Sheikh Sharif’s Erroneous Perceptions Endanger Somalia’s Future

In a previous article "Somalia: Sheikh Sharif’s Failure is a Matter of Erroneous Perceptions" (http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/97882), I stated that one does not need either to fully support the Al Shabaab and the Hizb ul Islami or even to believe in the establishment of an Islamic state in Somalia in order to see the truth face to face, and thus denounce the instrumentalization of Sheikh Sharif by the colonial powers.

I then published an interview earlier accorded by the Somali Foreign Minister Muhammad Abdullahi Omar to Asharq Al Awsat, the best mass media instrument of the perfidious and criminal English colonial interference in the Middle East, and commented on several points that demonstrate that the newly appointed TFG administration has an absolutely erroneous perception of the realities pertaining to either Somalia and the Horn of Africa or Northeastern Africa and the Middle East.

In general, the Djibouti section of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia accepted a world view and a vision of Middle Eastern and African politics that cannot possibly belong to Somali minds as it is composed by Somalia’s evil enemy, namely the Anglo-French Freemasonic colonial elite that intends to definitely destroy Somalia.

By making theirs a vision of the world politics that has been composed by the colonial regimes of France and England and then projected on various colonized nations and regimes in order to subdue, isolate, and destroy them, the TFG administration simply jeopardizes Somalia’s chances for survival, pacification, and reunification – let alone rehabilitation.

In fact, this false vision projected on the victimized nations that span from the African Atlas to the Horn of Africa, and further on to Caucasus, Central Asia, India and China is the supreme tool of the colonial regimes, and the embroidery of their superiority.

Every nation that accepts the fallacy of this prefabricated vision of self-destruction, which has been malignantly but meticulously prepared by the colonial academia and diplomats and then methodically and persistently projected on the colonized nations, definitely jeopardizes their chances for independent socio-economic development, cultural integrity and political freedom.

When it comes to Somalia, we have the full proof that this fallacy was not accepted either by the assassinated President Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke or the late President Siad Barre, the liberator of Ogaden, who both stand today as Somalia’s best political examples and models of statesman. Both statesmen, although greatly different at the personal level, did not accept to link the then newly re-established Somali state with the evil Anglo-French regimes and their criminal policies. They worked closely with the Italians, which makes sense, of course.

Both, Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke and Siad Barre, realized that Somalia simply cannot exist without Ogaden, and attached great importance to the liberation of the vast western Somali highlands from the Abyssinian pestilence and the Amhara – Tigray barbarism and tyranny. As Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke was assassinated, it was Siad Barre’s task to carry out the effort, and in doing so he practically speaking opposed the entire world.

The fact that Somalia was abandoned by the US, duped by the Anglo-French, and thus defeated by the communist superpower Soviet Union matters very little in terms of political considerations; contrarily, it matters greatly for historical considerations as it demonstrates that a small and proud nation can do wonders if acting on a plan of national reintegration and rehabilitation.

It was not a mistake for Siad Barre to carry out the Ogaden war, as many sick minds today think. It was a success. If he hadn’t concentrated Somalia’s policy making on this issue, the evil Anglo-French colonial conspirers would have carried out their Anti-Somali plan that provides for Somalia’s destruction much earlier.

The Somali idiots and/or criminals, who dare speak against Siad Barre today, forget that if he hadn’t made of Ogaden’s liberation and Somalia’s alphabetization his main targets, the colonially well-prepared "explosion" of 1991 and the subsequent division of Somalia would have taken place already before 1975. Siad Barre made this impossible.

Without Siad Barre’s alphabetization project, and its great success, Somalis would not have been a nation today, because the Anglo-French colonial plans provided (and still do provide) for the diffusion of alien languages and cultures in Somalia, notably Ki-swahili, Arabic and Amharic.

This is the reality for the undeservedly, iniquitously and systematically targeted Somali Nation.

To the aforementioned colonial plans, all the Somali statesmen, politicians, diplomats and academia, intellectuals and spiritual leaders, political activists and socio-economic leaders have to oppose their own policies and projects for Somalia’s rehabilitation.

Success will not come either through the pathetic acceptance of the fake world vision projected on them by the colonial elites or because of an idiotic alliance with either the Anglo-French gangsters or the collapsing pseudo-power of America.

With the present article, I will further expand my comments, first publishing the uncommented part of Foreign Minister Muhammad Abdullahi Omar’s interview. Numbers inserted in the interview text refer to my comments.

Q & A with Somali Foreign Minister Muhammad Abdullahi Omar
Asharq Al Awsat, UK-based international Arabic newspaper

With Khalid Muhammad

March 30, 2009

http://www.eastafricaforum.net/2009/04/01/q-a-with-somali-foreign-minister-muhammad-abdullahi-omar/

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Q) What about your mission as foreign minister?

A) My mission as foreign minister is to convince the world of the need to support these endeavors; without which this country will never have stability. We know that the world and especially those concerned about the region, have to intervene and the Arab world 11 should help us in this.

Q) But there are some who doubt the legitimacy of your government.

A) No, this is no longer acceptable 12; we are a government with full legitimacy and the way the president, government and parliament came about is evidence that the Somali people are determined to put an end to their sufferings. The people are fed up with the situation and are looking for change. 13 There is clear, popular support for our government and the rule of law should be respected.

Q) Nevertheless Arab diplomatic representation in Mogadishu is very limited?

A) Some states such as Sudan, Libya and Yemen 14 do have ambassadors in Mogadishu. I have met with them and actually we carried out our obligations towards them within a week. The government has started to exercise its powers in Mogadishu despite all difficulties and all government members there are actually practicing their powers. The parliament also has been restored, and the President, Sheikh Sharif, was the first to return. The government is there in the capital and is actually exercising its powers. Thus, we have shown 15 the people that we are with them in the capital, but as I said, the presence of the administration is fundamental for government work, and therefore building the state institutions is our primary mission.

Q) Do you think that the presence of Barack Obama at the helm of the US administration serves your outlook?

A) Obama represents the new generation, as we do, and this is very important. 16 We are trying to convince the US administration to cooperate with us and I think the US, as a great power, is interested in Somalia in the same way as it is interested in the Arab world. 17 I am not one of those who believe that the US is against the Somali people. No, I do not think they are.

Q) Are you talking of arrangements for an imminent visit to Washington by President Sheikh Sharif?

A) It is still too early to talk about a visit; may be sometime later. But I can tell you I have met with US and EU officials and I have no doubt about their real intentions. 18

Q) Did they give you any specific promises?

A) Yes they did and they said they will help the Somali government politically and financially. But I believe the major powers in the UN Security Council 19 have to work in the same way as Ahmad Oueld-Abdallah, the UN special envoy for Somalia.

Q) Why is that?

A) Because he is a man of peace; 20 he has been trying to achieve peace for the past two years, and now we have an opportunity to cooperate with him. He is playing an important role and thanks to his efforts, the Security Council and the EU are openly supporting Somalia. 21

Q) What about the relations between Somalia and Eritrea?

A) I believe the positions of the two countries in the past were influenced by the absence of government in Somalia; 22 but that is past, we have a state and government now, although we have groups opposing the government. It should be remembered that the majority of the people have decided they do not want anymore war. 23

Q) Does Ethiopia fear the extremists?

A) We pose no threat to Ethiopia and we have no intention of threatening them. 24 What threatens Ethiopia threatens us, 25 whether we speak of extremists or anybody else. Therefore, everyone should know that the extremists 26 are not issues of importance for anyone. 27 Look for instance, how the issue of piracy was transformed into a regional and international crisis affecting the world economy.

We are therefore prepared to cooperate with the international society. Piracy must stop, 28 but this could not be achieved without security and stability in Somalia. This is also what we are telling the Ethiopians. 29

Q) Are you going to demand that Eritrea expel the Somali opposition?

A) Eritrea is a neighbor and a sister state and we have had long historical relations with each other. As such our relations are not new. We both have a fundamental things in common, regional stability and security, which have been suffering from war for half a century.

We are urging our Eritrean brothers to understand that we are in a new situation and that we want peace and security for the region. We are not interested in conflict or in extremists, inside or outside. Development should be our main concern instead of political and military confrontations. But there are international rules for understanding and cooperation and intervention in internal affairs is unacceptable. What I mean to say is that what happened in Somalia lately was a result of the absence of effective government, 30 but there is no reason for anyone to say now that there is no government or legitimacy in Somalia. 31

Q) Does that mean you intend to talk to the coalition in Eritrea?

A) With regard to those present in Eritrea, our doors are open; we demand, and we are calling on them to live by international rules of non-intervention. If they have any problems with us then we have to sit and talk. It is wrong to look at Somalia as it was two years ago.

Q) Any messages you would like to send to Asmara [Eritrea]?

A) We are ready for discussions; if they have certain points of view we have to sit and discuss them face to face -not from a distance.

Q) But Eritrea does not recognize your government to begin with?

A) That is wrong; if they have any complaints our doors are open. 31 I am saying this once again through you, hoping they would read it and respond positively. We are still at the negotiating table. We are prepared to discuss each and every issue, because peace is our aim.

Q) Do you think it would be possible to reconcile the opposition leader Sheikh Aweys with [President] Sheikh Sharif?

A) I am certain that the two men, who worked together in the past and understand each other, would have no difficulty talking to each other sometime in the future; otherwise they would not have worked together to serve the interests of the Somali people.

Q) I understand that you are trying to remove the names of ‘wanted’ people from terrorist lists.

A) Yes, there are people whose names appear on the ‘wanted’ lists of the US and the UN. This issue has been raised before and the government is taking a stand on it; we shall do whatever we can to help those people, including the opposition groups, provided there is peace and they join in the reconciliation process. Peace should come first and they should prove to the world that they are for peace. 32 After that we move to remove their names from UN and US wanted lists.

Q) As the newest Arab foreign minister, 33 what is your view of the current situation?

A) If you are referring to past differences, you have to remember that there are also differences among EU members. You only need to remember the two world wars to realize that no regional organization or group is without differences. Luckily, unlike Europe, the Arab League was not born out of bloody wars. 34 It was born as a result of common will to support common interests. Therefore we should not exaggerate the differences between Arab states. 35

Commentary

11. The expression is truly childish; "the world" will not be convinced, because "the world" does not consist in one unit but in many different states and governments, constantly contradictory or opposed to one another.

Who said that countries like France, US and England want Somalia to have stability?

If they have truly wanted so, they would have already deployed the due effort. This shows that either Foreign Minister Muhammad Abdullahi Omar says lies to the Somalis or that he believes the lies that the colonial powers of the West and their representatives constantly tell him. Either of the two is unacceptable.

Where does Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar live? Does he think that this world is run by moral and noble representatives of the "technologically advanced West"? There is no moral and noble representative of the English and French regimes. The West achieved technological advance only by pinching and exploiting the natural resources of India, Persia, the Ottoman Empire, and the East African Islamic sultanates.

What does Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar try to do? To let the deceived average Somali believe that the criminal Anglo-French diplomats can possibly tell anybody the truth? Have they ever told anybody the truth? Has Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar forgotten the incommensurable lies that the evil, hysterically anti-Islamic, viciously Freemasonic, Anglo-French diplomats have incessantly told to the Ottomans, the Mughal of India, the Safevids and the Qajars of Iran, the Chinese and the Africans?

How does Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar call he "world" to intervene? The "world" has already intervened in Somalia – in 1991. More recently too, in December 2006.

Somalia does not need the "world" to intervene in the Horn of Africa. If we suppose for a moment that there is a Somali national government in 2009, we automatically understand that its Foreign Minister needs to contact various potential friends and supporters of Somalia, convincingly portraying to them the reasons for which Somalia is important to each of them.

It is true that Somalia has many and powerful enemies, but it is also true that the Horn of Africa nation has many potential friends and supporters. A nascent Somali diplomacy should identify them, contact them, and convince them of the substantive importance for them to support Somalia against the evil plans of the colonial (not the entire) West.

To some extent, China’s supremacy and rise to no 1 superpower depend on Somalia. Similarly, to some extent, Brazil’s emergence and emancipation from the US tutelage hinge on Somalia. There is no doubt that the leading opponents to the evil, Freemasonic Directoire of the European Union (London, Paris and Berlin), namely Italy and Poland, can make of every issue pertaining to Somalia the nightmare of the colonial Anglo-French, by successfully linking it to exclusively European issues.

This is not the space to expand on the basic targets of a national Somali diplomacy, but I want merely to show the potentials. Instead of investigating these potentialities, Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar speaks of an Arab world, something that is fictional at both levels, political and historical. In the previous part of the series, I analyzed why historically there are no Arab countries, and I explained that the concept is merely a colonial fabrication geared to facilitate the destruction of the Ottoman Empire and the criminal colonial interference in its territories.

It was a mistake for Somalia to participate in the Arab League (14 February 1974); in a way, through typical colonial trickeries, the Anglo-French pulled the Somali government to the wrong conclusion that an eventual adhesion to the fake and inexistent Arab World would serve as potential support against Abyssinia. It was all fake.

Not only there is no Arab World, but there is no real Arab League. It is a mere farce, a comical organization of besotted, uneducated, uncultured, and utterly lewd dictators and pseudo-kings, who meet whenever their colonial masters order them to do so, in order to create worse pandemonium, trigger worse frictions, and result in absolute confusion and discord.

As genuinely non Arabic speaking nation, Somalia has nothing to expect from the fanciful and disreputable Arab League. But pushed by the colonial powers therein, the Somali administration generated vain hopes and false self confidence, and instead of identifying possible true allies, and establishing with them true and effective alliances, spent time uselessly, while the colonial powers further advanced their Anti-Somali plans.

12. No matter what Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar asserts, the new TFG guard, Sheikh Sharif and his appointed government, do not have any legitimacy. Certainly, in the very beginning, a majority of the Somalis would give them an opportunity to demonstrate their mettle, their vision, and their ability. By now, the Somalis know that the new TFG administration has only the ability to calmly sell to the Kenyans various parts of the legitimate Somali territory. This however does not consist in any possible credential; it is just a shame.

Legitimacy comes from direct vote; if elections took place today, Sheikh Sharif and his TFG – ARS group would not get the support of more than 20% of all the Somalis, even if the Somali Diaspora participated in the electoral procedure. For this reason, the TFG does not attempt to solve any problem and does not even launch a national reconciliation project – because this is obviously prohibited to them by the colonial powers who keep them in power.

Today, Sheikh Sharif is the National Shame of Somalia.

13. It is truly funny to see Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar speaking of Somalis looking for change. The change that the Somalis desire involves pacification, reunification, rehabilitation and development; but they know very well that the colonial masters of the new TFG administration simply oppose this option, and it is because of the colonial involvement that the Somalis have indeed lost their peace and prosperity. The change most of the Somalis want does not include Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar and the TFG – ARS Djibouti.

14. Although it is important to see more and more diplomatic delegations back in Mogadishu, the three countries mentioned cannot possibly generate enthusiasm. Sudan is a colonial structure that is falling apart; if it has not already been broken to six or seven states, it is because the colonial powers have other plans. If Sudan split today to Darfur, Kordofan, Nubia, Beja Republic of the Red Sea, South Sudan and Central Sudan (the latter being the only Arabic speaking of the breakaway states), this development would be against the colonial interests of the Anglo-French, who want to proceed gradually and orchestrate the annexation of the largest, the richest and the most strategic parts of Sudan to Abyssinia, forming a vast tyrannical realm – fallaciously baptized ‘Ethiopia’ – which would be set for an African Holocaust of unique dimensions.

In fact, Sudan is not important for Somalis – at least under its present form and administration that is greatly prejudicial to the national interests of that country.

Libya is the African Circus; viciously racist, the Anglo-French colonial diplomacies definitely need the pathetic and ludicrous idiosyncrasy of the Libyan dictator in order to methodically, persistently and – of course – successfully ridicule the entire continent. What benefit can Somalia possibly get from the Tripoli Circus?

Should we truly laugh at all those Somalis who indiscriminately suffered, were persecuted, and died over the past 18 years? If this is our purpose, the Libyan charlatan of president will guarantee our success.

Yemen is a state of the utmost impotency. A self-catastrophic tyranny plunged in an endless civil war in the North (Saada), engulfed in underdevelopment in the South and the South-East, and entrapped in many tribal conflicts allover the country that are triggered by the lack of vision of the present rulers. Extensive cultural and ethnic oppression takes place in South Yemen that was annexed by force.

One should wonder how Yemen will help Somalia, since the Yemenite government cannot help Yemen itself and properly claim Najran, the Yemenite territory stolen by the Saudis at the time of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire?

There is therefore nothing for Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar to be proud of, as far as foreign representations in Mogadishu are concerned.

15. This is what Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar says! But this matters truly not. Almost all the Somalis know that the new TFG administration is there with the support of Somalia’s enemies, and in order to implement Anti-Somali agendas. This is what matters; and this was excellently highlighted by the recent Maritime Boundary Agreement signed by Kenya and the new TFG administration.

16. Day by day, it becomes clearer that the Obama administration’s policy making does not differ in anything from that of the previous president. The circumstances change, the countries have to adapt. G. W. Bush did not run a country declared bankrupt; the financial collapse obliges America to change. That is all. America cannot keep soldiers in Iraq at the moment a social explosion is expected back at home as consequence of the economic – financial depression and implosion. There is nothing new in the present US administration.

Similarly, Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar must understand that he does not represent anything truly new; the new TFG administration is absolutely identical with the previous one, and as it appears, it is rather worse.

17. The concept that the new (or the previous) US administration "is interested in the Arab world" is ludicrous. They are interested in promoting their own interests – not the (objectively accepted as national) American interests, but those of the evil foreign groups that hijacked the US sociopolitical, economic and financial life.

If the US had expressed a real interest in the so-called Arab World, which does not truly exist, Washington would have helped all the different nations labeled ‘Arabs’ to rediscover their cultural integrity, reinstate their national identity (Berberic in Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya – Coptic in Egypt – Nubian, Beja and Kushitic in Sudan – Yemenite in Yemen, Oman and parts of SW Saudi Arabia – Aramaean in Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Kuwait, SW Iran, Qatar, Emirates, Palestine, and parts of SE Turkey and Northern Saudi Arabia), preserve and accentuate their linguistic tradition, assess their historical heritage, and setup their proper, accurate and identifiable political profile. This of course is not the case, as far as the aforementioned countries are concerned. And it will never be the case in Somalia.

Even worse, as long as the gullible Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar tries to convince the Americans of something that they know far better than he can possibly imagine (namely the interests of the secretive societies that truly rule Washington), Somalia is going to lose valuable time that should be spent in efforts to convince the potential friends of the Horn of Africa nation – not its unchangeable enemies.

18. This is truly laughable! Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar believes what the US and EU officials tell him! He has no doubt about their intentions! In spite of 18 years of civil war caused by the colonial regimes, the gullible Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar "believes" their representatives! He will probably reconsider when he will be left the last Somali alive in the Horn of Africa…..

This is a shame for the entire country.

19. So brilliant the Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar is that he momentarily forgets that China and Russia have interests that are constantly at the antipodes of those of the US – UK Freemasonic diplomats.

Instead of idiotically asking them to agree on the final dissolution of Somalia (which is the main project Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, the UN special envoy for Somalia has been hired for), Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar should reach out first to Beijing and then to Moscow, in order to check out ways Somalia will benefit from the clash of the great powers, and thus generate some chances of survival for his beleaguered nation.

20. Did Ahmedou Ould Abdallah pay Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar personally for marketing and branding purposes? This is the only words we can say, after this ridiculous hymn composed for a diplomat – tool of the racist and colonial French foreign policy.

You, little idiot of Muhammad Abdullahi Omar, how a diplomat who failed to prevent the civil war at Burundi in 1993 will manage to save Somalia in 2009?

Ahmedou Ould Abdallah is not a man of peace; in fact, he does not give a damn. All he cares about is how to promote every task and mission entrusted to him by the organization to which he belongs: the Apostate Freemasonic Lodge. Nothing more and nothing less.

And what does the gullible Muhammad Abdullahi Omar know of Freemasonic rituals, and of their incompatibility with the Islamic Faith?

21. The truth is precisely the other way round. France and England shaped a new colonial fallacy when the total Abyssinian failure in Somalia risked destroying Abyssinia itself and making it explode in 12 pieces – as it should. According to the new policy, the Abyssinian soldiers would move out of Somalia, and the division, the deprivation, the strife, and the chaos would be further implemented in the malignantly targeted Horn of Africa nation by other means. Once the colonial powers shaped the new policy, they used the Security Council to implement it, benefiting from the unclear and ill-defined African policies of China and Russia. Then, they tasked a trusted Freemason, Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, a puppet of the French foreign policy, to carry out the detailed implementation work. Soon afterwards, they ordered Abdillahi Yusuf to ... retire because his role had evidently ended!

What the gullible Muhammad Abdullahi Omar fails to assess is that one day he too will receive the order to retire because …. (well, this is not difficult to state – any possible lie can be said), and if he does not, an inauspicious car accident, a mysterious helicopter crash, fire or other force majeure will ingloriously put an end to his otherwise useless life.

Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar has to tell all the Somalis whether he finds this situation nationally acceptable and politically suitable, and if not, to resign because his action merely contributes to the prolongation of this situation.

22. This sentence is almost meaningless. Why does TFG Sheikh Sharif administration mean "presence of government" whereas TFG Abdillahi Yusuf administration signifies "absence of government"? The purpose is nonsensical.

23. Another preposterous assumption! Always allover the world it is the same. People do not want the war; only in cases of fanaticism or aggression, the majority of a people opt for war. As the sentence is said, it gives the impression that the Somalis wanted the civil war in 1990 – which is wrong. There has never been a specific moment (either in the 90s or in the 2000s) when the Somalis "decided" that "they do not want anymore war".

24. This is precisely the reason for which the TFG – ARS Djibouti administration will fail. Abyssinia will continue its evil and racist Anti-Somalia policies, the TFG – ARS Djibouti administration will not react, and Somalia will remain divided and plunged in strife. The sentence itself consists in High Treason for any Somali who might say. It means total disregard and disrespect for Ogaden where tyrannized and persecuted Somalis have faced a genocide carried out by the tyrannical administration of the Amhara and Tigray racists.

There cannot be a Somali government that does not pose a threat to Abyssinia – except the colonial state gets dissolved and split to 12 pieces.

25. This shows the extreme complicity of the TFG – ARS traitors; can you really take this shameful sentence "what threatens Ethiopia threatens us" and put it in the mouth of Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke or Siad Barre?

Only then, you will understand the extent of the high treason committed against Somalia by the criminals and/or idiots around Sheikh Sharif.

In a forthcoming article, I will complete my criticism of Mr. Muhammad Abdullahi Omar’s interview.

Note
Picture: The assassinated Somali President Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke is a model of Somali statesman and vivid rejection of his son’s shameful treason of the national interests of Somalia.