Pregnant wife of Muslim convert 'who went to Pakistan training camp' is charged with terror offence

The wife of a convicted terrorist has pleaded guilty to failing to provide information that might have helped in his arrest and prosecution.

Facing prison: Ayan Hadi, the wife of white Muslim
convert Richard Dart, could be jailed for failing

to give police information about his terrorist plot

• Ayan Hadi, 31, withheld information about terrorist husband Richard Dart
• He was jailed for six years in April for planning acts of terror
• Hadi gave birth to their baby girl weeks before he was imprisoned
• She now faces jail as well - and will be sentenced on August 16

The wife of white Muslim convert Richard Dart who was jailed for terrorism offences has admitted failing to provide information that might have helped police arrest and prosecute him.

Ayan Hadi, 31, pleaded guilty to the offence at the Old Bailey today.

Her husband Richard Dart was jailed for six years in April with two co-conspirators Jahangir Alom and Imran Mahmood for planning acts of terrorism.

Hadi was also arrested and charged at the time for failing to disclose information which might have led to his prosecution.

But she was pregnant during her first appearance at court and her lawyer said any trial hearing would have to take her due date into account.

Dart's brother Robb Leech, who first brought the convert's views into the spotlight in his television documentary My Brother The Islamist, revealed that Hadi gave birth to a baby girl weeks before he was sentenced.

Writing in The Times, Mr Leech said: 'While he was in custody before the trial, Rich's new wife gave birth to a daughter, 12 weeks early.

'Now healthy with a life full of possibilities ahead of her, she will need a father and someone to guide her through the world. My only hope is that when Rich gets out, his little daughter will be his calling.'

Today Hadi, from Acton, west London, pleaded guilty to withholding information about her husband and will be sentenced on August 16.

Mr Justice Sweeney warned that she could also be jailed.

He told her: 'All sentencing options remain firmly open.'

Former BBC security guard Dart refused to stand when he was sentenced in April, saying: 'I don’t wish to stand up. I believe ruling and judging is only for Allah.'

The court heard that Dart and Alom travelled to Pakistan to try to get terrorist training, and took advice from Mahmood, who had already visited the country.

Dart, a son of teachers, also discussed bomb-making with Mahmood, and military repatriation town Wootton Bassett as a potential target.

Jailed: Richard Dart was sentenced to six years in prison for planning acts of terrorism in April

Police discovered fragments of text on his laptop that revealed that the pair had used the computer to have a 'silent conversation' to avoid possible surveillance bugs - opening a Word document and taking it in turns to type, then deleting the text.

They mistakenly assumed none of it would be stored on the machine but forensic experts who worked through 2,000 pages of computer code deciphered fragments of what was said, including Mahmood making a reference to Wootton Bassett and then adding: 'If it comes down to it, it’s that or even just to deal with a few MI5 MI6 heads.'

Dart, who changed his name to Salahuddin al-Britani, became involved in extremism after moving from his home town Weymouth to east London and fraternising with radical preacher Anjem Choudary.

Suspicion: British soldiers and Marines killed in Afghanistan pass along the High Street in Wootton Bassett, where the terror group was believed to be targeting

Dart was sentenced alongside Jahangir Alom, 26, a former Met police community support officer, and unemployed Imran Mahmood, 22.

Mahmood, caught bringing two rucksacks with traces of explosives on them back from Pakistan, was jailed for nine years, nine months.

Alom, who the court heard served in the Territorial Army in G Company of the 7th Battalion the Rifles, was jailed for four years, six months.

He wanted to be sent to Afghanistan so he could launch an inside attack, but was discharged on medical grounds. Police are hunting a fourth suspect thought to have fled to Pakistan.

The trio were captured in a huge surveillance operation by Scotland Yard and MI5. Investigators learned friends Dart and Alom teamed up with Mahmood in a bid to train with Al Qaeda in Pakistan, after a previous trip ended in failure.

Transformed: Richard Dart, pictured climbing a tree with his step-brother Robb Leech, was converted to Islam by hate preacher Anjem Choudary

Co-conspirators: Former PCSO Jahangir Alom (left) and Imran Mahmood (right) were jailed for four years and nine years respectively after pleading guilty at the Old bailey

Mahmood said he had seen a bomb-making manual.

Mr Justice Simon told the trio they held 'radical Islamist beliefs and have shown yourselves to be committed to acts of terrorism'.

Mahmood and Dart were both given extended sentences, meaning that they will serve two-thirds of their prison terms rather than half, and they will spend five years on licence.

The judge said that they were all 'committed fundamentalists' who would have been prepared to kill.

He told Dart and Mahmood: 'I'm satisfied to the required criminal standard that neither of you had ruled out an attack in the United Kingdom, and that you, Mahmood, were looking at arming yourself with a bomb.'

Extreme: Dart has made several appearances on YouTube and on BBC TV discussing his faith and his views, as well as attending several anti-British protests in London (right)

Stand: Dart pictured before his arrest during a Muslims against Crusades protest against the Royal Wedding outside the House Of Commons

Counter-terrorism teams also believed that the pair used the same tactic walking down the street with a mobile phone.

Mr Justice Simon said the men held ‘radical Islamic views’, were ‘dangerous’ and could kill.

Choudary, whose groups Islam4UK and Muslims Against Crusades have been banned, launched an extraordinary defence of Dart, saying he was jailed for a ‘thought crime’ and had ‘committed no sin and harmed nobody’, adding ‘Jihad training’ is a duty for Muslim men.

The cleric appeared with Dart in a BBC film, My Brother The Islamist. In it, Dart said there were ‘many misconceptions about Al Qaeda’ and protested at a homecoming for soldiers.

Met Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Osborne called the case ‘a classic example of how terrorists live in our midst’.

Dart and Mahmood were both born in the UK, while Alom was born in Bangladesh but is a British citizen.

Source: BBC

Madaxweyne Mursi: Waxa lagu riday… – W/Q. Axmed-Deeq

Qoraa: Axmed-Deeq

Soomaalidu inta badan Qabiil bay isku hayaan ee Diin iskuma hayaan, haddii aad aragto qof Diin ku doodaya markay xil joogto, badanaa waxay ka tahay uun awr ku kacsi, Masaariduna siyaasad iyo fikir bay isku hayaan ee Diin iskuma hayaan, Haddii aad aragto koox amma qof ku doodaya midda danbe badanaa waxay ka tahay uun Dan qofeed amma kooxeed.

Haddaba, labadii cisho ee u danbeeyay waxaan arkayay dhallinyar badan oo wanaagsan oo la qiiraysan Nidaamkii Ikhwaanka ee xukunka Masar laga tuuray.  Dhallinyartaas in badan oo ka mid ahi waxay aaminsan yihiin asxaabtoodana u gudbiyaan, Haweenkana kaga ilmaysiiyaan in Mursi xilka looga tuuray sababahan.

Wuxuu la dagaalami jiray fasaadka, wuxuu diidi jiray inuu dhigiisa khamriga la cabbo, wuxuu ahaa Madaxwaynaha kaliya ee salaadda Jamaca ku tukada, wuxuu diidi jiray baashaalka hablaha ee hoteelada ka socda, Khudbadaha wuxuu ku fur furan jiray aayado qur’aan ah iyo mahad-naq Eebbe, wuuna ku soo xidhi jiray, wuxuu ahaa Madax waynaha kaliya ee Salaadda habeenkii tukada, Eebihiisana la faqa, wuxuu ku baaqi jiray hirgalinta shariicadda Islaamka iyo khilaafa Islaamiya. Wuxuu xafidsanaa Qur’aanka Kariimka.  Waxaanay si quusi ku jirto ugu soo gaba gabeeyaan; Islaamkaba inay dabadii u dhammaatay !!!.

Haddaba maxaa ka run ah doodan?  Mase rumaysan karaa qof caqli leh oo in uun la socda waxa waaqica ka jira?? Qofkase madax noqonaya bulshadu ma waxay uga fadhidaa inuu salaadda Jamaca ku tukado mise……..?

Haddaba, ugu horayn waxaan u arkaa qalad in Madaxwayne la doortay xilka laga qaado isaga oo aan dhamaysan xilligiisii. Laakiin, taasi ma dhicin, inaanay dhicinna mar walba shar laguma sheegi karo, waayo wax badan baa iska caddaa sida aan gadaal ku xusi doono. Ka horse aynu isla garanno  inaannu Islaam fashilmin ee koox fashilantay. Cilmaaniyad guulaysan ee Shacab nolol, ceesh iyo cadaalad rabbaa guulaystay. Ciidan kalidii waxba ridin ee midawyo is biirsaday wax rideen, midka Garsoorka, Warbaahinta, Qorayaasha, Fanaaniinta, Ganacsatada, Diimaha (As-har iyo Kiniisadda) iyo Ururada mucaaradka iyo dhallinyaro fir fircoon oo iyagu kacdoonkaba fure u ahaa iyo bulsho malaayiin ah oo aan indhaha laga qarsan karin.

Bulshadan isku soo baxday waxay isugu jireen saddex qolo. Mid Ikhwaanka neceb, Mid Maslaxadda waddanka eegaysay iyo mid noloshu ku adkayd oo aan wax isbadal ahi u soo muuqan. Haddaba, inaga oo aan qiiroon Mursi iyo kooxdiisa waxa lagu riday: Nabad gelyada oo aannay soo celin, dhaqaalaha oo dhulka galay, Sicir bararka oo cirka isku shareeray, shaqo la’aanta oo badatay  iyo  Iska indha-tirka waaqica, Fuluul(Hadhaa) ku sheegga qof kasta oo ka aragti duwan, isku aragga inay dadka ka wanaagsan yihiin iyo ku go'aan qaadashada riyooyinka (Culimo aan eray lagu celin ayaa shacabka ku afuufay riyooyin Nabigu Mursi ku taageerayo inay arkeen iyo bushaarooyin ku saabsan inuu sideed sanno xilka haynayo) . Waxyaabahaa  iyo kuwo kale oo fikir ahiba waxay  Bulshada Masar badideeda u suurta galiyeen inay midoobaan, isla markaana ku kacaan Ikhwaanka, ridaanna isaga oo ciidanku gacan weyn ka gaysanaya. Dadka qaar baa ku doodaya xilli kooban buu hayay, waxase la ogyahay Mursina sheegay in Mu'asasaadka Dawladda oo idili  gacanta ugu jireen rag ka soo horjeeda, markaa xataa haddii uu joogi lahaa, waxba ma wadi kareen, isbadal la taaban karana ma samayn kareen. Ugu danbayn waa maxay hawsha shacabku ay uga fadhiyaan madaxdooda? Waydiintan waxaan kaga jawaabayaa weedhan run ku qotonka leh ee uu yiri: Siciid A. ismaaciil.

“Hawsha shacabku Madaxda u igmaday ma'aha inay u diyaariyaan Janno aakhiro amma inay ka bad-baadiyaan cadaab aakhiro, balse hawsha loo igmaday waa inay u diyaariyaan janno ifka ka jirta, kana badbaadiyaan cadaabta adduunyada(Gaajada, Cudurka, Jahliga... iyo wax walba oo caqabad ku noqonaya in la helo nolol u qalanta in Aadami ku noolaado"

Ugu danbayn waan u hanbalyaynayaa shacabka Masar ee kacdoonka nabad-gelyo ku guulaystay, waxaanan is waydiinayaa Kooxda Ikhwaanka iyo taageerayaasheedu ma ka faaiidaysan doonaan qaladaadkii ka dhacay oo ma sixi doonaan? Mise Islaamiyiintu maba qaldamaan ee waxay ku kici doonaan cunfi iyo dagaal? Dhallintase Soomaaliyeed ma ku dayan doonaan dhigooda Masar ee adduunka ka yaabiyay? Bal adba!

Axmed Ismaaciil Maxamuud (Axmed-Deeq)
Email: awliyo177@hotmail.com

Wasiirka Madaxtooyada Somaliland Oo Daboolka Ka Qaaday Sababaha Faysal Cali Waraabe Looga Reebay Wareega 3aad ee Wadahadalada Somalia iyo Somaliland

Berbera - Weftifa Somaliland uga qayb gelaya wareega 3aad ee wada hadalada Somaliland iyo Soomaaliya oo Turkiga ku qabsoomaya ayaa maanta ka ambobaxay Garoonka Caalamiga ah ee Diyaaradaha ee Magaalada Berbera.

Weftigaasi oo ka kooban lix xubnood oo uu hogaaminayo Wasiirka Ganacsiga iyo Maal-gashiga Somaliland Dr. Maxamed Cabdillaahi Cumar, ayaa  sheegay  in ay waddanka Turkiga kaga qayb gelayaan wajigii saddexaad ee shirka wada hadalada.

Wasiirka Madaxtooyada Somaliland Xirsi Cali Xaaji Xasan oo ka mid ah Xubnaha weftiga, ayaa ka jawaabay Eedeymo uu u soo jeediyay Guddoomiyaha Xisbiga Ucid Eng. Faysal Cali Waraabe oo ka mid ahaa Weftigii ka qayb-galay shirkii kan ka horeeyay.

Wasiirka Madaxtooyada Somaliland Mud. Xirsi Cali Xaaji Xasan ayaa sheegay in Gudoomiyaha xisbiga UCDI Faysal Cali Waraabe weftiga looga reebay arrimo sir ah oo uu bixiyay iyo gacansaar uu la leeyahay dhinaca Soomaaliya “Faysal Cali Waraabe waxa weftiga looga reebay waxaanu kala garan waynay inuu la socdo Somaliland iyo inuu dhinaca Koonfurta la safanyahay”.

Waxa taasi marag ma doon u ah markii uudhamaaday shirkii hore ee aanu wada yeelanay Koonfurta, isagoo Qolada somaliya la socda, isagaa diiday inay shirkaa wixii ka soo baxay labada Madaxweyne saxeexdaan oo yidhi Wasiiraddu ha kala saxeexdaan”ayuu yidhi Xirsi Cali Xaaji Xasan.

Wasiirku isagoo hadalkiisa sii wata waxa uu yidhi “ka sekow taasi markii aanu Ingiriiska Joognay ee aanu ka nimi shirka Faysal Cali Waraabe wuxuu la xafladaysanayay Qolada Koonfurta, annaguna dadkii Reer Somaliland, iminka waakii shalay sheegayay inay wada hadleen dad Reer Koonfur ah oo ay xidhiidh leeyihiin”ayuu sheegay.

Faysal Cali Waraabe ayaa shalay sheegay inaanay Xukuumadda Somaliland daacad ka ahayn wada hadaladan, isla markaana go’aanada iyo hogaaminta waddanku gacanta ugu jirto cid aan Madaxweynaha ahayn  oo la tacaamisha siyaasiyiinta Soomaaliya.

Faysal Cali Waraabe wuxuu tibaaxay Ashkhaas siyaasiyiin ah oo u kala dab-qaada Hargeysa iyo Muqdisho oo ku xidhan xubno ka mid ah Golaha Wasiiradda ee Xukuumadda siilaanyo, kuwaasoo buu yidhi si gaar ha ugu xidhan Wasiirka Madaxtooyada Xirsi Cali Xaaji Xasan.

Maxaad Ka Taqaanaa Taariikhda Wasiirka Cusub Ee Arrimaha Dibadda Somaliland Maxamed Biixi Yoonis.

Maxamed Biixi Yoonis Wuxuu ahaa diblomaasigii ugu darajo sareeyey dunida afka soomaliga ku hadasha marka laga reebo Cabdiraxiim Caabi Faarax oo mar noqday ku xigeenka xoghayaha guud ee qaramada midoobay, oo ka soo shaqeeya marinka diblomaasiyadda caalamiga ah ee qaramada midoobay.

Haddaba waxaanu halkani idiinku soo gudbinayna taariikh nololeedka Maxamed Biixi Yoonis, iyo weliba xogo dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan sababta uu u aqbalay xilkani wasaaradda arrimaha dibadda, iyo isagoo lagu wado inuu isku sharaxo xilka madaxtinimada Somaliland

Waa Kuma Maxamed Biixi Yoonis ?
Maxamed Biixi Yoonis wuxuu sannadkii 1947-kii ku dhashay magaalo madaxda Somaliland ee Hargeysa, isagoo dugsigii hoose ku bartay magaalada Hargeysa, dugsiyadiisii dhexe ayuu ka baxay dugsiyada Sheekh isagoo kii sarana ku bartay dugsigii sare ee Camuud.

Wuxuu sannadahii 1970-naadkii shahaado sare ka qaatay dugsigii tababarka macalmiinta ee magaalada Hargeysa oo uu ka qaatay shahaadada (High Diploma), wuxuuna ka noqday magaalada Hargeysa macalin wax ka bara, sannadahii 1971-kii ayuu waxbarasho sare ka hellay dalka Maraykanka isagoo waxbarasho ka hellay jaamacadda weyn ee Harvard University.

Jaamacadda Harvard University ayuu Degree-giisa hore wuxuu ku qaatay barashada culuumta siyaasadda iyo xidhiidhka caalamiga ah, isagoo sidoo kalana qaatay shahaado kale oo Bachelor ah oo isla jaamacadda Harvard University uu ka qaatay culuumta maamulista dhaqaalaha, isla jaamacadda Harvard University ayuu ka qaatay shahaado sare (Master Degree) oo ah cilmiga maamulista arrimaha bulshada iyo siyaasadda (Master Degree of International Relations, Political Science and Public Relations Management)


Sannadahii 80-maadkii Maxamed Biixi Yoonis wuxuu ku biiray bangiga horumarinta Afrika ee loo yaqaano (African Development Bank) isagoo muddo dheer ka soo shaqeeyey bangigaasi kana soo qabtay xilal ay ka mid yahiin madaxa Bangiga ee dalalka Beriga Afrika, madaxa maalgelinta ee baanka (head of Investment), madaxa maamulka daymaha ee Bangiga, isagoo noqday madaxii xidhiidhka siyaasadda ee Bangiga ADB.

Badhtamahii 90-naadkii ayaa Maxamed Biixi Yoonis waxaa loo magacaabay madaxii qaybta hawlaha ee qaramada midoobay u qaabilsanayd barnaamijkii qaramada midoobay ee Beriga dhexe, isagoo saldhigiisuna noqday magaalada Beirut ee dalka Lebnan.

Sannadkii 1999-kii ayaa loo magacaabay agaasimahii fullinta ee hawlgalkii qaramada midoobay ee Lebnon iyo Israel, wuxuuna madax ka noqday xafiiskii qaramada midoobay ee magaalada Televiv ee caasimadda dalka Israel, wuxuu sidoo kale noqday danjirahii xoghayaha qaramada midoobay ee Lebnaan iyo Israel.

Sannadkii 2002-dii wuxuu noqday madaxii haayadda u qaabilsan qaramada midoobay hawlaha nabadaynta iyo xallinta khilaafaadka beriga dhexe (Israel iyo carabta) UNTSO (United Nation Truce Supervision Organisation), isagoo badanka iskaga dab qaaday jiray dalalka beriga dhexe, waxaa lagu xasuusta qaybtii weynayd ee uu ka gaystay maxaabistii israel iyo dalalka carabtu ay is dhaafsadeen. waxaana sannadkii 2006-dii loo magacaabay ku xigeenka danjiraha qaramada midoobay u qaabilsan gobolka Darfur, isagoo laba sanno ka dibna noqday ergayga Midawga Afrika iyo Qaramda midoobay iyo ku xigeenka barnaamijka UNMID ee maamulka haayadaha qaramada midoobay ee gobolka Darfur.

Wuxuu leeyahay ku dhawaad 25 Sannadood oo khibrad diblomaasiyadeed, isagoo badanka loo diri jiray goobaha ugu xasaasisan uguna adag dunida, sida Darfur, Israel, Beriga Dhexe iyo Latin Amerika, sida xogo ay Durdurnews iftiiminayso tibaaxayaan waxaa la filaayey inuu dhawaan noqdo ku xigeenka xoghayaha guud ee qaramada midoobay ama madaxa guud ee haayadda UNDP balse wuxuu ka door biday inuu shaqada caalamiga ah ka nasto oo uu dib ugu laabto Somaliland.

Muxuu Ku Soo Kordhin Kara Siyaasadda Somaliland ?

ad badan ayaa aaminsan in haddii Maxamed Biixi Yoonis ku soo biiro siyaasadda Somaliland ay taasi soo dedajinayso in Somaliland aqoonsi buuxda ay bulshada caalamka ka hesho, waxaanay dadkaasi aaminsanyahiin inuu yahay masuul aad looga qiimeeyo bulshada caalamka agteeda, wuxuu badiba la saaxiib yahay hogaamiyayaasha caalamka, jaamacadda Harvard ee dalka maraykanka ayey mar waxay wax ka wada baran jireen madaxweynaha haatan ee dalka maraykanka Barack Obama, wuxuuna ka soo shaqeeyey 22 dawladood oo dunida dacaladeeda ku yaalla.

Ambassador Cabdiraxmaan Muuse Qarami oo ahaan jiray Agaasimahii waaxda siyaasadda iyo arrimaha dibadda ee wasaaradda arrimaha dibadda ee dalkii Soomaaliya 1980-naadkii ah, haddana ku sugan dalka ingiriiska ayaa Durdurnews u sheegay in haddii Maxamed Biixi Yoonis uu dalka hogaankiisa qabto ay soo dedejinayso inay bulshada caalamku u istaagto qaddiyadda Somaliland “waa nin garanaya sida dal Somaliland oo kale ah loo hogaamiyo, 20 sannadood ayuu dawlado burburay iyo goobo halis ah ka soo shaqaynaayey, waa nin sumcad ku leh gudaha qaramada midoobay, albaab kastana si fudud u garaaci kara, haddii Axmed Siilaanyo gartay taasi waa mid la soo dhawayn karo” ayuu yidhi Ambassador Qarami.

Daawo mid ka mid ah arimaha caalamiga ah ee uu suurtogaliyay Maxamed Biixi Yoonis.

Who Owns the Earth?

(Photo: Michael Kamber / The New York Times)

By Noam Chomsky, Truthout | Op-Ed
(This article is adapted from a commencement speech by Noam Chomsky on June 14, 2013, at the American University of Beirut. )
With wrenching tragedies only a few miles away, and still worse catastrophes perhaps not far removed, it may seem wrong, perhaps even cruel, to shift attention to other prospects that, although abstract and uncertain, might offer a path to a better world - and not in the remote future.

I’ve visited Lebanon several times and witnessed moments of great hope, and of despair, that were tinged with the Lebanese people’s remarkable determination to overcome and to move forward.

The first time I visited - if that’s the right word - was exactly 60 years ago, almost to the day. My wife and I were hiking in Israel’s northern Galilee one evening, when a jeep drove by on a road near us and someone called out that we should turn back: We were in the wrong country. We had inadvertently crossed the border, then unmarked - now, I suppose, bristling with armaments.

A minor event, but it forcefully brought home a lesson: The legitimacy of borders - of states, for that matter - is at best conditional and temporary.

Almost all borders have been imposed and maintained by violence, and are quite arbitrary. The Lebanon-Israel border was established a century ago by the Sykes-Picot Agreement, dividing up the former Ottoman Empire in the interests of British and French imperial power, with no concern for the people who happened to live there, or even for the terrain. The border makes no sense, which is why it was so easy to cross unwittingly.

Surveying the terrible conflicts in the world, it’s clear that almost all are the residue of imperial crimes and the borders that the great powers drew in their own interests.

Pashtuns, for example, have never accepted the legitimacy of the Durand Line, drawn by Britain to separate Pakistan from Afghanistan; nor has any Afghan government ever accepted it. It is in the interests of today’s imperial powers that Pashtuns crossing the Durand Line are labeled “terrorists” so that their homes may be subjected to murderous attack by U.S. drones and special operations forces.

Few borders in the world are so heavily guarded by sophisticated technology, and so subject to impassioned rhetoric, as the one that separates Mexico from the United States, two countries with amicable diplomatic relations.

That border was established by U.S. aggression during the 19th century. But it was kept fairly open until 1994, when President Bill Clinton initiated Operation Gatekeeper, militarizing it.

Before then, people had regularly crossed it to see relatives and friends. It’s likely that Operation Gatekeeper was motivated by another event that year: the imposition of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which is a misnomer because of the words “free trade.”

Doubtless the Clinton administration understood that Mexican farmers, however efficient they might be, couldn’t compete with highly subsidized U.S. agribusiness, and that Mexican businesses couldn’t compete with U.S. multinationals, which under NAFTA rules must receive special privileges like “national treatment” in Mexico. Such measures would almost inevitably lead to a flood of immigrants across the border.

Some borders are eroding along with the cruel hatreds and conflicts they symbolize and inspire. The most dramatic case is Europe. For centuries, Europe was the most savage region in the world, torn by hideous and destructive wars. Europe developed the technology and the culture of war that enabled it to conquer the world. After a final burst of indescribable savagery, the mutual destruction ceased at the end of World War II.

Scholars attribute that outcome to the thesis of democratic peace - that one democracy hesitates to war against another. But Europeans may also have understood that they had developed such capacities for destruction that the next time they played their favorite game, it would be the last.

The closer integration that has developed since then is not without serious problems, but it is a vast improvement over what came before.

A similar outcome would hardly be unprecedented for the Middle East, which until recently was essentially borderless. And the borders are eroding, though in awful ways.

Syria’s seemingly inexorable plunge to suicide is tearing the country apart. Veteran Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn, now working for The Independent, predicts that the conflagration and its regional impact may lead to the end of the Sykes-Picot regime.

The Syrian civil war has reignited the Sunni-Shiite conflict that was one of the most terrible consequences of the U.S.-U.K. invasion of Iraq 10 years ago.

The Kurdish regions of Iraq and now Syria are moving toward autonomy and linkages. Many analysts now predict that a Kurdish state may be established before a Palestinian state is.

If Palestine ever gains independence in something like the terms of the overwhelming international consensus, its borders with Israel will likely erode through normal commercial and cultural interchange, as has happened in the past during periods of relative calm.

That development could be a step toward closer regional integration, and perhaps the slow disappearance of the artificial border dividing the Galilee between Israel and Lebanon, so that hikers and others could pass freely where my wife and I crossed 60 years ago.

Such a development seems to me to offer the only realistic hope for some resolution of the plight of Palestinian refugees, now only one of the refugee disasters tormenting the region since the invasion of Iraq and Syria’s descent into hell.

The blurring of borders and these challenges to the legitimacy of states bring to the fore serious questions about who owns the Earth. Who owns the global atmosphere being polluted by the heat-trapping gases that have just passed an especially perilous threshold, as we learned in May?

Or to adopt the phrase used by indigenous people throughout much of the world, Who will defend the Earth? Who will uphold the rights of nature? Who will adopt the role of steward of the commons, our collective possession?

That the Earth now desperately needs defense from impending environmental catastrophe is surely obvious to any rational and literate person. The different reactions to the crisis are a most remarkable feature of current history.

At the forefront of the defense of nature are those often called “primitive”: members of indigenous and tribal groups, like the First Nations in Canada or the Aborigines in Australia - the remnants of peoples who have survived the imperial onslaught. At the forefront of the assault on nature are those who call themselves the most advanced and civilized: the richest and most powerful nations.

The struggle to defend the commons takes many forms. In microcosm, it is taking place right now in Turkey’s Taksim Square, where brave men and women are protecting one of the last remnants of the commons of Istanbul from the wrecking ball of commercialization and gentrification and autocratic rule that is destroying this ancient treasure.

The defenders of Taksim Square are at the forefront of a worldwide struggle to preserve the global commons from the ravages of that same wrecking ball - a struggle in which we must all take part, with dedication and resolve, if there is to be any hope for decent human survival in a world that has no borders. It is our common possession, to defend or to destroy.

© 2013 Noam Chomsky
Distributed by The New York Times Syndicate

Boqorka Sucuudiga oo taageeray Inqilaabka Militariga Masar.

Riyad - Qoraal kasoo baxay xafiiska Boqorka dalka Sucuudiga ayaa lagu soo dhaweeyey inqilaabkii xukunka looga tuuray Madaxweynaha dalka Masar Maxamed Morsi.

Boqor Cabdullahiga dalka Sucuudiga ayaa sheegay inuu diyaar u yahay inuu salaan diiran u diro ciidamada iyo Saraakiisha Militariga Masar uu istaagay inay badbaadiyaan Qarankooda.

Hadalka kasoo baxay Sucuudiga ayaa kamid ah jawaabaha ay hogaamiyaasha Carabta iyo kuwa caalamka ka bixinayaan Inqilaabkii Xalay xilka looga tuuray Madaxweynaha lasoo doortay ee dalka Masar.

Hadalka kasoo baxay dalka Sucuudiga ayaa muujinaya sida ay hogaamiyayaasha Carabta iyo Reer Galbeedka ay cabsi xoogleh uga qabaan awooda soo koreysa ee xisbiga Akhwaan Muslimiinka oo faraxyo kala gedisan kuleh wadamo badan oo Carabta ah.

تأكيداً لما نشرناه....أحمد منصور : الرئيس المصري المكلف ليس مسلماً !!MASAR OO YEELATAY MADAXWAYNE AAN MASRI AHAYN BALSE AH YUHUUDI

Madaxwaynaha ku meelgaarka ah ee Masar ahna gudoomiyaha Maxkamada Sare

تأكيداً لما نشرناه....أحمد منصور : الرئيس المصري المكلف ليس مسلماً

الوقائع الاخبارية: قال الاعلامي المصري العامل في قناة الجزيرة القطرية احمد منصور : ' إن الرئيس المصري الجديد هو احد ابناء الطائفة السبتية وهي طائفة يهودية .. حاول التقرب من المسيحية ورفض بابا الأقباط تعميده '، على حد وصف منصور .

وتابع منصور في 'بوست ' تم نشره على صفحته بموقع الفيس بوك : 'تذكروا موقف البرادعي عندما قال لا اشارك في مجلس شورى ينكر الهولوكوست!!! هذا عربون يقدمه البرادعي لليهود لكي يفووز بمنصب رئيس الجمهوية في انتخابات صورية سيقوم العسكر بحمايتها وتزييف نتائجها .. لصالحه .. طبعاً بموافقة أميركا وإسرائيل والعرب ' .

وخلص منصور تعليقه بالقول : 'هذا هو المشهد ' الرائع ' لمستقبل مصر والعرب، الذين تسابقوا للاعتراف بالانقلاب، الذي يرقص العلمانيون طرباً له .. حتى أن أحدهم، حاقد على ( الدين والإسلام والأمة) أعلن أنه ولد من جديد .. وأن تاريخ ميلاده هو اليوم الذي انقلب فيه عسكر الهزايم على شرعية الصندوق' .

وتجدر الاشارة بان احمد منصور هو احد الاعلاميين البارزين فغي قناة الجزيرة واحد اعضاء حركة الاخوان المسلمين في مصر .

African Union rapporteur leads campaign for East and Horn of Africa states to decriminalise defamation

Press release

ARTICLE 19 welcomes the new campaign for decriminalising defamation in East and Horn of Africa being led by the African Union’s Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information, Commissioner Pansy Tlakula.

“Criminal defamation laws are nearly always used to punish legitimate criticism of powerful people, rather than protect the right to a reputation. The African Commission itself has recognised in their Resolution 169 that such criminalisation seriously interferes with the right to freedom of expression and the role of the media, and has called on states to decriminalise. We welcome the Special Rapporteur’s leadership on this new campaign to turn the African Commission’s recognition into action,” said Henry Maina, ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa Director.

“ARTICLE 19 calls for immediate steps by governments to ensure that any criminal defamation laws still in force be abolished and replaced with civil laws and remedies,” added Maina.
The meeting in Burundi to plan the campaign, co-sponsored by ARTICLE 19 and the first in Eastern Africa, brought together government, media and civil society representativesfrom across the region to plan national campaigns for decriminalising defamation in Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

Participants to the meeting:

• Highlighted specific national laws to be targeted for repeal
• Outlined capacity building and advocacy activities for public officials and the media to raise awareness on decriminalising defamation
• Identified alternative remedies to criminal defamation and proposed their adoption, including international and regional principles that need to be domesticated into national laws
• Stressed the use of international mechanisms to ensure the international obligations of states are met and implemented, in particular: the UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity.

Criminal defamation in the East and Horn of Africa mostly stems from old colonial-laws that have not been reformed, plus a few more recent adoptions. All criminal provisions contradict the states’ constitutional protection for the right to freedom of expression, and regional and international law.
States in the East and Horn of Africa often use existing criminal penalties for defamation to threaten, gag and punish the media and others who criticise.

ARTICLE 19 has consistently advocated for the repeal of criminal defamation laws since they fail to strike the appropriate balance between the right to freedom of expression and the right to a reputation. We believe that all criminal defamation laws should be abolished and replaced, where necessary, with proportionate civil remedies.

Until criminal laws are abolished in the East and Horn of Africa, ARTICLE recommends that existing laws conform fully to the following conditionsin order to limit the negative impact of criminal defamation:

• Excessive sanctions should be abolished, such as prison sentences, suspended prison sentences, heavy finesand suspension of the right to practice journalism or any other profession
• Public officials, public bodies or entities such as the flag or state should be prohibited from instituting criminal defamation actions
• Where criminal prosecutions by private persons are possible, the participation of public authorities, including police and public prosecutors, should be ruled out of the initiation or prosecution of criminal defamation cases.
• Nobody should be convicted for defamation unless the accusing party proves,beyond a reasonable doubt that: the statement in question was false; the person making the statement knew it was false or showed reckless disregard as to its truthfulness; and the statement was made with the intention of causing harm to the accusing party.

Manhunt for Snowden must be stopped

  Press release

ARTICLE 19 is gravely concerned with the safety and future fate of Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor and whistleblower, who exp
osed mass surveillance by the US and UK governments.

Snowden’s request for political asylum was sent to 21 countries but has already been rejected by at least eight. There is also strong evidence of the USA putting pressures on European countries to close their airspace to Bolivian President Morales’ plane, forcing it to land in Austria where it was reportedly searched.   

“The manhunt for Edward Snowden must be stopped. More energy is being spent on arresting one whistleblower that exposed human rights violations than has been spent on finding and arresting perpetrators of war crimes or crimes against humanity.  Governments from around the world should be ashamed,” says Agnes Callamard, ARTICLE 19 Executive Director.

ARTICLE 19 welcomes the various initiatives around the world, from a range of political actors, seeking to protect Edward Snowden. These include:

• A draft bill in Iceland, backed by three parties: Brighter Future, Piran (the Pirate Party) and the Green Party, which would make Edward Snowden a citizen of Icelan
• French party leaders from across the political spectrum have called on France to grant Snowden political asylum
• A request by Marc Tarabella, member of the European Parliament that Snowden is invited to a hearing in the European Parliament and issued a temporary EU passport
• A request by Irish parliamentarians Clare Daly and David Noris to the Irish government to support Snowden’s application, “act proactively to protect him”, and give him refugee status
• Pledges by Bolivian President, Evo Morales, to consider granting asylum to Snowden, and an initiative by UNASUR (the Union of South American Nations) to condemn the retaliation against Morales for this pledges.

ARTICLE 19 reminds governments from around the world that the right to seek and to enjoy asylum is a fundamental human right recognised by international law. The “right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution” is a key provision in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and is guaranteed in the UN Refugee Convention and its Protocol.

A number of governments have rejected Edward Snowden’s demand for asylum, even though his request has not been properly reviewed and assessed by the national agencies or courts actors responsible for such processes. Their political decision violates international standards on refugee status determination.

Governments around the world should protect individuals who are attacked for speaking out on violations of human rights. This principle particularly applies to EU member states, given their stated commitments to human rights, and Latin American states, given the history of the continent and its struggle for democratisation.

A growing number of international instruments recognise the importance of whistleblowers and require or encourage states to adopt measures to protect disclosure. Whistleblowing is protected as an aspect of freedom of expression under Article 19 of the International Convent on Civil and Political Rights and by a number of regional human rights agreements. 

In the light of the various official and other statements made by political leaders in the USA regarding the “traitor” Edward Snowden, and the US record of treatment of other whistleblowers who disclosed sensitive or classified information on human rights violations, there is little doubt that Snowden’s fear for persecution must be the object of a proper and objective review by refugee determination actors.

Edward Snowden fled the USA because of fear of persecution for his disclosure of a widespread, largely unregulated system of surveillance by the US and UK governments, including the US Prism programme. The surveillance practices have violated the right to freedom of expression and the privacy of millions people around the world. This disclosure was in the public interest both in the US and globally. The actions of the US government to pursue criminal charges and extradite Snowden amount to a punitive measure to silence him.

Edward Snowden has demonstrated enormous courage to stand up for human rights protection and principles of openness, democracy and accountability, and at great personal risk. Governments should honour this courage and protect him against retaliation.

Somalia: Are the Islamists truly on the ropes?

A new and much-lauded president is finding it hard to bury old divisions

AT FIRST glance Somalia’s foreign-backed government seems to be doing well. In the past two years it has benefited from the recovery of the country’s main cities by African Union peacekeepers after two decades of clan warfare and intermittent Islamist rule. And on June 29th the government pulled off something of a coup by locking up the grandfather of militant Islamism in Somalia, Sheikh Hassan Dahir, better known as Aweys. The red-bearded 78-year-old may be the victim of infighting in the Shabab, an al-Qaeda-linked movement that is steadily losing power but can still cause mayhem with suicide-bombings here and there.

Know Aweys by his beard

But appearances may mislead. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, appointed last year to much acclaim, is accused of employing warlords to assert his authority over the fragmented country. A report due to be submitted to the UN Security Council by independent experts says the government used rival militia leaders to gain control of Kismayo, the second city. The report alleges that Mr Mohamud, who gets a lot of cash from Western governments, has been “co-opting clan warlords”, some of them linked to the Shabab.

The region around the capital, Mogadishu, remains more or less in government hands. But southern Somalia is engulfed in a power struggle. Five rival militia leaders proclaim themselves “president of Jubaland”, a region that includes Kismayo. At least 40 people were killed last month when clashes broke out between them. The most powerful is Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, whose Ras Kamboni brigade helped the Kenyan army to drive the Shabab out of Kismayo last year. With Kenya’s implicit backing, he has refused to let representatives from the federal government enter Kismayo. His main rival is Barre Hiraale, another warlord who has sometimes sided with the Shabab.

The struggle pits against each other two of Somalia’s most powerful clans, the Darod of Sheikh Madobe and the Hawiye of President Mohamud. Conflict between the “superclans”, as well as internecine battles among myriad subclans, has fuelled Somalia’s civil war for two decades.

In this context, the humiliating arrest of Sheikh Aweys may turn out to be counterproductive. He was promised talks with government officials but instead was arrested and roughed up by soldiers. This could split the Hawiye clan, of which the president and the arrested Islamist are both members.

To make matters even worse, the Shabab appear less divided than was thought. Following recent infighting, one aspiring leader was killed and Sheikh Aweys was arrested, leaving sole command to Ahmed Abdi Godane, who is regarded as being keenest within the Shabab on its alliance with al-Qaeda. On June 19th Shabab suicide-bombers breached the front gates of the UN compound in Mogadishu; gunmen barged in and killed at least nine people. Nick Kay, a Briton recently appointed as the UN’s special envoy to Somalia, gamely insisted there would be no retreat in the face of the assault.

Somalia's Shebab fighters: divided but still deadly

By Peter Martell

NAIROBI (AFP) –  For the past year, many celebrated that Somalia's Shebab fighters were on the back foot, as African Union and government forces wrested town after town from the Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen.

But despite recent infighting -- including the recent killing of top leaders in a bloody purge -- analysts warn the extremist group are far from defeated.

A brazen daylight attack last month on a fortified United Nations compound in Mogadishu, with a seven-man suicide commando blasting into the complex and killing 11 in a gun battle to the death, followed similar tactics used in an attack on a court house in April.

"Despite significant infighting, Al-Shebab stepped up attacks... shaking the fragile sense of security in the capital by launching attacks," the International Crisis Group (ICG) notes.

The complex attacks came even as top Shebab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane moved against fellow commanders who had criticised his leadership, killing two co-founders of the Islamist group.

Those included US-wanted Ibrahim Haji Jama Mead, better known by his nickname Al-Afghani -- or "the Afghan" -- due to his training and fighting with Islamist guerrillas there.

Afghani was a commander "highly popular with Al-Qaeda", notes Stig Jarle Hansen, from Norway's University of Life Sciences and author of a book on the Shebab.

The deaths show the splits in the long-running insurgency to topple the internationally-backed government -- defended by 17,700 AU troops -- but also signal Godane's efforts to sweep away opposition to his command and cement his more radical leadership.

Afghani was killed after he reportedly penned a letter circulated on extremist websites to Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, criticising Godane's leadership.

Afghani's killing is "very important", added Hansen, noting that Godane -- with a $7 million US bounty on his head -- faces tough challenges to lead the fractured and decentralised forces, and maintain the loyalty of veteran commanders.

-- Risk of fresh 'Afghan-style' attacks --

"One scenario if Godane fails (to unite forces) is that the Shebab turns into something like the (Ugandan-led rebel)Lord's Resistance Army...an organisation based around terror and the charisma of the leader," Hansen told AFP.

"It can remain a shadow structure that is to be reckoned with also inside Kenya and Tanzania."

There are concerns Godane's elimination of commanders with more nationalist agendas could see a rise in attacks such as the assault on the UN compound, tactics more commonly seen in Afghanistan.

How Al-Qaeda's "central" leadership will react to Godane's purges will also be important, Hansen added.

Veteran Islamist leader Hassan Dahir Aweys, allied to the Shebab since 2010, also fled Godane's purge after criticising his rule, and has since been placed under arrest in the capital Mogadishu.

"His capture does not spell the end for Al-Shebab," wrote Somali analyst Abdihakim Ainte for the African Arguments site, hosted by Britain's Royal African Society.

"Quite the contrary, it may encourage hardliners to stage more deadly assaults in order to counter the view that Al-Shebab is on the back foot."

The influential cleric and former army colonel is on both US and UN Security Council terrorism sanctions lists.

But Aweys has long been critical of Godane and while his arrest is significant, the impact on the Shebab's operational capacity is less important.

Yet divisions amongst Somalia's national army, cobbled together out of multiple militia forces, continue to be exploited by the Shebab.

Mogadishu's government is also struggling to impose authority over autonomous regions unused to central control after two decades of war.

"Despite progress... Al-Shebab still remains the primary threat to the survival of the new Somali government", South Africa's Institute for Security Studies (ISS) warned in a recent report, adding that while it may not be in control but it could "make the country ungovernable."

Cash flows have dried up but funds are still raised inside Somalia through local taxes.

Key strongholds remaining include rural southern and central Somalia, while another faction has dug into remote and rugged mountains in the northern Puntland region.

Still, the force is believed to be less capable of carrying out the major regional attacks as it did in the 2010 bombings in Uganda, killing 74 as people watched the World Cup.

"We believe they are now more focused internally on Somalia and lack the capability for regional attacks, but we remain ever watchful," said one Western security expert.

"But in terms of defeat inside Somalia, we must be careful not to confuse the victory symbol of raising flags in the centre of towns with the harder task of establishing control."

WAR DEGDEG AH: DAGAAL CULUS OO LAGA BAQAYO IN KA DHEX QARXO CIIDAMADA QARANKA SOMALILAND AGGA BADHAN IYO KUWA MAAMUL GOBALEEDKA PUTLAND,( WARBIXIN MUHIIM AH)

Taliyaha Ciiddamada Qaranka Jamuriyada Somaliland ee Fadhigoodu yahay Magaalada Badhan, Yaasiin Cismaan Saalax (Gurey) oo Telefoonka ugu waramay

Taliyaha Ciiddamada Qaranka Jamuriyada Somaliland ee Fadhigoodu yahay Magaalada Badhan, Yaasiin Cismaan Saalax (Gurey) oo Telefoonka ugu waramay Shabakada Caalamiga aH ,MaandeeqNews isaga oo jooga Magaalada Badhan ayaa sheegay inay Magaalooyinka Badhan iyo dhahar hada si buuxda gacanta ugu hayaan CiidamadaQaranku Somaliland isla markaana ay ka saareen xubno ka socday guddiga doorashooyinka Maamulka Puntland oo Magaalooyinkaasi soo galay.

Waxaanu taliye Gurey sheegay in markii ay ka war heleen in xubnahaasi ka socday Maamulka Majeerteniya ay ku sugan yihiin deegaanadaasi ay Ciidamada Qaranka Somaliland weerareen isla markaana ay ka saareen meelihii ay joogeen, wuxuuna yiri ‘’way jirtay xili ay soo galeen magaaloyinka Dhahar iyo badhan qolo ka socotay Komishanka doorashooyinka Majeerteeniya , ka dib markii aanu ogaanay inay deegaanadaasi ku jiraan, oo dad yar oo u dhashay gobolka Boosaaso ay xagan wax ka wadeen ayay ciidamada Qaranku Ka Sareen meeshii ay joogeen, waanay baacsadeen.” Ayuu yiri Taliyaha.

Yaasiin Cismaan Saalax (Gurey) waxa kale oo uu sheegay in Masuuliyiin ka socday maamulka Majeerteniya oo hawlo ka waday Magaalada Dhahar ay sidoo kale doraato weerareen kana saareen ciidamada Magaaladaasi “Qolo ka socotay dhinaca Majeerteniya oo Magaalada Dhahar dadka uga yeeraayay iyagana ciidamada ayaa shalay weeraray, dadka iyo maatada Magaalada dhexdeeda ayay rasaas ka rideen, laakiin waa laga saaray” ayuu yiri Taliye Gurey.

Taliyaha ciidamada Qarnka Somaliland ee gobolka Badhan waxa kale oo uu tilmaamay in ciidamada ee aagaasi ay diyaar u yihiin isku day kasta oo kaga yimaada dhinaca Maamulka Majeerteniya isla markaana aanay maamulka Farooel uga suurtagelayn inuu wax sanduuqyo ah keeno deegaanadaasi wuxuuna yiri “Sanaaduuqda waxay doonayaan inay keenaan 16 ka bisha July 6- maqribnimo laakiin wax goboladan ugu suurtagelaya ma aha, ciidanka waa u diyaar, indhaha ayaanay ku hayaan, waxaanay eegayaan waa sanduuqa goobaha ay doonayaan in ay sanaaduuqda dhigaan ayaa lagu diyaarinayaa ciidamada oo aad iyo aad u badan, talaabo ayaanay qaadayaan ah inay indhaha ku dhuftaan.

Waxaanu intaasi raaciyay “gobolkan Badhan waa Somaliland, gobolka barina waa majeerteeniya oo waa Puntland, Gaalkacayo iyo Qardho ayaan nabad ahayn Badhan oo Somaliland inuu Faroole sanaaduuq keeno ama carqalad ka rido waa mid aan soconayn, Dawlada Somaliland-na kama yeeli doonto indhahana ka laaban mayso, sida foosha xun ee uu Faroole muddada badan ugu doonayay inuu nabadgelyo darro ka abuuro deegaanadan” “Waxaanu leenahay Faroole ha ogaado arrintaasi in aanay ka soconayn, ciidanka Qarankuna waa diyaar oo way joogaan Dhahar, Badhan iyo Laasqorayba, aagaas oo dhan waana ku diyaar.” Ayuu yiri Taliyaha.

Dhinaca kale guddoomiye ku xigeenka gobolka Badhan Maxamed Faarax Cumar, oo isna xalay u waramay shabakada,MaandeeqNews.com isaga oo jooga magaalada Badhan, ayaa sheegay inay ka maamul ahaan diyaar u yihin in aanay Puntland sanduuqyo keenin magaalooyinkaasi “Arrintaasi diyaar garawgeedu wuu jiraa, ciidanka Qaranka iyo ka maamul ahaanba diyaar ayaanu u nahay, waxaan u soo jeedin lahaa Faroole inuu faragelinta ka daayo deegaanadan iyo shacabkayaga, nin gurigiisii gubanayaa ma aha inuu guri kale isku hawlo.”.   

AKHRI Oo DAAWO Aad YAABTIDE!: Asalka calanka dalka Soomaaliya oo la ogaaday in la soo Minguuriyay, Xog Sugan + Daawo Video

Waa yaab! Yaabka Yaabkiis!!! Taariikhda Calanka Soomaalidu miyey khaldantahay? oo 53 sanadood ma calan COPY ah ayaa inaga dul babanayay? Mise horaa loo caddeyey ee aniga ayaan ka warqabin.

Waxaa la igu barbaariyey taariikhda calanka buluuga ah oo xiddigta cad oo shanta gees-leh dhexda ku leh in uu hindisay Ilaahay ha u naxariistee nin la oranjiray Maxamed Cawale Liibaan. M. Cawaale wuxuu ahaa nin aad u wanaagsan, ilbaxna ah aqoon dheeraadana u laha addunyada. Waxuu madax ka ahaan jiray xafiiska madaxweyne Aaden Cabdulle Cosman, kaddibna warshaddi kallunka ee Boolimoog ayuu maareeye ka noqday, ugu danbeyntiina ilaa burburkii wuxuu la taliye u ahaa goddomiyaha Bangiga Horumarinta Soomaaliyeed.

Waxaa taariikhda Soomaalidu qoreysaa in 1954 uu Maxamed Cawaale hindisay oo sawiray calanka buluuga ah tafsiirna ku bixiyey in buluugu cirkeena yahay xiddigta cad ee shanta-gees lahina ay ka dhigantahay shanta Soomaaliyeed ee gumeystuhu kala qaybsaday. Sidaas baan ku rumeysannay uguna heesijirnay ilaa wakhtigan xaadirka ah.

Hadaba goor galab ah ayaan Filin American ah oo la yiraahdo: GODS AND GENERALS aan soo kiraystay. Wuxu Filmku ku saabsanyahay dagaalkii sokeeye ee Woqooyi iyo Koofurta Mareykana ka dexdhacay, dagalkaas oo bilowday April 12, 1861 dhammadayna 9 April 1865, iyada oo Gen. Robert Lee uu hoggaminayay ciidamada Koofureed oo isku dhiibay Gen. Ulysses Grant oo ahaa Tliyaha ciidamada Waqooyi mudo kadibna Madaxweynaha America uu noqday sanadihiii 1869 ilaa 1877.

Ciidamada Koofureed ayaa waxay wateen Calankii Soomaalida ee buluuga ahaa oo heesa la yaab leh u qaadayey oo u micno dhaw kuwii aan u qaadi jirnay bluglay. Yaab iyo amakaag ayaa igu dhacay markaan arkay Gen. John Bell Hood oo ku magacdheeraa Sam Hood oo ciidankiisii oo rer Texas ahi ay sitaan n calankeeni Buluuga ahaa. Arrintaas markaan arkay ayaan raadin ugu dhaqaaqay bal asalkeeda iyo taariikhda calanka buluuga ah cida hindistay in aan raadiyo.

Ciidamada Koofurta America calamadii ay kala wateen 1861. Waxanan arkayaaa in calankeenii buluugley dhex babanayo. Waxana ay ku magacaabayeen “bonnie blue flag”

Waxaan ogaaday in markii ugu horreysay ee Calan Buluug ah oo dhexda ku leh xidig cad oo shan geesood leh ay ahayd 23 September 1810. Dadkii deganaa galbeedka Florida (USA) oo Spain gumaysan jirtay ayaa isticmaarkii ku kacay burburiyeyna wixii mood iyo noolba Spain lahayd. Waxay dhulka soo dhigeen calankii Boqortooyada Spain iyaga oo saaray Calanka Buluug ah ee dhexda ay uga taalo xidigta cad ee shangeeslayda ah kaasi oo aan sina uga duwanayncalanka Soomaalida. 10 December 1810 ayaa ‘USA” la wareegtay dowladii cusbay ee Florida, oo la oran jiray “Republic of West Florida”. Waxaana la soo dejiyey Calankii Buluuga ahaa oo lagu badalay calankii “USA”

Muddo kaddib waqtigii dagaalkii sokeeye ee Mareykanka uu bilaabanaayey ayaa dowlad goboleedkii Mississippi ka goostay dalka Mareykanka lana soo baxaday “Bonnie Blue Flag” waa Calankii Buluuga ahaa oo awal meel la isaga tiiriyey.

Dib bay u soo noolaatay Calankii Buluuga xidigta shanta gees leh oo cadi dhexda uga taalay sanadkii 1861 halakaas oo cidamada koofureed gaar ahaan  ciidankii Texas ay wateen Calanka Buluuga ah. Dowlad gobleedyadii koofureed markay ka bexeen wadajirkii America waxay ka dhigteen si aan rasmi ahayn calanakooda kan buluuga ah ama siday.

Bulshada Soomaalida dhexdeeda Ilaa waqtigan xaadirka ah waxa la isku haystaa cida hindistay calanka Soomaaliya ee Buluuga  ah laakiin muran kama taagna ninkii tiriyey heestii ugu caansaneyd ee Calanka buluuga ah loo tiriyo oo la curiyay sannadkii 1861 heestaasi oo uu alifay Mr. Harry McCarthy oo asalkiisu Irish ahaa kana yimid gobolka Ulster.

Su’aasha muhiimka ah, ee aan u soo bandhigayo guud ahaan bulshada Somalia ayaa waxay tahay, sidee calankan buluuga ahi inoogu yimid. Ma Maxamed Cawaalaa hindisay calankan buluuga ah ee xidigta cad ee shanta geesle leh isaga oo aan arag calankaan gobolo ka mid ah Maraykanka ka dul babanayay sanadahii  1810 iyo 1861? Mise wuu soo koobi gareeyay markuu ogaaday in aan dowlad lehi aanay jirin sannadkii 1954 oo meel la isaga tiiriyey?.

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UK Barclays to cut Somalia's remittance "lifeline"

Photo: Abdi Hassan/IRIN

Somalia’s economy depends on remittances from abroad

© Abdi Hassan / IRIN

NAIROBI, 4 July 2013 (IRIN) - By withdrawing banking services from more than 250 money-transfer companies, Britain's Barclays Bank risks severing an essential lifeline for millions of people in Somalia who depend on remittances from relatives in the UK, warn humanitarians, rights activists and academics.

For most of the remittance firms, the move is set to come into effect on 10 July, although an extension of 30 days has been granted to some of the companies.

Barclays said there was a risk that some of the firms might be "unwittingly facilitating money laundering and terrorist financing".

Companies set to have their Barclays accounts shut down - effectively ending their UK operations - include one of Africa's largest remittance firms, Dahabshiil. While countries other than Somalia may also be affected, ongoing humanitarian challenges in the nation and the absence of a formal banking system there mean that Barclays' decision could have devastating consequences.

"A huge number of Somalis rely on remittances, which are estimated to be as much as US$1.2 billion every year - more than the entire humanitarian operation in the country," Philippe Lazzarini, the UN's top humanitarian official in Somalia, told IRIN. "It is not an overstatement to say this move will cut a lifeline for essential services in Somalia."

Humanitarian fall-out
An "urgent appeal" to British Prime Minister David Cameron, issued on 1 July by 185 Somali civil society groups, said the move was likely to have "dire consequences" in Somalia "where no alternatives to the money service businesses exist."

"We are seriously worried that without the services of these money transfer organizations, Somalis living in the diaspora throughout the UK. will not be able to send desperately needed support home to their relatives. This will have immediate and severe humanitarian implications," the appeal added.

Four leading international aid and development NGOs have this week written privately to Barclays asking the bank to reconsider its decision, warning of significant humanitarian fall-out.

According to Senait Gebregziabher, Somalia country director at Oxfam and one of the signatories of the letter to Barclays, stopping the transfers would see many more Somali families "fall back into crisis". Somalia is still recovering from a famine that killed some 260,000 people in 2011.

A report soon to be published by the NGOs Oxfam and Adeso estimates that members of the Somali diaspora in the UK send over 100 million pounds ($152.5 million) to Somalia every year.

These remittances are reportedly second in total value only to those sent back from the US.

Far-reaching effects

The NGOs' research suggests that remittances account for around 60 percent of the recipients' annual income, with money mostly being used to cover basic household expenses.

Mogadishu resident Halima Mohamed and her family depend entirely on financial support sent through money-transfer firms by her two sons in Britain and Denmark.

"My sons send $300 dollars each month, which we use to cover our basic needs like food, water and rent. Three of my children are at school, while one attends university, and we'll find it hard to cope with the situation if Barclays proceeds with its decision," she told IRIN.

Remittance firms serving Somalia have developed systems that help them operate in a country with no formal banking infrastructure. Using bank transfers where possible, the firms also use non-bank financial transfers based on trust and social solidarity, commonly known as 'hawala', meaning "transfer". This system has become vital both for the delivery of support to families for business development. Aid groups rely on these systems as well.

"While this suspension will not affect our local transfers, it is worth noting that the UN and many of the large relief and development organizations use hawala money transfers to pay their staff, procure assistance, and implement very successful emergency aid and poverty-relief programs such as cash-for-work," the UN's Dawn Blalock Goodwin told IRIN.

Liability

For Barclays, the question is one of compliance with international financial regulation and potential risk to the firm - both in terms of reputation and possible legal penalties from the US and other jurisdictions.

"As a global bank, we must comply with the rules and regulations in all the jurisdictions in which we operate. The risk of financial crime is an important regulatory concern, and we take our responsibilities in relation to this very seriously," said Daniel Hunter, spokesperson for Barclays.

"It is recognized that some money service businesses don't have the proper checks in place to spot criminal activity and could unwittingly be facilitating money laundering and terrorist financing."

"Abuse of their services can have significant negative consequences for society and for us as their bank. We remain happy to serve companies who have strong anti-financial crime controls, but are asking the others to find another bank. This is solely about the company's controls, not where they send money to," he added.

The Barclays decision follows HSBC's payment last December of a record $1.9 billion fine to settle accusations from US prosecutors that it had failed to implement anti-money laundering controls and allowed terrorists to move money around the financial system. The UK's financial regulator also warned British banks on 1 July that they were not doing enough to protect against financial crime, saying they could face punishment for failing to spot abuses such as sanctions violations or terrorist funding.

In 2011, two Somali women in Minnesota were convicted of funnelling money to Al-Shabab militants using hawala brokers, and a Somali website, Sunatimes, has made allegations linking Dahabshiil to the Somali Islamists. Dahabshiil strenuously denies the claims and is taking the Somali journalist who runs the website to court.

Moving underground
But some argue the move by Barclays will shift legitimate transfers to murkier channels.

More than 100 academics and aid practitioners wrote to the British government last week to protest Barclays decision, warning that closing down money transfer channels "will only encourage people to send funds through illegal, unsafe, and untraceable channels, thereby potentially making the problem of support to proscribed parties much more serious".

"We are regulated by the UK government. We are a licensed institution as is any other legal company," Abdirashid Duale, CEO of Dahabshiil, told IRIN.

"Dahabshiil's anti-financial crime controls are fully compliant with all applicable legal requirements and industry best practice and have been regularly audited by HMRC [the UK's customs and tax department] for a number of years (on behalf of the FSA [Financial Services Authority]), without any adverse findings."

"There is no other bank willing to open an account for us in the UK," Omar Abdinur, managing director of Tawakal UK, another remittance firm affected by the decision, told IRIN. "We have approached many banks but they are not willing. They say that money transfer is a risky business, but there is no single case in the UK where it has been proved that our firms are under-regulated or that we have transferred money to people under sanctions."

Government response
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has also called on Barclays to reverse its decision, stressing that the country is at a turning point "after two decades of chaos".

"We understand Barclays' corporate responsibility and its duty to its global customers to maintain a reputation for tackling financial crime, but that does not have to mean pulling the rug from under the feet of people battling extreme poverty - and before our fledgling government can step in to help," he said in a statement last week.

Though faltering in its recovery - with some 10 percent of its population still reliant on humanitarian aid and violence ongoing in parts of the country - Somalia is seen as taking some steps in the right direction, a transition in which the UK is playing a key role.

In May, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, with President Hassan, hosted the second London Conference on Somalia, at which international donors pledged some $300 million in assistance.

But remittance flows to Somalia remain the country's highest foreign exchange earner, and are a vital revenue stream. Any drop in remittances would throttle signs of economic recovery, analysts say.

"Somalia is almost entirely dependent on remittances, and if the closures come into effect, this could cause a humanitarian crisis as well as economic stagnation," Somali economist Professor Yahye Amir told IRIN.

Extending the central bank's reach and introducing banking regulation are among the government's many priorities. Normal bank transfers, such as SWIFT, are not currently possible.

"Because Somalia's crisis has been so prolonged, families have little ability to absorb shocks such as floods, droughts, disease outbreaks, displacement, a poor harvest or, in this case, an economic shock," said the UN's Lazzarini.

"The key thing to realize is that when humanitarian needs are assessed, remittances are already factored in. So a withdrawal or disruption of remittances will likely increase the number of vulnerable households or, for already vulnerable families, increase their need for humanitarian aid," he said.

"With no formal banking systems as an alternative, we know from our experience on the ground that if remittances from the UK to Somalia were to be halted, many more families would fall back into crisis."

The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) noted in a statement the "important role" played by remittances "in supporting the economy and people of Somalia". But an FCO spokesperson also said that "Barclays' decision is ultimately a private commercial matter".

The view from Dadaab

While the threat to remittance flows into Somalia has provoked the greatest outcry, there is also concern about the impact on Somali refugees in neighbouring Kenya.

According to hawala companies operating in the 20-year-old Dadaab camp, which houses two-thirds of Kenya's 500,000-strong Somali refugee population, more than a third of camp residents depend on remittances sent from abroad.

"What we receive from aid agencies is not enough, so if these remittances are closed or scaled down, our main source of support will be cut off," Fatuma Mohamed Ali, a mother of eight who receives money from her relatives in the UK and Denmark, told IRIN. "I started a business with the money my daughter sent me."

Refugees are not allowed to move out of the Dadaab complex, but many manage to run thriving businesses in the camp by using remittance money to contract people to buy goods for them in Garissa, Nairobi and Mombasa.

A Dahabshiil official, who did not want to be named, said: "In addition to the refugees, some of the aid agencies operating in Dadaab use our services, as the security situation make it difficult for them to carry cash around. Every month, we pay salaries to hundreds of staff as well as transfer other money to pay for agency operations. As you can, these hawala firms are a lifeline for the Dadaab camps."

Source: IRIN

Brotherhood leader arrested, Egypt's Islamists call protests

By Asma Alsharif and Shadia Nasralla

CAIRO (Reuters) - The leader of the Muslim Brotherhood was arrested by Egyptian security forces on Thursday in a crackdown against the Islamist movement after the army ousted the country's first democratically elected president.

Mohammed Badie leader of the Muslim Brotherhood

The dramatic exit of President Mohamed Mursi was greeted with delight by millions of people on the streets of Cairo and other cities overnight, but there was simmering resentment among Egyptians who opposed military intervention.

An Islamist coalition led by the Brotherhood called on people across the nation to protest in a "Friday of Rejection" following weekly prayers, an early test of Mursi's ongoing support and how the military will deal with it.

Perhaps aware of the risk of a polarized society, the new interim leader, judge Adli Mansour, used his inauguration to hold out an olive branch to the Brotherhood, Mursi's power base.

"The Muslim Brotherhood are part of this people and are invited to participate in building the nation as nobody will be excluded, and if they respond to the invitation, they will be welcomed," he said.

Just before he spoke, the air force staged a series of fly pasts in the smoggy skies over Cairo, a stark reminder of the military's role in the latest upheaval. The stunt, involving dozens of aircraft, was repeated at dusk.

But a senior Brotherhood official said it would not work with "the usurper authorities". Another of its politicians said Mursi's overthrow would push other groups, though not his own, to violent resistance.

Mursi's removal after a year in office marked another twist in the turmoil that has gripped the Arab world's most populous country in the two years since the fall of Hosni Mubarak.

INVESTIGATION OPENED INTO MURSI

The United Nations, the United States and some other world powers did not condemn Mursi's removal as a military coup. To do so might trigger sanctions.

Army intervention was backed by millions of Egyptians, including liberal leaders and religious figures who expect new elections under a revised set of rules.

Egypt's armed forces have been at the heart of power since officers staged the 1952 overthrow of King Farouk.

The protests that spurred the military to step in this time were rooted in a liberal opposition that lost elections to Islamists. Their ranks were swelled by anger over broken promises on the economy and shrinking real incomes.

The downfall of Egypt's first elected leader, who emerged from the "Arab Spring" revolutions that swept the region in 2011, raised questions about the future of political Islam which only lately seemed triumphant.

Deeply divided, Egypt's 84 million people are again a focus of concern in a region traumatized by the civil war in Syria.

The Muslim Brotherhood's supreme guide, Mohamed Badie, was arrested in the northern city of Marsa Matrouh, near the Libyan border, although security sources said they did not believe he had been trying to flee the country.

Demonstrators often chanted against Mursi and Badie in the same breath. Despite its denials, the Brotherhood never managed to shake off the image that Badie and its executive board were the silent force behind Mursi's presidency.

Prosecutors also ordered the arrest of his influential deputy Khairat el-Shater after both men were charged with inciting violence against protesters outside the Brotherhood's headquarters in Cairo that was attacked on Sunday night.

At least 16 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in street clashes across Egypt since Mursi's overthrow.

Television stations sympathetic to Mursi were taken off air, and a newspaper affiliated with the Brotherhood's political arm said the state-owned printing press had refused to produce its Thursday edition.

Mursi was in military custody, army and Brotherhood sources said, and authorities opened an investigation into accusations that he and 15 other Islamists insulted the judiciary.

A senior Brotherhood politician, Essam El-Erian, said the movement would take a long view of the political setback, and that Egypt's Islamist leaders had not been given a fair chance to succeed in office.

Mohamed El-Beltagy, another senior Brotherhood politician, said the movement would not take up arms over what he called a military coup, although he warned that other, unnamed, groups could be pushed to violent resistance by recent events.

There was also a call from calm from the influential Dawa Salafiya movement of Egyptian Salafists, ultra-orthodox Islamists who have occasionally been allied with Mursi but distanced themselves from him in recent weeks.

"IT'S ABOUT EGYPT"

Outside the court where Mansour was sworn in, 25-year-old engineer Maysar El-Tawtansy summed up the mood among those who voted for Mursi in 2012 and opposed military intervention.

"We queued for hours at the election, and now our votes are void," he said. "It's not about the Brotherhood, it's about Egypt."

For the defeated Islamists, the clampdown revived memories of their suffering under the old, military-backed regime led by Mubarak, himself toppled by a popular uprising in 2011.

The clock started ticking for Mursi when millions took to the streets on Sunday to demand he resign. They accused the Brotherhood of hijacking the revolution, entrenching its power and failing to revive the economy.

That gave armed forces chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who already had his own reservations about the state of the nation under Mursi, a justification to invoke the "will of the people" and demand the president share power or step aside.

The United States and other Western allies had also pressed Mursi hard to open his administration to a broader mix of ideas.

Sisi, in uniform and flanked by politicians, officers and clergy, called on Wednesday for measures to wipe clear a slate of messy democratic reforms enacted since Mubarak fell. The constitution was suspended.

INTERIM GOVERNMENT

A technocratic interim government will be formed, along with a panel for national reconciliation, and the constitution will be reviewed. Mansour said fresh parliamentary and presidential elections would be held, but he did not specify when.

Liberal chief negotiator Mohamed ElBaradei, a former U.N. nuclear agency chief and favorite to become prime minister in the interim government, said the plan would "continue the revolution" of 2011.

With its position astride the Suez Canal and as Israel's biggest neighbor, the stability of the most populous Arab country is important for many powers.

U.S. President Barack Obama, whose administration provides $1.3 billion a year to the Egyptian military, expressed concern about Mursi's removal and called for a swift return to a democratically elected civilian government.

But he stopped short of condemning the military move in a way that might block U.S. aid. A senator involved in aid decisions said the United States would cut off its financial support if the intervention was deemed a military coup.

Israel avoided any show of satisfaction over the fall of an Islamist president. Many in the Jewish state had been initially alarmed by Mursi's rise although early in his term Mursi made clear he would not renege on the 1979 peace treaty that Israel views as the corner stone of its security.

Germany called the latest events in Egypt "a serious setback for democracy" while NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he was "gravely concerned" about the situation.

But the new emir in Qatar, which has provided billions of dollars in aid to Egypt following the ousting of Mubarak, congratulated Mansour on his appointment.

The markets reacted positively to Mursi's exit. Egypt's main stock index rose 7.3 percent on the day.

(Reporting by Asma Alsharif, Mike Collett-White, Alexander Dziadosz, Shaimaa Fayed, Maggie Fick, Alastair Macdonald, Shadia Nasralla, Tom Perry, Yasmine Saleh, Paul Taylor, and Patrick Werr in Cairo, Abdelrahman Youssef in Alexandria and Yursi Mohamed in Ismailia, Michelle Martin in Berlin, Adrian Croft in Brussels, Ayla Jean Yackley in Istanbul, Jeffrey Heller in Jerusalem and Amena Bakr in Dubai; Writing by Mike Collett-White; Editing by Peter Graff)

Somalia: Heavy Clashes Grips Galka'ayo Town As Police Clashes With Large Riots

Galka'ayo- — clashes between demonstrators and the police of Puntland state turned to ugly clashes in Galka'ayo town in Mudug region of Somalia.

3 people have been confirmed dead in the clashes including the police officers who tried to dismiss the riots and 8 others sustained serious injuries in today's demonstrations.

The situation of the town has now returned to calm but tensions still exist between rival parties in the coming elections.

Opposition parties have accused Horsed party for sidelining other parties in the upcoming election and dictarship of Abdirahman Farole who is the current president of the region.

Mr. Farole has been accused by traditional elders and other politicians for mis use of funds.

Recently the army in Bosaso town demonstrated and took over the port as they accused government officials for not paying their salaries.