US judge denies immunity for former Somali prime minister

[ToughGong]

MCLEAN, Va. — A judge has denied legal immunity to a former Somali prime minister now living in northern Virginia who is accused in a federal lawsuit of torture and war crimes.

The judge's ruling, issued Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, represents a significant reversal in the case against Mohamed Ali Samantar, who was a defence minister and prime minister of Somalia in the 1980s during the regime of dictator Siad Barre.

Two Somali men filed the lawsuit against Samantar in 2004, alleging that he oversaw abuses committed as part of the government's campaign of repression against the Isaaq clan in the northern part of the country.

But the case has languished in courts for more than six years. In 2007, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema dismissed the case and determined that Samantar was entitled to immunity under federal law.

But last year, the U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to Brinkema for further deliberation on whether Samantar deserved immunity.

Brinkema changed course this week after receiving a rare "statement of interest" from the State Department which said Samantar should not be entitled to immunity. The State Department reasoned that Samantar was not qualified for immunity because there is no recognized government in Somalia that can request immunity on his behalf.



http://www.hiiraan.com/news2/2011/Feb/a ... in_us.aspx

[The_Emperior5]

Good news this faqash is going down

[ToughGong]

Good news this faqash is going down

Even better news is the Zionists that were backing him will not get the legal precedent
they were hoping for

[Complicated19]

Why the fuck did he get immunity in the first place ?

[The_Emperior5]

Brinkema changed course this week after receiving a rare "statement of interest" from the State Department which said Samantar should not be entitled to immunity. The State Department reasoned that Samantar was not qualified for immunity because there is no recognized government in Somalia that can request immunity on his behalf.

[Cali_Gaab]

[ToughGong]

there is no recognized government in Somalia

Voltage mee

[Complicated19]

I don't know why you're laughing .... Hada ma Somaliland baa recognition haysata?

[The_Emperior5]

I don't know why you're laughing .... Hada ma Somaliland baa recognition haysata?

oo Somaliland ma immunity bay rabta inay siiso Gacan ku dhiigle cali samatar

[kambuli]

Wax Alle wixii aad ugu yeedhaan Mujaahid sow gacan ku dhiigle maaha

[The_Emperior5]

Wax Alle wixii aad ugu yeedhaan Mujaahid sow gacan ku dhiigle maaha

Maya kuwasi waxay ahayeen xaqu dirir

[kambuli]

Jooji beenta huuno...Your rule is:

If you kill, you are mujaahid.
If someone kills you he is war criminal.. ama gacan ku dhiigle

One has to hail from Durriyadda to reach/earn the Mujaahid title...

[The_Emperior5]

Jooji beenta huuno...Your rule is:

If you kill, you are mujaahid.
If someone kills you he is war criminal.. ama gacan ku dhiigle

One has to hail from Durriyadda to reach/earn the Mujaahid title...

First yeah we isaaqs are blessed people from a holy lineage

our enemys's always get crushed because the all mighty is on our side

I have the right to defend my country from an outcast called cali samatar the land belongs to me
Ninka dhulkisa caradisa caarkisa iyo dalkisa difaaca wa mujaheed

[SahanGalbeed]

Brinkema changed course this week after receiving a rare "statement of interest" from the State Department which said Samantar should not be entitled to immunity. The State Department reasoned that Samantar was not qualified for immunity because there is no recognized government in Somalia that can request immunity on his behalf.

That's about all there is to say here .

[Babygirl-]

Mujahid Prime-Minister General Cali samatar will win inshalaah, your People are with you! our great hero.