Somaliland:UK Views on Somaliland & Falklands Queried by ICP, Grant Cites History, Denel

UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant

By Matthew Russell Lee

UNITED NATIONS, June 20 — UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant held a press stakeout on June 20 to assert again that since people living in the Malvinas / Falkland Islands don’t want to be part of Argentina, they shouldn’t have to.

  Inner City Press asked Lyall Grant to contrast that position with the UK’s on Somaliland. There, despite an expressed desire to be independent, the UK (and notably the former British Ambassador to Sudan, now UN envoy to Somalia Nicholas Kay) in essence tell Somaliland it should be part of Somalia.

  After saying “I don’t want to make comparisons,” Lyall Grant replied that “the main fact is this is not a question of territorial integrity, the Falkland Islands have never, ever in their history been part of Argentina.” Video here from Minute 2:38.

  So, one wonders, it is Somaliland’s briefing time with Somalia that makes its position different?

  Lyall Grant continued, “there is no question of restoring some sort territorial integrity, that never existed. The UK had sovereignty before Argentina even existed.”

  Is the new Somali state a successor to the pre-1991 Somalia? What of the time before 1960?

  Lyall Grant concluded of the Falkland Islands, “Spain never contested that at the time.” So the current rights of a people turn on other having contested, or not contested, long ago in the past? We’ll have more on this.

Footnote: Inner City Press followed up on at the June 20 noon briefing on a question it asked Lyall Grant on June 19, and wrote about on June 19: the presence in the UN compound in Mogadishu of employees of the South Africa state owned arms manufacturer Denel, three of whom were killed in the attack on the compound.

  Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s spokesperson Eduardo Del Buey said the employees were in de-mining. But the companies itself described them as “facilities manager” and “electrician.” How to explain the UN insisting they were doing something, demining, that their employer does not mention?

Obama nominates former Bush official Comey to head FBI

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It has been reported that U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to nominate former Justice Department official James Comey to lead the FBI , replacing Robert S. Mueller III as the director.

 

By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News

 

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated James Comey, a former Justice Department official who helped oversee national surveillance programs under President George W. Bush, as the director of the FBI.

If the Senate confirms his nomination, Comey would replace Robert Mueller who has held the FBI director’s post since the week before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

In the Rose Garden of the White House Friday, Obama noted that by law FBI directors serve for only ten years, but that in 2011 he’d asked Congress to extend Mueller’s tenure for another two years since transitions in leadership were then under way at the CIA and the Pentagon.

Obama praised Mueller’s humility, integrity, and calmness under pressure and added, “Most Americans probably wouldn’t recognize him on the street, but all of us are better because of his service.”

He said “countless Americans are alive today and our country is more secure because of the FBI’s outstanding work under the leadership of Bob Mueller.”

Obama said that, as a former federal prosecutor and top Justice Department official in the Bush administration, Comey is “exceptionally qualified to handle the full range of challenges faced by today’s FBI, from traditional threats like violence and organized crime, to protecting civil rights and protecting children from exploitation to meeting transnational challenges.”

Obama noted that in a dispute with White house officials during the Bush administration over National Security Agency surveillance during the Bush administration Comey had threatened to resign from his Justice Department post.

Praising Mueller, Comey said that “I don’t know whether I can fill those shoes but I know that however I do, I will be standing truly on the shoulders of a giant.”

Comey, 52, served as deputy attorney general from 2003 to 2005, and made headlines when it was revealed he went to dramatic efforts to prevent the reauthorization of a controversial warrantless eavesdropping program. One night in March of 2004, Comey raced to the bedside of Attorney General John Ashcroft as two senior Bush officials were en route there in the hopes of getting Ashcroft to approve the continuation of the program.

Comey helped prevent the program's re-authorization and later told Congress he felt like the Bush administration officials attempted to "take advantage of a very sick man."

His actions drew praise from Democrats and Republicans alike, and enjoys widely bipartisan support because of it. The White House has made a concerted effort to highlight Comey’s past GOP ties, saying that the president has reached across the aisle to choose the leader of a key agency in his administration amid roiling controversies about national security and electronic surveillance.

Federal Election Commission reports show that Comey donated the maximum individual contribution, $5,000, to Obama's opponent Mitt Romney last year.

Before joining the Justice Department, Comey was known as a successful prosecutor. He initial got on the radar of the Bush White House after taking over the case of a 1996 terrorist bombing in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 U.S. troops. He successfully prosecuted 14 men after being put in charge of the stalled case.

Most recently, Comey has worked in the private sector, serving as general counsel of defense contractor Lockheed Martin and later at investment firm Bridgewater Associates. Earlier this year he joined Columbia University's law school as a senior research fellow and joined the board of international banking giant HSBC.

Andrew Rafferty and Kristen Welker contributed to this report.

Source: http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com

Terrorism, a case for Somaliland's secession from Somalia - Official

A senior Somaliland politician has condemned the tragic terror attack on a UN compound in Mogadishu, but says it strengthens claims for secession from Somalia.

Security agents arrive to secure the United Nations compound following a suicide bomb attack in the capital Mogadishu, June 19, 2013/Photo©Reuters

Mohamed Omar, the breakaway state's foreign minister, says that Wednesday's bomb-and-ground-assault by Al Shabaab should prompt the international community to rethink its vision for a united Somalia, while stressing the need to be 'vigilant' of the spread of Islamism across the Horn of Africa.

The attack left at least 13 dead including four foreigners.

Wednesday's attack is the latest blow to harmony in Somalia's troubled capital, despite its government receiving recognition by the US and International Monetary Fund last year.

Some 18,000 African Union forces are stationed in Mogadishu.

But Al Shabaab, a terror group with close ties to Al Qaeda, still controls vast swathes of land around the city, enforcing its strict interpretation of Sharia on millions of Somalis.

Somaliland, whose own armed forces number some 35,000, has remained relatively peaceful since car bombs in Hargeisa and Bosaso, a port city in neighbouring Puntland, claimed 29 lives in 2008.

The breakaway state remains unrecognised despite Somalia's fragility.

"An effective Somali government is the best way to fight the disease of Al Shabaab," said Omar. "The tragic events in Mogadishu show how difficult this is."

Despite reports of skirmishes between Somaliland forces and Al Shabaab in the state's easternmost reaches, and that Al Shabaab leader Ahmed Godane hails from the capital city, Hargeisa, Omar feels that Somaliland is containing the threat of terrorism.

However, the minister claims that a united Somalia would draw Somaliland into violence such as Wednesday's.

"Thank God our youth are not turning to Al Shabaab. We are not at war. If recognition was based on security we would have recognition. However we must remain vigilant, always looking out.

"If we join Somalia, we become the target. We hope the international community will rethink its position on Somaliland in light of these tragic events."

Source: The Africa Report

Islamic Extremists in Somalia Kill Christian

Al Shabaab rebels publicly shoot young man for his faith.

Detail of the body of Hassan Hurshe. (Morning Star News photo)

NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) – Islamic extremists from the rebel Al Shabaab in Somalia earlier this month publicly shot a young man to death after identifying him as a Christian, sources said.

The insurgents in Jamaame district in southern Somalia had been monitoring 28-year-old Hassan Hurshe since his arrival from a Kenya in 2010 and determined that he had become a Christian while in Kenya, said area Muslim sources whose names are withheld for security reasons.

Al Shabaab members on June 7 brought Hurshe to a public place in the town of Jilib and shot him in the head, they said.

“Many people watched this horrible action, including women and children,” said a witness.

Another area resident independently confirmed this account of the execution. A leader of the Somali underground church in Kenya who had also heard of the murder said Hurshe converted to Christianity in 2006, married in 2008 and fathered a baby boy in 2009.

The family left for Jilib, a town of about 45,000 in the Middle Juba Region, in the latter part of 2010 to visit family and start a small food shop, the source said.

Somalis are considered Muslim by birth, and apostasy, or leaving Islam, is punishable by death. After the execution, Hurshe’s parents, widow and son fled the area, a local resident said.

Many Somali members of Christian fellowships in Kenya have returned to Somalia after formation of a Somali government on Aug. 20, 2012, which replaced the Transitional Federal Government. Somali government troops backed by African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) forces have retaken large swathes of territory from the rebels.

Al Shabaab, said to have ties with Al Qaeda terrorists, has vowed to rid Somalia of Christians, who meet secretly due to persecution.

The insurgents have lost control of several areas of Somalia since Kenyan military forces helped to dislodge them in the past year, but they are suspected in the shooting death of a Christian pharmacist on the outskirts of Kismayo in February. Two masked men killed Ahmed Ali Jimale, a 42-year-old father of four, on Feb. 18 as he stood outside his house in Alanley village (see Morning Star News, Feb. 28).

On Dec. 8, 2012 in Beledweyne, 206 miles (332 kilometers) north of Mogadishu, gunmen killed a Christian who had been receiving death threats for leaving Islam. Two unidentified, masked men shot Mursal Isse Siad, 55, outside his home, Muslim and Christian sources said (see Morning Star News. Dec. 14, 2012).

Siad and his wife, who converted to Christianity in 2000, had moved to Beledweyne from Doolow eight months before. The area was under government control and there was no indication that the killers belonged to the Al Shabaab rebels, but the Islamic extremist insurgents were present in Buulodbarde, 20 kilometers (12 miles) away, and Christians believed a few Al Shabaab rebels could have been hiding in Beledweyne.

In the coastal city of Barawa on Nov. 16, 2012, Al Shabaab militants killed a Christian after accusing him of being a spy and leaving Islam, Christian and Muslim witnesses said. The extremists beheaded 25-year-old Farhan Haji Mose after monitoring his movements for six months, sources said (see “Morning Star News, Nov. 17, 2012).

Mose drew suspicion when he returned to Barawa, in the Lower Shebelle Region, in December 2011 after spending time in Kenya, according to underground Christians in Somalia. Kenya’s population is nearly 83 percent Christian, according to Operation World, while Somalia’s is close to 100 percent Muslim.

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Somalia’s Shebab still a powerful force

Security agents arrive to secure the United Nations compound following a suicide bomb attack in Mogadishu, Somalia.

By SAPA 

Mogadishu - Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents have been forced from almost all key towns by African Union forces, fighting alongside Somali government troops and other militia opposed to the extremists.

But the fighters remain a powerful force in Somalia, demonstrating their ability to strike at the heart of the most secure areas in the country by their brazen daylight attack on a key United Nations compound on Wednesday.

The seven-man suicide commando, first using car bombs and suicide attacks to blast their way into the compound before starting a gun battle to the death, followed similar bloody tactics used in April, when they attacked a Mogadishu court house.

The coordinated attack on the UN killed 11, while 34 died in the raid on the courthouse.

Somalia's capital has been hit by a series of attacks including suicide and car bombings, mortar attacks and shootings, ever since the Shebab abandoned fixed frontline positions in Mogadishu almost two years ago.

The Shebab, meaning “youth” in Arabic, emerged out of the bitter insurgency fighting Ethiopia, whose troops entered Somalia in a 2006 US-backed invasion to topple the Islamic Courts Union that was then controlling the capital Mogadishu.

They impose their own radical version of Islamic law, including dress regulations and public mutilations, on the parts of the country they control.

They have also imposed draconian restrictions on foreign aid agencies operating in their zones, bans that saw them accused of exacerbating southern Somalia's devastating 2011-2012 famine.

Long active mainly in southern and central Somalia, large swathes of territory have been wrested from them by the 17 000-AU force fighting alongside government troops.

Ethiopian troops, who again invaded in late 2011 and who cooperate with AU troops, are also battling the Shebab.

Two key bastions fell in 2012: in February, the central town of Baidoa was seized by Ethiopian and Somali troops, while in October, Kenyan troops took the southern port of Kismayo.

The United States has offered multi-million dollar bounties for several top leaders, including $7 million for commander Ahmed Abdi Godane, and $5 million for Afghan-trained leader Mukhtar Robow as well also for two US citizens fighting with the Shebab.

But the group is riven by multiple factions, some based along regional and clan lines, as well as ideological, with some attracted by a nationalist agenda to oust foreigners from Somalia, and others with international jihadi ambitions.

Given their scattered and fractured forces, it is hard to estimate the group's numbers.

Several foreign fighters have fought in the Shebab, many of ethnic Somali descent.

Key strongholds include rural southern and central Somalia, while another faction has dug into remote parts of the northern Puntland region, in the rugged Golis mountains. - Sapa-AFP 

Somaliland: The Airspace Control Saga is now Airborne

The Silanyo Administration Tango UN and SFG in the Skies

By: Yusuf M Hasan

The airspace control tango between the UN and Hargeisa administration is now being played in the skies of the yet to be recognized country.

Dr M A Omar flight ban is real

" on the 18th of this month a plane whose flight emanated from Djibouti and destined for Hargeisa was refused landing at the Egal international airport" the minister of foreign affairs said during an interview with Dawan newspaper.

Justifying the landing rejection of the SS34 aircraft the minister Dr Mohamed Abdilahi Omar said it was because it did not have proper permission having received authorization from the Somalia federal government-SFG in Mogadishu.

"Somaliland is a sovereign country thus shall reject any and all aircrafts that do not have prior permission from aviation authorities in Hargeisa" Said Dr Omar

This action follows the government of Somaliland's decision to ban all UN operated flights as well as those granted permission by Mogadishu after UNDP granted Somaliland's airspace control to the SFG.

While it is yet to be established which airline the plane belonged to it was not only the first to try and breach the ban but also become the first ever to be rejected and ordered off the country's airspace.

Many including Journalist Latifa Yusuf Masai of Somalilandsun believe that the plane and its full load of passengers were a ploy by the UN and the SFG of testing Somaliland's resolve on the flight ban.

If that is so then the two authorities are now fully aware that the ban is for real thus the world body which has only been permitted to fly in Humanitarian services flights should make a quick rethink on its stance on engagement with the sovereign nation it refuses to recognize.

In its attempts to subdue the will of the Hargeisa administration ad all landers in a bid to have the SFG acknowledge as the federal authority UN flights have not only been banned but the world body has also been denied operational bases for its newly created UNSOM.

While the flight ban was announced by the aviation minister Mahmud Hashi and subsequent negotiations with the UN conducted by the foreign minister Dr M.A. Omar the denial of an operational base for UNSOM was told to Amb. Nicholas Kay by none other the president of Somaliland H.E Ahmed Mahmud Silanyo.

While the minister of foreign affairs Dr Mohamed Abdilahi Omar said that the landing rejection saga of the SS34 aircraft was accomplished peacefully this should not be misconstrued to mean that the muscle nor will to forcefully land and confiscate any future transgressing aircraft does not exist.

Somalia airlines assets wanted

Meanwhile, continued claims by the SFG that the republic of Somaliland is an administrative region of Somalia in addition to the covert approval of this tact by some western government might if left uncheckeSomalia airline's assets wanted reverse the prevailing security situation in the Horn of Africa.

The war drum beating emanating from Mogadishu not withstanding ongoing talks sanction by the International community between the Hargeisa and Mogadishu administrations meant to resolve long standing issues should be cease to discuss politics and turn to reparation to Somalilanders.

Marere sugar factory

When the voluntary union was broken in 1991 what assets did the Somalia government own? i.e. Somalia airlines, merchant navy, Marere sugar factory, Berbera factory cement, Somalia university, Villa Somalia, Match and Cigarette factories, schools, Armed forces paraphernalia, ports, schools and all assorted state infrastructures etc. just to mention a few.

To show that landers mean business and not that of seeking recognition but REPARATION thus total divorce with Somalia the Jawhar Alcohol Factory should top the list.


The assets in question should ONLY be those accrued during the two decades of union 1st July 1960 to 18th May 1991, period, and undertaken in the exact procedures that were effected in Czechoslovakia thus the peaceful birth of two entities of CHEZCH and SLOVAKIA ON THIS SOMALILANDERS SHOULD GIVE NO QUARTERS NOR REQUEST FOR ANY THUS  NOTHING BUT a Velvet Divorce

Having changed tact from political to COMPENSATION dialogue Somaliland needs a rethink of its foreign policy and its quest for recognition as a sovereign nation, a quest that has become elusive for two decades.

Somaliland Airways launching soon

Toronto police expand Somali outreach unit after Dixon Road raid

Police are expanding an outreach program with the Somali community in north Toronto after last week’s massive raid on a Dixon Road apartment complex.

Two female officers will join the team of four male officers who currently work in the neighbourhood to ease communication between police and the community, which has a large Somali population. The Somali Liaison Program, an initiative unique to 23 Division, was launched with two officers in October, 2012, and doubled shortly after.

Division Superintendent Ron Taverner and Deputy Chief Peter Sloly announced the team expansion at a community meeting Thursday night at 320 Dixon Rd., one of the buildings targeted in the raid.

“This is a community that we are going to put an investment into more than almost any other community in the city,” Deputy Chief Sloly said, pledging the officers will be on the ground daily.

The idea to expand the Somali outreach unit originated with Idil Burale of Positive Change, an advocacy group focused on youth violence. She sent an e-mail to Deputy Chief Sloly on Tuesday, urging him to dedicate more resources to the Dixon community, including female police officers. He responded and she was pleasantly shocked.

“It is going to take both sides to effect change,” she said.

Ms. Burale said the police need to keep talking to the community to build its trust. Ms. Burale noted 18 per cent of Toronto’s homicides last year involved Somali-Canadian residents, far greater than their proportion of the city’s population.

“I wanted to know why our homicides aren’t being solved and to do that I couldn’t have a wall between me and the people who solve them.”

Police will also be renaming the team to be more inclusive, Supt. Taverner said, after several community members pointed out their focus is not limited to Somalis. They haven’t decided on a new name yet.

Police raided the six-building complex on June 13 and made multiple arrests under Project Traveller, a year-long investigation into the alleged gun- and drug-trafficking activities of a gang called the Dixon City Bloods. Reaching from Toronto to Windsor and Alberta, police say the hub of the gang’s activity is in the area of the Dixon Road apartment complex.

A source told The Globe and Mail that one of the mayor’s aides received a tip that an alleged video that purports to show Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine was being kept at 320 Dixon Rd. The mayor has stated he does not smoke crack cocaine and is not an addict.

Toronto police are still looking to arrest eight people in connection with Project Traveller, in which more than 40 arrests have already been made.

On Thursday, police announced that a 21-year-old Barrie, Ont., resident, Paul Smith-Bonnick, 21, has been formally charged with trafficking restricted weapons and several other charges.

The mood in the room Thursday was heated.

Some residents praised the reinforced police presence and the arrests.

“We are really feeling safer,” Mohamed Aden said. He told the story of his nephew Warsame Ali, who was shot and killed in a neighbourhood nearby while visiting from Montreal last year. His friend was also shot and killed and the murder is still unsolved. Mr. Aden made an emotional plea for the community to co-operate with police efforts.

“Everyone whose child is now in jail is in a better position than my sister. My sister lost her child. We have to stop burying our children.”

Others were wary but hopeful.

Dixon resident Ahmed Bihi, 27, hopes the police stand by their word and maintain a presence in the community. He believes the police raids were needed and should have happened a long time ago.

He wants the police to address concerns about excessive force during their searches and arrests, but believes they also need to work with the community to prevent criminals from moving back into the condo towers.

“They waited for too long and it affected other communities,” said Mr. Bihi, 27, a Ryerson University student originally from Somalia.

“Every time they [the police] come, they collect their stuff and they leave. They need to stay this time.”

But while some praised police, others pointed fingers. On Wednesday, some members of the Somali community accused police of using excessive and violent force during the raids. Some residents at Thursday’s meeting echoed the complaints, several stepping forward to shout at police and accuse them of unfairly targeting Somali and African communities.

At one point, a young man’s speech became so heated, organizers tried to get him to leave, eventually unplugging his microphone.

Supt.Taverner stepped in to field the attacks by explaining there is a process in place to file complaints against police actions.

Along with the daily police presence, Supt.Taverner said they plan to meet again in one month to hear more input from the community on how the program can be improved and made more effective.

Source: The Globe and Mail

Ogaysiis Muhiim ah: Bandhigga Buug Cusub Oo La Yidhaa "Taariikh Ururada Islaamiyiinta S/land" ka soo qaybgal !!!

Buuggan oo uu qoray Qoraaga Caanka ah Cali Cabdi Coomay ayaa waxaa laguugu soo dhawaynayaa gacmo furan ee kasoo qayb-gal wacan.

Munaasibada Buugan lagu Daahfurayo waxa lagu qabanayaa  Habeen Dambe Imperial Hotel

Xaaska Usama Binu Ladin Oo Kashiftay Sir Weyn Oo Dawladda Maraykanku Qarinaysay .

Osama Bin Ladin

(Amaal Sadaac Abdilfataax) oo ah xaaskii uu ka geeriyooday Shiikh Osama Bin Ladin oo ahaa hogaamiyihii ururka Al-Qaacida ayaa markii ugu horeysay waxa ay ka baxday jawiga aamusnaanta ayadoo kashiftay sir dhowr nuuc ah oo aad uga yaabisay caalamka, sidoo kalena waji gabax ku noqotay dowlada mareykanka oo sirtaan qarisay markii hore.

Amal Sadaac oo markii weerarka lagu qaaday guriga Bin Ladin la joogtay seygeedii ayaa sheegtay in askar aad u fara badan oo mareykan iyo afghanistan isugu jiraa ay soo galeen agagaarka guriga ayagoo diyaarado dhowr ah kasoo daatay.

Waxey sheegtay xaaskani in rasaas iyo dagaal jilbaha la isku aastay kaasooo dhex maray ciidankii is baheysiga iyo ilaaladii Bin Ladin, ugu danbeyn la dhameeyay ilaaladii Bin Ladin oo ahaa kuwa yar tiro ahaan.

Bin Ladin oo markaas qolkiisa ku jiray ayey xaaskiisu sheegtay in uu qoray soo qaatay isla markaana uu daaqada la aaday si uu rasaas uga rido, balse isla markiiba waxaa madaxa ka haleeshay rasaas socota, isagoo isla meshi ku dhacay naftuna uga baxday.

Xaaska Bin Ladin ayaa sheegtay in daqiiqad kadib ay askartu soo galeen guriga ayagoo u sii gudbay qolka kadibna arkay Shiikha oo meyd ah, dabadeedna si degdeg ah ula cararay diyaaradii gargaarka ee ay wateen, ayagoo si deg deg ah diyaarada ku kiciyay.

Arinka ugu yaabka badan ee Mareykanku uu qarinayay ayay xaaska Bin Ladin sheegtay in uu yahay kadib markii diyaaradii la kiciyay oo damacday  in ay duusho ayaa waxaa qarax uu is qabsaday gabi ahaan diyaaradii taasoo halkii ku burburtay, ayadoo aanu qofna ka bad baadin.

Madaxweynaha Mareykanka Barak Obama ayaa la sheegay in uu dhacdadaan si TOOS ah u daawanayay sida ay wax u dhacayeen, isagoo isla markiiba amray in arinta laga been abuuro oo caalamka loo sheegay in Osama la dilay, balse meydkiisa BADDA lagu riday.

Arintaan ayaana caalamka oo idil ay rumeysan waayeen, maadaama in ka badan 10 sano ay Mareykanku baadi goobayeen, meydka Bin Ladin si ay caalamka u tusaan una sheegtaan in ay ka adkaadeen codowgooda koowaad ee ay ku tilmaamaan Al-Qaacida.

Isku soo wada duuboo hadalka xaaskii Bin Ladin ayaa durbadiiba waxaa dunidu isugu faafisay si xad dhaaf ah, maadaama sirtaan iyo sida wax u dhaceen ay dowlada Mareykanka dhabar jab ku tahay, waxaana saxaafada caalamku ku tilmaameen hadalka xaaska Bin Ladin in uu yahay midka ugu macquulsan ee la rumeysan karo, balse in mareykanku uu Osama Bin Ladin dilo hadana meydkiisa badda ku daro aysan aheyn wax la aamini karo.



Xaaska Bin Ladin ayaana sheegtay in ay ilaahey uga mahad naqeyso sida uu u asturay iimaamkeedii sidoo kalena ay kusheegtay geesi Muslimiintu ku faani doonto, ayadoo intaas ku dartay in ilaahey kashifay sirta iyo hadafka ay gaaladu maleegeen, kaasoo ahaa in indhaha caalamka la tuso Bin Ladin oo meyd ah.

كشفت أمل الصداح، زوجة الشيخ أسامة بن لادن، اليمنية، التي كانت مع زوجها عند اقتحام المنزل، والذي استُشهد أمامها -حسبما قالت- عن القصة الحقيقة التي أفتها الإدارة الأمريكية عن العالم. وقالت زوجة “بن لادن” في حوار لصحيفة “عكاظ سنتر” السعودية، “عندما بدأ الاقتحام على البيت وبدأ أنزال الجنود من الطائرات المروحية على البيت وبدئوا في الاشتباكات فاشتبك معهم الأخوة الذين كانوا متواجدين في البيت وقد كانت اشتباكات قوية وعنيفة، وقد كانت القوة المتواجدة هم من الجيش الباكستاني والجيش الأمريكي مع وجود قوات من المارينز الأمريكي، وحاصروا البيت وانتشروا في تلك المنطقة انتشار واسع وقد كان عددهم كثير جدآ”. وأضافت: “بدأوا بدخول البيت بسرعة وقد أخذ الشيخ أسامة بن لادن سلاحه عند بداية الاشتباكات وأراد أن يشتبك من خلال النافذة التي كانت في الغرفة التي كان فيها فجاءته طلقة نارية في رأسه من جهة الوجه فسقط في نفس الوقت شهيدآ وفاضت روحه إلى بارئها”. وتابعت:”وقد كانت هذه رحمة من الله عز وجل للشيخ فقد كان اشتباكه ومقتله لم يتجاوز الدقائق المعدودة، وحتى بعد إصابته بالطلقة لم يتأخر فقتل بسرعة رحمه الله، وقد دخل الأمريكان البيت ودخلوا الغرفة فوجدوا أن الشيخ قد قتل، فأخذوا الجثة بسرعة وساروا بها إلى الطائرة المروحية وقد رافق جثة الشيخ مجموعة من ضباط المارينز الأمريكي، وأقلعوا بالطائرة بسرعة وبعد إقلاع الطائرة بقليل انفجرت الطائرة بمن فيها ولم يبقى للطائرة ولا للذين كانوا فيها أثر سوى أشلاء ممزقة وبقايا أجزاء صغيرة من الطائرة”. وأوضحت أنه “لذلك تم إخفاء خبر مقتل الشيخ بهذه الطريقة لأن اوباما والبيت الأبيض كانوا يشاهدون أحداث العملية مباشرة حتى ظهر على وجوههم شيء من الخوف والاستغراب وذلك بسبب انفجار الطائرة وهم يريدون جثة الشيخ كاملة لكي يظهروه للعالم وهو بين أيديهم مقتول ويثبتوا بذلك بأنهم انتصروا فأفشل الله مخططهم وأخزاهم ورد كيدهم في نحورهم”. وتابعت: “ولذلك جعلوا مراسم مقتلة على البحر وعلى أنهم رموا الجثة في وسط البحر وقد حفظ الله الشيخ حيآ وميتا من كيد الأعداء”.

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India Exim Bank Lends Ethiopia $300 Million for Rail to Djibouti

Bloomberg News

By William Davison

Export-Import Bank of India will lend $300 million to Ethiopia to help construct a railway to a planned port on the Red Sea in neighboring Djibouti.

Exim Bank will open the credit line once technical studies are completed on the 210-kilometer (130-mile) link from Asaita in northeastern Ethiopia to Tadjourah, Managing Director T.C.A. Ranganathan said in an interview yesterday in Addis Ababa.

The port will have a dedicated terminal for shipments from Toronto, Canada-based Allana Potash Corp. (AAA), which is developing a $642-million potash mine in Ethiopia’s northeast.

The government of landlocked Ethiopia plans to lay more than 2,000 kilometers of standard-gauge track during a five-year national growth blueprint through mid-2015. The country is seeking to spur a mining boom, attract increasing investment for telecommunications and manufacturing and help make the economy less reliant on small-scale agriculture.

Revenue from mining is expected to “surge” after the award of 24 new concessions in 2006-07, bringing its expected contribution to 10 percent of gross domestic product in a decade, according to the website of the Ethiopian Embassy in Washington. Mining and quarrying accounted for less than 1 percent of the Horn of African nation’s GDP in 2010, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Ethiopia accounted for 11 percent of global tantalum output, a material used in transistors for mobile phones, computers and digital cameras and it also produced cement and gold, according to the survey. It has deposits of opal and soda ash, among other minerals.
Assisting Africa

“We must assist Africa and partner with them in their development by offering whatever expertise we have,” Ranganathan said.

The Exim Bank funding can be spent buying goods and services from India, according to a press statement released by the Mumbai-based lender today. Ranganathan and Ethiopian State Finance Minister Ahmed Shide signed the loan agreement in New Delhi on June 13, according to the statement.

State-run Ethiopian Railways Corp. says the government has secured or is in talks to get export financing from banks in Turkey, China, Russia and Brazil.