Yemeni forces, backed by airstrikes, killed at least 28 al-Qaida militants and captured 17 others yesterday in a pre-dawn assault on an alleged training camp and other areas of Yemen, where al-Qaida's presence is of growing concern to U.S. officials.The operation targeted militants planning suicide bomb attacks against Yemeni and foreign sites, including schools, according to a statement on 26Sept.net, a Yemeni website linked to the government's military. Several civilians were also apparently killed and homes destroyed, witnesses told local news agencies.Yemen's government is under pressure from the United States to step up efforts to dismantle al-Qaida's network in the volatile country, the Arab world's poorest. Yesterday's operation was one of the biggest counterterrorism efforts by the nation's weak central government in recent memory.It has been struggling with a civil war in the north, a secessionist movement in the south and a crumbling economy. In this void, al-Qaida has steadily grown, using the nation's vast lawless, rugged terrain as a haven. U.S. officials are concerned that al-Qaida could use Yemen, strategically located in the heart of one of the world's lucrative oil and shipping zones, as a launching pad for attacks against neighboring Saudi Arabia and in the Horn of Africa.Mohammed Albasha, spokesman for the Yemeni Embassy in Washington, said that the dead included Mohammed Saleh Al-Kazemi, a leading al-Qaida figure in Yemen.President Obama called Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to praise the country's efforts to fight terrorism, saying yesterday's raids "show Yemen's determination to face the threat of Osama bin Laden's global terrorist network of Al Qaeda," according to Yemen's Saba state news agency.Obama, the agency reported, gave assurances that the United States would support Yemen in the realms of security, politics and development.It was unclear what role the United States played in yesterday's operations. American drones and operatives have targeted al-Qaida sites in Yemen, Somalia and the Horn of Africa in the past. When asked by reporters yesterday if the United States was involved in any operations in Yemen, State Department spokesman Robert Wood declined to speak specifically about yesterday's operation, saying "we cooperate with the government of Yemen and other governments around the world in fighting al-Qaida and others, you know, practicing terrorism."Yesterday's operation targeted the alleged training camp in Al-Maajala, Yemen, 300 miles south of the capital San'a, in the southern province of Abyan, a longtime haven for Islamic jihadists. The attack "led to the killing of between 24 to 30 militants of Al Qaeda, including foreign members, who carried out training," the military statement said.An opposition website, quoting sources in Abyan, claimed that as many as 53 people were killed and that most of the victims were women and children.The military did not specify the nationalities of those arrested. Nor did it indicate which foreigners were being targeted.Four would-be suicide bombers were killed in a raid in Arhab district,Yemen, northeast of San'a, and four other militants were arrested, according to the statement. Thirteen other alleged al-Qaida members were arrested in the capital.Bin Laden has close ties to Yemen: He married a Yemeni woman, and his father was born there. In 2000, al-Qaida bombers attacked the USS Cole in the southern city of Aden, killing 17 American sailors. Since then, militants have carried out a string of attacks on U.S. missionaries, foreign tourists and Yemeni security forces. Last year, heavily armed gunmen targeted the U.S. embassy with a car bomb and rockets. The attack killed 16, including six assailants.http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091218/NEWS03/912180305/1013/NEWS03
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Alleged al-Qaida sites attacked in pre-dawn assault
Yemeni forces, backed by airstrikes, killed at least 28 al-Qaida militants and captured 17 others yesterday in a pre-dawn assault on an alleged training camp and other areas of Yemen, where al-Qaida's presence is of growing concern to U.S. officials.The operation targeted militants planning suicide bomb attacks against Yemeni and foreign sites, including schools, according to a statement on 26Sept.net, a Yemeni website linked to the government's military. Several civilians were also apparently killed and homes destroyed, witnesses told local news agencies.Yemen's government is under pressure from the United States to step up efforts to dismantle al-Qaida's network in the volatile country, the Arab world's poorest. Yesterday's operation was one of the biggest counterterrorism efforts by the nation's weak central government in recent memory.It has been struggling with a civil war in the north, a secessionist movement in the south and a crumbling economy. In this void, al-Qaida has steadily grown, using the nation's vast lawless, rugged terrain as a haven. U.S. officials are concerned that al-Qaida could use Yemen, strategically located in the heart of one of the world's lucrative oil and shipping zones, as a launching pad for attacks against neighboring Saudi Arabia and in the Horn of Africa.Mohammed Albasha, spokesman for the Yemeni Embassy in Washington, said that the dead included Mohammed Saleh Al-Kazemi, a leading al-Qaida figure in Yemen.President Obama called Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, to praise the country's efforts to fight terrorism, saying yesterday's raids "show Yemen's determination to face the threat of Osama bin Laden's global terrorist network of Al Qaeda," according to Yemen's Saba state news agency.Obama, the agency reported, gave assurances that the United States would support Yemen in the realms of security, politics and development.It was unclear what role the United States played in yesterday's operations. American drones and operatives have targeted al-Qaida sites in Yemen, Somalia and the Horn of Africa in the past. When asked by reporters yesterday if the United States was involved in any operations in Yemen, State Department spokesman Robert Wood declined to speak specifically about yesterday's operation, saying "we cooperate with the government of Yemen and other governments around the world in fighting al-Qaida and others, you know, practicing terrorism."Yesterday's operation targeted the alleged training camp in Al-Maajala, Yemen, 300 miles south of the capital San'a, in the southern province of Abyan, a longtime haven for Islamic jihadists. The attack "led to the killing of between 24 to 30 militants of Al Qaeda, including foreign members, who carried out training," the military statement said.An opposition website, quoting sources in Abyan, claimed that as many as 53 people were killed and that most of the victims were women and children.The military did not specify the nationalities of those arrested. Nor did it indicate which foreigners were being targeted.Four would-be suicide bombers were killed in a raid in Arhab district,Yemen, northeast of San'a, and four other militants were arrested, according to the statement. Thirteen other alleged al-Qaida members were arrested in the capital.Bin Laden has close ties to Yemen: He married a Yemeni woman, and his father was born there. In 2000, al-Qaida bombers attacked the USS Cole in the southern city of Aden, killing 17 American sailors. Since then, militants have carried out a string of attacks on U.S. missionaries, foreign tourists and Yemeni security forces. Last year, heavily armed gunmen targeted the U.S. embassy with a car bomb and rockets. The attack killed 16, including six assailants.http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091218/NEWS03/912180305/1013/NEWS03
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Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
Somalia army parade 1979
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Sultanate of Obbia
President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,
Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan
Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
Sultanate of Warsengeli
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
Siad Barre ( A somali Hero )
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
The Honourable Ronald Reagan,
When our world changed forever
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.
Soomaaliya الصومال Somali Republic
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