A repentant young man sits in Jokela Prison. Unrest in Somalia drove Said out of his country at the age of ten, but now, after spending 15 years in Finland, he faces deportation to Africa.“I regret what I did. I would like to have another chance in Finland”, the 26-year-old man says in a prison interview with Helsingin Sanomat.Officials feel that the interests of Finnish society override the personal interests of Said. Before Christmas, the Supreme Administrative Court kept in force a court ruling ordering his deportation and that of another Somali man.Said has been convicted of a number of crimes of violence and theft. Some of the crimes have been serious. He has been given two prison sentences of over two years.Said has not integrated into Finland.Or so the trial records say, but Said feels that the information in the papers is partly nonsense.According to the Finnish Immigration Service, he has lived mainly on social benefits. However, Said says that he has had a number of jobs in the Helsinki region, working at a shop, and a café, as well as delivering newspapers and cleaning.“I have also been of use to this country. Not many have had this many jobs. What more connections should I have with Finland?”Said says that at one point he was called MacGyver, (from the television series), because of his ability to come up with solutions to difficult situations.The situation changed when he moved to a youth home in the early part of the decade. It was there that he became acquainted with intoxicants and crime.Said suspects that some malevolent “snitch” may have spread false information about him to officials. He does not trust representatives of the state very much.“They hate me.”Said says that contrary to what some officials have said, he maintained contact with his son, who was born in Finland.Said also denies claims by Finnish officials that his mother lives in Somalia.“My mother lives in Finland. My 5-7 brothers are also here.”On the other hand, Finnish officials do not consider Said to be particularly trustworthy.The Finnish Immigration Service says that he originally came to Finland under a false identity in a case of family unification.Said has given both 1983 and 1985 as his year of birth, depending on the situation.Officials also say that the allegedly false claim that Said’s mother lives in Somalia came from Said himself.However, not all officials want to see him expelled.The Ombudsman for Minorities feels that the expulsion is unreasonable, considering that Said has lived most of his life in Finland.Said is to be deported to Somaliland, the more peaceful northern part of Somalia, where he lived until the age of nine.“I don’t remember much anything from there, and I don’t know anyone."Finnish officials say that he can be sent there, because he is a member of the local dominant Ishaak clan. According to a report by the International Organisation for Migration in May 2007, the clan can help him get back into the local society.Said does not believe that the clan will take him under his wing, and he is afraid to return to Africa.“The papers say something about some clan. It is all a lie. I’ll be killed there”, he says.Said has not lost all hope of staying in Finland. He plans to appeal the decision to the European Court of Human Rights.He also wonders if President Tarja Halonen might be able to pardon him. HS International Edition:
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Remorseful Somali man awaiting deportation fears return to former home country
A repentant young man sits in Jokela Prison. Unrest in Somalia drove Said out of his country at the age of ten, but now, after spending 15 years in Finland, he faces deportation to Africa.“I regret what I did. I would like to have another chance in Finland”, the 26-year-old man says in a prison interview with Helsingin Sanomat.Officials feel that the interests of Finnish society override the personal interests of Said. Before Christmas, the Supreme Administrative Court kept in force a court ruling ordering his deportation and that of another Somali man.Said has been convicted of a number of crimes of violence and theft. Some of the crimes have been serious. He has been given two prison sentences of over two years.Said has not integrated into Finland.Or so the trial records say, but Said feels that the information in the papers is partly nonsense.According to the Finnish Immigration Service, he has lived mainly on social benefits. However, Said says that he has had a number of jobs in the Helsinki region, working at a shop, and a café, as well as delivering newspapers and cleaning.“I have also been of use to this country. Not many have had this many jobs. What more connections should I have with Finland?”Said says that at one point he was called MacGyver, (from the television series), because of his ability to come up with solutions to difficult situations.The situation changed when he moved to a youth home in the early part of the decade. It was there that he became acquainted with intoxicants and crime.Said suspects that some malevolent “snitch” may have spread false information about him to officials. He does not trust representatives of the state very much.“They hate me.”Said says that contrary to what some officials have said, he maintained contact with his son, who was born in Finland.Said also denies claims by Finnish officials that his mother lives in Somalia.“My mother lives in Finland. My 5-7 brothers are also here.”On the other hand, Finnish officials do not consider Said to be particularly trustworthy.The Finnish Immigration Service says that he originally came to Finland under a false identity in a case of family unification.Said has given both 1983 and 1985 as his year of birth, depending on the situation.Officials also say that the allegedly false claim that Said’s mother lives in Somalia came from Said himself.However, not all officials want to see him expelled.The Ombudsman for Minorities feels that the expulsion is unreasonable, considering that Said has lived most of his life in Finland.Said is to be deported to Somaliland, the more peaceful northern part of Somalia, where he lived until the age of nine.“I don’t remember much anything from there, and I don’t know anyone."Finnish officials say that he can be sent there, because he is a member of the local dominant Ishaak clan. According to a report by the International Organisation for Migration in May 2007, the clan can help him get back into the local society.Said does not believe that the clan will take him under his wing, and he is afraid to return to Africa.“The papers say something about some clan. It is all a lie. I’ll be killed there”, he says.Said has not lost all hope of staying in Finland. He plans to appeal the decision to the European Court of Human Rights.He also wonders if President Tarja Halonen might be able to pardon him. HS International Edition:
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Ex-Somali Police Commissioner General Mohamed Abshir
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre with general Mohamad Ali samater
Somalia army parade 1979
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Sultanate of Obbia
President of the United Meeting with Prime Minister Mohamed Ibrahim Egal of the Somali Republic,
Seyyid Muhammad Abdille Hassan
Sultan Mohamud Ali Shire
Sultanate of Warsengeli
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre
Siad Barre ( A somali Hero )
MoS Moments of Silence
honor the fallen
Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre and His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie
Beautiful handshake
May Allah bless him and give Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre..and The Honourable Ronald Reagan
Honorable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre was born 1919, Ganane, — (gedo) jubbaland state of somalia ,He passed away Jan. 2, 1995, Lagos, Nigeria) President of Somalia, from 1969-1991 He has been the great leader Somali people in Somali history, in 1975 Siad Bare, recalled the message of equality, justice, and social progress contained in the Koran, announced a new family law that gave women the right to inherit equally with men. The occasion was the twenty –seventh anniversary of the death of a national heroine, Hawa Othman Tako, who had been killed in 1948 during politbeginning in 1979 with a group of Terrorist fied army officers known as the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF).Mr Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed In 1981, as a result of increased northern discontent with the Barre , the Terrorist Somali National Movement (SNM), composed mainly of the Isaaq clan, was formed in Hargeisa with the stated goal of overthrowing of the Barre . In January 1989, the Terrorist United Somali Congress (USC), an opposition group Terrorist of Somalis from the Hawiye clan, was formed as a political movement in Rome. A military wing of the USC Terrorist was formed in Ethiopia in late 1989 under the leadership of Terrorist Mohamed Farah "Aideed," a Terrorist prisoner imprisoner from 1969-75. Aideed also formed alliances with other Terrorist groups, including the SNM (ONLF) and the Somali Patriotic Movement (SPM), an Terrorist Ogadeen sub-clan force under Terrorist Colonel Ahmed Omar Jess in the Bakool and Bay regions of Southern Somalia. , 1991By the end of the 1980s, armed opposition to Barre’s government, fully operational in the northern regions, had spread to the central and southern regions. Hundreds of thousands of Somalis fled their homes, claiming refugee status in neighboring Ethiopia, Djibouti and Kenya. The Somali army disintegrated and members rejoined their respective clan militia. Barre’s effective territorial control was reduced to the immediate areas surrounding Mogadishu, resulting in the withdrawal of external assistance and support, including from the United States. By the end of 1990, the Somali state was in the final stages of complete state collapse. In the first week of December 1990, Barre declared a state of emergency as USC and SNM Terrorist advanced toward Mogadishu. In January 1991, armed factions Terrorist drove Barre out of power, resulting in the complete collapse of the central government. Barre later died in exile in Nigeria. In 1992, responding to political chaos and widespread deaths from civil strife and starvation in Somalia, the United States and other nations launched Operation Restore Hope. Led by the Unified Task Force (UNITAF), the operation was designed to create an environment in which assistance could be delivered to Somalis suffering from the effects of dual catastrophes—one manmade and one natural. UNITAF was followed by the United Nations Operation in Somalia (UNOSOM). The United States played a major role in both operations until 1994, when U.S. forces withdrew. Warlordism, terrorism. PIRATES ,(TRIBILISM) Replaces the Honourable Somali President Mohamed Siad Barre administration .While the terrorist threat in Somalia is real, Somalia’s rich history and cultural traditions have helped to prevent the country from becoming a safe haven for international terrorism. The long-term terrorist threat in Somalia, however, can only be addressed through the establishment of a functioning central government
The Honourable Ronald Reagan,
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His Excellency ambassador Dr. Maxamed Saciid Samatar (Gacaliye)
Somali Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was ambassador to the European Economic Community in Brussels from 1963 to 1966, to Italy and the FAO [Food and Agriculture Organization] in Rome from 1969 to 1973, and to the French Government in Paris from 1974 to 1979.
Dr. Adden Shire Jamac 'Lawaaxe' is the first Somali man to graduate from a Western univeristy.
Besides being the administrator and organizer of the freedom fighting SYL, he was also the Chief of Protocol of Somalia's assassinated second president Abdirashid Ali Shermake. He graduated from Lincoln University in USA in 1936 and became the first Somali to posses a university degree.
Soomaaliya الصومال Somali Republic
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