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Gen.Maxamed Cali Samatar oo dacwadiisa la joojiyey

 

February 24, 2012 // Warar Somaali

 

Ra’iisul wasaarihii hore ee Somalia Gen: Maxamed Cali Samatar ayaa sheegay in la xiray dacwad loo heystay oo ka socotay maxkamada gobalka Virginia ee wadanka mareykanka mudo 8 sano ah.

 

Isagoo lahadlaay wakaalada wararka ee AP waxaa uu sheegay Cali Samatar in kiiska dacwadan la joojiyay madaama aaney jirin wax cad oo lagu hayo .

 

Maxamed Cali Samatar ayaa waxaa sanadki 2004-tii dacwad ku soo oogayay qoysas Somali ah oo ku heystay in uu kalayay dadkoodii xiigii taliskii madaxweyne Siyaad Barre.

 

Ninkaan oo hada 76 jir ah ayaa Khamiistii tagay maxkamada Gobalka Virginia ee wadanka mareykanka waxaana loo sheegay in la joojiyay dacwadiisa iyadoo dacwad oogayashu ay maxakamadu usheegtay in ay layimadan cadeymo sax ah .

 

Maxamed Cali Samatar ayaa usheegay AP in uu ahaa muwaadin waligiisna uu daacad ugu shaqeynayay wadankiisa ayna been yihiin eedeymahan loo heysto

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Somalia   

2012 is a bad year for them.

 

However, this is good. They went after the weakest man, it just goes to show which kind of people they are. Forgive and forget or go after everyone.

 

Qaranki;794694 wrote:
A great victory for the Israeli lobbies who actively backed Mr Samantar.

Say what? :D

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Freedom;794700 wrote:
If you cheering for this killer only shows the state of your Somaliland snydroum wow. Get grib people

tell me about they happy that a mass murder who was responsible for the killing of over 70,000 innocent people walks away free it shows you why we could never share a country with these people. but i love the Neo-siadist lot...they make it so easy for us to argue for Seperation. :cool:

 

if he walks free or not...its between him and God...what he did is between him and God all that is important is that Somaliland marches on pirates and the march continues...:cool:

 

enjoy your temporary masterbatio**n

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Dr_Osman;794686 wrote:
Gen.Maxamed Cali Samatar oo dacwadiisa la joojiyey

 

February 24, 2012 // Warar Somaali

 

Ra’iisul wasaarihii hore ee Somalia Gen: Maxamed Cali Samatar ayaa sheegay in la xiray dacwad loo heystay oo ka socotay maxkamada gobalka Virginia ee wadanka mareykanka mudo 8 sano ah.

Just sit and wait charge in view weeks and than we will see how true could this lies be

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General Mohamed Ali Samantar the former defence and Prime Minister of Somalia won’t contest war crime claims in US

Ex-Somali PM won’t contest war crime claims in US

By MATTHEW BARAKAT, Associated Press – 16 hours ago

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The former prime minister of Somalia on

Thursday ended an eight-year legal battle by accepting legal liability

for alleged war crimes and killings that occurred under the regime of

dictator Siad Barre. But he denied wrongdoing and said he never

approved any slayings.

Mohamed Ali Samantar, 76, was a top official in the Barre regime

serving throughout the 1980s as vice president, defense minister and

prime minister, up until the months before the regime’s collapse in

1991. But for more than a decade, he has lived quietly in the

Washington suburb of Fairfax, Va., surrounded by a large extended

family.

Samantar was sued in 2004 in U.S. District Court in Alexandria by

several members of the ***** clan, who said they suffered brutal

repression — including torture and mass killings — under the Barre

regime.

Samantar fought for years to have the case tossed out of court and was

initially successful. In 2007, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema

ruled that Samantar enjoyed immunity from the litigation as a former

official of a foreign state. But the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the

lawsuit.

He tried to avoid a trial and filed for bankruptcy protection Sunday

in the hope it would be postponed. But a bankruptcy judge allowed the

case to go forward.

On Thursday, as jury selection was about to begin, Samantar said he

would accept a default judgment against him and would not contest the

allegations.

He made clear, though, that while he accepts legal liability he admits

no wrongdoing.

“I request to accept default, but that doesn’t mean I’m guilty,” he

told the judge.

The Center for Justice And Accountability, a California-based

nonprofit legal firm that brought the case on behalf of the Somali

plaintiffs, said the judgment against Samantar is the first time

anywhere in the world that a court has held the Barre regime

responsible for its actions.

Samantar said he could no longer afford the costly litigation, and his

failing health — he is on dialysis — make it harder for him to defend

himself. He also told The Associated Press on Thursday that he

believes the case is politically motivated and that rehashing

allegations from more than 20 years ago would serve to divide Somalia

at a time when unification efforts are under way.

“I have a legacy in my country,” he said in an interview, speaking in

Somali and interpreted for a reporter by family members. “I want to

allow the reconciliation process to continue.”

Samantar’s lawyer made a similar argument, and the judge said she

would have dismissed the case if the State Department determined it

could harm international relations. But the Obama administration said

the lawsuit could proceed.

Samantar told the AP he was fundamentally offended by the idea that an

American court could pass judgment on a Somali dispute.

“I worked 40 years for my country,” he said. “I was faithful to my

country and abided by the law.”

The judge began hearing evidence from victims in the case Thursday to

help her decide what kind of monetary damages should be awarded,

though Samantar was not present to hear that testimony. And collecting

any money may be difficult because Samantar has filed for bankruptcy.

The default judgment left mixed feelings for the four Somali

plaintiffs — two of whom are now U.S. citizens — who brought the

lawsuit.

Bashe Abdi Yousuf, testified about the torture he suffered, followed

by more than seven years of solitary confinement, after he and 20

others were convicted on what he said were trumped-up charges of

belonging to a political party that was trying to overthrow the

government.

He testified that he was bound, suffered an electric shock, and beaten

so badly that he could not walk for three days. But he said the

torture was nothing compared to the mental suffering from seven years

in solitary confinement. He said Samantar should be held accountable,

even if he did not directly beat or torture him.

“General Samantar was the vice president of the country. He was a

commander of the highest rank … in Somalia,” said Yousuf, now a U.S.

citizen living in Atlanta. “My ordeal was at the hands of the military

people.”

After testifying, Yousuf said that the opportunity to tell his story

in court was important for him and that he felt vindicated by the

default judgment. But he still wished that Samantar had been required

to defend himself.

“I really hoped for him to defend himself because I can’t see how he

could defend himself,” Yousuf said.

Another plaintiff, Aziz Deria of Bellevue, Wash., said he felt cheated

by the default judgment, as Samantar could walk out of court without

hearing the victims’ testimony.

“I wanted him to sit there and personally feel the pain” that was

suffered by the victims, said Deria, whose brother and father were

killed during mass reprisals against the city of Hargeisa, an *****

stronghold.

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Somalia;794702 wrote:
That is very true but why weren't you able to secure a conviction, the supreme court already made the decision you know?

i knew this was going to end in failure when the Israelis lobbyists entered the pic.

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