Thursday, May 20, 2010

Welcome To Hell

May 20, 2010:  The major foreign aid organizations (like the Red Cross and UN food programs) are being shut down in Somalia, leaving over three million people starving and in desperate need of medical care and development (water and other infrastructure projects). Over the last decade, foreign officials of these organizations have been forced out of Somalia by the violence, and had to depend on local Somalis to manage the programs. Many of these Somali officials have become corrupt (either voluntarily, or because of threats from warlords or Islamic radicals). Not content just to steal from the aid organizations, Islamic radicals like al Shabaab are now trying to shut down these operations as "un-Islamic." There's no logic (in the Western sense) to all this. Somalis are factious and violent, always have been, and continue to be. While the shipping industry (ship owners and crew unions) are demanding more action against the piracy (killing or prosecuting all pirates encountered), no nation is willing to lead forces going ashore and shutting down the pirate bases. That's the only way to stop the pirates, but no one wants to be constantly killing unruly Somalis under the relentless glare of a headline hungry mass media.
Meanwhile, these bad habits hurt Somalis as well. The violence and factionalism leave many Somalis living in fear and extreme poverty. Most Somalis manage to join up with a tribal or warlord faction, which provides some security. But these are medieval conditions. There is no social safety net, and bad things (death, mutilation, illness, starvation) are always just a misstep away. It's nearly as dangerous for the ruling class (ambitious and ruthless men with family money, or just a lot of talent and ambition). These guys park their families in foreign countries or fortified compounds in Somalia, and constantly battle other faction leaders. One constant is hatred and distrust of outsiders (those not from your tribe or clan, and especially non-Somalis). Thus even the Islamic radical groups are fragmenting, and turning on the growing number of foreign al Qaeda people fleeing to Somalia. This is not the kind of place you flee to. Refugees coming to Somalia are unusual, and despite the admiration Somalis show these foreign al Qaeda men, they are still foreigners, and most Somalis quickly grow to hate them, and want to kill them. But for many Somalis, the Islamic radicals, and their less corrupt attitudes, are preferable to the traditional rapacious, greedy, cruel (and so on) warlord. That said, the Islamic radicals are a pretty nasty lot. They will kill or mutilate those they see as "un-Islamic" and battle each other for the status of the most Islamic of all. Some Islamic radical factions are lining up with the "warlord alliance" (the Transitional Government) because of all those al Qaeda foreigners seeking to join Islamic radical groups in Somalia. Welcome to hell.
The situation is dire, but not hopeless. The northern Somalis (the unofficial statelets of Puntland and Somaliland, and the recognized nation of Djibouti) have formed working (if ramshackle) governments and are, compared to the south, at peace. The southerners have always been more troublesome, for a host of historical and cultural reasons. No one has ever found a lasting solution to the southern violence, and temporary cures generally involve a lot of violence and killing.
May 17, 2010: A Yemen court sentenced six Somali pirates to death for seizing a Somali tanker a year ago. A Yemeni sailor was killed during the attack.
May 16, 2010: The government opened parliament in Mogadishu, and al Shabaab fired mortar shells at the parliament building. Peacekeepers and Somali government troops fired back. By the time the day was over, there were nearly a hundred casualties, including twenty dead. 

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Ex-Somali Police Commissioner General Mohamed Abshir

Ex-Somali Police Commissioner  General Mohamed Abshir

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
Somalia army parade 1979

Sultan Kenadid

Sultan Kenadid
Sultanate of Obbia

President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,

Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan

Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan

Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire

Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
Sultanate of Warsengeli

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre

Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
Siad Barre ( A somali Hero )

MoS Moments of Silence

MoS Moments of Silence
honor the fallen

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie

Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre  and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie
Beautiful handshake

May Allah bless him and give Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre..and The Honourable Ronald Reagan

May Allah bless him and give  Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre..and The Honourable Ronald Reagan
Honorable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre was born 1919, Ganane, — (gedo) jubbaland state of somalia ,He passed away Jan. 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) President of Somalia, from 1969-1991 He has been the great leader Somali people in Somali history, in 1975 Siad Bare, recalled the message of equality, justice, and social progress contained in the Koran, announced a new family law that gave women the right to inherit equally with men. The occasion was the twenty –seventh anniversary of the death of a national heroine, Hawa Othman Tako, who had been killed in 1948 during politbeginning in 1979 with a group of Terrorist fied army officers known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).Mr Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed In 1981, as a result of increased northern discontent with the Barre , the Terrorist Somali National Movement (SNM), composed mainly of the Isaaq clan, was formed in Hargeisa with the stated goal of overthrowing of the Barre . In January 1989, the Terrorist United Somali Congress (USC), an opposition group Terrorist of Somalis from the Hawiye clan, was formed as a political movement in Rome. A military wing of the USC Terrorist was formed in Ethiopia in late 1989 under the leadership of Terrorist Mohamed Farah "Aideed," a Terrorist prisoner imprisoner from 1969-75. Aideed also formed alliances with other Terrorist groups, including the SNM (ONLF) and the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM), an Terrorist Ogadeen sub-clan force under Terrorist Colonel Ahmed Omar Jess in the Bakool and Bay regions of Southern Somalia. , 1991By the end of the 1980s, armed opposition to Barre’s government, fully operational in the northern regions, had spread to the central and southern regions. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis fled their homes, claiming refugee status in neighboring Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. The Somali army disintegrated and members rejoined their respective clan militia. Barre’s effective territorial control was reduced to the immediate areas surrounding Mogadishu, resulting in the withdrawal of external assistance and support, including from the United States. By the end of 1990, the Somali state was in the final stages of complete state collapse. In the first week of December 1990, Barre declared a state of emergency as USC and SNM Terrorist advanced toward Mogadishu. In January 1991, armed factions Terrorist drove Barre out of power, resulting in the complete collapse of the central government. Barre later died in exile in Nigeria. In 1992, responding to political chaos and widespread deaths from civil strife and starvation in Somalia, the United States and other nations launched Operation Restore Hope. Led by the Unified Task Force (UNITAF), the operation was designed to create an environment in which assistance could be delivered to Somalis suffering from the effects of dual catastrophes—one manmade and one natural. UNITAF was followed by the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM). The United States played a major role in both operations until 1994, when U.S. forces withdrew. Warlordism, terrorism. PIRATES ,(TRIBILISM) Replaces the Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre administration .While the terrorist threat in Somalia is real, Somalia’s rich history and cultural traditions have helped to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism. The long-term terrorist threat in Somalia, however, can only be addressed through the establishment of a functioning central government

The Honourable Ronald Reagan,

When our world changed forever

His Excellency ambassador Dr. Maxamed Saciid Samatar (Gacaliye)

His Excellency ambassador Dr. Maxamed Saciid Samatar (Gacaliye)
Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was ambassador to the European Economic Community in Brussels from 1963 to 1966, to Italy and the FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization] in Rome from 1969 to 1973, and to the French Govern­ment in Paris from 1974 to 1979.

Dr. Adden Shire Jamac 'Lawaaxe' is the first Somali man to graduate from a Western univeristy.

Dr. Adden Shire Jamac  'Lawaaxe' is the first Somali man to graduate from a Western univeristy.
Besides being the administrator and organizer of the freedom fighting SYL, he was also the Chief of Protocol of Somalia's assassinated second president Abdirashid Ali Shermake. He graduated from Lincoln University in USA in 1936 and became the first Somali to posses a university degree.

Soomaaliya الصومال‎ Somali Republic

Soomaaliya الصومال‎ Somali Republic
Somalia

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