Perhaps Gedi and
Zanawi are turning the clock back to colonialism
time.
Will 2006 of
Somalia be 1948 of Palestine?
Abdullahi Cisman
Abdullahi2005@hotmail.com
Sadly to say Somalia is again
facing volatile future. Somalia has dark history and faces
even darker days a head, with the Ethiopian occupation and
the return of warlords the future of Somalia remains
uncertain one. Today there is talk of Somalia being
eliminated from world map something no one has imagine it
weeks ago it could come so fast and swift specially when the
country is in a state of occupation
Today Hussein Mohamed Aideed,
the interior minister of the transitional federal government
said Somalia and Ethiopia will share a single passport, and
the 2000km border the two countries share will be
eliminated. Aided continue his claim of wiping Somalia from
the world map and said "Ethiopia is the only country which
supported Somalia out of the trouble” in other words this is
our way of saying thank you Ethiopia for putting us back to
power, but this is huge sacrifice giving up a whole country,
I wonder if this man have power to decide the destiny of
Somalia, this may well seem possible as Muqadisho becomes
the third Arab League member State capital occupied after
Baqdad, Jerusalem and fourth in the Islamic world adding
Afghanistan on the list.
Aided mentioned the friendship
between the two countries and called local clan elders not
to see Ethiopia as their enemy but rather as brotherly
country. The animosity of the two nations goes back to 1964
on Border dispute with two major wars which caused thousands
of lives on both sides.
Mr. Aided used European Union
as an example of former enemies who fought World War I and
World War II yet are united as one nation without mentioned
every European Union member state has its own boundary.
Again European Union was only established in 1992 under this
name and during which there were no hostilities between the
member states.
On the other hand Ethiopia is
historical national enemy of Somalia and has waged war
against Somalia it may not at war with Aided, Yusuf and
Gedi and others within the TFG who support U.S.-backed
Ethiopian invasion under pre-text of war on terror for their
own sake and interest. It's equally important to remember
these folks were not elected by the citizens of Somalia nor
can they claim they have the support of Somalis at large.
Ethiopia is at war with
millions of Somalia who are patriotic when it comes to their
country and have every right to defend their country
including members of Interim Government most notable the
speaker of the parliament Shareef Hassan Sh. Aden who called
the military intervention illegal "The presence of Ethiopian
troops in Somalia is illegal, it is against the charter of
the transitional government" and further more called Somalis
to resist this antagonism against the Somali people.
Aided is no stranger to many
Somalis he is the son of late Mohamed Farah Aided who is
well known for his stand against the Ethiopians and
traitors, for whatever way he may be comparable to his late
father, Hussein is not a stanch nationalist and those who
know him well will tell you expect him anything from him. As
one Somali elder put it to me "In Aidieed ka fila wax walba"
I recall back in 2003 he was
the only Somali politician I have ever known to support the
war in Iraq and he said the war was justified and when asked
a question if this war was a war against Islam as many in
the Muslim world would say so, his response was "this is a
war against terrorism and WMD" which both turn out to be
bogus claims made by the Americans, a chilling reminder that
Hussein supported a war that was illegal and many of the
world leaders were against it, Former Secretary-General Kofi
Annan Called it "The US-led invasion of Iraq was an illegal
act that contravened the UN charter" an interview Annan gave
to British Broadcasting Corporation on16 September, 2004.
This is all unfolding when
only few weeks ago the world map image was circulated in
Somali Media websites with the map of Somali omitted and
joined with Ethiopia, the source claming the map was leaked
from the office of Somali Premier Mohamed Ali Gedi in
Baidao, nevertheless Gedi's government denied the accusation
and called it "fabrication".
The words of Interior Minster
Hussein Aideed would only authenticate speculation
surrounding the map and the really intention behind this
naked invasion against sovereign nation. May be we are too
naïve to think this is just short period of occupation as
like us to think that way, perhaps Gedi and Zanawi are
turning the clock back to colonialism time who knows only
time will tell.
Abdullahi Cisman
Abdullahi2005@hotmail.com
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