Ethio-Somali

A small minibus that carries passengers from the capital Mogadishu to Baidoa, a seat for the Somali government, was reported to have exploded at a government checkpoint quite near Baidoa. Witnesses said they had seen dead bodies and seriously injured people lying around.

Casualties cannot be verified yet. It is not clear what caused the explosion or if the bus was packed with explosives. On 18 September, double suicide car bombings had taken place in Baidoa as the Somalia president Abdulahi Yusuf escaped the suicide attacks but his younger brother died in the explosions.

Islamist: An Ethiopian military truck blown up in southern Somalia

Mogadishu 30, Nov.06 ( Sh.M.Network) Union of Islamic Courts claimed Thursday that their backers in Bai province, southern Somalia, have blown up an Ethiopian military pickup truck passing between Gofgadud and Manas areas on the edge of Baidoa, a seat for the transitional government.

Sheik Muktar Rbow, head of Islamic Courts security section, said pro-Islamist groups around Baidoa town had ambushed an Ethiopian convoy, destroying one pickup truck. Robow did not say the casualties.

The Islamic Courts claim could not be verified, however.

Number of Ethiopian battlewagons were blown up in the past after they crossed Somalia’s southern border with Ethiopia to reach the government’s base in Baidoa where thousands of Ethiopian troops are reported lingering.

Neither the Ethiopian nor the Somali governments were available for comments over the issue.

Abu Mansoor said the ambush attack was fulfilled by residential militias in Bai province, southern Somalia, accusing Ethiopian government of deploying fresh military forces in Somalia’s southern and central provinces where the Ethiopian troops and Islamist fighters were facing off.

Despite UN Security Council postponement of alleviating the arms embargo on Somalia indefinitely, flow of arms and Ethiopian troops in the country have escalated. Ethiopian troops are reportedly in Galkayo while Islamists are in Badiradley, which is less than 18 km away from Ethiopian stronghold.

Member states of UN Security Council unanimously agreed to tighten up the arms embargo on Somalia until further consultations.

This is third Ethiopian military vehicle destroyed by pro-Islamists in southern Somalia. Earlier the Ethiopian government admitted it had one of their armored vehicles blown up in Somalia.

Taaliska diktatooriga ah ee Meles Zanawi waxa uu in muda ahba ku mashquulsanaa siduu dweeynaha Itoobiya uga heli lahaa taageerid dagaalka uu damacsanyahay in uu ku qaado wadanka Soomaaliya gaar ahaan Maxkamada Islaamiga ah.

Meles Zanawi si uu u jahwareeeiyo kadibna taagero uga helo dadweeynaha Itoobiya waxa uu ugu horeeynti ku kacay in kaadiriintiisa ay isticmaalaan kaniisadaha wadanka gaar ahaan kuwa ku yaala konfurta wadanka oo ay degaan qowmiyada Oromada iyo kuwa loo yaqaan dadka konfureedka. Kaniisadahan waxaa loo qeeybiyey sameecado ay dadka ku kiciyaan oo sida aan horeyba boggan idin kugu soo gudbiney waxaa ka mid ahaa ereyadooda” hadii aydan is difaacin waad lumeeysaan, diintiina difaaca” oo ula jedeeedadu ay aheeyen in askar loogu ururriyo talsika uu wakhtiigiisan damaadey. Talaaba xigtaa waxay aheeyeed in la iska horkeeno muslimiinta iyo masiixiyiinta oo ay abaabulkeega hogaaminayeen kaaadiriinta Tigreega. Gobolada ismaamulka Oromada iyo kuwa dadka koonfureedka waxaa ku dhinteen dad aad u fara badan oo isgu jira muslimiin iyo masiixiyiin. Sida ay sheegayaan muslimiinta masjidyadooda la gubey waxaa talaabadaas ka danbeeyey dowlada Meles Zanawi. Video laga soo duubey dhibkaas oo ujeedadiisu aheeyed in taageero loogu helo wadamada Reer Galbeedka waxaad ku arkeeyessa dadka ilmeeynaya in ay agtaaganyihiin kuwa wataa labiska askarta dowladda.

Dhinaca kale waxaa uu taliska isku deyey in uu taageero ka helo ururada mucaarida gaar ahaan kuwa ka soo jeeda qowmiyadaha uu islahaa weey kugu raacayaan weerarka Soomaaliya iyo isagoo si joogta ah raadiyaha iyo Telefishinka wadankaas u isticmaaley mid uu ku kicinayo dadweeynha ereyada ay isticmaalayaan waxaa ka mid ah ” Maxkamaduhu waa argagixso, Somaaliya waa hoyga argagixisada, Itoobiya ayeey khatar ku yihiin”. Sidoo kale kaligii taliye Meles Zanawi waxa uu in muda ahba wadey in uu qabto shirar jaraa’id oo isdaba joog ah oo uu markasta ku soo qaadayo arimaha Somaaliya, dhowaan waxaa uu la shirey baarlamaanka maqaarsaarka ah ee Itoobiya arinta ugu weeyn oo uu ka hadeley waa Soomaaliya. Hadaba inkasta oo uu kaligii taliye Legesse ( Waa magaciisa dhabta inta uusan bedelin) Zenawi sideey u arkaan ummadda Itoobiya??

Ururada mucaarika ku ah taliska hadii aan soo qaadano.

ONLF ( Jabhadda Wadaniga Xoreeynta Ogadeeniya): Warmurtiyeed ay soo saartey shaley waxay ku cadeeysey in ay marnaba ogolaan doonin in dhulka Ogadeeniya loo isticnmaalo goob laga soo weeraro Soomaaliya. ( http://ogaden.com/onlf28Nov06.htm).

OLF ( Jabhdda Xoreeynta Oromada) warmurtiyeed ay soo saartey Jabhadda (http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article18989) waxay ku cambaareeysey  falka uu Meles kawado gudaha Soomaaliya waxay dadweeynaha Oromada ugu baaqdey in aysan ka qeeyb qaadan dagaalka gardarada ah.

CUDP: Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party( Kinijit): a oo ah xisbi matal intiisa badan qowmiyadda Amxraarada warmurtiyeed uu soo saarey todobaadkan kuna qoran luuqada afka amxaariga http://ethioforum.org/pg/albums/userpics/10001/kinijit_on_war_014_11_26_06_1_1%5B1%5D.pdf) oo uu hal kudhegiisu ahaa ” dhorinta ye Itoobiya hsib mirja aydelem” oo micnaheedu yahay dagaal ma ahan waxay dadweeynaha Itoobiya doorteen waxay ku cambaareeyn taliska wayaanaha dhaqdhaqaaqa gardarada ah ee uu ka wado gudaha Soomaaliya.

Inkasta oo uu taliska diktatooriga ah ee Meles Zanawi uu aaminsyahay in uu  taageero ka haysato dadweeynaha xaaldda dhabta ah waa mid ka duwan tan taliska. Hadii aan tusaale u soo qaadano tartankii orodka ee sabtidii iyo axadii aan soo dhaafney ka dhacay magala madaxda wadan ee Addis-Ababa oo isu bedeley banaaanbanx ereyda ay 25,000 oo oradyahano ku dhuwssqsyeen ayagoo hormaray madaxtooyada Meles waxaa ka mid ahaa “ke-woyannie, yishalal Sumalie” oo micnaheedu yahay wayaanaha (Tigreega) waxaa noo dhaama Soomaali. Sidoo kale waxaa jira waraaqo lagu daadiyey xeryaha militeriga ee Itoobiya oo loogu digayo Ciidanka Itoobiya inaysan ka qeeyb qaadan weerarka gardarada ah ee uu tsliku Soomaaliya ka wado. Dhinaca kale warar ay ilo militeri soo gaarasiyeen shabkadda ethio-somalia.blog.com waxa uu sheegayaa in kacdoon hosaad aad u abaabula uu ka taaganyahay militeriga Itoobiya dhexdiisa uuna qarka u saaranyahay qarax.

Isku soo duuduub oo Meles Zanawi kama haysto taageero dadweeynaha weera uu ku qaado Soomaaliya waa tii isaga iyo Tigreega  xukunka laga tuuri lahaa.

Nov 27, 2006 (QOL) Wararka naga soo gaadhaya Gobolka Doolo ayaa sheegay in 12 ka mid ah Ciidamada itoobiya ay isku dhiibeen Ciidamada jabhadda ONLF ee ku sugan Gobolka Doolo gaar ahaan Degmada Nadood.

Ciidamadan oo ku hubaysan dhammaan qoryihii ay wateen ayaa isku dhiibay Jabhadda kadib Markii ay ka baxsadeen Ciidamo itoobiyaan ah oo ku sugan Deegaanka Caado.

Ciidamada Jabhadda ayaa gacanta ku haya kooxdan itoobiyaanka ah ee isku soo dhiibay lamana sheegin wax dhibaato ah oo loo gaystay, Saraakiisha Jabhadda ONLF ayaa horay u sheegay in ayna wax dhibaato ah u gaysan-doonin Askarigii isku soo dhiiba ayna u fududaynayaan halka uu doono Askariga isa soo dhiibay.

Ma’aha markii ugu horaysay ee Ciidamada itoobiyaan ahi ay isku soo dhiibaan Xoogaga Jabhadda ONLF ee dagaalka hubaysan kula jira Dawlada itoobiya waxayan sheegeen Madaxda Jabhadu in bilahan gudahooda ay Jabhadda isku soo dhiibeen dhawr Boqol oo ka tirsan Askarta Itoobiya.

Dhanka kale, Qorshaha soo gelida Ciidamada itoobiya gudaha Dalka Soomaaliya ayaa la sheegayaa in ay salka ku hayso Askartaas sida xawliga ah uga baxsanaysa in loo helo waji lagu mashquuliyo.

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Isu soo bax ay ka qeeybgaleen kumaanaan dad ah oo loogu talagaey tartan orodka Addis Ababa ayaa isku bedeley banaanbax aad u weeyn oo loogu soo horjeedo taliska diktaatooriga ah ee Meles zanawi kumanaankan dad waxay  ku dhuwaaqayaan ” dagaalka Soomaaliya dan nooma ah, hala sii daayo madaxda xisbiga mucaaradka Kinijit, Meles wa tuug” dadkan banaanaxaya oo qaar kamid ku suguan TVga Itoobiya hortiisa waxay dhaleeceeyeen TVga oo noqdey hubka borobagaandada ee taliska diktaatooriga ah’ . War goordhoweeyed naga  soo gaareyAddis Abababa  waxa uu sheegayaa in banaabaxayaashu ay hadda ku suganyihin iridka hore ee madaxtooyada Meles Zanawi iyagoo ku luuqaynaya “meles waa tuug”

Banaanbixii maanta waxa uu ku dhamaadaey iyada oo uusan daadan dhiig. War dheeraad ah oo na soo gaaay waxa uu tibaaxayaa in banaabaxayaasha ay ku dhuwaaqyeen” dagaalka Soomaaliya waa dagaal u gar ah Meles iyo wayaanaha, ha dhaco Meles zanawi”. Ciidamada ilaalada madaxtooyada ee loo yqaan agaazi waxay aad ugu fajaceen sida u hal mar  orodki isugu bedeley banaabax.

Somalia on knife-edge as Ethiopia, Islamists ready for all-out war-AFP

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has said his country has completed preparations for war with neighboring Somalia’s powerful Islamist movement, alongside faltering peace efforts.

Meles told parliament Thursday that the Islamists, who have declared holy war on Ethiopian troops deployed to Somalia to protect the weak internationally backed Somali government, represented a “clear and present danger” to his country.

Less than a hour after after Meles’ announcement, the Islamists gathered in a war council in Mogadishu and said they were ready to defend Somalia from invasion by a “reckless and war-thirsty” Ethiopia.

“This group represents a clear threat to Ethiopia,” Meles told Ethiopian lawmakers in Addis Ababa, which denies UN experts’ claims of having sent thousands of troops to Somalia but admits to sending military advisers.

“To resist this clear and present danger, the policy of this government is first to try to solve the problem through negotiation and dialogue,” he said. “So far, our attempts have not been successful.”

“When any country faces that type of danger it has the full right to defend itself against this threat,” Meles said. “To exercise this right we have been preparing for this kind of response, because it is our responsibility.”

“The government has completed that kind of preparations.”

However, opposition lawmakers then refused to accept a motion endorsing the prime minister’s statements, calling it tantamount to a declaration of war and forcing a delay in the vote in order for revisions to be made.

“As it is, the motion is confusing,” opposition MP Beyene Petros told AFP. “It can be interpreted broadly as declaring war against Islamic courts in Somalia and we cannot take responsibility for that.”

“This motion needs to be amended and negotiated with the parties’ representatives in the parliament,” he said.

Mainly Christian Ethiopia has watched with growing concern the rise on its southeastern border of the Islamists, who seized Mogadishu in June and now control most of southern and central Somalia.

With a large ethnic Somali population, Ethiopia fears radicalization of its sizable Muslim minority by the Islamists, some of whom are accused of links to Al-Qaeda, who have imposed strict Sharia law in areas they control.

In Mogadishu, senior members of the Supreme Islamic Council of Somalia (SICS) met to plot strategy after Meles’ address, delivered after the Islamists claimed to have ambushed several Ethiopian military convoys near the Somali government seat of Baidoa.

“If Ethiopia is ready for war, we are very ready for the defense of our country,” said SICS spokesman Abdurahim Ali Muddey. “But we urge Ethiopia to refrain from its reckless, war-thirsty behaviour.

“We are not a threat to Ethiopia, but the presence of its troops in our homeland is a serious security risk to Somalia as well as Ethiopia,” he told AFP. “The statement by the prime minister is a threat to regional peace.”

On Sunday and Tuesday, the Islamists said holy warriors, or Mujahadeen, had carried out attacks on Ethiopian military targets around Baidoa, the only government-held city about 250 miles (155 miles) northwest of Mogadishu.

Ethiopia has not yet directly commented on the claims but has stressed numerous times that its soldiers in Somalia are there only in a support role for the transitional Somali government and its forces.

Ethiopia is one of 10 countries, along with Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah movement, accused of violating a 1992 UN arms embargo on Somalia by sending weapons and other military goods to the Somali rivals.

The build-up has alarmed UN experts and raised fears of full-scale war in Somalia that could engulf the Horn of Africa region, drawing in Ethiopia and its arch-for neighbor Eritrea, which is accused of backing the Islamists.

Peace talks aimed at averting all-out war collapsed earlier this month in Khartoum, with the Islamists demanding the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops as a pre-condition to meet government delegates.

Urgent efforts are now underway to revive the negotiations, two earlier rounds of which produced limited interim agreements that the Islamists and the Somali government both accuse each other of violating.

Somalia has been without a functioning central authority since the 1991 ousting of strongman Mohamed Siad Barre and the two-year-old transitional government has been unable to assert control.

Madaxii ururka shaqaalaha bangiyada iyo ceeymiska Itoobiya Neway Hailu Tekaw ayaa megangelyo siyaasadeed weeydiistey wadanka Norwey. Mr. Neway oo ahaa ninka matala shaqaale gaaraya ilaa 13.000 waxa uu sheegey sababta uu fakadey in ay tahay isagoo hanjabaad iyo cagajungleen joogta ugu kala kulmay taliska diktatooriga ah ee Meles Zanawi. Sidoo kale wararka naga soo gaaraya isla wadankaas Norwey waxa intaas ku darayaa in ay magagelyo siyaasadeed weeydiisteen Damtew Ayele iyo Alemayehu Herepo oo ah heesayaal caan ah oo ku luuqeeya afka Amxaariga.

ION report: The Ethiopian auditor general
Indian Ocean Newsletter N° 1202 18/11/2006

The Ethiopian auditor general was sacked from his post on 10 Nov., just a short time after he had presented Parliament with a report that was very severe on the government’s management of funds.

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi had responded angrily, stating that regional administrations even had the right to “burn the money” from federal subsidies if they felt like it. Zenawi relieved him of his functions, even though only Parliament is supposed to have the power to do so.

Ethiopians humiliate Meles in Brussels

-He could only speak for 3 minutes

Addis Voice- Ethiopia’s prime tyrant Meles Zenawi was forced to interrupt his speech today at the Brussels EU-African Development Week Presidential Plenary Session. Meles was clearly shaken when some Ethiopian protesters who got the chance of attending the conference started shouting, heckling and chanting slogans. The protesters boldly demanded for the release of political prisoners and his resignation. The humiliating experience did not allow Meles to finish his speech about democracy and good governance. The streetwise ruler had earlier started his speech by saying that the EU should not try to impose democracy in Ethiopia, sources told Addis Voice. Ethiopian protesters who converged in Brussels from different European cities have also condemned the tyrant. “It is a great pity he has flown all the way to Belgium by a plane full of his loyal servants to lie about democracy at the expense of the poor Ethiopian tax payers that he loves shooting at,” said Hailu Abera, one of the Brussels protesters. 

War Deg Deg ah: Kacdoon ay wadaan Ciidanka Itoobiya.

war aanu ka soo xiganey ethiozagol waxa uu sheegayaa in madaxa taliska diktatooriga ee Itobiya Meles Zanawi uu shaqadi ka fariisiyey taliyihii ciidanka cirka Itoobiya Major General Almeshet Degefe. sidoo kale waxaa shaqadii laga eryey laba sarkaal ee ciidanka lugta Brigadiser General Kumera Assefa iyo Brigadier General Asamnew Tgie. Ethiozagol waxay intaas ku dartey in ciidanka Itoobiya ay aad ugu kacsanyihiin taliska, Meles Zanawina uu ku kacay talaabo naflacaarinima ah. kacdoonkan aad u xoogan oo ka taagan ciidanka Itoobiya dhexdiisa wixii soo kordha kala soco dhowaan boggan