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Article: BBC Somali Section Head – Youssuf Garad Is The Remaining Warlord

BBC Somali Section, like everything else in our world, is constantly changing.
What was once strict ethic of the BBC may be considered as non ethic now.

It is unfortunate that the internationally accredited BBC is still accommodating a
Somali Warlord and permitted him to use the only source of information and news of
the Somali people, for his sinister and criminal advocating propaganda
internationally. Youssuf Garad is a Somali Warlord who is to be removed like all
others were disgracefully chased away from their strong forts.

Youssuf Garad is using a distant fort called BBC Bush House, where he devours
irrationally all news that doesn’t match his wishes. He immorally disregards all
information and news that does not serve his purpose, which is clannish in one
time, hate propagating and supporting certain factions against others on the other
hand. Last year during the time when the extremist Union of Islamic Courts (UIC)
controlled many regions of Somalia including the Mogadishu, the capital city;
Youssuf Garad blatantly sided with his uncle Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys who was the
Head of the Shura of UIC. He over publicized the UIC out of proportion.

Youssef Garad deliberately publicizes all negative propaganda against the
Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and its efforts to bring about a peaceful
reconciliation. The reason is simple and clannish; because Abdillahi Youssuf Ahmed
is from a different clan. Similarly, Youssuf Garad undermined and diluted almost
all the positive and reconcilable endeavors of the TFG. He shamefully calls and
holds international telephone conferences, by inviting, from around the world,
certain elements of the Somali society who share his morbid opinion and casts
through the BBC Somali service. He uses the BBC Somali service as a vehicle and
tool to proliferate his religious and political believes.

Moreover, Youssuf Garad has put a news embargo on Somaliland. Let alone to make
feature articles covering the success stories about the achievements of
Somaliland, he disregards main events to be broadcasted after BBC correspondents
relay. Events related to Somaliland are no longer news items that pass his
censorship with the exception of negative news items which he over publicizes.

According to the famous and widely respected Somali Journalist, Mr. Dahir Abdulle
Alasow, who is the editor of one of the most read Somali websites, Waaga Cusub (
The New Era), Youssuf Garad is using the BBC Somali service to promote something
he calls the “UNITY of SOMALIA”! And he requested Mr. Alasow to use his influence
and his journalistic talents against the Republic of Somaliland. Sadly, Mr. Alasow
knowing the fact that Youssuf Garad is from his same clan, refused to collaborate
with him. Instead, he urged Youssuf Garad to shun out abusing the privileges given
to him and be neutral and fair about measures in Somalia.

Mr. Dahir Abdulle Alasow is a man of integrity who preserves and builds up his
journalistic career in a widely acclaimed sincerity. No wonder that Mr. Alasow
turned down the weird requests of Youssuf Garad, and instead advised him to use
the BBC Somali Section in a fair way as it was supposed to be!

Youssuf Garad does not understand the growth of Internet do-it-yourself publishing
in the present era, especially the weblog or blog style of personal publication
that gave rise to disseminating and broadcasting news information and other
debates around the world. And therefore, whatever news information he disregards
and bars to be broadcasted are available in the internet straightly published by
countless others in the right way.

What's more, Youssuf Garad has recently started to hire young boys from his
sub-sub-clan who possess neither journalist education nor experience, after he
eliminated in one way or the other, most of the famous well known Somali
broadcasters and journalists least they may see and challenge his wrong doings. He
does not own the slightest journalistic attitude and morals. Somalis call Youssuf
Garad “The Remaining Warlord”

In short, a large portion of the audient population of the BBC Somali service are
wondering why shouldn’t the BBC authorities correct Youssef Garad and re-train
him, or stop this nastiest remaining Warlord from service.

Youssef Garad, Sidii Roon Eebe Haku Garansiiyo. Aamiin

Ahmed Egal
Beijing, PRC
ahegal@yahoo.com

What a load of crap. BBC was one of the few news agencies that actually reported a balanced view of the conflict. This guy complains that BBC had impartial reporting, then is himself impartial to a far greater extreme. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

BBC is a one man operation, it's views are baised, this needs to change

The biggest "fact" that people bandy about regarding BBC Somali's bias is that they didn't report that JVA prisoners of war were killed in their beds by Hassan Turki's AIAI in Bu'ale, something that the anti-ICU news agencies made their top story. The thing is, the BBC did report on the story, the BBC's critics simply ignored this and pretended that they didn't.

And it worked, noone bothered to check. It's the same as the "ICU bans football" story, which mixed cinemas which showed both pornography and football during different times of the day being shut down with complete fantasy stories about ICU thugs beating up and even shooting football fans and presented as news.

You guys have to stop believing everyting you read.

the Honourable mr yuusuf garaad head of somali section of bbc , mr garaad is a highly educated person .who has been successfully made bbc one of the best somali radios of the world .

but qaldaanlanders or isaaaqs and there arab faggot cousin daroods are always jealous of him becouse hes not on of them.


let me tell you cuqdadlayaasha from haargeysa and boosaaso two most desert jaad chewing provinces of north somalia. mr yuuusuf will be forever head of bbc he will be for ever your master, and your jeolousy will contune like women .

horta isaaaq and hes sister daroood xaarweyne maxay uga maseeyraan geesigaas hawiye mudane yuusuf garaad axmed allaha ka raali noqdeen.

stop calaacalka idiots

BBC is the oldest Somali Institution --if it didn't support ICU-who else will it support. you want it to support Ethiopian-USA joint bombing Somali civilians while TFG is saying Islam=terrorism.

If BBC was baised it wouldn't be on air for more then 60yrs.

let me tell you what isn't baised --Allpuntland.com, Idaamale.com, Radio Lasaanod etc.

I don't listen to bbc nor do i read its news reports, but i know this idiot alasow has no right to accuse anyone of being bias, due to the fact he himself is not known to be an impartial jounalist. As a matter of fact, his website waagacusub is one of the worst and least popular sites to visit. He's known to only serve and promote the interest of his own sub-sub clan (sacad)who have love hate relation with that of his subject's sub clan of the ceer hg. And this latest bash of the bbc's cheif editor, mr yusuf grad on the grounds of being quite about somaliland recognition is nothing short of publicity stunt to get more audiance for his dying website=qbil.

How bad is BBC Somali service? Well with out exaggerations, it’s the #1 cause of instability in Somalia. It can be simply said, they are the voice of tugiintii UIC. Just listen to Radio Jijjiga for details. Y/G is just another H/G.


http://www.radiojigjiga.com/faalo/audio ... bbc-da.ram

Yuusuf Garaad has turned the BBC into a propaganda outlet for the Cayr subclan of Hawiye.

He gave naked support to the ICU.

That radio jigjiga clip is perfect illustration of the BBC modus operandi under Yuusuf Garaad. He editorializes in his reporting and interviewing. He flatly states that the TFG does not represent the Somali people instead of, impartially, posing it as a question to the interviewee and letting the listeners decide for themselves whether the government has the support of the masses or not.

Can anyone honestly imagine Yuusuf Garaad posing a similar question to Xasan Daahir Aweys? I think not.

The most egregious example of Yuusuf Garaad's partisanship and the most marked departure from the traditions and ethics of the BBC Somali service is when he interviewed the Digil & Mirifle survivors and relatives of victims of the Baydhabo Airport gunfight. The Digils incited hatred against the Daarood openly and vowed revenge against the Daarood repeatedly and openly stating the Tribe's name, a taboo hitherto never breached in the history of the BBC Somali Service.

He was so desperate to destroy the TFG that he was not above inciting Daarood-Raxanweyn tribal hostility. Revolting.

Yuusuf Garaad is a stain on fine history and tradition of the BBC Somali Service. Cabdiraxmaan Caabi Faarax must be rolling in his grave.

Xidigta

Saxiib, ever stopped think about who would take over if Yusuf Garaad was removed ? Could that person be more worse than Garaad ?

The more things change, the more they stay the same. George Orwell, Animal Farm.

allaha ka raali noqdo yuusuf garaad. gabdhaha daroodka and isaaq maseeyr ayaa diley iyo cuqdad.


darood cuqdadle wuxuu donayaa inay BBC tiraahdo somaliya ciidan tigree ma joogaan somalia. nabad ayaa ka jirta xamar ilaa gaalkacyo ilaa kismaayo oo waxaa maamula murtad abdulahi biijo.

waxay kaloo doonayaan in 6 dii bilood maxaakiimta koonfúrta somalia maamulayeen ee nabadda barwaaqada kala danbeeynta buuxdey halkaa ka jirtey inay bbc waqtigaa tiraahdo xamar ilaa kismaayo nabad kama jirto. waxay doonayaan in BBC u ceeb qariso tigreega ayna sheegin MADAAFIICDA ay mujaahiidiinta ku garaacaan gaalada kiristaanka ah ee somaliya xooga ku heeysto.gaala raaca caloosha ayaa xanuunta markii ay BBC runta sheegto.


tigree lovers waxay kaloo rabaan in BBC maanta tiraahdo xamar waa nabad tigree ayaa nabadeeyey madaafiic iyo mortar laguma garaaco maalin waliba tigreega.

isaaqana wuxuu yuusuf garaad bbc kula dagaashan yahay in isaaqland loogu yeerin magac ah (la magac baxey) somalilend.

war isaaaq xitaa haddii cawke nin isaaq ah madax looga dhigo bbc ,bbc du waxay idiinku yeeri still maamulka la magacbaxey somalilend why? bbc aqoonsi ma bixiso.


dabadhilifka gaalada ethiopia.

laba qabiil ee ku abrisada CARABTA ee aan ahay somali asal darood and isaaqa sababta ay u neceb yihiin wadanigaas somaliyeed ee hawiye mudane yuusuf garaad waa intaa.

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but qaldaanlanders or isaaaqs and there arab faggot cousin daroods.
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Dr yalaxoow are they cousins war bal ma hubtaa jag tror inte

of course they are cousin isaaq said they are originaly from ARABIA sheekh isaaq binu axmed binu haashim from ARABIA.'

AND THERE FELLOW ARAB MAN darood siad darood binu ismaaciil aljabarti from ARABIA TOO
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THEREFORE TWO ARABS waa cousins they are not soomaali asalkooda.

costa sidaa darteed ayey labadaa jareer ee carabta ku abtirsada ilmo adeero carab ah ku yihiin.


laakiin hawiye+dir+digil mirifle=walaalo soomaali ah afrikaaan ah dad aan carab ku abtirsan


waa sidaaa aniga walaalkeey waxaa ah dir waxaan kaloo ilmo adeer afrikaanimo nahay digil mirifle

Dr yalaxoow illeyn Hawiye waxuu la caqli xun yahay waa afrikaanimada

sxb aniga carab baan ahay

yeah COSTA is proud CARAB

Dr yalaxoow, hawiyas should talk to the Ugandese and xabasha government to over throw the arab dominated TFG.

This is how your abtirsi should go, hawiye irrir, zomal,mbatu, kwali, mfunzo, nmowe kewi hutu.