Somaliland: The SSC war is definitely not a war for Somalia
Edit | 03 March 2011 | News
Tribal Homelands- lessons from the SSC Wars
Dr. Abdishakur Jowhar
jowharabdi@gmail.com
April 30, 2011
SSC- Objectively Defined: A well armed and fierce political-military organization. Acronym: SSC; Sool, Sanaag and Cayn, two regions and one district considered alternatively within Somaliland/Somalia/Puntland state borders; but also tribal homeland for the members of SSC . Objectives: Liberation of the land of Dhulbante people from occupation by Isaak tribes by force; overcoming the neglect of Puntland State
(Las Anod, Sool, Somalilandglobe.com) On Friday night Unidentified masked men armed with pistols shot and wounded three people including a Somaliland police officer in the town of Las Anod , officials and witnesses said Saturday.
Dalmar KaahinApril 18, 2011
“Currently, the NSUM [SSC] members are busy collecting money not for rebuilding schools and hospitals but for detonating explosive against Somaliland politicians, police and army officers in Sool region. Mark my words! The NSUM [SSC] has its assassinations contrived.” I wrote in May 2009.
Somaliland does not serve as a haven for piracy
The fact that a Danish family is now being held captive on the coast of the de facto state of Puntland by Somali pirates is an illustration of the unrealistic attitude of the international community toward Somalia – or rather the former country of Somalia.
The IGAD Partners Forum visits Hargeisa
Members of the IGAD Partners Forum (IPF), led by the co-chairs Ethiopia and Italy, paid a visit to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland this week. The visit was made in connection with the efforts of IGAD and its partners to encourage the relative peace and stability of Somaliland and to acknowledge the recent election in Somaliland and it’s peaceful transfer of power.
While the International community revives Somalia, an ominous storm gathers at Somaliland´s borders. The storm gains momentum, and so does the invasive war with ghastly stories to tell. And unlike Somalia´s “Transitional Federal Government” (TFG) that fights against only Jihadists, Somaliland faces three violent groups with conflicting ideologies but with one common goal: achieving Somali unity—at any cost. That is, Somaliland now battles against clan militias, Jihadists, and pan-Somalism rebels.
The United States remains righteously concerned about Somali-American boys travelling to Somalia to join Alshabab. But the U.S. seems oblivious of the Somali-American adults whom not only generously contribute to the Horn of Africa’s miseries but also evidently form violent Alshabab-affiliated rebels that attack Somaliland. Should they be deemed equally dangerous—a real threat to peace and stability in Horn of Africa? Why should they be permitted to slip back to U.S. without a hitch and then go back to Somaliland to wage yet another bloody war?
Beginning from the restoration of the Somaliland state in 1991, Somaliland has been working hard to prove to the world its ability to bring about fundamental structures and policies of a modern state. Somaliland gave first priority to peace and security. This peace and security has provided Somaliland population to enjoy law and order, uninterrupted democratic elections and freedom of expression, and above all deepening democratic culture which attracted the attention of the international community.
We accept the reality that a unified Somalia is not possible. “Up to this point, U.S. policy, EU policy has been to try to create a functional, central government for Somalia to control the entire country. We may now be moving to a situation where we move away from that and accept the reality that a unified Somalia is not possible. So let’s try to at least narrow the areas of ungoverned space in Somalia , make it more manageable by recognizing some of these other statelets that have risen on Somali territory” Professor NIKOLAS GVO U.S. Naval War College
