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01‏/12‏/2008

The war in Somalia explained

An hour ago I was channel surfing on TV, and flipped past that movie “Blackhawk Down," which says the USA was in Somalia (Dec 1991) to prevent a “humanitarian crisis.”
What a sick joke.
As you read this, there’s a U.S.-sponsored war to steal the oil in Sudan and Somalia. During the last three months, more people have been displaced in Somalia than anywhere else in the world, including Iraq.
The basic U.S strategy is to start wars that cause nations to break into smaller nations that can be bribed, controlled, and opened up for private oil companies. Iraq is being broken up. Somalia is about to be broken up. Sudan will follow. The United Nations says the war, combined with severe droughts and floods, has created a humanitarian crisis that surpasses the disaster in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan.
Currently the US gets only 10 percent of its oil from Africa, but this percentage will grow as Venezuela and other countries start to cut off the USA.
Africa is reckoned to hold around 95 billion barrels of crude oil (about 8% of the world's total), which is only enough to run the world (in terms of its total oil consumption) for about three years. However Africa’s oil will become more significant as prices continue to climb. Most of the profits do not improve the lot of the indigenous populations, because private oil companies steal all the money. The only people who benefit are warlords and dictators on the oil companies’ payroll.
Immediately after the Bush regime engineered 9-11, a U.S. military base was set up in Djibouti to support the East African oil grab. Djibouti is a small country that neighbors Somalia. From here the USA controls the flow of oil tankers and other cargoes through the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
Meanwhile, oil companies keep their greasy fingers in as many foreign pies as possible. Turn over any rock in an African desert, and you'll find an oilman. Examine almost any war, genocide, or famine in Africa, and you’ll see foreign oil or mining companies behind it. Fortunately the U.S. masses condone any atrocity that’s part of the global oil grab “war on terror," and is designed to destroy the (fictional) "al Qaeda."
I’ll put the “Blackhawk Down” movie into perspective by making a little timeline for the bloody U.S. oil grab in Somalia. This information was gathered in bits and pieces from numerous different web sites.
Don’t confuse Somalia with Sudan. I’ll make a timeline for the Darfur / Sudan oil grab later.
Some of the following will only make sense if you refer to this map. You might have to scroll back up to it several times. Somaliland will be the next province to go the way of Kurdish Iraq.


1898 -- British and Italian colonial geologists find oil deposits in Somalia.
1960s -- first oil wells drilled in Daga Shabell (Mogadishu area). Tiny gas discoveries also noted adjacent to area called Socotra.
June 27, 1977 -- Republic of Djibouti (on Somalia’s northern border) gains independence from France. The tribes in this region have had close contacts with the Arabian Peninsula for more than 1,000 years, and were among the first on the African continent to accept Islam. Djibouti regularly takes part in Islamic affairs and Arab meetings. Every town has a mosque. Tombs of former religious leaders are sacred. Population is 444,000 (94 percent Muslim, 6 percent Christian). The two dominant ethnic groups are the Afar and the Issa. The Issa are in power today, propped up by the USA. Djibouti’s economy is based on service activities connected with the country's strategic location (Horn of Africa) and its status as a free trade zone. Two-thirds of Djibouti’s inhabitants live in Djibouti City, the capitol. The rest are mostly nomadic herders.
1984 – Texas-based Hunt Oil (an oil exploration company) starts drilling in Yemen. Yemen’s estimated one billion barrels of oil reserves are part of a great underground rift that arches across the Gulf of Aden into Somalia. Ray Hunt is a lifelong friend of the Bush family. He tells U.S. Vice President George Bush Senior that Somalia has oil. Hunt Oil Company is now drilling in Kurdish Northern Iraq.
April 1986 -- Vice President George Bush Senior personally dedicates Hunt Oil’s new $18-million refinery near the ancient Yemeni town of Marib.
1986 -- Conoco, Amoco, Chevron, Phillips (and, briefly, Shell) get exploration rights in Somalia from Mohamed Siad Barre, a U.S.–installed dictator. Somalia is carved up into blocs. Conoco, Amoco, Chevron, and Phillips get the best ones. All four companies (especially Houston-based Conoco) have intimate connections with the Bush dynasty.
1988 – Bush Senior is “elected” U.S. President
Meanwhile the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the World Bank finance a regional hydrocarbon study of the countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The study will last three years, and is backed by the governments of Britain, France and Canada, plus several Western oil companies.
January 1991 – The people of Somalia overthrow the corrupt U.S.-installed dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. Somalia plunges into chaos, with several militas vying for control. A month before Barre leaves, he lets Conoco Oil of Texas have control of two thirds of Somalia’s oil fields. Chevron, Amoco, and Philips also get the rights to Somalia’s oil, but first they must destroy all resistance. (Conoco and Phillips later merged, as did Amoco and British Petroleum.)
When Barre is overthrown, the Conoco office in Mogadishu Somalia becomes the defacto U.S embassy. The other oil companies temporarily move out. Bush Senior’s leading man in Somalia, Robert D. Oakley, becomes “oil czar.”
September 1991 – Irish geologist Thomas E. O’Connor, (the World Bank’s principal petroleum engineer) finishes his hydrocarbon study of East Africa. He presents his findings in a three-day conference in London of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Eastern Hemisphere group. His presentation encourages private oil companies to move into eight African nations, with Somalia and Sudan at the top of the list. The USA enters a race to kill everyone in Sudan and Somalia, and steal their oil.
October 1991 –Bush Senior engineers a civil war between the Issa and the Afar tribes in Djibouti. This will clear the way for a U.S. military base in Djibouti, which will later be used to attack Somalia.
November 1991 – Bush Senior loses the election to Bill Clinton because the USA was in a recession, and because Bush Senior displeased the Master Race when he briefly thrteatened to cut off U.S. aid to Israel in a futile attempt to broker a peace agreement between Zionists and Palestinians. (Mossad almost assassinatd Bush Senior in Madrid for this.) However Bush has two months left in office, so he immediately (Dec 1991) sends 20,000 troops to Somalia to attack the Islamic resistance. Conoco wants Somalia’s oil, and Bush wants his sons to inherit his mantle. To get the oil companies’ help for his sons, Bush must protect the oil companies’ interests in Somalia. Bush says the troops are on a “humanitarian mission.” He calls this “Operation Restore Hope.”
The U.S. occupying soldiers are resisted by a militia commanded by Farah Aideed, who overthrew the corrupt U.S.-installed dictator Mohamed Siad Barre. Aideed knows the U.S. soldiers are only there to steal the oil and break up Somalia. The episode is later dramatized in the movie “Blackhawk Down,” which shows U.S. soldiers fighting evil dark people. In reality the USA had armed one militia and made it so brutal that Aideed’s militia had to fight back with equal brutality. American moviegoers had no idea who the U.S. troops were killing in the movie.
20 January 1992 – Clinton takes office. He pulls U.S. troops out of Somalia, enraging the oil companies, who will now have to wait until 9-11 for the USA to attack Somalia. The oil companies form an alliance with Ziocons to destroy Clinton. Clinton threatens to stop the oil companies’ planned mergers, so the Ziocons must act alone.
September 1992 – the CIA installs a new constitution in Djibouti (on Somalia’s northern border) and also installs the People's Rally for Progress, a party that has sole power. Chaos in neighboring Somalia continues.
February 2001 – Immediately after the Cheney regime seizes power, it gets the government of Djibouti to let the USA take over a former military barracks of the French Foreign Legion called Camp Lemonier in Djibouti City. The USA begins two years of upgrades and renovations, preparing for the Grand Oil Grab in neighboring Somalia.
11 Sept 01 – Mossad and the Cheney regime attack the World Trade Center, plus the Pentagon, murdering 3,000 Americans (roughly the same amount sacrificed at Pearl Harbor). Cheney starts purging the CIA of anyone who questions him or Rumsfeld. Defense Intelligence Agency personnel replace CIA personnel in most U.S. embassies. The CIA is reduced to mere errand boys who grab people for torture.
18 Jan 2002 -- the movie “Blackhawk Down” is released to American audiences, who are still howling for blood five months after 9-11. The movie does very well. Americans have absolutely no idea who the U.S. soldiers are fighting, but the weapons look cool, and lots of dark-skinned people get blown away (double cool).
19 Oct. 2002 – Cheney forms Combined Joint oil grab Task Force - Horn of Africa, (CJTF-HOA) at Camp Lejeune, NC. (CJTF-HOA) is part of Central Command, which is in charge of stealing all the oil in the Middle East. The global program to steal the world’s oil (and kill anyone who gets in the way) is called “Operation Enduring Freedom” (formerly named “Operation Infinite Justice”). It has operations all over the world, including the Philippines, Thailand, and so on. Anyone who questions it is with “al Qaeda.”
Camp Lemonier in Djibouti becomes part of CJTF-HOA.

6 May 2003 – the first U.S. troops occupy Camp Lemonier.
Today (2007) the base has 1,500 U.S. troops plus 300 civilian personnel, plus some Djibouti workers. The troops are mostly Marines, plus Special Forces units from the Army and Navy, plus AC-130 gun ships operated by the U.S. Air Force, plus a Navy Seabee battalion, an Army C-26 detachment, a Marine heavy-lift helicopter (CH-53) detachment, and a U.S. Navy P-3 detachment (aerial reconnaissance). The camp’s commander is (Jewish) Marine Colonel Gerard Fischer.
Djibouti allows the base because the USA props up the Issa clan. Djibouti is a tiny and impoverished country. U.S. troops have built some schools, clinics and hospitals; drilled and refurbished more than 113 water wells, and given a handful of jobs to upper crust Djiboutis. The troops have also helped with 11 humanitarian assistance missions, including recovery efforts after the collapse of a four-story building in Kenya in 2006, the capsizing of a passenger ferry in Djibouti in 2006, and flooding in Ethiopia and Kenya in 2006. (Such efforts are necessary if you want to remain in a foreign nation and steal all of its natural resources.)
Camp Lemonier adjoins the local Port of Doraleh, which serves warships from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Pakistan, New Zealand, Spain, and England. All these pirate warships patrol the horn of Africa area, stealing whatever they can from passing merchant ships.
Camp Lemonier also supports the Defense Fuel Supply Point (DFSP), which supplies all the fuel for these multinational warships operating around the Horn of Africa.
6 May 2005 -- a U.S. Marine Corps unit lands in Somaliland (see map above) an autonomous and self-declared state in northern Somalia. The Marines start building up Somaliland the way they built up neighboring Djibouti. The plan is to eventually break Somaliland off from Somalia.
June 2005 -- the Islamic Courts Union takes control of the central Somali government. They are opposed to the U.S. oil grab, and they start negotiations with China. Cheney starts making plans to destroy bring democracy to Somalia. (That is, “liberate” the oil from Somalia.) He starts arming Ethiopia's military and preparing it to invade Somalia.
1 July 2006 -- Marine Colonel Gerard Fischer hands over command of Camp Lemonier (Djibouti) to U.S. Navy Captain Robert Fahey. Fischer is reunited with fellow Jews in Washington, and takes a new post at the Marine facility in Quantico, VA.
8 July 2006 – The Navy expands Camp Lemonier in Djibouti from 88 acres to nearly 500 acres (a little less than a square mile). The airstrip is expanded. Housing is built so the Marines no longer have to live in tents. The USA will hold on to the base until the oil runs out in Somalia and the Middle East (or until the USA collapses, whichever comes first).
11 July 2006 – the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) seizes control of Mogadishu, Somalia. The ICU is the main Islamic resistance, although a smaller militia, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) is also grappling for power. The TFG rose in the chaos of 1991, and allied with Cheney and the Ethiopians. Israel has given medical treatment to some TFG children, so Israel can say it is extending “humanitarian service” to the Muslims of Somalia. This makes Israel look good, while helping the Cheney oil grab.
20 July 2006 -- Cheney orders 15,000 Ethiopian troops to invade Somalia. He calls it a “defensive act.” Ethiopia's government is brutal and corrupt (Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has held power for 12 years) and will do anything for cash. Besides, there have been wars between Ethiopia and various Islamic regimes of Somalia since the 1500s. The CIA uses Ethiopian media outlets to say, “Muslims are coming to get you!” U.S. satellite surveillance helps Ethiopian invaders mow down Somalis. Cheney also helps the Somali Transitional Federal Government, which allies with Ethiopian death squads. Again, the main barrier to Cheney’s oil grab (the main Islamic resistance) is the Islamic Courts Union.
November 2006 – Despite superior arms and total U.S. support, the Ethiopians start losing in Somalia. The head of the U.S. Central Command, General John Abizaid, visits Addis Ababa to prop up the Ethiopian governent and promise it more cash. A U.S. Marine detachment arrives in the town of Garissa in Kenya's North Eastern Province, adjoining Somalia. They prepare to invade Somalia.
14 Dec 2006 -- Although U.S. Special Forces soldiers are already in Somalia, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer says the USA has no intention of committing troops to Somalia. Frazer also says the USA is against the Ethiopian invasion (the exact opposite of the truth).
December 20, 2006 – Ethiopians and Somalis clash in the city of Baidoa. The Muslim ICU withdraws. Ethiopians push southeast toward Mogadishu, accompanied by U.S. Special Forces soldiers, who kill everyone they see. Millions of Somalis flee in terror, and become refugees (but have nowhere to go).
21 Dec 2006 -- Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, leader of the Islamic Courts Union, declares Somalia in a state of war.
24 Dec 2006 -- Ethiopia responds by openly declaring itself at war with Somalia.
Jan 2007 -- Ethiopian troops have inflicted massive losses on the Somalis, committing countless atrocities -- but they are exhausted. They tell Cheney they cannot win. They hole up in the U.S. –controlled town of Galkayo. The Muslim ICU still controls coastal areas, and keeps getting reinforcements from other Muslim nations. Cheney frantically searches for reinforcements from neighboring countries, but only Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni offers to help. Museveni sends 1,500 troops, but it's not enough, and they will not arrive in Somalia until March. Cheney will have to attack Somalia directly.
2 Jan 2007 -- “Combined Task Force 150” consists of warships from Canada, France, Germany, Pakistan, England, and the USA. It starts patrolling Somalia’s coast to prevent the Islamic resistance from getting supplies, and to stop anyone from escaping Somalia.
Simultaneously, U.S. Marines operating out of Lamu, assist Kenyan forces in raids into Somalia. (Kenya’s corrupt government is propped up by the USA.)
8 Jan 2007 -- U.S. AC-130 aircraft from Djibouti attack Ras Kamboni in southern Somalia. Hawkeye reconnaissance planes from aircraft carrier aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower provide bomb guidance. The Eisenhower is part of the U.S. Fifth Fleet's maritime task force (Combined Task Force 150) based in Bahrain. The USA also uses UAVs. Ethiopian aircraft also attack Somalia. Bush says it’s all a battle against “al-Qaeda.” Famine becomes far worse in Somalia than Darfur, but the U.S. Zio-media ignores this. In South Mogadishu, dead bodies of women, children and elders (as well as animals) pile up on the streets. Ethiopians kill everyone they see, and loot everything in sight. About one million people have fled Mogadishu, and are living in the African bush.
12 January 2007 – Four days after the air strikes, U.S. Special Forces soldiers parachute into the kill zones to finish off any Somali who is hobbling around alive.
23 Jan 2007 – Camp Lemonier in Djibouti is expanded again.
24 Jan 2007 – more U.S. air strikes from Camp Lemonier into Somalia.
1 Feb 2007 -- Sharif Ahmed, an ICU fighter, is released from a Kenya prison in exchange for the ICU’s release of American POWs (Marines) captured in southern Somalia at the Battle of Ras Kamboni.
6 Feb 2007 -- U.S. launches Africa Command (AFRICOM), which became fully active in October 2007, and currently operates out of Stuttgart, Germany. By 30 Sep 2008 AFRICOM will be a fully autonomous command tasked with stealing all of Africa's oil and controlling all of Africa's shipping. Camp Lemonier will become part of AFRICOM. Cheney wants the Somali city of Berbera to be AFRICOM's headquarters, because Berbera has a deepwater port, plus the longest airport runway in Africa. (NASA uses it as an emergency landing strip for the U.S. Space Shuttle.) However Cheney must first break off Somaliland from Somalia. This will happen by summer 2008.
7 June 2007 – The ICU (Islamic resistance) grants permission for CNOOC (the Chinese state oil giant) to explore for oil in part of Somalia. Cheney steps up the war against Somalia to keep the Chinese out.
October 2007 – Chinese engineers map out oil fields in the north Mudug region, 310 miles northeast of the capitol of Mogadishu.
November 2007 – the people of Ethiopia become tired of fighting Cheney’s war in Somalia. Therefore the U.S. puppet government of Ethiopia launches a brutal repression campaign, imprisoning thousands in Ethiopians, and shutting down all non-government radio stations. Cheney calls all Ethiopian dissidents “al-Qaeda,” whether or not they are Muslim. ("Al-Qaeda" is anyone on the planet who opposes the U.S. oil theft. "Hezbollah" is anyone on the planet who opposes Zionist aggression. Both have secret underground bases "all over the world.")
December 2007 -- US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visits Camp Lemonier in Djibouti. Cheney starts publicly talking about recognizing the secessionist northwestern region of Somalia (known as "Somaliland") as an independent state. This will break up Somalia in the same way the USA has broken up Iraq. Somaliland, like Kurdish Iraq, has enjoyed relative stability during the U.S.-led war against Somalia.

And so the war continues. It’s all about oil, folks -- but you knew that already.
China wants Somalia’s oil. When the USA starts to collapse, it might go to a full-scale war with China for oil. Israel will play both sides, but will secretly give most support to the side it perceives as winning.
In such a war, maybe Russia will “accidentally” drop a nuke on Tel Aviv, effectively destroying Ziostan.
When the world’s Jews protest, Russia will say, “We’re investigating the incident.”
“We are deeply sorry. We are deeply, deeply sorry. We are deeply, deeply, deeply sorry..."

06‏/11‏/2008

Barack Obama's Acceptance Speech

Thursday, August 28, 2008 at 08:00 PMTo Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens of this great nation;With profound gratitude and great humility, I accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.Let me express my thanks to the historic slate of candidates who accompanied me on this journey, and especially the one who traveled the farthest - a champion for working Americans and an inspiration to my daughters and to yours -- Hillary Rodham Clinton. To President Clinton, who last night made the case for change as only he can make it; to Ted Kennedy, who embodies the spirit of service; and to the next Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, I thank you. I am grateful to finish this journey with one of the finest statesmen of our time, a man at ease with everyone from world leaders to the conductors on the Amtrak train he still takes home every night.To the love of my life, our next First Lady, Michelle Obama, and to Sasha and Malia - I love you so much, and I'm so proud of all of you.Four years ago, I stood before you and told you my story - of the briefu nion between a young man from Kenya and a young woman from Kansas who weren't well-off or well-known, but shared a belief that in America, their son could achieve whatever he put his mind to. It is that promise that has always set this country apart - that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well.That's why I stand here tonight. Because for two hundred and thirty two years, at each moment when that promise was in jeopardy, ordinary men and women - students and soldiers, farmers and teachers, nurses and janitors -- found the courage to keep it alive.We meet at one of those defining moments - a moment when our nation is at war, our economy is in turmoil, and the American promise has been threatened once more.Tonight, more Americans are out of work and more are working harder for less. More of you have lost your homes and even more are watching your home values plummet. More of you have cars you can't afford to drive, credit card bills you can't afford to pay, and tuition that's beyond your reach.These challenges are not all of government's making. But the failure to respond is a direct result of a broken politics in Washington and the failed policies of George W. Bush.America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.This country is more decent than one where a woman in Ohio, on the brink of retirement, finds herself one illness away from disaster after a lifetime of hard work.This country is more generous than one where a man in Indiana has to pack up the equipment he's worked on for twenty years and watch it shipped off to China, and then chokes up as he explains how he felt like a failure when he went home to tell his family the news.We are more compassionate than a government that lets veterans sleep on our streets and families slide into poverty; that sits on its hands while a major American city drowns before our eyes.Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land - enough! This moment - this election - is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive. Because next week, in Minnesota, the same party that brought you two terms of George Bush and Dick Cheney will ask this country for a third. And we are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. On November 4th, we must stand up and say: "Eight is enough." Now let there be no doubt. The Republican nominee, John McCain, has worn the uniform of our country with bravery and distinction, and for that we owe him our gratitude and respect. And next week, we'll also hear about those occasions when he's broken with his party as evidence that he can deliver the change that we need.But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.The truth is, on issue after issue that would make a difference in your lives - on health care and education and the economy - Senator McCain has been anything but independent. He said that our economy has made "great progress" under this President. He said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. And when one of his chief advisors - the man who wrote his economic plan - was talking about the anxiety Americans are feeling, he said that we were just suffering from a "mental recession," and that we've become, and I quote, "a nation of whiners."A nation of whiners? Tell that to the proud auto workers at a Michigan plant who, after they found out it was closing, kept showing up every day and working as hard as ever, because they knew there were people who counted on the brakes that they made. Tell that to the military families who shoulder their burdens silently as they watch their loved ones leave for their third or fourth or fifth tour of duty. These are not whiners. They work hard and give back and keep going without complaint. These are the Americans that I know.Now, I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans. I just think he doesn't know. Why else would he define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year? How else could he propose hundreds of billions in tax breaks for big corporations and oil companies but not one penny of tax relief to more than one hundred million Americans? How else could he offer a health care plan that would actually tax people's benefits, or an education plan that would do nothing to help families pay for college, or a plan that would privatize Social Security and gamble your retirement?It's not because John McCain doesn't care. It's because John McCain doesn't get it.For over two decades, he's subscribed to that old, discredited Republican philosophy - give more and more to those with the most and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society, but what it really means is - you're on your own. Out of work? Tough luck. No health care? The market will fix it. Born into poverty? Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps - even if you don't have boots. You're on your own. Well it's time for them to own their failure. It's time for us to change America.You see, we Democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country.We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage; whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma. We measure progress in the 23 million new jobs that were created when Bill Clinton was President - when the average American family saw its income go up $7,500 instead of down $2,000 like it has under George Bush.We measure the strength of our economy not by the number of billionaires we have or the profits of the Fortune 500, but by whether someone with a good idea can take a risk and start a new business, or whether the waitress who lives on tips can take a day off to look after a sick kid without losing her job - an economy that honors the dignity of work.The fundamentals we use to measure economic strength are whether we are living up to that fundamental promise that has made this country great - a promise that is the only reason I am standing here tonight.Because in the faces of those young veterans who come back from Iraq and Afghanistan, I see my grandfather, who signed up after Pearl Harbor, marched in Patton's Army, and was rewarded by a grateful nation with the chance to go to college on the GI Bill.In the face of that young student who sleeps just three hours before working the night shift, I think about my mom, who raised my sister and me on her own while she worked and earned her degree; who once turned to food stamps but was still able to send us to the best schools in the country with the help of student loans and scholarships.When I listen to another worker tell me that his factory has shut down, I remember all those men and women on the South Side of Chicago who I stood by and fought for two decades ago after the local steel plant closed.And when I hear a woman talk about the difficulties of starting her own business, I think about my grandmother, who worked her way up from the secretarial pool to middle-management, despite years of being passed over for promotions because she was a woman. She's the one who taught me about hard work. She's the one who put off buying a new car or a new dress for herself so that I could have a better life. She poured everything she had into me. And although she can no longer travel, I know that she's watching tonight, and that tonight is her night as well.I don't know what kind of lives John McCain thinks that celebrities lead, but this has been mine. These are my heroes. Theirs are the stories that shaped me. And it is on their behalf that I intend to win this election and keep our promise alive as President of the United States. What is that promise?It's a promise that says each of us has the freedom to make of our own lives what we will, but that we also have the obligation to treat each other with dignity and respect.It's a promise that says the market should reward drive and innovation and generate growth, but that businesses should live up to their responsibilities to create American jobs, look out for American workers, and play by the rules of the road.Ours is a promise that says government cannot solve all our problems, but what it should do is that which we cannot do for ourselves - protect us from harm and provide every child a decent education; keep our water clean and our toys safe; invest in new schools and new roads and new science and technology.Our government should work for us, not against us. It should help us, not hurt us. It should ensure opportunity not just for those with the most money and influence, but for every American who's willing to work.That's the promise of America - the idea that we are responsible for ourselves, but that we also rise or fall as one nation; the fundamental belief that I am my brother's keeper; I am my sister's keeper.That's the promise we need to keep. That's the change we need right now. So let me spell out exactly what that change would mean if I am President.Change means a tax code that doesn't reward the lobbyists who wrote it, but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it.Unlike John McCain, I will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas, and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America.I will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and the start-ups that will create the high-wage, high-tech jobs of tomorrow.I will cut taxes - cut taxes - for 95% of all working families. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.And for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President: in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.Washington's been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. In that time, he's said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars, no to investments in renewable energy, no to renewable fuels. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office.Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution. Not even close.As President, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power. I'll help our auto companies re-tool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America. I'll make it easier for the American people to afford these new cars. And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced.America, now is not the time for small plans.Now is the time to finally meet our moral obligation to provide every child a world-class education, because it will take nothing less to compete in the global economy. Michelle and I are only here tonight because we were given a chance at an education. And I will not settle for an America where some kids don't have that chance. I'll invest in early childhood education. I'll recruit an army of new teachers, and pay them higher salaries and give them more support. And in exchange, I'll ask for higher standards and more accountability. And we will keep our promise to every young American - if you commit to serving your community or your country, we will make sure you can afford a college education.Now is the time to finally keep the promise of affordable, accessible health care for every single American. If you have health care, my plan will lower your premiums. If you don't, you'll be able to get the same kind of coverage that members of Congress give themselves. And as someone who watched my mother argue with insurance companies while she lay in bed dying of cancer, I will make certain those companies stop discriminating against those who are sick and need care the most.Now is the time to help families with paid sick days and better family leave, because nobody in America should have to choose between keeping their jobs and caring for a sick child or ailing parent.Now is the time to change our bankruptcy laws, so that your pensions are protected ahead of CEO bonuses; and the time to protect Social Security for future generations.And now is the time to keep the promise of equal pay for an equal day's work, because I want my daughters to have exactly the same opportunities as your sons.Now, many of these plans will cost money, which is why I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime - by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don't help America grow. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less - because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy.And Democrats, we must also admit that fulfilling America's promise will require more than just money. It will require a renewed sense of responsibility from each of us to recover what John F. Kennedy called our "intellectual and moral strength." Yes, government must lead on energy independence, but each of us must do our part to make our homes and businesses more efficient. Yes, we must provide more ladders to success for young men who fall into lives of crime and despair. But we must also admit that programs alone can't replace parents; that government can't turn off the television and make a child do her homework; that fathers must take more responsibility for providing the love and guidance their children need.Individual responsibility and mutual responsibility - that's the essence of America's promise.And just as we keep our promise to the next generation here at home, so must we keep America's promise abroad. If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.For while Senator McCain was turning his sights to Iraq just days after 9/11, I stood up and opposed this war, knowing that it would distract us from the real threats we face. When John McCain said we could just "muddle through" in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights. John McCain likes to say that he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell - but he won't even go to the cave where he lives.And today, as my call for a time frame to remove our troops from Iraq has been echoed by the Iraqi government and even the Bush Administration, even after we learned that Iraq has a $79 billion surplus while we're wallowing in deficits, John McCain stands alone in his stubborn refusal to end a misguided war.That's not the judgment we need. That won't keep America safe. We need a President who can face the threats of the future, not keep grasping at the ideas of the past.You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. You don't protect Israel and deter Iran just by talking tough in Washington. You can't truly stand up for Georgia when you've strained our oldest alliances. If John McCain wants to follow George Bush with more tough talk and bad strategy, that is his choice - but it is not the change we need.We are the party of Roosevelt. We are the party of Kennedy. So don't tell me that Democrats won't defend this country. Don't tell me that Democrats won't keep us safe. The Bush-McCain foreign policy has squandered the legacy that generations of Americans -- Democrats and Republicans - have built, and we are here to restore that legacy.As Commander-in-Chief, I will never hesitate to defend this nation, but I will only send our troops into harm's way with a clear mission and a sacred commitment to give them the equipment they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they come home.I will end this war in Iraq responsibly, and finish the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan. I will rebuild our military to meet future conflicts. But I will also renew the tough, direct diplomacy that can prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and curb Russian aggression. I will build new partnerships to defeat the threats of the 21st century: terrorism and nuclear proliferation; poverty and genocide; climate change and disease. And I will restore our moral standing, so that America is once again that last, best hope for all who are called to the cause of freedom, who long for lives of peace, and who yearn for a better future.These are the policies I will pursue. And in the weeks ahead, I look forward to debating them with John McCain.But what I will not do is suggest that the Senator takes his positions for political purposes. Because one of the things that we have to change in our politics is the idea that people cannot disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism.The times are too serious, the stakes are too high for this same partisan playbook. So let us agree that patriotism has no party. I love this country, and so do you, and so does John McCain. The men and women who serve in our battlefields may be Democrats and Republicans and Independents, but they have fought together and bled together and some died together under the same proud flag. They have not served a Red America or a Blue America - they have served the United States of America.So I've got news for you, John McCain. We all put our country first.America, our work will not be easy. The challenges we face require tough choices, and Democrats as well as Republicans will need to cast off the worn-out ideas and politics of the past. For part of what has been lost these past eight years can't just be measured by lost wages or bigger trade deficits. What has also been lost is our sense of common purpose - our sense of higher purpose. And that's what we have to restore.We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country. The reality of gun ownership may be different for hunters in rural Ohio than for those plagued by gang-violence in Cleveland, but don't tell me we can't uphold the Second Amendment while keeping AK-47s out of the hands of criminals. I know there are differences on same-sex marriage, but surely we can agree that our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters deserve to visit the person they love in the hospital and to live lives free of discrimination. Passions fly on immigration, but I don't know anyone who benefits when a mother is separated from her infant child or an employer undercuts American wages by hiring illegal workers. This too is part of America's promise - the promise of a democracy where we can find the strength and grace to bridge divides and unite in common effort.I know there are those who dismiss such beliefs as happy talk. They claim that our insistence on something larger, something firmer and more honest in our public life is just a Trojan Horse for higher taxes and the abandonment of traditional values. And that's to be expected. Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from.You make a big election about small things.And you know what - it's worked before. Because it feeds into the cynicism we all have about government. When Washington doesn't work, all its promises seem empty. If your hopes have been dashed again and again, then it's best to stop hoping, and settle for what you already know.I get it. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington.But I stand before you tonight because all across America something is stirring. What the nay-sayers don't understand is that this election has never been about me. It's been about you.For eighteen long months, you have stood up, one by one, and said enough to the politics of the past. You understand that in this election, the greatest risk we can take is to try the same old politics with the same old players and expect a different result. You have shown what history teaches us - that at defining moments like this one, the change we need doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington. Change happens because the American people demand it - because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time.America, this is one of those moments.I believe that as hard as it will be, the change we need is coming. Because I've seen it. Because I've lived it. I've seen it in Illinois, when we provided health care to more children and moved more families from welfare to work. I've seen it in Washington, when we worked across party lines to open up government and hold lobbyists more accountable, to give better care for our veterans and keep nuclear weapons out of terrorist hands.And I've seen it in this campaign. In the young people who voted for the first time, and in those who got involved again after a very long time. In the Republicans who never thought they'd pick up a Democratic ballot, but did. I've seen it in the workers who would rather cut their hours back a day than see their friends lose their jobs, in the soldiers who re-enlist after losing a limb, in the good neighbors who take a stranger in when a hurricane strikes and the floodwaters rise.This country of ours has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military on Earth, but that's not what makes us strong. Our universities and our culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.Instead, it is that American spirit - that American promise - that pushes us forward even when the path is uncertain; that binds us together in spite of our differences; that makes us fix our eye not on what is seen, but what is unseen, that better place around the bend.That promise is our greatest inheritance. It's a promise I make to my daughters when I tuck them in at night, and a promise that you make to yours - a promise that has led immigrants to cross oceans and pioneers to travel west; a promise that led workers to picket lines, and women to reach for the ballot.And it is that promise that forty five years ago today, brought Americans from every corner of this land to stand together on a Mall in Washington, before Lincoln's Memorial, and hear a young preacher from Georgia speak of his dream.The men and women who gathered there could've heard many things. They could've heard words of anger and discord. They could've been told to succumb to the fear and frustration of so many dreams deferred.But what the people heard instead - people of every creed and color, from every walk of life - is that in America, our destiny is inextricably linked. That together, our dreams can be one."We cannot walk alone," the preacher cried. "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back."America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to protect and so many lives to mend. America, we cannot turn back. We cannot walk alone. At this moment, in this election, we must pledge once more to march into the future. Let us keep that promise - that American promise - and in the words of Scripture hold firmly, without wavering, to the hope that we confess.Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.

18‏/10‏/2008

ePassport of Somalia

Civil war in Somalia had destroyed all government infrastructure and virtually all records on citizens.
Unauthorized Somali Passports were being issued in Somalia and neighbouring countries.
Several countries refused to recognize old Somali passport due to number of forgeries & the fact that passports were being issued to “non-citizens”
Somalia Government needed a solution to help identify its citizens – the solution needed to be:
Affordable
Highly secure (prevent forgeries)
Internationally complaint with ICAO regulations
Since we were starting from scratch – we wanted to ensure that the new solution would support us and meet international standards for many years to come.
We decided to maximize the use of technology and utilize a web based enrolment, Approval and issuance infrastructure coupled with the technology of ePassports & Smart ID cards.
ePassports have a micro-processor chip embedded into the passport book where the bearer’s bio data and biometrics (photo & fingerprint) are stored – these can be verified at any border control with the necessary ePassport readers
Our major objectives were:
Centralized Repository of all Citizen Information
Online, secure web based Application & Approval Process
Systems should be able to continue to function locally in the event of a communication link failure
Ability to track any application online from start to finish
Ensure all citizens receive their ePassport / ID Card within 7-14 days
Utilize an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) to prevent multiple enrolments.
The new ePassport & National ID card is extremely secure and uses Biometrics (fingerprints) to securely identify individuals.
Somalia finally has an accurate and reliable way of identifying its citizens.
Citizens receive their ePassport & Smart ID Card within 14 days of application.
New ePassport has been recognized and accepted by over 100 countries already.

09‏/10‏/2008

لماذا الغرب مهتم بسواحل الصوماليه

يظن المراقب أن الأحداث الأخيرة في الصومال، بدأت في 20 ديسمبر لعام2006. لكن العودة إلى التاريخ، من شانها أن توضح حقيقة الأمور.
الصومال، دولة افريقية، لطالما شخصت الأنظار تجاهها، لتكون محل أطماع دول كثيرة ، أبرزها الجارة إثيوبيا.قد يكون الحديث عن أطماع استعمارية ، في بلد يعاني المجاعة، و يتخذ من تصدير الماشية موردا أساسيا لاقتصاده، محل سخرية، لكن الواقع غير ذلك. فعندما نتحدث عن الصومال، فاننا نتحدث عن رقعة أرضية غنية بالثروات. ويشكل الحديد واليورانيوم، فضلا عن الغاز الطبيعي ابرز ثرواتها. أما النفط العمود الأساسي للدول الصناعية، فهو متوفر بكميات كبيرة في الطبقات الأرضية الصومالية. ليس هذا وحسب، بل إن الموقع الاستراتيجي للصومال، ساهم في تطلع الأطماع الأجنبية إليها. إذ تمتلك الصومال، اكبر ساحل على المحيط الهندي، كما تعد السيطرة على الصومال، طريق معبدة للوصول إلى البحر الأحمر، وخليج عدن، ومداخل الخليج العربي، وصولا إلى باب المندب. وبالتالي فان السيطرة عليها، هي سيطرة على شرايين النفط و ناقلات البترول .بعد كل هذه المغريات، لم يكن غريبا أن تكون إثيوبيا، هي الخصم اللدود، سيما وان الأخيرة لا تملك منافذ بحرية، مما دفع بأنظارها إلى الساحل الصومالي. المصالح الأمريكية، تلاقت مع المصالح الإثيوبية، فلا يخفى على احد ، أهمية الصومال بالنسبة لأمريكا، وذلك لعدة أسباب أهمها:- الصومال تقع في الطرف الجنوبي للبحر الاحمر، الذي تمر فيه حاملات النفط العملاقة القادمة من الخليج العربي إلى البلدان الأوروبية و أمريكا.
- حسب الرؤية الأمريكية، فان حل أزمة الطاقة من ناحية الإنتاج، يكمن في الخليج العربي. أما حل أزمة التسويق و النقل، يعتمد على باب المندب، و البحر الأحمر، و قناة السويس. و إذا تأثرت الحركة خلال هذا المضيق، فان نتائج خطيرة تترتب على ذلك. من اجل كل ما سبق، حاولت الولايات المتحدة التدخل في الصومال، ودأبت لاختلاق الذرائع والحجج، التي تبرر لها تدخلها، والذي لم يقتصر على التدخل السياسي، بل تجاوزه إلى حد التدخل العسكري، في عام 1991 ميلادية.استخدمت أمريكا ، ذريعتين بارزتين، خلال تاريخ تدخلاتها في الصومال، كان أولها محاربة المد السوفييتي، الشيوعي، وتخليص شعوب قارة أفريقيا ،من هذا الخطر الداهم. وانعكس استخدام هذه الذريعة، بشكل واضح، في عام1964 ، حين اتخذت الحرب الباردة من الأراضي الصومالية و الإثيوبية، ميدانا لها، فاندلعت حرب كبيرة بين الصومال و اثيوبيا. حاولت الصومال فيها، استرداد إقليم اوغادين المحتل، لكن أمريكا دعمت إثيوبيا، بالمال و السلاح،والتأييد السياسي في المحافل الدولية، بينما وقف الاتحاد السوفييتي، والصين الشعبية، وراء النظام الشيوعي في الصومال، مقدما له المال والسلاح.و استمرت الحرب ثلاثة سنوات، حتى دأبت الدولتان، الأمر الذي أدى إلى إعلان وقف إطلاق النار ، في 15/ اوكتوبر/ 1969 بعدها قامت حكومة رشيد شرماركي، الذي تم اغتياله على يد احد حراسه، ليتسلم الرئاسة، نتيجة انقلاب عسكري، محمد سياد بري. في عام 1991 اندلعت الحرب الأهلية في الصومال، بعد أن حاولت بعض القوى الخارجيةوعلى رأسها أمريكا و إثيوبيا، من إثارة النزعات القبلية، من مبدأ فرق تسد. لكنها كانت بحاجة الى أطراف داخلية تساعدها في إشعال الفتنة، فتلاقت مصالح التجار ، مع المصالح الخارجية، حين وجدوا في الحرب الأهلية، مصدرا كبيرا للربح.واندلعت الحرب الأهلية، وأخذت أمريكا و إثيوبيا بتغذيتها، عن طريق دعم بعض الفر قاء بالمال و السلاح.وفي عام 1992 أحست أمريكا أن الوقت قد حان لتدخل عسكري، في الصومال. فاصدر جورج بوش الأب، أوامره بإرسال، 27 الف جندي امريكي، الى الصومال، تحت شعار إرساء السلام.بقيت القوات الأمريكية في الصومال، حتى عام1995 ، حين أطلق الرئيس الأمريكي بيل كلينتون صيحته الاستغاثية، آمرا قواته الخروج من الصومال، و هم يجرون أذيال الخيبة.بعد خروج القوات الأمريكية، وظهور اتحاد المحاكم الإسلامية، الذي استطاع ارساء سلام و هدوء نسبيين، في الصومال. كان لزاما على أمريكا التفكير بذريعة جديدة، تمكنها من تحقيق أطماعها في الصومال، سيما أن التجار لم يعد يجدون في الحرب الأهلية سوى تجارة خاسرة بامتياز.ولان الذريعة تحتاج إلى سبب وجيه، يؤدي إليها، حصلت تفجيرات السفارتين الأمريكيتين في كينيا و تنزانيا، عام1998 ، وبعدها أحداث 11 سبتمبر لترفع أمريكا، راية حربها ضد الارهاب. متهمة المحاكم الإسلامية بالعلاقة مع تنظيم القاعدة، واعتبار الصومال معقلا للإرهابيين المسلحين.ولان تدخلها بحاجة الى مساندة داخلية صومالية، و اقليمية اثيوبية، قامت الحكومة الانتقالية، في بيداوا، و عملت اثيوبيا لتكون اليد اليمنى للولايات المتحدة الأمريكية، في القرن الأفريقي.بعد كل هذا العرض، يتبين لنا ان الوضع في الصومال، يتجاوز مسالة قوى مؤيدة و معارضة، انه لعبة سياسية، تتجاوز الأهداف الإقليمية لبعض الدول إلى أهداف دولية. وما الاحداث التي تشهدها الصومال اليوم، سوى انعكاس لرغبة خارجية، بعدم التهدئة الصومالية، لتبقى ثرواته مقسمة على الجميع.

08‏/10‏/2008

Crisis And The Democracy In Somaliland

Those who are well familiar with the Somaliland democratic process perfectly know that we are not still democrats, but we are trying to build a democratic society. The way we go about this has been, and still is, by using mixture of clan, Islamic and limited democratic methodologies to choose our leaders and to settle our conflicts, and we call these democratic actions, though it is far from democracy.
In connection to this, the argument that Abdirahman Aw Ali and his supporters saying that Burao Kulmiye conference were not democratic loses its validity and credibility in Somaliland political context.
I can quote one main event, during the election of the parliamentary speakers. The Guurti realized the political system of the country tilts decisively to the ruling party, UDUB if the speakers of the parliament also went to the ruling party. The Guurti settled with the well-known formula, by allowing the opposition parties to have had the speaker and its two deputies (Shir-gudoonka).
That day I remember by asking the wise man of the Guurti, H. Abdirkarin (Abdi Warabe) what legal basis of this compromise was based. He said to me, “We did not refer too much on legal basis, but we refer to the political wisdom “xikma” of Somaliland . Because we thought if “shir-gudoonka” also goes to the ruling party, the government will have too much power.” (Xisbu xaakimku haday taa ku darsadaan waxay helayaan doobi buuxa, qolada mucaaridka ahina doobi madhan, markaa taasi nalama aha wax wanaagsan.)
Dr. Mohamed-Rashid Sh. Hassan e-mail: rashid108@hotmail.com

The Fall Of Mbeki


Thursday, September 25, 2008

It is hard to think of a more ignominious end for Thabo Mbeki. As deputy to Nelson Mandela and then as president, he has run South Africa since the end of apartheid.
Last Saturday he was "recalled" from the presidency by the National Executive Council of the governing African National Congress and forced to resign. The move followed a series of blunders that have shattered the image of the man once revered as an African Machiavelli, coolly puffing his pipe while outsmarting all before him.
Mbeki's rise through the ranks of the ANC, the party his father Govan Mbeki once led, was meteoric. He often boasted that he was "born into the struggle" for liberation from white oppression. But his ousting was inevitable after he arrogantly overestimated his base within the ANC and failed to be re-elected as party leader last December.
In totting up his domestic legacy, South Africa's impressive growth rates, political stability and widening black economic empowerment will have to be balanced against his failure to tackle the twin epidemics that continue to grip the country - crime and AIDS. Many regard his crackpot views on the disease as contributing to the needless deaths of thousands of South Africans who were unable to gain access to effective treatment.
Throughout his tenure, Mbeki's passion for diplomacy was palpable. He loved the international stage and believed that he alone possessed the skills and vision to recast his beleaguered continent in the eyes of the world. This idea became manifest in his "African renaissance." That one rarely, if ever, hears this term today is emblematic of his dismal record in foreign affairs. The recent deal he brokered in Zimbabwe , which looks increasingly tenuous, should fool no one: Mbeki's legacy as an international statesman is disappointing.
His predecessor's vision that human rights would be the light that guided South Africa's foreign policy, making the country a beacon of hope for the world and for African development, may have been utopian, given the harsh realities of African politics.
Nevertheless, Mbeki inherited an enormous reserve of political capital built up by Nelson Mandela. The country's diversity, its status as the only nuclear power to voluntarily give up its weapons, the lessons of its transformation process, the muscle of its economy - one-third of sub-Saharan Africa's total - all this was an extraordinary foundation on which to build a uniquely African development model.
Mbeki never demonstrated that he possessed a clear understanding of South Africa 's national interest or how to balance ideological considerations and the country's priorities in trade, investment and international politics.
At the United Nations, for example, short-term tactical politicization routinely overshadowed strategic considerations. Instead of leading the African voting bloc, the UN's biggest, on trade access and help to the continent, South Africa blocked UN managerial reform, obstructed the interests of Western powers and maneuvered around tougher action on Burma, Zimbabwe and Iran. None of this did one bit for Africa or Africans.
The anti-imperialistic tenor of Mbeki's foreign policy was understandable, given his background. Less explicable was his failure to apply to Russia and China the same opprobrium he reserved for the West, especially the United States . Whatever the issue, under Mbeki South African opposition to U.S. policies often appeared more reflexive than considered.
For several years, Mbeki tried to encourage President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe down the path of electoral politics. Against all evidence that this was possible in a state disintegrating under hyper-inflation and violent repression, Mbeki doggedly stuck to his plan. His unwillingness to act against Mugabe - to simply even state that what was happening there was wrong - gave succor to Harare 's regime and amplified the crisis.
Did Mbeki misjudge Mugabe? Or did he believe the tyrant's liberation credentials excused all else?
Clearly, Mbeki sought to project himself as a liberator. But it is hard to escape the conclusion that, in seeking to ameliorate the crisis in Zimbabwe , Mbeki was greatly inhibited by his own determination to safeguard the ANC's liberation narrative. His shameful response to criticism of Zimbabwe by outside powers, and their calls for South Africa and other African governments to do more to resolve the crisis, exposed his deep personal sensitivity on questions of race.
If the new administration in Pretoria can unshackle itself from the ANC's inhibitive liberation ethos, Mbeki's departure from office could revitalize South Africa 's standing in world affairs.
Greg Mills heads the Johannesburg-based Brenthurst Foundation and Terence McNamee is with the London-based Royal United Services Institute.

Puntland Pirates - SL Times Newspapaer

Bosaaso, September 27, 2008 (SL Times) –
Piracy has become the most lucrative business in Puntland , Somalia 's north eastern region and safe haven for numerous armed gangs that hijack private and commercial vessels traveling in the waters between Yemen and Somalia for ransom.

In this year, pirates have already collected at least $80 million in ransom payments from ship owners.
It was only yesterday when Puntland pirates announced the release of a Japanese ship after the payment of a $2 million ransom.
Although sources close to the pirates estimate the number of vessels seized this year in the Gulf of Aden and off Puntland to be over 100, however only about a dozen of them had been reported.
Shipping companies are often reluctant to report piracy attacks out of concern for the increase in insurance premium that it would trigger.
But piracy in Puntland is not going to disappear. It has become the easiest way not only become rich but also to climb the social ladder fast.
Punland's piracy industry now employs over 2000 people. But the daring raids on ships are usually carried out by about 500 hardcore pirates who are often organized into groups of 10-15.
Pirates share their spoils with the local community and governing authorities for protection.
The rule is that 20% of the ransom money is invested in purchase of any equipment, weapons and communication devices that may deem necessary improving the efficiency of piracy operations, while 20% is allocated to each of the hosting community and the Puntland authorities. The remaining 40% is divided up among the Hawl-galeyaasha or the people who do the actual piracy attacks in the sea.
The piracy code also requires allocation of generous compensation funds to the families of pirates who are killed or wounded in piracy attacks.
Pirates tend to pay extravagantly for services or for goods to buy loyalty.
A Bosaaso businessman who deals with them said “A pirate buying a cup of teas in a remote coastal village would normally pay 10 times the actual price. If they need an extra AK 47 they would rent it from a villager for $100 for a couple of weeks instead of paying the whole $300 it costs.”
There is no doubt that the adventurous and lavish lifestyle led by the pirates in Puntland has already won admiration and allegiance from local communities.

Somali Leaders

Somali Leaders Use National Funds To ‘Buy Mps': Sources

TFG President Yusuf, Speaker Madobe and PM Nur Adde
BAIDOA, Somalia Sep 24 , 2008 – Somali leaders locked in endless political disputes use public funds to pay members of parliament (MPs) for votes, legislative sources tell Somali news agency Garowe Online.
In July, a political rift arose between Abdillahi Yusuf and Nur “Adde” Hassan Hussein, the President and Prime Minister of the country's UN-endorsed Transitional Federal Government (TFG), respectively.
Somali MPs in the south-central city of Baidoa were deeply embroiled in the conflict, with Yusuf and Nur Adde supporters introducing rival motions.
When the President's supporters in Parliament brought a vote-of-confidence motion against the Prime Minister, Nur Adde's supporters introduced a similar motion against the President.
Somali lawmakers' vote was “on sale” for other critical votes, the sources added, including an accountability motion with Prime Minister Nur Adde's government and a vote on whether or not pro-Yusuf Cabinet ministers could return to their posts.
MPs who did not wish to be named for security-related reasons tell Garowe Online that President Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Adde invested as much as US$700,000 to buy lawmakers' votes during the recent dispute.
The money is handed directly to Sheikh Adan “Madobe” Mohamed, a former warlord who is now the parliament Speaker, according to our sources.
“Every motion brought into parliament is being secretly supported by TFG leaders, who invest a lot of money to buy MPs,” said a lawmaker.
Meanwhile, President Yusuf referred Speaker Madobe's September 23 letter rejecting the return of 10 Cabinet ministers to the High Court, government sources said.
There are now concerns that a High Court ruling could bring up a confidence vote against the Speaker, who was an ally of President Yusuf until recently.
The East Africa country of Somalia has not had a functioning national government in nearly 18 years, but the Ethiopian-backed TFG has been in power since 2004.
The government collects taxes from key economic resources and is bankrolled by donor nations, mostly in the West.
But there is no reliable management of government funds, since the money is controlled by individuals and not institutions.

06‏/10‏/2008

رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذَا بَاطِلا

هذه صورة حقيقية لسديم يبعد عنا آلاف البلايين من الكيلومترات، يحتوي عدداً من النجوم، وكل نجم يشبه شمسنا، يحتوي على غبار كوني، وكذلك على دخان كوني، وتبلغ درجة حرارة سطح النجوم آلاف الدرجات المئوية، ولو اقتربنا من هذا السديم فإننا نحس بحرارة شديدة ناتجة عن التفاعلات النووية داخل النجوم، وعن اصطدام جزيئات الدخان والغبار بعضها ببعض.
ولذلك فإن هذا المشهد يذكرنا بعذاب الله تعالى، ولو رجعنا إلى حياة النبي الأعظم نجد أنه كان يخرج ليلاً ليتفكَّر في خلق هذه النجوم ويقول: (رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذَا بَاطِلًا سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ) [آل عمران: 191]. ونلاحظ أن النبي عليه الصلاة والسلام ربط بين التفكر في هذه المخلوقات وبين عذاب النار، فهل أطلع الله نبيَّه على سر من أسرار خلقه؟
ولذلك ينبغي علينا أن نستجيب لنداء الحق عندما يقول: (إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لَآَيَاتٍ لِأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ * الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَى جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَذَا بَاطِلًا سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ) [ آل عمران: 190-191].

Somali Transitional Federal Government

If you want stay a live in Moqadishu Streets you have to post the TFG pictures on your car and say !!
"Oh, no not I, I will survive,
Oh as long as I know how to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give
And I, l will survive, I will survive....Hey, VIVA Somali TFG and LONG LIVE Ethiopia !!"

Somaliland Passport

Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Duale

Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Duale urged Arab states to accept Somaliland passport in their countries, saying that Somaliland passport is considered a legitimate

travel document in most parts of the world except in Arab countries.
Talking to Awdalnews from Hargeysa, Duale said that citizens holding Somaliland passports had traveled to China, South East Asian, North America and mainland Europe without any problem.
“It is only the Arabs who refuse the Somaliland passport. We call upon them to recognize the Somaliland passport otherwise we will consider their action as hostile to us,
” he said. He urged Somaliland citizens around the world not to take the new passport being issued by the Somali Transitional Federal Government, TFG.

“We will not allow Somalilanders holding new Somali passports to enter the country,” he said, although he asserted that his government would review the situation of Somalilanders living in the Arab world who cannot travel with Somaliland passports.
He noted that his government would raise the passport issue with an Arab League delegation that is expected to visit Somaliland in the near future.
“A fact finding mission from the Arab league will soon arrive the country and we hope it would turn a new leaf for Somaliland-Arab relations,” Duale said.
He pointed out that Somaliland had strengthened ties with a number of African countries as a result of a vigorous foreign policy. A delegation from Southern Sudan is soon expected to visit Hargeysa.
Meanwhile, Duale affirmed that Somalilanders all over the world would be able to listen their country’s home news through Radio Hargeysa.
“The long awaited transmitter (25 Kw shortwave) will be installed shortly all Somali speaking people will be able to hear it from many places around the world,” he said.
On the jailed Qaran party leaders, Duale said the court had sentenced them and that they have the right to submit an appeal to the court.

“They never had it so good. They found unprecedented publicity by being in jail,” Duale said, asserting that it was up to them to appeal to the court or request a pardon from the President.

Duale denied that the President had reneged on his promises to the mediation committee, while accusing some of the Committee members of using the Committee to push their own agenda.
“There were elements in the Mediation Committee who had their biased agenda. Some of them were neither honest nor neutral about their mediation efforts,” he added, pointing out that it was the parliament that reneged on its pledges when it rejected to pass the two election commission members.

Duale expressed his support and endorsement for the President and his Vice President as candidates of the ruling UDUB party in the upcoming presidential elections due to be held early 2008.

He denied rumors about his aspirations for the Vice President’s candidacy, saying: “The sitting President and his Vice President are my candidates and they have my full support.”

05‏/10‏/2008

Fall of the Minoans

The Minoans are best known for the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur, but it is in fact the demise of this once-great civilisation that is more interesting. . While many historians concentrate on the fall of the Roman Empire, the fall of the Minoans, who resided on the island of Crete, is an equal, if not greater mystery.
Three and a half thousand years ago the island was shaken by a huge volcanic eruption on the neighbouring Thera Island. Archeologists unearthed tablets which have shown that the Minoans carried on for another 50 years after the eruption, before finally folding.
Theories of what finally ended them have ranged from volcanic ash covering the island and devastating harvests to the weakened society eventually getting taken over by invading Greeks.

Disappearance of the Indus Valley Civilization

The ancient Indus Valley people, India’s oldest known civilization had a culture that stretched from Western India to Afghanistan and a populace of over 5 million. le—India’s oldest known civilization— were an impressive and apparently sanitary bronze-age bunch.
The scale of their baffling and abrupt collapse rivals that of the great Mayan decline. They were a hygienically advanced culture with a highly sophisticated sewage drainage system, and immaculately constructed baths.
There is to date no archaeological evidence of armies, slaves, conflicts, or other aspects of ancient societies. No one knows where this civilization went.

Lost City of Helike

In the late 2nd century AD, the Greek writer Pausanias wrote an account of how (4-500 years earlier?) in one night a powerful earthquake destroyed the great city of Helike, with a Tsunami washing away what remained of the once-flourishing metropolis.
The city, capital of the Achaean League, was a worship centre devoted to the ancient god Poseidon, god of the sea. There was no trace of the legendary society mentioned outside of the ancient Greek writings until 1861, when an archeologist found some loot thought to have come from Helike - a bronze coin with the unmistakable head of Poseidon.
In 2001, a pair of archeologists managed to locate the ruins of Helike beneath the mud and gravel of the coast, and are currently trying to peice together the rise and sudden fall of what has been called the “real” Atlantis.

Good Morning

Hi! Wish You A Very Good Morning!!
Have A Great Day and Week Ahead!!
-Bashir Yasin-

30‏/09‏/2008

Six6 signs you're in the wrong job

Working Spirit.......
1. It's not just that they don't pay you enough, it's that they couldn't ever pay you enough to make you feel good.
People who feel underpaid always think that more money will make them feel better. Sometimes it will, but sometimes it won't. And I can prove it. If your biggest complaint about your job is the salary, consider whether an amount 10 percent higher would make you happy. Then think of a number that is 20 percent higher. If a 10 to 20 percent increase would make you feel well compensated, you're in the right job—you just need to work on getting a raise. If you could go as high as 50 to 100 percent more and still not be satisfied, then money isn't the problem and more of it won't make you feel better. It's time to find another position within the company or a new job altogether.
2. You believe that nothing you do makes the least bit of difference. .
This a demoralizing position to be in, but it's usually not the work itself that makes you feel as if you're not making a contribution. One of the world's most admired companies specializes in cleaning services, and its employees, who scrub office floors and bathrooms, believe they have reason to be proud of themselves and the work they do. You need to discover a sense of purpose. Your job is making copies? Find out who needs them and why. Or maybe you need to shift your focus to what makes you happy outside of work—traveling, playing tennis, volunteering. Then you can think of your job as the means to make those activities possible. If you still think that everything you do is meaningless, then you need to prepare for a job change—because once you believe you're wasting your time, it won't be too long before your employer believes it, too.
3. You're not learning anything.
Of all the things that can go wrong with a job, I think feeling as if you're not growing is one of the most dangerous. The market for your talents is changing every day, and unless you are evolving, too, you run the risk of becoming as obsolete as punch cards in a software world. Be vigilant if you feel you are not learning anything and your current employer is paying you more than anyone else would. That means it is definitely time to run, not walk, toward opportunities for building new skills. (A boss looking to cut workers will always target the ones who cost him more than their talents warrant.) You might register for technology courses or simply ask your current employer for new responsibilities. Concentrate on shoring up an area you feel is your biggest weakness or building on your second-greatest strength (you've probably automatically refined your strongest suit because it's something you love to do).
4. No one ever talks to you about the future in a positive way.
Many of us feel we don't get enough positive feedback. In today's fast-paced environment, managers are often so overwhelmed that they fail to notice when someone could use a little praise. But there is a difference between not getting enough compliments and not having any indication that your boss or senior managers imagine you playing an important role in the company's future (something like "You know, you would be good for job X, one step up"). If no one further up the food chain says anything to you about the future, it could be a sign that the plan is to keep you in your slot—if you're lucky, and they don't need to make cuts. Finding out that you're not on the fast track—or any track at all—can be painful, so don't press for more information than you can handle. When you're ready to deal with the worst-case scenario, ask for some time with your boss and say, "Here are two or three jobs I would like to grow into. What should I do to be ready for the next step?" If the boss says, "I think you're terrific, but the company needs to do better before we can offer you, or anyone, any opportunities," that's good news.
5. You hate your boss so much that it's hard to think about anything else.
The number one reason people give me for wanting to change jobs is that they hate their boss. But let's face it, if you have a boss, any boss, you have days when you aren't thrilled with him. The occasional incident doesn't turn a good job into a wrong job. But when every day is Boss-Hating Day, that's another story. John, for example, was working in a café with people he liked. This group had such great style that they turned what could have been just another lunch spot into the place in town. Yet their boss continually changed his mind, insulted his staff, and micromanaged and second-guessed everything they did. One day, John realized that his work menu never altered: It was always more servings of boss hatred. The only way to change the situation was to change jobs.
6. You feel that who you are at work doesn't have much to do with who you are in the rest of your life.
Little mismatches can always crop up between our individual preferences and what our job requires: Maybe it's the daily irritation of pulling on pantyhose or being forced to defend a dumb company policy. But you might discover a profound discrepancy between yourself and your company. Maybe your casual style doesn't fly in your buttoned-down workplace. Or, more seriously, you may find your ethics don't match. Just a few weeks ago I heard about a young man who was bothered by the bookkeeping practices of the family-owned business he worked for. It's not that these procedures were illegal, but he prided himself on adhering to the highest standards of ethics and these loose policies made him acutely uneasy. If you're consistently uncomfortable at your workplace—as the result of a major personality conflict or a clash of ethics—you should get ready to move on.
Best Regards
Bashir Yasin
Safety Manager- OHS
ABB Saudi Arabia
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14‏/09‏/2008

لقمان الحكيم

اسمه : لقمان بن باعوراء ، ولقمان اسم أعجمي .
وكان عبدا أسود حبشيا من سودان مصر ، عظيم الشفتين والمنخرين ، قصيرا أفطس مشقق القدمين ، وليس يضره ذلك عند الله عز وجل ؛ لأنه شرفه بالحكمة بقوله تعالى : ( ولقد آتينا لقمان الحكمة )
وقيل : خير السودان أربعة رجال : لقمان بن باعوراء . وبلال بن رباح المؤذن : الذي عذب في الله ما لم يعذبه أحد ، وهو يقول : أحد أحد . والنجاشي : ملك الحبشة . ومهجع : مولى عمر يقال أنه من أهل اليمن ، وهو من المهاجرين الأولين وهو أول من استشهد يوم بدر.
وأول ما ظهر من حكمته : أنه كان مع مولاه ، فدخل مولاه الخلاء فأطال الجلوس ، فناداه لقمان ، إن طول الجلوس على الحاجة تنجع منه الكبد ، ويورث الباسور ، ويصعد الحرارة إلى الرأس ، فاقعد هوينا وقم . فخرج مولاه وكتب حكمته على باب الخلاء .
وقيل : كان مولاه يقامر ، وكان على بابه نهر جار ، فلعب يوما بالنرد على أن من قمر صاحبه شرب الماء الذي في النهر كله أو افتدى منه ! فقمر سيد لقمان ، فقال له القامر : اشرب ما في النهر وإلا فافتد منه ؟ قال فسلني الفداء ؟ قال : عينيك افقأهما أو جميع ما تملك ؟ قال : أمهلني يومي هذا ؟ قال لك ذلك .
قال : فأمسى كئيبا حزينا ، إذ جاءه لقمان وقد حمل حزمة حطب على ظهره فسلم على سيده ثم وضع ما معه ورجع إلى سيده ، وكان سيده إذا راه عبث به فيسمع منه الكلمة الحكيمة فيعجب منه ، فلما جلس إليه قال لسيده : ما لي أراك كئيبا حزينا ؟ فأعرض عنه فقال له الثانية مثل ذلك ، فأعرض عنه ثم قال له الثالثة مثل ذلك فأعرض عنه ، فقال له : أخبرني فلعل لك عندي فرجا ؟ فقص عليه القصة ، فقال له لقمان : لا تغتم فإن لك عندي فرجا ، قال : وما هو ؟ قال : إذا أتاك الرجل فقال لك : اشرب ما في النهر ، فقل له : اشرب ما بين ضفتي النهر أو المد ؟ فإنه سيقول لك اشرب ما بين الضفتين ، فإذا قال لك ذلك فقل له : احبس عني المد حتى اشرب ما بين الضفتين ، فإنه لا يستطيع أن يحبس عنك المد ، وتكون قد خرجت مما ضمنت له . فعرف سيده أنه قد صدق فطابت نفسه ، فأعتقه .

وهذه بعض من نصائح ومواعظ لقمان لابنه
1 - يا بني : إياك والدين ، فإنه ذل النهار ، وهم الليل .
2 - يا بني : كان الناس قديما يراؤون بما يفعلون ، فصاروا اليوم يراؤون بما لايفعلون .
3 - يا بني : إياك والسؤال فإنه يذهب ماء الحياء من الوجه .4
- يا بني : كذب من قال : إن الشر يطفئ الشر ، فإن كان صادقا فليوقد نارا إلى جنب نار فلينظر هل تطفئ إحداهما الأخرى ؟ وإلا فإن الخير يطفئ الشر كما يطفئ الماء النار .
5 - يا بني : لا تؤخر التوبة فإن الموت يأتي بغتة .6
- يا بني : إذا كنت في الصلاة فاحفظ قلبك ، وإن كنت على الطعام فاحفظ حلقك ، وإن كنت في بيت الغير فاحفظ بصرك ، وإن كنت بين الناس فاحفظ لسانك .
7 - يا بني : احذر الحسد فإنه يفسد الدين ، ويضعف النفس ، ويعقب الندم .
8 - يا بني : أول الغضب جنون ، وآخره ندم .
9 - يا بني : الرفق رأس الحكمة
10- يا بني : إياك وصاحب السوء فإنه كالسيف يحسن منظره ، ويقبح أثره .
11- يا بني : لا تطلب العلم لتباهي به العلماء ، وتماري به السفهاء ، أو ترائي به في المجالس . ولا تدع العلم زهاده فيه ورغبة في الجهالة ، فإذا رأيت قوما يذكرون الله فاجلس معهم ، فإن تك عالما ينفعك علمك وإن تك جاهلا يعلموك . ولعل الله أن يطلع عليهم برحمة فيصيبك بها معهم .
12 - يا بني : لا تشرك بالله إن الشرك لظلم عظيم .
13- يا بني : لا يأكل طعامك إلا الأتقياء ، وشاور في أمرك العلماء
14 يا بني : لا تمارينّ حكيما ، ولا تجادلنّ لجوجا ، ولا تعشرنّ ظلوما ، ولا تصاحبنّ متهما .
15 - يا بني : إني قد ندمت على الكلام ، ولم أندم على السكوت .
16- يا بني : إذا أردت أن تؤاخي رجلا فأغضبه قبل ذلك ، فإن أنصفك عند غضبه وإلا فأحذره .
17 - يا بني : من كتم سره كان الخيار بيده .
18 - يا بني : لا تكن حلو فتبلع ، ولا مرّا فتلفظ .
19 - يا بني : لكل قوم كلب فلا تكن كلب أصحابك ، قاله لابنه يعظه حين سافر .
20 - يا بني : مثل المرأة الصالحة مثل التاج على رأس الملك ، ومثل المرأة السوء كمثل الحمل الثقيل على ظهر الشيخ الكبير .

11‏/09‏/2008

Barcelona PLAYERS


Victor Valdes Arribas
José Martín Cáceres
Gerard Piqué Bernabeu
Rafael Márquez Álvarez
Carles Puyol Saforcada
Xavier Hernandez Creus
Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen
Andrés Iniesta Lujan
Samuel Eto´o Fils
Lionel Andrés Messi
Bojan Krkic Pérez
José Manuel Pinto Colorado
Thierry Henry
Seydou Keita
Silvio Mendes Campos, Sylvinho
Gabriel Alejandro Milito
Daniel Alves da Silva
Alexander Paulavic Hleb
Éric Abidal
Touré Yaya
Albert Jorquera Fortia
Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma
Victor Sánchez Mata

ميلانيتو: لا يمكن لمباراتنا مع ميلان أن تنتهي بالتعادل السلبي

لاعب خط وسط جنوى عمر ميلانيتو يتوقع أجواء ً حماسية لمباراة فريقه ضد الميلان الأحد المقبل في ستاديو ماراسي بمدينة جنوى، حيث تُستأنف نهاية الاسبوع مباريات الكالتشو الإيطالي.
ميلانيتو صرح من خلال مؤتمر ٍ صحفي: ” أمام ميلان علينا أن نقدم 100% من ما نملكه وحتى أكثر، نأمل أن نكون في أفضل حالاتنا. نأمل أن نستغل فرصتين أو 3 فرص تضمن لنا المباراة. بالتأكيد المباراة لن تنتهي صفر لصفر، أتوقع أهداف من الطرفين. نحن سنؤدي ما علينا ونتمنى أن نحصل على نتيجة إيجابية. “

Wonderful Walcott hits historic hat-trick

Arsenal youngster Theo Walcott hit a stunning hat-trick as England romped to a 4-1 victory against Croatia on Wednesday night.The 19-year-old was a surprise inclusion in Fabio Capello's line-up for the World Cup qualifier in Zagreb but he justified the England manager's decision with an inspired display.Walcott's pace and trickery gave Croatia no end of problems and he opened his international account after 26 minutes, finding the bottom corner after Danijel Pranjic's clearance cannoned straight into Robert Kovac and fell at Walcott's feet.The Arsenal winger found himself in an identical position moments later but his cross-shot was pushed aside by Croatian keeper Stipe Pletikosa. By now Walcott was a constant menace to the hosts and Josip Simunic was booked for a cynical foul on the teenager as he surged through the middle.England's task got easier in the second half when Robert Kovac was sent off for an elbow on Joe Cole, and Walcott rounded off a slick passing move with another rasping shot into the bottom corner to double the visitors' advantage on the hour mark.Wayne Rooney made it 3-0 four minutes later and, although Mario Mandzukic grabbed a consolation for Croatia, Walcott had the final word. With eight minutes remaining the 19-year-old sprinted onto Rooney's through-ball and rolled his shot past Pletikosa to complete an historic treble.It was the first competitive hat-trick for an england player since Michael Owen bagged three against Germany in the 5-1 win in Munich in 2001. And it signalled Walcott's arrival as a true international star.

somali nomad girls

somali nomad girls

مرشح لرئاسة الجمهورية / الدكتور ياسين عبدي علي

مرشح لرئاسة الجمهورية / الدكتور ياسين عبدي علي
أيها الصوماليون: أنا مواطن كأي مواطن صومالي تنطبق عليه الشروط الدستورية الحقة والمشروعة للترشح لرئاسة الجمهورية، وأمثالي بالآلاف وهم مؤهلون وجديرون بها. ولأني أحب وأحترم عائلتي وحارتي ومدينتي ووطني الصومال بعربه وعجمه ومختلف طوائفه، ولأنني أقدس الإيمان بالله، وأقدس كامل حريات الشعب وحقوقه الديمقراطية كحق شرعي وكواجب وطني في مواجهة تجديدٍ فاسدٍ وباطلٍ ودكتاتوري، داعماً موقفكم الجريء بالإلتفاف حول قوى إعلان مقديشو كرافعة للتغيير الوطني الديمقراطي:- شكرا لكم / مرشح لرئاسة الجمهورية: الدكتور ياسين عبدي علي

Please Hear What I'm Not Saying

Please Hear What I'm Not Saying
Don't be fooled by me. Don't be fooled by the face I wear because I wear a mask, a thousand masks, masks that I'm afraid to take off, and none of them is me.