Mogadishu must not be the capital of Somalia.

Mardoof Gushaa

MOGADISHU MUST NOT BE THE CAPITAL OF SOMALIA

The most notorious European colonizers of the Africans were the British and the French, followed by the Portuguese and the Spanish. Of course, we know the Germans and the Americans were also part of it, as in Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam, Monrovia, and Bujumbura. To make it short, for 80 years, more than 80% of Somalis’ wealth was invested in Mogadishu. But what happened in 1991 must have made Mogadishu turn wild. In 1991 Ali Mahdi Aideed led a massacre, leveling the city, killing thousands of innocent people. In January 1991 the evacuation of 400,000 Somalis from Mogadishu and the deaths of 30,000 there in 2 weeks was likely the largest blood bath ever seen in Somali history, arguably in the world. Somalis are the oldest people group in Africa. Excuse me, but who the hell cares which tribe they belong to? They are Somalis, and we have to feel their pain.

The aftermath was that the killings in Mogadishu have continued up to today. Although the world sees Mogadishu as the center of Somalia, Mogadishu took internationally donated money and guns against their own people from both Shabelles to Kismayo; that has been going on now for 24 years. The man we recently elected, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has started attacks there against his own Somali people. It is coming up day after day.

I would suggest that Mogadishu cannot be the Somali capital. Mogadishu has been from 1991 to 2014 a city of bloodshed. The blood flows like streets and rivers. It is a city where people’s rights have been forcefully denied. Mogadishu became a city unlawfully occupied by a group of Somalis claiming legitimacy above those who originally built the city. All the original owners fled the city, or are sitting aside due to the oppression. The people who came in through the bloodshed are claiming to be Mogadishans, and now have been elected as mayors and other government officials for the 16 towns of Mogadishu. These “guests” are there enjoying respect and power, never being challenged by the system. In this city all the bad politics of Somalia have been created- divide and rule, etc.

This is my conclusion, with all I said above. For the sake of saving Somalia, our country, our people- Mogadishu cannot be the capital of Somalia. I may be bringing this discussion here tonight, but please read about it in the books. History tells us the truth. In 1991 400,000 Somalis were forced to evacuate and 30,000 were killed- Somali against Somali. That cannot happen. The distrust and agony between Somalis must never come back. We know who the perpetrators are, and the crimes they committed against the Somali people. They must be brought to justice in order for genuine reconciliation based on solid political principals.

From Faulty to Fair US policy in Somalia.

From Faulty to Fair US policy

February 17, 2014

By Ahmed Mohamud Yassin

Anyone who has been following how America handles Somalia will know why the Somalia condition is getting worse progressively. Following is my argumentation on how American policy towards Somalia had constantly failed badly, and ended up building a false hope.
Beginning with the Djibouti peace process, America has fashioned a faulty process based on what was termed “dividing Islamist Groups” in Somalia without knowing who the actual fighters were and what the end result would be. In the end, they created a 550-member Parliament, and allowed half of the parliament to be drawn from the ranks of the supporters of Ex-President Sheikh Sharif formerly based in the rogue state of Eritrea.  That group was collectively called the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
The UIC was a punch of individuals who did not have full control of their ground soldiers. The group was funded by US allies in the Gulf States – United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Except his close alliance with the Gulf leaders, Sheikh Sharif was a man with no understanding or credentials to lead a nation; on top of that he was corrupt, and had possessed no discernible vision or plan to lead the nation, specially a nation like Somalia that was dubbed   a “failed state” and was facing tremendous problems.
After 4 years of a sham administration, the International Community led by the USA created a process in Somalia called “Transitional Government of Somalia.” To bring the transition period to a closure, the West, with the leadership of the US government, raised and spent about 60 million dollars to write a constitution that has less than 200 articles.  In the end, the product turned out to be a standard “cut-and-paste” document-a document so similar to other constitutions produced for other similarly failed states.
In August, 2013, based on the draft of said constitution, a hand-picked house of traditional leaders elected the current ailing President.  To elect President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, the government of Qatar, with its Wahabi ideology, spent a hefty $10 million dollars to buy the votes of largely cash hungry tribal elders.
Too late and too little, but Somalis posthumously learned that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud had a dark history and contested values in that he was affiliated with the notorious warlord Gen. Mohamed Farah Aidid, a leader that led the United Somali Congress (USC) and was accused to have been responsible for the massacre of thousands of innocent Somali people who were mainly from the Darod clan.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud  is a man who was charged for the UIC and for Alshabab to recruite young boys from Mogadishu schools and surrounding areas to fight against Ethiopian forces that used to support the Federal Government of Somalia. Of Course, that past was well-known to US intelligence elites. And Hassan Sheikh Mohamud becomes Somalia’s President with the help of Americans and their rich Arabian Gulf states such as Qatar is incomprehensible.
Hillary Clinton invited Hassan Sheikh Mohamud to Washington right before she left office, and she took him straight to the White House, and gave him “high five” salute with her famous press conference and declaring America will stand by Somalia with the new Leadership, Hassan said few good words that he memorized addressing the press conference.

Suddenly, the American government was campaigning in the Security Council to lift arms embargo on Somalia, knowing there is no Somali National Army in Somalia, that Al-shabaab controls every young man in Mogadishu directly or indirectly, all the Militia in Mogadishu are from one clan. Everybody that knows Somalia well is baffled how America put intentionally a blind eye, and pumped up a radically religious leader in this volatile region.
Now that the UN is once again reconsidering the lifting of arms embargo on Somalia in the face of reliable information that weapons are diverted to Al-shabab, the West must not err gain. Otherwise, arms given to the government in Mogadishu would end up strengthening Al-shabab.

To help Somalia and its people, America and the West will have to consider the following steps:

- America and the West must help limit the Gulf States involvement in Somalia and curtail the hidden hands of radical religious groups reinstituting pro-Al-shabab groups consolidate power.

- The US government must seriously consider working with stable and peaceful regional governments such as Puntland state, Somaliland and Jubland to rebuild Somalia from these entities.  Also, international aid and development should be given directly to these groups for Mogadishu is proven to be corrupt and inept.

- The security sector of Puntland, Somaliland and Jubaland should be strengthened so that local and indigenous forces can fight and defeat Al-shabab.

-And finally it is time to reevaluate the AMISOM military involvement in Somalia, and change the operation to a United Nation mission (UNISOM).

Ahmed Mohamud Yassin
Email: amyassin@ymail.com

Somalia and International Community.

Somalia and International Community:

Why pretend to care?
When need is so clear
Momentarily obtainable
You look for answers
That no longer suits
The yearning predicament
And knowing the outcome
Will not gonna solve.

Why create a hope?
With a false promise
That buys nothing
But temporary convenience
And on the due day
You skilfully claim
Sympathy you did it
And the rest was to follow

-Samumu

From Faulty to Fair US policy | WardheerNews

From Faulty to Fair US policy | WardheerNews

President Hassan Sheikh Losing US and UK Confidence.

Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 | Posted by Puntlandi
President Hassan Sheikh Losing US and UK Confidence

Not long ago I read a personal letter wrote by a Somali who works for U.S. security and intelligence apparatus who claimed that the internal discussions about President Hassan’s government hasn’t been a positive one. This President Hassanadds weight to what the Director of National Intelligence of U.S., James Clapper, report, recently said about President Hassan’s government:
“In Somalia al-shabaab is conducting asymmetric attacks against government facilities and western targets in and around Mogadishu. The credibility and effectiveness of the young Somali government will be further threatened by persistent political infighting, weak leadership from President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Il-equipped government institution, and pervasive technical, political, and administrative shortfalls.”

As we all know, perception is more powerful than the reality that’s not obvious. What I am saying is that if the perception among some of the U.S. Think-tanks, Intelligence groups, and the UK parliament is becoming negatively critical in very diplomatic way about President Hassan, he should be worried and start shaking things.

The Council on Foreign Relations, one of the most read and influential foreign affairs Think-tanks in the U.S., has this to say about the appointment of the new prime minister in Somalia while giving a background opinion on why the president made his PM choice:
“Why did the president appoint another expatriate technocrat seemingly destined to repeat the same mistakes of his predecessor? Perhaps by this appointment the president is trying to consolidate his power in the parliament, honor his clan commitments, appease international spectators, and maintain Hawiye clan dominance in government. Such an agenda would be credible for a president with little control over his country’s territory and with little ability to control political and clan bickering.”
The UK parliament’s Briefing note that is shared with the members of the parliament to give them a general understanding of how things are moving around the world, which shapes their perception, has this to say about the progress President Hassan has made since he came to office:
“International donors, including the UK, continue to give President Mohamud strong public support. He has a virtually impossible job to do. However, during his administration has barely begun to address many of the crucial tasks it inherited from its discredited predecessor, the Transitional Federal Government, such as completing a final Constitution or securing agreement on how a federal Somalia would operate. Nor does it seem to have made a great deal of progress in combating official corruption. A July 2013 UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea report argued that not much has changed, alleging that: a large percentage of withdrawals from the Central Bank had been for private purposes: a significant proportion of Mogadishu port revenues was going missing every month; and that the immigration service was heavily implicated in fraud in connection with the issuing of passports and visas. The Somali Federal Government has repudiated the report, with the Governor of the Central Bank, Abdusalam Omer, accusing it of being “completely unfounded, unsubstantiated, defamatory and reckless.” International support to AMISOM also continues.”

As anyone who understands deeply about world politics and how diplomatically negative notes are written, these three different opinions coming from three very influential groups from policy makers to opinion shapers, should not be taken very lightly–I am sure this is the tip of the iceberg. Remember, this is almost equivalent if not worse, in blunt speaking, of saying the president has not being a president and he’s acting like his predecessors, which we know how their legacy will be remembered: ineffective, unintelligent, and corrupt leaders who promoted their own personal interests before the nation.

Unfortunately, it’s known that the president of Somalia has surrounded himself people (advisers) who only tell him what he wants to hear or see, and not the reality and the facts he should be getting as a public leader whose job is to lead and make very tough decisions. Unless this changes, probably the president will not know fully or get the full picture of what’s happening outside the walls of Villa-Somalia, and his legacy will be like those who came before him.

Somalia: Qatar and Saudi established a group more dangerous than Al-Shabab in Somalia Somalis did not know the danger of Al-Shabab’s security forces, thus they don’t know more about Dam Jadid’s Ruhanta who replaced Al-Shabab. Many Somali people and government officials might not know the commander of Ruhanta, Abdalla Tarbi’ as well. Recent political assassinations in Mogadishu in which the latest target was an MP, Mohamed Warsame, and subsequent cold blooded massacre of Syrian Somali doctors were executed by the specially trained forces of Dam Jadid, Ruhanta (Ghosts). Dam Jadid’s intelligent forces of Ruhanta is headed by Col, Abdalla Mohamed, also known as Abdalla Tarbi’i According to the ministry of foreign affairs of the Somali government, Qatar and Saudi Governments are the main source fund providers to Ruhanta. Both governments used to fund Al-Shabab before. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are not willing to see Somalia with effective government, and their battle relates to oil that Somalia is rich in on its ground. Somali security personnel confirmed that Qatar and Saudi Arabia were behind the discontinuation of the fight against Al-Shabab.This brought the sacking of former director of national security agency. Waagacusub media took three months to pursue in investigating about senior officials of Dam Jadid’s Ruhanta forces and found the picture of the army commander, Abdalla Tarbi’ Who is Abdalla Tarbiici Abdalla Tarbiiis the deputy commander of national security agency, and chief commander of Ruhanta forces who directly receive orders from the ministry of interior and the presidency. Abdalla Tarbiici is Dir clan, Surre, Fiqi Omar sub-clan, and he doesn’t speak too much. He is a Colonel who joined Somali security forces in 2009. Abdalla Tarbi’ took his training on security and safety in Sudan, graduated from Africa International University in Sudan, faculty of science and microbiology. When Mr. Abdalla went back home in 2000, he founded Plasma University in Mogadishu in which he became the president. Farah Abdukadir and Abdikarim Hussein Guled supported him in establishing the university and it is where Dam Jadid recruits from the youth. Abdalla Tarbii’s first office was that of the fromer national security Chief, Mohamed Sheekh. He was then appointed as head section of pirates during when Ahmed Mo’allim Fiqi was the head of the agency. When the religious group of Dam Jadid took control of Villa Somalia, Abdalla Tarbi’i was chosen to be deputy national security agency director. President Hassan Gargurte was initially planning to Appoint Abdalla as chief commander of intelligence forces, but foreign countries rejected that plan. Bashir Gobe, director of national security agency and his deputy, Abdalla Tarbii’ are not friends now because many young soldiers in the agency and Dam Jadid are campaigning to have Abdalla named to the top position. Col. Abdalla meets with president Gargurte every night by giving a report and have close contact and confidence with Farah Abdukadir and Abdikarim Dhega-jun, and he takes all his time in the presidency. Who works with Abdalla Tarbiici? Abdalla Tarbi’i has close cooperation with three men of Al-Shabab fighters’ senior security officials and they are as follows:- 1-Omar Dahir, Reer Aw Hassan. Omar is the head of highly trained unit within the Ruhanta Brigade. 2-Abdikariim Farey is Head of President Hassan Gargurte’s presidential guards. He is Hawiye, Murusade sub clan. 3-Abdirahman Turyare is Hawiye,Abgal Waceysle, he is head of intelligence investigation department, he took his education in Egypt. Assassinations will continue in Somalia because security forces of Ruhanta are like Al-Shabab militants who used conduct planned assassinations when Sharif Sh. Ahmed was the chairperson of the Islamic Courts Union. A Swedish camera man, Martin Edler was murdered on 23 June, 2006 in Mogadishu by Al-Shabab security staff, a time Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was speaking to a large crowd at Tarbunka, the camera man was filming the demonstrators. Somalis did not know the danger of Al-Shabab’s security forces, thus they don’t know more about Dam Jadid’s Ruhanta who replaced Al-Shabab. Many Somali people and government officials might not know the commander of Ruhanta, Abdalla Tarbi’ as well. Somali people are in a long sleep and parliamentarians are corrupted. Will Somalis be like Kurds or make use their chance to protect themselves from the risk of Dam Jadid’s Ruhanta together? You may remember about this report later, when things fall apart. What is important here is to be aware of that youth are trained on how to make explosions and carry out assassinations. By Dahir Abdulle Alasow

Somalia: Qatar and Saudi established a group more dangerous than Al-Shabab in Somalia

Somalia: Qatar and Saudi established a group more dangerous than Al-Shabab in Somalia

Somalis did not know the danger of Al-Shabab’s security forces, thus they don’t know more about Dam Jadid’s Ruhanta who replaced Al-Shabab. Many Somali people and government officials might not know the commander of Ruhanta, Abdalla Tarbi’ as well.

Recent political assassinations in Mogadishu in which the latest target was an MP, Mohamed Warsame, and subsequent cold blooded massacre of Syrian Somali doctors were executed by the specially trained forces of Dam Jadid, Ruhanta (Ghosts).

Dam Jadid’s intelligent forces of Ruhanta is headed by Col, Abdalla Mohamed, also known as Abdalla Tarbi’i

According to the ministry of foreign affairs of the Somali government, Qatar and Saudi Governments are the main source fund providers to Ruhanta. Both governments used to fund Al-Shabab before.

Qatar and Saudi Arabia are not willing to see Somalia with effective government, and their battle relates to oil that Somalia is rich in on its ground.

Somali security personnel confirmed that Qatar and Saudi Arabia were behind the discontinuation of the fight against Al-Shabab.This brought the sacking of former director of national security agency.

Waagacusub media took three months to pursue in investigating about senior officials of Dam Jadid’s Ruhanta forces and found the picture of the army commander, Abdalla Tarbi’

Who is Abdalla Tarbiici

Abdalla Tarbiiis the deputy commander of national security agency, and chief commander of Ruhanta forces who directly receive orders from the ministry of interior and the presidency.

Abdalla Tarbiici is Dir clan, Surre, Fiqi Omar sub-clan, and he doesn’t speak too much. He is a Colonel who joined Somali security forces in 2009.

Abdalla Tarbi’ took his training on security and safety in Sudan, graduated from Africa International University in Sudan, faculty of science and microbiology.

When Mr. Abdalla went back home in 2000, he founded Plasma University in Mogadishu in which he became the president.

Farah Abdukadir and Abdikarim Hussein Guled supported him in establishing the university and it is where Dam Jadid recruits from the youth.

Abdalla Tarbii’s first office was that of the fromer national security Chief, Mohamed Sheekh. He was then appointed as head section of pirates during when Ahmed Mo’allim Fiqi was the head of the agency.

When the religious group of Dam Jadid took control of Villa Somalia, Abdalla Tarbi’i was chosen to be deputy national security agency director.

President Hassan Gargurte was initially planning to Appoint Abdalla as chief commander of intelligence forces, but foreign countries rejected that plan.

Bashir Gobe, director of national security agency and his deputy, Abdalla Tarbii’ are not friends now because many young soldiers in the agency and Dam Jadid are campaigning to have Abdalla named to the top position.

Col. Abdalla meets with president Gargurte every night by giving a report and have close contact and confidence with Farah Abdukadir and Abdikarim Dhega-jun, and he takes all his time in the presidency.

Who works with Abdalla Tarbiici?

Abdalla Tarbi’i has close cooperation with three men of Al-Shabab fighters’ senior security officials and they are as follows:-

1-Omar Dahir, Reer Aw Hassan. Omar is the head of highly trained unit within the Ruhanta Brigade.

2-Abdikariim Farey is Head of President Hassan Gargurte’s presidential guards. He is Hawiye, Murusade sub clan.

3-Abdirahman Turyare is Hawiye,Abgal Waceysle, he is head of intelligence investigation department, he took his education in Egypt.

Assassinations will continue in Somalia because security forces of Ruhanta are like Al-Shabab militants who used conduct planned assassinations when Sharif Sh. Ahmed was the chairperson of the Islamic Courts Union.

A Swedish camera man, Martin Edler was murdered on 23 June, 2006 in Mogadishu by Al-Shabab security staff, a time Sharif Sheikh Ahmed was speaking to a large crowd at Tarbunka, the camera man was filming the demonstrators.

Somalis did not know the danger of Al-Shabab’s security forces, thus they don’t know more about Dam Jadid’s Ruhanta who replaced Al-Shabab. Many Somali people and government officials might not know the commander of Ruhanta, Abdalla Tarbi’ as well.

Somali people are in a long sleep and parliamentarians are corrupted. Will Somalis be like Kurds or make use their chance to protect themselves from the risk of Dam Jadid’s Ruhanta together?

You may remember about this report later, when things fall apart. What is important here is to be aware of that youth are trained on how to make explosions and carry out assassinations.

By Dahir Abdulle Alasow