacle to our collective aspirations. Moreover, I call for the government to nationalise the disputed land, refund whoever has any financial claims on the land in order to defuse this unnecessary conflict. In return the administration must promise to prioritise locals in any future employment opportunities. In conclusion, I call for all Puntlanders to join the current intelligent self-help movement aiming to reconstruct our lives in order to reclaim our lost dignity and rightful place in this world. Puntland has no other choice. By Warsan Cismaan Saalax E-Mail:warsan2001@ho tmail.com

Fabregas, With respect to what had befall our Muslim brothers then, the divide and rule factor definitely did bring about their demise. Thats just one factor though, another factor that is as important if not more so I think is the way all have parted ways with Islams true calling; enjoining the good and forbidding the evil, an obligation on every Muslim yet all they were too concerned with was power and the same can be said about Muslims today, we still have yet to learn and that to me is more concerning then anything. Enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is a recurring theme in the Quran and the Hadeeth: "And from among you there should be a party who invite to good and enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong, and these it is that shall be successful" (3.104). Since the passing of our prophets poise companions I can honestly say no party has yet saw to the passing of that torch which invites good and forbids evil as they have...I guess the prophet (pbuh) had his reasons to foretell of the coming of the Mahdi. The prophet (pbuh) said "By Allah, you shall enjoin good and you shall forbid evil, or Allah will send punishment over you, then you will call upon Him and He shall not respond to you." There are so few poise Muslims today and it is theses few prayers which lessens the severity of Allah punishment nowadays, because his punishment is upon us for failing to adhere to Islams true calling. As for your ending bit there concerning federalism, I don't think it matter where or whom is forcing it on Somalia anymore...from experience I can tell you there has been enough evil done in that part of the world by Somalis themselves that no amount of sweet talking from any body is going to be enough to compromise an already hard-won stability and progress other then a true bottom up approach.

Originally posted by AYOUB: Of all towns along that long coast, how then do you explain why Eyl became synonymous with piracy and Bosaaso with human trafficking? As you already know, Puntland is part of Somalia and unlike a state within the United States it gets no helping hand from any body of government, further more it lies at the mouth of the Red Sea on a major trade route between Asia and Europe via the Suez Canal, so with a budget that of Puntland guarding 1,600 kilometers of coastline is a daunting challenge. This and the fact that Eyl is one of the most isolated parts, of one of the world's most desolate countries should be self explanatory really. As beautiful as Eyl is with its amazing landscape and beaches, again it's really ragged. And that gives natural protection to the pirates. As for Bosaso and human trafficking, the authorities in that region of Puntland are doing the best they can to crack down on migrants waiting to be smuggled into Yemen and the Gulf states. A component factor that drives migrants which many of us fail to take into account is of the instability and armed conflict in the Horn of Africa coupled with weak governance; Ethiopia's capacity to control or monitor the movement of Ethiopian migrants coming across its border into Somalia says enough to what little Puntland can do about the intense migration flows between Ethiopia and the Gulf States via Bosaso. For this reason and the fact that it makes a hell of a lot more sense to a migrant willing to be smuggled to the Gulf States if he catches a boat from Bosaso instead of Marka is again one more reason why Bosaso has been cursed with intense flow of migrants seeking to be smuggled out of the Horn's instability. You really don't have to be a genius to figure all this out, you just have to use your god given common sense that's all, but your wlc.

Originally posted by General Duke: Puntland gained an advatage and used it well. It presented its case. Damn right! Representative Donald Payne I think was on point when he said further violence can be avoided only if Somalis from all three regions of the country (South Somalia, Puntland, and Somaliland) come together. And it really was unfortunate that the foreign minister of Somaliland declined to attend. My hat really goes off to those that took Representative Donald Payne call and in particular the President of the Puntland State of Somalia, Abdirahman Mohamed Farole, who wasn't shy about taking the floor and represented the people of Puntland well in appealing for foreign assistance to stable areas of the country, saying this would be the best way to prevent extremist groups from expanding areas they control: "There are limited options for dealing with extremists and terrorist threats in Somalia. The international community must support stable regions, for example Puntland, and offer long-awaited development incentives in order to attract the attention of other Somali regions that see the benefits as counter-weight to joining extremists," he said. Much respect to the President of Puntland, he was right on point and now we only await whether or not the United States delivers or not; another 20 years of unrest in Somalia will only aid extremists and that I think is not in the best interest of the United States.

Another flag under review I hear is this one:

Waa maadays adduunyadu Dadkuna wuu matalayaa... Alla adduunkan maxaa toban weji iyo munaafqad ka socota... Goorma ayey Alshabaab noqotey dad xun oo Muslimiin laynaya? Inaa Lilaahu wainaa Ileehi raajicuun... Anakaa balaayo aragnay... Mese tolow awelba awr ayaa lagu kacsanayey??? Bal hadda dadow si fiican siyaasadda Somaaliya u eega oo ula socda... -kambuli

>> Caawa Baydhabo waxaa ku sugan Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya, Gudoomiyaha Baarlamaanka iyo Labo Raysalwasaare. >> Caawa waxaa jooga Baydhabo xildhibaano Baarlamaan oo gaaraya 176 xildhibaan Waxaa si buuxda ula socda Madaxweynaha 73 xildhibaan, Halka Nuur Cade ay taageersan yihiin 103 Xidhibaan >> Ma jiro kulan sharci ah oo baarlamaanka Soomaaliya u fariisan karo haddii ayan goobta shirka soo xaadirin 139 xildhibaan, taasoo ka dhigaysa go'aan kastoo Aaden Madoobe ku dhawaaqo mid aan sal sharci lahayn >> Kulankii Maanta ee lagu ansixin lahaa go'aamadii shirkii Jabuuti waxaa qaadacay 73-da xildhibaaan ee la safatay madaxweynaha, waxaana goobta shirka soo xaadiray oo fadhiyay 103-da xildhibaan ee la safan raysalwasaare Nuur Cadde Source

Suldaanka, The clause from the conference speaks of holding all Somali leaders who impede the stabilization of Somalia responsible, so lets not ignorantly target the Puntland leadership...I think its obvious why since you hail from Somaliland, the enclave both Puntland and the rest of the world regards as part of Somalia. That said, you'd be surprise who attended the UN-backed global conference on piracy, this was "a two-day conference that brought together officials from more than 40 countries, as well as representatives from regional and international organizations who condemned all acts of piracy and armed robbery against vessels in the territorial waters of Somalia, in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Eastern Africa." Yes, one of those regional representatives who partake in the conference was no other then Cadde Muuse; "Puntland has a coastline of 1,690 km (1,050 miles) and we have no navy to fight the well-organized criminal activities of pirates," it was the Puntland President that made this obvious from the get-go and Puntland you bet won't be turning a superpower overnight to end all piracy though its doing all it can, that I think is up to the international community...so ease with the cheap shots b/c I doubt that would bring about the much sought after recognition your secessionist circle seek.

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As Arraweelo10 puts it, one of my favorite poster at Hiiraan.com: "...precision and military technical know how is what alshabab youth are lacking, the best weapon they can operate is "hoobiye, hand gr'enade & Pi'stols" you know how Hoobiye blindly falls in to the civilian homes. These kids have been missled and all they got is to throw themselves on daily basis infront of heavy tanks, BM and other weapons. other times using pistols to assassinate Clerics, teachers, tax collectors and other god fearing men/women. Waxaad barataa waa baaskaa." Btw...General, the TFG is truly the last hope Somalia has, so let me be the first to applaud you for educating the ill informed formers here who blindly stand by Aways and Co., men who are known to spread terror on every corner in Somalia.