2 expats appeal for release in Somalia

MOGADISHU, Somalia Two foreign aid workers appealed for their freedom Friday in the Somali capital, surrounded by armed kidnappers who seized them last month in a restive region of Ethiopia, local media reported. Somali journalists were blindfolded and brought to a house in Mogadishu to see the hostages, who identified themselves as a Dutch man and a Japanese woman who work for the French aid group Medicins du Monde (Doctors of the World). "We need to be released from jail," the woman, who wore a loose, pink headscarf, said in comments broadcast over local radio and TV. "We need our liberty."more..http://www.charlotteobserver.com/world/story/244571.html Most of the Terrorist are from Hawiye tribe (al-shabaab) The leadership is mostly sub-clans of Hawiye (Habar Gidir clan) With The Exception Of OGADEN CLAN (ONLF )own hassan turki(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasan_Hersi) and Abu Mansur a foot soldier from al-Qaeda. Somalia has been at war since 1991, The Horn of Africa nation has been plagued by chaos and clan-based civil war since HAWIYE Warlordism". , TERRORISM. PIRATESM ,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