Notice to the Mogadishu warlords: Puntland is above reproach, what about you.
By: Yasmiin Abdikariim
May 15 , 2005

For the past decade and half, Somalis created four governments. Three of these governments, before they took root in the rest of Somalia, they perished in the squalors of Mogadishu. With that in mind, the latest government of Somalia has tried to find other creative ways to keep the newly formed government alive in order for it to take root in Somalia.

The president of Somalia Abdilahi Yusuf Ahmed and the Prime Minister Ali Ghedi proposed to first move to other cities, until security is restored in Capital City of Mogadishu, which has earned the nickname of the most dangerous city in the world. However, their proposal was met with riotous disapproval from some Mogadishu warlords, especially Osman Ato and Mohamed Qanyare Afrax. These warlords and their minions later walk out of the peace talks in Nairobi with the pretext of securing Mogadishu, however, they ended up in creating more chaos in the town of Baydhabo, which was proposed to be one of the temporary seat of the government.

This week, these dark forces of Mogadishu have the temerity to accuse the democratically elected leaders of Puntland regional government for meddling into the Baydhabo war. A problem, one might add, the Mogadishu warlords had a hand in its creation in the town of Badhabo, Bay Regions. Just what makes the Mogadishu-mess think anyone will believe their spurious, and baseless claim, which says Puntland is participant of the war in Baydhabo, since Puntland has no interest inside Baydhabo?

The Warlords claim is nothing but smokescreen to instigate public incitement, and to create fresh wars inside Bay Region. They want the Somali Transitional Federal Government to lose its intended seat and sanctuary in Baydhabo. Their aim is to force the government into Mogadishu in order to commit their usual infanticide against this embryonic government, by poisoning, and assassinating the most patriotic members of the government, as they had done in the past, until the government's time once again runs our without ever progressing or taking root in the rest of Somalia.

The accusation goes that the Puntland administration is helping some members of the Badhabo warlords, by supplying them with arms and troops via planes own by Puntland. How absurd! It came as shock to Puntland leaders when the anti-peace, anti-democratic Mogadishu warlords fallaciously accused Puntland for sending arms and troops to Baydhabo. The bewildered Puntland's minister of information Mr. Geesood said, "It is a shock to hear some members of the Somali governments accuses Puntland for engaging a war with the populace of some regions of Somalia." He continue to say " Puntland is famous for being a peaceful area and its people as peace loving people," He categorically denied any involvement with the recrudesce battle that is going inside Bay Region.

These warlords need to be reminded, that is if they understand reasoning, first Puntland does not own planes capable of carrying army and such hardware they claimed. Secondly, Puntland is not thirsty for war and is not in the business of oppressing farther the already oppressed Somali society, if that were the case, there would have been war waging on Northern part of Somalia. The dispute between Puntland and "Somaliland" , Puntland had opted to deal with "Somaliland" administration in civil manner, it has been trying to bring that problem to peaceful conclusion, which from to look of it might succeed. Thus, one wonders why then would Puntland sent their beloved sons to fight all the way in Bay when they would not fight in their own backyard, illogical.

Therefore, these warlords of Mogadishu should take their insane accusation elsewhere, I guess, one cannot be genocidal maniac and sane at the same time. They cannot even come up with plausible excuse for create war in Somalia at this day and age. They can blame others for the problems they create in Somalia; however, eventually the Somali public will see that these vampiric warlords are their oppressor, and are the ones who are keeping the southern Somalia in a dark and hostile place in order to feed off from the indigent and the improvised populace's blood.

The good people of Somalia must remember, even though the president of Somalia is from Puntland, he is no better than Ali Mahdi, Mohamed Caydiid (Allah yaa raxmu) and Abdiqasim Salaad Hassan. If the Mogadishu warlords are rejecting Mr. Abdilahi Yusuf Ahmed's government, it does not come as surprise. The simple fact that he is for peace is why they reject him. The anti-peace, anti-democratic, slave-owners of Mogadishu warlords rejected the governments before this one, they rejected the Prime Minster Ali Ghedi when they would not even allow him to give speech in Mogadishu last week. The warlords animosity does not discriminate against clan, or creed, it only discriminates against anyone who is for peace and progress.

These vampiric warlords should take a note, their days are numbered, there will be a day when the people of Somalia would wake up and realize that they were duped by the warlord, war-profiteers into engaging senseless fratricide for over decade and half. The losers were the Somali public; there is no difference or dispute between the Somali societies. However, the war-profiteers were the ones who created animosity between the Somali society when they play the clan emotive card, they disseminate hate propaganda, playing up to the innocuous difference of the Somali society, the clan. The warlords are the client of Ethiopia, and the warlords are the ones who denied the Somalis any progress by terminating every legitimate government and holding hostage the capital city of Somalia. The warlords are the ones who profited from this war and no one else. There will be a day when their propaganda will evaporate under the consuming sun of the peoples will that will banish these dark force. It is high time that the honest leaders of Somalia to put their difference aside, and look into the eyes of their populace, and ask themselves whether these poor Somalis deserve to lose yet another member of their family? It is high time, the public to stand up against tyranny and demand peace from these warmonger, war profiteers who masquerade as politics. Enough is enough; peace must prevail in the Somali soils.

I would like to take the time to address also the President Abdilahu Yusuf Ahemd and the Prime mister Ali M. Ghedi, all Somali patriots who make this government possible, I sent them my deepest gratitude for their mission of peace and stability in a land that neither promises them riches nor gives them thanks. I thank them for shouldering a responsibility many of their contemporaries failed or shied away, for braving and trekking through the most dangerous country in the world in search of peace, for risking a lost of live in order for future generation of Somalis to live freely and with dignity. I thank them and wish them all the success. They must remember, all peace-loving Somalis stand behind them, and morally support them 100%. They must remember not to be derail from their path of restoration of hope and dignity of the Somalia populace, remember, the time of the tyranny and darkness is about to end. Let the sun shine in.

May god bless Somalia, the motherland.

Simper Fidelist. Somali Patriot.

Yasmiin Abdikariim

yasmiin@myway.com

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