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Somali Islamic militants threat to kill leading Somali journalist

Mogadishu, 12/11/2007 Octaber Waagacusub.com

The Young Islamic Movement known as ‘Al-Shabab’ in Somalia recently threatened to kill the editor of Waagacusub.com, one of the Somali widely read websites after they accused him of ‘setting flame among the Mujahidsts’.

In a statement posted on their website on 9 November, the Al-Shabab said Dahir Abdulle Alasow is a great spy and sought to bring the Islamists against one another publishing fabricated news stories.

The website, http://www.almujaahid.com which also posted the photo of Dahir Alasow said the journalist spread a news over that the Al-Shabab’s spokesman Sheik Mukhtar Robow Abu-Mansur was fired from the post. http://www.almujaahid.com/Jaasuus%20Daahir%20yare.html

The Associated Somali Journalist (ASOJ) condemned the death threat by the Al-Shabab on Dahir Alasow as in violation of human rights.

“Abu-Mansur emailed and telephoned me many times and threatened that he will kill me and I answered to him ‘you are not closer to Allah than me and you are not the life taker,” said Dahir Alasow, the chairman of ASOJ and editor of Waagacusub.com

Abu Mansur was among the six Somali men who the US government put the list of terrorists. http://www.state.gov/p/af/rls/fs/2007/79383.htm

Mr.Alasow who is now in Nairobi, Kenya in exile left Mogadishu mid this May after the transitional federal government and Al-Shabab Islamic movement threatened to kill him and had been in Hargeisa, Somaliland for a while.

Similarly, the TFG issued a death warning against Dahir on 13 October this year after he was accused of publishing report on the conflict between Somali’s interim president Abdulahi Yusuf and his Prime Minister Ali Gedi and the president wanted to sack the premier.

On 1st December 2005, two years ago, the Al-Furqan Islamic Courts under the control Islamic Courts Union issued arrest sentence on Dahir Alasow over baseless charges. http://www.qarannews.com/show/7359.html

Dahir is known to publish sensitive and untold news stories which made the Waagacusub site more popular among the readers.

Eight journalists were killed and dozens more were wounded in Somalia this year alone while many others fled their country.

http://www.waagacusub.com/Somali%20Isla ... nalist.htm
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Is this wise thing to do.. ? you dont want to turn a news tabloid into an enemy and leave the possiblity of becoming a victim of proppaganda war?

Horta while I think Shabab under the command of Sheikh Turki and Col Xaashi Caryo are sincere in liberating the country, lakin they seem kind of extreme sometimes. They need to be able to work with other people.

war ma heysid ...sxb .. u kaadi meesha..

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Warka noo xaqiji marka.

dadkaan ilaahay dariiqa saxsan ha ha ku toosiyo... Boqol meel ayey u kala socdaan.
thats all i can say.

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Aamin. In my opinion Somalia waxay soo martay '"Democracy", Socialism, 50% Islam etc. The only thing that will bring Somalia together is 100% sincerely diinta inla raaco built on true cadaalad for all Somalis. Taas Somali wey aqbalayaan in my opinion. Lakin Caadaqaatoyaal qorsho hoos ka wado, oo isla marka sheko macan diin ah kula imaanayo are not going to get anything down.

waxaa yaab ah MOORYAAN daahir abdulle calasoow. mooryaan isbaaro u taal, caan ahaa suuq xoolaha agteeda. dadka xitaa afduuban jirey goormuu JOURNALIST noqdey

yaab badanaa mise sida NADAARE IYO XASAN CADE UK magangelyada laga siiyey. ma waxuu MOORYAAN DAAHIR CALASOOW is leeyahay MAGANGELYO WADAN YURUB ama MAREYKAN ha lagaa siiyo


journaaliistoow xaal qaado

Mooryaan mooryaan kale udhaaraneeysaa goormeey war la'isu sheego noqotay?

waagacusub meel loo raaca ma leh..waa la yaabay

XAARGSADE aidisle XAARKA kala tag meesha MATAGYAHEEY macluuusha la il daran

I foking hate waagacussub...the most retarded news outlet out there....these days we have self called journalist and self elected president...walahi cajiib....

Dameeroow

boqol maroo horena waan kuu sheegay, anigu bini'aadin baan ahay, af dameeraadka garan maayee ama af muslim igula hadal ama mig gaalo igula hadal.

"Waxu damiinsanaa ma abgaal baa" baan maqli jiray, war mankaalka iyo saliid macsarada dhacday iska daa.

p.s. Stop sexually abusing donkeys, beastiality is xaaraam in ISLAM.

Islamist copycats are getting desperate

Xoogasade,
al Shabab seef labood wa rageedii ee mooryaan maa aha. Ayagu Cadowgoogu waa Habashidi and they don't look for other Somalis. Moryaan habashi ma arkio they try to haunt other TFG members and would trun blind eye to Habasha

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So you don't think the shabaab are really trying to fight the habashi's.

I need an explanation for this most people with a brain, that aren't turning a blind eye really believe that they are true muslims trying to fight the war against the habashi's.

If the TFG are with the habashi's what are they supposed to do?