Blame the author ........... not me

It might surprise you to learn that Somalia — that post-apocalyptic shell of a nation where Islamist insurgents, clan warlords and now pirates hold sway over a helpless government — has some nice parts, too. In Hargeisa, a visitor can walk the asphalt roads at dusk and freely breathe the sharp mountain air. The street markets are busy and boisterous, and hanging out there isn't likely to get you killed. Cell phone companies advertise mobile Internet service and the good hotels have wireless hot spots. If this doesn't feel like Somalia, residents say that's because it's not. This is Somaliland, a northern former British protectorate that broke away from chaotic southern Somalia in 1991, established an admirably stable government and hoped never to look back. No country has recognized Somaliland's independence, however. The argument has always been that to do so would further destabilize Somalia, even as Somalia seems to be destabilizing well enough on its own. So for now, this quiet slice of land along the volatile Gulf of Aden is an undeniable, if very reluctant, piece of Somalia. A territory of 5 million people, Somaliland is trying to be a good regional citizen, hosting tens of thousands of refugees from southern Somalia and, lately, trying and imprisoning pirates, which few governments anywhere have been eager to do. At least 26 men are serving time in Somaliland prisons for piracy. Last month, a European warship stopped nine men who were attempting to hijack a Yemeni vessel but allowed them to flee in a lifeboat. The would-be pirates washed ashore in Somaliland, where police and the scrappy coast guard, which patrols a 600-mile coastline with two speedboats and a tiny fleet of motorized skiffs, chased them down. "We are patient. We always feel like we are getting close" to recognition, said Abdillahi Mohamed Duale, the polished foreign minister, betraying just a trace of exasperation in his near-flawless English. "Time will put Somaliland where we belong." Yes, the territory has a foreign minister, along with liaison offices — don't call them diplomatic missions — in a handful of countries including the United States. It has a president and a bicameral legislature, as well as feisty opposition parties. It issues its own currency — crisp bills printed in the United Kingdom — and its own passports and visas. It can't make deals with other countries for development projects, though, and no international banks have opened here. The economy remains mostly pre-modern and farm-based. So you can understand Duale's frustration: While Somalia is a country without a functioning government, Somaliland is a noncountry with a reasonably functioning government. The president, Dahir Riyale Kahin, won the first free elections in 2003 and was rewarded last year with a visit by the then-ranking U.S. diplomat for Africa, then-Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer. This year, however, Riyale has sparred with opposition leaders over the timing of elections, which have been postponed twice and now are set for October. Some foreign officials are worried that the young democracy is backsliding. "They were a model for Somalia, in our minds, but now they're having significant problems," said a Western diplomat who closely follows Somalia and who wasn't authorized to be quoted by name. Experts regard the spat as temporary and expect foreign governments to keep funding Somaliland-based relief efforts and political reform projects, but Somaliland's limbo status appears more enduring. While the United Nations urges support for the transitional Somali government in the south, African countries are leery of encouraging their own secessionist movements and the United States is unwilling to go out on a limb for the obscure little territory. "Governments don't want to be involved in the politics" of Somaliland's independence, said Patrick Duplat of Refugees International, a Washington-based advocacy group. "But they have to be cognizant of the fact that it's the only operating government in this place." From colonial times, Somaliland took a different path. In the 19th-century scrum over Africa, Britain acquired the territory mainly to supply its more important garrison in Aden, across the sea in Yemen. Relatively few British expatriates settled here, leaving tribes and institutions intact, while southern Somalia became a full-fledged colony of Italy, complete with Italianate architecture and banana farms to supply the home country. The British and Italian territories were joined at independence to form the Somali Republic, but in 1991, with the southern-based regime verging on collapse, a rebel government in Somaliland declared itself autonomous. After two years of fighting, a new government emerged that melded traditional clan structures with Western-style separation of powers, a hybrid system that some experts have called a prototype for the rest of Somalia. Contrast that, Duale said, with the hundreds of millions of dollars the world has poured into Somalia's feeble transitional government, including $213 million pledged last month to bolster security forces and African Union peacekeepers. "It's pure hypocrisy," Duale said. "You have here in Somaliland a nation-building process that didn't require massive expense by others. And yet we have everything the international community preaches: self-reliance, inclusiveness, stability." The troubles down south have spilled over, with more than 75,000 displaced Somalis taking shelter in Somaliland. On Oct. 29, coordinated suicide bombings struck the presidential residence, a U.N. compound and an Ethiopian political office in Hargeisa, reportedly killing 30 people. The attack was immediately blamed on Islamist militants who are battling for control of Somalia, a reminder that for all its advantages, Somaliland remains yoked to that troubled land to the south. "Everybody was scared that we could be targeted so easily," said Mohammed Isak, a marketing manager for a mobile phone company. "You cannot enjoy peace while your neighbor is burning." By Shashank Bengali | McClatchy Newspapers

Imika ninkii yuu noqday ?? ,,

what is this ?? ,, can't u just post the links ??

Something i would love to see .........

Ciidamada Amaanka ayaa la sheegay inay habeen hore xabsiga u taxaabeen saddex nin oo laga shakiyay. Isla markaana Xukuumaddu waxay shalay heegan buuxa geliyay ciidanka amniga, iyadoo la xidhay jidka halbowlaha ah ee caasimada Hargeysa ee hormara Xarunta Madaxtooyada iyo dhismaha Baarlamaanka. Inkastoo aanay Xukuumaddu wax war ah ka soo saarin arrintaas,haddana siday ilo xog-ogaal ahi sheegeen,talaabada Xukuumaddu heegan ku gelisay ciidanka Amnigu waxay ka dambaysay ka dib markii sida la sheegay ay soo gaadhay inuu jiro fal loo maleegayo khalkhal-gelinta Xuska 18 May oo maalmo koobani inaga xigaan. Warku wuxuu intaa ku daray, in ciidamada Amaanku habeen hore saddex nin ka qabteen guri ku yaala magaalada Hargeysa, kuwaasoo sida la sheegay haatan la baadhayo. Siday ilahaasi tibaaxeen, waxay ciidanku shalay baadheen guriga laga qabtay nimankaas, balse lama sheegin waxyaabihii ay kala kulmeen hawlgalkoodaa baadhista ah. Hase yeeshee, masuuliyiinta Xukuumadda ee dhinaca Amniga oo aanu xalay isku daynay in aanu jirintaanka xadhiga nimankaas wax ka waydiiyo, ayaa ka gaabsaday inay wax tafaasiil ah ka bixiyaan. “Not Now! Hadda maaha (kama hadlayo).” Sidaa waxa si kooban u yidhi Wasiirka Daakhiliga Cabdillaahi Ismaaciil Cali (Cirro) oo xalay fiidkii Wargeyska Ogaal khadka telefoonka kula xidhiidhay. Shalay waxay Xukuumaddu xidhay isu-socodka dadka iyo gaadiidku inay maraan jidka hawlbowlaha ee hormara xarunta Madaxtooyada, kaasoo horeba isticmaalka gaadiidka mamnuuc uga ahaa xilliyada habeenkii, tan iyo intii ka dambaysay qaraxyadii ismiidaaminta ahaa ee 29 Oct 2008 lala beegsaday goobo muhiim ah oo ku yaala magaalada Hargeysa. Wargeyska Ogaal

Originally posted by Abdinasir Kadawo: quote:Originally posted by J.a.c.a.y.l.b.a.r.o: Don't worry ....... We simply don't. And you say that in capacity of what? Defence minister of Sland? I don't want to give you ideas but it is from a powerful person ........

You can finish with muqdisho (only) first ....... the running to Kismayo bushes is as close as your imagination.

And the caravan that suddenly became armed ....

Don't worry ....... We simply don't.

.. as if

Madaxwenaha dowlada kmg Soomaaliya sheikh Shariif ayaa maanta Ansxiyay ku dhaqanka Shareecada islaamka kadib Markii uu Gudoomiyaha baarlamaanka u soo gudbayay Mooshinkaasi. Madaxweynaha oo maanta shir jaraa’id ku qabtay xarunta madaxtooyada kadib markii gudoomiyaha baarlamaanku uu u soo gudbiyay qodobkii ku dhaqanka shareecada islaamka ee barlamaanku ansixyay ayaa soo saaray go’aan ka kooban 4-qodob oo la xiriira dhaqan galinta Sharcigaasi. Qodobada madaxweynuhu soo saaray oo uu saxaafada u aqriyay madaxa Xafiiska madaxweynaha C/kariin Xuseen ayaa waxaa ka mid ah, in dib u habeeyn lagu sameeyo Sharuucda ama qawaaniinta dalka lagana saaro wixii ka hor imaanya shareecada islaamka. Madaxweyne sheikh Shariif oo xiliga uu hadlayay ay dhincyadiisa fadhiyeen gudoomiyaha baarlamaanka iyo ra’iisul wasaaraha ayaa saxiixay go’aankii baarlamaanka iyo xukuumadda ay ku ansixyeen in dalka lagu dhaqo shareecada islaamka,waxaana uu sheegay in uu noqon doono mid sharci ah oo dalka ka hir gala. Ugu danbeeyntii Madaxweynaha dowlada kmg ee Soomaaliya sheikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed oo ka hadlayay dagaalada xiligani socda ayaa sheegay in aysan diin ku saleysneeyn waxaana uu wax laga xumaado ku tilmaamay in dad magac diimeed sheeganaya sida uu sheegay ay dagaalo ku baaqaan xiligani. “Marka hore waxaa aad uga xumahay in dad sheeganaya Culumo in dagaal uu xalkooda noqdo,wixii heshiiska lagu wada ahaa ee laga shaqeynayay waxaa uu ahaa in dalkani nabadiisa la soo celiyo ,dadka Soomaaliyeedna fursad loo siiyo nidaamka ay rabaan in ay doortaan,waxaana muuqata in aan loo hogaansameyn amarada islaamka ee ah in dhiiga qofka muslimka ah laga fogaado qilaafka wixii qilaaf ah ee yimaadana loogu laabto kutaabka Illaah iyo Sunada Nabiga Muxamed SCW” ayuu yiri madaxweynaha dowlada kmg Soomaaliya sheikh Shariif Shiikh Axmed Horay ayaa golaha Baarlamaanka iyo xukuumaduba waxaa ay siyaabo kala duwan ugu ansixiyeen in dalka lagu xukumo Diinta islaamka taasoo garabyo ka mid ah xoogaga mucaaradka ay sheegeen in aysan waxba ka hir gali doonin.

Amiirka Ururka Alshabaab ayaa sheegay in aan dowlada islaami ah lagu tilmaami Karin dowlada kmg Soomaaliya. Kadib fariin cod ah oo ay warbaahinta soo gaarsiiyeen ururka Al shabaab ayaa Shiikh Muqtaar C/raxmaan (Abuu Subeyr) oo ah amiirka ururka Al shabaab waxaa uu kaga hadlay arimo dhowr ah oo quseeya xaaladaha dalka iyo dagaaladii ugu danbeeyay. Shiikh Muqtaar C/raxmaan (Abuu Subeyr) ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in dowlada hada jirta ee Kmg aan lagu tilmaami Karin in ay tahay islaam isla markaana aysan xitaa u qalmin in lagu tilmaamo mid wadani ah. “Waxaa isweydiin leh dowlada lagu soo dhisay Emighat ee leh nidaamka 4.5 dastuurkedana ay gaalo dejisay xubnaha ugu cad cad baarlamaankeedana uu yahay ashahaado la dirirkii iyo kooxdii Ethiopia ee SSRC iyo Sodare Miyaa marnaba lagu sheegi karaan dowlada islaam ah” ayuu yiri Abuu Subeyr Amiirka ururka Al shabaab. Sidoo kale mar uu ka hadlayay xaalada magaalada Muqdisho iyo dagaalada ka socda ayuu shacabka Soomaaliyeed ugu baaqay in ay taageeraan waxa uu ugu yeeray xaqa,waxaana uu sheegay in dagaalka socda uu yahay mid u dhexeeya xaqa iyo baadilka. “Dagaalka waxaa uu yahay mid xaqa iyo Baadilka ka dhexeeya dadkana waa in ay garabka siiyaan xaqa,waxaana umadda la gudboon in ay u adkeysato dhameystirka dowlada islaami ah oo sax ah,maanta waxaa haray wax yar ee aan isku kaashano saarida ciidamada shisheeye iyo oogida Sharciga Alle SWT.” Ayuu yir Amiirka Al shabaab Abuu Subeyr. Mar uu sidoo kale ka hadlayay Dowrka Saxaafada iyo xaalada dalka ayuu kula dardaarmay in ay xaqa ku hadlaan oo ay ilaaliyaan masuuliyada ka saaran umdda isla markaana ay ka qeyb qaataan Jihaadka socda oo ay iska ilaaliyaan in umadda la marin habaabiyo sida uu hadalka u dhigay. “Qofka saxafiga waa in uu dhowraa hufnaanta iyo cadaalada shaqadiisa,waana in aad ka qeyb qaadataan Jihaadka socda,hadii aadan xaqiiqada sheegi karinana ka joogsada in aad xaqiiqada doorisaan oo aad umadda marin habaabisaan. Ayuu intaasi raciyay Shiikh Muqtaar C/raxmaan (Abuu Subeyr) oo ah amiirka ururka Al shabaab. Fariinta codka ah ee maanta ay ururka Al shabaab u qeybiyeen warbaahinta ayaa waxaa uu noqonayaa kii ugu horeeyay ee uu soo saaro amiirka Al shabaab tan iyo markii ururkaasi uu dagaalada xoogan la galay dowlada kmg Soomaaliya.

two watchmen will do then .......... i mean two armed watchmen.

and where is the peace to keep ???

He has some points here .............. give the brotha some credit.

loooooooooool@silenc e power ,,

Maasha Allah ... Who else plz ???

Oo miyaad diidan tahay taas ???

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Afternoon chaps .............. Great busy day today ... preparing for a meeting tomorrow and a trip after tomorrow. Damn ,, I love this ...... hehehe

Somalia –Afghanistan of Africa, HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS the Trojan Horse of Issayas Afeworki Somalia is taking typical style of Afghanistan: The civil war, fight between former Mujahedeen, poverty and lack of public services. It is true that fighting between Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aways reminds the conflict between Taliban leader Mullah Omer and Al-Qaeda in one side, and Ahmed Shah Masood and Northern Alliance in other side. The disagreements between Mullah Omer and Ahmed Shah Masood triggered over presence of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. Masood demanded expulsion of Al-Qaeda from Afghanistan and Mullah Omer rejected and considered Osama Bin Laden as Super ‘Guest’. Today, in similar manner, the former Mujahedeen of Islamic Courts Union are fighting over the power and leadership of Somalia: A country devastated by civil war and starvation. The western countries described Masood as modern Islamist and blacklisted Mullah Omer as wanted terrorist. In Somalia the world accepts Sheikh Sharif Ahmed as moderate and supports his government, and blacklisted Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys. The change of equation in Afghanistan and Somalia is that extremists were in power in Afghanistan, and moderate Islamists are in Somalia. Al-Qaeda used Afghanistan as save heaven to carry out its terror operations. In similar way, Al-Qaeda planned suicide bombing against U.S. interest in East Africa in 1998. Al-Qaeda trains the Somali terror group linked to Al-Qaeda Al-Shabab to carry out bombing and killing in the region. The terrorist filtering out of Afghanistan are getting Somalia as alternate save-heaven. There are thousands of foreign – mainly Arabs – fighters with Al-Shabab. The regional countries expressed growing concern over the building muscles of Al-Qaeda inside Somalia. Al-Shabab is Al-Qaeda’s African wing to carry out its plans in the region. Al-Shabab is recruiting poor and young Somalis in southern Somalia, and trains them as suicide bombers using Al-Qaeda skills. The local residents reported to AFP that foreign (light skinned Arab) fighters are fighting alongside Al-Shabab in Mogadishu, which is sign of Al-Qaeda’s plans to establish strong cell inside Somalia. In recent weeks, Al-Shabab overpowered the Transitional Government of Somalia (TGS) soldiers and occupied entire southern parts of Mogadishu, the Capital of Somalia. Also, Al-Shabab controls 90% of the southern parts of former Somalia including port city of Kismayo. Such revolution of extremism in Somalia will lead the country into another 20years of instability like Afghanistan, and carry out terrorist operations against U.S. interests in the region. If Mogadishu City falls in hands of Al-Shabab, Somalia will turn into save-heaven for Al-Qaeda and other World Terrorists. There is high possibility that Al-Qaeda leaders will make shit from Afghanistan-Pakistan Border to Somalia. Al-Qaeda is planning to establish alternate center for its terror plans, in order to split the world exertion into two: Somalia and Afghan-Pakistan Border. Recently, NATO Forces stated that eliminating Al-Qaeda and Taliban at Afghan-Pakistan Border will take generations, and will not be an easy target. How about defeating it in Somalia? It will be much difficult than Afghanistan because there are millions of Somali youth that can easily join Al-Qaeda training camps due to poverty and Somalia’s geographical structure complexity. Al-Shabab gets manpower and military training from Al-Itahad Al-Islamiya (terrorist group fighting inside Ethiopia). Al-Itahad supplies new recruits and military training to Al-Shabab. Majority of Al-Shabab senior members were former fighters of Al-Itahad Al-Islamiya. Al-Shabab militia is overtaking the control of Mogadishu city, after they defeated the militia loyal to TGS President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed. Al-Shabab joined hands with Hizbul Islam, another Islamist group led by Sheikh Dahir Aways, who returned from Asmara, Eritrea recently. It will be very difficult for international community to restore law and order in Somalia, if Al-Shabab overtakes the leadership, and it will be another hideout for Al-Qaeda fugitives. Al-Qaeda wants to plan attacks against U.S. and western interests in East Africa like 1998 bombing of US Embassies in Nairobi and Darussalam. Al-Qaeda will attack U.S. Military stations in Djibouti. Al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somalia will join hands in operations in East Africa and Yemen, which will cost much international community if not stopped now. Recently, MPs in Transitional Parliament of Somalia (TPS), who are from northern Somalia, issued statement calling the world to stop Islamists from spreading to other parts of former Somalia like Somaliland and Puntland, because the danger of Al-Shabab, will lead into Taliban-styled government in Somalia. On 29th Oct 2008, Al-Shabab carried out suicide bombing in Somaliland and Puntland that killed more than thirty people, because Al-Shabab don’t believe in democracy and progress that exist in Somaliland. Al-Shabab suicide bombers targeted UNDP Office, Ethiopian Embassy and Somaliland Presidential Palace in Hargiesa – Capital of Republic of Somaliland. Three of the seven suicide bombers were Somali-US citizens from Minnesota. FBI identified one of the suicide bombers as Shirwa Ahmed – resident of Minnesota. Even Somaliland authorities sent his body to FBI in U.S.A for further investigation. Al-Shabab is recruiting Somali youth from across the world including U.S.A and UK. Somaliland arrested another suicide bomber who was on mission to blow himself in Hargiesa. The bomber was UK citizen of Somali origin, and he told Somaliland authorities that he completed training with another 300 new Somali recruits from UK and U.S.A. Al-Shabab leader Ahmed Gofane (Somali) is former fighters of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and met Osama Bin Laden during Jihad in Afghanistan against the Russians. HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS: The Trojan Horse of Issayas Afeworki: A “Trojan Horse is a term used for any trick that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected bastion or place. HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS is registered terrorist and wanted in U.S.A and many Western counties. After International Community succeeded to build another central government for Somalia in neighboring Djibouti on 2007, led by moderate Islamist Sheikh Sharif Ahmed (Former Chairman of Islamic Courts Union 2006) as new President for Somalia, there were plans in Eritrea to fail Ahmed’s government that won. The Eritrean President Issayas Afewarki and Somali extremist terrorist individuals linked to Al-Qaeda led the plans inside Eritrea. We all believe that moderate Islamist President of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Ahmed opened his hands to all Somalis and called for national reconciliation and peace talks. President Ahmed tried hard to settle difference with Islamist opponents in Somalia. However, Al-Qaeda linked Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys returned to Mogadishu from Asmara, Eritrea with plans to fail the government of Ahmed, and with large quantities weapons. He rejected to recognize the government of Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. Aweys met former Islamist fighters and convinced them to start Jihad against Ahmed government. Aweys traveled to Kismayo, Marka and Baidao cities in Southern Somalia to put his old militia together against Ahmed government. These cities are controlled by Al-Shabab fighters. Aweys has foreign plans to overthrow Ahmed government and taking instructions from Eritrean dictator Issayas Afewarki at the cost of Somali people. More than hundred people died in recent fighting between Aweys fighters and government soldiers in Mogadishu. The Solution The world should recognize Somaliland as an independent state out of former Somalia, and impose UN Trusteeship of Southern Somalia (Ex-Italian Somalia). U.S. Forces in Djibouti should destroy pirate bases in “Puntland” and international community should support Sheikh Sharif Ahmed government in Mogadishu. Somaliland was former British Protectorate and gained independence on 26th June 1960. More than 34 countries including UK recognized Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state. Unfortunately, after four days on 1st July 1960 Somaliland united with Italian Somalia (Southern Somalia) to form Somali Republic on 1st July 1960. Within the first three months of the unity, Somalilanders regretted but it was too late to withdraw from the unity. The people of Somaliland faced harsh treatment from Italian Somalis (Southern Somalia) even Government of Somalia used artilleries and air-bombing against the civilians in Somaliland in 1988. Former Military Leader of Republic of Somalia General Mohamed Siyad Barre led the genocide in Somaliland. U.S. State Department named General Barre “The Man Killing His Own People”. On 18th May 1991, Somaliland people defeated Siyad Barre army and restored former British Somaliland as an independent state (today’s Republic of Somaliland). However, international community remains silent witness to Somaliland, and no country recognized it diplomatically. The World should accept Somaliland, which encourage democracy and eliminate terrorism and extremism in horn of Africa. The UN, EU, AU, Arab League and USA are holding Somaliland hostage until Somalia recovers from current anarchy and civil war! Somalia was in civil war in last 20 years and no signs of quick recovery.. The question lingering in every mind is: How long the world will force Somaliland to wait the recovery of Somalia? If Somalia fails to recover, will the world still force Somaliland? Somaliland met conditions of statehood including currency, flag, anthem, military, cabinet, democracy, multiparty system, free elections, police…etc. Meanwhile, the U.S. Forces stationed in Djibouti should carry out air-bombing on Al-Shabab locations inside Somalia, and destroy the save-heavens of pirates in Eyl, Haradheere and any other places. The terrorists can use ransom money to purchase weapons and pay their fighters. U.S. Navy in Djibouti should strongly monitor the Somali Sea because eyewitness said that Al-Shabab is funneling heavy weaponry into Mogadishu via Port City of Kismayo in preparation for major assault on TGS and UN Peacekeepers from African Union. Also, the weapons will intensify their military muscles. Al-Shabab is importing weapons while the world is talking about piracy. The United Nation and International Community should consider imposing UN Trusteeship on Southern Somalia (Ex-Italian Somalia). Southern Somalia was under UN Trusteeship from 1950 until 1960, because they failed to manage their country and violence irrupted in Mogadishu. By: Abdulaziz Al-Mutairi Email: az.almutairi@yahoo.c om

where are the cats horta ??

Ethiopia said it would intervene again if "terrorists" took power and threatened its security. There is no sign yet, however, of a return of Ethiopian troops, though Addis Ababa is said to be funnelling supplies to anti-Shabaab militia.