Thursday, September 3, 2009

Taking Care Of Business

September 3, 2009: The pirates keep at it, despite the fleet of warships and aircraft off the coast. In the last 18 months, over a $100 million has been paid in ransoms (for ships, and over 1,000 crew). So far this year, there have been over 250 attacks, more than twice as many as the same time last year. While fewer of these attacks succeed, the increase in attempts keeps merchant ship sailors anxious. In addition to piracy, the former fishermen of northern Somalia have also increased their smuggling efforts (by about a third this year). Smuggling people across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen is steady money, because there are always Somalis, Ethiopians and other Africans reaching northern Somalia and willing to pay a hundred dollars or more to cross over 200 kilometers of shark and pirate filled waters. There are also two patrolled (by foreign warships and aircraft) "safe lanes" for commercial shipping seeking safety from pirate attach in the Gulf of Aden. The east bound lane begins at 45 degrees east (between 11 48 north and 11 53 degrees north), and ends at 053 degrees east (between 14 18 north and 14 23 degrees north). The west bound lane begins at 053 degrees east (between 14 25 north and 14 30 degrees north) and terminates at 045 degrees east (between 11 55 north and 12 00 degrees north.) The smugglers move about a thousand people a week, and lose 1-2 percent of them in the process.
Fighting in Mogadishu continues, with the daily skirmishes causing several hundred casualties in the last week (including 50 dead.) Al Shabaab, and other Islamic radical groups, have made themselves unpopular with most Somalis, causing several clans and religious groups to form militias to resist the Islamic radicals. Al Shabaab is increasingly dependent on the thousand or so foreign Islamic radicals in the country. While Somalis can be pretty brutal, the foreign radicals can be really nasty, and they are being used to terrorize Somalis into compliance. But al Shabaab still needs more gunmen, and has increased its recruiting efforts among refugees in Kenya, as well as young men from the ethnic Somali population of Kenya. Currently, several hundred Somalis a day cross the border, seeking shelter in refugee camps in north Kenya. Al Shabaab has used NGOs (Islamic charities) as front organizations for this recruiting, and Kenyan police recently shut down two of them. These NGOs had plenty of cash, and offered money for those who were willing to go to Somalia and fight. The 5,000 AU peacekeepers have proved able to deal with whatever local militias have thrown at them, but have suffered several hundred casualties in the 30 months they have been there. This includes 33 combat (mostly from roadside bombs) dead, and 20 dead from disease (including eight from malnutrition). Mogadishu is a tough neighborhood. The area west and south of Mogadishu is occupied by over a million hungry refugees. Al Shabaab continues to demand payoffs from the aid groups trying to supply the refugees with food, and some medical care. Al Shabaab sees the refugees as a source of recruits.France revealed that it is still sending advisors to help train Transitional Government security forces. Two of these were kidnapped July 14th, and one of those escaped last week. Thus one is still held, and the French are trying to negotiate his release.
September 1, 2009: The warlord (Abdirahman Ibrahim Maow) controlling the town of Beledweyn, has split from the Transitional Government over the use of Ethiopian troops to chase the al Shabaab out. Maow had been out of the area when the Transitional Government and Ethiopian forces took Beledweyn, and was upset that he was not consulted. Maow may now ally with al Shabaab, or be forced to. The Ethiopians want to force al Shabaab away from the border, to lessen the risk of another invasion by Islamic radical Somalis.
August 30, 2009: Ethiopian and Transitional Government troops pulled out of Beledweyn, and set up camps just outside the town. These troops had earlier driven al Shabaab fighters out, and now appear ready to make sure the Islamic radicals do not return.http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/somalia/articles/20090903.aspx

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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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