Isku soo duu-duuboo, safarka Cabdullahi ee Thailand wuuxuu ummadda Puntland iyo Somaliba u keeni karaa labo dhibaato. Badaha Somaliya oo si raqiisnimo ah loo xaalufiyo iyo xatooyo xoolo dad dhibban oo Somaliyeed – maxaa Cabduulaahi kaga duwan yahay Munyaha Yeman ku haysta Marakiibtii Somaliaya? Waa su'aal gar ah in la isweydiiyo. Munye waa qab-qablaha kaliya ee dibedda dalka ku nool. Ma aha cajiib in Cabdullahi lacag badan ka soo qaatay ninkaas loona isticmaalay madashii khasaaraha – Nairobi/Kenya.

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SOMALI PEACE RALLY

Galkaio City, Somalia, November 24th 2003


PRESS RELEASE

SPR/INFltlk/M11/177/2003


Col. Yousuf Urged to Sttop Pillaging Somalia’s Marine Resources

Galkaio City, Somalia, November 24th 2003 – Somali Peace Rally – The citizens of Somalia have continued to witness many brigand type activities committed by no one but someone claiming the title of a leader, an unfortunate word in today's Somalia.

Reports of toxic waste dumped in Somali territory are widespread. However, the plaguing of Somalia’s marine resources by few individuals with pecuniary motives has become a daily occurrence. Col. Abdullahi Yusuf of Puntland and his commission taking practices ARE a case in point.


Right after the set up of Puntland State of Somalia, the Col. Yousuf had appointed well known middleman for exploiting Puntland’s marine resources. The exploitation of Somali marine resource was a deal between the Colonel and an unscrupulous businessman who had already made deals between the Colonel and his buddy, Gen. Aidid. During Puntland turmoil in 2002, it was reported that Abdullahi lamented under a tree in Gaalkacio while kicked out of Puntland's capital (Garoowe) with a popular revolt, “I was betrayed by a man who used to call me daddy, I am penny less because of conman”, referring to the commissions swindled via fishing contracts with the so-called Hartgroup company.

After a bitter civil war in Puntland, Col. Abdullahi is now in charge of Puntland, obviously without accountability. It is no secrets that the revenue of Puntland people has been diverted from Garoowe to Nairobi for political expenditure at the ill-fated national conference in Kenya torpedoed by Col. Abdullahi and his sponsors.

To perpetuate his dubious deals in Somalia's high seas, the Col. Abdullahi has now recruited another thug, to arrange similar secret contracts in Thailand in November 2002. Abdullahi abandoned his so called ministers in Dubai to keep them away from his secret side trips to Thailand. In the last two years, millions of dollars have been swindled by Abdullahi and his company through similar secret deals. Most of this money has been used for building up militia in order to suppress the people through the barrel of the gun.

It is not only theft that SPR is concerned about. We are concerned about the negative effects these deals have for biodiversity. The vessels that Abdullahi gave fishing permits are involved in sweeping high-value tuna, shark and ray fins, lobster, deepwater shrimp and demersal Whitefish, according to source knowledgeable to marine science. People who know Col. Yousuf very well confirmed to SPR that he is a man who is not known for due diligence. "If he is getting money for building up his warlordship, biodiversity is not an issue for him. If he will stay in power, constitution or democracy has no meaning for him", was argued by his critiques.

"The implications of Abdullahi’s suspicious deals for Puntland/Somalia are of two fold – the resources of the land are stolen by one man and a collaborating gang. Millions are siphoned off in foreign accounts, some of which is used for warlordism, buying armies and recruiting thousands of militias to suppress his people – the biodiversity of the beautiful seas of Somalia is jeopardized by the reckless and uncontrolled fishing vessels.

It is about to time ask, how is Col. Yousuf different from Mr. Munye who is the only warlord residing outside the country – Yemen. It is no surprise that Col. Abbdulahi recently milked $1million from Munye for the ill-fated reconciliation exercise in Kenya. Obviously, Abdullahi decided to exploit Somali marine
resource for personal greed and power hungry dreams.

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