Subject: Whatever happened to United Somalia! The series continues. (long article)

From: [email-masked] (Yussuf S. Ali)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 15:45:26 -0800

Article: soc.culture.somalia.3751
First 20 lines:
 The following article was reprinted with the Author's permission.
 I welcome all your comments. 
 Yussuf
 Amina H. Adan
 The current political turmoil in Somalia has stunned foreign
 governments, disappointed experts on Somali affairs and seems
 incomprehensible to non-Somalis.
 Most non-Somalis regard Somalia as a state consisting of a
 homogeneous people who speak the same language, adhere to the
 same religion (Islam) and culture.
 Indeed, to some extent this is all true.
 Yet, when the tyrannical regime of Siyad Barre was driven out
 of power by militias of the SNM (Somali National Movement) and
 USC (United Somali Congress), the country broke up into
 Somaliland (northern Somalia) and Somalia (southern Somalia).
 Moveover, southern Somalia descended into anarchy perpetuated
 by internecine clan wars, resulting in the deaths of tens of
 thousands of civilians.
 The carnage in southern Somalia, together with the starvation
 in the Mogadishu-Baydhabo (Baidoa)-Kismayo triangle shown nightly

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From: [email-masked] (Hussein Mohamud)
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 15:45:26 -0800

Article: soc.culture.somalia.3763
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 > I welcome all your comments. 
 Dear Yusuf:
 This is a piece of garbage that intends to re-write Somalia's history. You
 are only the messenger, and I rather prefer to discuss with the writter of
 this none sense.  She started with fragmented society who have nearly
 nothing in common and she ends up a group of people called Daarood were
 indeed coherent and tried to dominate collectively the fragmented
 society. She even suggested the international community helped them to
 reach their goal. She is living IRIRISM.  She defends Aidid publically, and
 tries to portray him as a hero. She feeds the World that the northerns
 are more civilized people who can run their affairs better than
 southerners without showing us the historical evidence. She can not have both
 ways.... Could she? .... What a waste of TIME....... What a waste of
 TIME..... If I were you, I would not post this piece of garbage this time

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