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Cumar-Labasuul wrote:Emperior, habeenka xera awr waa meel shidan iyo idaacadda
http://www.biyokulule.com/March_%201991_%202.htm[White] I asked about this question of recognition because I understand that other Somali movements, like the Somali National Movement [SNM], which controls most of northern Somalia, they have also been going around asking for money and help with communications, that kind of thing. Does it worry you that other movements are doing that?
[Ghalib] It does not worry us because there is no one, none of them can claim that he is more SNM than I am. I am the SNM, I created it in 1964, it was my party, and it was revived in 1981, and I was sentenced to death, as you know, for supporting that movement. So why should I wage a campaign against myself? We welcome... [changes thought] Both the president and myself have declared that any help that comes to Somalia should go both ways, both to the north and to the south. But it is only natural that any help that comes from a friendly country should be channeled through the government.
Omar Arteh, a tall northerner who was imprisoned in solitary confinement for six years for opposing Siad Barre's crackdown on the Somali National Movement, called for the unity of Somalia to be maintained, even if in a loose federation.
http://www.biyokulule.com/January_%201990s%281%29.htm
"I'm a unionist," he said. He wanted eventually to visit the north to find out the opinion of the people rather than the leaders, he said.
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Umar Arteh Ghalib
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Umar Arteh Ghalib
عمر ارتيهح غالب
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Prime Minister of Somalia
In office
24 January 1991 – May 1993*
Preceded by Muhammad Hawadle Madar
Succeeded by Muhammad Haji Ibrahim Egal
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Born 1922
Political party Somali Youth League
Religion Islam
*de facto to 3 Jan 1997
Umar Arteh Ghalib or Omer Carte Qalib (Somali: Cumar Carte Qaalib, Arabic: عمر ارتيهح غالب) (b. 1930) is a prominent Somali politician and a former Prime Minister of Somalia from January 24, 1991 to May 1993.[1]
[edit] Biography
Ghalib was born in Somalia in 1930. He is a member of the Isaaq clan, and belonged to the United Somali Congress[[Omer Arteh Ghalib has one of the most distinguished diplomatic service careers in Somali history. His diplomatic career spans 30 years in international politics. He is remembered by Somalis as an educator, administrator, politician, and parliamentarian. Mr. Arteh has educated a substantial number of the Somali elite. He is a beloved and respected politician who is notable for his honesty, righteousness, and his love of his country.
Mr. Arteh is acknowledged as one of the most outstanding advocates for the liberation of Africa. Africans from Djibouti, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eritrea, just to mention a few, remember him as a liberator. Acclaimed as the bridge between Africa and the Arab world, he is accredited for making the former Somalia part of the Arab world. He is remembered by Muslims all over the world for his remarkable contribution as a spokesman and secretary-general for the organization of Islamic Countries (OIC).
Mr. Arteh is the eldest son of a devout Muslim family of five. He started Elementary and intermediate education in Hargeisa and completed Secondary education in Sheikh, and higher education in England. His father Mr. Arteh Ghalib, was a sailor in merchant ships and later an interpreter for the British. His father’s long absence helped him mature early. He started his career as a school master and then headmaster of elementary schools of Las-Anod, Berbera and Hargeisa respectively. Just before he went to UK in 1956, he was appointed as vice principal of Sheikh Intermediate School, a great honor, since Sheikh was the birthplace of education in Somaliland. After his success in Sheikh, he went to England for higher Education. On his return in 1958 he was promoted as the first principal of Gabileh Intermediate Boarding School.
As a teacher he had the ability to infuse his students with his own enthusiasm and energy. Outside the classroom, he organized them to act in plays personifying historical figures while himself playing the flute, and encouraged them to play sports as well. As a teacher, in teaching his students his aim was not just the blackboard and the exercise book, but to prepare them as the future leaders of the country. His dream came true, though shattered by wars, today his former students are ministers, Ambassadors, Generals, Administrators, and successful businessmen.
Being a young officer of great promise, he was elected as President of Somali Official Union of (SOBA) Somali Youth Organization, President of Teacher’s Association.
Prime Minister Interim Government
Mr. Arteh was unanimously elected by a national committee to take over power from dictator Said Barre. After a popular uprising ousted the dictator Siad Barre, his appointment as Prime Minister was reconfirmed. Mr. Arteh was for the third time re-appointed by the Djibouti National Reconciliation Conference. He was appointed head of government at an extremely fragile time.
The Tragic Years 1982 - 1988
On June 16, 1988, Siad Barre sent Arteh and a group of politicians to prison and charged them with high treason where they spent 6 years in solitary confinement. It was a very difficult period for him and his family.
The Ordeal
"It was about 5pm in Mogadishu. The sun was being partially covered by clouds but its strong rays were conspicuously beaming through. "There was a sudden wind that shook the tall trees around our two-story villa, but it was soon followed by a pleasant breeze."
I just came back home from a barbecue lunch in one of the suburban restaurants- open air outside Mogadishu.
My wife and I were having a conversation with our children when suddenly the telephone rang. As it happens in all houses children rush sportingly to the telephone set. This time Ghalib (our youngest son) answered the telephone.
Ghalib was beginning to talk but he did not know what to say and hung up as though he was saying I do not want to hear it.
The telephone rang again and I answered. A familiar voice said "you are invited to a meeting in the vice-president's office."
I did not panic. I went to the party that was held in honour of a very good friend of mine, the Ambassador of the Kindom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Daha Al Duqaythir. I was there only for a few minutes and I went to my office, organized it and left it locked as usual. Then I went to see my sisters Nura and Ilham to bid them good-bye as well.
Nothing took me by surprise. I was prepared for the worst because from the day I spoke in parliament, I was ready for any eventuality and I knew this was coming. Five minutes later an officer with an armed squad came in and searched my pockets at gun point. They found nothing and the only valuables I had on me were my watch and my pen that they took and later given back to me on my release.
They threw me into a cell uninhabited for years and in an indescribable condition - no bed nod bedding and no light. The cell had two doors - an outer steel door with a lock and an inner door with bars and a lock.
They left me there at the mercy of insects, snakes and small reptiles that were agitated by the intrusion of a big sized stranger. Fortunately, I had my luggage and a shawl which I used in a method I had learnt from our nomads when in difficult surroundings. Covering oneself with half of the shawl from head to feet, and using the other part as a ground sheet.
After six long years in solitary confinement, Mr. Arteh and the other politicians were tried in a communist-style court. The venue was the old parliament building transformed into a so-called National Security Court. “I stood handcuffed in the same podium were I used to stand as an elected representative of the people.” The Security Court as it was called was formed to systematically eliminate anybody who stood against the dictator, the same old story about dictators.
The judge read out the verdict as ‘Death Sentence for high treason.’ When this was known to the world, there was an uproar internally and externally. This frightened Siad Barre, and he commuted the sentence to house arrest instead.
Vice-president People’s Assembly 1980 - 1982
Mr. Arteh’s opposition to Siad Barre’s autocratic rule became evident when Siad Barre decided to keep him out of the government’s day-to-day business. His posting as Vice President of the People’s Assembly did not in any way stop him from serving his country. This period gave him a chance to see how his people felt about the dictatorial regime that he was defending in international circles.
The army was committing atrocities and injustice particularly against the people in the North, his own region. This led to the formation of the SNM in 1982, which waged guerrilla wars against Siad Barre’s regime. In an effort to correct conditions in the country, Mr. Arteh led a group of politicians and opened a dialogue with the dictator. They advised him to change his policies of aggression against his own people, and to keep the social fabric intact and to introduce democratic reforms to regain the confidence of the people. Unfortunately, Siad Barre sent them to prison for treason charges instead.
Minister of Presidency, 1979 - 1980
The Somali Ethiopian war was the turning point for him like many Somalis. The Somali army was defeated; withdrawing in March 1978 after many losses.
Ethnic Somalis in Ethiopia were displaced and poured into the Republic as refugees, thus creating bitterness against the regime.
Minister of Higher Education & Culture, 1977 - 1979.
Head of the Nation’s highest authority in education, Mr. Arteh contributed by improving the university system in the country.
Mr. Arteh fought hard to keep Arabic, English, and Italian languages as the media of instruction of the University and its faculties. It was, believed by many that the Somalization of the schools affected the standard of Education. In order to assess the situation, Mr. Arteh invited foreign groups to evaluate the standard of Education of Somali students, and expanded the academic program of the University.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1969 - 1976
Mr. Arteh is most famous as head of Somalia’s Foreign Ministry. During his term of office, Somalia saw itself transformed from a small country to a leader in Third World politics. All credit is due to this one man, who as Foreign Minister brought the world to Somalia, and successfully mediated Tanzania and Uganda when the two countries were at war. Apart from holding different International posts representing his country, he organized numerous conferences that were held in Mogadishu. These included:
East and Central Africa Summit, Mogadishu 1972, this regional conference had paved the way for the OAU summit that was held in Mogadishu. Statesmen including Emperor Haile Salaise of Ethiopia, came to Somalia. This was a turning point in the relationship between Somalia and Ethiopia, and saw for the first time an Ethiopian Emperor paying a friendly visit to Somalia.
Security Council Meeting, in Addis Ababa 1972, for the first and the last time so far, the Security Council members met outside New York in Addis Ababa, to discuss the question of Liberation of Africa. As President of the Security Council, it gave him a great sense of satisfaction to Chair the Security Council meeting in Africa, and discuss the liberation of Africa.
Making use of this opportunity, he arranged for the members to visit Mogadishu, Somalia. Somalia’s international prominence was apparent from the Security Council members’ visit to Somalia. Included in the members was former US President George Bush who then was US Ambassador to the United Nations in New York.
The OAU Summit, in Mogadishu 1974, the crowning achievement of Mr. Arteh’s relentless efforts to turn Somalia to a Third World power came in 1974, when he arranged to hold the OAU Summit in Mogadishu. In that year, he was the Chairman of the African Liberation Committee, Chairman of the OAU Conference.
Membership in the Arab League, 1974, this historic feat epitomizes his term as head of the Somali Foreign Service. Mr. Arteh is known to be the bridge of Afro-Arab relations. He is credited to have taken Somalia singly into the Arab league, a lifetime achievement. It was his personal friendship with the Arab leaders, in addition to the fact that Somalia has always been part of the Arab world that influenced them to accept Somalia as its newest member.
Secretary-General and Spokesman of the OIC from 1972 - 1975, while serving as Foreign Minister, he carried out additional responsibilities as the Secretary-general and Spokesman for the OIC for a period of three years. As Secretary-general of the OIC, Mr. Arteh laid down the foundations of the organization. The Organization under his leadership, mediated successfully in 1972 between Pakistan/Bangladesh and the Philippine Government and MORO Liberation front.
Member of Parliament, 1969 Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1965 - 1968 Diplomatic Service, 1961 - 1964 Administrative Service, 1960 - 1961]]
GENERAL_SNM wrote:Wa filthy faqash and a dirty sellout traitor. Special Khalid is posting this fool becuase they noth share HA. War you should be ashamed you have people like him on your team. Its like having a pedo in your family, you keep your trap shut.
Haa ina siyaad barre Aya Madaxweyne kuxigeen ka dhigtay to stop the wars in hargeisa wuxu is yidhi hadaad Nin beesha hargeisa maxaxweyne kuxigeen ka dhigatiid. Xaaladu wa iska dagaysas Laakin xabbadii wey so korortay uunhargaysaay wrote:maxamed xawaadle ma ninkii siyaad bare u ololaynayabaa maalintii ay baligubadle snm gudoomiyaha ku dooranaysay
Very sly but incorrect. They are not even close. This guy is an out and out traitor and if he was HJ I would say the same.The_Emperior5 wrote:GENERAL_SNM wrote:Wa filthy faqash and a dirty sellout traitor. Special Khalid is posting this fool becuase they noth share HA. War you should be ashamed you have people like him on your team. Its like having a pedo in your family, you keep your trap shut.
Ofcourse he was a faqash Do u see me denying that , but this guy shaped also the Political institution in somaliland in the begin 90s, he is just like ismacil cali abokor who lives in hargeisa now
Ina carte was elected as prime minister under cali mahdi. But he found out these walanweyns meelna uma socda wa iskaga soo taggay and tried to shape the somaliland political partys when his party wasn’t the biggest one , he left somaliland for Saudi Arabia , ina carte qalib waligi diir waxba kuma qeybsan marka diib iskugu yara noqo sxblali99 wrote:General khaniis whats going on? you're calling someone who support somaliweyn a faqash and a sellout? have u look yourself in a mirror lately? I wonder if your hate comes from the fact that he's HA?hypocrite...
However i believe that ina carte is a traitor...waar emperior is time for you to differentiate isaaqniimo and somalilanderniimo..
a true isaaq will ALWAYS look for SL right for independant but if you undermine that quest you're nothing about a sheegato with a DIR tag....
therefore this guy is not isaaq but dir..
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After all that, Omer Arte didn't do shit for his people then and he's not doing it now.
His legacy got stuck in the 70s.
The_Emperior5 wrote:After all that, Omer Arte didn't do shit for his people then and he's not doing it now.
His legacy got stuck in the 70s.
true inadeer waagi la xiidhay eeh la soo dayey waxay ahayd inu iskaga soo baxa qudhanka ay walaaqanayen Faqashtu
His political point view is unstable. I even asked him where he stands and he once told group of us that he was pro-Somaliland and his multiple interest of becoming the president of Somaliland, once in 93 and later in 2002, should speak volume. It kind a make sense but yet AGAIN one should wonder why he only comes to Somaliland when he’s running for an office. Because of that reason alone, his creditability of pure Lander is shot. For some strange reason, people LOVE this guy though!
Having said that, I would NOT compare him to Ismail Ali Abokor who was heavily involved in bringing Siyad Bare in to power and the coup against Cigal’s government in 1969, the only chance Somaliland had in order to gain large share of the pie. In 993, when Cigal (RIP) was appointed to lead Somaliland, he said in public forum that he forgive everyone who was from Somaliland and was involved or assisted in the coup of 69 against him EXCEPT Ismail Ali Abokor. Evidently, Ismail Ali Abokor stays away from the current Somaliland/Somalia political platform.
war beenta daa ninkaas siduu siyaasada somalia uga baxay waxay ahayd oday ayaa ku yidhi dadka dhexdooda 1991 or 1992 war adiga qaranka somali burburiyay, markasu ina carte yaabay suu yidhi seen ku burburiyey, odaygi aya yidhi berigii djabuti lagu shirayey 1991 ee ku xigeenka lagaa dhigay maanad ahayn ninkii idaacada ka yidhi ciidamada somalia wixii woqooyi jooga ha isku dhiibaan snm wixii koonfur joogtana usc taas oo keentay inay cidanki qaranku dirayska iska dhigaan jabhad beeleedyadana ku biiraan bal ma waxaad aragtay ciidan qaran oo jabhad isku dhiiba maad tidhaa ciidanku xeryahooda ha tegaan oo magaalada ha ka baxaan.The_Emperior5 wrote:Ina carte was elected as prime minister under cali mahdi. But he found out these walanweyns meelna uma socda wa iskaga soo taggay and tried to shape the somaliland political partys when his party wasn’t the biggest one , he left somaliland for Saudi Arabia , ina carte qalib waligi diir waxba kuma qeybsan marka diib iskugu yara noqo sxblali99 wrote:General khaniis whats going on? you're calling someone who support somaliweyn a faqash and a sellout? have u look yourself in a mirror lately? I wonder if your hate comes from the fact that he's HA?hypocrite...
However i believe that ina carte is a traitor...waar emperior is time for you to differentiate isaaqniimo and somalilanderniimo..
a true isaaq will ALWAYS look for SL right for independant but if you undermine that quest you're nothing about a sheegato with a DIR tag....
therefore this guy is not isaaq but dir..
case close
Cumar carte did a great job marku ciidamadii Somaliya yidhi , eh ciidanka qallabka siida ha ku kal biiraan jabhada hubeysan, Umar carte wuxu ka shaqeynaye marka ka shaqeynaye siidii si dhakhsa ah dawlada loogu badali laha xooga koonfuurta somaliya haday ku kala biiran usc hubka ku wareejiyan Woqoyiginana Ciidanki snm, Shir dibu heshisin ba dhici laha markasa dib loo dhisi laha Ciidamadii somalia laakin dee ma ciid ba og waxa dhici doona mustaqbalka Cali mahdi iyo caydiid ba is dilay Somaliland na gaar bey isku taagtaywar beenta daa ninkaas siduu siyaasada somalia uga baxay waxay ahayd oday ayaa ku yidhi dadka dhexdooda 1991 or 1992 war adiga qaranka somali burburiyay, markasu ina carte yaabay suu yidhi seen ku burburiyey, odaygi aya yidhi berigii djabuti lagu shirayey 1991 ee ku xigeenka lagaa dhigay maanad ahayn ninkii idaacada ka yidhi ciidamada somalia wixii woqooyi jooga ha isku dhiibaan snm wixii koonfur joogtana usc taas oo keentay inay cidanki qaranku dirayska iska dhigaan jabhad beeleedyadana ku biiraan bal ma waxaad aragtay ciidan qaran oo jabhad isku dhiiba maad tidhaa ciidanku xeryahooda ha tegaan oo magaalada ha ka baxaan.
odaygii ina carte ma ahayn nin mooryaana ama macangeg ah markuu arkay qaladka uu sameeyey intuu leegyahay siyaasada wuu ka baxay.
ina cigaal ayuu 1993 shirkii borama kula tartamat tiina waa laga siyaasad bediyey.
Xisbi bu sameystey marku xisbigisi shaqeyn wayey Ayuu iskaga hadhay siyaasadi.
