Press Statement, Visit of Somaliland Delegation

U.S. Department of State 

Press Statement
Sean McCormack, Spokesman
Washington, DC
January 20, 2008

Visit of Somaliland Delegation

A high-level delegation from Somaliland, led by President Dahir Kahin Rayale, departed Washington January 19 after an eight-day visit. While here, the delegation met with senior officials of the State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, Department of Defense, and National Security Council staff, among others. This cordial and constructive visit demonstrated U.S. engagement with Somaliland in furtherance of our common interests in the areas of regional peace and security, economic development, and democratic reform. 2008/041
Released on January 20, 2008

Exckluiva bilder dagens stora demostratione runt om Somaliland

från  Hargeisa

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från laas aanod

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Från Berbera

dadkii barbara iskugu soo baxay

från lilla staden Allaybayday

dagens stora demostrationer i hela Somaliland

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Somalilands President åt middag med USA Jendayi Frazer

Somalilands president är fortfarande i USA. Det har  rapportetas att president Rayale hade mötte med USA UD, Pentagon och USA AID. Här kan ni se excklusiva bilder från Washington.

här står Dr. Jendayi Frazer, USA UD   med Somaliland presidnet Rayaale och några av han ministrar.

bredvid president Rayaale sitter hans hustru Huda Barkhad

här sitter Somalilands utrikes ministern, Abdillahi Mohammed Duale bredvid USA UD, Jendayi Frazer

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presidnet Rayaale mötte igår Somaliländerna i Washington Dc

Här bevakas Somalilands presidnet av amerikanska säkerhet vakter(liv vakter) . President Rayaale är USA besök som vi har tidigare rapporterat. 

Folk strömmar till Washington från hela Nord  Amerika, både från Canada och USA, för att träffa Somalilands president.  Många vill skaka hand med honom.

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Somaliland Community Meeting With President Dahir Rayale Kahin

Somaliland Community Meeting With President Dahir Rayale Kahin

The flyer contains all the necessary information about the Somaliland community meeting with the president; location, date, time etc. It is extremely important that you come in as early as possible. The location is at the hotel where we had the 2006 SOPRI Conference. The date is Tuesday, January 15, 2008, and the time is 6pm – 8pm. Thank you very much in advance.

If you have questions feel free to send me a note. There are 55 persons who’ll receive this email today; so I’m hoping that you’ll take care of forwarding the flyer to rest of our community and everyone will have the necessary info by Tuesday.

Källa: Harowo

Stor demostrationen kommer att äga i hela Somaliland

Regerigen i somaliland har bestämt i måndags efter minister mötet på presidnet palatset i Hargeisa. Denna mötte leddes av vise presidenten Ahmed yusuf som numera är ställ företrädande för regerigen, efteersom president Rayaale är i US, efter inbujdan från amerikanska regerigen. På mötet har regeringen bestämt att hålla stora demosttioner runt om i landet för att visa omvärlden Somalilands suvernitet och stödja Somaliland att omvärlden ska erkänna Somaliland. regeringen har ussedd en grupp  består av regeringen att förbredda det.

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Hargeysa Oo U Guuxday Hadalkii Ra’iisal wasaaraha Britain Ku Magac Dhebay Somaliland Una Aragtay Niyad Sami Iyo Taageero

 

Hargeysa Oo U Guuxday Hadalkii Ra’iisal wasaaraha Britain Ku Magac Dhebay Somaliland Una Aragtay Niyad Sami Iyo Taageero Dadwaynaha Caasimadda Hargeysa ayaa aad uga akhriyayay Jaraa’idka Nuxurka Hadal-qaadka Ra’iisal wasaaraha Britain ee Somaliland, Tafsiirka ay ka qaateena uu ahaa mid ididiilo geliyay. Hargeysa, Jan 11, 08 (Haatuf) – Dhamaan magaalooyinka S/land waxa si weyn looga soo dhaweeyay hadalkii Raysal Wasaaraha Wadanka Ingiriiska Gorden Brown uu kaga jawaabay su’aal ku saabsan sida uu u arko S/land oo uu weydiiyay Mudane ka tirsan aqalka Baarlamaanka oo lagu magacaabo Allen Michel, kaas oo uu kaga jawaabay inuu soo dhawaynayo waftiga S/land gacana ka siinayo hawlaha ay u socdaan, Suuqyada Magalada Hargaysa waxa si weyn uga muuqday niyad samida ay dadku ku waajaheen jawaabta Raysal Wasaaraha su’aasha Mudanaha iyo guud ahaanba safarka Madaxweynaha S/land oo muddo badan u haraadanaa in ay taageero ka helaan Bulshada Caalamka, si ay u kasbadaan inay yihiin dawlad xor ah. Wadooyinka, Huteelada iyo goobaha ay dadku iskugu yimaadaan waxaad isha ku dhufanaysay dadka oo raxan raxan iyo gooni gooniba ugu fooraray Jaraa’idka dalka ka soo baxa, oo far waaweyn xaga sare ay kaga xardhanayd guusha weftiga Somaliland ay shalay kala kulmeen xarunta Baarlamaank dalka Ingiriiska oo su’aalo la xidhiidha qadiyada Somaliland la weydiiyay, Ra,iisal Wasaaraha Dalka Ingiriiska kagana jawaabay inuu diyaar u yahay inuu gacan qaban doono Somaliland. Warkan oo Dorraad ilaa xalay dadweynuhu ka dhegaysanayeen Idaacadaha caalamiga ah iyo Telefishanadaba, waxa uu raad weyn ku yeeshay dadweynaha kala duwan ee mucaarid iyo muxaafidba leh oo uu mideeyay, dhawaaq taageero ah oo isku midana afafkooda ka soo saaray iyagoo ku hanbalyeeyay guusha uu safarkaasi keenay. Xildhibaano ka tirsan xisbiyada Mucaaridka ah ee Kulmiye iyo Ucid ayaanu waraysiyo kala yeelanay arrintan. Xildhibaan Maxamed Faarax Qabile oo ka hadlaya arrintaas ayaa yidhi “Allan Michel maaha saaxiib cusub waa saaxiib in badan isaga iyo group ka uu ku jiro ee Inter-parlimentry ga ka mida rag ilaa afartan gaadhaya oo uu u ahaa Aabo, Allan Michel waa nin ku dheer taariikhda iyo qadiyada Somaliland in badana ka soo shaqeeynayey waxanan qabaa guul guulihii uu halganka ugu jiray inuu taabtay, ta xigtana waxaan u arkayay inuu gudbiyey fariin xanxantaynaysay ummada reer S/land waxaanu Xildhibaan Qabile intaa raaciyey inuu ku hambalyaynayo Raysal Wasaaraha Jawaabtii uu ka bixiyey Su’aashii la weydiiyay oo ahayd mid diiran. “Waxaanu ogsoonahay labadii dagaal ee dunida ee aynu soo maray shalay anigoo riyo ku tagay baan arkayey cariga ingiriiska oon xabaalihii awoowyaashay xasuustay labadii dagaal ee dunida ee aynu soo marnay abaal weyn baynu isku lahayn Maxmiyada Ingiriiska iyo taariikh” kuwaasi waxay ka mid ahaayeen hadaladii farxada lahaa ee Xildhibaan Qabile. Xildhibaan Axmed Diiriye NacNac oo ah Xoghayaha Gudida joogtada ah ee Golaha Wakiilada ayaa sheegay talaabadaas uu ninkaasi ku dhawaaqay inay tahay tu lagu diirsaday waxaanu taageeray talaabada uu madaxweyne Rayaale la kulmay shalay waxaanu sheegay inay tahay in gacmaha lays qabsado, waayo wadanka dantiisu waa mid ay u siman yihiin dhamaan dadkiisu, waxaanu xusay magac weyn inay ugu sugan tahay Madaxweyne Rayaale . Dhinaca kalena waxay dadku aad ugu rajo weyn yihiin talaabada tan xigta ee uu Madaxweynuhu laba iyo tobanka bishan uu ku tegi doono wadanka Maraykanka taas oo ah halka ay ku abaaran tahay guusha laga filayo safarka Madaxweyne Rayaale.

Källa: Haatuf, Issue  1623 Jan.11, 2008

US Debating Shift of Support in Somali Conflict

Although establishing diplomatic ties with breakaway states arguably sets a bad precedent, there are clearly special circumstances in which adherence to the international norm of respecting a regime’s full and complete territorial sovereignty over the land within its official borders must be bypassed.
The case of Somaliland is a strong example. Somaliland was an independent state between 26th of June 1960 until a voluntary union with Italian Somaliland on 1st July 1960. 
 

To set the context, Somalia is shaped like the number seven and is divided into roughly three main regions. The first and most often discussed area falls on the diagonal portion of the seven and is legally ruled, in name only, by the recognized official transitional government of Somalia.
This region is home to Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu, the site of the infamous Black Hawk Down incident of 1993, and has experienced the bulk of Somalia’s civil war. In the corner of the seven is the semi-state of Puntland, which comparable to Iraqi Kurdistan, desires to remain part of Somalia as a whole while wielding a significant degree of autonomy. This also holds true for Somalia’s lesser known autonomous regions. Finally, on the majority of the horizontal portion of the seven is Somaliland.

Unlike Somalia’s other major regions, Somaliland does not recognize the authority of the Transitional Federal Government and sees itself as a fully independent state. Despite receiving limited foreign aid, as breakaway states rarely receive money from governments with whom they do not share diplomatic ties, Somaliland has done surprisingly well.

In his February 27, 2007 article for the New York Time’s entitled A Land of Camel Milk and Honey, renowned scholar Nicholas Kristof described Somaliland as a tranquil and democratic state with a fully functional and freely elected democratic government and a reliable public service sector including schools, hospitals and even a library.
In contrast to Mogadishu, where one might feel naked without full body armor and an automatic rifle, Somaliland’s capital of Hargeisa is home to a “thriving jewelry and financial market [where] scores of vendors, most of them women, are hawking millions of dollars worth of gold, precious stones and foreign currency out in open air.”

So if Somaliland is a bastion of freedom in the middle of hell, why would the United States think twice about establishing diplomatic ties with the unrecognized state? Well, it’s not that easy, and the process would be mired by red tape and technicalities.

Furthermore, there is disagreement within the US government as to what direction to take. Whereas the Pentagon wants to push through with establishing ties with Somaliland, which is seen as a step in the right direction in the fight against al-Qaeda and Islamic extremism, the State Departments wants to continue its full support of the transitional government and its claim over the whole of Somalia. 

Although the State Department’s reasoning is not without merit and works as a generally good rule of thumb in most situations, it runs counter to the interests of the United States and the democratic world as a whole.

While a good number of African countries continue to fail miserably despite being on the receiving end of heavy foreign aid packages, Somaliland has thrived with little funds, and as a result, should be rewarded for its efforts and established as a model of independence. After all, the West wants nothing more than to shatter Africa’s dependency on its money and resources, and if it takes a breakaway state to set an example, then so be it.
The more states in Africa that are like Somaliland, the less other African countries will be able to use the excuse “we are failing because we aren’t getting enough resources from the West.”

More importantly, however, is Somaliland’s location and the context in which it finds itself. The horn of Africa is an often overlooked yet critical front in the war on terror and Islamic extremism.

It is one thing to continue to defeat the terrorists and insurgents on the battlefield, and the allies of the United States, particularly Ethiopia, have done a tremendous job of defeating Somalia’s former Islamist regime, but military victories are not enough to win this war.
This is a war of ideology, a war between democracy and Islamism, and nothing will unsettle the Islamists more than establishing free governments in the territories that they wish to control. The future of Somalia is uncertain compared to Somaliland, and as they say “a bird in hand is better than two in the bush.”

Certainly, if Somalia were a stable democratic state whose government freely and fairly governed the whole of its territory, Somaliland’s independence from Somalia would be unnecessary. There is no reason to break apart an already functioning democratic state. Far from this, however, Somalia is a collapsed state, and there is little utility for the State Department’s passing up a significant opportunity for the growth of democracy in order to protect the “legitimacy” of a government who rules in name only.

Instead, the United States should focus its efforts on ensuring a complete military victory of our allies in Somalia and encourage the transitional government to be realistic by cutting its losses and counting its blessings.
Source Washinghton Post 

Somalilands försvar styrkor krossade Majerteinas millis igår

    

  

Somalilands sytkor blev attacerad av ca 100 milliser  igår utanför Las Anod. Det här var ett försöt desperat från millisen sida att stabillisera Las anod regionen som sedan oktober förra året 2007 är Somalilans händer. Ca 40 tal milliser har tillfånga togs och döda och skadade bland milliserna är stora enligt försvar ministern i Somaliland. Fångarna transporterades till Burao. Somaliland kommer att behandla fångrna enligt Geneva Konventionen. Bland gripna finns några högt uppsatta millitärer från Majertenians arme.

Det här är ett stort nederlag för Majerteinans försök att stabillisera regionen som har drabbats hård av milliser från Majertenia (puntland) som trakasserat befolkningen där. Somaliland har åter igen stabilliserat området, barnen kan gå skolor, kvinorna kan gå ut utan att vara rädda för våldtäkt, och kidnappning osv.

Vi har fått namnen på de milliser som Somaliland har fågat i attacken. Nr 1, -nr3 på namn listan här är hög uppsatta millitärer från Majertenia.

1-Deyr Maxamed Cabdi Iska toos(TaliyeK/xigeenkii ciidanka Puntland)

2-Maxamed Cabdi Salwo…..Taliye Guuto

3-Maxamed Xiir Cabdi…..Taliye Guuto

4-Cabdi KhadarXasan Maxamed

5-Axmed Maxamed AW-Aadan

6-Cabdi Jaamca Axmed

7-Maxamed Shire Cumar

8-C/raxmaan Weli Cabdi

9-Daauud Saleebaan Yuusuf

10-C/qaadir Umal Xuseen

11-Khadar Salaad Xasan

12-C/llaahi Cali X.Axmed

13-Faysal Xirsi Xiirey

14-Maxamed Xasan Maxamuud

15-Faysal Cabdi Xasan

16-Axmed Cabdi Yuusuf

17-Aadan Cabdi Balayax

18-Cabdi xiis Aadan Xasan

19-Xasan Mahdi Ismaaciil.

20-Shugri Maxamuud Xasan.

21-Cawil Cabdi Maxamuud

22-Cabdi Ayjeex Jiireeye

23-Cabdi xanaan Cali Madoobe

24-Axmed Xirsi Cismaa

25-Axmed Saleebaan yuusuf.

26-Maxamuud Ismaaciil Cali

27-Khadar Xuseen Galbeedi.

28-C/naasir Axmed Cali.
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