Politicians have reacted angrily to reports that a German firm has signed a deal with a Somali warlord to provide security services. Former members of German special forces and an elite police unit could soon be working as bodyguards and trainers in the lawless country. For years, German politicians and pundits have been taking the moral high ground over the activities of the American private security contractor Blackwater, now known as Xe Services, in places such as Iraq. “The US government has allowed private security firms to develop into an omnipresent, uncontrollable apparatus in the war zones of this world,” wrote one German newspaper back in 2007. That moral outrage is now looking distinctly shabby in the light of revelations that a German security company is planning to supply mercenaries to a Somali warlord. On Monday, Thomas Kaltegärtner, CEO of Asgaard German Security Group, confirmed a report by the German public broadcaster ARD that his company plans to send former German soldiers to Somalia. In a December 2009 press release, Asgaard announced it had signed an “exclusive agreement on security services” with Abdinur Ahmed Darman. Darman, a Somali warlord who styles himself as the country’s president, does not recognize the legitimacy of the United Nations-backed transitional government of Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. The agreement, the company said, would cover “all necessary measures to reintroduce security and peace to Somalia.” The country has not had a functioning central government since 1991. According to Kaltegärtner, himself a former Bundeswehr soldier, Asgaard employees would provide security for Darman and train police and military forces. He stressed, however, that combat operations were not planned. He said that over 100 mercenaries could be involved in operations. Although negotiations were not yet complete, it was possible that Asgaard employees would be operating in Somalia in the near future, Kaltegärtner told Berlin’s Tagesspiegel newspaper. Kaltegärtner also told the newspaper that his company employed former members of the German army’s special forces, the KSK, and Germany’s elite GSG-9 police force. Privatizing State Violence Several German politicians have reacted angrily to the news that former soldiers could soon be in action on the Horn of Africa. “In my opinion, this is not acceptable,” Rainer Arnold, the defense expert of the center-left Social Democrats, told the Tuesday edition of the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper. He called for new legislation to “clearly limit” such operations, adding: “One cannot privatize state violence.” Speaking to the same newspaper, Green Party politician Omid Nouripour accused the German government of not doing enough in the past to regulate private security firms. Paul Schäfer of the far-left Left Party and Rainer Stinner of the liberal Free Democratic Party, which governs in coalition with Merkel’s conservatives, also criticized the deal, with Schäfer talking of a “shadow foreign policy.” Observers warn that German employees of the firm could be killed or targeted for kidnapping in Somalia. The Islamist Al-Shabab militia, which controls several regions of the country and parts of the capital Mogadishu, has allied itself with Al-Qaida, which wants Germany to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. The Islamist groups would be pleased to get their hands on German hostages, experts say. “If a German firm were to train and support a Somali militia, that would certainly go against Germany’s interests,” said Annette Weber from the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in remarks to ARD. The German Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry now want to look into what Asgaard is planning to do in Somalia, according to the Süddeutsche Zeitung. The company itself tried to play down the significance of the operation. “We want to work closely together with the German government and will in no way act against its interests,” Asgaard said in a statement published on its website on Sunday. “There are currently no German citizens working on behalf of Asgaard in Somalia.” The company stressed that it would only begin its operations in Somalia once Darman “once again assumes control of state affairs with the approval of the UN.”

,,, just recalled a replay from a SOL member saying the two are the one and same ,,,, Ilay halkanay akhriyeen ,,

The Director of UCID Women Marwo Asha Hussein Maraykan presented a gift basket of items to Zainab Yusuf Abdi who gave birth to triplets in Edna Maternal Hospital yesterday. This rare birth of triplets in Somaliland occurred on Friday May 21st, 2010. Zainab was brought in from a village called Uubale, situated south of Hargeisa, in order to receive better treatment at a better facility. In a harrowing tale; one of the triplets was born on the way to the hospital, while the other two were delivered safely at the hospital. She eventually gave health to two healthy girls and a baby boy. An Edna Maternity Hospital staff member informed SomalilandPress that the triplets were all healthy, born without any birth defects, and are in stable condition. They also informed us their weights; the young boy’s weight is 3KG, while both the daughters weighed in at 2.3 KG. Zainab, the mother, mentioned that she is also in good health but “didn’t have much resources to support the children as her husband is unemployed and they live in a remote village.’ She also mentioned that it would be difficult to raise the three children along with the 7 she had already given birth to previously. Abdilqadir Ibrahim Jofle who is the father of the triplets informed SomalilandPress that he is ‘overjoyed by the addition of the triplets to the family and even more joyed at their mothers’ good health.’ He also thanked the UCID party and Marwo Asha Hussein Maraykan for being amongst the first to assist the family and was thankful he to be the recipient of their generosity during their campaigning. Marwo Asha Hussein Maraykan stated that “the UCID party are going to do whatever they can to help the disadvantaged and those who are need, and we will continue to assist them as best as possible.” The triplets were named Mahad, Safa and Marwa.

Same as Adan Madoobe ,,, Nimanka maxaa loo sheegay tolow ?

and how heart breaking to see people who are invading people's lands yet calling the people they invaded terrorists? who is the actual terrorist the man defending his land? or the one invading Are u talking about Somaliland or Ethiopia here ??

confused kid.com ,,,,,

Jacaylbaro you see somaliaonline administrator yourself use many different names so you can keep forum busy and active with various different opinions. But that gets boring after while because people we dont want to argue and just want to increase their knowledge so they can set up for their futures!!! Thats why your killing your site more then anything by using two names or 5 names or 10 names and then starting a thread up and having active conversations with just yourself. Thats why your site is dying more then you think. Keep your site just for facts, people dont need to use for debates!!! Their other places to do that. U can't have a product that does everything, thats why product specialize!!! Are u sure SOL is my site and i'm the Administrator ??

HERE TOO

Al-shabaab oo inamo is-qarxiya u soo dirtay Somaliland wakhtiga Doorashada Muqdisho( Waaheen)Warbixin uu qoray Web-site ka Xusuus ayaa lagu baahiyay Ururka Al-shabaab Somaliland inay u soo direen Sagaal dagaal yahan oo ay soo tababareen kuwaasoo ay ugu talagaleen inay Toogasho iyo Qaraxyo u geystaan Goob-joogayaasha Caalamiga ah Wakhtiga Doorashada Sagaalkan Dagaal yahan ayay war-bixintu sheegtay inay soo gaadheen Somaliland kuwaasoo isku qaybiyay gobolada Dalka, waxaanay warbixintaasi ku bilowday sidan “ Iyada oo ololaha doorashooyinka Somaliland ay socdaan ayaa waxaa kooxda hubeysan ee Alshabaab ay damacsan tahay in ay qaraxyo iyo qarbudaad ka fuliyaan magaalooyinka Somaliland, inta lagu gudo jiro xiliga doorashooyinka oo maalmo uun ay ka harsan yihiin sida lagu helay xog muhiim ah. Sagaal nin oo ka soo jeedo Gobalada Waqooyi ee Somaliland hase yeeshee bilihii u dambeeyey tababaro ku qaadanayey Xero ku taalo Gobalka Bay ayaa waxaa u soo dhamaaday tabarkoodii ay siinayeen saraakiil isugu jirto somali iyo ajaanib oo ka wada tirsan Alshabaab, waxaana gunaanadka tababarkoodu halkaasi loogu soo jeediyey dardaaran iyo guubaabo. Kooxdan dhalinyarada ah ayaa waxa illo lagu kalsoon yahay ay sheegayaan in ay safar dhinaca dhulka ah ku galeen Somaliland, iyaga oo sida la sheegay isu kala qeybiyey Gobalada iyo goobaha Muhiimka ah oo ay doorashooyinka ka dhici doonaan, waxaana bartilmaameedka kooxdan la sheegay in ay tahay sidii ay u toogan lahaayeen ama u qarxin lahaayeen goobjoogayaasha caalamiga ah iyo Madaxda Xisbiyada ee tartameysa. ka hor intii aysan ka safrin Koofurta Soomaaliya ragani naftood hurayaasha ah ayaa waxa ay duubeen Cajalado maqal iyo muuqaal ah oo ay ku cadeeynayaan ujeedada socdaalkooda iyo howlaha ay ka soo qaban doonaan Somaliland, waxaana halkaasi ugu duceeyey Amiirka Alshabaab Axmed Godane oo loo yaqaano Shiikh Mukhtaar Abuu Zubeyr. Sagaalkan nin ayaa la sheegay in ay heyb ahaan ka soo jeedaan Gobalada Jamhuuriyada Somaliland, waxaana ay deegaanadooda ka soo tageen laba sano ka hor, qaarkod waxa ay ahaayeen arday, halka kuwo kalana ay ahaayeen kuwo reero leh, mana la oga in ay amarada loo soo dhiibay fulin doonaan iyo in kale.liibaan1981@hotmail.com Muqdisho_Somalia Jamhuuriyada la baxday Somaliland ayaa waxa ay ku talaabsaday horumar baaxad leh, waxa ay heer sare ka gaartay dhinaca nabada iyo dimiqoraadiyada, iminka waxa ay u diyaargaroobayaan sidii ay u dooran lahaayeen Madaxweynaha xiligan kala guurka ah.”

Originally posted by Sakhar_The: You heard it here first: The Vice President of Puntland who is also the Acting President made an executive order (official government decree) number 39. on the situation of Sool, Sanaag and Ein (Ayn) region today in which he released a dire warning to the militias in Widhwidh. Mind you the militias he is sending this dire warning to are the ones calling themselves SSC Army. This is happening because the Vice President after having looked at the Puntland constitution (Article 80, clause 6) decided that only the Puntland government is the sole defender of Puntland territory and only they can engage in warfare, the State's security forces that is. No other group or entity will thus be allowed to defend the territorial integrity of Puntland State of Somalia because it's the State's i.e. government's duty to do so and no one else can do it on its behalf. Hence all affairs concerning defence, assistance and maintenance of security is the sole constitutional obligation of the Puntland government. Thus no one will be allowed to do the governments/state's work and thus the People have been send a dire warning not to engage in political actions involvement in politics that are against the unity, peace and development of the State overall. Anyone found to be doing the governments work of defence or thus implementing activities that oppose the unity of Puntland on behalf of another government/party i.e. SSC political organisation will be brought before a court and the concerned judicial agencies. Thus all security forces in the governements/state's command should surveillance/investigate anyone who assists or even takes to arms in the SSC region. The decree becomes effective ones the Acting President signs it. The decree has already been signed by H.E. Brig. Gen. Abdisamad Ali Shire. Acting President of Puntland State. Just for the record ,,,

I don't think moderators have anything to do with changing names adeer ..... You were logged in as A_Khadar when you posted thinking you are using your Cowke character ,,, it is simple niyow ,,

Originally posted by Cowke: Who changed my name to A_Khadar? This topic was begun by me and I don't change my name!!! Thanks for letting us know that you have two names in SOL ,,,,

all i know is that he is the son of the vice president of Bugland .....

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool@all of you ,, crazy trollers ,,,, Actually i know this woman here ,,, someone thought she had a kiish under her clothes one day in the market ,, tried to rob but he then figured out it is her breast which was quiet big ,,,,,

^ ^ The guy is saying, he doesn't even know someone is running after his car and catching it ..... he didn't even know until he was arrested and said it was you ,,,, lool

It is not dhaqan sxb .... and has nothing to do with dhaqan soomaali. It is an organized robbery.

HALKAN

loooooool@nuune ,, yeah ,, but the bottom line is you can find women & cake in the same place ,, Ibti, it is sad and they practice a lot here. Not sure if it is a culture thing though, that is their excuse but it has nothing to do with culture, religion of even humanity.

Where there is women there is a cake ...... "a new maahmaah"

Ciidamada Al Shabaab oo loogu baaqay duulaan ay ku qaadaan Madaxtooyada Muqdisho: (Sh.M.Network) Wilaayada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab ee gobolka Banaadir ayaa ugu baaqday ciidamada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab inay isku diyaariyaan dagaal ay kula wareegayaan xarunta madaxtooyada ee Villa Soomaaliya. Sheekh Cali Max’ed Xuseen oo ah waaliga wilaayada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab oo Maanta saxaafada kula hadlayay agagaarka hogaansii hore ee nabad sugida ee waqooyiga Magaalada Muqdisho ayaa sheegay in uu ugu baaqayo dhamaan ciidamada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab in ay isku diyaariyaan weerar ay ku qaadaan Xarunta madaxtooyada ee Villa Soomaaliya oo haatan ah goobta ay ku suganyihiin madaxda ugu sareysa dowladda KMG Soomaaliya. Waaliga Xarakada Mujaahidiinta AL Shabaab ee gobolka Banaadir ayaa hadalkiisa waxaa uu intaasi ku daray in Ciidamada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab maalmihii la soo dhaafay weeraro ay ku qabsadeen fariisimo cusub ee ay horayu ugu sugnaayeen ciidamada dowlada, isagoo carabka ku dhiftay in weeraradaasi weerarka xigana uu yahay mid ay ku qaadayaan xarunta madaxtooyada ee Villa Soomaaliya iyo goobaha kale ee ay ku suganyihiin ciidamada dowladda iyo kuwa AMISOM. Sidoo kale waaliga Xarakada Mujaahidiinta AL Shabaab ee gobolka Banaadir ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in ciidamadoodu ay ku sunaayeen markii hore nawaaxiga hoteel golobal haatana ay ku suganyihiin deegaano kale oo ka fog fog oo ay kala wareegeen ciidamada dowlada KMG Soomaaliya kuwaasi oo maanta saxaafada reer Muqdisho ay geeyeen. “Laga soo bilaabo hotel golobal iyo dhulka hogaankii nabad sugida oo hadda dadku ay u yaqaan guriga habar Qadiijo ilaahey waxaa uu ku soo celiyay gacanta muslimiinta waxaana la wareegay mujaahidiinta” ayuu yiri Sheekh Cali Max’ed Xuseen. Waaliga wilaayada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab ee gobolka Banaadir Sheekh Cali Max’ed Xuseen ayaa sidoo kale shirkiisa jaraa’id waxaa uu uga hadlay dayactirka Maamulka Xarakada Mujaahidiinta AL Shabaab ay ka wadaan qeybo ka mid ah wadada warshadaha ee Magaalada Muqdisho kaasi oo uu sheegay in haatan meel wanaagsan uu marayo. Ugu dambeyntii ayaa xarakada Mujaahidiinta AL Shabaab waxa ay maanta saxaafada ku soo wareejiyaan fariisimo dhowr ah oo ay ciidamada Xarakada Mujaahidiinta Al Shabaab kula wareegeen dagaaladii ugu dambeeyay ee dhawaan ka dhacay waqooyiga Magaalada Muqdisho.

I just don't feel comfortable when i see a man saying "proudly" he is a feminist ,,,,,, don't know why

A friend of mine is in prison now ... he was driving his car and a 5yrs old child baa dabada qabsaday without him knowing ,,, then wuu ka dhacay and he died. Now they want him to pay for something he doesn't even know .... simply coz it was his car ,,,

So, what is SL planning to do with those boxes now? We still have one month to go ... let's see how things develop.

The latest assault by SNM occurried in Buhodle .... He is even afraid to mention Ethiopia here .......