MOGADISHU, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Rival Islamist insurgents are squaring up for a fight over southern Somalia's strategic port of Kismayu after hardline al Shabaab rebels unilaterally named a new administration to run the area.Animosity has been growing between al Shabaab, which the United States says is al Qaeda's proxy in the failed Horn of Africa state, and another rebel militia, Hizbul Islam.The growing rift between the south's two main rebel groups -- which both oppose the fragile U.N.-backed government -- only points to more violence in the country, where fighting has killed more than 18,000 civilians since the start of 2007.Another 1.5 million have been driven from their homes, triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. Aid officials say at least 60 percent of those in need of help live in areas controlled by the insurgent militias.Both groups want to control Kismayu, which is a lucrative source of taxes and other income for their fighters, and until this week they controlled the port in an uneasy alliance.Then on Wednesday, al Shabaab named its own local governing council, excluding all their Hizbul Islam rivals.Residents say both sides are rushing in reinforcements in anticipation of battle, and on Thursday a senior Hizbul Islam leader said they would not recognise the new authority.THEY SHOULD FEAR ALLAH"The men who call themselves al Shabaab have formed an administration with disregard to the other mujahideen," Sheikh Hassan Turki, Hizbul's deputy leader and the commander of southern Somalia's Ras Kamboni militant group, told reporters."No one should claim total control of the city. There should be mediation before there is bloodshed ... they broke a promise about forming the town's administration and should fear Allah."Leaflets denouncing al Shabaab, widely thought to have been printed by the Kamboni group, have been circulating in Kismayu in recent weeks, locals say, raising fears of a confrontation.Security experts say Somalia is a safe haven for wanted militants, including foreign jihadists. On Wednesday the European Union's aid chief warned it risked becoming "the new Afghanistan" unless Western donors helped its government stop al Qaeda gaining a foothold in the region. [ID:nLO371523]In the latest violence in the capital Mogadishu, clashes killed at least 12 people on Wednesday after insurgents attacked government forces and peacekeeping troops from a 5,000-strong African Union peacekeeping mission, AMISOM.In their biggest attack on the peacekeepers so far, the rebels hit AMISOM's headquarters in the city with twin suicide car bombs a week ago, killing 17 soldiers from Burundi and Uganda, including the force's deputy commander.Al Shabaab said it carried out the strike in revenge for the killing days earlier of one of Africa's most wanted al Qaeda suspects by U.S. special forces in the rebel-held south.Hizbul Islam's leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, justified the use of suicide bombings and called for more such attacks on President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's government. [ID:nLK558685] (Additional reporting by Sahra Abdi in Nairobi; Writing by Daniel Wallis; Editing by David Clarke)
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Islamist rebels face off in southern Somali port.. Jihad Infighting
MOGADISHU, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Rival Islamist insurgents are squaring up for a fight over southern Somalia's strategic port of Kismayu after hardline al Shabaab rebels unilaterally named a new administration to run the area.Animosity has been growing between al Shabaab, which the United States says is al Qaeda's proxy in the failed Horn of Africa state, and another rebel militia, Hizbul Islam.The growing rift between the south's two main rebel groups -- which both oppose the fragile U.N.-backed government -- only points to more violence in the country, where fighting has killed more than 18,000 civilians since the start of 2007.Another 1.5 million have been driven from their homes, triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian disasters. Aid officials say at least 60 percent of those in need of help live in areas controlled by the insurgent militias.Both groups want to control Kismayu, which is a lucrative source of taxes and other income for their fighters, and until this week they controlled the port in an uneasy alliance.Then on Wednesday, al Shabaab named its own local governing council, excluding all their Hizbul Islam rivals.Residents say both sides are rushing in reinforcements in anticipation of battle, and on Thursday a senior Hizbul Islam leader said they would not recognise the new authority.THEY SHOULD FEAR ALLAH"The men who call themselves al Shabaab have formed an administration with disregard to the other mujahideen," Sheikh Hassan Turki, Hizbul's deputy leader and the commander of southern Somalia's Ras Kamboni militant group, told reporters."No one should claim total control of the city. There should be mediation before there is bloodshed ... they broke a promise about forming the town's administration and should fear Allah."Leaflets denouncing al Shabaab, widely thought to have been printed by the Kamboni group, have been circulating in Kismayu in recent weeks, locals say, raising fears of a confrontation.Security experts say Somalia is a safe haven for wanted militants, including foreign jihadists. On Wednesday the European Union's aid chief warned it risked becoming "the new Afghanistan" unless Western donors helped its government stop al Qaeda gaining a foothold in the region. [ID:nLO371523]In the latest violence in the capital Mogadishu, clashes killed at least 12 people on Wednesday after insurgents attacked government forces and peacekeeping troops from a 5,000-strong African Union peacekeeping mission, AMISOM.In their biggest attack on the peacekeepers so far, the rebels hit AMISOM's headquarters in the city with twin suicide car bombs a week ago, killing 17 soldiers from Burundi and Uganda, including the force's deputy commander.Al Shabaab said it carried out the strike in revenge for the killing days earlier of one of Africa's most wanted al Qaeda suspects by U.S. special forces in the rebel-held south.Hizbul Islam's leader, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, justified the use of suicide bombings and called for more such attacks on President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's government. [ID:nLK558685] (Additional reporting by Sahra Abdi in Nairobi; Writing by Daniel Wallis; Editing by David Clarke)
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Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
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President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,
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Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
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Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
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MoS Moments of Silence
honor the fallen
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
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
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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.
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.
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