Socotra?

[eternauta]

Socotrians come in different shapes:

[Heidi_]

The archipelago of Socotra is the property of Bari.

[Cawar]

My maternal uncle has just built a vacation house down there..I will be visiting some time soon Insha Allah.

[COSTA]

IT BELONGS TO MAHRI AS WE RULED IT

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ye_mahr.html

[COSTA]

``The capitals of Mahra were Qishn in Mahra and Tamrida (Hadiboh) on Socotra. During 1886 the sultanate became a British protectorate and later became a part of the Aden Protectorate. In the 1960s, Mahra declined to join the Federation of South Arabia but remained under British protection as part of the Protectorate of South Arabia. In 1967, the sultanate was abolished and Mahra became part of newly independent South Yemen which united with North Yemen in 1990 to become the Republic of Yemen. Today the Mahra area (without Socotra) is the Al Mahrah Governorate of Yemen.``

[Cawar]

IT BELONGS TO MAHRI AS WE RULED IT

http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ye_mahr.html

So which government would you rather be ruled??

The Yemeni or the Somali???

[COSTA]

If its choosing between pest and cholera non of them but the place is already under Yemen Republic

[KlashneFolk]

Many Somali diplomats who have worked on the Somali Foreign Mission during the years leading up-to the independence of the country and the subsequent years that followed hold the view that it was the Britain's goal to have Somalia run into series of border issues with its neighbors. For example, having supported the initial unification of the Western Somali region at the UN, the Brits changed course and took a 180 degree U-turn on the issue. In 1962 in the NFD, they appointed a commission to investigate the desires of the people of the NFD to see if they wanted to join Somalia or Kenya. The commission headed by MR. G.C.M Onyuke, Q.C from Nigeria as the head of the Commission and Maj. Gen. M.P Bogart of Canada as his deputy concluded that 5 of the 6 sub-districts favored union with Somalia. Contrary to the findings of the Commission, in March 1963, Britain awarded NFD to Kenya. You can imagine why they would carry a Commission only to overturn its findings.Since Somalia did not have any ally on the International stage, there wasn't much we could do. PM Abdul-Rashid Sharmarke called broke off diplomatic relations with Britain which was short-lived. We officially gave up on the NFD issue all-together during President Abdul-Rashid Sharmarke's reign.

Coming to the Issue of Socotra, here is a passage I have salvaged from a remarkable book written by the veteran Somali Diplomat Mr. Mohamed Osman Omar from his book, The Road To Zero:Somalia's Self Destruction

Besides the mainland Somalilands, Britain also had the island of Socotra under its control. According to Everyman's Encyclopedia, Socotra is 'an island in the Indian Ocean, 250 KM North-East of Cape Gaurdafui.' In fact, from Cape Guardafui on the Somali Horn, the closest mainland-point, one could even see oil lamps burning on the island.

After leaving the former Italian Somaliland, Britain retained the Island within its sphere of influence, and administrated it with its Aden and South Yemen colony. Neither the Yemenis not the Somalis showed any acute awareness of or interest in the Island, and appears that the Somalis probably lost it by default and the Yemenis, likewise gained it by luck. If Britain had expected the "difficult" Somalis to lay claim to the Island and become involved in a territorial conflict with yet another neighbour, in this instance they must have been disappointed. Perhaps, the Republic had not even realized that there were Islands so near to its Coast! In 1967 Socotra became part of a newly-independent South Yemen"

Strategically speaking, Somalia must have obtain Socotra if it ever wants to entertain the thought of being the guardians of the gates of the Red Sea. There are many ways of getting ownership of these islands without going to war. We can go for either of the following

1) Buying the Island from the Yemenis since they have no major presence to begin with and doesn't serve any strategic worth to them as of now.

2) Going for Co-Ownership of those Islands

3) We can lease it from the Yemenis the Islands for a period of 99 years

The last option- i.e the option of war can only come to play after Somalia has gained re-ownership of the Western Somali region and settlement of the NFD issue.

[Cawar]

[The_Emperior5]

seee that was Sh isxaaq privite islands

:somaliland: :somaliland: look af the flag colours




loook@ the diffrence between the mahra flag and the somaliland

[Alluring]

[quote="HutuKing01"]Allah saved socotra from somali hands.Arabs are civilized.They deserve the island.[/quote]

Arabs civilized, LOL (I need that laugh). Yeah, nice one.

I can't believe people haven't heard of this Island? I suggest, you start to read.

[*Nobleman*]

Wow i've heard of this Island before. manshallah


Laakin noone should claim this land, the people are doing fine, let them be.

[*Nobleman*]

nice video, have a look

[Quadratic]

Mainland Somalia has better or same prestine coastlines. A beach I visited in Kismayo had clear water where a needle dropped can be traced as it sinks to the bottom. Obviously, non of you has seen somalia's beaches.