Sheikh dalxiis Coming to America

[The_Emperior5]

Somali president plans tour of US communities

Posted: Sep 9, 2009 06:49 PM

Updated: Sep 9, 2009 07:29 PM

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The newly elected president of Somalia plans a tour of U.S. communities with large Somali populations this fall in hopes of spreading the word about his country's problems and getting advice for solving some of them.

Elmi Duale, Somalia'sUnited Nations ambassador and permanent representative, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed wants to visit communities in Minneapolis, Columbus and suburban Washington, D.C.

Ahmed plans the tour after attending the United Nations General Assembly at the end of September, Duale said. He had no details on dates.

Thousands of Somalis have come to the United States in the two decades since civil war began tearing their country apart in the early 1990s. The country has not had a functioning central government since about 1991.

Ahmed sees the visit as a "two-way channel," Duale said, a chance to tell Somalis in the United States about the situation at home and a way of reminding them they can help.

"It's a way of showing the Somalis in diaspora the homeland considers them still part and parcel of the community, and they have responsibilities to help and assist," he said.

Ahmed's visit also comes as a federal investigation continues into the return to Somalia of several young Somalis from the Minneapolis area, apparently to join a terrorist jihad back home.

At least three have died, including one who authorities believe is the first American suicide bomber. Three others have pleaded guilty in the U.S. to terrorism-related charges.

Ahmed, a moderate Islamist, was elected president in January and hopes to unite the country's feuding factions, but violence has continued.

The U.N. said last month that Somalia is facing its worst humanitarian crisis in 18 years, with more than half the population needing humanitarian aid amid an escalating crisis.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Ahmed in early August at the U.S. embassy in Kenya during a seven-nation African tour. After the meeting, she pledged to expand American support for Somalia's weak interim government and threatened sanctions against neighboring Eritrea for aiding an extremist group she said was trying to launch worldwide terrorist attacks from Somalia.

Duale said he couldn't say what Ahmed might talk about, but said anyone is free to ask the president questions.

"If they ask him, he will answer," Duale said.

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[The_Emperior5]

Ninkani ma daalo

[AhlulbaytSoldier]

nice movie,i watched it for the 5th times.

[FAH1223]

oh great, another hall booked, another lil talk, some shaah and cake served with secret service detail on hand...happy go dalxiis

I remember when Abdullahi Yusuf was here last year, seems like million yrs ago

[American-Suufi]

where can riyoole the somaliland president go and be welcomed as president? only in ethiopia.

[AbdiWahab252]

Emperior,

Unlike Riyaale, he will be officially welcomed as a foreign dignitary with Secret Service protection


FAH,

I am debating whether or not to go to see him

[The_Emperior5]

Emperior,

Unlike Riyaale, he will be officially welcomed as a foreign dignitary with Secret Service protection


FAH,

I am debating whether or not to go to see him

Haa madaxweynihi somalia , laakin belayo waxay bilaabmayssa marku wadankiisa ku noqdo aya soo dhaweynaya ma alshabaab Weftiga waxay ahayd inu godane sii raaco ileen isaga somalia mattala eh

[FAH1223]

Emperior,

Unlike Riyaale, he will be officially welcomed as a foreign dignitary with Secret Service protection


FAH,

I am debating whether or not to go to see him

Don't waste your time.

[Somaliman50]

qaldaan boy, sheikh dalxiis waa madaxweynahaaga ee sig wanaagsan usoo dhaweey duqa

[The_Emperior5]

qaldaan boy, sheikh dalxiis waa madaxweynahaaga ee sig wanaagsan usoo dhaweey duqa

isaga mooday

[hanqadh]

Sharif demoted Ghandi and oomar two most credible men in his admin. a move pressured on him by Meles.

[AbdiWahab252]

FAH,

Nah, there is an image and speech of Sheik Sharif that I can't get out of my head.

But if my Adeer Qeybdiid visits, I will go there and welcome him


Handaqh,

But your Adeer Qeybdiid is still around. Gandhi didn't get along with Qeybdiid

[CoolPoisons]

Dalxdiis waa daciif

he will not be welcomed in Columbus

[AbdiWahab252]

Dalxdiis waa daciif

he will not be welcomed in Columbus

Says who ?

[The_Emperior5]

Dalxdiis waa daciif

he will not be welcomed in Columbus

There are lots of ilka yars living there somaha