tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post5282295777471579529..comments2024-01-08T02:16:57.647-08:00Comments on Religion, Sets, and Politics: The International Community Should Recognize SomalilandJoshuahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00637936588223855248noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-16322550333269015902023-05-12T11:57:52.955-07:002023-05-12T11:57:52.955-07:00Great reading yourr blogGreat reading yourr blogMuffin Recipeshttps://www.bakemuffins.com/muffins/raspberry_cherry_muffins_14200168452.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-23465959916787591362009-11-06T20:45:20.008-08:002009-11-06T20:45:20.008-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-38521204010409842142009-09-11T13:19:13.934-07:002009-09-11T13:19:13.934-07:00This is excellent. A good review of american "...This is excellent. A good review of american "love" for Sudan/Darfur:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0zSxPvByUE<br /><br />This shows how full of shit the USA and Britain are. This is why everyone hates the West.Shalmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-17569413394428062612009-08-20T22:22:55.631-07:002009-08-20T22:22:55.631-07:00On the matter of Somaliland, readers will enjoy re...On the matter of Somaliland, readers will enjoy reading the superb text by the South African scholar Prof Iqbal Jhazbhay, with the title:<br /><br />SOMALILAND: AN AFRICAN STRUGGLE FOR NATIONHOOD AND INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION<br /><br />Prof Ali Mazrui rates this text "a major scholarly success". His Foreword to this book can be found at:<br />http://nuradeen.com/resources/Somaliland-Forward.pdf<br /><br />Details on the book are at:<br />http://nuradeen.com/resources/Somaliland-Brochure.pdf<br /><br />This author looks at some of the international and regional dynamic of international recognition.<br /><br />DaveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-35241980029392326812009-08-20T16:52:21.529-07:002009-08-20T16:52:21.529-07:00sorry it was a facebook note I wrote a while ago. ...sorry it was a facebook note I wrote a while ago. wrong time to post it.<br /><br />BUT the same dilemna applies. Everything I said about western interests in Africa apply to Somalia as well.Shalmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-21880891827379952892009-08-20T13:27:42.818-07:002009-08-20T13:27:42.818-07:00The UN would have us believe that, they are trying...The UN would have us believe that, they are trying to respect the OAU’s wishes therefore they can not recognize Somaliland. Does anyone believe that? The other argument that has been raised is if Somaliland breaks away than the rest of Somalia will fall apart I think it is too late for this scenario. Frankly, I think it has to do with oil contracts and debt owed to some powerful nations.Dahirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723524166279512183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-41199861167849691952009-08-20T10:54:49.322-07:002009-08-20T10:54:49.322-07:00Shalmo, that's fascinating. May I ask how it i...Shalmo, that's fascinating. May I ask how it is related to the blog post?Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637936588223855248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-12535726076122372732009-08-20T09:36:05.876-07:002009-08-20T09:36:05.876-07:00Sudan and Darfur is a conflict that has become tot...Sudan and Darfur is a conflict that has become totally absorbed by Western intellectuals - without most even knowing what the conflict is about<br /><br />I recommend reading anything Mahmood Mamdani has written on the topic as of recent<br />he's probably one of the top 5 Africa scholars in the world today<br /><br />the Western media paints the conflict as "Muslim Vs Muslim" - Arab Vs African<br />when in reality the conflict goes back to the division between Camel Nomads, Cattle Nomads, Sedentary Tribes, etc<br /><br />No surprise. This is often done with African conflicts in order to decontextualise and "dumb down" conflicts for the average newspaper reader or TV viewer.<br />You often get what Mamdani calls a "pornography" of violence<br />newsreels showing seemingly random acts of violence - dates, context and insight are all absent - what is important for the viewer or consumer is the actual image of Africans killing Africans<br />or more importantly today - Arabs killing Africans<br /><br />the numbers are also very odd concerning Darfur.<br />I don't know if you've ever heard about "Save Darfur"<br />the NGO/Pressure Group theyre one of the many NGOs that have produced figures for the conflict<br />and Mamdani has analysed the the numbers of casualties - and concluded that they're exaggerated <br /><br />off the top of my head - I can't remember the actual figures<br />but I remember the official US government numbers being scrutinised by guys like Mamdani<br />and now the conensus is that the official figures given by the US government are false<br /><br />- their result was that 400,000 people had died in the 26 months following the onset of the crisis. <br /><br />- A year later, the United States Government Accountability Office in Nov 2006 decided to audit the work of all those<br />producing mortality statistics on darfur. It audited 3 that gave low death rates and high death rates. The GAO put together<br />12 experts to read through the stuff, and report to Congress in 2006. They noted problems in sample collecting in child<br />refugees. The highest estimates were most suspect - several shortcomings, use of speculative and erroneous data, etc. The GAO<br />critiqued Hagan and Reeves had unsound source data. 10 experts out of 10 found that reeves source data was definitely<br />unsound. The GAO recommended to congress the ensurance of accountability of data collecting and interpreting in such <br />research.<br /><br />I'd say it has more to do with Iraq than anything else. well if you look at it this way<br />the most powerful mobilisation in New York was about Darfur and not Iraq. Why did the American public take so quickly and unconditionally to Darfur and not Iraq?<br /><br />It's because Iraq calls on Americans to make historical and contextual analysis - but Darfur is made a MORAL case<br /><br />also, another interesting statistic<br />the number of people dying in Darfur is 10% of those dying of Malaria across Africa<br /><br />If you read a paper in NY, and read about political violence in Iraq and Darfur - if you gather<br />estimates of how many people have died you get a high of 400,000 and a low of 200,000 for Darfur, and<br />650,000 and low of 150,000 for Iraq. Numbers are roughly similar, but in reality Iraq is higher. If you ask who is doing the killings it is done by paramilitaries, as well as militaries, and sometimes they interchange.<br /><br />if you ask who is being killed - they are not being killed for being individuals, but for representing certain<br />groups. These are the similarities. Yet, the naming of what is going on in Darfur is genocide, and what goes<br />on in Iraq is insurgency.<br /><br />I think the West is fixating on naming; pointing fingers, showing who is the culprite as long as it isnt themselves. Again<br />this goes back generations as well and is something the West has been doing for say the past 200 years.Shalmonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-68980101220388907652009-08-20T07:20:21.879-07:002009-08-20T07:20:21.879-07:00Yes, most of the international community nominally...Yes, most of the international community nominally supports the Transitional Federal Government as the recognized government of all Somalia. There's a perception that if we don't strongly support the TFG then some Islamic group (most likely a reincarnation of the Islamic Courts Union) will come to power. Recognizing Somaliland would be a slap in the face to the TFG and a public acknowledgment of the government's failure. <br /><br />Also, from a perspective of international law, it is problematic to recognize a seccessor state without a lot of steps.Joshuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637936588223855248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883415296937284014.post-28685650527404242912009-08-20T06:55:40.580-07:002009-08-20T06:55:40.580-07:00Do you know if there are any reasons why it hasn&#...Do you know if there are any reasons why it hasn't been accepted as an independent country? Something to do with not wanting to antagonise Somalia which I guess still recognises Somaliland as part of its country?Lisa Frenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584221413864310390noreply@blogger.com