Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Somalia Identifies Bomber

MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The Somali government said a suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people at a graduation ceremony last week came from Denmark, which would buttress views that the troubled African nation is attracting foreign fighters.

"He was one of the Somali children who fled from Somalia's war to Denmark, who returned to the country for a suicide attack when he got older," said Sheikh Aden Mohamed Nor, the speaker of Somalia's parliament. "He was sadly brainwashed by foreigners to massacre his people," Mr. Nor said late Thursday.Mr. Nor said officials identified the bomber during an investigation into the attack, but declined to offer additional details about the bomber or the investigation.Some Western officials say Somalia, on Africa's eastern horn, is becoming a sanctuary for al Qaeda terrorists from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq. The Somali government, able to rule only a small swath of the country's capital, has been largely powerless to stop the influx, they say.A man said to be the father of the alleged bomber, speaking from Denmark, said his son was a victim at the graduation ceremony, not the man who blew himself up amid graduating students and government officials, according to the Voice of America's Somali service. Three government ministers were killed in the attack.A Somali community leader in Copenhagen, Ahmed Dhaqane, told the BBC Somali service that the suspect had become deeply religious during his time in Denmark, and had recently left Denmark for Mogadishu with his pregnant wife.Human-rights activists say hundreds of Somali refugees now in camps in neighboring Kenya are being paid to join militant outfits and return home to help destabilize the government.Somali officials have blamed Islamist militant group al Shabaab for the attack last week. An al Shabaab spokesman denied the charge.Al Shabaab has claimed responsibility for previous suicide bombings in Mogadishu. Residents in the towns of Marka and Kismayo, two al Shabaab power bases, say al Shabaab officials have delivered religious speeches in which they described the bomber as one of their mujahedeen, or holy warriors.Somali and Western officials accuse the group of recruiting Somali students from the U.S. and other Western countries. Last month, U.S. federal prosecutors charged eight men with recruiting U.S. immigrants from Somalia to join al Shabaab. Five of the recruits have been killed in fighting in Somalia, one of them while carrying out a suicide bombing, according to U.S. officials.The U.S. government has designated al Shabaab as a terrorist group. U.S. and Somali officials allege the group receives weapons and bomb-making training from foreign al Qaeda fighters.The attack has sparked an angry public backlash against al Shabaab. On Wednesday, dozens of Somalis marched through Mogadishu protesting against militant violence. Some protesters burned the black banners representing the al Shabaab group. "Al Shabaab massacres our people! They have put us into trouble," shouted one protester, Halima Abdi. "They were behind that attack -- no doubt!" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126045599245185465.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_world

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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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